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Wednesday October 31, 2012
Volume 126, Issue 53
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Sandy brings snow, slow to town by bryan bumgardner associate city editor
The effects of hurricane Sandy hit West Virginia late Monday night, causing high winds, snow accumulation and power outages across the state. With more than 280,000 residents without power and snowfalls of up to 17 inches, both Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in West Virginia.
“As this storm continues to impact our state, I ask all residents to stay off the roads unless it is an emergency,” Tomblin said in a release on his website. “Our local, state and – with this emergency declaration – now federal emergency leaders are working diligently to address the evolving needs of all West Virginians.” Across the state, public schools in dozens of counties have canceled school for Wednesday, and several
Universities including Concord, Bluefield State and Potomac State, have cancelled classes. In Morgantown, West Virginia University officially remains open, but many professors have independently cancelled classes. In response to students’ absences Tuesday, Senior Associate Provost Russell Dean issued a statement to WVU professors. “Because of the current weather conditions, some
WVU students are encountering difficulty getting to class today,” he said. “WVU faculty members are encouraged to be lenient and reasonable in permitting students who are absent from class because of the whether to make up assignments or tests.” Narvel Weese, WVU Vice President of Administration and Finance, urges students and employees to use good judgement when
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Snow descended upon Morgantown Monday night and continued into Tuesday, leaving roads and sidewalks difficult to navigate.
Exercise, cancer awareness in ‘Workout in Pink’
THE RIGHT BITE
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Justin Smith, a senior criminology student, eats a biscuit at Tudor’s Biscuit World’s new location on High Street in Morgantown.
Popular biscuit chain opens new location near WVU’s Downtown Campus By Madison Fleck Staff Writer
Students living on West Virginia University’s downtown campus may now “start their day the homemade way” without traveling far from home. Tudor’s Biscuit World recently opened its newest location on High Street. “We’ve been wanting to come to the High Street area for a while now,” said Joe Horvath, owner of the Suncrest and High Street locations. The building’s previous occupant, First Exchange Bank, closed during the summer, and Horvath said he has been working on the building ever since. “It was actually our first choice, but it never worked out until now,” he said. Horvath and his wife, Barbara, initiated the Tudor’s Biscuit World franchise in Morgantown. “I’m from the southern part of West Virginia, and when my kids came up here for school, they were disappointed to find that there were no Tudor’s,” he said. “They’re used to seeing them off of every exit.” The couple was semi-retired at the time and were easily able to begin the franchise in the Morgantown area. They have opened both locations in Suncrest and on High Street and Horvath said he hopes to expand even further. “We’ve got an area that’s developing that includes Monongalia County, Marion County and Preston County,” Horvath said. “So, if there are people who are interested in putting a Tudor’s in any of these places, they need to tell us, and we’d love to do that.” For the time being, the High Street location will operate on the franchise’s normal business hours: Monday through Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. However, Horvath said he is hoping they will soon
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Justin Smith, a senior criminology student, orders at the recently opened Tudor’s Biscuit World on High Street.
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This year, West Virginia University’s College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences held an exercise incentive program and Breast Cancer Awareness event for the entire month of October. The event, titled “Workout in Pink,” is new to WVU, and many students and faculty were anxious to participate. Workout sessions were held during the month for registered members, and those who completed 20 workouts were put in a drawing for a gift basket. “The purpose of the event was to not only bring awareness and benefit Breast Cancer Research but to create an incentive for people to start exercising as well,” said Nancy Naternicola, WVU’s College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Fitness and Wellness Director. The event took place at Stansbury Fitness Center from Oct. 1-31. “Personal Training interns currently working at Stansbury Fitness Center this semester were in charge of putting up the display, handing out goody bags,
welcoming participants, personal training and signing off on participant’s workout logs,” Naternicola said. Anyone 12 years of age or over was eligible to pay the $20 registration fee to participate. “Those who signed up received a complimentary membership to Stansbury Fitness assessments, workout programs and oneon-one training if they desire,” she said. “On the first day, participants received their goody bag, including a Workout for Pink T-shirt, a power bar, bottle of water and a pink wrist band.” Any remaining money will be donated to the Betty Puskar Cancer Center. All workouts were held indoors at the Fitness Center. “Not only did individuals have access to the Stansbury Fitness Center, which includes the usual equipment, such as weight machines, free weights, cardio machines, kettle bells and etc., but most importantly they had access to their own personal trainer who could help them with fitness goals, workouts, assessments, program designs for the entire
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On a dark and stormy Monday night, listeners huddled in the lobby of E. Moore Hall to experience the second annual West Virginia University Ghost Story Telling event. To celebrate the Halloween season, WVU welcomed award-winning West Virginia storyteller Jason Burns, who has traveled to various locations around the state and works with The West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project to seek out other ghost and monster stories to perform next. Burns said his English professor at WVU got him interested in telling ghost stories. After his first supernatural experience in the Wise Library, Burns has been in-
ON THE INSIDE Following a pair of back-to-back losses against Big 12 Conference foes. The No. 21 West Virginia football team is looking to bounce back with a win against TCU this weekend SPORTS PAGE 7
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terested in ghost stories. “After that I just started telling ghost stories because that was my niche,” Burns said. Now, his travels have given him a collection of tales. “I collect ghost stories from all over West Virginia, and I have almost 500,” he said. “My goal was to have at least one from each county, but I would find one then I would find five at once.” Burns started The West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project in 2006 as part of Mountaineer Week. “I was working with the Mountaineer Week staff at the time, and they needed programming through children, so I came up with the project,” Burns said. Burns said this is the
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NOW FOR THE TOURNEY The No. 14 West Virginia women’s soccer team is kicks off Big 12 Conference Tournament play tonight against TCU. SPORTS PAGE 7