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‘Hollow’ seeks to redefine southern W.Va. by carlee lammers staff writer

When Elaine McMillion sees McDowell County she sees beyond a hollow and broken community – she sees potential to empower and redefine rural America.

McMillion, a southern West Virginia native and West Virginia University alumna, along with five other native alumni, will live and work in

McDowell County this summer and produce the interactive documentary “Hollow.” “‘Hollow’ will be an interactive, nonlinear documentary that will explore the issues of the people of McDowell County. The main issues they are currently experiencing are population loss and unemployment,” McMillion said. “These issues will be faced, and these stories will be told through the eyes

of the people that live there.”

Community members will take part in the filmmaking process by learning how to create their own documentaries and balloon maps to tell their personal stories.

In 1950, when the coal market was booming, McDowell County was named “the nation’s coal bin” and was home to nearly 100,000 people. Today, only 22,000 remain.

According to demogra-

phers, the 10 communities that make up McDowell County are just years away from extinction, McMillion said.

“When industry abandons the people who made it great, it leaves behind a lot more questions than answers,” McMillion said. “The population loss is just too severe in my opinion. It’s a personal issue for all of us, and we want to do what we can to help the fu-

ture generations.”

“Hollow” will also aim to empower and give voice to those who in the past have had none, she said.

“A lot of people are curious as to why we chose McDowell County. It can’t seem to catch a break. If they’re not the third unhealthiest in the state, they’re the highest for overdose rates. This is a place to defy stereotypes and engage in joining together

on these serious issues,” she said. “This is a chance to empower citizens and let them know that they can tell their own stories.”

With all of the hardship this area has endured, McMillion said she hopes “Hollow” will spark communication and trust within the local community – and ultimately the nation.

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WVU student takes her passion worldwide

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Chelsea Hodgkins pursues donations from WVU students to help cover the cost of her upcoming fellowship in the Northern Region of Ghana.

by bryan bumgardner city editor

Chelsea Hodgkins is a West Virginia University international studies and geography student with a passion for helping others.

In her time at WVU, she has traveled to Africa twice, including one trip to Malawi and another last April to help install a water treatment plant that will serve 59 households in rural Ghana.

She recently received the David L. Boren Award, a scholarship that will provide up to $20,000 to help Hodgkins return to Ghana during the fall semester. She had a conversation with The Daily Athenaeum’s Bryan Bumgardner about her experiences in Africa, earning scholarships and her passion for helping people.

BB– Had you been to Africa before or traveled anywhere else before you went to Malawi?

CH– No, that was my first time out of the country.

BB– So what was that like for you?

CH– It was very surreal.

You know, on TV you see a lot of ways that the media portrays Africa, or the ways that various organizations see it, like National Geographic, and a lot of it is like that. I can remember we got in a car at the airport, and the airport was two hours away from where we were staying. Just to drive through this city and into the countryside was surreal. I mean, you see people walking on the roads, people carrying water on their heads, people wearing tattered clothing ...

You see all of these things that you see on the TV, but the biggest difference is that you’re there. There’s no buffer between you and that reality.

BB– So when you decided to go back to install the water treatment plant in Ghana, how did you end up doing that?

CH– It’s actually kind of funny ... So I was taking international studies 199, and one day

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Google Apps for Education to replace MIX email system

By Bryan Bumgardener city editor

The Office of Information Technology at West Virginia University has recently announced all MIX email accounts will soon be hosted by Google, giving users access to Google Apps and changing the MIX email interface.

The change will not affect the portals that are used to access MIX but will change the layout of the separate email

window.

Email addresses will also stay the same.

According to Mark Six, director of systems administration within the OIT, the change is something OIT has wanted to do for a while.

“In our opinion, we needed to give users more options and more features,” he said. “This would be the best approach to meet the needs of the WVU

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Mills Group shows off a rendering of a new staircase featuring Greco-Roman influenced architechture in a YouTube video preview of the new Greek renovation project at WVU.

University unveils Master Plan for Greek renovations by bryan bumgardner city editor

The West Virginia University Office of Student Organizations has released plans for renovations of facilities used by the WVU Greek fraternities and sororities.

Known as the WVU Greek Master Plan, the document and corresponding video outline a number of future improvements, including several new fraternity and sorority houses, additional parking and safety upgrades.

A public amphitheater, a dining area and Greek-themed walkways have also been included in the plan. Design work was done by Mills Group, an architecture and design firm based in Morgantown.

However, Director of Student Organization Services Ron Justice was quick to clarify the nature of the plan.

“It’s a plan, not a blueprint,” he said.

“We had to have some kind of vision for Greek life, and this is something we can all work from.”

Alumni stakeholders helped form the plan along with exploratory committees from the University.

“We explored places like Frostburg, Virginia Tech and Maryland to see what kind of Greek life they have, and we met with alumni stakeholders and asked them what they’d like to see,” Justice said.

Objectives of the plan includes cohesive architecture, additional parking, traffic flow reroute, pedestrian amenities improvement and future expansion possibilities. Problems the plan strives to solve include lack of parking, degrading infrastructure, steep pedestrian grades and safety concerns.

Specifically, the plan describes the construction of new buildings for these fraternities: Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, Theta Chi, Alpha Gamma Rho, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Kappa Sigma.

The Delta Delta Delta and Kappa Delta sororities have also planned the construction of new buildings.

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Mills Group demonstrates a render of a new amphitheater to be built.

To accommodate growth, shared parking garages are planned for construction on Waverly, Belmar and Glendan avenues with a total of 353 parking spaces.

Currently, all but one of the fraternity and sorority houses at WVU are owned by alumni stakeholders or independent parties.

All renovations in the plan will be funded by these private sources, allowing each organization to pursue funding separately.

“They would have to make the investment in order for this to happen, but there’s not one thing dependent on another,” Justice said.

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tion to wait.

“It doesn’t impact what’s going on with the plan,” he said.

The plan came from a general interest in improving Greek facilites at WVU, Justice said. In 2007, three fraternity houses were condemned because of unsafe living conditions. These houses were subsequently improved, and Justice hopes further renovations will enrich Greek life at WVU. “They’ve done a lot for us and hopefully getting their housing up to speed will help boost their membership,” he said.

The video of 3-D artist renderings of the Greek Master Plan can be found at http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=N7fS-E4pMeo.

LIVING THE DREAM Former WVU baseball player Grant Buckner is having success in his first full season in the Chicago White Sox organization.

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Thursday May 31, 2012

What next for Romney? Undercut Obama, raise money DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — What's next for Mitt Romney?

The Republican presidential nomination finally in hand, he will spend the next three months trying to undercut President Barack Obama on the economy while portraying himself as Mr. Fix It for a nation with stubbornly and painfully high unemployment.

Romney also faces key decisions between now and his acceptance of the party's nomination in late August in Florida: Where should he compete most aggressively? Who should be his running mate?

At the same time, he must dive anew into fundraising and work to win over voters who are distracted by their own summer plans and dayto-day pocketbook worries while withstanding Obama's attacks on his own claims as a jobs creator.

Not that Romney is publicly sweating the hurdles that come with being the little-known challenger to a personally popular president.

"People will get to know me better," Romney told Fox News in an interview that aired Wednesday, the day after he sealed the GOP nomination with his primary election victory in Texas. He says the general election campaign is only beginning even though his chief challenger dropped out more than six weeks ago.

With a smile, he said of the voters, "My guess is they're going to get to know more about me than they'd like to by the time we're finished."

As if on cue, Obama's campaign opened a fresh critique of the GOP nominee-in-waiting, assailing his economic record as governor of Massachusetts. It's the second phase of an effort by Obama to define Romney negatively in voters' eyes. The Democrat already has spent weeks hammering the Republican on his record at the private equity company he founded.

Obama himself made a courtesy call to Romney to congratulate him on his nomination victory. An Obama aide said the president told Romney in a brief and cordial chat that he looked forward to debating America's future with him.

Romney spent the day in California, plunging into a week filled with fundraisers and efforts to unite Republicans after a divisive primary season. Already he's proven adept at both, hauling in

enough cash to cut into the advantage that Obama has while getting most of his former Republican rivals to close ranks around him.

Those efforts - and the turning of his primary campaign into a general election operation - have been his prime focus. He's making only a handful of public appearances for now, but aides say they expect the campaign to ramp up to a full sprint by July 4. Romney has said he plans to take a week off around the holiday, suggesting that may be the time when he makes final deliberations on whom to choose as his vice presidential nominee.

Little is known about just where in that process Romney may be, though there is no shortage of Republican rising stars informally auditioning for the role.

While work on that front is certainly going on behind the scenes, Romney's aides are spending this week publicly pressing anew a criticism that the candidate himself has been making for months against Obama. They're highlighting the hundreds of millions of dollars in economic stimulus money that the administration provided to Solyndra, the solar-energy company that went bankrupt and whose executives had contributed to Obama's campaign.

It is a sign of the overarching argument Romney will make against Obama in the coming weeks: that Obama's economic efforts have been politically motivated, have wasted taxpayer dollars and, ultimately, have failed.

The renewed Solyndra criticism is also an attempt to answer Obama's recent criticism in speeches and advertisements of Romney's tenure at the helm of Bain Capital.

Obama has argued that Romney's time as a private equity executive before entering politics the basis for his campaign's claim that he's best suited to lead an economic recovery was aimed at enriching shareholders, not serving the public.

Romney largely survived that opening salvo, judging by early polls and interviews with both Republicans and Democrats.

National surveys show Obama either statistically tied with Romney or only slightly ahead of him. And polls in the most hotly contested states show Romney competitive with Obama.

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bytes of storage and will have their email addresses for life.

According to a release from the OIT, the Gmail solution boasts “99.9% uptime, has no advertising, includes spam and virus filtering and works well with almost all mobile devices.”

The idea for the switch to Gmail came from an exploratory committee that surveyed students and faculty. The survey asked users what they valued most in email services.

“It came down to two options: Gmail or Microsoft Live,” Six said. “When we got the survey results back, they were nearly 80 percent in favor of Gmail.”

After the survey, Six said OIT completed paperwork with Google representatives to begin

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The change will give users access to Google Apps, which includes Google Docs, a “Cloud storage” system that will allow users to access stored documents from any computer.

“You’ll be able to access your assignments from anywhere,” Six said. “If you have a free Gmail account, this is going to be very familiar to you.”

Other apps include a calendar, groups, chat and video conferences.

With Google Apps for Education, users will have 25 giga-

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at the Somers Furniture warehouse Tuesday, May 29 in Las Vegas.

"They haven't worked," GOP strategist Charlie Black, an informal Romney adviser, said of the Bain criticisms. "People are worried about the economy and jobs."

Democratic strategist Steve Elmendorf said too few voters had heard the argument.

"The reality is it's June," said Elmendorf. "To say the Bain argument has worked or not is ridiculously premature."

A handful of swing-voting states will be the most hard fought as Obama and Romney aggressively build get-outthe-vote organizations and air a flood of advertisements in their efforts to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.

Across the country, Romney's campaign is going through growing pains as it seeks to turn a stripped-down primary operation into a fullscale general election campaign. Aides say offices will open and more staff will join the team, but they also say they don't anticipate being able to match the staffing levels of Obama, who has had teams in place for months in states like Florida and Ohio.

The Republican National Committee also is in the midst of boosting its staffing to help Romney.

Already, Obama's and Romney's campaigns, as well as super PACs supporting and opposing each, have spent more than $80 million in advertising on the general election camthe switch. However, contrac- paign through the month of tual issues with the MIX por- June, according to ad-tracking tal provider have delayed the reports provided to The Assoprocess.

“A timetable will appear once paperwork is updated,” Six said.

“Once we do get a timetable established, we will be updating Continued from page 1 MIX through email or targeted announcements on what to expect.” day Dr. (Joe) Hagan was OIT asks that students contin- going through things I kind ually check their email through- of already knew. I thought, out the summer for updates. well, I hadn’t been on MounWith the change, WVU will be taineerTRAK in a while, and joining other schools who host I wanted to check for internemail through Google includ- ships and stuff like that. So I ing Arizona State University, clicked on scholarships and University of Notre Dame and my areas of interest, and this Vanderbilt University. scholarship popped up. I was reading through it, and danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu I thought it was kind of impractical, it was for the whole month of April, I’d be missing a lot of class, X, Y and Z. But at the same time, I didn’t really think I would get it, but I know that if I didn’t apply, then I’m going to be unhappy with myself. I applied in early November, then about two weeks later I learned I was a finalist. Then, like two days before Christmas, I got the call that I had gotten the scholarship!

BB– That’s a pretty fantastic Christmas present!

CH– That’s what I said!

I freaked out, because you know, it’s one of those things when you apply for something you want really badly, you don’t know how competitive it is, you don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s awesome when it works out in your favor.

BB– And I’m sure you enjoyed the experience.

CH– Oh my gosh ... That’s

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Continued from page 1 “The problems in McDowell County are far too severe, but we hope it starts to spark dialogue. We think that communication builds trust, and the more neighbors talk to each other, the better sense of community it builds,” she

ciated Press by Smart Media Group of Alexandria, Va. Of that, Obama's campaign has spent $31 million-plus on TV ads in about 10 states. He's been on the air most heavily in Florida, Iowa, Ohio and Virginia, an indication of where his team may think the race will be won or lost. A Democratic-leaning super PAC also has been on the air to help him, though it's spent only about $6.3 million.

Romney himself has run ads in just five battleground states: Iowa, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. But he's been significantly helped by pro-Romney outside groups, who have been on the air in several others most heavily in Florida, Ohio and Virginia.

Even so, Republican outfits, including Romney's campaign and supporting super PACS,

have combined to spend about as much as Obama and his allies. And in the coming weeks, Romney plans to focus heavily on fundraising so that he'll be able to make strategic decisions about where to devote most of it state by state.

To that end, Romney is spending the week courting donors in California, starting Wednesday in Fresno, Bakersfield and in Hillsborough, a wealthy enclave just outside San Francisco.

He planned major fundraising events Thursday, Friday and Saturday in southern California. On Tuesday, Romney was in Las Vegas wooing Sheldon Adelson, the primary financing source of a group that backed Newt Gingrich's failed primary campaign. And Romney also attended a fundraiser hosted by Donald Trump.

an understatement. I’ll put it to you this way. Malawi was amazing because it was super eye-opening. It changed everything I thought I knew and everything I thought I wanted to do. But when I came back from Ghana, I was sincerely hoping that I got the Boren Scholarship because I wanted to go back without breaking my wallet. I think at that point I had resolved that I needed to spend a whole semester over there. It was something I needed to do.

BB– So that’s kind of the epitome of helping people, isn’t it? Providing clean water to an entire village?

CH– Yeah, you know, it really shook me to my core. I know it sounds cliched, but it really did,I remember thinking, it’s crazy to me to be there and meet people who are just like you, but they don’t have the things that they need. Before I went, my biggest passion was education. I thought that’s what I wanted my focus in development to be, but since I came back, water is my new thing, and I know that’s what I’m going to stick with.

You don’t really realize how important it is until you don’t have it and work around people who don’t have it.

BB– You said the experience totally changed your focus. Was there any one specific moment where you knew this is what you wanted to do?

CH– There are a few memories that will stick with me

no matter how old I am, some of the women in the village were pregnant, and I remember thinking one morning, this one woman had to have grown up drinking out of a dugout. She had no choice.

But her baby will have the choice, and maybe this new generation will always have clean water. That was like my ‘aha’ moment, where I knew this was what I wanted to do.

BB– I know there are other students who feel the same desire to help people that you have. What would you say to them?

CH– One, I would say follow it. People are going to tell you you’re crazy, people aren’t necessarily going to understand why, but at the end of the day, that feeling you’re having is going to be there no matter what, and you owe it to yourself to follow it. You only get one life, and I firmly believe that you get these nagging desires or impulses. It’s not like you’re going to Target and blowing $100 – that’s different. It’s worthwhile to follow it because you never know where it’s going to take you, the best advice I’ve ever gotten was someone telling me ‘it’s not your job to tell you no.’ It’s hard work to get there, you know? Nothing worth having is ever easy to attain, but it’s still worth it in the end.

said. “The social fabric has been ripped there. We want to get the community to start talking together again, then take their ideas and use them to empower those in other places.”

In order to cover costs for production, workshops, travel, living and equipment for the summer, the team must raise $25,000.

The team will begin film-

ing “Hollow” in May, and the film is projected to go live in 2013.

“I believe change comes from the ground up, so we’re excited to get started,” McMillion said.

To learn more about the project or to make a donation, visit www.hollowthefilm.com.

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LIVING THE DREAM

Former Mountaineer Grant Buckner making most of chances in White Sox organization by nick arthur

associate sports editor

This time last year, Grant Buckner saw his collegiate baseball career come to an end after a defeat in the Big East Conference tournament.

But fast forward 12 months and the Elkview, W.Va., native is still playing baseball, now at the professional level.

Buckner was drafted in the 26th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox after an illustrious career at West Virginia University.

He is currently an infielder for the Kannapolis Intimidators – the Single-A affiliate of the White Sox. The first few months have been a roller-coaster ride, but Buckner has taken it all in.

“I was in extended spring training for a week or so to start the year, and I was a little bummed about that,” Buckner said.

“But I played well there, so I came up pretty quickly. Ever since I’ve been up here, I love it. I love the Kannapolis area.

I’m just getting adjusted to Single-A ball.”

Despite only playing at the Minor League level for a couple months, Buckner has already found the major difference between college baseball and professional baseball.

“In college, you go to class in the morning and maybe hang out in the afternoon before a game or practice,” Buckner said. “But here, it’s just baseball only.”

The constant time investment into baseball has made the adjustment process a bit difficult.

“The hardest thing I’ve had to adjust

to is not letting one game bother you,” Buckner said. “You’re going to play every single night. If you have a rough night, you just have to accept it, learn from it and move on.”

Another challenge Buckner has faced is becoming acquainted with the quality of pitching in the pros.

“Each level you notice a little bit of difference. Pitchers are a little bit different, and will throw different stuff,” he said. “But it’s going well. I’m starting to fill each team out. I’ve learned that every organization has its own philosophies and ways to pitch.”

Even though he has been in uncharted territory, Buckner has still posted respectable numbers in his rookie season.

He’s batting .271 this season with two home runs and 14 RBIs in 29 games. He credits effective preparation as a Mountaineer for his early success.

“I didn’t realize it at the time, but playing at WVU and for that coaching staff fully prepared me for this level,” Buckner said.

As he alluded to earlier, a baseball season is very long and grueling. It is a matter of staying focused and finding a way to produce.

If Buckner wants to get the call up to the next level, he knows exactly what he needs to do.

“It’s consistency. You always hear that in baseball, but it’s so true,” Buckner said. “You have to learn to produce on a daily basis. That’s what I’ve been working on the most, and that’s what it’s going to take to progress.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

KJ could have bright future at the next level

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Mountaineers kick off 2012 vs. Marshall by greg madia multimedia editor

ben gaughan sports WRITER

Former West Virginia forward Kevin Jones has begun his journey in the NBA, as he was recently one of 12 players to work out with the Golden State Warriors.

Jones’ career might not have ended exactly the way he wanted it to when the Mountaineers fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament to Gonzaga, but his NBA career could begin on a high note.

Former West Virginia great Jerry West is a consultant for the Warriors and most likely knows what Jones brings to the table from keeping his sights on West Virginia throughout the season.

Add Jones on a team like the Warriors that has young, athletic players such as former Davidson point guard Stephen Curry, big man Andrew Bogut and veteran forward Richard Jefferson, you’ll get the most out of a player who has good character and is coachable.

At 6-foot-8, 260 pounds, Jones is certainly big enough to hang with the post players in the NBA. He’s not the most athletic player out there, but what he lacks in athleticism he makes up for in effort, outstanding rebounding ability and his ability to shoot beyond the 3-point line.

I’m not sure who he’ll be guarding on defense. A small forward might be too fast and athletic for Jones to keep up with. And if a power forward is bigger than him, they might muscle their way past him – but not without a fight. Jones does have long arms and a big body, so he won’t be at too much of disadvantage against the larger players, despite several players who are 6-foot-11 or taller.

Jones’ willingness to learn, the amazing improvement he made throughout his four years at West Virginia and his constant effort are what I think will allow him to be a decent role player in the NBA

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Former WVU forward Kevin Jones is projected to go early in the second round of this year’s NBA draft. in the future.

Let’s not forget, Jones shot 49.1 percent in his career at WVU and made more than 100 3-pointers in his final three seasons. A big man who can spread the floor and make open shots on top of being able to rebound with anyone will certainly play some role on some team in the NBA. Jones grabbed 1,048 rebounds in his career, including 450 offensive boards, which ranks first in school history. There’s no fluke in putting in the hard work and being physical in the paint to get second chances for your team.

Jones reminds me a little of Tim Duncan, only because of his classiness and work ethic.

He’s probably a better outside shooter than Duncan, at least from the 3-point line.

That’s one of the reasons I think Jones would be a good fit on the Spurs: his style of play. He’s a team player and would learn the game the right way from Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, Duncan and Co. No matter what team Jones lands on, it will get a talented, hard-working athlete who plays his best when he’s under the radar. Jones might not ever be a superstar in the league, but there’s no question in my mind he can play his role exactly how he is supposed to and help a team win games. ben.gaughan@mail.wvu.edu

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After wrapping up his baseball career at West Virginia, Grant Buckner is now playing with the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.

Last season in the annual Friends of Coal Bowl, West Virginia defeated Marshall 34-13 in a shortened game that lasted nearly seven hours through two lightning delays.

In Dana Holgorsen’s first game as head coach, WVU racked up 291 total yards of offense led by Geno Smith’s 249 passing yards and two touchdowns. Marshall took an early lead after Andre Booker took an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown. The Herd offense ran the ball effectively led by Tron Martinez.

The game was sealed by West Virginia when Tavon Austin had a 100-yard kickoff return for a score with five minutes left to go in the third quarter.

The Mountaineers are 11-0 all-time against Marshall, but when WVU opens up 2012 in the 12th edition of the Friends of Coal Bowl, there will be a more developed team in green and white on the other side of the field.

This Thundering Herd team is a year better, and starting quarterback Rakeem Cato has gained a year of experience under center. Through the offseason, Cato improved himself from freshman starting quarterback to legitimate starting quarterback. A Miami native, Cato threw 2,059 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2011 and should have an even better sophomore campaign in 2012.

“He really improved this spring, and we are certainly looking forward to him continuing to make additional progress,” said

Marshall co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tony Petersen. “Playing last season as a true freshman really helped him.”

Probably the biggest change for Marshall since Doc Holliday took control was the ability to lure quality players like Cato to Huntington, W.Va. Holliday, known for recruiting during his time at WVU, was able to recruit players like Robert Sands, Josh Jenkins and Jorge Wright. And since he’s been at Marshall, the recruiting map has been similar for Holliday. He has gone into Florida to get good athletes while also taking some key pieces from inside the state.

In Holliday’s 2012 recruiting class at Marshall, they snatched seven players from Florida including four-star recruit corner A.J. Legget from South Miami High School, who selected Marshall in lieu of offers from Alabama, Miami (FL), Florida and South Carolina. Legget should be someone to step in and play right away for the Herd.

Looking back at the Marshall offense, it is all about their duo of running backs Tron Martinez and Travon Van. Both were held out of spring practice after offseason surgeries, but the two combined for more than 1,200 yards on the ground in 2011.

Martinez and Van complement each other very well and did a great job last season taking the load of off Cato’s shoulders. For 2012, both Martinez and Van will be joined

by Kevin Rodriguez in the backfield. Rodriguez turned some heads during spring camp and should get the chance to be on

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Marshall head coach Doc Holliday will look to lead the Thundering Herd to their first win over West Virginia in program history this season. the field as a scat-back type for the Herd once the season rolls around.

These three backs will run behind an offensive line that returns three starters from a year ago in Chris Jasperse, Garrett Scott and John Bruhin.

Though the run game is the focal point of the Herd offense, the most talented player on the unit is at wide receiver in Aaron Dobson. The 6-foot-3, physical wide out has big play ability. He hauled in 12 touchdowns in 2011. Dobson is the most dangerous player on the Thundering Herd.

Others to contribute at the position are Antavious Wilson and Andre Booker.

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WVU should be stern with street fires On Tuesday, West Virginia University concluded 55 student disciplinary proceedings for the school year, 21 of which involved cases of malicious burning. There was no confirmation of the results of each individual case, though 10 resulted in expulsion and 26 in suspensions.

Other cases involved drug use, sexual assault and property destruction.

According to Interim Dean of Students Corey Farris, additional cases are pending.

There were 36 fires reported in Morgantown during this

year’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, but only 10 expulsions. It seems as though the University, while stern with some, was too lenient in doling out punishments.

WVU students must begin to realize they are adults, and their actions come with consequences.

The image of WVU will never improve as long as students think they can do what they want with no repercussion. Setting the streets ablaze not only tarnishes the image of the University, but it is also dangerous.

A mob mentality may be difficult to break, especially when there are hundreds of intoxicated young adults who feel they are invincible, but it can – and must – be done.

There should be a zero-tolerance policy in place to deter future fires from being set in the streets of Morgantown.

Our reputation, while amusing to some, does nothing positive for our University or surrounding community.

Being known as the wildest school in the country should only amuse children, not adults. And yes, if you are of

age to attend this university, you are an adult.

Most students want what’s best for them, which is why they spend thousands of dollars and countless hours improving their lives by continuing their education here at WVU. It is a small minority of students who perform these reckless acts, but it reflects negatively on the entire student body.

Officials with the Sunnyside Up have launched the “Learn Not to Burn” campaign, which educates students on the dan-

gers of fires. But WVU students should not have to be taught not to set fires in the street.

It seems just as ridiculous as a “Look Both Ways Before You Cross the Street” campaign.

If you don’t understand that it is not acceptable to set fires in the street by the time you reach adulthood, you are not ready to attend college.

The University must set an example for those who think they can get away with this type of behavior.

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Trump could damage Romney’s campaign jeremiah yates opinion editor

Donald Trump simply won’t give it up.

In another attempt to push the “birther” theory, Trump interviewed via telephone with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and repeated his claims denouncing President Barack Obama’s legitimacy to hold the highest office in the nation.

According to Trump and others who support this claim, President Obama should not be able to continue his presidency because he was not born in the United States.

But official documents show that he was born in Hawaii in 1961.

While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney does acknowledge the legitimacy of Obama’s birthplace, his political ties with Trump will most likely hurt his campaign in the long run.

It is no secret that presidential candidates must have large sums of money before even considering winning an election.

And it is no secret that Trump has the resources to assist Romney with enough funding. But, it does come to a point when money will lose its influence. It that wasn’t the case, it would be Trump as the presidential candidate and not Romney.

Trump’s candidacy fell short early on when he dropped out of the race last year. While he didn’t actually admit his decision not to run was because of his potential to win (or lack thereof ), it is safe to say the American people would rather see another eight years of President George W. Bush than four years of President Donald Trump.

In defense of “The Donald,” it was the goal of Blitzer to talk about the “birther” is-

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Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during a news conference in Las Vegas. sue and not the troubled aspects of the American economy, which Trump attempted to discuss.

But, Trump couldn’t resist spewing the ridiculous accusations of Obama’s birthplace. He even said that it was a matter of opinion.

“Everybody’s entitled to your opinion,” he said. “You know my opinion and you know his opinion, and that’s fine. We’re entitled - as he said yesterday in the airplane - we’re all entitled to our opinions and he’s entitled to have his opinion. I don’t

happen to share that opinion,; it’s wonderful.”

But the truth of the matter is that it is a matter of “fact” and not “opinion.” For example, I was born in the state of North Carolina, which is a fact. To say I was born anywhere else is incorrect.

It can’t be an opinion because it can be proved through legal documentation, just like the documentation proving President Obama’s birthplace.

You can’t denounce a fact and call it an opinion.

This absurd tactic to bash

a president should not sway voters. If Obama isn’t a national-born citizen, then our country has more to worry about than getting him out of office.

It would seem that our entire political system would have failed us, and should be reconstructed.

Because of his ridiculousness, Trump’s endorsement could be more damaging to a political campaign than having it funded through the welfare system.

Politicians want votes wherever they can get them.

But when one of a candidate’s major supporters magnifies claims such as the “birther” theory, it may convince voters that his views are similar to the candidate’s and voters may lean the other way.

Romney has separated his views on the issue, but his campaign is widely advocated by Trump.

“You know, I don’t agree with all the people who support me and my guess is they don’t all agree with everything I believe in,” Romney said when asked about the issue. “But I need to get 50.1

percent or more and I’m appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people,”Romney said.

But he should get the dollar signs out of his head, and look at the big picture. Most American’s do not support this claim, and if they make a connection with Romney to the issue, many may find Romney as ignorant as those who support it.

But, then again, if you are voting for Obama in 2012, you may want Americans to see the ignorance of the Republican Party.

signed to play up to people’s desires to be included in an exclusive group. Being part of something that others desire to be a part of is that basic sense of accomplishment almost every person seeks throughout their life.

As all early Facebook users know – by “early” I mean when you still had to receive an invite from an email tag of merit – being a part of Facebook was cool, and an interesting way to let people into your party habits or other random bits of social life.

Now everyone has access to Facebook, and the topics are anywhere from awesome to awful.

With the inclusion of folks outside the upper food chain of cool, Facebook has become a landscape of updates about pregnancies, inane parental comments, job openings and obnoxious bickering about topics no one cares about. Thankfully you can block all of those people from appearing in your

feed so as to avoid the annoying questions of “Why did you de-friend me?” that might come with deletion.

The opening of Facebook stock to essentially any and all has made Facebook even less cool.

Whether this has anything to do with the current drop in stock value, which is unlikely, it might in the future.

Facebook is simply a social media site now. There is nothing exclusive left to it. Being available to everyone is nice and all, but cool is a fickle factor.

The neatest thing – note “neat” not “cool” – now available from Facebook is the novelty idea of buying Facebook shares to give away as X-mas presents.

The future of Facebook as a popular website is not one that is likely to come to a crashing halt, but it is going to continue to become less and less cool; downgrading to other random words that have variable meanings based on trends in pop culture.

Facebook is already showing advertisements for products that most of the folks who see them don’t care about or cannot afford, but that is advertising almost anywhere.

Alongside the sponsored advertisements on the side of your page, you get the business ads in your feed disguised as status updates by friends.

The annoying invitations to play useless yet time-consuming games; the music service letting you know your friends are listening to music you will either ridicule or compliment them for; the links to photos that ask you to sign up for apps and other such junk you don’t really want; all of those factors, and more, add up to the lack of cool that Facebook was originally meant to be.

But then again, big ol’ bags of moolah can turn anything cool marketable and then into a pile of steaming crap left over to be kicked about by the masses.

Luckily, something else cool

always comes along to start the cycle all over again.

In the end, Facebook will most likely be around for the next long while – long being a relative term due to the nature of popular things and new technology.

But Facebook becoming something that anyone can own a piece of was the last straw that broke another cool thing’s back and left it lying, slowly dying, for the masses to make into a mockery of its once aristocratic majesty.

Facebook’s stock drops as coolness departs gabriel stoffa iowa state daily iowa state university

Facebook stock went public recently, and it has been dropping since. In the weeks building up to the release, the value was being pushed and prodded and paraded around by those in the know to attempt to achieve top dollar as trading hit.

Those efforts pushed the stock into an inflated value.

Whereas folks who sold early made some funds, those still holding stock watches as it continues to drop each day; its high point in the last week was $45 while the current low is $32, with some predicting it going as low as $25 in the near future.

Stocks jumping and dropping is nothing new to the market, but Facebook is an interesting bit to evaluate.

Facebook was initially de-

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WVU women’s soccer alumna Blake Miller climbs for a header against Ohio State this past season. Miller was a (first team) All-Big East selection in 2011 after leading WVU in points and goals and has since gone on to play for the Illawarra Stingrays - an (Australian based) club that has captured the league championship three years running.

CAMPUS CALENDAR FEATURE OF THE WEEK COMMUNITY MUSIC RECITAL for the violin students of Ellen-Maria Willis and the flute students of Alexandra Hamilton.

The events start at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

EVERY THURSDAY

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets from 6-7 p.m. in Room 106 of Woodburn Hall. For more information, call 304-692-0038.

CO-DEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS, a 12-step program to assist participants in developing healthier relationships of all kinds, meets at 7 p.m. in the conference room of Chestnut Ridge Hospital. For more information, call Mary at 304-296-3748.

LUTHERAN DISASTER RESPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary.

For more information, visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org/disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, call 304-906-8183 or email schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets from 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month. For more information, visit www.morgantownchess.org.

CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall.

People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@ uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets.

For more information, email wvumethodist@comcast.net.

WVU CLUB TENNIS practices from 9-10 p.m. at Ridgeview Racquet Club.

For carpooling, call 304-906-4427.

New members are always welcome.

THE WVU YOUNG DEMOCRATS meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email kross3@mix.wvu. edu.

WVU WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE team meets from 7-9 p.m. at the Shell Building. No experience is nec-

essary. For more information, email Sarah Lemanski at sarah_lemanski@ yahoo.com.

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

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION meets at 8 p.m. at the International House on Spruce Street.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUNTAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@gmail.com.

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

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

THE CATALAN TABLE will meet at 4 p.m. at Maxwell’s restaurant. All levels welcome. For more information, call 304-293-5121 ext. 5509.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP meets at 7 p.m. in 316 Percival Hall. For more information, call 304-376-4506 or 304-276-3284.

FREE ARABIC/ISLAM CLASSES will be hosted by the Muslim Students’ Association from 6-8 p.m. in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair.

To register, email schaudhr@mix. wvu.edu.

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

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

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

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

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

SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a local outreach organization, needs volunteers for daily programs and special events. For

more information or to volunteer, email vc_srsh@hotmail.com or call 304-599-5020.

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

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

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

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

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

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20-40 Family House guests.

For more information, call 304-5986094 or email rfh@wvuh.com.

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

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

THE WELLWVU CONDOM CLOSET is held in the Kanawha Room of the Mountainlair every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-noon. The closet sells condoms for 25 cents each or five for $1.00.

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

THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE meets on the second Monday and fourth Tuesday of every month at noon at Hatfields in the Mountainlair. All students and faculty are invited. For more information, email amy.keesee@mail.wvu.

ACROSS 1 Utah’s state gem 6 Stable newborn 10 Emblem 14 “Don’t try to be ___” 15 __ jure 16 Slicer’s warning 17 See 38-Across 20 Passed down, as folk mus.

21 Shop gripper 22 Four Holy Roman emperors 23 ‘40s-’50s pitcher Maglie 24 Tangle of hair 25 P.D. alert 26 See 38-Across 33 Silver and gold 35 Absorb, as a loss 36 Via, la Burns 37 “__ you clever!”

38 Clue for 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across 39 Intersect 40 Unlike Wellesley College 41 Board partner 42 Downloadable media player 43 See 38-Across 46 Clunker 47 Cruet fluid 48 Corn serving 51 That and that 54 Proverbial equine escape site 56 Sharp part 57 See 38-Across 60 Plotting 61 Head start?

62 Neutral shade 63 Dry run 64 No sweat 65 Being pulled DOWN 1 Knave of Hearts’ loot 2 Fictional plantation owner 3 Guitar played with hands and feet 4 Dry 5 San Diego attraction 6 Having limits 7 Makes a choice 8 U.S. Open stadium 9 Rickey broke his stolen base record in 1991 10 “Assuming that’s accurate,” biblically

11 Winter garb 12 Guesstimate words 13 Takes home 18 Rogers’s partner 19 Last year’s frosh 24 Hot sandwich 25 Sequence of scenes 27 It’s not posed 28 Aptly named author 29 Holiday tuber 30 Dismissive bit of rhetoric 31 Highland tongue 32 Legendary seamstress 33 Eponymous physicist Ernst __ 34 Switch add-on 38 “I’m talking to you!”

39 PC key below Shift 41 Wicked 42 Turner memoir 44 Member’s payment 45 Where kroner are spent 49 Disco era term

50 Sign up for more 51 Letter-shaped fastener 52 Optimism 53 Granola grain 54 __ Bing!: “The Sopranos” nightclub 55 Some votes 56 First lady’s garden site?

58 Golfer Michelle 59 Hitter’s stat

TODAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

COMICS Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

appearance.

Tonight: Enjoy the one you are with.

BORN TODAY You have a very appealing manner that draws many people to you. However, because you are surrounded by so many admirers, often jealousy comes into play. Be careful as to what you promise, and make sure you are clear about your expectations and desires. If you are single, you might commit to someone, only to suddenly find the bond volatile. Try to avoid commitment this year. If you are attached, the two of you often find that you disagree.

Learn to respect your sweetie’s perspective, and peace will be restored. PISCES spends money differently than you do.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You see a situation much differently than a partner. Through what might be animated conversation, you come to terms.

If you detach, you see this person’s caring. Otherwise, anger could be the result. Know you are cared about. Tonight: Catch up on calls.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Take a serious look at a schedule change.

You clearly cannot do as you desire with your present commitments. Though you may not see the path immediately, it is there. Brainstorm with a buddy. Tonight: Buy something for your home or roommate.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Be sensitive to your needs financially. A close partner might have a different perspective and interests. This person has a very caring manner that often ropes you in.

Know your limits, and be willing to say “no.” Tonight: Go with a suggestion.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH Make calls, schedule meetings and do not forget to make or confirm weekend plans. You could be overwhelmed by all that you have to do. News coming in from a distance could trigger a strong reaction.

Sort fact from fiction. Tonight: You don’t have to go far,

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You might want to pull back and get a better understanding of a friendship. This person sometimes goes overboard. Anger develops when you least expect it.

Could someone expect more than you can give? Tonight: Get some R and R. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Being driven points a venture toward success. Another person’s creative idea might backfire. No matter how nice you are when you nix this concept, the end results could be volatile. Do not spend too much energy on this issue. Tonight: Find your friends.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Be as upbeat as you can when dealing with a higher-up or boss. Listen to feedback.

On a personal level, your home life could be disruptive. Do not take the events here into your professional life. Focus on your public image. Tonight: A must

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Recognize how easily triggered you are. Pull back rather than lose your temper. Words spoken could cause a problem and cannot be taken back. A partner or another person you are financially tied to triggers strong reactions. Tonight: The only answer is yes.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Sitting on strong feelings could be difficult.

Pick and choose the timing to release your aggravation. Go back to the original issue. Others keep requesting your help with various projects. Toss yourself into at least one. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You are all smiles, no matter how you look at a situation. A friend might be aggressive about you pursuing a certain path. You know how to say no, but in this case, it might not be heard. Trust your judgment.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Only you can decide what to do with your funds. You do not always have to defer to a partner. You care a lot about this person, regardless of how volatile he or she might be, yet you do not have to say yes all the time. Tonight: Make sure your budget is in the plus column.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Beam in others. Make a decision about who would be best to go to an event or begin a project with. Honor what you feel, and it all works out. One person could become quite irritated. You cannot change his or her reaction, but you also do not need to react! Tonight: Do your own thing.

BORN TODAY Army general Douglas MacArthur (1880), black activist Angela Davis (1944), guitarist Eddie Van Halen (1955)

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

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Two qualify for NCAA championships Season tickets sales now over 30,000 by michael carvelli

by amit batra

sports editor

sports writer

Ten members of the West Virginia track and field team went to the campus of the University of North Florida this weekend for the 2012 NCAA East regional.

Senior Chelsea CarrierEades opened up the regional Thursday by advancing to the finals of the long jump.

She finished the preliminary round in 13th place with a jump of 6.15 meters to advance to the finals. Carrier-Eades advanced with her three attempts of 5.89 meters, 6.09 meters and 5.98 meters, respectively. She was one place shy of reaching the NCAA championships.

“The long jump was a bittersweet event for us,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “While all three jumpers placed much higher than they came in ranked, we did believe that all three had a shot to move on to the finals in Iowa.”

Other events Thursday included senior Meghan Mock finishing 23rd in the long jump with 5.97 meters, while sophomore Stormy Nesbit reached 5.78 meters for 35th place. Senior Stephanie Caruso competed in the 10,000-meter run, as she finished in 41st place with a mark of 37:37.23.

The action continued Friday with the 100-meter hurdles.

Carrier-Eades and sophomore Chene Townsend competed in the event. Carrier-Eades finished eighth overall with a time of 13.13 seconds. The time was second in her heat, and she advanced to the quarterfinals, which are scheduled for Saturday evening. Townsend also advanced to the quarterfinals with a time of 13.47 seconds.

She finished fifth in her heat and was just shy of her personal best. Winning the event was Central Florida’s Jackie Coward with 12.97 seconds.

“Chelsea and Chene were very steady in qualifying,” Cleary said. “Chelsea knocked a hurdle and recovered very well. Chene ran a strong opener and was true to form.

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Senior Chelsea Carrier-Eades qualified for the NCAA championships in the 100-meter hurdles and the heptathalon. meet is simply world-class.”

In the high jump event junior Sydney Cummings achieved a lifetime-best height of 1.77 meters, which was good for a 19thplace finish.

“She came and jumped the same height as some of the girls who qualified to go to Iowa (for NCAA championships), and she proved she can compete at the national level by emerging with a clutch performance,” Cleary said.

Saturday, a pair of Mountaineers advanced to the 2012 NCAA championships in Des Moines, Iowa, at Drake University on June 6-9.

Carrier-Eades continued her journey in the NCAA East regional with a seventh-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles of 13.10 seconds. With the time, she advanced to the championship rounds in Iowa. CarrierEades will also compete in the heptathlon in Iowa.

Senior Jessica O’Connell placed 10th overall in the 5,000-meter run in 16:26.18.

With the time, she was able to qualify for the championship rounds.

Other action Saturday included Stormy Nesbit finishing 27th in the triple jump with her distance of 12.45 meters.

Townsend was almost able to qualify for Iowa in the 100-meter hurdles, but fell short with a 16th-place finish at 13.45 seconds. Only the top 12 in each event advance.

Finishing the day was senior Terina Miller, who finished in 29th place in the hammer throw with her 53.90-meter mark.

The next event will be the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships in which O’Connell and Carrier-Eades will represent WVU. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

It’s amazing what a BCS bowl victory and a move to a new conference can do to get fans excited for the next season.

Following the West Virginia football team’s record-breaking victory against Clemson in the Discover Orange Bowl, the Mountaineers are preparing to head into their first season as members of the Big 12 Conference with preseason expectations as high as they have ever been.

WVU will return a majority of its starters on an offense that ranked in the top 20 nationally in total offense a year ago, and it will bring in a new defensive scheme with the addition of three new coaches on the other side of the ball. All of these factors have added up to season ticket sales going up about as high as they have been since 2000.

As of Tuesday, West Virginia had sold more than 30,500 season tickets, according to Director of Sports Marketing Matt Wells.

“It’s definitely a combination of the victory in the Orange Bowl and the excitement over the move to the Big 12,” Wells said. “Obviously we have a very attractive home schedule that comes with that move, as well.

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Flipping to the defensive side, the noticeable absence is Vinny Curry. Selected 59th overall by the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL Draft, Curry was the 2011 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year. He compiled 11 sacks and 22 tackles for loss last year for Marshall. This season, someone is going to have to step in and at least provide half of the threat that Curry gave Marshall. Thundering Herd defensive coordinator Chris Rippon knows it’ll be tough to replace a guy like Curry.

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Head coach Dana Holgorsen and the West Virginia football team will kick off the 2012 season Sept. 1 against Marshall.

“There’s certainly a ton of buzz and a lot of different factors that are providing that positive momentum that we’re seeing in our ticket sales.”

Wells said he has been tracking season ticket sales since 2000 and, compared to this time in the other seasons, ticket sales this year are the second-highest they’ve been in that time.

The only season sales that were higher were in 2008, as the Mountaineers were coming off of their victory in the Fiesta Bowl, when 31,200 tickets had been sold.

At this time last season, sales were only at 29,000.

“It makes us look a lot

smarter (from a marketing standpoint) when there’s this much momentum heading into the season, but we still have to do everything that we’ve done before as far as sending out the information and advertising, promoting and marketing the ticket sales and the different packages that people can get,” Wells said.

“The fact that there’s so much positive momentum heading into this season definitely helps us start the conversation with people when you’re talking to them about tickets or sponsorships or whatever else there might be.”

a player the caliber of a Vinny Curry,” Rippon said. “He was a marquee player for us who left a tremendous mark on the program. Right now on the defensive line, we’re inexperienced and young, but we have Jeremiah Taylor back, who we feel can be a dominant force there.”

Last season, Taylor totaled 45 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks.

Another departure that has been overshadowed by the loss of Curry is that Omar Brown, the Herd’s leading tackler a year ago, also graduated.

The Herd will look to get tackling production from the linebacker core since Devin Arrington and Jermaine Holmes

are back. Last season, Arrington and Holmes combined for 103 tackles – 10 tackles less than Brown.

And in the secondary, the Marshall coaches should see some good competition come fall camp. With established corners Monterius Lovett and Darryl Roberts back along with Phillip Warren, there should at least be a three-way battle.

Add top recruit A.J. Legget into the mix and Marshall has some quality depth back at the second level. They will need all of that depth in week one against West Virginia’s “Air Raid” offense.

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Latvian Radio releases new album by alec berry web editor

Latvian Radio, a local indie rock band, recently released a new album titled “Kill the Static,” a follow-up to 2009’s “Seven Layers of Self-Defense.”

“The feedback so far says this is more of a power pop record, and I guess I agree with that,” said lead singer Patric Westoo. “Maybe a bit of New Wave in there as well; I have been listening to the first few Roxy Music records a lot as of late.”

Music blog Absolute Powerpop described the record

as “a mix of Shins-like indie pop, Brendan Benson and Elvis Costello.”

Personally, I would second the Shins comparison; “Kill the Static” supplies the same sort of pop instrumentation while fused with a more human rhythm guitar and singing delivery, broaching themes of growing old and living change.

It’s a conscious album, through and through, and if anything it shows off Westoo’s skill as a songwriter.

“I have always been interested in songwriters who look inward instead of outward, so I guess that’s what I try to do,

as well,” Westoo said. “Life gets more and more complicated with time, and I think it’s a lot more interesting when writers personalize that struggle instead of drawing broad strokes about politics, religion, love and understanding. If you can fit it all into a three minute pop song with some energy and a melody, then you’ve got my attention.”

About the record, Westoo noted it took two years to produce, a length of time generated by the long distance between band members.

“I’ve lived in New York for awhile now, and the rest

of the band – Kim Monday, Mark Poole and Adam Jones – lives in the Morgantown area,” Westoo said. “I constantly write songs and have more than I usually need sitting around, but we can’t record them until I take a trip to Morgantown. I do some parts here in New York, sometimes, but I don’t want to mess with the process too much.”

Because of the distance issue, Westoo notes that performing live is sort of an issue, but not one he hasn’t found a solution for.

“Latvian Radio shows are a bit schizophrenic in the sense that there are two versions of

the live performance outfit,” Westoo said. “Like I said earlier, the core of the band is in Morgantown, so when we play in the area, that’s the band. In addition to that, I have a NYC version of the live band, and since I live here in New York, this version of the band plays more gigs.”

Westoo says future shows in the Morgantown area are sort of up in the air at the moment, but he says he means to return as soon as he can.

So far, “Kill the Static” has received mostly positive reactions. The band’s Facebook page sports various comments of approval.

“Kill the Static is a GREAT album. Nice work guys!” said Facebook fan Luann Gibbs.

And according to Westoo, the enjoyment even extends beyond American borders.

“The power pop community in Spain, for instance, has really taken to it and are calling it one of the most pleasant surprises of the year,” Westoo said. “It’s always cool when you can reach people who you are not closely connected to.”

For more on Latvian Radio, you can check out the band’s website, www.latvianradio. net. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Spektor offers polished pop sound, maintains her weird side by carol fox copy desk chief

On Tuesday Regina Spektor, New York-by-way-ofMoscow’s anti-folk sweetheart, officially released her fourth major studio album, “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.”

First, I have to admit, I am a massive Regina Spektor fan. She sings and plays piano like an angel, and she can break your heart by spinning sometimes sweet, often bizarre tales with her lyrics. While that may leave me susceptible to narrowminded praise in my review, since her 2009 album “Far” I have been worried she is losing some of her raw originality to appeal to a broader audience.

While she maintained her lyrical aptitude on “Far,” there was a definite sound change from her early work such as albums “11:11” and “Soviet Kitsch.” This difference was in part due to her collaboration with major music producers like Mike Elizondo, who has worked with Dr. Dre, Eminem and Garret “Jacknife” Lee, who has worked with R.E.M. and Weezer. Many were concerned Spektor was trying to cross over to mainstream music at the risk of losing her voice in the pop sound.

With the release of “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” Spektor offers a continuation of the same polished pop sound, but she proves she’ll never lose her weird side.

The first track, “Small Town Moon” is one of the best on the album. It starts the album with a sweet sentiment to which anyone with big dreams can relate – even if it’s just leaving your hometown to enter the big world and opportunity of a collegiate campus. This track, along with “All the Rowboats,” is sure to be a fan favorite. “All the Rowboats” is a fun, percussive song about either the dangers of creative dormancy or perhaps a crazed art fan who wants to rescue all of the artwork from museums.

The second track, “Oh, Marcello,” shows off Spektor’s eccentric side as she dons an Italian accent for the verses, which are about a superstitious woman who has been told her baby will grow up to be a killer. I’m not sure if it’s funny or scary, but it is definitely beautiful.

Longtime fans of Spektor’s will probably recognize the album’s third track, “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)” from her 2002 album “Songs.” The old version features Spektor pounding away on her piano to this catchy tune. The new version has an added drum beat, but Spektor’s voice and the production sounds a little too polished and impersonal compared to the earlier version.

With the album’s fourth song, “Firewood,” Spektor returns to the sadly sweet, piano-accompanied lyrics for which she is famous. For a songstress who has written about a mother of three dying of cancer, a quirky old man who adores the moon and the plight of Oedipus, this song, with its emphasis on music being essential to life, seems uncharacteristi-

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Regina Spektor released her fourth studio album ‘What We Saw from the Cheap Seats’ on Tuesday. cally personal.

The next song on the album, “Patron Saint,” is a casual, playful song that tells the story of a modern girl.

The patron saint of modern girls happens to be a heartbreaker disillusioned by her belief in true love – sounds like the result of our Disneyaddled minds, no?

Breathtaking and deceptively simple, the album’s next track “How” has a blueeyed soul feel and sounds a bit like something the Righteous Brothers would have performed. This track, along with the ninth track “Open” and the last track “Jessica,”

were the only disappointments on the album for me.

They each employ overly simple melodies, which are great, but I expect more from the queen of quirk.

The album’s eighth track, “Ballad of a Politician,” is clearly an outcry against the pretense and glad-handing of politicians since the advent of television broadcast.

Essentially, Spektor is comparing politicians to whores, and though it’s been done before, the haunting and accusatory voice is a change for Spektor.

The album’s 10th track, “The Party,” is quickly be-

coming one of my favorite melodies from Regina Spektor. It includes the lines, “You’re like a party somebody threw me/ You taste like birthday/ You look like New Years/ You’re like a big parade through town.” And I’ve never heard a better compliment in a love song than that.

Despite the glossy sound of “What We Saw from the Cheap Seats,” Spektor proves she can’t help but be herself.

Sure, it isn’t the best Regina Spektor album, but she still offers more individuality and beauty than most of her contemporaries.

She proves to us that sometimes thought-provoking lyrics can accompany dance beats. Spektor can “pop” up her sound all she wants, but that doesn’t prevent her from taking musical chances and writing magnificently.

There are also three nonalbum tracks available for digital purchase: “Call Them Brothers,” a duet written and performed with Jack Dishel of Only Son, “The Prayer of Francois Villon” and “Old Jacket,” which are both cover songs performed in Russian. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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