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Mascot race down to final four

By Carlee lammers City Editor

Whether running onto the field and firing the musket in front of thousands of fans or visiting future Mountaineers in elementary school classrooms across the state, the Mountaineer mascot stands for West Virginia.

The four finalists will soon discover their fate, as the selection committee announces the 2013-14 Mountaineer mascot.

Last week, each contestant had the opportunity to participate in a cheeroff to see who could get the crowd going and impress the selection committee.

For Jonathan Kimble, current Mountaineer and first-year graduate student, there’s no greater feeling than the one he gets when he steps out onto the field.

“Ever since my first football game here as a freshman (as I was) sitting with all my friends, they saw how much passion, ex-

citement and energy I had.

They said ‘You’d be awesome down there leading the cheers and getting the crowd fired up’,” he said.

“It’s a natural feeling to me to get the crowd going, leading the cheers and helping cheer the Mountaineers on to victory.”

Kimble said while he enjoys cheering the Mountaineers in athletic events, he also enjoys traveling throughout the state to meet West Virginia citizens and WVU supporters.

“It’s just living the dream. It’s so awesome.

I get to see the great people of West Virginia and how they all love WVU and how they’re all passionate about West Virginia.”

Kimble said he believes he should be named the next Mountaineer because of his passion for the state and University.

“I just love West Virginia and the people here,” he said. “I love being in

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MILES OF SMILES

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From left to right, B. Jay Hatfield, Michael Garcia, Jonathan Kimble and Daryn Vucelik pose following the cheer-off during last week’s game against Baylor.

Literacy group gives students, community hope By evelyn Merithew staff writer

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Fourth-year dental student Gina Graziani (left), takes a moment to learn from Clinical Teacher Dr. Louise Veselicky (center) as she prepares to work with patient Lindsey Bailey (right).

Dental Clinic gives hands-on experience to students, public care to community by evelyn merithew staff writer

The West Virginia University School of Dentistry gives its students first-hand experience in patient dental care and prepares its students to serve the community.

The school accepts a variety of students, including those who want to receive their doctorate in dental surgery or become a dental hygienist, and offers graduate and specialty programs, research and education.

“As a senior student we just have clinical work,” said Ali Suarez, a senior dental student who completed his undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University. “We work with patients all day every day.”

Suarez explained that a certain amount of school involvement is what sets a good candidate for the program apart.

Jack Yorty, the Associate Dean of the School of Dentistry, said the program focuses strongly on hands-on experience.

“The dental students’ last two years are more clinically oriented,” Yorty said. “They apply the things they have learned to actual patient care. They also have their own assigned patients that they manage and rotate in different areas throughout the school.”

The School of Dentistry has roughly 30 sites throughout the state where the students go and work for six weeks as part

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Junior Dental Hygiene student Devany Wells (left) takes a moment to give patient Susan Ting a teeth cleaning.

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African ensemble to hold free concert by ashley tennant staff writer

The West Virginia University School of Music offers more than a dozen different types of ensembles including the University Choir and Symphony Orchestra, the Jazz Ensemble, the Concert Band and the Pep Band.

But one ensemble has a totally different sound - the African Ensemble.

Michael Vercelli, director of the WVU World Music Center, explains his con-

nection to the Ensemble.

“Originally, the African Ensemble was part of the Percussion Ensemble, which goes back to the late 1960s. That’s when percussion instructor, Phil Faini, brought a number of the instruments back from Africa to the collection,” he said. “In the mid-‘90s, it became its own ensemble. I took over the African Music and Dance Ensemble when I started in 2008.”

Faini said this year’s production is heavily influ-

enced by traditional African music.

“This year we will be playing a piece called Kpanlogo. We have a series of Dagomba praise dances, which are dances that would usually be performed for Dagomba chiefs. Dagomba is an ethnic group in Gahana,” he said. “Also, we will be doing a piece called Yaa Yaa Kole, which also originated from Ghana.”

Vercelli said the African Ensemble differs from the other ensembles because

everyone has a chance to participate on the instruments and dance to the music.

“So, really they are responsible for learning a little of everything in terms of the music,” he said.

A number of the students in the group actually visited Ghana last summer and learned the pieces while studying aboard there.

“Some of the group participated in a study abroad

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Herve Dassie, a West Virginia University student from Cameroon, has had first-hand experience with coming to a country completely unable to speak its native language. Despite the odds, Dassie is making his dreams become a reality thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers.

Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, a nonprofit organization that teaches adults literacy skills, has been a huge help in Dassie’s life.

“I was told (in Cameroon) that when I got to the United States, I needed to go to a public library, and they would tell me where I needed to go to learn English,” Dassie said.

When Dassie received his visa and came to the States, he went to the Morgantown Public Library and was given the Literacy Volunteers’ phone number.

Dassie said calling and making an appointment to meet with a literacy tutor was important.

“I worked with my tutor for a year; I didn’t know any English at first. I want to keep learning, and I’m still improving,” Dassie said.

Abra Sitler, Herve’s oneon-one tutor, was named the 2013 Tutor of the Year

by Literacy Volunteers.

Erin Clemens, the Executive Director of Literacy Volunteers, has been working with the organization for five years.

“When Herve came to us, he had been in the country for a month or two.

He didn’t have any belongings, a job or any money.

We set him up with a private tutor who worked with him everyday,” Clemens said.

He said Dassie has come a long way from very basic speech to intermediate speech in just under two years.

Literacy Volunteers has been serving Monongalia and Preston Counties for 30 years. In addition to teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), the organization teaches computer classes, financial literacy classes, basic reading classes and more.

Clemens said the organization has been receiving students of all ages.

“Shockingly enough, 20 percent of adults in West Virginia and 14 percent of adults in Monongalia County are illiterate,” Clemens said. “This means they can’t read past a fourth-grade level.”

Typically, a traumatic incident is what brings

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adults to seek out Literacy Volunteers’ help the loss of a loved one, loss of a job or the loss of anyone who helps hide their illiteracy. West Virginia’s recent economical changes from mining and industry to professional and services is another huge reason illiterate adults are seeking help.

Literacy Volunteers tutors more than 600 adults between Monongalia and Preston Counties, and currently there are about 30 actively enrolled ESL students.

Dassie isn’t being tutored at the moment because he is busy managing being both a full-time student as well as working a job to support himself financially. Dassie does make time, however, to attend the weekly ESL conversation table with other Literacy Volunteers and ESL learners.

The conversation table, which takes place Tuesday evenings at the Blue Moose Cafe on Walnut Street, helps engage the ESL students with one another.

“Being able to read and write in English is a different world from speaking it. In America, conversation usually takes place in groups, so the conversation table is a great way to incorporate English in a natural environment,” Clemens said.

Dassie is from Bafang in the Southwestern region of Cameroon, where the native language is French.

“I tried to start learning English (in Bafang) before I came, but people there know British English, which is much different than the English spoken here,” Dassie said.

He came to the United States solely to create a better life for himself and his family back home and said he chose West Virginia at the suggestion of a colleague.

“In my country, my boss’s friend was a WVU student. He made a connection between the two of us,” Dassie said. “My boss talked to his friend, and he said he could host me for a while, so that’s why I came to West Virginia.”

Dassie has now been in the country for two years and four months. For the first full year he was here, he didn’t have the means to attend school.

“The first difficult thing was finding a job. You have to have experience before doing something,” Dassie said. “I was just working and working so that I could go to school and pay my bills.”

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Mountaineer Mascot hopeful Daryn Vucelik poses for a picture from a fan.

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Continued from page 1 the student section of the games. I love getting them fired up to give us that home-crowd advantage. I love that energy.”

B. Jay Hatfield knows there’s no greater feeling than serving as a role model to the younger generations back home and throughout the state.

The senior athletic coaching education student from Boone County currently serves as the alternate Mountaineer and said from a young age, he’s wanted to pursue the role.

“My dad started bringing me to football games when I was in second grade. I remember the first time I saw the Mountaineer and heard the musket fire. I knew I wanted to be the Mountaineer,” he said. “I’m excited to make this dream a reality.”

Hatfield said, if selected, he sees the opportunity as more than just a chance to be the mascot. It’s his chance to be a role model.

“It’s been the most rewarding time of my life. I’ve been able to serve as a role model to not only the kids back home but to people all around the state,” Hatfield said. “Not only children but adults, too. Everyone looks to the Mountaineer for inspiration.”

Hatifield said he believes he should be selected to be the next Mountaineer because he can bring a positive light to the University, especially as WVU enters the Big 12 Conference.

“I’m setting the example for a lot of people’s first time seeing the Mountaineer. It’s their introduction to West Virginia – the beautiful state and the beautiful

people of the state,” he said.

Daryn Vucelik knows she has big shoes to fill if she becomes the next Mountaineer.

Literally – she’s tried them on.

“I work in Special Events and Programming in the (Mountainlair). Jonathan (Kimble) is always in our office. One day, he put his hat on my head, and he was like ‘Hey, you look good in that.’ He let me try on the boots and said ‘You would make a great Mountaineer. You should apply,’” she said. “I think that’s when the seed was planted and the wheel started turning.”

Vucelik, a junior public relations student, said as the only female finalist, she believes she brings something unique to the table.

“It’s been fun so far to just kind of be the oddball out, but I know being a female Mountaineer is a hurdle to overcome. A lot of people have brought (it) up to me and asked if I’m prepared for people not to respond to me well, and I’ve already taken negative criticism for it. Of the people I’ve spoken to I just say ‘Why don’t you think I can be the Mountaineer? What can I do to prove it to you?’

After having that conversation with them it seems to change their mind a little bit,” she said.

Vucelik said she believes she should be the next Mountaineer because she can represent the University and state in all aspects, not just in athletics.

“There is the whole, ‘I don’t have a beard, or I don’t look like a Mountaineer,’ but a lot of kids here don’t. A majority of us don’t play Division I athletics. We have these kids making great strides in research and landing these

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great jobs out there after they graduate. We’re a lot more than athletics,” she said.

Michael Garcia, a sophomore political science student, said the state and University have given him so much, and he sees the chance to become the Mountaineer as his chance to show his gratitude and give something back.

“To me, it represents an embodiment of everyone who calls this state their home. And not even people who attend the University but people who live here,” he said. “Something that I found was great in the cheer-off was that tons and tons of kids would see me and run up to me. It was just the most joyful experience. They didn’t know that I wasn’t the Mountaineer. They just saw me in the buckskins, and that’s all that mattered to them.”

Garcia said despite being the youngest finalist, he believes he can provide the fresh change WVU is looking for, especially as it enters one of its first seasons in the Big 12.

“The mascot can be that change – that change that can really define this University for who it is,” he said. “I am young compared to everyone else; I’m the youngest of the finalists. In a way that’s daunting, but in a way it makes it a little more fun, too. I have some more years, and I think this is a great opportunity for me to gain some experience and maybe even possibly get (the position).”

The Mountaineer mascot will be named at Saturday’s men’s basketball game vs.

Iowa State. Tipoff is at 1:30 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 Now that Dassie is taking some general courses, he said he sees his tutoring sessions from Literacy Volunteers paying off.

“Before I finish one paper, like in my English 102 class, I have to find different ways to make it better. I go to the writing center, my teacher – anyone that will

program I provided in the summer. It’s really an interesting part to our upcoming concert,” Vercelli said. “The trip to Ghana is four weeks in the summer. I took 11 students last year, and we learned most of this music.”

Vercelli said the ensemble also gets material from the country to make their colorful costumes, which gives the audience an idea of traditional dress in Ghana.

The African Ensemble also provides a variety of outreach programs to local elementary and middle schools.

“We already did one this semester in Martinsburg Middle School,” Vercelli said. “It’s basically an educational performance, so we will play for an assembly.”

Ryan Frost, a member of

Friday March 8, 2013 the ensemble, explained his experience as a part of the ensemble.

“I participated in the study abroad course to Ghana during the summer of 2010,” Frost said. “It was an amazing, immersive experience that allowed me to gain firsthand knowledge of the music of four different cultural traditions within Ghana: Ewe, Dagara, Dagomba and Ashanti.”

“We visited several cultural centers throughout the country. In each location, we spent at least four hours drumming and dancing each day,” he said. “Learning directly from master musicians enabled me to gain a deeper understanding of the music and traditions and how music fits into the Ghanaian culture.”

Frost has also participated in some of the outreach programs the ensemble offers.

“Anytime we share our music with younger students, it’s a great oppor-

tunity to expand their cultural awareness,” he said.

“We typically offer a concert that includes a variety of musical styles, and we make sure to use audience participation to get the students involved.”

He said he feels this learning experience is effective for students.

“So, by having the students participate, they’re not only having fun, but they’re learning one of the important aspects of Ghanaian music; it’s always fun to see how receptive and willing the students are to participate,” he said.

“The concert in March will definitely be fun to see and hear, as well as educational, so I hope to see a good turnout.”

The concert will start at 3:15 p.m. Sunday in the Antionette E. Falbo Theatre in the Creative Arts Center.

The event is free and open to the public. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Dental students learn to use a variety of tools in order to provide the best service possible .

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of the completion to their studies. Most of the sites are private practices where the dentists are appointed as adjunct WVU faculty members. Suarez is preparing to leave for his rural rotation.

“I was placed in Williamson, W.Va., which is about four hours south of Morgantown,” Suarez said. “Working in a rural area is where you really get an idea of how a private practice actually runs.”

During the course of the 2012 rural site six-week rotation, the senior students performed 7,492 procedures at rural sites, saw 3,902 patients and performed $4,122,750 worth of uncompensated care.

The senior students also performed service learning education, where they go out into the rural communities and talk to groups of people about the importance of dental hygiene; in 2012, they reached out to 2,318 rural citizens and 17,575 non-rural citizens.

The dental students at

WVU perform a wide range of dental work every day.

“Our students have to become competent in about 24 different areas in dentistry to be able to graduate,” Yorty said. “They’re learning necessary skills and treating patients. We make sure they’re competent.”

The school provides a full range of dental services to the public, and the students serve both walk-ins and longer-term patients to whom they’ve been assigned. Anywhere from 30-35 patients walk into the urgent care dental clinic daily.

“You’re going to see everything from just a checkup to major reconstructions of somebody’s whole oral system and everything in between: crowns, fillings, implants, bridges,” Yorty said. “It’s hard to say what the average person comes in for.”

When it comes to working with the more long-term patients, the students must perform a thorough evaluation of the patients’ needs, create a comprehensive plan for their patients and treat them to achieve the status of good dental health.

“Basically, the best thing to do first is to try and get to know the patient,” Suarez said. “Sometimes, we get caught up in doing the procedures, and usually you’re pretty nervous the first time you ever treat someone, but getting to know the patient as a person is the best way to get past that anxiety.”

The dental school is in the process of expanding to an offsite facility by Suncrest Towne Centre, where some of the speciality training will occur. It will also include a new faculty dental practice, which will, in turn, free some space at the dental school at WVU Health Sciences building for new specialty programs. The expansion should be complete

by July or August.

“The students are becoming competent doing a variety of different procedures that they need to become independent general dentists,” Yorty said. “They apply what they’ve learned here to real patients. Our mission is to transform the lives of our citizens in West Virginia by improving their oral health.”

help,” Dassie said.

Since Literacy Volunteers relies heavily on grants and donations, more than 95 percent of the work they do is through volunteer service. Clemens welcomes any help offered by WVU students.

“We have an incredibly small staff,” Clemens said.

“We need volunteers who will tutor our students, instructors for the conversation table, people who

are willing to work events and teach others about illiteracy.”

Clemens said he believes Dassie’s successes are just beginning.

“Herve was our 2012 Learner of the Year,” Clemens said. “He is such a fantastic guy and a very dedicated learner.”

Dassie’s long journey, from when he arrived to the United States to working with Literacy Volunteers

to learning at WVU, is not one he will take for granted.

“This has been a great experience. When we learn a different culture, it helps us teach ourselves how to react to different people,” Dassie said.

“It’s good to know how people think and learn how people are different here and in my country.”

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Event to highlight rich, diverse culture of Malaysia “Selamat datang.” That’s Malaysian for “Welcome.”

In an effort to introduce West Virginia University’s students to Malaysia’s incredibly rich and diverse culture, the Malaysian Students Association will host Malaysian Night 2013 5-8 p.m. Saturday.

The event will be held in Hatfields in the Mountainlair and will feature a celebration of Malaysian culture, including display booths, presentations, performances and of course, Malaysian food.

Often a place for cultural common ground, the food available at Malaysian Night 2013 will be traditional Malaysian cuisine, featuring the Malaysian national dish, nasi lemak.

Nasi lemak is a rice dish cooked in coconut milk and the aromatic pandan leaf.

Located in Southeast Asia along the Indian Ocean, Malaysia was

once a part of the international spice trade route.

This crossroads’ past has resulted in a multicultural Malaysia. An amalgamation of Indian, Chinese, Malaysian and countless other indigenous ethnic groups – each with its own unique and colorful traditions – Malaysia is a harmonious cultural melting pot.

This event will provide students interested in understanding cultures around the world an evening of entertainment and cultural immersion.

The $10 tickets went on sale earlier this week, but remaining tickets will be available at the door beginning one hour before the event.

For more information, contact Madonna Nobel at 304-685-9559, or visit the Malaysian Night 2013 Facebook page at w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/433833113364001.

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Abduction illustrates UN vulnerability in Syria

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Smoke rises following an explosion in the Syrian village of Jamlah in the southern province of Daraa, Syria, Thursday.

BEIRUT (AP) — New video Thursday of U.N. peacekeepers held captive by Syrian rebels illustrates the sudden vulnerability of a U.N. force that had patrolled a cease-fire line between Israel and Syria without incident for nearly four decades.

The abduction of the Filipino troops – soft targets in Syria’s civil war – also sent a worrisome signal to Israel about the lawlessness it fears along the shared frontier if Syrian President Bashar Assad is ousted.

The 21 peacekeepers were seized Wednesday near the Syrian village of Jamlah, just a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, a plateau Israel captured from Syria in 1967.

Negotiations were under way Thursday for the release of the men, who said in videos posted online that they were being treated well.

“To our family, we hope to see you soon and we are OK here,” said a peacekeeper shown in one video.

He was one of three troops dressed in camouflage and blue bullet-proof vests emblazoned with the words U.N. and Philippines.

However, a rebel spokesman seemed to suggest the hostages were also serving as human shields. If the U.N. troops are released and leave the area, the regime

could kill “as many as 1,000 people,” said the spokesman, who spoke via Skype and did not give his name for fear of reprisals.

The peacekeepers’ abduction highlights the growing risks to U.N. staff in Syria’s escalating conflict.

Fighting has spread across the country, claiming more than 70,000 lives and displacing nearly 4 million of Syria’s 22 million people.

There is no sign of a breakthrough for either side, though rebels have scored some recent gains on the battlefield and in the diplomatic arena.

U.N. diplomats and officials said Thursday that the capture of the peacekeepers will almost certainly lead to a re-examination of security for the U.N. force and its patrols in the field.

The U.N. monitoring mission, known as UNDOF, was set up in 1974, seven years after Israel captured the Golan and a year after it managed to push back Syrian troops trying to recapture the territory in another regional war.

For nearly four decades, the U.N. monitors helped enforce a stable truce between Israel and Syria, making it one of the most successful U.N. missions in the world, said Timor Goksel, a Beirut-based former senior U.N. official in the region.

The force has an office in Damascus and staffs observation posts along the armistice line.

Goksel, who works for the Al-Monitor news website, said the observers are “soft targets” in Syria’s increasingly brutal civil war. Up to now they were “never challenged by anybody in Syria,” he added.

The monitors’ success may have been linked to a decision by Assad and his father and predecessor, Hafez Assad, to comply with the armistice deal, including limits on military hardware allowed near the cease-fire line.

Moshe Maoz, an Israeli expert on Syria, said the U.N. mission’s success was largely due to the Assads’ decision to abide by the truce.

“When you are dealing with an army that follows orders, it is one thing,” Maoz said. “Now you have different groups. They do not recognize international law and have no respect for any law or international morals.

They are terrorist groups that know no bounds.”

An Israeli official said that if UNDOF were to halt operations, it would be a “bad thing for peace.” He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the diplomatically sensitive issue

with the media.

Israel has said it’s trying to keep out of the Syria conflict, but is watching the disintegration of the country with growing concern.

In recent months, Syrian mortars overshooting their target have repeatedly hit the Israeli-controlled Golan. In Israel’s most direct involvement so far, Israeli warplanes struck inside Syria in January, according to U.S. officials who said the target was a convoy carrying anti-aircraft weapons bound for Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia allied with Assad and Iran.

The U.N. peacekeepers’ four-vehicle convoy was intercepted Wednesday by rebels from a group calling itself the Martyrs of the Yarmouk Brigades. The convoy was stopped on the outskirts of Jamlah, about a mile from the armistice line.

Rebels said 10 people have died in regime shelling of Jamlah and nearby villages in recent days. Fighting continued Thursday, according to activists.

The rebels and Syrian opposition officials have sent conflicting messages about the peacekeepers’ release.

Immediately after their seizure, one of the rebels said the U.N. troops would be held until regime forces leave Jamlah.

On Thursday, however,

a spokesman for the captors expressed concern about more regime attacks on the area if the hostages are freed, suggesting release was not imminent.

A member of Syria’s political opposition in exile, Khaled Saleh, said the rebels would deliver the U.N. troops to safety in Jordan as soon as the regime halts airstrikes in the area and a transfer is deemed safe.

In two amateur videos posted Thursday, men who appeared to be captive U.N. troops made similar statements, though it was not clear to what extent they had been coerced to do so.

“We, the U.N. personnel here, are safe, and the Free Syrian Army are treating us good,” one of three peacekeepers shown in the video said in halting English. “We cannot go home because the government of (President Bashar) Assad do not stop the bombing.”

In another video, six men, presumably peacekeepers, are shown. One man, who identifies himself as a captain, says the U.N. force encountered bombings and artillery, and civilians in the area “helped us for our safety.”

The videos appear in line with AP reporting of the incident.

The U.N. Security Council, which has demanded

the peacekeepers’ immediate and unconditional release, scheduled a closed meeting Friday with U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous.

“As far as we know they are safe,” Ladsous told a group of reporters Thursday.

“But of course we demand the immediate freedom and the ability for UNDOF to carry out its mandate in the area of the Golan.”

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called the men’s continued detention “absolutely unacceptable.”

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said negotiations were under way between the rebels, the Arab League and U.N. officials on handing over the peacekeepers. As part of the negotiations, the rebels were demanding that the regime withdraw from the area, end shelling attacks and allow refugees to return, the Observatory said.

Meanwhile, Nuland said Assad’s forces have bombarded opposition-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs over the last 24 hours and cited reports that regime forces were amassed outside of the city “for what looks to be an all-out assault on rebel holdouts.”

Chavez body to be put on permanent display CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez’s body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which he ruled for 14 years, his successor announced Thursday in a Caribbean version of the treatment given Communist revolutionary leaders like Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s acting head of state, said Chavez would first lie in state for “at least” another seven days at the military academy where he was brought Wednesday.

A state funeral will be held Friday attended by 33 heads of government, including Cuban President Raul Castro and Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat, and former Rep. William Delahunt, a Democrat from Massachusetts, will represent the United States, which Chavez often portrayed as a great global evil even as he sent the country billions of dollars in oil each year.

Maduro said the ceremony would begin at 11 a.m., but did not say where.

“We have decided to prepare the body of our ‘Comandante President,’ to embalm it so that it remains open for all time for the people. Just like Ho Chi Minh.

Just like Lenin. Just like Mao Zedong,” Maduro said.

He said the body would be held in a “crystal urn” at the Museum of the Revolution, a stone’s throw from Miraflores presidential palace.

The announcement followed two emotional days in which Chavez’s supporters compared him to Jesus Christ, and accused his national and international critics of subversion.

A sea of sobbing, heartbroken humanity jammed Venezuela’s main military academy Thursday to see Chavez’s body, some waiting 10 hours under the twinkling stars and the searing Caribbean sun to file past his coffin.

But even as his supporters attempted to immortalize the dead president, a country exhausted from round-the-clock mourning began to look toward the future. Some worried openly whether the nation’s anointed leaders are up to the task of filling his shoes, and others said they were anxious for news on when elections will be held. The constitution mandates they be called within 30 days, but the government has yet to address the matter.

“People are beginning to get back to their lives. One must keep working,” said 40-year-old Caracas resident Laura Guerra, a Chavez supporter who said she was not yet sold on Maduro, the acting head of state and designated ruling party candidate. “I don’t think he will be the same. I don’t think he has the same strength that the ‘comandante’ had.”

At the military academy, Chavez lay in a glass-covered coffin wearing the olive-green military uniform and red beret of his paratrooper days and looking gaunt and pale, his lips pressed together. In a nod to the insecurity that plagues this country, mourners had to submit to a pat down, pass through a metal detector and remove the batteries from their mobile phones before they entered.

As they reached the coffin, many placed a hand on their heart or stiffly saluted.

Some held up children so they could see Chavez’s face.

“I waited 10 hours to see him, but I am very happy,

proud to have seen my comandante,” said 46-year-old Yudeth Hurtado, sobbing.

“He is planted in our heart.”

Government leaders had been largely incommunicado Wednesday as they marched in a seven-hour procession that brought Chavez’s body from a military hospital to the academy. They finally emerged before the cameras Thursday but offered no answers.

Asked when an election would be held, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said only that the constitution would be followed. He continued to refer to Maduro as “vice president,” though he also said the rest of the government was united in helping him lead the country.

The foreign minister also struck the defiant, usagainst-the-world tone the government has projected, which some critics fear could incite passions in a country that remains on edge.

“They couldn’t defeat him electorally, they couldn’t assassinate him, they couldn’t beat him militarily,” Jaua declared. “Chavez died as president ... Chavez died the leader of his people.”

Just hours before the 58-year-old president’s death on Tuesday, Maduro expelled two U.S. diplomats and lashed out at opponents at home and abroad. He implied that the cancer that ultimately killed Chavez was somehow injected into him by his enemies, a charge echoed by Ahmadinejad.

While Maduro is the clear favorite over likely opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, the nation is polarized between Chavez supporters and critics who hold him responsible for soaring inflation, a growing national debt and a jump in violent crime.

Opponents have also

questioned the government’s allegiance to the rule of law, arguing that Maduro is not entitled to become interim president under the 1999 constitution. They have also criticized the defense minister, Adm. Diego Molero, for pledging support for Maduro’s candidacy despite a ban on the military taking political sides.

Ana Teresa Sifontes, a 71-year-old housewife and opposition sympathizer, ap said Chavez did some good Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolas Maduro speaks to people outside the military things for the nation’s poor. academy where the body of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez lies in state But she said he had mis- in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday. managed the economy and showed more interest in regional grandstanding than governing.

She said she hoped his death would bring change.

“Why do we have to pay for Cuba?” she asked, referring to the billions in Venezuelan oil Chavez sent to Havana each year in return for Cuban doctors and other experts. “Why do we need them here?”

Venezuelan officials have yet to say what type of cancer he suffered from, but details were emerging of the former paratrooper’s final hours.

The head of Venezuela’s presidential guard, Gen. Jose Ornella, told the AP late Wednesday that Chavez died of a massive heart attack after great suffering.

“He couldn’t speak but he said it with his lips ... ‘I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,’ because he loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country,” said Ornella, who said he was with the socialist president at the moment of his death Tuesday.

In Washington, State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. hoped the upcoming vote would be held on a level playing field, and lamented the expulsion of the American officials.

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W.Va. tops obesity list again

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First lady Michelle Obama speaks to a small crowd at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Springfield, Mo., in February.

A newly released Gallup survey found that West Virginia once again has earned the disheartening distinction of being the most obese state in the nation.

This is the third year in a row that West Virginia has topped the United States obesity rankings.

Although this news is hardly surprising, it should serve as a wakeup call for all West Virginians.

There are certainly steps that can be taken at the state level to

encourage healthier lifestyles.

However, the decision to eat healthier and exercise is obviously made at the personal level, and we all have the responsibility to make the changes to help improve the state of West Virginia’s health.

Of course, obesity is not the only health-related ranking in which West Virginia reigns supreme. We are also the state with the highest smoking rate in the country. As with smoking, many

people argue that decisions about whether to eat healthier and exercise are personal decisions, and it isn’t anyone else’s business whether or not an individual smokes or eats at McDonald’s everyday.

However, when one considers the costs of these unhealthy lifestyle choices, which are spread out across the entire country, it becomes clear that individual choices have consequences that

reach far beyond the person who makes them.

Medical care provided to individuals suffering from obesity-related conditions amount to an estimated $160 billion per year. This outrageous sum makes a significant contribution to our skyrocketing healthcare costs, which are the highest in the world.

Then there are the personal costs of obesity, which include higher healthcare insurance, po-

tential job discrimination, selfesteem problems, and increased risk for a number of debilitating diseases, including diabetes and heart disease.

Having the discipline to eat healthier and exercise is clearly one of the keys to a happier, longer and more productive life.

Is that Big Mac really worth giving all of that up? daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Spain’s future uncertain, hopeful kirk auvil columnist

Spain is a country that just can’t seem to catch a break these days.

Its economy is in shambles, still rent asunder by pervasive unemployment.

Misguided stabs at budget cuts and a prevailing lack of confidence have also hamstrung its government’s ability to lead.

Spain’s own version of the Occupy movement, 15M, is still raising hell. The country’s royal family is embroiled in controversy over shady investment scams and illicit elephant hunting scandals.

So why should anyone have hope for Europe’s ailing bull?

Well, first and foremost, Spain is no stranger to political upheaval. The country lived beneath a modern dictator, Francisco Franco, well into the 1970s. Now that Spain’s youth are coming of age, the country is finally seeing the old order begin to crumble as government officials appointed during the time of Franco’s regime start to retire. The passage of time is doing what protests could not to direct Spain’s path back toward that of a progressive modern democracy.

As it stands now, the country’s workforce is in ruin. Spain boasts an unemployment rate of more than 26 percent, with government spending cuts wreaking havoc on the wages of employees around the country. Meanwhile, some members of the government have continued to spend government money on luxuries, which further enrages the workers seeing their salary cuts pay for government retreats and luxury cars.

Workers have continued to pack Madrid’s plazas to

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Iberia airline workers march during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Thursday. capacity to protest what they see as corrupt, selfserving practices by their government officials, with the protests continuing to escalate in pitch with each new day. Even the royal palace workers are set to go on strike for the first time in history.

But I would argue the fact that the country’s laborers are so well organized and have been so vocal in their remonstrations against the government’s mismanagement should give everyone great hope for a future in

which workers’ rights are a paramount concern of Spain’s government.

Placing great importance on workers’ rights is a hallmark of truly enlightened democracies, and it seems likely that as Spain shakes off the last vestiges of Franco’s repression, those rights will be at the forefront of the nation’s priorities.

Spain’s government recently decided to extend an invitation to the country’s exiled Sephardic Jews, a large group expelled from the country during

the Spanish Inquisition in 1492. Spain’s government is seeking to rectify that injustice by extending an open invitation to any who wish to return to Spain. This new initiative is set to fast track the citizenship of any Sephardic Jews who can prove their heritage when it is passed into law by the Spanish parliament later this year.

This initiative is actually pretty inspired. Prior to the Inquisition, Spain was home to roughly 300,000 Sephardic Jews who were

integral to the prosperity of the nation. When the Inquisition began, nearly all of them were forced to leave the country or convert to Catholicism.

Now, with Spain striving to rediscover its former greatness, it stands to reason that trying to reknit the fabric of its national identity is a high priority for the Spanish. Whether or not Spain’s overtures will be successful is another matter, but for now it seems that the country is going with an “if you build it they

will come” approach.

And lastly, a new report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation states that Spaniards are the healthiest people in Europe, in terms of healthy life. So, it seems that despite all of the stress and upheaval currently plaguing the Spanish people, despite spending cuts and riots in the streets and the royal family imploding spectacularly, none of it can overcome the power of a long lunch with a nice siesta.

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FEATURE OF THE DAY BEADS 4 NEEDS will be sold in the Mountainlair booths today from noon-3 p.m. by Shriners Hospitals and PR Capstone 459. All proceeds from the beaded WVU bracelets will go directly to Shriners hospitals.

THE WVU PLANETARIUM, located on the PL floor of White Hall, will present “STARS” at 7 p.m. and “Stars of the Pharaohs” at 8 p.m. on Friday. Please be 5-10 minutes early for seating as it starts promptly on the hour. Admission is free, but reservations are required.

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OPEN GYM FOR VOLLEYBALL is from 2-4 p.m. at the Student Recreation Center. No commitment or prior experience is necessary. Just show up and play. For more information, email Mandy at mhatfie3@mix. wvu.edu.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELF-DEFENSE meets at 10:30 a.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

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THE CHABAD JEWISH STUDENT CENTER offers a free Shabbat Dinner every Friday at 7 p.m. at the Chabad House.

For more information, email Rabbi@JewishWV.org or call 304-599-1515.

WVU HILLEL offers a Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Hillel House at 1420 University Ave. For more information or a ride, call 304-685-5195.

CAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts its weekly meeting and Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the Mountainlair.

GLOBAL INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AT WVU, a hospitable community

MOUNTAINEERS FOR CHRIST hosts a supper at 6 p.m. and a bible study at 7 p.m. at the Christian Student Center at 2923 University Ave. CHRISTIAN STUDENT FELLOWSHIP hosts free dinner at 6:15 p.m. followed by a worship service at 7 p.m. at 2901 University Ave. For more information, email Gary Gross at grossgary@ yahoo.com.

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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.

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.

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 304-5985180 or 304-598-5185.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you might want to keep your own counsel more often. You will need time to center yourself, rethink situations and make important decisions. You also will enjoy your time more at home and with family. Moving into a new home or remodeling your current home adds to your pleasure. If you are single, some of you might tie the knot or move in with a new person. Romance definitely is in the air, especially in the summertime, when the love temperature rises. If you are attached, you enter a very romantic period.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Deal with others directly, and you’ll get your desired response. Your instincts guide you as to how to handle a difficult situation. You also might want to schedule a personal meeting without others knowing about it. Tonight: Quality time with a loved one.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH Note how many people are looking for you. You will have many sets of plans and options for company from which to choose. Your instincts tell you “the more, the merrier.” Schedule a late lunch with a co-worker or a friend. Tonight: Do only want your heart desires.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH Listen to news. Events evoke a strong response. You might not be aware of your limits and choices, but you likely will decide that the best place to be is in charge.

Look to your long-term goals. Let go of a need to have certain things go your way. Tonight: TGIF.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH You could feel burdened by someone’s requests, but you will do your best to meet them. Unfortunately, you might be the person left holding the bag at the end of the day. Do what you need to do. Follow through on an offer. Tonight: Do not take someone’s comment personally.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Pressure builds. Step forward and handle situations your way. You might not be so sure of yourself once you dive into a personal matter. You will gain through your efforts. Others see you as resourceful and dynamic.

Tonight: Lead your friends into some fun playtime.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Your playfulness emerges when dealing with others. You might want to rethink a personal matter and make an adjustment. When you change, others gradually seem to change as well.

Use care with your finances, as your budget might be tight. Tonight: Start your weekend right.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Others find you to be unusually fortunate and able to deal with various types of situations. Use your skills to listen to others, and also to get past an immediate issue. Your smile helps others trust you. Do not push past your limits. Tonight: Where the good times are.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Your instincts point to working from home. Someone’s quirky behavior might be the direct result of a perceived coldness from you. You have options; study each one, and consider the end results. It will be crucial to know what you want. Tonight: Stay close to your pad.

Morgantown Dance and the Morgantown Ballet Company

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Tickets: Adults $18, Students/Seniors $13 , Children 5 & Under $10 from www.morgantowndance.org, 304-292-3266, or the Theatre Tues-Fri 6:00-8:30 and at the door

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Perennial Oscars staple 6 Canoeist’s challenge 11 Game with pelotas 13 Maria __, the last House of Habsburg ruler 14 They’re found in bars 15 Most comfortable 16 Breed canines?

18 “Peter Pan” character 19 Erase, as from memory 24 Ukr., once 25 Honey Bear portrayer in “Mogambo” 26 Like some labor 28 Emotionally strained 30 Cabinet dept. created under LBJ 31 Prevent that sinking feeling?

34 Intertwines 36 Pygmalion’s statue 37 Course number 38 Touched 39 “A Tale of Love and Darkness” author 41 Native Coloradan 42 Financial Times rival, briefly 45 Best Picture of 1954 46 Train with dukes?

47 “I hate to interrupt ...”

49 Strasbourg’s region 51 In a defensible manner 54 Biological reversion 58 Newborn raptors 59 Progress by directed effort

DOWN 1 Retiree’s attire?

2 Knock 3 “Revenge of the Sith” episode number 4 CafŽ reading 5 Peace Nobelist two years after Desmond 6 Time-traveling Doctor 7 Shut (in) 8 Pupil controller 9 Swarms 10 Scoreless trio?

12 Formation meaning “neck” in Greek

13 N.Y.C. country club?

17 Broke ground 19 Important greenhouse gas 20 Co-tsar with Peter I 21 TV cook Deen 22 Prominent instrument in “Paint It, Black” 23 British nobleman 27 Biblical cover-up 29 Snack in un bar 30 Leggy wader 32 Couldn’t get enough of 33 American rival 35 “It’s Impossible” crooner 36 Watches with wonder 37 Sci-fi writer Frederik 40 Legal orders 42 River phenomena (or what literally happens six times in this puzzle) 43 Harvest sight 44 Tower-building game

46 Cut off 48 Suburban symbol 50 Pasture newborn 52 __ canto 53 Mil. ranks 55 Prefix with propyl 56 It might be original 57 Boulder hrs.

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COMICS Get Fuzzy

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Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHHH Use care with your finances once more, even if funds are on the plus side. Consider your checking account to be a train station, and your money the train. The train constantly is entering the station, but it leaves just as quickly. Tonight: Where the action is.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Watch what’s happening with a loved one. An opinion you have held for a while could change as a result of a new experience. Be resourceful in how you approach others. Know that it will take an abundance of mental and/or physical energy to stay focused. Tonight: Head home early.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Decide to handle a personal matter directly. Understand more of what is happening within a key relationship. Others currently remain highly responsive to your energy. A child really enjoys being with you, and he or she is learning from you. Tonight: Let it all hang out.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Consider taking at least part of today off, as you need some downtime.

You have been pushing very hard for various reasons. Everyone has their limits -- you included. Be smart and take care of yourself. Listen to a family member’s opinions. Tonight: Play it low-key.

BORN TODAY Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), actor Boris Kodjoe (1973), news anchor Lester Holt (1959)

Pearls Before Swine

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong to electrify 123

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong gets the crowd moving.

BY HUNTER HOMISTEK A&E EDITOR

123 Pleasant Street veterans Pigeons Playing Ping Pong will return to the legendary Morgantown stage tonight at 10 p.m. with supporting act Segway.

If the name is any indication, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is a unique act unafraid to push boundaries and bend genres to accomplish its goals. The result is a quirky and engaging blend of raw talent and pure entertainment.

“We’re psychedelic troubadours. We’re goofballs with instruments. We’re pigeons with paddles,” said Greg Ormont, group vocalist and guitarist.

Based out of Baltimore, Md., Pigeons Playing Ping Pong made an immediate impact on the local music scene with its high-energy, rowdy live show. The band has performed at 123 Pleasant Street multiple times in the past, earning a coveted headlining spot for the first time in October 2012.

“Pigeons are no strangers to Morgantown,” said event promoter Adam

Payne. “This is the fourth show I’ve worked with the band on, including two stellar shows with Zoogma and Fletcher’s Grove, the other being a headline bill last September, because they quickly proved they can draw a crowd.”

Combining elements of rock, funk and electronic music, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong pushes a versatile brand of original compositions that stick out on any circuit. The group then amplifies this alreadyunique sonic experience with a raw and inspired live delivery.

“We pour everything we have into our live shows, and they’re always a lot of fun,” Ormont said. “If you like to dance, if you like to jam or if you like to meet fun-loving people, then come to 123 for a great time.”

Ormont noted, while Pigeons always delivers a stellar live show, 123 Pleasant Street has an ability to bring the best out of the group and its performance thanks to a cast of dedicated employees and fans.

“123 is an awesome, intimate venue,” Ormont said.

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong poses to promtoe their band in a quirky manner.

“Morgantown loves to have a good time, and they take care of each other, which really means a lot to us. The people make the venue, and 123 is on point.”

Before Pigeons Playing Ping Pong electrifies the stage tonight, Segway will pump up the crowd with a performance they describe as “rage in a can.”

Like Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Segway is all

about setting the mood for the audience’s total enjoyment. Coupled with their Baltimore counterparts, Segway is primed to explode onto the Morgantown scene and earn new fans along the way.

“Segway is an act that I have been waiting to break into Morgantown for a while now,” Payne said.

“This is a great combo, as (both) bands are from Bal-

timore and have shared a bill before. Playing with friends will definitely ease Segway and make them feel comfortable in a new city.”

If past shows are any indication, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and Segway will light up 123 Pleasant Street with a show that promises a groovy, electrifying experience for concertgoers.

“Morgantown loves to get down to funk,” Ormont

said. “Our first headlining show at 123 last October was really high energy, and I expect Friday’s show to be the wildest of them all. I fully anticipate a smile-filled dance party from opener to encore.”

There will be a $7 cover charge, and concertgoers must be 18 years old to attend. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

African Drum and Dance Ensemble to perform Spring concert

BY NOELLE HArris A&E WRITER

The WVU African Drum and Dance Ensemble practices for their upcoming performance.

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Dance will come alive accompanied by the sound of drums, as the WVU African Drum and Dance Ensemble presents its annual Spring concert Sunday.

The performance will feature native music from Uganda and Ghana. Students will use knowledge they learned in Uganda during last summer’s faculty-led study abroad course to highlight the performance, as well as a focus on the akadinda, the royal xylophone of the Bugandan people of Uganda.

The WVU African Drum and Dance Ensemble is made up of 35 undergraduate and graduate students from various West Virginia University degree programs. Its repertoire

focuses on traditional and contemporary music from Africa and Diaspora.

Their music is primarily taught orally, which allows members to learn without written music and to immerse themselves in the culture of the music.

They are encouraged to shape their performances and practices around their own experiences and make it personal.

The Ensemble often travels across the state and performs with other groups.

Last weekend, the members traveled to Beckley to perform with members of the Steel Band Ensemble.

Freshman general studies student Beth Miltenberger said she enjoyed the trip because it allowed the Ensemble to create special dances for the performance.

The Ensemble is also a great opportunity for students to learn to work together as a group.

“My favorite part is drumming because I find it more challenging,” Miltenberger said. “But I also enjoy dancing because the entire group coordinates with each other.”

The annual Spring concert for the WVU African Drum and Dance Ensemble will take place Sunday at 3:15 p.m. in the Antoinette E. Falbo Theatre in the WVU Creative Arts Center. The performance is free and open to the public.

For more information on this performance and upcoming performances in the WVU College of Creative Arts, visit www.cac. wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia-based mixed martial artist Nathan “Bamm” Bryant has tasted the bitter tang of defeat twice in his professional career.

He has fought just two times.

The massive 6-foot-4, 260-pound heavyweight presents an intimidating physical specimen, but his results in the cage have not reflected his considerable size and skill set during his young career.

Bryant lost each of his professional fights via knockout in front of his hometown crowd, but that has not deterred the heavyweight fighter from continuing his journey toward his first professional victory.

“Bamm” steps back into the cage tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Ice Mine in Connellsville, Pa., at Simons Promotions’ Caged Power 5 in hopes of securing that pivotal win.

Despite his current losing streak, Bryant has remained calm and poised throughout his preparations for his big fight.

“It’s (the losing streak) not adding any pressure,” Bryant said. “Not too many people follow the local scene, but the two guys I lost to ... they’re top-ranked guys on the local circuit.”

Bryant’s two losses came against Rick Day and Adam Milstead, who combine for a record of seven wins and three losses in professional competition.

Milstead in particular is one of the area’s most rapidly rising prospects in the heavyweight division. A heavyweight is classified as any fighter who weighs more than 205 pounds but less than 265 pounds, and Milstead falls comfortably somewhere in between.

A former light heavyweight (205 pounds) fighter, Milstead brings a blend of speed and power to the heavyweight division that provides nightmarish matchups for his opponents.

“Milstead was new to the heavyweight class when we fought, but at 205, he was a top-ranked light heavyweight,” Bryant said. “Him knocking me out actually propelled him to the top-5 in the region (at heavyweight), so it’s not like I was losing to bums.”

Bryant divides his training time between Morgantown-based gym Ground Zero Fighting Systems and Fairmont’s Team Outlaw Training Center. To him, these distinctions are important, but he strives to represent the state of West Virginia as a whole more than any one particular gym.

“I don’t claim any particular gym affiliation,” Bryant said. “Because I’ve trained so many places in West Virginia, my mentality is that I represent the state of West Virginia, not just Ground Zero or Outlaw.”

Challenging Bryant tonight at the Connellsville Ice Mine is 14-fight veteran Jeremy Linville. In the sport of mixed martial arts, it is often said that styles make fights, and Bryant feels his opponent’s style will not serve him well at Caged Power 5.

“He (Linville) has a reputation of coming out in the first round hard, and from what I understand, he doesn’t have much of a gas tank,” Bryant said.

“So, I basically see the first round being one hell of a round, but should he make it through, I plan on dominating the fight after that.”

If the fight goes as planned for Bryant, he will soon feast upon the savory dish of victory, and those early defeats will stand as mere shadows of a former time – a time in which a stronger, more prepared fighter was born.

To support Bryant on his quest at Caged Power 5 or to inquire about ticket pricing and avaliability, call event promoter Stephen Simons at 304-290-0291.

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In an interview posted online Thursday, George Lucas said the trio from the original “Star Wars” trilogy will reprise their iconic roles of Hans Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia in the new “Star Wars” film.

Lucas told Bloomberg Businessweek that all three were signed for the new “Episode VII” film in advance of Lucasfilm’s $4 billion purchase by Disney.

“We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison – or were pretty much in the final stages of negotiation,” Lucas said.

He added: “Maybe I’m not supposed to say that.

I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do.”

In an interview posted Wednesday with Florida’s Palm Beach Illustrated, Fisher said that she’ll be coming back as Princess Leia.

Disney’s Lucasfilm was coy in response. In a statement, a spokesperson for

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Harrison Ford stars as Han Solo. the company said, “George couldn’t say whether they were signed or not and neither can we. As Yoda said, `Always in motion is the future.’ Stay tuned.”

The Walt Disney Co. is producing a new “Star Wars” trilogy to take place after Lucas’ original three space epics. J.J. Abrams is directing the first film.

The 70-year-old Ford, the 61-year-old Hamill and the 56-year-old Fisher are expected to play smaller, supporting roles.

A representative for Ford declined to comment. Hamill’s representatives didn’t immediately return requests for comment.

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No. 1 West Virginia aiming for 15th National Championship, first since 2009

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West Virginia senior shooter Petra Zublasing prepares to take a shot last season.

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The No. 1 West Virginia Rifle team, which won its fourth consecutive Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) championship late last month, will travel to Columbus, Ohio, this weekend to shoot for its first NCAA national championship since 2009.

“Just another match that we want to go in there and just try and shoot the best,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond. “(The NCAA) is definitely different from what we’ve done week inand-week-out in college, but you prepare for it mentally with imagery and they’ve

been around matches like that, so they’ll be prepared for it.”

Hammond cannot only create experience, but he can recreate the scene at NCAA’s.

To make sure the Mountaineers will be comfortable shooting there, he has tweaked aspects of practice – like having team members shoot at the time of day they will shoot at the championship or put a projected scoreboard in the WVU rifle range.

“It’s part of the small details, I think, part of being prepared,” Hammond said.

“Typically most matches we shoot, there’s not a projector and a score board in the range. At NCAA’s, certainly on the second day for air ri-

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Williams to represent West Virginia in NCAAs

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West Virginia track and field runner Kelly Williams has qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships and will travel to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend.

The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the top 16 individuals for each event Monday, along with the top 12 relay teams that also qualified.

Wi l l ia m s qualified thanks to a spectacular showing last weekend at the Columbia Last Chance Meet in New York City. Her time was almost two seconds better than her previous personal best and is third-best in WVU program history.

The 16 chosen runners will compete in the semifinals on Friday, with the best 12 times moving onto the finals Saturday.

Head coach Sean Cleary knows the challenge won’t be easy.

“She’s not a favorite to make the finals,” Cleary said. “But we both feel certain that she can pull this off.”

Williams’ time of 4:36.77 ranks 12th in the country.

Williams, who attended West Geauga High School in Chesterland, Ohio, mostly ran long sprints during her four-year tenure.

She actually just started

running the mile this winter, which was her first full season of participation for the Mountaineers due to being redshirted.

“For someone who was that unknown to have it happen so quickly is a big first for us,” Cleary said.

She started running the 800-meter towards the latter part of her high school career, and the coaching staff picked up on her longdistance potential when she came to West Virginia.

“Though Kelly wasn’t a heralded recruit, she had done enough to warrant some attention,” Cleary said.

Given the circumstances, Cleary is proud of Williams’ hard work.

“We are very excited about this opportunity presented to Kelly,” he said. “She’s completely ready and focused on this competition.”

One big advantage for Williams is her size. At 5-foot-9, her long stride allows for less energy spent throughout the race.

“Our hope is that she can execute a race plan that will allow herself the chance to sprint into the finals,” said Cleary.

The semi-finals will start at 6:30 p.m. ET Friday, with the finals starting at 7 p.m.

ET Saturday. Events from both days will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.

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“It’s part of getting comfortable with those things, and getting used to it so that you don’t step into an environment that you’re like ‘Whoa, this is totally different to what we’ve been doing all year.’”

Although the Mountaineers have not won the NCAA championship in three years, Hammond has built a dynasty at WVU. The proof is in the four consecutive GARC Conference Championships, as well as continuing to be ranked in the top three over the most recent years, along with TCU and Kentucky.

That said, Hammond does not take the position the Mountaineers are in for

granted.

“We want to continue to attract the top recruits. We want to develop the kids we have come in every year, to become better shooters,” Hammond said. “My goal as a coach is to have a top program and maintain that year after year, but it’s certainly always going to be a challenge, and you try and do the best that you can.”

Players often take on the mentality of their coach, and the Mountaineers have certainly taken on Hammond’s mentality of doing the best they can, particularly of late.

The Mountaineers have put up some stellar performances recently, including sophomore Marren Prediger,

who shot a personal best 570 in the smallbore at the GARC Championship.

Another Mountaineer who not only shined at the GARC championships but also has been the leader of the Mountaineers all season is senior Petra Zublasing.

Zublasing, who represented her native Italy in London’s Olympic games this summer, was the GARC Shooter of the Year and looks to lead the Mountaineers to another NCAA championship. “(Petra) has worked hard all year. She’s been shooting great,” Hammond said.

“I think she’ll be ready to go in there and have a great match. She’s a hard worker

and motivated, so whatever the situation is, she’s going to give her best.”

Zublasing may be the strongest shooter for the Mountaineers this season, but the team’s strength will come from their depth, which Hammond hopes can lead to the championship.

“We’ve had such a deep team all year, and I think all of them are capable of shooting really high scores.

I think that’s been one of our strengths,” Hammond said. “We’re going to go there, and it’s going to be a team effort.

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Mountaineers win first of four-game stretch in Fla. by connor murray

the Maine Black Bears, a team picked to finished third in the America East conference this season by Baseball America, Saturday at 11 a.m.

The Black Bears come in with a record of 6-9 but have won six of their last eight games due in large part to the offensive efforts of junior Michael Fransoso.

Fransoso leads the Black Bears in with 29 total bases and 14 RBI and is second on the team with a .333 batting average.

Sunday, the Mountaineers will wrap up their trip to Florida with a contest against the Iowa Hawkeyes at 11 a.m.

The key for Iowa to this point has been offense, as they are 3-0 when it scores more than six runs, but the Hawkeyes are just 1-6 when they score fewer than five.

Sophomore outfielder Kris Goodman has led the way for the Hawkeyes offensively, batting .400 through the first 10 games of the season.

Starting pitching has proven to be a problem for the Hawkeyes at the start of the season, as the four pitchers who have gotten the starting nod to this point have an average earned

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Coming off a win Tuesday against Eastern Kentucky, the West Virginia baseball team made it two straight victories with an 8-2 win against Bowling Green Thursday night.

Sophomore outfielder Bobby Boyd provided a spark for the Mountaineer offense, as he went 4-5 with an RBI out of the lead-off spot.

Junior Corey Walter started and pitched six innings, giving up two runs on six hits. Walter registered the win and gave the bullpen a break after they were called on to chew up 4.1 innings Tuesday.

With the win, the Mountaineers even their record at 6-6 with three games remaining during the weekend.

Friday, the Mountaineers will take the field against the Central Michigan Chippewas at 3 p.m.

Coming in with a record of 4-8, the Chippewas have been paced by sophomore Nick Regnier. With a batting average of .321 and 13 RBI, the sophomore has proven to be an offensive force.

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Outfielder Bobby Boyd had four hits in West Virginia’s 8-2 win against Bowling Green Thursday night. run average of 4.56 among them.

While their starting pitching has struggled, senior Andrew Hanse has performed well in a relief role for Iowa.

With the most appearances among the pitching staff with five, Hanse comes into the weekend with an ERA of 1.23, only allowing two hits during 7.1 innings of work.

The Mountaineers will look to build on their current two-game winning streak with pitching, as they

Congress Center Authority and the mayor’s office, among others.

Reed called the arrangement “a great public-private partnership” that will benefit the city and the state.

City Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell said he was encouraged by the mayor’s announcement, and he promised public hearings in the near future.

Deal praised the agreement, as well. At one time, the governor was the focal point of negotiations, when Blank sought $300 million in state debt to $700 million from him. Deal never publicly endorsed or rejected that split, but it became clear that the General Assembly was unwilling to raise the state’s debt limit to accommodate the bond sale.

Blank called it “a winwin” and promised that the new stadium will help the city continue to compete for all major events, including the Super Bowl. “That’s the only secret ballot in the NFL,” he said. “We’ll have to earn it. But this public support is an important

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have now only allowed three runs in the past 18 innings.

Sophomore John Means will more than likely have a chance to improve upon what has been a solid second season in a Mountaineer uniform this weekend.

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Financing terms reached for new Falcons stadium football franchise into a perennial playoff contender – still must negotiate a detailed lease and operating agreement with the Georgia World Congress Center.

That’s the state agency that owns the existing dome and would own the replacement. Reed also must get the blessing of the Atlanta City Council, though several members attended the announcement in the mayor’s office, as did Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal.

Officials said the deal presumes the stadium would be built immediately south of the existing Georgia Dome, though that is contingent on securing adjacent property that is not yet publicly owned. A secondary site is available several blocks north of the current stadium.

The Georgia Dome would be demolished after the new stadium opens.

The Thursday announcement, which took on a celebratory tone at City Hall, comes after months of private negotiations – and several years of planning and studies – involving the governor’s office, the World

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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s mayor and Falcons owner Arthur Blank have agreed to financing terms for a new $1 billion, retractableroof stadium to replace the 20-year-old Georgia Dome and keep the team’s home games in the city’s downtown, the two men said Thursday.

Mayor Kasim Reed said the city would provide $200 million of construction costs through bonds backed by the city’s hotel-motel tax. The Falcons franchise, owned by Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, would provide $800 million and be responsible for construction cost overruns.

The Falcons would pay for up to $50 million in infrastructure costs not included in the construction budget and help retire the last few years of debt on the Georgia Dome, which was publicly financed entirely using the hotel-motel tax.

Also, Blank’s private foundation and the city each would spend $15 million on surrounding neighborhood development.

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piece.”

Though the terms of an operating agreement are not final, Blank told the Associated Press that he doesn’t expect fundamental changes to an outline released late last year.

That document from the World Congress Center and the team said the Falcons would lease the stadium for 30 years, paying the state $2.5 million annually in rent.

Blank would cover most operations, but he’d also reap revenue from seat licenses, premium seats and concessions and could negotiate for corporate naming rights. And he’d be a player in making “citywide bids,” like those for Super Bowls and college football’s new championship game.

The Congress Center would retain control over so-called legacy events that Dome already under existing contracts or through regular agreements. That includes the SEC Championship football game, Chick-fil-A’s college football regular season and postseason games, NCAA basketball tournament rounds and Georgia high school football championships, among others.

It is not clear how much that changes the existing revenue flow at the Dome.

Frank Poe, executive director of the World Congress Center, said he was not aware of the financing agreement between Reed and Blank until “the last 24 hours.” He said his agency would now re-engage to hammer out a binding contract with Blank.

World Congress Center officials have said over the course of negotiations that they didn’t necessarily need a new venue, but that Blank pushed the issue because he wanted an open-air stadium. They said the fear was not that Blank would leave Atlanta but that he’d build his own stadium, taking the state’s anchor client and becoming a competitor for other events.

They also said the public investment is less than what would have to be spent on Georgia Dome upgrades in the next few decades. So, they reason, the public is basically financing the cost of the retractable roof to keep all sides happy.

In a nod to criticism over public financing of stadiums for privately owned sports franchises, he argued that the terms are more favorable to the public “than any other stadium deal in the last 10 years.”

He said, “When you look at it, we’re paying about 19 to 22 percent of the costs.”

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Women’s basketball

West Virginia to face Oklahoma in Big 12 1st round by cody schuler managing editor

Despite its first season as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the West Virginia women’s basketball team has already carved out a reputation as a team with talented players capable of winning big games.

Four Mountaineers earned All-Big 12 honors on the eve of the team’s trip to Dallas for the Big 12 Conference tournament, led by leading scorer Christal Caldwell.

Caldwell, a redshirt junior, was named an Allconference selection, joining players such as Baylor’s Brittany Griner and Kansas State’s Brittany Chambers on the All-Big 12 First-Team.

Caldwell, who averages 12.9 points per game, was one of 10 players in the conference to receive the award.

Redshirt senior center Ayana Dunning, the team’s leading rebounder (6.1 rpg) was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. Dunning (10.2 ppg) is the only other Mountaineer to average double-digit scoring per game.

Junior forward Jess Harlee joined Griner and four other conference colleagues on the All-Defensive team; Harlee’s 1.8 steals per game are good for seventh best in the conference.

Freshman guard Bria Holmes was named to the All-Freshman team after a stellar inaugural campaign as the Mountaineers’ leading bench player. Despite averaging less than 13 minutes per game, Holmes contributes six points per game and has proven to be a solid asset for head coach Mike Carey and his squad.

WVU will join the rest of its conference foes in descend-

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The West Virginia women’s basketball team huddles before a game earlier in the season. ing upon American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas, this weekend to compete for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference tournament championship.

Sixth-seeded West Virginia (17-12, 9-9) will begin its quest for its first-ever Big 12 Conference tournament title Saturday night when it faces off against third-seeded Oklahoma at 9:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on FOX

Sports Net. The Sooners (21-9, 11-7) split the season series with West Virginia as each team captured a win on their home court. In the most recent matchup, a Feb. 3 game at the Coliseum, West Virginia cruised to an 82-63 victory behind the offensive performances of Caldwell (24 points) and Holmes (17 points).

The teams’ first matchup,

Jan. 2 in Norman, Okla., saw the Sooners scoot by with a 71-68 victory as five players scored 10 or more points for Oklahoma.

If West Virginia can get

by Oklahoma, a potential matchup with No. 2 seed Iowa State (21-7, 12-6) awaits. Seventh-seeded Kansas will face-off against No. 10 seed TCU in the opening round of the tournament, with the winner progressing

to play the Cyclones.

West Virginia is a combined 4-2 against those opponents as it dropped one game each to Iowa State and Kansas.

A win in West Virginia’s second game could set up a championship game matchup with top-ranked Baylor. The Bears (29-1, 180) were crowned regular season Big 12 Conference champions for the third

straight season and have won 45 consecutive conference games.

Overall, the Big 12 Conference has proven to be one of the country’s elite this season. The Big 12 is No. 1 in conference RPI by multiple rating systems, and seven teams in the conference are ranked in the top 52 of the March 4 NCAA RPI. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

wrestling

Mountaineers ready for first appearance in Big 12 duals By jon fehrens sports writer

West Virginia head coach Craig Turnbull instructs his team earlier in the season.

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It will be a busy weekend for the West Virginia wrestling team as it is set to take part in the Big 12 Conference duals Friday and then the program’s first Big 12 Championships slated for Saturday in Stillwater, Okla.

Head coach Craig Turnbull sees the busy weekend as an opportunity for some of his wrestlers to gain some valuable experience.

“The dual meet Friday is separate from the Big 12 championships,” Turnbull said. “We will be careful to who put in the day before to give us the best chance of competing in the Big 12 tournament.”

The Big 12 tournament will be an excellent platform for some wrestlers to make their case for the NCAA championships.

WVU has sent at least two wrestlers to the national tournament for the past 28 seasons. Shane Young,

Nathan Pennesi and Lance Bryson are all wrestlers returning this season who qualified last year.

For senior Shane Young, his goal is to become the 15th wrestler in WVU history to qualify four years in a row. In order to qualify for this year’s championships, Young will have to take up the challenge of winning his weight class.

“For Shane to qualify, he is going to have to win his weight class. We feel like he is the best 25-pounder in his class,” Turnbull said.

“He wrestled poorly in the Big 12 this season and lost those two matches. He will need to put two solid matches together to win the tournament.”

Pennesi won’t have the luxury of battling for his spot in the championships due to a broken left third metacarpal. He will have to hope his body of work throughout the season will catapult him into the tournament.

“We are hopeful that he

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will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA championships. He will give it his best shot if he is selected,” Turnbull said. “This is a glass half-full thing. The season sometimes can get long and stale, and hopefully he can go into the tournament looking really fresh.”

Bryson will try to get back to the NCAA championships, where he qualified for the first time in his career last year.

“Lance needs to find the groove that he had last season, and this is the time of the year to find it,” Turnbull said.

Friday’s matches will mark the end of the regular season as West Virginia takes on Oklahoma State at noon and then hit the mat again against Iowa State at 7 p.m.

The NCAA Championship match is set to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday and can be viewed via free livestream on Big12Sports.com.

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3. Prepare your DA for WVU’s entrance

Tear the newspaper into confetti while the scoreboard plays the Mountaineers’ entrance video. When the Mountaineer Mascot shoots off his musket, throw your pieces of confetti into the air and cheer as loud as you can for the Mountaineers!

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Friday March 8, 2013

SENIOR DAY

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Deniz Kilicli, top, Dominique Rutledge, bottom left, and Matt Humphrey will be honored before Saturday’s game against Iowa State.

West Virginia to send three seniors out in final home game against Iowa State

By Doug Walp Sports writer

The West Virginia men’s basketball team will close out its tumultuous inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference this Saturday when it takes on Iowa State in the Mountaineers’ home and regular season finale, which will also be Senior Day at the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers will be trying to snap their longest losing streak of the season, which is now up to five games.

The Cyclones (20-10, 10-7) withstood a furious comeback from West Virginia (13-17, 6-11) in the first meeting between the two teams in Ames, Iowa, to hold on for a 69-67 win in January.

“We get back in the game, and we’re playing

okay, but then somebody just always stops playing,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins.

“I have never had a group where the ball’s bouncing and nobody goes after it.

We’ve got someone who is our best rebounder running the other way, and they get it, and somebody fouls them.”

Iowa State will be making its first trip to the Coliseum. West Virginia is 128-34 all-time against teams in their first trip to the Coliseum but are just .500 (5-5) against teams in their inaugural visit this season.

The Cyclones are No. 4 in the country in team scoring at 80 points per game, and feature five different players that are averaging at least 10 points per contest this season.

Senior guards Will Clyburn and Tyrus McGee lead all Cyclone players with 14.8 and 13.8 points per game, respectively.

In addition, McGee is shooting 49 percent from the floor, including an impressive 47 percent from behind the arc.

F re s h ma n f o r w a rd Georges Niang (11.7), junior forward Melvin Ejim (10.9) and senior guard Korie Lucious (10.1) round out Iowa State’s doubledigit scorers.

The Cyclones are also in the top 25 in the country in regard to both team assists and rebounds.

West Virginia, on the other hand, is still one of the only teams in a Power Six conference without a double-figure scorer. The Mountaineers are also 219th in points per game,

225th in assists and 297th in field goal percentage.

“What should be a great opportunity for us obviously is not,” Huggins said.

“It’s like Groundhog Day; every day is the same. Every game, we throw it to the other team, and every day, we work on it. Then we kind of think, ‘Okay, now we have got the idea,’ and then we are not able to take anything away.”

The Mountaineers’ defense, normally a foundational cornerstone of Huggins’ teams through the years, has also struggled a bit lately, with West Virginia allowing more than 75 points per game for its last seven contests. The Mountaineers are 1-10 in games where the opposing team scores at least 70.

In regard to the big picture, West Virginia’s 17

losses this season are the most since Huggins took over his alma mater’s basketball program in 2007, and the most for the program as a whole since the 2002 season when the Mountaineers went 8-20 under former head coach Gale Catlett. Catlett resigned following the season.

Even though West Virginia’s postseason aspirations have been all but eradicated at this point, the Mountaineers’ regular season finale could potentially act as a springboard confidence-wise for WVU heading into the Big 12 conference tournament, which is now theoretically the only chance the Mountaineers have to continue to extend their season past this weekend.

Saturday’s Senior Day

will also mark the final time senior forward Deniz Kilicli takes the floor in front of a home crowd at the WVU Coliseum.

Kilicli is averaging just 9.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game during his senior campaign (lower totals than in his junior season), but he has come on stronger as of late with two 20plus point outbursts in his last six games, including a 20-point effort on 9-of-13 shooting in West Virginia’s last contest against Oklahoma in Norman.

Forward Dominique Rutledge (2.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg in 11.8 min per game) and transfer guard Matt Humphrey (4.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg in 9.9 min per game) will also be recognized at the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Iowa State Edition Official Newsletter of the Mountaineer Maniacs

March 9th, 2013

The WVU Men's basketball team is ready to end its regular season with a huge Big 12 home win against the Iowa State Cyclones. During the week, the Mountaineers lost a tough road game at Oklahoma 83-70, and their record now stands at 13-17. The Cyclones come into this game with a record of 20-10 after upsetting #13 Oklahoma State 87-76. Let's send the Cyclones back to Ames with a loss!!! LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!

Here are the projected starters for Iowa State: # 13

NAME Korie Lucious-SR 5-11 170

POSITION G

2

Chris Babb-SR 6-5 225

G

21

Will Clyburn-SR 6-7 215

G

3

Melvin Ejim-JR 6-6 230

F

31

Georges Niang-FR 6-7 245

F

INFORMATION

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wis. Played three seasons at Michigan State, had to sit out last season as a transfer. Korie is a liberal studies major focusing on his NBA 2K online ranking. Hit a buzzer beater to beat Maryland in the 2010 NCAA Tourney.

Hometown: Arlington, Texas Chris also sat out last season as a transfer after spending two seasons at Penn State, decided to transfer after receiving text messages from an anonymous former football coach. Chris earned his degree last summer.

Hometown: Detroit, Mich.

Will is also a liberal studies major although his NBA 2K career isn’t very promising. Will spent two seasons at Marshalltown Community College in Iowa before playing at Utah and then transferring to Iowa State.

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Melvin is actually in his third year as a starter for the Cyclones, which is surprising considering all the transfers they have. Melvin competed with the Nigerian National Team in the summer of 2012. He is a History major who is specializing in the NBA career of head coach Fred Hoiberg.

Hometown: Methuen, Mass.

His last name is pronounced as “Knee-Yang”, was high school teammates with Nerlens Noel at the Tilton School in MA. Somehow he landed at Iowa State. He was tricked that Ames, IA has nice beaches and great nightlife.

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