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WVU student dies in I-79 car crash By carlee Lammers city editor

An I-79 crash in Washington County, Pa., took the life of West Virginia University student Sarah Graham Wednesday.

Police said Graham, 20, of Frederick, Md., died at the scene of the accident just before the Marianna exit in Amwell.

The driver of the car was WVU nursing student Emily Benford.

Benford lost control of the vehicle and hit a guard-

rail before a tractor trailer collided with the stationary vehicle.

Benford was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital and is in critical condition.

Both girls are members of WVU’s chapter of the Delta Gamma sorority.

Austin Braswell, a former WVU student, is from Graham’s hometown and said he has known her since middle school.

“I think she would want to be remembered as a caring, loving person. She was extremely outgoing. She

was always willing to put anyone else before herself,” Braswell said. “She was, by far, one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. She’s so nice, so friendly, beautiful, and she’s just so caring.

She’d do anything for any of her friends.”

Braswell said for the past 10 years, he and Graham were able to cultivate a close relationship he will forever value.

“There’s this little doughnut place in Hagerstown (Md.), called Krumpe’s Do-Nuts, and they’re only

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For Kody “Two-Ton” Tuttle, a 2012 graduate of West Virginia University’s Dental School, six long, hard years of work have paid off – but not how you may think.

Last Saturday, Tuttle won an invitational competition centered on his life’s passion: jiujitsu. Tuttle is the winner of the Rock Solid Grappling Challenge at Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock.

Jiu-jitsu is a type of martial arts that focuses on grappling and ground fighting. Rather than pinning the opponent like in wrestling, jiu-jitsu is designed to make the opponent submit - usually by painfully bending an opponent’s body parts.

Fighters are measured in “belt ranks” based on their ability – Tuttle is a purple belt, putting him on the higher end of the spectrum.

Tuttle won three matches in last weekend’s competition to seize first place in the eight-man bracket.

However, he’s quick to dispel any hype about his victory – he’d rather talk about how hard he has trained.

“There’s no one secret move to win everything,” he said. “You can keep training forever; you’re constantly learning, constantly evolving your game.”

Tuttle has been practicing the martial art for around 6 years – including while he was attending Dental School at WVU. “I showed up a couple times with black eyes to clinic,” he said. “Not from getting punched, but from accidental contact. It’s a rough sport.”

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ment, spokesperson John Bolt said the WVU community is deeply sadden by the incident and loss of a fellow Mountaineer.

“It is tragic, and the entire University community is saddened,” he said. “University representatives are reaching out to the family and friends of both students to offer whatever help and support they can.”

Natalie Doerr, Panhellenic Advisor for WVU, said the Delta Gamma sorority will host a candlelight vigil Friday to honor Graham’s

life.

“All are welcome to attend this memorial,” Doerr said. “It is a tremendous loss to our Greek Community. Please extend a helping hand to Delta Gamma as they are mourning this loss and keep Emily Benford in your prayers that she has a strong recovery.”

The vigil will take place at the Delta Gamma house at 5 p.m. Members of the sorority and Graham’s family will be present. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

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Dental grad wins jiu-jitsu competition by bryan bumgardner

open at weird hours of the night. We’d go there at like (midnight) sometimes on a weekend when we couldn’t find anything to do.

“We’d just hang out, tell stories and just eat doughnuts at weird hours of the night. It’s kind of a weird thing, but that’s something we’d like to do. It’s definitely a lot of the little things that I definitely appreciated.

That’s how I’m going to remember her,” he said.

“I couldn’t have asked for a better friend than Sarah.”

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is a time of late-night study sessions, grueling clinic work and challenging courses.

For Tuttle, it was hard to resist spending time in the gym practicing.

“I think a lot of people knew what I was doing when I was supposed to be studying,” he said. “But it’s become a big enough part of my life that I’m always going to find time for it.”

Now, Tuttle lives in Wheeling, W.Va., and works in Steubenville, Ohio. Even while working 45 hours per week as a dentist, he finds time for his passion.

“I pack my bag, my lunch and some food to eat before I go to the gym, go to work and the gym, get back around 10, go to sleep and do it all over again,” he said.

He said winning this invitational competition was only a small payoff from his rigorous training schedule.

“I think anyone can benefit from training jiujitsu. You don’t have to like fighting or be a tough guy,” he said. “It’s great for self confidence, getting in shape, anything. It’s definitely more fun than running around the track.”

But like most sports, Tuttle finds the mental aspect to be the most challenging.

“Training all the time is mentally draining,” he said, “You go to the gym, and you might not feel like it on the way there, but when it’s over, you feel so much better that you stuck it out.”

The martial arts community in the area has also given Tuttle some close friends.

“It creates this unique bond between people, so I have friends from all over,”

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Britt Kandoff, an organizer of One Billion Rising, speaks to the crowd as it gathers in front of the Morgantown courthouse to dance and raise awareness for domestic violence Thursday.

One Billion Rising took to the streets to raise awareness for domestic violence

By Celeste Lantz Copy Editor

A parade of men and women marched down High Street Thursday night, moving and shaking to raise awareness about violence against women.

The three creators of the Goddess Project WV, Britt Klandorf, Terra McColley-Salamone and Heather Parsons Zeni, coordinated the event.

The Goddess Project was created almost two years ago as a way to bring together women working in the healing arts. Massage therapists, healers, photographers and various exercise instructors meet once a month to discuss experiences and create a support system.

“We wanted to support each other, but we also wanted to support the community. That’s what brought us to the One Billion Rising project,” Klandorf said.

One Billion Rising is an initiative to put an end to violence against women. The project was founded by playwright Eve Ensler, author of “The Vagina Monologues,” and unites women and men around the world to make a stand and fight back against violence.

“I’ve been doing a lot of the fundraising. We have donations jars in three different counties, and all of the proceeds from next week’s performance of ‘The

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Demonstrators march down High Street as part of One Billion Rising to raise awareness about domestic violence Thursday.

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Pets, opportunity thrive at Animal House by alyssa pluchino staff writer

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Shelby, an African Gray, turns her head as a pitbull puppy sniffs her.

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Walking into Animal House is like walking into a miniature zoo. Birds are squawking, children are laughing and animal cages line every inch of the store.

Animal House, a pet store located at 379 High Street, serves as a home to more than 50 different animals, – including 12 who were previously neglected.

The store offers a selection of pets ranging from

the average beta fish to less conventional animals, such as prairie dogs and hedgehogs.

Animal House is more than just a pet store – it’s meant to be an educational experience for the Morgantown community. Cathy Cutlip, who opened the establishment more than two years ago with her son Jeremy, said she wanted to make Animal House an environment that combines common house pets as well as exotic animals.

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“I wasn’t sure how the elderly would react to the different mammals and reptiles we brought with us, but it turned out to be a big hit,” Cutlip said. “Being able to touch and feel animals they have never encountered really brought a smile to their faces.”

When Cutlip is not at the store, she often visits local schools, as well as assisted living homes, to share her beloved creatures.

Cutlip has also been known to open her doors

early for local boys and girls. She provides area youths with a unique experience that includes teaching children about basic pet care through hands-on interaction. However, her educational contributions are not limited to animals.

Animal House also par ticipates in the Monongalia County SWAP program, which provides high school students who have disabilities

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Candles are lit in the shape of a heart in front of the Morgantown Courthouse.

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Continued from page 1 Vagina Monologues will go to the Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center,” McColley-Salamone said.

Klandorf said the Goddess Project decided to get involved after attending a seminar last year in which Dr. Christiane Northrup introduced the women to One Billion Rising.

“We’re doing this for two main reasons: to raise money for the local charity

RDVIC and to raise awareness in the community,” she said.

Just after 5:30 p.m., men and women gathered on the Mountainlair Green to decorate signs, collect stickers and pass around various noise makers.

“I found out this through the director of the women’s and gender studies program, Ann Oberhauser. It’s great to raise awareness, but it’s only the first step. That just scratches the surface of what needs to be done, which is to ask why this happens and try to figure out the

causes of the problem,” said women’s and gender studies lecturer Sasha Canon.

“Raise awareness all you want, but if you don’t do anything, you’re not fixing anything.”

Other community members shared Canon’s sentiments.

“I teach issues of sexual violence and issues of partner and domestic violence, and I thought that instead of just telling students about it, it’s important to get up and act to show that they’re really important issues that happen all the time, so we’re

animals

Continued from page 1 with valuable work experience before graduation.

For the past two years, Cutlip’s main obligation has remained the same: to educate the city of Morgantown.

Cutlip, who is in contact with more than 48 breeders throughout the nation, never refuses to lend a helping hand when the breeders can no longer care for the animals.

“Just a few weeks ago, I got a call from a breeder

here to make some noise today,” said WVU Ph.D. communication studies student and co-owner of Bliss Bliss Bliss yoga studio Shannon Carton.

Soon after, the paradegoers moved together down High Street with a police escort. Women, men, children, students and teachers chanted, clapped, yelled and danced down the street to the Courthouse, where they all gathered around a candles arranged in a heart shape. Klandorf and other women danced to a choreographed routine, and vari-

ous community members shared their stories.

Joseph Scotti, professor of psychology, specializes in trauma and traumatic events. He has had several years’ experience in listening to victims’ stories and felt a special tie to the One Billion Rising walk.

“The issue of violence in general brought me to this event ... and particularly against women (violence) is disproportionate,” he said.

“The stories that I’ve heard through all the years of doing the therapy have been these situations; you

can’t imagine how horrible they are until you tell it,” he said.

“When people hear your story – when you tell it, – it’s like the worst torture you can imagine. It’s abuse; it’s neglect; it’s physical; it’s mental. And the strength that some people have to make it through that is amazing.”

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whose power went out during Hurricane Sandy; he had no where to bring his parakeets, and they would’ve died if I didn’t take them in,” Cutlip said as she stood in a back room filled with homeless parakeets.

“It wasn’t the smartest thing to do, money-wise, but it was the right thing to do.”

However, Cutlip does not work alone. The pet store relies heavily on her volunteers who share the same love for animals.

“We are a big family here at the pet store, and I

am the mom,” Cutlip said.

“Whenever they need food or supplies for their pets, they know they can help themselves to whatever they may need. I would not be able to do this without them.”

Animal House welcomes any volunteers who are willing to help and is a recognized community service program for those who need service hours for a degree or University violation.

“I believe the animals help the students as much as the students help them.

It gives them an outlet that many may not have,” Cut-

lip said. “A student rarely leaves the shop without a smile on their face.”

If students wish to purchase a pet, volunteer or just want to hang out, Animal House is the place to be.

The store is in desperate need to sell some of these pets in order to provide care to all the animals residing here, so those interested should strongly consider adopting one of these lovable animals. Animal House can be reached at 304-296-8533.

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Casper, a cockatoo, is one of three large birds currently residing at the Animal House.

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Continued from page 1 he said. “We’re not out there to hurt each other.”

Tuttle’s rigorous training also comes with a goal: to win 100 matches before he graduates to the next rank.

To achieve it, Tuttle will have to balance his men-

tal and physical toughness.

“Jiu-jitsu is hard on the ego, because someone can completely shut you down, and all you can do is give up,” he said.

“It’s a tough thing to come to grips with, but that’s part of the whole learning experience.”

Still, Tuttle knew from day one jiu-jitsu was his sport.

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“Basically, I just got hooked,” he said.

While in Morgantown, Tuttle practiced at Ground Zero Fighting Systems, a studio at the former Mountaineer Mall. He now practices and teaches twice a week at the Bull Pen Fight club in Wheeling, W.Va. bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

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Litany of secrets after papal retirement bombshell

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Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — For an institution devoted to eternal light, the Vatican has shown itself to be a master of smokescreens since Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation announcement.

On Thursday, the Vatican spokesman acknowledged that Benedict hit his head and bled profusely while visiting Mexico in March.

Two days earlier the same man acknowledged that Benedict has had a pacemaker for years, and underwent a secret operation to replace its battery three months ago.

And as the Catholic world reeled from shock over the abdication, it soon became clear that Benedict’s postpapacy lodgings have been under construction since at least the fall. That in turn put holes in the Holy See’s early claims that Benedict kept his decision to himself until he revealed it.

Vatican secrecy is legendary and can have tragic consequences – as the world learned through the church sex abuse scandal in which bishops quietly moved abu-

sive priests without reporting their crimes.

And the secrecy is institutionalized from such weighty matters to the most trivial aspects of Vatican life.

“You have to understand that actually every Vatican employee and official takes an oath of secrecy when they assume their job,” said John Thavis, author of “The Vatican Diaries,” an investigation into the workings of the Holy See. “And this isn’t something that is taken lightly. They swear to keep secret any office matters and anything pertaining to the pope.”

One of the most famous cases of Vatican secrecy was the Holy See’s efforts to cover up the fact that Pope John Paul I’s dead body was discovered by a nun. The eventual revelation helped fuel conspiracy theories over the death of the pope who ruled for only 33 days in 1978.

The Vatican is so obsessed with secrecy that the first and only official confirmation that John Paul II had Parkinson’s disease was in

his death certificate.

The Vatican justifies itself by arguing that its officials are holders of the divine truth, unaccountable to worldly laws. In particular, the pope’s word is the final say on any issue – infallible on some doctrinal matters. But groups representing sex abuse victims, and other Catholics angered by the scandal, have been demanding modern standards of accountability and calling for reforms.

The Vatican brushed aside criticism for keeping quiet about the pope’s December pacemaker procedure, on grounds it was “routine.” One Vatican official said making the operation public would simply have led to a big and unnecessary commotion about the pope’s health. “You can imagine the satellite dishes in St. Peter’s square,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

The front-man for the church’s dance of concealment and disclosure: Vat-

ican spokesman The Rev. Federico Lombardi. In his briefings, Lombardi has been forced into the uncomfortable situation of keeping silent on aspects of the pope’s health and future, only to backpedal when confronted with reports in Italian newspapers.

In the latest disclosure, Turin’s La Stampa newspaper reported Thursday that Benedict hit his head on a sink and bled profusely when he got up in the middle of the night in an unfamiliar bedroom in Leon, Mexico. The report said papal blood stained Benedict’s hair, his pillow and the floor.

Lombardi confirmed the incident but denied it played any role in the pope’s resignation. Still, suspicions are bound to be whetted, since the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported this week that Benedict had taken the decision to resign after the Mexico-Cuba trip, which was physically exhausting for the 85-year-old pope.

Then there’s the question of how many people knew of

Benedict’s decision to retire.

On the day of the announcement the Vatican cast it as a bolt from the blue, saying almost nobody knew but Benedict himself.

Soon, however, prominent clergymen — one not even Catholic — began changing the tone and saying they were not surprised.

“Knowing the pope well, there was something in the air that this decision of the pope was possible,” said Archbishop Piero Marini, master of papal ceremonies under Pope John Paul II. “So it was not a shock.”

Even the retired Arcbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Rowan Williams, says that based on his last meeting with Benedict a year ago he was not surprise at the decision to step down.

“Because of our last conversation I was very conscious that he was recognizing his own frailty and it did cross my mind to wonder whether this was a step he might think about,” Williams told Vatican Radio.

Renovation work on a convent previously occu-

pied by cloistered nuns has been going on in secret since at least last fall, an issue apparently causing grumbling among cardinals about the choice of arrangements and whether Benedict’s presence on Vatican grounds will allow the retired pope to wield too much influence on his successor.

“I don’t think there was a consultation of the College of the Cardinals about this,” Lombardi said Wednesday, deflecting questions about Benedict’s living arrangements.

“The decision and the process of the decision was very limited in the number of persons involved.”

That points to another aspect of Vatican secrecy: The habit of different wings of the Holy See jealously concealing information from one another.

“There is very little cross communication within Vatican departments,” Thavis said, “so one department may know something but that does not mean that the Curia office down the hall knows about it as well.”

In Timbuktu, al-Qaida left behind a manifesto TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — In their hurry to flee last month, al-Qaida fighters left behind a crucial document: Tucked under a pile of papers and trash is a confidential letter, spelling out the terror network’s strategy for conquering northern Mali and reflecting internal discord over how to rule the region.

The document is an unprecedented window into the terrorist operation, indicating that al-Qaida predicted the military intervention that would dislodge it in January and recognized its own vulnerability.

The letter also shows a sharp division within al-Qaida’s Africa chapter over how quickly and how strictly to apply Islamic law, with its senior commander expressing dismay over the whipping of women and the destruction of Timbuktu’s ancient monuments. It moreover leaves no doubt that despite a temporary withdrawal into the desert, al-Qaida plans to operate in the region over the long haul, and is willing to make short-term concessions on ideology to gain the allies it acknowledges it needs.

The more than nine-page document, found by The Associated Press in a building occupied by the Islamic extremists for almost a year, is signed by Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the nom de guerre of Abdelmalek Droukdel, the senior commander appointed by Osama bin Laden to run al-Qaida’s branch in Africa.

The clear-headed, pointby-point assessment resembles a memo from a CEO to his top managers and lays out for his jihadists in Mali what they have done wrong in months past, and what they need to do to correct their behavior in the future.

Droukdel, the emir of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, perhaps surprisingly argues that his fighters moved too fast and too brutally in applying the Islamic law known as Shariah to northern Mali. Comparing the relationship of alQaida to Mali as that of an adult to an infant, he urges them to be more gentle, like a parent: “The current baby is in its first days, crawling on its knees, and has not yet stood on its two legs,” he writes. “If we really want it to stand on its own two feet in this world full of enemies waiting to pounce, we must ease its burden, take it by the hand, help it and support it until its stands.”

He scolds his fighters for being too forceful and warns that if they don’t ease off, their entire project could be thrown into jeopardy: “Every mistake in this important stage of the life of the baby will be a heavy burden on his shoulders. The larger the mistake, the heavier the burden on his back, and we could end up suffocating him suddenly and causing his death.”

The letter is divided into six chapters, three of which the AP recovered, along with loose pages, on the floor of the Ministry of Finance’s Regional Audit Department.

Residents say the building, one of several the Islamic extremists took over in this ancient city of sundried, mud-brick homes, was particularly well-guarded with two checkpoints, and a zigzag of barriers at the entrance.

Droukdel’s letter is one of only a few internal documents between commanders of al-Qaida’s African wing that have been found, and possibly the first to be made public, according to

University of Toulouse Islamic scholar Mathieu Guidere. It is numbered 33/234, a system reserved for al-Qaida’s internal communications, said Guidere, who helps oversee a database of documents generated by extremists, including Droukdel.

“This is a document between the Islamists that has never been put before the public eye,” said Guidere, who authenticated the letter after being sent a twopage sample. “It confirms something very important, which is the divisions about the strategic conception of the organization. There was a debate on how to establish an Islamic state in North Mali and how to apply Shariah.”

While the pages recovered are not dated, a reference to a conflict in June establishes that the message was sent at most eight months ago.

The tone and timing of the letter suggest that al-Qaida is learning from its mistakes in places like Somalia and Algeria, where attempts to unilaterally impose its version of Islam backfired. They also reflect the influence of the Arab Spring, which showed the power of people to break regimes, and turned on its head al-Qaida’s longheld view that only violence could bring about wholesale change, Guidere said.

The letter suggests a change in the thinking, if not the rhetoric, of Droukdel, who is asking his men to behave with a restraint that he himself is not known for.

Droukdel is believed to have overseen numerous suicide bombings, including one in 2007 where al-Qaida fighters bombed the United Nations building and a new government building in Algiers, killing 41 people. The same

year, the U.S. designated him a global terrorist and banned Americans from doing business with him.

In a video disseminated on jihadist forums a few months ago, Droukdel dared the French to intervene in Mali and said his men will turn the region into a “graveyard” for foreign fighters, according to a transcript provided by Washington-based SITE Intelligence.

The fanaticism he exhibits in his public statements is in stark contrast to the advice he gives his men on the ground. In his private letter, he acknowledges that alQaida is vulnerable to a foreign intervention, and that international and regional pressure “exceeds our military and financial and structural capability for the time being.”

“It is very probable, perhaps certain, that a military intervention will occur ... which in the end will either force us to retreat to our rear bases or will provoke the people against us,” writes Droukdel.

“Taking into account this important factor, we must not go too far or take risks in our decisions or imagine that this project is a stable Islamic state.”

According to his own on-

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Neighborhood resident Mohamed Alassane ducks under a wire to enter the Ministry of Finance’s Regional Audit Department in Timbuktu, Mali, a site used by al Qaida-linked Islamists for more than a year. line biography, Droukdel was born 44 years ago into a religious family in the Algerian locality of Zayan. He says he enrolled into the technology department of a local university before turning to jihad, and his first job was making explosives for Algerian mujahedeen. In 2006, the group to which he belonged, known as the GSPC, became an arm of al-Qaida, after negotiations with Ayman al-Zawahri, bin Laden’s lieutenant.

As Droukdel rose through the ranks, he came into direct contact with bin Laden, Guidere said.

In the document found in Timbuktu, he cites a letter he received from bin Laden about the al-Hudaybiyah deal, a treaty signed circa 628 by the Prophet Muhammad and the Quraish tribe of Mecca, an agreement with non-Muslims that paved the way for Muslims to return to Mecca.

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Commemorating Black History Month For many, the month of February’s only distinction is that Valentine’s Day happens to fall in the middle of it.

However, there is another, much more important occasion we should all be marking throughout this month.

Black History Month provides a unique opportunity for all Americans to reflect on our history and engage our fellow citizens about the important topic of race-relations in the United States.

Black History Month began in the early 20th century as “Negro History Week,”

which was intended to coincide with Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays in mid-February.

This occasion steadily gained momentum throughout the 1900s, and in 1976, the U.S. federal government began officially recognizing February as Black History Month. Since that time, an extra effort is made throughout the country each February to increase mutual understanding among America’s diverse population by appreciating the contributions of our AfricanAmerican community.

Progress has undoubtedly been made when it comes to race-relations in the U.S. But the election of an African-American president does not erase the abhorrent legacy of centuries of institutional racism. For this reason, commemorating Black History Month is as important as it has ever been.

We encourage all WVU students, faculty and community members to attend and participate in the series of Black History Month events that will be hosted on WVU’s campus throughout the coming weeks. Mark

your calendars for these upcoming events: Feb. 20—Words from one of the “Little Rock Nine” will be held in the Mountainlair Ballroom at 7 p.m. Dr. Terrance Roberts, one of the “Little Rock Nine,” who courageously challenged racial segregation in high schools in 1957 will be speaking.

Feb. 21—Brown Bag Lunch and Discussion: The Rosa Parks Story, sponsored by the Center for Black Culture and Research, Gluck Theatre, 1:30 p.m.

Feb. 28- The NFL’s Abdullah Brothers Speak at WVU,

sponsored by the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences and the WVU Muslim Students Association, will be held in the Mountainlair Ballroom at 7 p.m. NFL Players Hamaza Abdullah of the Arizona Cardinals and Husain Abdullah of the Minnesota Vikings will discuss their experiences as Muslims in the NFL. For more information, check out the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research’s website at cbc.wvu. edu.

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State of the Union underscores political divisions

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden after the president gave his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. for long stretches of the with the president. just say “and we need to derful instance of political address.

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Obama delivered the first disdainful claps, the icing Congressional bottlenecks ever to America’s future, The president laid the State of the Union of his on the childishly churlish were the reason that he and that cutting it would groundwork for his resecond term. He took the cake. Boehner, you’re the was unable to help Amer- be another big mistake. quest carefully, taking care opportunity to send a clear Speaker of the House, not icans or fulfill his goals as Obama was also clear to weave the personal stomessage to the American a cheerleader who wasn’t he had planned. He didn’t about another issue: defi- ries of people whose lives people and to the obstruc- picked to be team captain. phrase it like that, ex- cit reduction is important, were destroyed by gun vitionist Republicans clogOnce Obama began actly, instead choosing to but it shouldn’t be pur- olence into a tapestry of ging the corridors of Con- speaking, of course, Re- couch his true meaning in sued at all costs. But in typ- woe, meant to leave the lisgress. He made it clear that publicans’ blood began phrases such as “send me ical Obama fashion, what tener with the conclusion moving forward, he will to run cold. Who was this that bill” or “give the bill he said was really a much that gun control measures push to accomplish goals confident, task-oriented a vote,” but for those read- milder version of what he are not merely necessary, and tackle problems as he man in front of them? ing between the lines, the really wanted to communi- but absolutely essential, sees fit, rather than wastNo longer was Obama meaning was clear. cate to America, which was if we are to live in a truly ing countless hours fruit- married to the idea of biAnother remarkable that Republicans are jump- moral society. lessly genuflecting at the partisanship. It was clear thing about the president’s ing at the chance to gut any It was almost as if Obama altar of bipartisanship only he’d come into office want- address was his focus on social programs they can had a secret dog whistle to have Republicans spit in ing to try that approach, the role science needs to get their hands on in the that inspired applause, and his face. and look where it had got- play in America’s future. name of deficit reduction. Republicans couldn’t hear They did it under Rea- it. Every time he would But before the president ten him. Any attempts Of course, every politieven said a word, we all Obama made to compro- cian likes to throw around gan and they’re chomping make a point, set a goal or knew that having Speaker mise with Republicans the word science and say at the bit to do it again. ask for congressional coof the House John Boehner were immediately scorned that they support it. Who As the address wound operation, the Democrats (R-Ohio) behind him was by the hardline right wing- doesn’t support science? down, Obama finally got would enthusiastically apcertain to result in hilar- ers, who then leaned on Nobody would ever own to work unleashing his big plaud while the Repubity. And it did, of course, more sensible, moderate up to that, except maybe task and put gun control on licans stared vacantly at the table. It was really mas- everything and everyone with Boehner glaring fe- Republicans to avoid any Pat Robertson. rociously at Obama’s back appearance of cooperation But Obama didn’t terfully executed – a won- except the president.

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Some resorted to texting, some wouldn’t stop chattering to their neighbors, and some, like Boehner, couldn’t hide their unmitigated contempt for Barack Obama. To say the reception of this State of the Union was divided is quite the understatement.

But then Marco Rubio got up and gave a nice speech that really had nothing to do with the State of the Union address Obama had just given, apart from being broadcast with the heading “Republican Response to State of the Union.”

The funny thing about Rubio’s speech was that people have talked more about the fact that he paused his speech to take a hasty swig of water than the content of his speech in its own right. When the fact that you lurched off camera to grab some water is the main takeaway from your speech, you have failed.

A retired Pope and a brighter future colin smith the daily free press

Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement Monday, becoming the first Pope in nearly 600 years to take such a step. The announcement was met with widespread and wide-ranging emotions across the US, with virtually every news outlet providing a story on the event. As the news cyclone swirled Monday, facts forwarded and explanations grasped at, I couldn’t help but become utterly stuck to one simple question that seemed to sink like a stone amongst a sea of more complex and elaborate queries: Why? Why does this matter?

Why does it matter that a Pope whose most notable steps have been the further alienation of an already alienated, archaic religion is stepping down? Indeed, when all is said and done, I do believe Pope Benedict’s most notable action

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in his eight year Papal tenure will be his termination of that tenure. That statement’s meant as a backhanded slap, to be sure, but also as a serious critique of a man who, among other things, ignored increasing cries to allow women into the priesthood, accept gay Catholics into the church, and unite more closely and harmoniously with other world religions. Given these actions, I believe Benedict XVI will go down as a weak Pope. However, this does not mean, unfortunately, that I hold any great hope for Benedict’s successor.

The antiquated and immovable moral foundations of the Catholic Church – and all world religions for that matter – are increasingly at odds with the largely secular moral framework of our country. An example of this would be the great strides our country has taken in the areas of gay rights and gender equality, the biggest obstacles to which have come from organized religion, both in the Catholic Church

and various fundamentalist Protestant sects.

The heyday of Catholicism, and of Christian religion in America, is dwindling. Polls and statistics show that increasingly younger generations are abandoning the religions in which they were raised.

If they are anything like me, they are doing this not as a matter of theological objection or a rejection of the sense of community the church provides, but from an awareness of the everwidening gap between their own ideals and the Church’s. Catholicism’s failure to adapt and solve – or at the very least hear out – issues concerning gay rights, contraception and gender equality may be winning them points with the older, conservative generations. But these are not the people the Catholic Church must win over if it wishes to survive in the U.S. and globally. The church must win a young following, and to do this they will likely have to do something very difficult

for an organization founded on the teachings of historical figures: They will have to look to uncharted territory.

I write this column not as a militant atheist. I was raised Catholic and am no longer. I have doubts, certainly, about the absolute guarantee of a greater power beyond that which I can see and hear myself, just as I have doubts about most things that are told to me in black and white and with absolute conviction. I am, however, open to the possibility of a God. Heck, I may even want one.

If I am to become a religious adherent in my adult life, however, the Church is going to have to meet me half way. They are also going to have to admit, hard as it may be for them, that there are some things they are not sure about, theologically, morally and socially. As it stands now, the Church equates all uncertainty with weakness, and anything less than iron conviction with fallacy. This may have worked for our

parents’ generation, serving a rock on which to lean, but we are the generation of uncertainty, and we do not mind if our leaders show themselves to be human.

I mentioned before that I hold no great hope for the next Pope. Indeed, I am a cynic, and it may be hard to fully please me unless the next Pope is Barack Obama.

I am aware, and not entirely pleased, that the next Pope will be someone who has spent his entire life in abbeys, churches and monasteries, doing work which though morally sound is hardly connected with most people or issues of today.

But supposing I can accept this, may I ask in return for a religion that accepts – or at least acknowledges – the social values I have clearly chosen in my own personal life? Why must I choose between being a Catholic and being a Liberal? I shouldn’t have to, and nobody should have to choose between practicing their religion and practicing anything else they damn well want.

Young people are on the verge of abandoning this God advertised as infinitely accepting and loving, all because his representatives on Earth are not infinitely accepting and loving enough.

The Church is no longer needed as a moral framework on how to live our lives. For that we are doing just fine on our own. What it can provide is a sense of community, a sense of shelter and warmth for those who have otherwise been cast out, rather than a barrier against those same people. After all, Jesus’ earliest followers included prostitutes and street thugs, beggars and outlaws. Perhaps the Catholic Church needs to look no further than this for its lesson in diversity.

The next Pope best understand all of this. He best understand the superfluous nature of God in our modern society, best know the thin ice that he walks on and the fog which surrounds him. Then, and only then, can he make his light shine through.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

Tonight: Do your own thing.

BORN TODAY This year your imagination and creativity flourish. Be careful not to overthink a possible financial bonus or change. Stay as grounded as possible when dealing with important life issues. A revision of your finances also might be in order. If you are single, you could find that you become unusually possessive of someone you are dating. Realize what you have to offer. If you are attached, you might consider keeping separate checking accounts.

You’ll discover that many battles over money can be eliminated as a result.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHHH You dance to someone’s tune. Those observing you wonder what you are responding to. When you detach, life looks different and you feel renewed. Share more of your enthusiasm with trusted friends. An immediate reaction is not a final reaction. Tonight: Where there is music.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Tension surrounds financial matters, especially those involving a longterm goal. What you desire is in the offing, so just relax and look for the best path. Go with the moment, and honor an internal desire. Not everything is as you see it. Tonight: Run an errand or two on your way out.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Reconsider your options regarding a child or loved one. Sometimes you can be a rather strict authority figure. Relax, and let everyone get grounded before initiating a potentially difficult discussion. Tonight: Wherever you are, others appreciate your presence.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH Rethink a decision, especially as others seem to want to do their own thing. A long-desired goal that might have seemed difficult to realize could become a reality. Think twice about an opportunity that seems to be spiraling toward you.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHHH You find the present activity level to be high and difficult to work with.

Someone could be too direct for your taste; in fact, you might view him or her as being harsh. You would appreciate a different style, but you aren’t going to change this person. Tonight: Leader of the gang.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHHH Reach out to someone at a distance.

This person has a unique approach, but you understand where he or she is coming from. You could feel rather overwhelmed at the moment.

Detach, and you will relax. Tonight: Where you can let your imagination roam.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Relate to a key person directly. He or she might be unusually perceptive and could be changing right in front of your eyes. One-on-one relating will help ignite the sparks that exist between you. Keep it light, especially as you have a lot to do. Tonight: Homeward bound.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH Review a situation, and evaluate your expectations. Be realistic; otherwise, you might be disappointed. A bond with a child, new friend or key loved one is changing. Just observe, and

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 AOL and NetZero 5 Alley biters 9 Like some questions 14 Medieval defense 15 Slim woodwind 16 Having a designated assignment 17 Intangible quality 18 Rise dramatically 19 Capital name derived from an Arabic term for “the conqueror” 20 Catch that’s burnt sienna and cerulean?

23 “Platoon” war zone 24 Peevish mood 25 Battery terminal 27 Not just search for 30 Adenoid, e.g.

31 Reclassification of 2006 32 SoufflŽ recipe word 33 One of the Smurfs 36 The world total was approx. $70 trillion in 2011 37 Paid endorsement, in slang, and an apt title for this puzzle 40 Say nothing good about 41 Dating from 43 “__ uncertain world ...”

44 Hit on the head 46 Napery 48 Charley, in Steinbeck’s “Travels With Charley” 49 Tax-exempt entity, usually 51 Ergo 52 “__ So Fine”: Chiffons hit 53 Result of Pepsi shortages?

58 Roll out of bed 60 Dollar alternative 61 Airline with blue-striped jets 62 Slips through the cracks 63 They may be loaded 64 Rest area rester 65 Dog in a horned helmet 66 Chatty bovines?

67 Nailed obliquely DOWN 1 Eye-catching Apple 2 Grow displeased 3 Normal beginning?

4 Patronizes, in a way 5 Herding dog

6 Member of the Kaiser’s fleet 7 Heliport site 8 Wink without batting an eye?

9 Marina Del Rey craft 10 Author LeShan 11 Bootblack’s buffer?

12 “WarGames” org.

13 Carol start 21 Victorious 22 Common ‘80s-’90s failure 26 Cool 27 Stacy Lewis’s org.

28 Auto pioneer 29 Spec on an architect’s blueprint?

30 Senate wear 32 1975 film sequel 34 Water holder 35 Fantasy author McCaffrey 38 Deceive 39 Near 42 Cone home 45 Least pessimistic 47 Superlatively sweet

48 Stages 49 Opposite of order 50 Shoebill’s cousin 51 Ruse 54 New Balance rival 55 Dairy bar 56 Identify 57 Decreased 59 Msg. from the Bible

THURSDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

COMICS

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

you could be delighted at what happens. Tonight: Let others choose what and where.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Invest more time in a friendship. You really like this person, but you rarely take the time to get past the customary greetings. Make an effort in the near future to bridge the distance between you. Take time to confirm that your budget is on target.

Tonight: Stay level-headed.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHHH Your imagination gets a hold of your typically disciplined mind. You might want to get to the bottom of a problem. Pretend that you are each person involved, and you will find the right solution. Your intuition is very strong at the moment. Trust it. Tonight: How you like it.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Work from home if you can.

You might have pushed someone past his or her limit. Let this person know that you realize you crossed a boundary and won’t do it again. A judgment you have made no longer works, which you will see clearly soon. Tonight: Order in.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHHH Tap into your ingenuity. Others could be delighted by a suggestion you make. Listen to what their responses are. You have the ability to see past the obvious and isolate the issue. Knock down a barrier that is hiding some vulnerability. Tonight: Hang out with a loved one.

BORN TODAY Actress Jane Seymour (1951), comedian Chris Farley (1964), actor John Barrymore (1882)

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

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Friday February 15, 2013

WVU alumnus makes his mark in the music industry

BY NICK WESDOCK A&E WRITER

About four years ago, a close group of friends were on their way to a vacation at the beach. The group had grown up together in Braxton County, W.Va. Among them was musician Kevin Hamric.

The beach, family and friends were all the ingredients Hamric needed to write a song for his young nieces called “Solar Powered Love.” Of course, the newly released Jack Johnson album may have added some inspiration, as well.

“I think Jack Johnson had just released a new album, so that was resonating in my head,” Hamric said, “It wasn’t the first song I had written for (my nieces), but it was probably the most accessible to other people.

This was one that everybody could kind of gravitate toward.”

When he wrote it, he knew he had a good song on his hands, but he had no idea that “Solar Powered Love” would win him a first place trophy. Sure enough, years later, the judges of

the 2013 WVU faculty/staff talent show crowned him this year’s winner for his performance.

Of the 14 competitors that night, Hamric was easily one of the fan favorites.

Even co-host Daryn Vucelik couldn’t resist his charm on stage.

“When I asked him to play the soundtrack to my life, I wasn’t joking. I was so impressed,” she said.

By the time he was 10 years old, Hamric was already writing and playing the guitar, and by age 14, he was beginning to share his passion with anyone who would listen.

In 2005, he graduated from WVU’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism and did marketing work for a physical therapy company in Morgantown. He also did some freelance writing for the Dominion Post, covering the bar beat and sometimes music. After a short time, he was back at WVU, working as a Public Relations Specialist for WVU Healthcare at Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Making a career out of music has always been a

dream for Hamric, who just recently turned 30, and though he picks up his guitar for at least a few minutes every day, he never wanted to become famous.

“A career in music, yeah,” he said. “Maybe not so much fame and spotlight, but songwriting is really fun ... All these artists we love can’t even go to the grocery store. I could never imagine that. So I don’t think that’s ever been the dream, but a career in music, yeah, that would be cool.”

Aside from music, the WVU employee has a number of other hobbies.

Hamric has traveled the country backpacking; his favorite places are Yellowstone and Arches National Park in Utah. He said one day he would like to hike the Appalachian Trail.

As for his future in music, Hamric is content to play, write and perform for pure enjoyment. However, he would like to do some more recording in the future.

“For a while now, for quite a few years, its just been fun to do,” he said. “I would like to record a little more often. I play live, and

I write songs, and while I might record them at home, I don’t really go into the studio.”

Hamric often plays shows at Black Bear, both Downtown and on Evansdale, as well as other places around town and across the state.

Depending on the venue and his audience, Hamric’s shows usually consist of 8090 percent original tunes, influenced by everything from the old time country and bluegrass he grew up on to classic rock to the grunge bands of the ‘90s.

“There were so many influences from the get-go,” he said. “The one that’s my personal favorite, probably, is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Those are just guys who make music for the right reasons. But, I mean, I listen to everything from metal to bluegrass.”

Recently, Hamric got together with friend and drummer Leo Schlosnagle, as well as a bassist and lead guitarist. They make up a band called The Roils.

“We’re trying to work out the kinks and set up shows for this spring,” he said. “(The Roils) have a lot of

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Hamric won the 2013 faculty/staff talent show with his song ‘Solar Powered Love.’ the same feel as my acoustic stuff. There’s some alternative country in there, but I think it leans more toward the indie rock and indie folk side of things.”

Hamric takes the stage at Black Bear again tonight from 6:30-9 p.m.

“I’d be a terrible PR man if I didn’t encourage people to find me online (Twitter, Facebook, ReverbNation) and come out to hear me when I play around town,” Hamric said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Third season of ‘Downton Abbey’ comes to a close

NEW YORK (AP)— The third season of “Downton Abbey” ends this Sunday with a bang.

Exactly what that bang is, we’re not going to say, in deference to the maybe half-dozen “Downton” fans who still don’t know the shocking truth.

The larger point remains that after Sunday’s “Masterpiece Classic” (airing at 9 p.m. Eastern on PBS), viewers must suffer “Downton” withdrawal until next season.

But until then, we’ll have our memories.

And what a season this has been! The beloved valet Mr. Bates was sprung from jail and a trumped-up murder charge to begin married life with his bride, the plucky lady’s maid Anna.

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, has gotten Downton Abbey back on its feet financially with an able assist from his son-in-law and presumptive heir, Matthew Crawley. Matthew wed his true love, Lady Mary Crawley.

But another of Robert’s daughters, Lady Sybil, died tragically during childbirth.

Through it all, Robert’s mother Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham (played by the sublimely scene-stealing, Emmyand Golden-Globe-winning Maggie Smith) delivered a barrage of withering, hilarious rejoinders to virtually every narrative twist.

“I remember my very first scene with her in Season One,” says Hugh Bonneville, who plays Robert, lord of the manor.

“She’s complaining about the new electric lights, and suddenly she put her fan up to her face to

shield herself from `the glare,’ and spent the entire scene like that. It was so funny, and I was just, `All right! There’s no point in my even being here. She’s just marched off with the scene!’”

Now, as then, “Downton” is a plush, penetrating peek into the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their household servants in an English castle of a century ago. With a cast that also includes Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Dan Stevens, Jim Carter and Brendan Coyle, the series this season has drawn an average 11 million viewers each week while spurring another surge of “Downton”-mania, even from first lady Michelle Obama, who pulled strings to get episodes of the new season before it premiered.

“Downton” has even been parsed for its political underpinnings.

Last month, Fox News host (and native Brit) Stuart Varney declared that “Downton” celebrates rich people, who “in America today are reviled. They’re dismissed as fat cats who don’t pay their fair share.” Yet on “Downton” the rich people are “generous,” “nice,” “classy” and “they’ve got style,” he said, “which poses a threat to the left, doesn’t it?”

It is rare when public television is accused of threatening left-wing orthodoxy, especially on “Fox & Friends” (whose co-hosts Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade voiced surprise at learning the show isn’t called “Downtown Abbey”). But “Downton” has a way of engaging people, both the 99 percent and the 1

and I do love playing different instruments in the orchestra when I get the chance.”

Of course, Bonneville realizes that “Downton” is a good bet for the lead citation in his obituary.

He has finally acknowledged it: This show is a cultural phenomenon, not just a fleeting fad.

And he has many theories why.

First, the savory writing by series creator Julian Fellowes. Besides, the cast is splendid. The production values are luxurious. And the premise remains rich with possibility.

“This is one of the few settings, alongside a hospital and a police station, where you can legitimately find a real crosssection of society under one roof,” notes Bonnevmyluciouslife.com ille. “But underneath it The cast of ‘Downton Abbey’ performs a scene for the show. all, this series is about romance rather than sex, percent alike. a huge amount in comeville has been affable it’s about tension rather And, yes, as the mon with Robert if I met and bumbling in “Notthan violence, and it’s wealthy, patriarchal Lord him at a dinner party,” ting Hill” and “Mansabout family - both the Grantham, Bonneville Bonneville says. “But I field Park,” and downliteral family and the staff does indeed exude classi- like the guy. I like the fact right villainous in “The as family. It explores the ness and, at crucial mothat while he does bluster Commander.” minutiae of those social ments, generosity. and he’s pompous someAnd coinciding with structures, the nuances of But that’s not the times, and he makes mis- his “Downton” duties, he the system as to whether whole picture. Robtakes, there’s a decency also played the addled someone’s in or out.” ert Crawley is also conand a love for his family Head of Deliverance for Not that he would founded by the modern underneath it all.” the Olympics commiswant to be part of it. He world of post-World War I Impeccably clad in a sion in “Twenty Twelve,” doesn’t sentimentalas it upsets the social hi- three-piece gray suit and a riotous BBC miniseries ize that long-ago era any erarchy. Meanwhile, depink tie for this recent in- that spoofed preparations more than “Downton” spite his indulgence of terview, the 49-year-old for the London Olympics. does. And yet... underbutler Thomas Bar- Bonneville, even firmly “There are people “These days,” says row’s shame (it seems planted in a 21st-century who think I’ve been doBonneville, “we have Thomas is gay!), Robert Manhattan hotel, looks to ing nothing for 25 years, relationships that are isn’t always the most tol- the manor born. Noneand then suddenly I get forged, consummated erant of men. theless, he brands himthis role on `Downton and brought to an end “I don’t want thumbself a member of the Brit- Abbey,’” Bonneville says within 24 hours. Back screws or the rack, but ish middle class - the son with a laugh. “But I’ve then, the pace of life was there always seems to be of a surgeon and a nurse had a really lovely time slower, and I think we something of Johnny For- who once imagined befor 25 years! I’ve played like to breathe out and eigner about the Cathocoming a lawyer - and his everything from Shakeenjoy that world - albeit lics,” he sniffs to one of roles have strayed some speare to sitcoms to pefor only an hour or so, on his kind during an exdistance from the lofty riod dramas to modern a Sunday night.” change about religion. likes of Robert Crawserial killers. I consider Just one more Sunday “I don’t think I’d have ley. For instance, Bonnmyself a character actor, night, for now.

WHY? to play at 123 Sunday WHY?, a band that blends elements of indie rock and hip-hop, will be performing at 123 Pleasant Street Sunday.

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WHY? will be playing alongside Astronautalis, who has a similar musical style. Dream Tiger, a WHY? side project, will also be

playing at 123.

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Doors open at 7:30 pm, and tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.

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WVU School of Music to host high school honor band event mances by a number of WVU musical ensembles this weekend, including the WVU Pep Band and Wind Symphony.

It also gives WVU the chance to show the students what the University has to offer.

The event began last night with registration and chair auditions. Students spend much of their time here rehearsing with the ensemble. The attending

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)— Miss America, Atlantic City’s prodigal pageant, is coming home, and the spectacle that became synonymous with the New Jersey seaside resort is being assured all is forgiven after a six-year fling in Las Vegas.

The pageant will be back where it started 93 years ago and where it was a fixture until 2006, when organizers moved to Nevada in the hopes of attracting a younger TV audience.

“It was always my dream that this would return here,” said Art McMaster, president and CEO of the Miss America organization. “Sadly, this organization went west for a while. That sadness is over.

We are back to the city where the Miss America pageant began, where the Miss America pageant was raised, and where the Miss America pageant belongs.”

Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson, who worked with Gov. Chris Christie’s office to entice the pageant, said having Miss America anywhere but Atlantic City just felt wrong.

“Can anyone separate the Mummer’s Parade from Philadelphia, or the Rose Bowl from Pasadena?” he asked. “Miss America is Atlantic City, and she’s coming home.”

New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, made the official announcement Thursday morning inside Boardwalk Hall, the historic arena in which the pageant will take place during yet-undetermined dates in September. She said Atlantic City and the pageant have a handshake agreement to move back here for at least three years, but said final details have yet to be ironed out.

One thing is for sure, though: the contestants will don elaborate footwear and participate in the traditional pre-pageant Boardwalk parade, in which spectators yell out “Show us your shoes!”

The announcement came the same day that another Boardwalk icon, Trump Plaza, was sold to a California company for $20 million, the lowest price ever paid for a casino in the beleaguered resort city. Boosters spun it as a heartening sign that the city was still attractive to investors.

Guadagno said no taxpayer money was part of the incentives offered to lure Miss America back to New Jersey. Liza Cartmell, president of the Atlantic City Alliance, said her casino-funded group is among those providing financial incentives, but would not say how much it might contribute. She said individual casinos are contributing as well, and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority could use some of

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coats with knife-pleat backs, and a plaid belted overcoat with patches of shiny black vinyl.

A black tuxedo coatdress with sharp shoulders, pleated details and a double buckle was nothing you’d want to cover up.

PROENZA SCHOULER Once again Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough came up with something new and fascinating.

In a long shuttered, 19th-century building said to have been the first high-rise in New York City, the designers displayed a restrained color palette of white, black and subtle pastels that included mint and peach.

That enabled them to place the focus squarely on the beautiful fabrics, not only rich and soft but also mind-bendingly complex in their construction, to hear the designers describe it.

“You know those tweeds? They were actually all leather, woven into panels,” McCollough said. “Nothing is really what it seems. You have to touch it.”

And that lacy thing that looked just like leather with tiny cutouts? It wasn’t. The two men described long processes of fabric building that made it sound like they were working on a doctoral thesis in engineering.

The goal was simply to create a pleasing sense of softness. “It’s a mood,” said Hernandez. “I’d describe it as serene, light, soft. Isn’t that what we all want more of?”

ANN SUI Sui’s dresses matched the tights, which matched the shoes, which matched the jewelry.

The concept blossomed after Sui caught a French New Wave film - and then many more French New Wave films - from the early `60s, an era the designer enjoys.

Sui noted that time coincided with the revival of Chanel, and that a sort of chic ladylike dress - albeit a very young lady was a prevailing theme.

She liked it even more that director Jean-Luc Godard used the same key players in many of his movies. “That’s sort of how I work. I like to be surrounded by the people who I like and admire,” Sui said.

Top models always turn out for Sui: Karlie Kloss, Jessica Stam and Hilary Rhoda among them for this show.

There were a few black pieces, such as a fuzzy Mongolian faux fur and black suede pants with grommets, but this was a celebration of color - in hot pink, aqua blue, red and sapphire green.

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the Marching and Athletic Bands at Ohio State University; and Michael Luley, Director of Bands at Lake Braddock High School in Virginia.

Come see the ending concert presented by the students participating in the 2013 WVU Invitational High School Honor Bands at 2 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre in the Creative Arts Center.

As part of the event, there

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by WVU ensembles in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at 11:15 a.m. today and a Wind Symphony concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre tonight.

For more information about this event or future events presented by the College of Creative Arts, visit ccarts.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Miss America pageant to return to Atlantic City

New York Fashion Week comes to a conclusion black allows shoppers to make investments into “building blocks” of their closet that for fall can be worn for a long time, swapping out a shoe or bag as seasons evolve, said Lottie Oakley, who served as American Express’ fashion ambassador, watching shows to cull trends for consumers.

“It’s not so passe to wear clothes from last season. It used to be that it did matter if what you were wearing was from a few years ago, but now, if it’s a statement piece, you can keep it going for a long time,” said Oakley.

The hardest part for cmgdigital.com the serious shopper A model walks the catwalk at NYFW. isn’t keeping things for NEW YORK (AP)— Intoo long, she added, it’s fluencers finish up New waiting for them to move York Fashion Week on into stores. “The overThursday with a taste of all topic I kept hearing what’s to come next fall, about was how to buy their appetite whet by now and wear now.” some tough, some taiFor the most part, lored and many black though, customers will looks. But there were have to wait. Retailers, flashes of bright colors stylists and editors next and earth tones, too. take off for London, then There were sleek mini- Milan and Paris to see if malist shapes and some this individualist streak oversized, slouchy ones. lasts.

For every bouncy miniRALPH LAUREN skirt there was a ladylike Lauren didn’t just have pencil, and broad-shoul- a muse for fall. He had a dered military coats were heroine. offset by gently molded His models seemed as oversized ones. if they stepped out of the What shoppers can pages of a gripping novel take away from New York set during the Russian is the idea that the runRevolution. The story? way is a tool to present A woman who through fanciful options, not to strength finds herself be used to dictate a speand, in the final chapter, cific look. discovers love.

“This season is going “I was inspired by the to help the person out spirit of a romantic revthere who is trying to get olutionary - a timeless dressed in the morning. heroine, independent You can wear anything, and bold, a woman who just do it with conviction revels in her individuality and confidence,” said and personal style,” LauLinda Wells, editor-inren told The Associated chief of Allure magazine. Press in an email.

Ralph Lauren, one of Perhaps her story bethe heavy hitters with gins in a cold, seaside Marc Jacobs and Caltown, with a wardrobe vin Klein by Francisco that includes a cashCosta to close out Fashmere cable-knit turtleion Week, had a strong neck with a flared leather woman in mind with miniskirt or balloona mix of military looks leg pants tucked into and regal gowns, all with her boots. She also has a a hint of the Russian nautical-striped sweater Revolution. and sailor-style pants in “The trend, really, was black double-face wool. the strength of women,” And she has heavy Wells said. black wool coats with Largely absent this strong shoulders and fitseason were the boheted waists. Did the offimian and disco-era 1960s cer’s coat with the gold and `70s that seemed to hardware, crest and emhave a permanent place broidered stripes belong on the runways, said Jen- to her or her lover? nifer Wheeler, vice presiCALVIN KLEIN dent of designer apparel Creative director Franfor Nordstrom. cisco Costa said the colInstead, she saw those lection was loosely based inspirations replaced on the 1960s Russian film with looser, sometimes “Ivan’s Childhood,” set exaggerated, silhouettes during World War II. It from the `80s and the re- was about the coming tostrained minimalism of gether of masculine milithe `90s. “But these looks tary looks and feminine didn’t look dated,” she softness. said, “because there have It’s a “modern unibeen so many changes in form,” Costa said in his fabrics and techniques.” notes.

She particularly liked Geometric shapes the mixed-media mesare familiar ground for sage that might be the Costa, but the more renext generation of Monfined tailoring and mensdrian-style colorblockwear-driven fabrics are ing: Instead of chunks of a shift for the designer primary colors, a dress who recently has experor coat might be patchimented more with raw works of pony hair, snake edges and looser shapes. skin, leather or ostrich These clothes couldn’t feathers, she explained. have been sharper.

Wheeler also noted First out was a plaid the sophisticated palette coat with a trench-style - gray, navy, camel and collar, oversized pockmoss green - all mixed ets and small rectangular with black. cutouts. Other chic outThe dominance of erwear options included

high school directors also have clinics, which gives them a chance to grow along with their students.

The weekend-long event culminates in a concert presented by the students.

They have about a day and a half to prepare for it.

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West Virginia University is hosting high school students this weekend for its annual High School Honor Bands event.

More than 350 students will be visiting Morgantown this weekend, according to Christopher Nichter, assistant director of Athletic Bands.

Students come from

all across the state and are recommended by the teachers from their individual schools.

The weekend offers an opportunity for students to learn about the University and what it has to offer.

Honor Bands gives students the opportunity to work with WVU faculty on their individual instruments in master classes.

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the funds casinos are obligated to pay to it for Miss America-related purposes.

Guadagno and Cartmell said the return of the pageant is expected to generate at least $30 million in economic activity for Atlantic City and the surrounding region. But the psychological boost, and the free publicity of having the national broadcast set in Atlantic City, is priceless, they added. Cartmell said 6,000 to 7,000 people associated with the pageant will need hotel rooms, meals and other expenditures during their time in Atlantic City.

“We will be showcasing all the attractions we have in Atlantic City,” Cartmell said. The pageant contestants “will be climbing the lighthouse, they’ll go to Gardner’s Basin, they may go dolphin-watching - all the fun things people do when they come to Atlantic City. The amount of free media for us is great.”

The Miss America pageant left Atlantic City in 2006 after deciding it was just too expensive to stage its production there. It went to Las Vegas, where the current Miss America, Mallory Hagan, was crowned last month at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Hagan will have her reign cut short when the pageant is broadcast in September, but will be paid for the full year, pageant officials said.

The move to Las Vegas came amid sliding TV ratings for the pageant, as it tried to interest a younger demographic and incorporating elements of reality television programming.

McMaster said the content of the show is still being worked on, adding he expects a mixture of modern television elements and traditional pageant staples such as evening

wear and swimsuit competitions, and talent competitions. The format is being jointly developed with the ABC television network, which will broadcast the pageant for the next three years, he said.

The Miss America pageant started as little more than a bathing suit revue.

It broke viewership records in its heyday and bills itself as one of the world’s largest scholarship programs for women. But, like other pageants, it has struggled to stay relevant as national attitudes regarding women’s rights have changed.

The contest originated in 1920 as the Fall Frolic, which became the InterCity Beauty Contest the following year. In 1921, a high school junior named Margaret Gorman was one of approximately 1,000 entrants in a photo contest held by the Washington Herald. She was chosen as the first Miss Washington, D.C., and her prize was a trip to Atlantic City, where she won the top prize: the Golden Mermaid Trophy.

The next year, Gorman was expected to defend her title. But when the Washington Herald selected a new Miss Washington, D.C., Atlantic City pageant officials didn’t know what new title to award Gorman. Since both titles she won in 1921 Inter-City Beauty, Amateur and The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America - were considered somewhat awkward, it was decided to call her Miss America.

The pageant was conceived by the Businessmen’s League of Atlantic City as a way to extend the summer tourism season in Atlantic City for another week, being held the weekend after Labor Day weekend, when temperatures were generally still warm.

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Traces performers exhibit skill and dexterity at WVU’s College of Creative Arts Thursday.

A unique type of circus visited the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre Wednesday evening and nearly sold out the large theatre space.

Traces, a modern dance troupe, performed their difficult and awe-inspiring physical tricks, much like circus acts, for an intrigued crowd.

With a rugged, streetinspired backdrop, the dancers began their performance by moving fluidly with unexpected acrobatic skills. The group made the numerous flips and tosses seem almost effortless.

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The music paused, and the dancers introduced themselves to the audience by stating their name, birth date, birthplace and random personality traits, such as flirtatious or sarcastic. By this point, audience members felt they knew performers on a slightly more personal level.

A slide show of baby pictures of the cast was shown to make the audience feel even closer to the group.

Valerie Beniot-Charbonneau, the only female performer, and Mason Ames then performed a number by themselves with acrobatic tricks that caused a collective gasp among the attendees.

Beniot-Charbonneau also performed a solo piece in a gorgeous red dress, spinning upside from a harness on the ceiling and seemingly defying gravity.

Traces also incorporated an overhead projector on which a cast member drew in the background, and a camera was positioned overhead to show unique formations.

Many group members swung from a harness attached to the ceiling and wowed the audience with skills requiring strength and finesse. Two metal poles located toward the back of the stage were also used often by the group.

While hanging horizontally from the vertical pole using simply their arms, the male dancers would then throw themselves to the other pole while flipping.

The humor complimented the performance incredibly. Laughter filled the theatre each time one of the cast members spoke. Everyone, including the children, were giggling often when the cast members would poke fun at one another.

A performance featuring skateboards and comical, classical dancing was received well by the audience. The performers not only jumped from skateboard to skateboard but also did so over top one another.

One of the final performances required the dancers to jump through small hoops stacked on top of each other. At one point, there were nearly

eight rings stacked, and the cast threw one of the male members through the top ring. If the group would knock over a ring, they would re-do the trick until it was perfect, which only caused the audience to cheer louder.

A heart monitor on the backdrop, which was beeping throughout the final piece, began to slow toward the end until it flat lined. The group then ran outside to look up at a camera for a shot from the stairwell. The group returned to the stage and received a standing ovation from the entire theatre.

“I loved everything about it – the music, the energy,” said Francis Klink, WVU CAC season ticket holder and alumna.

“It was amazing. (It was) one of the best shows I’ve seen here.”

Klink said she has been attending shows at the CAC since she graduated with her business degree in 1976.

“I’ve always loved coming to these events,” Klink said. “I don’t have the talent, but I’m in awe of the people who do.”

Amber Kauffelt said she came to see Traces because her father had tickets to the show.

“I loved the girl’s solo in the red dress,” Kauffelt said. “I’m sure the entire performance took a lot of hard work to pull off.”

Candice Caldwell-Day, a costume design graduate student who used to perform in a circus herself, has been watching Traces on the Internet for years.

“I loved the performance. They’re a really great circus company,” Caldwell-Day said. “I actually used to perform circus and coach for a private high school in Georgia that had a circus program, so I used their performances to research for my kids.”

Caldwell-Day said her love for circus performance is what sparked her interest in the first place.

“Aerials are my thing, so anytime anyone launches in the air, I’m in tears and just totally moved,” Caldwell-Day said. “Circus performance is like teaching people to do the impossible.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia’s Turnbull speaks out about decision to pull wrestling from Olympics by michael carvelli sports editor

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West Virginia wrestling head coach Craig Turnbull coaches the wrestling team earlier in the season.

When West Virginia wrestling coach Craig Turnbull was younger, he knew – without a doubt in his mind – that he was going to be a great basketball player.

But after he got cut from his high school basketball team, Turnbull made a decision that would change his life forever.

“The high school wrestling coach was my science teacher, and he’d say, ‘Are you still playing that sissy game?’ and he’d act like he was dribbling a basketball,” Turnbull said. “I’d say yes, and he’d tell me to come to the front of the room and he’d give me a paddling. He did that for about three weeks and asked me if I was ready to get smart and come out for wrestling.

“I was second in the state that first year out. It was the beginning of something that’s never ended.”

At that time, his dream shifted from making it to the NBA to reaching the pinnacle of wrestling success: the podium at the Olympic Games.

Although that dream didn’t come true for Turnbull, it’s a dream many kids across the world won’t be able to have if the International Olympic Committee goes through with its plan to eliminate wrestling, starting in the 2020 Games.

The IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Olympics earlier this week, and a final decision is likely to come in May.

“Young kids have that dream that they want to be an Olympian. They want to be a Gold medalist. And a dream is important, whether it turns out to be possible or not. The opportunity to have that dream is important,” Turnbull said.

“It’ll be very sad if those kind of things get taken away from young kids across the country and around the world who have that dream.

“It just seems very wrong on all kinds of levels.”

Like most of the wrestling community, Turnbull was in disbelief when he heard the news Tuesday morning.

He had thought there was no way wrestling, which was one of the original sports in the ancient Olympic Games in Greece and was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, would disappear from the Olympic agenda.

“Wrestling was completely blindsided – almost embarrassed in a way – because they didn’t realize that this was even a possibility,” Turnbull said. “If it’s an uphill battle (to reverse the decision), we’re going to accept that it’s a battle, and we have to accept and fight it.”

In his more than 30 years at West Virginia, Turnbull has encountered many wrestlers who have gone on to represent the United States in the Olympics.

Former assistants Nate Carr and Zeke Jones are two

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WVU looks to avenge loss to Iowa State by amit batra sports writer

In the first meeting between Iowa State and West Virginia this season, the WVU Coliseum witnessed a memorable game. For the Mountaineers, it could be a painful experience to look back on what could have been.

In the 53-49 Cyclones victory, then-No. 24 Iowa State completed a second half surge that was too much for West Virginia to handle. In the win, the Cyclones outscored WVU 28-15 in the second half.It was the second consecutive game that the Mountaineers lost by four points.

Now, as WVU prepares to travel to Ames, Iowa, and get some revenge on the No. 24 Cyclones Sunday, it will need to be focused for the full 40 minutes this time around.

ISU comes into the game with a 17-5 record and an 8-4 mark in the Big 12 Conference.

Leader Hallie Christofferson is coming off of a 25-point, seven-rebound, four-assist, one steal and one block night against Kansas State. In the win against the Wildcats, Christofferson shot 11-for-17

from the field. Iowa State shot 51.5 percent from the field, 43.5 percent from beyond the arc and 90 percent from the free throw line.

WVU (14-10, 6-7 Big 12), on the other hand, will need to bounce back from a cold shooting night against Oklahoma State Wednesday.

“They came in and played harder and wanted it more,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey following the loss.“We had two good days of practice and came out and played flat. We’ll regroup and try to get back on track against Iowa State. We’ll go up against 10,00012,000 people – they always have good crowds.”

The Mountaineers may like to get back on the road as they have struggled mightily at home as of late. The focus at home has been out of sync and Carey’s squad has felt a bit more relaxed at the Coliseum.

“I think we focus more on the road than we do here for some reason,” Carey said. “We normally play very, very well here; teams don’t.

It seems like right now we’re playing better and more focused on the road for some reason.”

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The West Virginia women’s basketball team will travel to Iowa State this weekend.

Fields against the Cowgirls. Her career-high 21 points and eight rebounds were two of the few bright spots for the Mountaineers Wednesday night. WVU allowed Oklahoma State to shoot more than 55 percent in the first half and almost 50 percent on the night.

“We stood around in the first half and took a bunch of 3s,” Carey said.

“In the second half, at least we went inside some. They out-executed us and played harder than we did.”

The message has been made that the Mountaineers must close out these last five games on a strong note. West Virginia could control its own destiny to the NCAA Tournament, but it will need to have strong results from here on out.

WVU can begin to execute that in attempt to string a winning streak to close out the season against the Cyclones. Tip off is set for 1:30 p.m.

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No dancing for WVU this year I never enjoy being the bearer of bad news, but it’s time for the collective members of the West Virginia faithful to start to come to terms with a simple but painful fact, if you haven’t already.

There will be no March Madness for the Mountaineers this season.

I can say this confidently, after the West Virginia men’s basketball team lost its sixth conference game to Baylor Wednesday night in Waco, Texas.

The loss snapped a three-game win streak and dropped the Mountaineers (12-12, 5-6) below .500 in conference play yet again this season.

Theoretically, West Virginia could reel off wins in each of its seven final league games, boost its horrific RPI – which is nearly 100 by the way – and pass down a tough decision to the NCAA selection committee.

But let’s be realistic. The only teams the Mountaineers have defeated in the Big 12 in their inaugural season in the conference are three teams from Texas that have combined for a pitiful 6-27 record in league play this year.

And the other six teams?

After Baylor, it’s an appalling 0-6.

There have certainly been plenty of statistics thrown around during this challenging season, but the fact West Virginia is still yet to beat a single conference opponent with a .500 or better league record through mid-February should tell you just about everything you need to know about this season.

Keep in mind, this is occurring in a conference that’s one of the weakest of the Power Six conferences this season. The Big 12 competition simply isn’t anywhere near the level of the Mountaineers’ former conference, the Big East, the Big 10 or even the ACC. But even a lackluster conference hasn’t helped struggling West Virginia this year, who again still hasn’t beaten a single team in the Big 12 with more than conference wins or even just an overall winning record.

There will be some who cling to the idea of a potential run through the Big 12 championship mid-March but again, realistic thinking dictates that if the Mountaineers can’t defeat a single team over .500 during the regular season, how could they possibly expect to win five of those games in a row to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament?

Now, the fact that the

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Rifle

No. 1 WVU set for NCAA Qualifiers

By Robert Kreis Sports writer

Ranked No. 1 overall with an 11-1 record, the West Virginia rifle team is primed to go after its fourth-consecutive Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) championship but not before shooting at NCAA Qualifiers this weekend.

“It’s really exciting. We just have to keep working hard,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond. “For the team, this is what we worked for – each year, each season.

“For myself, as a coach, same thing it’s what we get ready for.”

This weekend, the Mountaineers will concentrate on qualifying for the NCAA Championships, but obtaining an invite to rifle’s version of the Big Dance is a little different than it is in other collegiate sports.

A whopping 50 percent of qualifying is derived from the average of a team’s top three scores shot at three different rifle ranges. With the top three scores, a ranking is assembled.

The Mountaineers are currently No. 1 because their top three scores, 4,720 (WVU Rifle Range), 4,719 (at Alaska-Fairbanks) and 4,709 (at Army), average out higher than No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Kentucky, and every other college rifle program.

With half of a team’s score already set, the other 50 percent comes from their performance this weekend at NCAA Qualifiers.

There are a number of schools that will host NCAA qualifying matches, but West Virginia will shoot at Ohio State, a range they

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of the most notable wrestlers to represent the University and their country in the sport.

Carr won a Bronze medal in the 1988 Olympic Games, and Jones was a Silver medalist in Bracelona in 1992.

Jones is currently the head coach of the United States team, and both Carr and Jones are members of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Much like a lot of wres-

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It doesn’t mean the players should stop playing or that

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West Virginia senior shooter Petra Zublasing takes a shot last season.

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shot at earlier this year when the Buckeyes hosted the Mountaineers and Akron for a dual meet.

The NCAA Qualifiers is only the start to what is likely a jam-packed postseason for the Mountaineers. A week from Saturday’s qualifiers, West Virginia will head to Oxford, Miss., and the Ole Miss campus for the GARC championships.

Then it will be another quick turnaround, with NCAA Championships scheduled for March 8. Despite the chaotic schedule for the next three weeks, Hammond is confident the Mountaineers will stay on task.

“It’s definitely more traveling than we typically do in the fall,” Hammond said.

“It’s a challenge, but there’s the benefit of shooting top competition and shooting at different venues.”

Hammond also expects upperclassmen to step in with a helping hand if an underclassman get overwhelmed under the big lights. “(Upperclassmen) can give them guidance on how to get stuff done,” Hammond said. “I think just that they’ve been there before: they can create a more positive attitude and be there as support as well.”

One upperclassmen Hammond has full confi-

dence in and out of the rifle range is senior Petra Zublasling. Zublaslking has led a stellar career as a Mountaineer, including an Olympic appearance in London.

The Italians most recent accomplishment occurred in West Virginia’s last match of the year against Murray State, when she broke the school record for smallbore score (594) and combined score (1194).

“She’s a fierce competitor. She’s determined. She works hard,” Hammond said. “I think she’ll give it her all and try and finish in the best way possible.”

tlers at that level, it was also their dream to one day win medals at the Olympics.

“One of the things they played over and over on the human interest side when Zeke was on the Olympic team was that when he was five or six years old, he wrote a letter and sealed it, and it said, ‘I’m going to make an Olympic team,’ ” Turnbull said.

Another big reason Turnbull thinks the sport should stick around is that participation continues to grow across the world every year.

In the 2012 Olym-

pic Games in London, 71 countries competed in the sport.

He thinks that regardless of what happens with the Olympic decision, college wrestling won’t be affected too much.

“Kids will still be in middle school and dream of being that high school state champion and go on to wrestle at the Division I level and become a national champion,” Turnbull said. “That will still be there. Of course a lot of people want to be on the Olympic team and stuff like that, but it’s that one per-

cent that are able to have the opportunity to go out and pursue that goal.”

No matter what the IOC says in the future, Turnbull knows that the sport will be fine.

“It’s one-on-one. There’s no blaming anyone else,” Turnbull said. “You just put two people out there, and whatever happens happens.

“It turns out to be a great test of will, and it’s such a natural sport to have in (the Olympics). It’d just be a shame to take it away.”

the fans should stop coming to games and showing their support.

Conversely, it’s simply time for West Virginia fans to finally begin to realistically temper their expectations.

Yes, failing to make an appearance in the NCAA tournament for the first time in

eight seasons, and the only time since head coach Bob Huggins took over the program in 2005 will be an ugly fact for most to accept.

But in hindsight, is it really that much of a surprise?

The Mountaineers lost both Kevin Jones and Darryl “Truck” Bryant to grad-

uation in the offseason, two players who combined for almost 52 percent of West Virginia’s scoring last year.

Let that sink in for a bit, two players combining for more than half of all points scored, that are then suddenly removed from the equation altogether this season.

The only way the Mountaineers would have been able to stave off a mediocre season during this rebuilding year was if someone would have been able to step up and take the reigns of this team, especially on offense.

Unfortunately, that never happened.

Sure, the pair of freshmen guards Eron Harris and Terry Henderson have both been a bit of a bright spot, but the fact that they have been about the only positive aspect of this team all year is truly indicative of West Virginia’s dire situation.

And even with the boost of two accurate-shooting freshmen, the 2012-13 West Virginia Mountaineers are the only team out of 73 Power Six conference squads that don’t have a single doublefigure scorer this season – something I’m still trying to wrap my head around.

There will be numerous discussions in the coming weeks of how West Virginia still may have a chance to run the table on its remaining regular season schedule or somehow claim the Big 12 championship’s automatic bid by reeling from five consecutive wins in as many days.

It’s not going to happen.

And the sooner you rid yourself of these delusions of grandeur and realize that the only postseason opportunity the Mountaineers might play themselves into at this point is the NIT, the better.

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

12 | SPORTS

Friday February 15, 2013

baseball

West Virginia to open season against North Florida by connor murray sports correspondent

First-year head coach Randy Mazey and the West Virginia baseball team will travel to the University of North Florida this weekend to take on the Ospreys in a season opening threegame series, with action set to kick off Friday at 6 p.m.

Looking to start on a strong note, the Mountaineers will look to their leaders to keep the team focused and upbeat in a year that is sure to test their mettle.

However, identifying these leaders may be a bit of a problem, as there will be nobody donning a jersey with a “C” on their chest.

“Captains and leaders just kind of rise to the occasion; you can’t pick and choose the guys that are going to be leaders because you never know when a different guy is going to step up,” Mazey said. “We can have a different leader every game.”

Picked to finish last in the Big 12 this season, not many people in the college baseball world expect

much out of the Mountaineers this season. Although the odds seemed to be stacked against them, Coach Mazey embraces the challenge.

“We’ve got an unbelievable opportunity ahead of us,” Mazey said. “With all the adversity and obstacles we’ve got; very few teams in the country have the opportunity that we have right now.”

One of the obstacles facing the team is the amount of travel they will have to do, even to the majority if their home games. The Mountaineers will play Big 12 Conference home games in Charleston.

North Florida is one of the biggest trips the team will take this year. If the travel wasn’t enough of a challenge, the Ospreys will serve as formidable opponents.

Seniors Corey Bass (catcher) and Joe Wielbruda (second base) along with juniors Tyler Marincov (outfield) and Tyler Moore (pitcher) were selected to the preseason all-Atlantic Sun Conference Team.

“They’re good (UNF),

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Former WVU head coach Greg Van Zant and members of the West Virginia baseball team huddle on the mound during a game last season. they’ve got four all-conference guys returning. It’s going to be tough, there’s no doubt about it,” Mazey said.

“If we do what we do – not get caught up in the opponent, play the way we’ve practiced – I think our guys will be fine.”

While the team may be

coming into the season with low expectations from outsiders, that hasn’t put a damper on Coach Mazey’s outlook on the season.

“All the obstacles we’ve got just add to the reasons to why we have to play hard. I would much rather be picked last than first,”

Mazey said.

Although it would certainly benefit the Mountaineers to start the season off with a strong showing at North Florida, the college baseball season is more of a marathon than a sprint.

“You don’t necessarily have to be a good team in

February; you have to be a good team in May and June,” Mazey said. “Win, lose or draw, we’re going to keep improving throughout the year and hopefully be playing our best baseball at the end of the year.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Gymnastics

Mountaineers will travel to face Rutgers, No. 18 Maryland by meghan carr

sports correspondent

The West Virginia gymnastics team (5-4) will compete at Maryland (7-1-1) with Rutgers (7-6) Sunday at 5 p.m.

It was to be a quad meet, but at the last minute, WVU was informed that due to scheduling errors, George Washington University was not going to be part of the competition.

The Mountaineers are ranked No. 26 nationally going to into this weekend’s meet – the closest they have been to the top 25 rankings since falling out after competing at Utah.

This team understands the position they are in and are hoping to take advantage the situation this weekend at Maryland.

“I think that is the one thing that really drives this team. We know we have the potential to be in the top 18,” said junior Hope Sloanhoffer. “But at the same time you don’t want to only focus on the rankings and scores, because then you lose focus on your gymnastics.”

Fresh off two impressive meets, WVU is improving in all four events. Last year at this time, the Mountaineers were averaging 48.845 on vault. This year they are averaging 49.0. Butts knows this isn’t a fluke. It’s partly due to his recruitment.

“Jaida (Lawrence) just is an outstanding vaulter. It’s one of the main events we recruited her for, and she’s not intimidated at all by the dynamics of the event.”

Lawrence is the top vault

performer for this team averaging 9.845. They will need a big game from her and the other gymnasts in the lineup since Maryland is averaging 49.235 on vault this season. Possessing the No. 4 nationally and No. 1 EAGL Conference ranked vault gymnast, Katy Dodd averages 9.920 on vault.

Butts doesn’t want his team to focus on what other teams are doing and whether gymnasts are ranked or not ranked.

“We all have to hit our routines on the same pieces of equipment,” Butts said.

West Virginia, Maryland and Rutgers have all competed well on the floor event this season averaging 48.91, 48.780 and 48.750 respectively this season.

Although WVU has no control over how Maryland or Rutgers will perform, Butts does believe his team has a defense.

“Our best defense is going out there and hitting our gymnastics. We have to make sure that we protect ourselves from those outside influences such as a visiting crowd, travel or frustrations with training.

We can’t let that affect us.”

For the third meet in a row, WVU will face a former Mountaineer. Umme Salim-Beasley, currently an assistant coach for the Scarlet Knights, once suited up in the Gold and Blue.

Salim-B easle y was named to the All-EAGL first team in all-around performance on bars and beam in her sophomore and junior seasons. She was also named EAGL Gymnast of the year and Most Out-

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Senior Kaylyn Millick celebrates a performance during a match earlier in the season. standing Senior Gymnast of the Year, and because of these accomplishments, Salim-Beasley was named fifth-best gymnast in the country.

This meet will also be a homecoming for sophomore Dayah Haley and several other Mountaineers from the Maryland area.

Haley is from Pasadena, Md., which is less than 45 minutes from the University of Maryland, and knows many of the gymnasts who compete at Maryland, because they were once her

teammates. Haley and the gymnasts competed together at Hills Gymnastics.

Not only will Haley’s family be able to attend the meet, but many others will attend, as well.

WVU recruits heavily in the Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania areas. Junior Bethany Yurko is from Maryland, sophomore Lia Salzano is from Virginia and junior Amanda Carpenter and senior Kaylyn Millick are from Pennsylvania. For this reason, away meets allow parents and

friends to see their Mountaineers in action.

This will be the sixth meet of the season for the Mountaineers (5-4, 1-1 Big 12), which means the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) will be coming out the Monday after the meet.

The NCAA looks at the six scores: three road, and three home or other road scores every week. It will then drop the highest and average the other five. The average is what is known as your RQS score, and the top 36 teams go to re-

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gional’s based on that average. This time of the year is when Butts begins focusing on the scores and rankings of his team.

This is the first of two times these teams will meet this season. WVU, Maryland and Rutgers will meet again in Morgantown March 15.

Although the Mountaineers upcoming meet will be away, fans can still watch them perform on WVUsports.com

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