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SGA discusses concealed carry by lacey palmer associate A&E Editor

A controversial resolution was heavily debated at Wednesday evening’s West Virginia University Student Government Association meeting concerning concealed weapons on campus.

Governor Christian Guy and Governor Joseph Reidy presented a resolution, which ultimately did not pass, to the board of SGA governors. The student gal-

lery was packed as compared to normal turnout.

“I’ve talked with several students over the last few months and a lot of them brought this issue up to me, and I thought it was something that needed to be heard,” Guy said. “I put a lot of work into it, and I thought it was a well-written bill that has a lot of facts to back it up.”

The proposal suggests students and faculty with concealed weapon permits be allowed to carry those

weapons on campus. Currently, it is in WVU’s policy that concealed weapons are not allowed.

This resolution has no legislative power – it only expressed support for creating laws allowing concealed weapons.

Guy suggested the current policy makes students feel unsafe while traveling to and from campus – especially from off-campus housing. Also, if students do not feel they are traveling safely, the proposal sug-

gests they are more likely to miss class and have their grades suffer.

By allowing those on campus who have completed the requirements to obtain a permit to carry a weapon, the proposal suggests students will feel safer on campus.

This controversial topic sparked much debate among the gallery during the first open student forum of the evening.

“When someone commits these violent acts,

there’s only one way to combat it, and that is to be armed yourself,” said John Hefner, a sport and exercise psychology student.

Shawn Dill, a member of the West Virginia Citizen’s Defense League, also spoke on behalf of allowing concealed weapons on campus.

“The current situation we have prohibiting firearms on campus – who is that keeping safe?” Dill said. “It didn’t keep anyone safe at Virginia Tech. If

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Wednesday, the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the announcement of a new pope: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76 – previously the archbishop of Buenos Aires.

Bergoglio (pronounced ber-goal-io) is the first nonEuropean pontiff in more than 1,200 years and has chosen to take the name of Francis.

Both of these aspects of Francis’s election as pope send a powerful message to Catholics around the world, according to Jane Donovan, lecturer in the religious studies program at West Virginia University.

Donovan said she was initially surpised by the fact Bergoglio chose to name himself Francis – the first ever to do so.

Each pope adopts a name based on saints from Christian history.

“Saint Francis of Assisi has been a significant figure in the history of Christianity,” she said. “It’s surprising nobody has taken it until now.”

This choice speaks volumes about Francis’ plan for the future, according to Donovan.

Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian friar from the 13th century.

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By Summer Ratcliff staff writer

More than 20 West Virginia University students traveled to Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday to represent PROMISE scholarship recipients across the state.

Members of the WVU Student Government Association and Student Advocates for Legislative Advancement met with dozens of state delegates and senators to advocate for the passage of House Bill 2581 and Senate Bill 339.

If passed, these companion bills would restore

PROMISE back to its original form of full tuition and fee coverage.

When the PROMISE scholarship program was launched in 2002, students with a 3.0 GPA and a 21 ACT composite score were eligible to receive full tuition to an in-state school of their choice for eight semesters.

As interest in the program grew and the state budget tightened, requirements for test scores increased and scholarship amounts decreased.

As it currently stands, students must have a 3.0 GPA and have a 22 ACT compos-

ite score to receive $4,750 toward their tuition at an in-state university from the scholarship.

Regular in-state tuition at WVU is $6,090 per year, which in turn leaves a gap in coverage of fees for PROMISE recipients.

SALA Chair Kristen Pennington said through her research she discovered each of the state’s brightest students who graduate in 2013 could receive full coverage of tuition and fees with a simple 1 percent increase of revenue allocated from the state Excess Lottery Fund to the PROMISE scholar-

ship fund.

“Restoring PROMISE to its full coverage and taking just 1 percent more from the lottery funds is a small price to pay,” Pennington said. “As West Virginians, our children should know that if you put your best foot forward you can go to college – there should be no questions asked if you are doing your best and meeting the requirements.”

Among the many delegates and senators students met with during their time at the Capitol, one group

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Saint Francis’ legacy about his concern for the poor, nature and intercultural relations makes him a highly respected figure in Christianity.

“This seems to be (Francis’) signal for his concern for the poor,” Donovan said.

Francis’ concern for poverty isn’t surprising – he has seen it firsthand as Archbishiop in Buenos Aires, where some church reports claim more than a third of the city’s inhabitants live below the poverty line.

“He’s been directly in ministry with the poorest of the poor,” Donovan said.

She also said she believes Francis is an important figure in the Catholic church, because he hails from Argentina.

“Catholic membership is changing: the church is no longer as dominant in Europe as it once was,” she said. “But it has been growing in the southern hemisphere – this signals to the world the Church has noticed.”

Donovan said Catholicism has been increasing in developing countries below the equator, and the needs of these worshippers differ from those in developed countries.

“A certain percentage of

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University adds fall break to 2013-14 academic calendar

By Carlee Lammers city editor

Students represent PROMISE at capitol

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Texas Tech teammates embrace as freshman guard Eron Harris walks toward the locker room after their Big 12 Tournament game Wednesday night.

I have a permit, have been cleared of a background check, have no violent history and have been trained, there’s no reason for me not to carry a firearm.”

The debate continued as sociology professor Daniel Brewster spoke on his reasoning for not supporting the proposal.

“It’s not guns that kill people; it’s the availability of guns,” Brewster said.

Brewster discussed his

West Virginia University has announced it will introduce a fall break recess beginning in the 2013-14 school year.

The break will take place Oct. 14-15, WVU spokesperson Diana Mazzella confirmed.

“The Registrar’s Office was able to confirm that the faculty senate did approve putting a fall break on the calendar,” she said.

According to an April 12, 2012 Daily Athenaeum report, Faculty Senate Chair Lesley Cottrell said a proposed 2013-14 academic calendar did not feature a fall break and was subsequently rejected.

“Everyone wants a fall break, including WVU faculty, staff and students. I think we are all hopeful that we can get it, and ev-

eryone understands the need for it,” Cottrell said.

“But the options are not great for where these extra days would come from, so that’s the tricky part.”

According to the 201314 academic calendar, the University’s fall Thanksgiving break will be Nov. 2529, remaining one week long.

“Right after midterms, everyone needs to take a mental break. People just reach their peak, and we’ve seen some issues come from that,” Cottrell said in the April 2012 report. “Studies show a break like this could help decrease behavioral problems and even keep students motivated and stay in school longer.”

Other nearby universities with fall recesses include Virginia Tech and

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COACHING TOGETHER The West Virginia football team made several new additions to its coaching staff during the offseason.

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Thursday March 14, 2013

Rent the Runway to host fashion show tonight by evelyn merithew staff writer

Rent the Runway, a company that loans designer dresses to women for low prices, is hosting a fashion show event at Morgantown’s Rock Top Bar & Grill Thursday night. Five West Virginia University students who are currently interns for RTR have spent countless hours planning the event to showcase the most up-todate fashion trends. “We wanted to hold an event where we could display the dresses to people who come so that they can see them on the models and then decide if they want to rent a certain style,� said

sophomore public relations student Hope Adams.

The show is free and will take place at 9:30 p.m., though attendees are encouraged to arrive early.

Rock Top Bar & Grill is a 21 and older bar, but for this special occasion they are allowing anyone who is 18 years of age or older to attend. “We chose Rock Top because it seemed like a fun and laid-back environment for the show,� Adams said.

Thursday night is also Ladies’ Night at the bar, and the show partnered with the Morgantown boutique Altered Ego. DJ Lacy Neff will be hosting the show.

“There will be a variety of over 20 different looks and members of each sorority on campus will be modeling the dresses,� said senior public relations student Nikki Nassif.

Since this week is WVU’s Greek Week, sorority members will earn points for modeling the dresses, and there will be at least 15 different models. Some of the pieces shown are from designers Nicole Miller, Elizabeth and James, BCBG, Erin Fetherston, Halston Heritage and Lilly Pulitzer.

The RTR interns have publicized the event through Facebook, spoken to different student organizations, notified members

of the Greek community and handed out flyers.

During the event, the interns will also be handing out RTR gift cards. “We are having this event to introduce students to Rent the Runway and show them what kinds of dresses they would be able to rent on the website,� Nassif said.

The company, founded in 2009, has interns to showcase its dresses on more than 100 college campuses, and WVU’s intern involvement is relatively new.

The interns said they agree using the company’s services is worthwhile. “Rent the Runway is about making designer dresses accessible to all

women for a discounted price,� Adams said. “It’s fast and convenient.�

The company provides a complimentary dress bag when it’s shipped, and shipping the dress back is free of charge.

Having an online account with RTR is also free, and the company sends out frequent newsletters with discounts.

Adams explained how the process of ensuring the event’s success has been arduous. “We are fairly new on campus and working with a corporation that you haven’t worked with much is pretty difficult,� she said. “You have to keep in con-

stant connection and find sponsors. Even though we are hours away from corporate, they’re still our boss.�

Nassif said interning for RTR has been a great opportunity to gain learning experience. “It’s been great to work on my own and figure things out on my own,� Nassif said. “You learn from your mistakes, and you don’t have someone constantly watching over you. You get experience on what works and what doesn’t.�

To become a member of RTR or learn more about the organization, visit renttherunway.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Senate Democrats unveil budget blueprint seeking more revenue WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats unveiled a largely stand-pat budget Wednesday that calls for $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade but actually increases spending, while protecting the party’s domestic policy priorities and adding $4 trillion more to the national debt than a slashing alternative from House Republicans.

The plan by Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., blends about $1 trillion in modest cuts to health care providers, the Pentagon, domestic agencies and interest payments on the debt with an equal amount in new revenue claimed by closing tax breaks.

But because Democrats want to restore $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts over the same period – cuts imposed by Washington’s failure to strike a broader budget pact – Murray’s blueprint increases spending slightly when compared with current policies.

On the other side of Capitol Hill, House Budget Committee Republicans barreled ahead with an entirely opposite approach that whacks spending by $4.6 trillion over the coming

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Continued from page 1 position as a teacher on campus and the fear he would feel if guns were permitted on campus. “If concealed weapons were allowed, suppose I’m standing in a classroom of 100 people, and someone gets up with a gun, I duck down behind my lectern to get my gun out of my bag, and I stand up and now there are three other students with guns,� Brewster said. “Who’s who?�

Brewster noted two polls completed in his class this afternoon with Vice President Jarred Zuccari and Daniel Brummage. In the first class, 13 of 60 supported the proposal, and in the second, 11 of 55. Brewster also mentioned asking 13 members of the faculty what they would do if concealed weapons were allowed, and all 13 said they

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decade, promises sweeping cuts to Medicaid and domestic agencies while setting a path to balancing the government’s books within 10 years.

The House panel was expected to approve the plan,

by Chairman Paul Ryan, RWis., late Wednesday by a party-line vote; Murray’s plan was set to be approved by the Democratic-led Senate panel on Thursday. Both measures face floor debates next week.

Even as Democrats controlling the Senate and the strongly conservative House moved in divergent directions, President Barack Obama again traveled to the Capitol to open a dialogue with lawmakers. Wednesday’s meeting was with House Republicans, who welcomed the gesture even as they noted that deep divisions remain. “We’ve got a big difference between us,� said Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. “He supports higher tax revenues.�

But Rep. Tom Cole, ROkla., said Obama told Republicans that he also supports a revised inflation adjustment called “chained CPI� that would curb costof-living increases in Social

President Barack Obama turns to reporters as he leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday.

Security benefits and increase tax revenue through slower indexing of income tax brackets. He also supports “means testing� for Medicare benefits that would require higher-income beneficiaries to pay more for their health care.

Cole said Obama told them everyone needs to honestly confront the political barriers to reining in popular benefit programs like Medicare and Social Security. “He said, ‘Your people don’t want entitlement reform either. Go home and

poll them.’�

The White House praised the Senate plan. “The Senate Democratic budget is a concrete plan that will grow our economy and shrink our deficits in a balanced way, consistent with the president’s belief that our economy grows best from the middle out, not the top down,� White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement late Wednesday.

The debate in the Senate Budget Committee was the first time since 2009

that Democrats in charge of the Senate have advanced a budget blueprint, which opened to predictably poor reviews from the panel’s Republicans, who said it’s heavy on tax increases and light on cuts to rapidly growing benefit and safety net programs. “Is it really possible that after four years, the majority has failed to identify any reforms? That all we have is just a tax-and-spend budget that makes no alteration to our dangerous debt course?� said the top Bud-

would no longer work at WVU. “I’m stunned by this resolution because I find that I have never heard students on this campus suggest this is something they wished you as a body to entertain,�

Brewster said.

Governor elect Spenser Wempe and Governor elect Chris Nyden then posed the idea of researching the topic further and reaching out to more students before jumping to conclusions.

Zuccari agreed and said the issue needed to be looked into further. “Students need to voice their opinion on this,� Zuccari said. “I make the recommendation that the board chooses to table this until further research is done and more students are involved with this.�

Governor Bridgette Boyd said the issue is rooted in the demographics of college students. “We’re more likely to

have sleep deprivation, to be depressed, which is a mental illness, and also substance abuse is higher for college age students,�

Boyd said. “Those things cloud the judgment of college students, and I think this is a different scenario on a college campus.�

Governor Morgan Riddle also agreed waiting would be the best option. “I really hope no one wants to vote on this right now,� Riddle said. “This could be life and death for someone in the future – that could essentially be on us.�

After much debate, Attorney General Katherine Bomkamp declared the proposal was not passed. “I thought the debate went really nicely,� Guy said. “The only bad part was the little dispute on whether it passed or not, but at the end, it’s Katherine Bomkamp’s job to interpret everything and she did her job, and that’s the end

of story.�

Bomkamp said she agreed the debate was constructive. “I really appreciated the gallery being very active in the debate, but I do agree,�

Bomkamp said. “I think this is a monumental issue that every student on this campus should be weighing in on, but I really appreciated the gallery being very active in the debate.�

President elect Ryan Campione was pleased with the outcome of the vote. “It was inappropriate to rush a vote on this issue so soon,� Campione said. “I found about this bill when I checked my email this afternoon, and this is massive. This is literally the most controversial and impacting bill Student Government has looked at in the last four years, second to only the smoking policy which took two years of forums, debates, student government meetings, fail-

ing the first time, comment the second and then passing before it was even considered by the institutional board of governors. To look at something like this in 12 hours is absurd.�

His reasoning for voting against the bill is that students were not informed about the resolution, and not enough research was cited in the discussions. “It would have been interesting to have seen the reaction of the student body that didn’t know about this until tomorrow morning when they would’ve woken up because it wasn’t publicized,� Campione said. “As far as the debate, this has to be, by far, one of my favorite student government meetings regardless of the issues we talked about.

In the past, we’ve had open student forums where no one responds, and I kind of die a little inside, but to see that much debate is really

exciting.�

Governor Andrea Mucino along with Governor Christian Guy presented another proposal Wednesday evening regarding W.Va. Governor Tomblin’s legislative bills currently going through the West Virginia house and senate.

Issues regarding teachers’ pay, seniority versus meritbased pay, mandatory full days of preschool for fouryear-olds and superintendent decision-making are all discussed in the bills, and the proposal aimed to show WVU’s SGA support of the specific parts of the bills.

This proposal was passed despite debate concerning the proposal having no real effect on WVU. The last meeting of this SGA administration will take place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hatfield’s B in the Mountainlair.

servative – he opposes gay marriage, abortion and the adoption of children by gay couples.

Francis is also inheriting a set of challenges: sexual misconduct and financial scandals have taken a heavy toll on the church.

However, Francis has never been a part of the papal bureacracy (the curia), and Donovan said she thinks

he can contribute a fresh perspective. “This guy has spent his life in pastoral ministry in the developing world,� she said. “This is not someone who has been detached from the day-to-day life of humble, everyday Catholics. I think that’s an important perspective.�

can; I will promise you that.�

Drew Constable, a senior political science student, met with more than 10 representatives during his time at the Capitol and said most were supportive of the PROMISE bill. “We had overwhelming support from a lot of the people that we met with,�

Constable said. “Most notably was the minority whip of the House of Delegates, Linda Sumner; she was incredibly enthusiastic and said she would do whatever she needed to do to see that the bill stays on track.

We talked to a lot of people who voted against the cap to begin with and want to do whatever they can to see it removed now and see PROMISE restored to full tuition coverage.�

Pennington said she be-

lieves the take-away from the trip is no matter the outcome of the bills, the group made an impact on the perception of the PROMISE scholarship program at the Capitol. “As a state, we need to fully invest in the best and brightest students and allow them to focus on their studies rather than worry about financial struggles,�

Pennington said. “We challenged each representative that we spoke with to restore the promise they made to the future leaders of West Virginia.�

For more information, or to become an advocate for the PROMISE bill and other legislation, contact SALA at 304-807-0409 or email kpennin1@mix.wvu.edu.

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get Committee Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. “Does the majority believe the government is perfect and requires no reform?�

At issue is the arcane and partisan congressional budget process, which involves a unique, non-binding measure called a budget resolution. When the process works as designed – which is rarely – budget resolutions have the potential to stake out parameters for follow-up legislation specifying spending and rewriting the complex U.S. tax code.

This year, it’s taken as a given that the tea partydriven House and Democratic-led Senate won’t be able to resolve their differences absent an agreement driven by the president.

Obama has had two failed rounds of talks with House Speaker John Boehner, ROhio, and now seems to be looking to the Senate as a potential partner with which to spark a potential breakthrough.

In that context, the rival Murray and Ryan budget plans don’t seem to offer a path forward. Even a cursory look at them reveals gaping differences.

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During their meeting, Kessler said the original purpose of previous lottery fund legislation was specifically for the creation of the PROMISE scholarship program. “It was the whole purpose of the lottery legislation – to fund the PROMISE scholarship,� Kessler said. “Now the portion of the funds that PROMISE gets compared to all of the others has not kept pace with the increased revenue received. “We are going to look and see if there is any way at all we can fix these issues – we will certainly do what we

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Another new feature to the 2013-14 academic calendar is the addition of a Dec. 11 “prep day for finals.�

Dec. 10 will mark the last day of fall semester classes, according to the calendar.

The finals prep day’s event description reads: “No classes, but this is a prep/study day for finals.�

Final examinations will be conducted Dec. 12-18 and winter recess Dec. 18Jan. 8, 2014.

To view the new 201314 academic calendar, visit cal.wvu.edu. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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Egypt’s Brotherhood blasts UN women’s document

An Egyptian protester shouts slogans as she holds an anti-Muslim brotherhood poster showing what she said was a victim of overnight clashes in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura during a protest in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood sharply criticized an anticipated U.N. document on combatting violence against women, saying on Wednesday that it was “deceitful,” clashed with Islamic principles and undermined family values.

The text of the document has not been published because negotiations are continuing, regarding how to address sexual violence and rights of women to control their sexuality as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Diplomats and observers tracking the debate are optimistic of agreement before the two-week meeting of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women wraps up Friday in New York. One participant said Egypt is seeking to introduce an opt-out clause to allow each country to implement the document according to its own traditions.

According to the Brotherhood, which has emerged as the most powerful political faction in Egypt since the 2011 uprising, the draft under discussion advocates sexual freedoms for women and the right to abortion

“under the guise of sexual and reproductive rights.”

In its strongly worded statement, the Brotherhood also decried the document’s defense of homosexual rights, which are not recognized in Islam, and the equating between children born in and out of wedlock.

It said the title of the document addressing violence is “deceitful.”

“It contains articles that clash with Islamic principles and its basics mentioned in the Quran (Islam’s holy book) and in Islamic traditions,” the Brotherhood statement said. “It eliminates Islamic values, and seeks to destroy the family ... which would lead to social disintegration.”

The Brotherhood, which won Egypt’s presidency and controls parliament, called on other Muslim nations, women’s groups and Islamic organizations to reject the document. It called it an infringement on the thought, culture and uniqueness of Islamic societies.

The Brotherhood urged women’s rights groups not to be “lured by phony calls for civilized behavior and by misleading and destructive

processes.”

Libya’s top cleric also raised similar concerns, rejecting the document for violating Islamic teachings.

The head of the U.N. women’s agency, Michelle Bachelet, said she hoped the meeting would produce a document that becomes a tool to improve the fight against violence against women.

When the commission took up the issue a decade ago, governments were unable to reach agreement.

Differences over sex education, a woman’s right to reproductive health, and demands for an exception for traditional, cultural and religious practices stymied an accord.

The Brotherhood’s statement appeared to reflect those persistent differences, saying that religious traditions and values are threatened by such a universal document.

Francoise Girard, executive director of the New York-based International Women’s Health Coalition, a nonprofit organization which promotes the reproductive and sexual rights of women and young people,

told The Associated Press she expected “strong” conclusions to the debate.

Girard said a range of issues in the text are still unresolved including several references to sexual violence, the connection of violence against women and sexual and reproductive health and rights, and what governments need to do to prevent sexual violence.

Girard said Egypt proposed an amendment last week saying that each country is sovereign and can implement the document in accordance with its own laws and customs, a provision strongly opposed by many countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia.

“Definitely this needs to be removed because we came here to reach an agreement that expresses an unequivocal commitment to act and to end violence against women and girls,” Girard said. “This amendment would show less than full commitment to take action.”

Discussions of women’s issues in Egypt, and in the Muslim world at large, are traditionally buried in debates over Islamic laws and

whether their interpretations are compatible with demands for more personal freedoms.

With the rise of Islamic fundamentalist groups to power in the region following the past two years of protests against autocratic rulers, many women rights groups fear a regression in women’s freedoms with a stricter interpretation of Islamic laws.

Already, Egypt’s speech at the opening of the commission meeting has set off a storm in the women’s rights community.

The speech was delivered on March 4 by Pakinam elSharqawi, an aide to President Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood. In her speech, el-Sharqawi praised Egypt’s new constitution as protective of women’s rights, to the dismay of members of the delegation who have been sharply critical of the charter.

Her speech caused some in the delegation to walk out.

Leading women’s rights activist Nehad Abu el-Qumsan called it “shocking.”

Opposition activists say Egypt’s new charter has an

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Islamist slant, undermines women’s rights and denies them equality while ignoring their political rights.

Rights groups also worry that the new charter has granted religious authorities the right to review laws to ensure they are in line with Islamic laws, which they say may further undermine their rights.

Violence against women has also been on the rise in Egypt, particularly during political protests. Some suspect the attacks are an organized campaign to curb women’s participation in public life after they played an integral role during the protests against former autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak.

The issue has been a source of contention between the Islamist-led government and opposition activists, who accuse authorities of not doing enough to address the issue.

In her speech, el-Sharqawi said violence against women should be combatted based on “balance between the values shared by humanity, and the cultural and social particularities of countries and peoples.”

Mortar shells in Damascus kill three, wound 50 BEIRUT (AP) — Mortar shells struck a residential area in central Syria Wednesday, killing three people and wounding more than 50, including a number of women and children, state-run news agency said.

The latest mortar attacks came as Syrian government troops fought fierce battles with rebels for control of key neighborhoods in the northeast of the capital, residents and activists said.

SANA said “terrorists” targeted the al-Boukhtyar neighborhood of Damascus with mortars and that two of the mortar shells struck near an orphanage. The Syrian government refers to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad as terrorists.

Rebels have stepped up mortar attacks on Damascus in recent weeks, striking deeper than ever into the heart of the city in a new tactic to try and loosen Assad’s grip on his main stronghold.

The pro-government AlEkhbariya TV aired footage of the attacks, showing houses and cars on fire and firefighters working to extinguish the flames. People were shown weeping and cursing the rebels.

Also, a European Union staff member was killed in a rocket attack on an opposition stronghold south of the capital, the EU said.

Opposition fighters have been trying to advance into Damascus for weeks, battering regime checkpoints and military bases in the heavily fortified capital.

Both sides see Damascus as the ultimate prize in the civil war.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said

Wednesday’s clashes were concentrated in the capital’s neighborhoods of Jobar and Barzeh.

A resident in the area said shelling overnight “shook apartments” and terrified the inhabitants. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his safety.

A car bomb exploded outside a police station in Khan Sheih neighborhood, west of Damascus, the Observatory said. The Britain-based activist group also said fierce clashes broke out after the blast but had no immediate reports of casualties.

Fighting also raged in other Syrian cities, including Homs, where the military pounded rebel positions with artillery and carried out several airstrikes on the Baba Amr district, a former rebel stronghold which the opposition has tried to recapture in the past days.

In Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said a policy officer with the European delegation in Syria was killed on Tuesday in the Damascus suburb of Daraya. It was the first death of an EU employee in the Syrian civil war.

Ahmad Shihadeh, 32, worked for the EU for five years, a spokesman for Ashton said Wednesday. He said Shihadeh had lived in Daraya, a suburb of Damascus that has been one of the main battlefields in the capital.

Ashton said he “died while providing humanitarian help to the community of Daraya,” Ashton said.

“Ahmad was known for his courage and selflessness.”

Ashton took the occasion to call for an end to the conflict, which started in March 2011 as protests against Assad’s authoritarian rule.

The revolt turned into civil war after some opposition supporters took up arms to fight back a harsh government crackdown on dissent.

“As we approach the second anniversary of the uprising in Syria, I call again on all sides to take urgent steps to end the violence, which has led to the deaths of some 100,000 innocent citizens and over 1 million refugees seeking shelter in neighboring countries,” she said.

According to U.N. figures, more than 70,000 people have been killed in the 2-year-old conflict and four millions Syrians driven from their homes. There was no immediate explanation of Aston’s higher death toll.

Also Wednesday, a Ukrainian journalist who was kidnapped in Syria last year and escaped after being

held by rebels for more than 150 days spoke of her ordeal to The Associated Press in Damascus.

Ankhar Kochneva said she was held by members of the Farouk Brigade of the Free Syrian Army in the central Homs province. She said in a phone interview that she “almost died” because of the shelling of the area she had been held, and that food was scarce while in captivity.

Kochneva wrote for Syrian and Russian newspapers before she was kidnapped in western Syria on Oct. 9. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that the journalap ist was freed.

In a phone interview In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian doctors Wednesday, the reporter treat a man who was wounded at the scene where two mortar rounds exploded told the AP she escaped near an orphanage, at al-Boukhtyar area, in Damascus, Syria. from the house where she was being held while the guards were sleeping. She said she skirted a rebel guard post and fled with the assistance of villagers working in nearby fields.

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Political posturing in SGA A controversial resolution supporting the concealed carry of firearms on campus set the tone for a highly contentious West Virginia University Student Government Association meeting Wednesday night.

The resolution was introduced by Governor Christian Guy fresh off his recent defeat in the SGA

presidential election. It is not even worth noting that this is a terrible idea. The fact this issue was even discussed at an SGA meeting is outrageous.

The SGA has no authority to allow students to carry guns on campus. Had the resolution passed, it would have merely been a political statement with no tan-

gible impact.

So why did the SGA waste almost an entire meeting, the second-to-last one for the current administration, discussing it when they could have instead been discussing issues they do have the power to address?

Of course, this isn’t the first time WVU’s SGA has wasted its limited resources

getting involved in areas in which it has no authority.

Three years ago, SGA passed a resolution “supporting Israel and its citizens’ right to peacefully exist.” The debate regarding a concealedcarry resolution was just as superfluous.

We understand touting passage of a pro-gun resolution while a student-

leader would look great on any prospective conservative politician’s resume.

However, given the limited time and resources they have, it would be nice if our SGA representatives focused on fulfilling achievable goals to improve the student experience at WVU. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Obama’s bipartisan efforts a waste of time kirk auvil columnist

President Obama has unwisely decided to continue his attempts to cooperate with Congressional Republicans in a move that really makes you wonder if he’s suffering from amnesia.

We have seen this movie before, folks. Obama timidly reaches across the aisle in an attempt to water down the half-measures proposed by his own party, Republicans spit in his face, and then they run off to the media to rant about his inability to garner bipartisan support.

Newsflash, Mr. President: they hate you, and they will never work with you. In many cases, maintaining a Republican seat in the legislature hinges on being the president’s most vitriolic detractor. Once armed with this knowledge, Obama should have realized that any and all attempts to involve Republicans in the legislative process would only lead to misery and ruin.

There is a core group of Congressional Republicans who will never cooperate for the good of the country when they can advance their own short-sighted agendas.

They will never make good decisions that help Americans if they think they can make the Democrats take the blame for failing to pass those measures that could help the country.

The sad thing is that Obama’s first instinct when met with any resistance is to throw up his hands and split the baby to the best of his ability. He is absolutely averse to conflict and takes great pains to avoid looking confrontational. If he were dealing with any sort of rational opposition party, he’d be great at getting along with them, to the chagrin of his own party. He does not hesitate to throw the more liberal yearnings of the Democrats directly into the wood chipper at the first sign of trouble.

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President Barack Obama, escorted by House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving, right, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday.

So it says a great deal about the crazed nature of these pugnacious Republicans like Joe Wilson, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and Paul Ryan, that they are unable to compromise with Obama on nearly anything.

But when their version of compromise seems to be, “don’t change anything, don’t raise taxes and don’t offend our special interests, it doesn’t leave the president a lot of wiggle room.”

And then Boehner has the temerity to turn around and scourge Obama for being dismissive about bal-

ancing the budget.

If balancing the budget is so important, perhaps Boehner and his allies would be interested in raising taxes to help in this pursuit? After all, they’re willing to crucify Obama, who is not a member of Congress, for failing to balance the budget, so it only stands to reason that they would hold themselves to an equally high standard. But no. Their solution isn’t to raise revenue at all. They want to cut costs, conveniently by slashing the institutions which have offended their sensi-

bilities for far too long.

Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are pillars of American society. They are unimpeachably helpful to vast swaths of American citizens, and their aims are utterly beyond reproach. So why is it that some of these Congressional Republicans jump at the chance to disembowel these programs whenever a new budget comes out? Paul Ryan’s proposed budget gives us a convenient road map to turning America into a nightmarish hellscape with more Americans falling into poverty ev-

ery year, where they would then be unable to get back out due to Ryan’s proposed cuts to welfare programs.

Here’s the real sticking point of the proposed Ryan budget, however. It absolutely torpedoes Medicaid, cutting $756 billion from its budget. Medicaid has a sub-program called the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which insures little kids who were born into families lacking the money to give them health insurance. There are more than 8 million kids currently covered by CHIP.

If you are the pro-life party who claims that every life is sacred and mothers should give birth no matter their circumstances, you absolutely, unequivocally, cannot dream of cutting funding for a program which gives health insurance to the babies you demanded they have. This is the rub. Some of these prolifer Republicans have this attitude that mothers must have every baby, but once they’re out of the womb, screw ‘em.

They’ll figure it out somehow, right?

Time for U.S. government to legalize marijuana zak lutz the harvard political review

In 1977, a mother in Atlanta walked outside during her son’s birthday party to serve cake, but her son and his friends were nowhere to be found. She frantically searched until ultimately noticing smoke seeping out of his old tree house. Assuming they had gotten ahold of cigarettes, she climbed up, only to find something else: the kids were smoking marijuana.

Anti-marijuana advocate Sue Rusche likes to recall this story as the beginning of the Parent Movement in the War on Drugs. Even though many of these parents had smoked in their youths, they were still worried about their children using marijuana. These parents spent decades as the largest and most powerful political opposition to marijuana legalization, helping to crack down on users and dealers alike.

Decades have passed, and

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despite the efforts of the Parent Movement, the War on Drugs has failed. Most teens say it’s easier to get marijuana than alcohol or tobacco, billions are spent annually on enforcement, and drug violence continues to rise throughout the world.

In turn, states have begun decriminalizing or legalizing small amounts for recreational use – the majority of Americans even favor full legalization. What changed?

Concerned parents have started to support treating the issue as a medical, and not criminal, one. They are coming around to legalization as a better approach to confronting marijuana abuse than merely outlawing the drug entirely. At least with regards to teen safety, legalizing marijuana is preferable to the status quo.

Enabling the Government The War on Drugs thus far has aimed to eliminate the United States’ supply of drugs. The logic appears pretty simple – if you can prevent it from existing, people cannot use it. With marijuana use and abuse

both rising, this simply has not worked. And how much has this strategy cost? Harvard economist and drug legalization expert Jeff Miron claimed, “Aggregate, between state and federal level, eighty to ninety billion [dollars] annually.”

The government could have more effectively used this money. Morgan Fox of Marijuana Policy Project told the HPR, “Drug education and treatment would deal with the issue much better than prohibition does.”

Many supporters of legalization argue earmarking revenues from marijuana excise taxes could pay for marijuana education programs, similar to how gas taxes are earmarked for road construction. Instead of trying to control supply, demand could be limited under legalization. Plus, some countries (e.g., Israel) could mass produce legal marijuana at less than a twentieth of the cost of American street prices, giving the government significant room to tax the drug.

If legalized, laws similar to those regulating alcohol and

tobacco could be enacted to manage the marijuana market. Stores would have incentives not to sell marijuana to minors – if caught doing so, their entire business could be shut down or face heavy fines. Drug dealers, on the other hand, have never been known to check IDs; this fact heavily contributes to why marijuana is easier for teens to get ahold of than legal, age-restricted substances.

Thus, legal markets are more able to keep marijuana out of the hands of teenagers. Marijuana prohibition not only interferes with what people can do, but also what the government can.

Street Violence While most American drug violence does not involve marijuana, the drug plays a role. Aaron Houston, executive director of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, told the HPR, “Cartels and drug trafficking organizations are active in two thousand [American] cities, and 60% of their profits are from marijuana.” While few, if any, deaths can be attributed to a marijuana

overdose, the drug war has claimed the lives of enforcement officers, dealers, buyers, and innocent bystanders; even at Harvard, student Justin Cosby died in a 2009 marijuana-related shooting.

Estimates vary, but roughly 1,500 Americans die annually in the War on Drugs. If marijuana were sold at dispensaries, the law would regulate it – not gun violence.

Outside the United States, one must consider the violence occurring throughout Mexico and much of Latin America as a result of our War on Drugs. Mexico alone has seen well over 60,000 War on Drug deaths; another 200,000 are missing or displaced. Statistics for most countries are not available (or when so, not reliable), but, with Mexican cartels beginning to move south, the numbers are expected to rise. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela all have significant drug violence. Oddly enough, these countries have low drug usage levels; they mostly export drugs to

the United States. Continually stronger efforts, including the presence of the CIA in Latin America, to combat drugs have not cut down on the violence; former Mexican president and current Harvard Kennedy School fellow Felipe Calderón committed military forces to the War in 2006, and soon death tolls rose significantly above prior levels. Legalization of marijuana in the United States and these countries could turn dangerous black markets into safe trading.

As Miron noted, drug legalization would create more law-abiding citizens at home as well: “When you are so unsuccessful in prohibiting something, people start to realize laws are for suckers, and they become less willing to respect other laws.” This not only makes psychological sense, but also practical sense: if the gangs funded by marijuana go broke, related violence would fall. While the extent to which drug violence would decline is hard to predict, even minimal reductions in unnecessary violence can save lives.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you become familiar with the unexpected, so much so that you might become bored when nothing new happens.

Your luck with money depends on how well you respond to your inner voice. Sometimes you are an emotional spender. Be careful. If you are single, remember that you don’t need to impress a new suitor; you want this person to see you as you are. If you are attached, the two of you might make a major investment that you both find exciting. ARIES can challenge your thinking about money and investments.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Allow your intuition to lead you. You might not be sure of your choice or your ability to complete what you want. Your inner voice will guide you. Sometimes you are harder on yourself than anyone else is. Listen to news openly. Tonight: If you are tired, make it an early night.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Meetings and interpersonal communication are instrumental to your success. You might be more concerned about an issue than you realize. Try to process your feelings instead of suppressing them.

Open up to new ways of treating yourself. Tonight: Be with loved ones.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Go for what is heartfelt; otherwise, there could be a problem. If you are in tune with your inner self, change will happen naturally. Accept the limelight, and know where you want to be. Your willingness to do a self-as-

sessment will define the next few days. Tonight: Out late.

as others soon will learn. Tonight: Easy works.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH A new idea could point to many different avenues. You might want to try out one or two of them, but avoid getting too off track. Someone you respect emotionally and professionally will ask the right questions, which encourages a positive outcome. Tonight: In the moment.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH The unexpected occurs, and it challenges your creativity.

You might discover that you are in your element. It could be difficult to switch gears or do something differently. Count on your persuasive abilities and others’ flexibility. Tonight: Live it up!

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Allow yourself to express your energy and interest in a new way. You know what is possible, but do you know what you want? Powerful feedback points to the correct direction. You might not be ready to explore that path just yet. Tonight: Brainstorm with a friend.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH You might want to make a change, now that an unexpected development has occurred. Give up the need to be reactive; instead, gather information from many different sources.

Return calls and ask yourself valid questions. Tonight: At home.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You might want to change direction, but the unexpected will force your hand. Someone you have considered a tried-and-true friend no longer expresses the same reliability. Brainstorm with others. Tonight: Catch up with a friend.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Just when you assumed you were on cruise control, you’ll find out otherwise. A trusted loved one unexpectedly reverses direction. You could feel unsupported or angry as a result. Use the feeling to motivate you to change the situation. Tonight: Out and about.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Honor a change within yourself. You’ll see a situation far differently from how you have in the past. Your sense of humor helps you deal with uproar.

Stay centered, and you’ll make the right choices. No one can push you,

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Retained 5 Music storage medium 9 In the thick of 13 Kirin rival 15 Arp’s art 16 Scale pair 17 Last one in 18 How 58-Across can be written 20 Diamond deal 22 Heartfelt 23 Quote from a pitcher?

25 Rigid 26 USN clerk 27 34-Across factor 29 “A Doll’s House” playwright 31 Mil. honor 32 Shout in la arena 33 Forensic ID 34 58-Across times 27-Across 40 1967 NHL rookie of the year 41 Long time 42 One of them, maybe 44 “Let’s Dance” singer 47 Mathematically, what 58-Across is 50 Walkoff hit stat 51 Sighed line 54 Elect 55 Top player 57 Gluten-rich grain 58 Subject of an annual March 14 celebration and of this puzzle, celebrated in its circled squares in both a literal and a numerical way 60 Sends out 63 Works that glorify 64 Minnesota’s state bird 65 Leisurely stroll 66 Caesar and others 67 Fair 68 Post office call DOWN 1 Actor Penn who has worked for the Obama administration 2 That, south of the border 3 Deli order 4 Spring sign 5 French bean product?

6 Blast on Broadway 7 Farther out?

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10 Isn’t in a big hurry 11 “Let me check” 12 Ohio home of the Wright Brothers 14 Hopping mad 19 Valuable fur 21 Construction sight 23 Throw in 24 Blu-ray buy 25 Its pages are often numbered i, ii, iii, etc.

28 Common street name 30 Outlaw 33 Soak 35 Le __ Soleil: Louis XIV 36 Dream up 37 Common star characteristic 38 Chew out 39 German article 43 Atlas abbr.

44 Met cheers 45 Start of a Beatles title 46 Left (to)

48 Blind followers 49 Unanimously 52 Nonnative Hawaiian 53 Dahl’s “Fantastic” title critter 56 Dope (out) 57 Lush 59 Burst open noisily 61 DDE’s birthplace 62 Lush

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COMICS Get Fuzzy

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Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You like excitement. You will witness some fast changes, perhaps not in your life but in the lives of those around you. Don’t be surprised by what you hear. Everything is subject to change, even your opinion. Go with the moment. Tonight: Visit with a loved one.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Finances come to the forefront, as you pull the wild card with money.

If you feel lucky, buy a lottery ticket.

Open up to new possibilities that surround your day-to-day life. A discussion with a friend might present new options. Tonight: Don’t lose sight of your financial goals.

BORN TODAY Physicist Albert Einstein (1879), actor Billy Crystal (1948), music producer Quincy Jones (1933)

Pearls Before Swine

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Wu-Tang style brings the ruckus at 123

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Wu-Tang Clan member Cappadonna (right) performs alongside M-80 at 123 Pleasant Street.

Jeremiah yates a&e writer

I walked into 123 Pleasant Street Tuesday evening expecting sights of flying knees and sounds of the powerful hip-hop from Cappadonna of Wu-Tang Clan.

Immediately my ears were pleased, as DJ Jam Master J’son, son of the legendary DJ Jam Master Jay and current disc jockey for Run DMC, was onstage getting the growing crowd pumped up for the evening’s artists.

I have been a fan of WuTang Clan for a long time and was looking forward to seeing Cappadonna per-

form, especially in an intimate setting like 123 Pleasant Street.

The crowd was smaller than I predicted, but it was a Tuesday, after all.

Despite its lacking size, the audience didn’t seem to affect the opening acts as they hit the stage and demonstrated their hip-hop talents.

“It’s a lot more than rap for me,” said Dylan Sinclair, the first artist of the night to perform.

Sinclair’s performance was impressive, although his style fell short of unique. He was energetic and smooth and gave much love to West Virginia in his rhymes.

The occasion was prime

A fan throws up his ‘Wu-bird’ in appreciation of Cappadonna’s performance.

time for all of the local, undiscovered opening acts.

This was a time for them to shine in front of someone who has made a name for himself in the hip-hop world.

“It’s a blessing to share the stage with a legend (Cappadonna),” Sinclair said.

Ace Beans with Johnny Harmonic and Monstalung, who came onstage around 11 p.m., brought energy as well but didn’t hit a level close to Wu-Tang.

Ace Beans collaborated well with the other rappers onstage, making his set fun and memorable.

While this was a great opportunity for these aspiring artists, it was hard to believe

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that some of the acts were opening for a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Instead of a raging hiphop party, the vibe in the bar was relaxed and intimate.

For much of the night, I had the impression I was at an open mic night instead of a concert.

To put it simply, much of the night could be summarized as a bunch of lame white dudes trying to rap.

I mean, there’s nothing wrong with being a lame white dude – I’m a lame white dude, but I also know I can’t rap.

By the time M-80, who is the current Guinness Book of World Records holder for longest freestyle, hit the

stage, the crowd had vastly increased in anticipation of the night’s featured act.

The venue wasn’t sold out, but there was a heavy presence of hip-hop fans ready for some Wu-Tang style.

M-80 presented a heavy dose of solid rhymes and a smooth lyrical flow. At one point during his set, he rejected a request from an annoying audience member, denouncing most of the popular hip-hop of today.

He kept to his own and successfully readied the crowd for Cappadonna.

The only disappointing aspects of Cappadonna’s set were its length – it was too short – and the fact that he called the location “VA.”

Cappadonna engages an audience member during his performance.

Other than that, it was spectacular.

Even when he rapped songs I was unfamiliar with, it had that same unmistakable Wu-Tang style.

Cap p a d o n na e ve n stepped off the stage and ventured into the crowd during the show, which pleased audience members immensely.

He spit quite a few rhymes from Wu-Tang favorites like “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothin To F--- Wit” and “Triumph,” and the crowd went wild.

While not all of the artists were at Cappadonna’s level, the entire night was fun and well worth the trip. jeremiah.yates@mail.wvu.edu

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David Bowie’s ‘The Next Day’ provides reflection, evolution charles young A&e writer

If you examine the strange and wonderful odyssey that is David Bowie’s career, you’ll notice a pattern starts to emerge.

During the course of his half-century artistic journey, Bowie has consistently continued to reinvent himself.

Each time he seems to have disappeared, reached a creative nadir or been thoroughly defined by critical perception, Bowie rises from his own ashes to present the public with a newly constructed facet of his persona.

In the early ’70s Bowie invented and defined glam-rock with his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.

With a whirl of amphetamines, make-up and sexual ambiguity, Stardust and his band, the Spiders from Mars, came to signify the cultural shift from the ’60s into a new era of artistry and performance.

By adopting elaborate personas and elevating the performance aspects of his craft to near-operatic heights, Bowie’s Stardust-era work helped to set the decade’s artistic bar incredibly high and gave fans a glimpse at his prolific output during the next decade.

But just as his devotees were beginning to understand the significance of the glittering Kabuki theatre presented, Bowie famously “killed” Stardust during a performance at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, opening the door to allow in his future incarnations.

In 1976, in an attempt to kick bad habits, Bowie defected to Berlin, where he holed up in a studio with fellow exile Iggy Pop and mastermind producer Brian Eno. The mixture of pop experimentation and flirtations with avant-garde soundscapes, which filled the resulting “Berlin Trilogy” albums, form the core of what is still considered Bowie’s strongest and clearest period.

Their time spent in Berlin also brought the best out of Iggy Pop. With Bowie’s influence and assistance, the former Stooges leader produced two seminal albums and underwent a persona overhaul of his own.

Those who have kept their eye on Bowie’s cycle of changes (from glittergod to coked-up wraith, from area rocker to suited, elder statesman) will find it no surprise that at age 66, Bowie shows no signs of stopping or even of slowing down.

In 2004, amid rumors of poor health and cries of critical complacency, Bowie simply vanished, receding almost completely from the limelight. But just as quickly and quietly as he left, Bowie has made a dramatic return to form and to the public eye with the recent release of his 24th studio album, “The Next Day.” This most recent emergence finds the artist more focused and sure of his version than we’ve seen from him in more than a decade.

Starting with its cover, an altered version of the sleeve for his classic “Heroes” album, “The Next Day” demonstrates Bowie’s newfound willingness to embrace and reexamine

aspects of his now-iconic legacy.

It’s impossible for Bowie to release an album without it carrying the weight and subsequent expectations of his previous work.

Although this comes with preconceived notions from his audience, it also affords Bowie the unique position of being able to select elements of his past and incorporate them into his contemporary vision.

Without so much as an announcement, fans got a first taste of “The Next Day” in early January when its first single “Where Are We Now?” appeared on iTunes.

Within a month, a second single, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” was also offered, quickly followed by the album in its entirely, which could be streamed online for free.

As he nears his seventh

decade and begins a new phase in his career, Bowie wrestles with concepts familiar to us all.

Within his writing on “The Next Day,” he contemplates and dissects subjects of mortality, aging and the meaning of his life relative to the grand scheme of things.

But instead of mulling these ideas in a morbid, glooming way, Bowie shines on them the same

intense flame that once fueled the work of his heyday.

By nodding to his past without becoming tediously self-referential and simultaneously looking to the future with earned perspective, Bowie seems to have unlocked the formula for aging with dignity that seems to have eluded many of his contemporaries. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

A$AP Rocky continues hip-hop revival on debut album, ‘LONG. LIVE. A$AP’

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In February, the music industry’s leading statistics compiler, Billboard, implemented the latest tweaking to the formula used to generate its “Hot 100” chart.

Following changes to incorporate song hits from online streaming services, Billboard has now chosen to take the number of YouTube views a video has into account, as well.

In an age in which most of the public expects their music to come gratis, this change allows a much more accurate reading of the American cultural pulse. The public may not be purchasing music anymore, but they are still consuming it.

One of many contemporary artists to benefit from these changes is A$AP Rocky, rap’s reigning fashionista and trendsetter of the moment.

The first two singles off the Harlem native’s debut album, “LONG.LIVE.A$AP,” have remained among the “Hot 100” since before their commercial release, mainly due to repeated views of the official videos.

The album itself debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s “Hot 200 Albums” chart, propelling Rocky and the rest of his couture-clad A$AP

MOB to the front of hiphip’s commercial pack.

It seems fitting that these changes, implemented to reflect the Internet’s ubiquitous influence on our culture, would work to the advantage of an artist who is himself an undeniable product of the web age.

Rocky and his supporting cast tend to be classified and categorized, as most rap tends to be, by their geographical affiliations.

This means Rocky and company are often misrepresented as the “new East Coast sound” or the purveyors of a new New York style.

In reality, Rocky grew up appreciating a wide variety of rap’s more nuanced subgenres and regional movements – thanks to the Internet. Where his predecessors were limited and kept isolated by local scenes and the problems of physical distribution, Rocky was exposed to and absorbed a vast cross-section of the rap canon online. As a result, his own work presents a pastiche of influences and styles which create a modern amalgamation of some of the genre’s best elements.

From verse to verse on his debut, Rocky blends styles and blurs the lines separating the time periods and locations of his influences. Within the album’s first few tracks, his flow travels south to imbibe in the syrup-soaked

sounds of Houston then heads to Memphis for a nod to Southern gothic artists like Three 6 Mafia but not before touching down in a dozen places on the map in between.

Since their implosion upon the popular consciousness, A$AP MOB’s surrounding hype has been regarding their predilection toward flashy designer labels, reports of hedonistic shopping sprees at upscale stores and the various supermodel girlfriends of its members.

Sightings at fashion week and ludicrously large advance checks aside, the real secret of Rocky’s success is in his stylistic versatility. By cultivating an astute appreciation for the history of his craft and repackaging it with his own characteristic touches, Rocky has branded himself as something thoroughly modern.

Amid a culture whose progression is often slowed by the weight of irony and flippant reappropriation of formerly uncool things, Rocky shows how to properly balance the nostalgic and the contemporary.

A$AP MOB, along with their peers like Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All and the Danny Brownled Bruiser Brigade, are breathing life, energy and excitement back into the corpse of hip-hop. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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“Dance Now!,” the annual dance concert featuring the original work of West Virginia University students and faculty members, will take place tonight through Saturday at the WVU Creative Arts Center’s Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre.

The show, which is celebrating 84 years of dance at WVU, is also celebrating for a recent change in the University’s curriculum.

A new degree in dance was approved at the University, marking the first dance major in the state of West Virginia.

“We’ll have a lot of pro-

spective students coming to see the program over the course of the weekend,” said Yoav Kaddar, assistant professor of dance and director of the WVU dance program. “We’re very excited about it, and now we have even more reason to celebrate.”

The program will feature five student-produced pieces, which were selected from more than 10 entries from the dance program’s classes, according to Kaddar.

“Our performance is part of the curriculum,” Kaddar said. “What we do in the studio and the classroom is directly connected to the performance and the stage. All

their hard work and progress that they make in class translates to the stage.”

The show also features pieces by faculty members and special guest artists from the local dance community, including Morgantown Dance and Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Seven dancers learned a Masterworks piece earlier in the year that will also be performed during the “Dance Now!” program.

Each year, students learn this piece from a master choreographer in the dance field.

“This year, it’s a jazz piece

by Chicago-based choreographer Billy Siegenfeld (Jump Rhythm Jazz Project), an Emmy awardwinning choreographer,” Kaddar said. “It’s a very different sort of style of movement that was challenging for our seven dancers.”

The first-year West Virginia University Hip-Hop Team will also partake in the “Dance Now!” performance. The group will perform a piece choreographed by Tommy Scrivens, a dancer and choreographer based in New York.

Kaddar himself will also be performing a men’s duet with 2010 alumnus of the dance program, Joel Rhodes. The piece, choreographed by Demetrius Kline of Florida, will prove

to be incredibly physical.

Kaddar said he is excited to perform, and it is necessary for himself as a dancer to continue to showcase his talent on the stage.

“If I didn’t perform, something would be missing,” Kaddar said. “I lead and teach through example, and while I can still dance, it’s part of the way I teach.

I think the students seeing me dance helps them understand where I come from in the classroom.”

Kaddar said he finds the development of the performance as the greatest reward.

“Seeing it come together is the most rewarding part for me personally,” Kaddar said. “From year to year at the end of the concert, people will ask about the next concert, and although I have a vague idea, I don’t know what it will be like or how it will come together. I have no idea until it actually comes together.”

Kaddar also said he takes pride this program brings together people from all over campus who may not have met otherwise.

“They’re not only dance minors, but we have nonminors and the WVU HipHop Team, so there are about 60 dancers alone, and then we have a crew backstage, so everyone is working together,” Kaddar

said. “Just to see how students work together, collaborate and put something together is wonderful and rewarding.

“It’s one of the reasons I love teaching [and] creating opportunities for others to shine, so giving them this opportunity is really wonderful and very rewarding.”

Student Dance Association president Morgan Lough is excited for the performance and plays a large part in this year’s “Dance Now!” program as well.

Lough acts as a liaison between dance faculty and students to help organize the program. And this year she has a self-choreographed piece in the show.

“Choreographing a piece is a brand new experience for me, so even though that can be particularly stressful, it is also especially exciting,” Lough said. “I love to watch my cast perform.”

In agreement with Kaddar, Lough said she believes performing onstage is a pivotal aspect of being a dancer.

“Being able to perform onstage is definitely one of the most exciting things about being in ‘Dance Now!’ and being a dancer in general,” Lough said. “The week of tech and rehearsals leading up to the show always leaves you sleepdeprived, but it is so worth

it to be able to perform in front of a live audience.”

According to Lough, this year’s “Dance Now!” program is sure to please.

“This concert has a variety of styles and really has something for everyone,” Lough said. “Our faculty members, student choreographers, cast and crew have put so much work into making this into a great show.”

Kaddar said he agrees it’s a performance everyone can enjoy. “‘Dance Now!’ has a lot to offer with a variety of styles,” Kaddar said. “It’s a very energetic, very physical dance concert. I think there’s something for everyone there.”

“Dance Now!” will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m., followed by a performance Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for students and senior citizens and $20 for the general public. A group rate of $10 is also available for groups of 10 or more.

Tickets can be purchased at the Mountainlair or Creative Arts Center box office locations, at ticketmaster.com or by calling 304-293-SHOW. For more information about the performance, visit theatre.wvu.edu. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia diving team No. 19 Syracuse beats Seton Hall prepares for NCAA Zones by connor murray sports writer

Following a second-place finish by the women and a third place finish by the men in the Big 12 Championships in Austin, Texas, the WVU diving team will head down to Blacksburg, Va., this weekend to compete in the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships.

The three-day competition will take place at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center, with action set to kick off at noon each day.

Three events – the onemeter, three-meter and platform dives – will make up the event, with divers trying to advance to the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 21-23 at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, In., for the women and March 28-30, also at the IU Natatorium for the men.

Spots in the NCAA Championships are based upon the success of a particular zone in the previous season. This year, 11 spots have been allocated to Zone A – six for the women and five for the men.

A pair of freshmen will look to improve on impressive performances on the

platform dive from the Big 12 Championships. Christian Parker placed fourth for the men with a score of 201.30, while Ibrahim Ismail finished seventh, scoring a 184.45.

For the women, Haily VandePoel has burst onto the scene in her sophomore season, often pacing the team with consistency on the meter and three-meter dives.

During the Big 12 Championships, VandePoel continued her success with a fifth-place finish on the three-meter dive, registering a score of 305.70.

The one-meter dive proved to be a strong point at the Big 12 meet for the Mountaineers as well, as VandePoel was accompanied in the top eight by freshman teammate Lindsay Schmidt. VandePoel finished sixth with a 269.75, while Schmidt took eighth with a 265.80.

The men’s divers put on a strong showing in the three-meter competition at the Big 12 Championships, with three divers finishing in the top eight. Junior Richard Pokorny led the way, scoring 333.75 – good for a fifthplace finish.

Finishing one spot be-

hind Pokorny was sophomore Liam McLaughlin, who posted a score of 318.05.

Rounding out the top eight was freshman Christian Parker. His score of 306.20 ensured a second top-eight finish for the freshman, who seemed to embrace the pressure of the championship atmosphere.

Following up the strong performance in the conference meet will be necessary if the Mountaineers want to continue competing this season, as the quality of their opponents will only increase from this point forward.

Zone A encompasses the entire Northeast region, and with only 11 spots in the NCAA Championships up for grabs, the competition is sure to be fierce.

Although the teams the Mountaineers are competing against are sure to have several quality divers, WVU registered several top-eight finishes at the Big 12 Championships, a fact that bodes well for their chances of sending a few representatives to the NCAA Championships later this month. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Boeheim couldn’t help but think of the last threeplus decades as he entered Madison Square Garden on Wednesday for a big game for Syracuse.

The Orange managed a 75-63 victory over Seton Hall to advance to the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament – Syracuse’s last Big East tournament as it heads for the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.

“I was thinking about all the times coming here,” Boeheim said after his 48th Big East tournament win, 13 more than the secondplace coach. “I first came to the Garden when I was a sophomore in college, the old, old Garden. Seems like about 50 years ago. Oh, it was 50 years ago.

“I was thinking in the locker room before the game, about some of the games, and some of the highlights. Things have kind of been two years coming, but now that it’s here, your whole life has been spent in this league, and the last 31 years coming to this building, that’s a lot. That’s a lot of memories, a lot of time.”

James Southerland hit five 3-pointers in the first half to keep No. 19 Syracuse in the game and Brandon Triche keyed a big secondhalf run for the Orange.

Fifth-seeded Syracuse

(24-8) extended its Big East tenure with the win and the Orange will play fourthseeded and 17th-ranked Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Ironically, both Syracuse and Pittsburgh are ACC-bound after this season.

Syracuse, which had lost four of its last five games, looked more like the team that was second in the league in scoring (72.3).

The Orange looked nothing like the team that managed just 39 points in a 22-point loss to Georgetown to close the regular season.

Syracuse, which managed the fewest points since a 36-35 win over Kent State on Dec. 1, 1962, matched its total from the Georgetown loss with its second field goal of second half for a 3934 lead.

Southerland scored all but three of his 20 points in the first half, which finished in a 34-34 tie. Triche finished with 17 points and seven of those were consecutive points he scored in the 19-2 run that turned a 46-all tie into a 65-48 Syracuse lead with 4:41 to play.

Michael Carter-Williams, who is fourth in the NCAA at 7.58 assists per game, had 14, including two impressive alley-oop passes for dunks.

“Our offensive movement was the best it’s been probably all year. We really moved the ball,” Boeheim

said. “Mike played, I think, his best game of the year.

James kept us in it when we weren’t playing well.

And then Brandon and C.J. (Fair) got going the second half.

“For us to be effective, Mike has to make plays, and Brandon and C.J. and James have to score. That’s what happened in this game.”

Aaron Cosby had 22 points for the 12th-seeded Pirates (15-18), who beat South Florida 46-42 in overtime in the opening round on Tuesday.

Seton Hall, which has been beset by injuries all season, couldn’t match the depth of the Orange. When center Eugene Teague, who had 13 points, picked up his third foul early in the second half it was just minutes later that the Orange took off on their game-breaking run.

“I usually don’t get emotional at the end of the year but this one hurts because it was such a frustrating year,” Seton Hall coach Kevin Willard said. “I think I kind of knew how we could have been all year if we’d been healthy, and I feel bad for these guys because they really had to deal with a lot of negativity and a lot of frustration from the fact that it’s hard to explain that you go into this league or any league with six guys, 5 1-2 healthy guys.”

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Coaches meshing early in spring by greg madia multimedia editor

Anyone paying attention to the West Virginia football program knows the focal point of spring football for the Mountaineers is to replace soon-to-be NFL guys Geno Smith, Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

While that is important, it would be naive to forget WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen is in the early stages of working with a virtually all-new coaching staff.

“Coaching changes are part of the profession that you have to learn to deal with,” Holgorsen said. “Regardless of what the reason is for a coaching change, you always try to turn it into a positive for your program.”

In total, West Virginia retains just four assistants from 2012: offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson, defensive coordinator Keith Patterson, special teams coordinator Joe DeForest and defensive line coach Erik Slaughter.

On the other hand, WVU is replacing five other assistants from last year by inserting new receivers coach Lonnie Galloway, safeties coach Tony Gibson, cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell, offensive line coach Ron Crook and running backs coach JuJuan Seider.

For Holgorsen, the first two practices of the spring have just been about teaching and coaching with a new staff, besides getting familiar with younger players.

“I will say this: From a coaching standpoint, it feels like it’s the first day on the job,” he said. “We have some new coaches in here and have some new philosophies.”

Despite the newness of the staff, everything seems

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Four significant wins have the West Virginia women’s tennis team (4-7) primed for its first ever Big 12 Conference schedule, which begins Friday against No. 19 TCU and continues Sunday against No. 36 Baylor.

Both matches will be played at the Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown.

“Just the fact that we’re beating teams that we haven’t before, ever, like Marquette (says a lot about this team),” said head coach Tina Samara. “Marshall, who we haven’t beaten in 15 years, or Rutgers, who we have a big-time losing record against.

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West Virginia football head coach Dana Holgorsen and assistants Joe Deforest and Keith Patterson help drill the team during spring practice. to be moving well internally for WVU. The first two days have been upbeat due to eagerness from the new coaches resonating with the players.

“We obviously tried to locate guys that wanted to be here, that were eager and energetic about joining this staff,” Holgorsen said. “The morale as a whole is good, because we have a bunch of guys that are excited about the opportunity to be here.”

For Galloway, Gibson and Seider, this is their second stint in Morgantown. Familiarity with the program has given all three a headstart on what the school and program are all about.

However, just because they had been around the program before didn’t guarantee any coach a return.

Holgorsen said it was also about having coaches

who were talented and excited to start working from day one. “(Galloway, Gibson and Seider) understand the inner workings of Mountaineer Nation,” he said. “I had to feel good about guys that wanted to bring something different to the table and understand how things work around here but also have the knowledge to coach up certain positions.”

One new coach without any prior ties to the program was Mitchell. Arguably, he has the toughest task of all in turning around a cornerbacks unit that gave up 38 touchdown passes – among the nation’s worst.

“Take a guy like Brian Mitchell, who didn’t know much about the program.

But based on my familiarity with him, I knew he could coach the heck out of these

corners. You can see a difference in what our corners are doing right now,” Holgorsen said.

Mitchell and Gibson are already bringing the energy, helping Patterson develop and better his defensive scheme. Offensively, Galloway, Seider and Crook are starting to help Holgorsen piece together a brand new offense from a personnel standpoint.

With 13 practices to go this spring and 15 more this summer, WVU’s staff has time to grow – something Holgorsen said he is excited about.

“I can’t say enough about how everyone is meshing and the amount of work, excitement and energy that is permeating through the building,” he said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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that’s the best way to gauge what’s going on with the program.”

Not only are the Mountaineers heading into the Big 12 with wins against teams they have historically lost to, they are heading into it with a three-match win streak, beating Marquette, California (Pa.) and Rutgers.

West Virginia hasn’t had a three-match winning streak since March of 2011.

“Even the matches we didn’t win this year, I think a few of them, if we were playing the way we are now, we might have (won),” Samara said. “We’re improving as we go, and that’s what every coach wants.”

Samara put the Mountaineers through a gauntlet of a nonconference schedule, playing against teams like Penn State, VCU and Virginia Tech and Ohio State

all so West Virginia would be prepared for conference play.

“The Big 12 schedule is what we really need to be focused on,” Samara said. “Really, some of the matches early this year got us more prepared for what we’re heading into now.

“With the schedule that we had, I don’t think the Big 12 schedule is going to really affect my kids. They’re not afraid of it, which is really important.”

And Samara’s confidence has rubbed off on her team.

“I think they’re very confident,” Samara said. “I think they’re excited about the schedule coming up. TCU is the best team right now in the Big 12, so we’ll see how it goes.”

So far, Samara and the Mountaineers have been

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And with several NFL teams currently lacking a quarterback with even a few of those traits, it’s no real surprise Smith will not only be taken in the first round, but he’s also more than likely to be a top-10 overall selection and the first quarterback taken in the draft.

One of Smith’s favorite targets during his time in Morgantown – and arguably the most dynamic football player in the history of West Virginia football – Tavon Austin, is also now being predicted to be a first-round selection after an impressive NFL combine.

Austin doesn’t posses quite the same mindset as Smith, but first of all, he’s not a quarterback, and second, there’s simply no denying that he’s just a blur in between the lines.

Austin certainly dazzled during his time for the Mountaineers, but he really started turning heads after finishing at the combine with the second-fastest official 40-yard dash time of any position player at a blistering 4.34 seconds.

But even a 40-yard dash doesn’t accurately measure Austin’s full quickness and agility. He can accelerate and decelerate instantly and change directions without losing any speed whatsoever.

He’s versatile, too, showing he’s capable of playing

familiar with most of the teams they have faced. And although West Virginia has never gone through a Big 12 schedule, Samara has.

Before taking over as head coach of Louisiana-Lafayette, Samara was an assistant at Colorado during the 2007-2008 season, when the Buffaloes were in the Big 12.

“I know what to expect as far as their energy and competitiveness, because that’s what every Big 12 team brings every time you play,” Samara said. “If there is a difference, it isn’t going to be a big one as far as where we’re at and where we need to compete on this level at a regular basis.

“We’re playing the best we’ve ever played. I feel comfortable with every spot in the lineup.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

anywhere from the outside receiver position to tailback, although he is most suited to and prefers the inside slot receiver position.

His incredible speed and elusiveness make him a great candidate for kick and punt returns at the next level, as well.

Austin’s critics counter, saying that he’s simply not big or strong enough to play anything but the inside slot, and they may have a bit of a point. He may not be strong enough yet.

But that certainly doesn’t mean he can’t get there.

Percy Harvin, to whom Austin has drawn a plethora of comparisons, had the same disclaimers when he came into the league in 2009.

He only responded by winning Offensive Rookie of the Year and developing into one of the most exciting playmakers in all of the NFL. He’s gotten stronger recently and now even takes occasional snaps out of the backfield.

I think Austin can follow this same course and eventually be just as dangerous a playmaker, if not more so, as he continues to get stronger as he spends more and more time in NFL weight rooms.

One thing is for sure, the next six weeks leading up to the 2013 NFL draft April 25 will be an exciting time for Mountaineer fans as more national coverage of two of the most exciting athletes to ever emerge out of Morgantown will continue. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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No Pets! $400/person plus utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200 3 BR conveniently located near stadium & hospitals at 251 McCullough, 24 hr maintenance, central air, hardwood floors, washer/dryer, off street parking. No pets! $500/person includes utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200 101 MCLANE AVE. (One block from both Life Sciences Building and Honors Dorm) Available June 1st. 1 BR, AC, WD and separate storage space on premises. $650/month with all utilities, base cable and marked personal parking space included.

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BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Training available. Age 18 plus. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285 Mr. C’s WISEGUY CAFE looking for part-time cook and delivery driver. Phone 304.599.3636 or 304.288.2200

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With a little more than a month to go before the 2013 NFL draft, a couple of former players from West Virginia University are on the precipice of history, as multiple accredited sources are now predicting that both Geno Smith and Tavon Austin will both be taken somewhere in the first round of this year’s draft.

WVU has produced nine total first-round selections in its 122-year history, but never two in the same draft class.

But then again, this program has also never seen two players quite as versatile and offensively talented as Smith and Austin.

In fact, in their time in Morgantown, the two literally rewrote many of the existing offensive records at WVU. Smith now holds school records for every relevant passing quarterback statistic. He has the most singlegame total passing yards (656), completions (45) and touchdowns (8) of any quarterback. He also holds the most career total offense (12,004), passing yards (11,662), completions (988) and touchdowns (98).

Last year, he had an incredible 273 consecutive passes without an interception – yet another measure of his physical capabilities at quarterback.

He can make all the throws, from the two-yard screen passes to the 40yard go patterns, and he can make them all accurately. He also has great size for a quarterback at 6-foot3, and his combine 40-yard dash time of 4.59 represents how agile Smith can be in the pocket when necessary.

For reference, Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson were in the 4.55 range just a year earlier, according to NFL.com.

But the most impressive thing about Smith, even more so than the numerous physical weapons at his disposal, is his mindset.

Some quarterbacks at the collegiate level are so intimidated of losing or being perceived poorly that they quite literally let it overwhelm them – especially in their transition to the next level.

Others may be physically gifted, but they don’t posses the vital leadership component necessary to lead the offense of a professional football team.

With Smith, there is no intimidation. He won’t be afraid to make a mistake or assume a leadership role right away on an NFL team because of his age or lack of experience; that’s just his

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WVU players walk toward the end of the court during Wednesday’s loss to Texas Tech.

by nick arthur

associate sports editor

With less than five seconds to play, it appeared West Virginia and Texas Tech were headed to overtime.

The Mountaineers’ Aaric Murray blocked a layup attempt with the game tied at 69 apiece.

But the ball stayed in play, and eventually found its way back into the hands of the Red Raiders’ Dejan Kravic, who connected on a putback layup with 0.4 seconds to play to propel Texas Tech to a 71-69 win.

“You always see that on TV, but you never expect it to happen to you,” Kravic said. “That was just a crazy feeling.”

Kravic was able to grab

the rebound between three Mountaineer defenders and score what was his first game-winning basket to his memory.

“I thought it was done,” said West Virginia senior forward Deniz Kilicli. “I thought after the (blocked) shot, that it was going be done. I think that’s what everyone thought.”

“If it bounces over the rim, we rebound (it). And it didn’t bounce over the rim,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins.

“We didn’t block out either, though, which I guess sometimes happens in situations like that.”

West Virginia (13-19, 6-12) ended its season on a sevengame losing streak and didn’t win a game in March for the

first time since the 2001-2002 season.

It was the first losing season for the Mountaineers since 2004 and will be the first time they miss out on the NCAA tournament since Huggins took the helm in 2007.

“It sucks, man. Our season is over,” Kilicli said. “I never ended my season this early in my life. I don’t know what to do with myself right now.”

The Mountaineers trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half but were able to cut the deficit to five heading into the locker room.

WVU continued to chip away at the lead and eventually led for the first time with 8:33 to play.

But Texas Tech (11-19, 3-5), led by Jaye Crockett’s

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game-high 18 points, regained control behind 8-of12 shooting from behind the arc.

West Virginia freshman guard Terry Henderson felt Texas Tech gave more effort than it did in the first two meetings between the two schools – both victories for the Mountaineers.

“I think they played harder because it’s a do-or-die situation,” Henderson said. “Crazy things happen in the tournament. They just took the opportunity and ran with it.”

It appeared as if West Virginia had to use most of its energy while fighting its way back into the game after falling behind early.

“It (coming back) might have taken a little bit of energy out of us, but that

shouldn’t matter,” said WVU freshman guard Eron Harris.

“We’ve got to play for 40 minutes regardless.”

West Virginia was led

by Henderson’s 12 points, while Harris and Kilicli chipped in 11 and 10 points, respectively.

It was likely Kilicli’s final game in a West Virginia uniform, being the final player remaining from the 2010 Final Four team.

How does he want to be remembered?

“I was the big bearded guy. That’s enough for me,” Kilicili said. “I played hard every game I played here. I want to be remembered like that.” nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

Through it all, Kilicli ‘proud’ of time at WVU by michael carvelli sports editor

Following what could have possibly been his final game in a West Virginia uniform, Deniz Kilicli walked around the Mountaineer locker room.

He stopped at every one of his teammates, sharing a few final emotional moments with each of them.

“Nobody wants to go out this way,” Kilicli said. “I told all of them that it’s been great playing with them. patrick gorrell/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM I’m proud to be a Moun- WVU senior center Deniz Kilicli shoots a free-throw during Wednesday’s loss to Texas Tech. taineer, and I’m really lucky to have played with these guys and for the coaches I’ve remembered as. To the play- Noreen. “He’s really helped years, he had been through ers who have been around me become better. It’s just re- the highest of the highs – played for.

“It happens; we lost. But him for as many as three ally sad that I don’t get to play like when the Mountaineers with him again. It’s like some- earned a trip to the Final Four I’m a senior, and I’m not years, he was like a brother.

And they admitted it will one punched me in the stom- in his freshman season – and going to have another goach, and now it’s just really through his final season he around. I’m glad I played be tough to see him go. with these guys, I love them “Deniz is one of my fa- hard to accept that as reality.” got to see what it was like to vorite teammates of all time, Kilicli was the one the be as low as he could possito death – all of them.”

To those teammates, Kilicli probably just behind KJ younger players turned to bly get. wasn’t just the “big, bearded (Kevin Jones),” said redshirt throughout all of their strugAs a senior, his final seaguy” he claimed to want to be sophomore forward Kevin gles this season. In his four son offered a mirror image to

his up-and-down career in a WVU uniform.

He was an offensive force, showing flashes of what had made him such a vital contributor on Bob Huggins’ teams in the last four years.

He had been benched and had games where he hardly got off the bench.

But throughout his all, his mission stayed the same. He wanted to continue working hard and do whatever he could to try to help his team get out of its funk.

After experiencing the feeling of accomplishment of making it to college basketball’s biggest stage in his first season and striving to get back, failing every single time, it was a tough pill to swallow for the 6-foot-9 forward.

It was something he didn’t think his teammates ever really understood because they hadn’t been there.

“As athletes, we sacrifice so much, but we do it all because we want to win,” he said. “You do all the conditioning and stuff in the offseason, and you have those moments where you say ‘I can’t go anymore,’ but you do it, and then you make it (to the Final Four), and it’s worth it. You can say that you did your job.

“That’s what’s been missing since then.”

It’s a feeling he’ll never get the chance to have again now that, assuming the 1319 Mountaineers don’t accept a bid to the CBI later this month, he’s played his last game in college.

Kilicli was frustrated to see the season go the way it did because he felt – even though it didn’t perform like it – this team could have been better than any team he had played with at WVU. But it didn’t have that x-factor that the great teams have.

“We had more talent than that (Final Four) team,” Kilicli said. “But we didn’t have even close to the same amount of chemistry. That was the big difference between that team and this team.

“That team was a band of brothers. I mean, we love each other, too. We just didn’t know each other until it was too late, and now I’m done playing here. It’s just really sad.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu