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Tuesday February 12, 2013
Volume 125, Issue 95
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Improved Evive stations set to debut by cody schuler managing editoR
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part story on Evive Station. Part two will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Athenaeum. When Tom Petrini graduated from West Virginia University as a finance student in 2005, he didn’t give much thought to revolutionizing how students drink water. He didn’t think about becoming an entre-
preneur or how sustainability and profits could not only coexist but could thrive – and become necessary complements. At the time, the idea for his company, Evive Station, was still two years away from forming in his head. All he was concerned about at the time was selling insurance. “I sold insurance, so I got all of my insurance licenses, and I thought that’s what I wanted to do,” he said. “I worked for State Farm, and
it turned out that I didn’t really want to do that, so I let all of those l licenses expire.” Two years later, as an MBA student at Duquesne University, Petrini attended a conference in which attendees were given reusable water bottles. It was in this moment he discovered a problem that did not have a solution. “I was at a sustainability conference, and all of the attendees got reusable bottles, but there wasn’t
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While most students are busy with schoolwork, part-time jobs and other extracurricular activities, finding time to eat healthy is an essential piece to every students’ well being. Tonight in Dadisman and Stalnaker Halls, health educators from eatWELL, which is sponsored by WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health, are hosting their second “Eat This...Not That” trivia event. The event aims to help students understand which food options are healthiest and most nutrient dense. EatWELL is a nutritional program offered through WELLWVU, which is designed to help increase the consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grain consumption into your everyday diet. “eatWELL is our nutrition program that we really focus on in January and February, and our goal is to encourage students to eat five fruits and vegetables a day, which we call ‘five FREG a day’,” said Shannon Foster, WELLWVU staff member. Foster said the trivia game was created based on the books “Eat This, Not That,” which were written
by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding. “Basically, what we do with the trivia game is we talk about common fruits and vegetable type foods that students eat; so, we compare yogurts, fruit and nut bars, fruit smoothies, and we give them pointers as to what to look at on the labels,” she said. “Also, we provide two options: We ask them to choose which one they think is healthier based on, let’s say the label on the packaging, and then we educate them on the finer details that you’re looking for when trying to pick a healthy option.” Ultimately, Foster said they would like to see students eat as many raw fruits and vegetables naturally as possible. “We do recognize the common ways students are grabbing fruit yogurts all the time, and fruit nut bars are extremely popular. We just want to give them the details of what to look for,” she said. Foster said this event is specifically offered in dorms, and as prizes students can win eatWELL bands to either wear on their wrists or put on their water bottles as symbols of their food knowledge. “We try to make it fun and hands-on with the
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Carnegie Mellon researcher to lecture on sustainability by jacob bojesson staff writer
Terrance J. Collins, an internationally recognized pioneer in sustainability research, will lecture at 7.30 p.m. in Percival Hall. Collins is a professor of green chemistry and director of the Institute for Green Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is considered one of the founders in the field of green chemistry, a philosophy based around designing and producing products in a way that minimizes the use of hazardous substances. “He’s director of the green institute. It’s kind of a think tank that deals with a lot of sustainability issues and green chemistry,” said Jim Anderson, West Virginia University professor and wildlife and fisheries director. “I think there will be some new ideas that folks have not
heard or seen before.” Collins is globally recognized for his work with sustainability and has won several prestigious awards, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Academic award. The EPA gave Collins this award in 1999 for his invention of small catalysts called TAML activators that use natural oxidants to clean water and are widely used in the pulp and paper industry. “I think he’s going to provide some insight into sustainability and how to improve sustainability, not only from an individual perspective but from a larger university or any type of business’ perspective,” Anderson said. “Large companies and organizations can embrace sustainability and how
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by summer ratcliff staff writer
The viral video phenomenon known as “The Harlem Shake” has officially struck the student body at West Virginia University. Monday afternoon, more than 150 students filled Woodburn Circle and the Mountainlair Green to participate in a flash mob-style dance video known as The Harlem Shake. The group was filmed dancing in outrageous costumes to the song “Harlem Shake” by Baauer, an electronic artist. The video was posted on Youtube after the event, and at the time of writing has been viewed more than 300 times. “Harlem Shake” videos featuring Baauer’s song have gone viral on Youtube. During the last two weeks, a series of online dance videos have been posted that feature a masked individual doing The Harlem Shake alone in a group before the video cuts to a wild dance party. Saturday, WVU themed versions of the video began surfacing on the Internet, starting with one featuring a superhero duo known as “Maniac Man and Mountain Momma.” Joe Perks, a junior computer science major, decided to organize a version of the video to be filmed on the Engineering campus, when a group of his friends started to notice the online trend. The first “Harlem Shake” video Joe helped create was posted Feb. 10, and has amassed almost 10,000 views.
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A student carries another student in a chicken costume on his shoulders during the ‘Harlem Shake’ Monday evening.
Boutique adds ‘flair’ to Morgantown By Madison Fleck Staff writer
Spring is rapidly approaching, and women of Morgantown often cannot find the time to rush to the mall and pick up their accessories for the new season. However, Flair, a new boutique in Suncrest, is here to help. Jane V. Jewelers has now expanded itself with the new addition of the boutique. The two stores are connected, so customers can
have the luxury of fine jewelry as well as the convenience of costume jewelry. “We have costume jewelry, silver jewelry, purses, scarves, wallets and a lot of WVU items,” said Donna Semon, Flair sales clerk. The boutique features brands like Mariana, which is handmade in Israel. They also stock brands similar to Pandora. “Customers really like the brands,” said boutique owner Jane Verbonach. “They asked me if I would get it, and I did.”
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WVU students invade Woodburn Circle, Mountainlair Green to ‘Harlem Shake’
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supply as requests from students piled up on waitlists. The kiosks were the first of their kind and offered free, chilled and filtered water. Over several months, Petrini and his team have made improvements to the machine, and a secondgeneration stage of the kiosks is ready to be unveiled. Among the things that have been changed or upgraded to the machine is the ability to have your
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Students dance in Woodburn Circle Monday to perform the ‘Harlem Shake.’
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funding from investors and stands to gain more as Evive Station prepares to enter into a second round of funding. Petrini, founder and chief technology and strategy officer of Evive Station, watched his idea come to fruition last April when the first-ever Evive kiosks were placed in the Mountainlair and Student Recreation Center. Student response was strong, and the demand for bottles surpassed the 4,000
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Dadisman, Stalnaker host nutrition trivia By Ashley Tennant
a place to clean them,” he said. “There were MBAs from all across the country, and most people were living in hotels – so that’s similar to the dorm element where you don’t really have a solid sink, and you don’t have a dishwasher, and you don’t have all of those things, so my first idea was to have a station that cleaned reusable bottles.” Six years later, that idea has evolved and garnered more than $6 million in
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Verbonach said she started the boutique in response to customer requests, and Flair has been in business since just before Christmas. “They were saying they buy themselves really nice jewelry, but they also wanted to have some gifts and some fun,” Verbonach said. Semon said the boutique has a little bit of everything with very affordable prices. She said Verbonach spends hours picking out accessories at markets
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Verbonach ventures to California and New York to decide on what will go in the boutique. She said when she goes to California on buying expeditions, there are many unique styles that are not often seen in New York. “A lot of stuff starts in California,” she said. “A lot of times it takes about six months to a year to get here, so we’re trying to be more fashion forward.” Verbonach said when
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