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Wednesday January 16, 2013

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Medical class passes crucial exam by alyssa pluchino correspondent

It’s been compared to “a pitcher playing two perfect games, and for students in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, a winning score is everything.

The School of Medicine recently celebrated the entire class of 2014’s success in passing the United States Medical Licensing Exam – all the students in

the class passed the exam on the first try, which is a rare occurrence.

“I believe this reflects the outstanding learning environment our clinical faculty has created for our students as well as the impressive dedication our students have toward becoming fine physicians,” said Arthur Ross, dean of the School of Medicine.

All students enrolled in his or her second year in the School of Medicine

took a 322 question multiple-choice exam on Sept.

1, which is required for them to continue to their third year of medical education.

The exam is taken during an allotted time of eight hours, broken up into seven sessions of 60 minutes. Similar to the SATs, students are able to answer and review questions in any order – but once time is up, they cannot work on any previous material.

During these grueling eight hours, the class of 2014 tested their knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, cell biology and several other subjects that require core scientific knowledge.

In order to receive a passing grade, students taking the exam must have a minimum score of 188.

However, not only did every student pass step 1 of the USMLE, they also beat the national mean of a 225

THE GREEN MACHINE

Computer and electrical engineering student Walter Hardy returns his OZZI box in exchange for a token.

City editor

Each semester one of West Virginia University’s dining halls, the Terrace Room, utilizes more than 24,000 styrofoam to-go containers.

According to Nathan Hite, student manager of the Terrace Room, that number is too high.

In an effort to increase sustainability and eliminate waste, WVU’s Dining Services has introduced a new resource.

Dining Services has contracted with OZZI Enterprises to provide reusable to-go containers at select dining facilities across campus.

OZZI Enterprises developed a sustainable to-go system that uses tokens and a collectable machine system to provide an easy and sustainable alternative to disposable to-go boxes.

“I learned as a worker that you really don’t realize how many students will take to-go boxes out.

Most of them go to their rooms and eat, whereas if they just ate here you wouldn’t have as much trash buildup,” Hite said. “I’m assuming that, over time, the University has come to realize we’re wasting so much product.”

Each container will have a printed barcode that is read by the collection station. The system will then issue the students a token for returning a container. Cashiers will issue new sanitized containers to students in exchange for a token.

“This system could ultimately eliminate disposable takeout containers in our residential dining program and replace them with reusable containers to reduce the amount of our trash sent to our

landfill,” said David Friend, director of WVU Dining Services.

Hite said he understands the need to take food to-go, as a student schedule is often hectic.

He also said he believes the environmental implications of the traditional styrofoam container run much deeper than the problems cause by hectic schedule.

“It seems like every other person wants to-go (boxes),” he said.

“You know, some people go places, or in between classes they need it, but some of them just go into their room. It might be social anxiety, or not wanting to eat alone, but a lot of people take it to go,” he said.

“There’s other implications.

Some of the students don’t like (the OZZI machine) just because

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Renowned dance class comes to WVU

By Terri Parlett Copy editor

An innovative dance company and a developing program came together Tuesday in a master dance class presented by Pilobolus dance company in the Antoinette Falbo Theatre at the Creative Arts Center.

Pilobolus, a progressive modern dance company originally formed at Dartmouth College in the 1970s, performed in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the CAC. Their inventive movement style has given the group popularity worldwide.

“I think Pilobolus is very

creative in its approach to movement and dance. The partnering will be very innovative for our students, something they haven’t tried yet here. I think it will really open their minds and creative juices to looking at movement in a whole different way, in the way Pilobolus does,” said Yoav Kaddar, assistant professor of dance and director of the Dance Program at West Virginia University.

Kaddar said he feels this master class will benefit students in the dance program because it exposes the students to styles of dance and opportunities that aren’t available in a small program

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like WVU’s.

“In any program, studying just with the faculty is pretty limited. Even though the faculty can present as many classes as they can, you’re still studying with a set number of people. And especially right now, when we’re such a small faculty, it’s pretty limited,” he said.

The workshop with Pilobolus dancers is not the first of its kind for dancers at WVU. “We’ve tried to get more and more outside artists to come in and contribute. We’ve had a dancer with Justin Bieber coming in, teaching a hip-hop workshop, we had Dan

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AdventureWV, BSA team up for Jamboree

Wagoner here, we’re having Pilobolus. We’re trying to get the shows that come through from Arts & Entertainment somehow to start a partnership with them and get a workshop with them,” Kaddar said.

Workshops like this are instrumental to major changes coming to the WVU Dance Program, the biggest of which is an addition of a new degree – a bachelor’s in dance.

Other changes include plans to increase the faculty of two full-time, tenure-track faculty members and the introduction

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Through a joint agreement between AdventureWV and the Boy Scouts of America, students can become certified canopy tour guides free of cost.

By Evelyn Merithew staff writer

West Virginia University and Adventure WV are offering a unique opportunity for those students seeking the thrill of adventure.

The program is offering the opportunity for those interested to become a certified canopy tour guide, free of cost.

These students will put their new skills to use this summer in partnership with the Boy Scouts of America at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree at the newly built Summit Bechtel Reserve.

“WVU has partnered with Bonsai Design and The Boy Scouts of America to train students to serve as canopy tour guides at the Jamboree.

These students have a pretty incredible opportunity that others are envious of,” said Nathan Harlan, Adventure WV Program Coordinator.

The scouts have several high adventure camps with various foci, including backpacking or canoeing.

These camps are in high demand, and each program has a waiting list.

A few years ago BSA decided to build a high-adventure camp in West Virginia, between Glen Jean and Beckley, near New River Gorge National River.

The Jamboree, a national scout conference that takes place every four years, has historically been hosted in different locations across the country.

BSA wanted to find a permanent home for the conference, which they decided would be in West Virginia.

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tion and exams in all their core clinical rotations. So they must pass many other exams to graduate,” said Vice Dean Norman Ferrari.

As well as the class of 2014’s victory, the School of Medicine’s classes of 2013, 2012 and 2011 have each passed step 2 of the USMLE exam consecutively for the past three years.

“Our curriculum committee has been

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with a score of 230. The highest score received was a 270.

Although receiving a passing grade can allow the students to be placed in a residency program, students are allowed to take the exam up to three times to improve the grade.

However, the class of 2014 cannot put their text books away just yet.

“The students must also pass USMLE step 2, a clinical performance examina-

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be the first time the Jamboree is held at the new venue.

Nearly half a billion dollars will be invested in the site before it is finished. The scale is massive, making it one of the largest construction site in the world,” Harlan said.

What makes part of the Summit Bechtel Reserve unique is that it has several canopy tours for the scouts to engage in, an experience Harlan said not many scouts have participated in before.

“Part of what makes BSA so great is that it is very volunteer based, but there hasn’t been a huge response for canopy tour volunteers,” Harlan said. “At WVU, we have been training people on our own challenge course, which opened an opportunity to get people training to learn a new skill set, then go volunteer at the inaugural event at the new facility.”

Bonsai Design, the company that built the sustainable canopy tours for the reserve, donated more than $100,000 toward a canopy tour at WVU to help make this training possible.

The process of being trained to give a canopy tour is typically very costly, but Harlan said through the Bonsai Design/BSA partnership, training will be free to students who are willing to volunteer at the Jamboree.

“The training will be for six days over break, and it will be a two-credit class. It’s a pretty unique experience, all in all,” Harlan said.

Students who are inter-

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Cold still threatens crops in West, but it’s easing FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The freeze gripping the West appeared on the verge of easing Tuesday, but farmers who spent millions to protect crops were still assessing damage, some produce prices climbed, and businesses and residents dealt with burst pipes.

The National Weather Service predicted another frosty night, but said temperatures would begin to warm as high pressure moved east.

For a fifth night, temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley, California’s agricultural heart, dipped below freezing, though they were a few degrees warmer than previous nights, said Paul Story of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual, an association of citrus growers.

Growers, who have about $1.5 billion worth of citrus fruit on the trees, used wind machines to keep warmer air closer to the ground and irrigation to raise temperatures.

Citrus growers statewide spent more than $23 million over five nights to save their crops, the association estimated.

But in some areas, that wasn’t enough.

“We definitely had some damage, but it’s hard to tell how much,” Story said, adding that the fruit’s maturity and high sugar content helped protect much of the crop.

Crop damage estimates weren’t yet available, growers said, because for some varieties damage isn’t visible for days or weeks. Initial reports indicated up to 6 percent of the state’s orange crop was damaged and up to 9 percent of the mandarin crop, Story said.

Despite damage, Story said, plenty of good citrus is left on trees.

“The fact is, we have a lot of good quality fruit to sell,” Story said.

Wind machines and irrigation would run in groves for least two more nights, he said. A freeze warning was issued for the areas around Hanford, Lemoore and Tulare in the San Joaquin Valley, starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday and ending at 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

California’s strawberry growers also were using

wind machines, sprinklers and helicopters, said Carolyn O’Donnell with the state Strawberry Commission. In Oxnard and Santa Maria, growers who lacked frost protection saw damage to flowers and fruit in their early berry varieties.

In urban centers, it was 39 degrees in downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday, while San Francisco had 37 and San Diego, 36. In Oakland, black ice caused several crashes.

Some Lake Tahoe casinos on the California-Nevada border were cleaning up after below-zero temperatures caused water damage.

The temperature dropped to minus 11 on Monday at South Lake Tahoe, but was expected to warm slightly by Tuesday.

Pipes burst at Harrah’s casino and sent thousands of gallons into the main, 18-story tower and a highroller gambling area, said Tahoe-Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Geuvin. Flooding temporarily disabled elevators, damaged slot machines and caused an evacuation.

Two sprinkler heads broke at Harvey’s casino, and another broken pipe sent water into the loading dock at the Horizon casino.

At the MontBleu, an antifreeze system meant to prevent pipe breakage froze, he said.

Sparks, Nev., declared a state of emergency Monday, mostly to free up money to repair a pair of 7-foot diameter sewer lines that broke.

Homeowners reported pipes breaking from Flagstaff, Ariz., to Las Vegas, where Monday’s high of 38 degrees was the coldest on record for the date. But a rare freeze warning expired Tuesday as temperatures warmed.

In New Mexico, some public facilities opened later than usual Tuesday because of freezing temperatures and poor driving conditions. School districts from Albuquerque west to Gallup were also on two-hour delays Tuesday morning.

And in Flagstaff, which saw the final day of the coldest five-day stretch the mountain city had seen in more than 22 years, firefighters on Monday picked up two homeless people who passed out on the streets.

City council votes Tuesday to purchase new fire engine During Tuesday’s regularly scheduled Morgantown City Council meeting, the council voted to purchase a new fire engine for the city.

The current engines are outdated, and the council voted to replace one of the engines, which will cost $491,713.

“There are only a few companies across the country who manufacture fire trucks,” said Jeff Mikorski, deputy city manager. “They are extremely expensive.”

The engine was purchased through Pierce Manufacturing, a fire equipment company located in Appleton, Wis. “In order to purchase the engine, funds must be allocated from the contingency line to the expenditure line,” Mikorski said.

The Council voted to move $495,000 from the contingency to the fire department equipment line.

The engine will be ordered immediately and will take approximately six months to manufacture, he said.

The Council also discussed the education of the use of the city’s toters, which are included in the city-wide recycling effort.

Council plans to work the West Virginia University Student Government Association to help students better understand which items are appropriate to be placed in the toter.

The next City Council meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.

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Wednesday January 16, 2013

Obama proposing gun limits, but faces tough obstacles WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching the nation’s most sweeping effort to curb gun violence in nearly two decades, urging a reluctant Congress to ban militarystyle assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines like those used in last month’s massacre of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Conn.

The broad package Obama will announce Wednesday will also include efforts to stop bullying and boost availability of mental health services. It’s expected to include more than a dozen steps the president can take on his own through executive action.

Those measures will provide a pathway for skirting opposing lawmakers, but they will be limited in scope, and in some cases, focused simply on enforcing existing laws.

But Congress would have to approve the bans on assault weapons and ammunition magazines holding more than 10 bullets, along with a requirement for universal background checks on gun buyers. Some gun control advocates worry that opposition from Republicans and conservative Democrats, as well as the National Rifle Association, will be too great to overcome.

“We’re not going to get an outright ban,” Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., said of limits on assault weapons. Still, McCarthy, a leading voice in Congress in favor of gun

dance

control, said she would keep pushing for a ban and hoped Obama would as well.

White House officials, seeking to avoid setting the president up for failure, have emphasized that no single measure – even an assault weapons ban – would solve a scourge of gun violence across the country.

But without such a ban, or other sweeping Congressapproved measures, it’s unclear whether executive actions alone can make any noticeable difference.

“It is a simple fact that there are limits to what can be done within existing law,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday. “Congress has to act on the kinds of measures we’ve already mentioned because the power to do that is reserved

by Congress.”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law the toughest gun control law in the nation, and the first since the Connecticut school shootings. The law includes a tougher assaultweapons ban and provisions to try to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people who make threats.

Obama will announce his proposals in a midday event at the White House, flanked by children who wrote to him about gun violence following the massacre of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Law enforcement officials, mayors from across the country and

shown.

“We have prospective students looking at the program, and we have some who know they are coming here. We even have a few transfers who have transferred because of the major.”

There is one challenge, however. There is currently only one dance studio on the Downtown Campus, located in E. Moore Hall, and one dance classroom in the Creative Arts Center. Kaddar said there are also plans to remedy this.

“There is a plan in action to expand the CAC, and the biggest expansion is adding three dance studios and a

Continued from page 1 of two different dance minors. The minors would include a minor in dance education, as well as one in dance science.

“It would focus, of course, on the sciences.

It will be geared to people who are interested in combining dance and the sciences. For example, physical therapy and occupational therapy,” Kaddar said.

The major program is scheduled to open in fall 2013, and Kaddar said there has already been interest

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Continued from page 1 it’s more responsibility on them.

“They don’t understand the damage we’re doing by using all the styrofoam products.”

Senior journalism student Sarah Cordonier said despite the extra steps the new machine requires, she belives it’s worth her while to promote sustainabillity.

“I do feel like a to-go box is necessary, but I prefer the plastic ones. I know they sound like a hassle, but in the long run they are going to benefit the environment, so it doesn’t bother me,” she said. “Yeah, I have to take a little bit of extra time; so

CANOPY

Continued from page 1 ested in participating must either register as an adult leader or as part of a venturing crew. Those interested must be at least 21 years old to register as an adult leader.

To become certified through this program, students must commit to volunteering at the Jamboree.

“The training is challenging; there’s a lot of information you have to remember to keep people safe. If you’re unable to pass the training for some reason, you would still be able to volunteer in another way at the tour, such as checking people’s harnesses,” Harlan said.

Harlan said the experience is very physically engaging, and the Jamboree itself will prove to be challenging.

supportive congressional lawmakers are also expected to attend.

According to a lobbyist briefed Tuesday, Obama will present a three-part plan focused on gun violence, education and mental health.

The president will call for a focus on universal background checks. Some 40 percent of gun sales take place without background checks, including those by private sellers at gun shows or over the Internet, according to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The president will call for banning assault weapons and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds or fewer, and also propose a federal statute to stop “straw man” purchases of guns and crack down on trafficking rings. He’ll order federal agencies to conduct more research on gun use and crimes, something Republican congressional majorities have limited through language in budget bills, the lobbyist said.

On education, Obama will call for more anti-bullying efforts; more training for teachers, counselors and principles; and providing resources for schools for more counselors and resource officers.

And on mental health, Obama will focus on more availability of mental health services, training more school counselors and mental health professionals, and mental health first aid

yoga/pilates studio. We’re definitely going to bring the dance program here (to the CAC) to be a part of the College of Creative Arts, because that’s where we belong. We are a part of it anyway, and for the majors - they need to be in this kind of environment, and we do need better facilities.

We need more facilities.

“Once we have better facilities, hopefully our faculty will grow, and we will be able to offer a lot more to our students.”

The Dance Program is also making preparations for its annual dance concert, Dance Now!, which will be performed Feb. 2-4.

training for first responders, according to the lobbyist briefed on the plans. The lobbyist was not authorized to discuss the plan publicly before Obama’s announcement and requested anonymity.

Obama has pledged urgent action to prevent future mass shootings, and his plan – coming just one month after the Newtown attacks – is swift by Washington standards.

The president’s framework is based on recommendations from Vice President Joe Biden, who led a wide-ranging task force on gun violence. The vice president’s proposals included 19 steps that could be achieved through executive action.

Obama may order the Justice Department to crack down on people who lie on background checks; only a tiny number are now prosecuted. Such a step has support from the National Rifle Association, which has consistently argued that existing laws must be enforced before new ones are considered.

He also could take steps ordering federal agencies to make more data on gun crimes available and conduct more research on the issue, something Republican congressional majorities have limited through language in budget bills. And he may order tougher penalties against gun trafficking and give schools flexibility to use grant money to improve safety.

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Continued from page 1 ve r y a c t i ve i n i t s responsibility to constantly review and improve our curriculum and course offerings so that we can provide the best learning environment for our students,” Ferrari said.

“The faculty has worked very hard to challenge our students so they would be ready to perform on this first step to licensure. Each has risen to the occasion and has made us all quite proud.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

inconvenient, yes, but it’s saving the planet.”

Chris Haddox, a visiting assistant professor for the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, said he is excited about the opportunity for WVU to become a more environmentally conscious campus.

“While styrofoam containers have many advantages for the food service industry, they have the potential to leave behind a nasty legacy in terms of nondegradable trash in the environment,” Haddox said.

“In addition, the use of styrofoam containers promotes the ‘use it once and throw it away’ mentality that is associated with many of the environmen-

tal problems we face as a world.”

Friend said WVU Dining Services has already taken other initiatives to increase sustainability, including going trayless in each oncampus dining hall. And Dining Services is always working to improve, he said.

“We have improved the majority of our takeout containers in our graband-go operations; however, there is always room for improvement.

“Dining Services conducted an extensive waste audit last year in conjunction with the WVU Sustainability Committee to determine various items both pre- and post-consumer that end up in the land fill,” he said.

“Our goal is to continuously develop strategies that will ultimately reduce the generation of waste within dining services.”

The system will be tested throughout the spring semester in the Terrace Room.

Dining Services will assess the effectiveness of both waste reduction and financial impact of the OZZI system.

If it is successful, Friend said Dining Services would try to expand the program to both Boreman and Arnold the following semester.

For more information on the OZZI system or OZZI Enterprises, visit www. ozzienterprises.com.

WVU’s participation in the inauguration of Summit Bechtel Reserve is significant and will help represent the school in a positive way, Harlan said.

“BSA originally reached out to WVU as they began planning for the camp. WVU responded with enthusiasm,” he said. “We thought it’d be a great opportunity to positively represent WVU, our unique programs and services and attract potential high quality students from around the country.

The Jamboree is expected to draw more than 30,000 scouts and 20,000 visitors per day.

Harlan said WVU’s presence at the Jamboree extends beyond just canopy tours.

There will be students and staff from WVU teaching the science behind mountain biking and ziplining, and rep-

resentatives from the WVU Forensics and Investigative Science Department with an interactive crime scene.

“All of the youth that will be at the Jamboree are pumped to be there, and they will be able to see what WVU’s culture and people are really like instead of the stereotypes they may have heard. They will see an appealing view of the state and the school in a positive light,” Harlan said.

WVU’s personal canopy tour is located at the WVU challenge course near Coopers Rock.

While some details and programming are still being created, the canopy tour will be open to WVU students, faculty and staff in April.

The WVU course will be open three days a week in the spring and four days a week in the summer.

Harlan said the program

hopes the canopy tour will be utilized for various other local education opportunities.

“Adventure WV also plans on utilizing the new canopy tour to engage local K-12 schools in science curriculum and natural resource education” Harlan said.

There will be future opportunities to take classes on canopy tour facilitation at WVU. “We are working on building relationships with local canopy tours around the state to help ensure that students who take this class and become certified have a good chance of getting summer jobs in the field,” Harlan said.

Those interested in becoming a canopy tour guide and volunteering at the Jamboree can read more and complete the interest form found at www.challenge. wvu.edu.

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Tebow’s future uncertain Mountaineers prove NEW YORK (AP) — From nearly unstoppable to nearly invisible.

Tim Tebow was two wins from the Super Bowl a year ago. Now, he’s pretty much a player without a team — likely to be released by the New York Jets after one frustrating season and his hometown team in Jacksonville already pulling in the welcome mat.

Even Tebow doesn’t how this will unfold. A backup role on another NFL team? A position change? The Canadian Football League?

“I don’t know what my future holds, but I know who holds my future,” the devout Christian said in a recent interview with Fox Business Network, his only public comments since his strange Jets season ended.

“And, in that,” he added, “there is a lot of peace and a lot of comfort.”

Tebow barely played for the Jets last season.

“An absolute mess,” is the way recently retired special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff described it. Tebow has two years left on his contract, but New York is expected to trade or release him in the next few weeks. So far, destination unknown.

“I can’t imagine a scenario in which he’ll be a Jacksonville Jaguar,” new general manager David Caldwell declared last week. “Even if he’s released.”

While there’s an outside chance Tebow could remain a New Yorker, depending on the whims of the still -to-be-hired GM, it appears highly unlikely.

So, that’s two NFL teams down – the only ones, at that, who showed any interest last offseason when Denver shopped him – and the 25-year-old Tebow’s options appear to be dwindling.

“Tim Tebow is an extremely popular individual – or, he was,” said former Cowboys executive Gil Brandt, now an analyst for NFL.com. “I think his popularity has waned significantly the last three or four months.”

The buzz these days belongs to young quarterbacks like Washington’s Robert Griffin III, Seattle’s Russell Wilson, Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck and San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick. It seems so long ago now that Tebowing – his signature dropping to a knee for a prayerful pose – was all the rage.

But even Tebow never Tebowed during the regular season for the Jets.

Not once. Quite a fall for a Heisman Trophy winner and two-time national champion with the University of Florida, and whose No. 15 Broncos jersey ranked second in national sales to Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers in 2011.

“I think it’s fair to say,” Tebow acknowledged last month, “that I’m a little disappointed.”

The Jets had every intention of trying to make things work with Tebow when general manager Mike Tannenbaum surprisingly acquired him from Denver last March – after Peyton Manning arrived – for a fourth-round draft pick. But once Tebow got on the field, something went woefully wrong.

Tebow went from being considered a key part of Rex Ryan’s offense to almost non-existent. Offensive coordinator Tony Sparano didn’t know how to use him effectively, and Tebow wasn’t particularly productive when he got his few snaps in the wildcat-style formation. He made his biggest mark on special teams as the personal punt protector, and did all he could to hide his frustration at not playing.

But the numbers said it all: a mere 102 yards rushing and 6-of-8 passing for 39 yards. And, the most damning stat of all: zero touchdowns.

“I would’ve liked to see him get a chance,” defensive end Mike DeVito said.

It didn’t even come when Mark Sanchez struggled so badly that he was benched for the first time in his career. Instead of going with Tebow, the No. 2 quarterback on the depth chart, Ryan went with third-stringer Greg McElroy. Tebow now had a bruised ego to go along with the two broken ribs that limited him earlier in the season.

“Every opportunity you get, you want to make the most of,” Tebow said a few weeks before the season ended, “and I’d have loved to have more of an opportunity to just play quarterback.”

Acquiring Tebow ultimately led to Tannenbaum and Sparano losing their jobs. And, it clouded Tebow’s prospects in the NFL. No matter what, though, he insists he’s a quarterback.

Eric Crouch, a fellow former Heisman Trophy winner, knows what he’s going through. Crouch was Tebow before Tebow, a tremendous athlete who played quarterback at the

University of Nebraska but was told he’d have to switch positions to have a future in the NFL. “I came out of a running attack at Nebraska where we didn’t read a whole lot of passing defenses,” said Crouch, now a college analyst for Fox Sports. “So, I was probably a much bigger project than what Tebow is. Sometimes you get labeled a running quarterback, but what you want is to be labeled a dual threat or a passing quarterback who can run.”

Crouch was drafted in the third round in 2002 as a wide receiver by St. Louis, switched to safety and was in camp with Green Bay and Kansas City the next few years before playing in NFL Europe. In 2006, he played three games at quarterback for Toronto of the CFL. Crouch is done with football now after giving it one final shot with his hometown Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League in 2011.

“Listen, I learned a long time ago that I should’ve just done what I felt was the right thing to do, which was hold out on people changing me to what they think was best for me,” Crouch said. “I was playing quarterback since I was 9 years old. I think the most important thing I would tell Tim is, you’ve got to listen to yourself on this one.

“There are going to be a lot of people telling Tebow what he should or shouldn’t do.”

Like the folks who insist a position switch is the only way Tebow will remain in the NFL – whether that’s as a tight end, receiver, halfback, fullback or safety.

“I just don’t think he will ever be a quarterback in the NFL,” Brandt said.

“I think he’s really smart, but I don’t think he has the mental quickness at the position. The second thing is, he just is not accurate.”

Tebow, reportedly working out in Arizona with a personal trainer, could still land somewhere in the league as a project for an offensive coordinator willing to learn from the Jets’ mistakes.

“He’s still worth a try and I think somebody will sign him, but it’ll be under the condition that it will be as something other than as a quarterback,” said Brandt, who thinks Tebow will stay on offense. “If Al Davis were still here, he’d take him in a second and try to turn him into a tight end for the Raiders.”

Holgorsen adds Mitchell to West Virginia coaching staff West Virginia head football coach Dana Holgorsen announced the hiring of new cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell Tuesday morning. Mitchell, who has spent the past three seasons at East Carolina University, will replace former Mountaineer cornerbacks coach Daron Roberts, who was fired last month.

Mitchell was the Pirates’ defensive coordinator and secondaries coach from 2009-12 and was the cornerbacks coach at Texas Tech from 2006-09.

“It’s an honor to be associated with a program that has a great winning tradition such as West Virginia,” Mitchell said. “I believe the fans are second to none; the state is second to none. It is a privilege to earn the right to go through this process to be a part of this family.”

Holgorsen, who was at

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Continued from page 6 field. The Horned Frogs shot 28.1 percent (18-64) from the field.

The Mountaineers out-rebounded TCU 48-38.

The leading scorer for the Mountaineers was Caldwell, recording 14 points, seven rebounds and one steal.

Although the Mountaineers pulled off a win, WVU head coach Mike Carey was

Texas Tech with Mitchell for two seasons, is very familiar with Mitchell’s coaching style.

“Brian is an excellent addition to the West Virginia football staff and has a wealth of experience as a cornerbacks coach,” Holgorsen said. “He brings a lot of energy, is an aggressive recruiter, and I have seen him develop young players into great players. He is an outstanding coach and even better person, and I look forward to him joining our program.”

The Red Raider passing defense was first in the Big 12 Conference in those two seasons Holgorsen and Mitchell spent together in Lubbock during 2006 and 2007.

After spending some time as a defensive coordinator, Mitchell is pleased to return to focusing on cornerbacks.

“It’s a natural fit for me, disappointed with the performance his team and gave credit to his players, Holmes, Akilah Bethel, Darius Faulk and Crystal Leary.

“I thought they came in with energy that got us moving,” Carey said. “I was proud of them.”

The Mountaineers will return to action for another Big 12 conference game on the road against No. 1 Baylor Saturday. The game is set to tip off at 8 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

coaching cornerbacks, because I played the position at all three levels, in high school, college and in the NFL,” Mitchell said. “I was fortunate enough to play in the NFL with some very dominate football players such as Deion Sanders.

I was able to learn, absorb, see, hear and put together and formulate a plan to help young men be very successful at the NCAA Division I level at the cornerback position. Knowledge is key to all things. I’ve been able to acquire that knowledge over the years and have had success of consistently putting a good product on the field.”

Mitchell is a native of Waco, Texas, and played college football at BYU before a brief NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys.

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toughness in win

Senior center Ayana Dunning attempts a shot against TCU Tuesday night.

by amit batra sports writer

The West Virginia women’s basketball team proved it could win in close-game situations Tuesday night.

In the last three games against Texas, Kansas State and TCU, the Mountaineers used late game heroics to get to three straight conference wins after a shaky 0-2 start.

It wasn’t always pretty, but West Virginia is now 11-5 overall, and 3-2 in Big 12 Conference play. WVU defeated TCU Tuesday night 58-50 to get on a bit of a hot streak before traveling to Baylor to take on the topranked Bears Saturday.

The Mountaineers started the game on a very positive note. West Virginia made its first seven shots and went 5-for-5 from long range.

In the first half, WVU went 5-for-7 from 3-point range for a 71.4 shooting percentage. While the 2-for-11 mark from deep in the second half gave the Mountaineers trouble, they still were able to shoot nearly 39 percent from the game.

What Tuesday’s game proved is that West Virginia can hold on to the leads it builds when times get tough. While WVU opened up a double-digit lead in the first half, TCU switched up zones to give the Mountaineers’ fits. The Horned Frogs were able to rally and tie up the game at halftime.

“I was real proud of our group for kind of withstanding that (the start for West Virginia),” said TCU head coach Jeff Mittle. “West Virginia is more known for driving the basketball – taking it inside. They were on fire early.

“We had to keep our discipline at that point. I thought our group did a pretty solid job. That’s not easy to do – especially for a young group. We kept telling them in timeouts to stay the course. We got it back to a basketball game. I thought our zone was pretty good.

They’re (West Virginia) tough to score on.”

Despite 24 turnovers on the night, WVU found a way to win. Due to key defensive stops, outrebounding the Horned Frogs 48-38 and getting solid play from role players such as sophomore guard Akilah Bethel, freshman guard Darius Faulk, freshman guard Bria Holmes and sophomore forward Crystal Leary, the Mountaineers were able to get the energy when they desperately needed it.

“We didn’t play well, but I’d rather not play well and get a win than play well and not get a win,” said West Virginia head coach Mike Carey. “They started on a 1-3-1 (zone) and we hit our shots. Then they went to a 2-3, which we worked on for three days, and we looked out of sync on that.”

Despite Carey mentioning that the team looked a step slow, West Virginia did just enough to get the win and extend its winning streak to three games. He also stated that the team plays up and down to its competition – something that can’t keep happening in a conference such as the Big 12.

“Until our players realize that, we’re going to struggle a little bit,” he said. “We just have to get better. Hopefully this will wake us up.”

The Mountaineers held the Horned Frogs to a season-low three 3-pointers on the night. For the game, TCU shot 3-of-17 for 17.6 percent from long range.

There’s still some concern with WVU’s inability to build off of its momentum and hold on to leads, however.

“I definitely thought we were hot (on the quick start),” said Bethel. “We made seven in a row, so I definitely thought it was in the bag. But (we) can’t think too quickly.”

For junior guard Taylor Palmer, who scored 13 points on the night, West Virginia didn’t play to its

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potential.

“I guess we got kind of lackadaisical and weren’t playing up to our potential with a lot of intensity like we should have,” she said. “We were just turning over the ball a lot. It’s just something we need to work on. I felt like before we just weren’t closing out games.

“Now we’re picking it up a little bit. We still have a long way to go, but we’ve done a lot better closing out games.”

With learning how to close out games lately and tending to play up to the competition, Baylor could have a serious test the Mountaineers come Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday January 16, 2013

Last week, West Virginia’s long-serving Senator Jay Rockefeller announced he would be stepping down from his position when his six-year term expires in 2014.

Sen. Rockefeller has served as West Virginia’s representative in our country’s highest legislative chamber for the past 27 years. As a U.S. senator, Rockefeller has served as the chairman of various committees, includ-

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ing the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Previously, Rockefeller served two terms as West Virginia’s governor.

The great-grandson of billionaire oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Sen. Rockefeller is estimated to be worth nearly $100 million. Despite his inherited wealth, Rockefeller chose to go into public service

‘Buckwild’: Not so wild after all MOLLY ROBINSON columnist

Once all the tweets and status updates about Christmas and the New Year finally petered out toward the end of winter break, a new and exciting topic hit the social networks: MTV’s newest reality show, “Buckwild.”

For those of you who haven’t caught the first four episodes, which air Thursdays at 10 p.m., the program follows the lives of nine young adults living in West Virginia.

Among other hobbies, these kids seem to enjoy a good ride in a tire down a hillside, jumping off of bridges, creating pools out of truck beds and partying in the “big city” of Morgantown.

Considering the negative effects of the nowconcluded “Jersey Shore” franchise on New Jersey stereotypes, it’s understandable that a new television show also produced by MTV – and in the same time slot to boot – would be cause for concern.

Add to that the recent outcry from West Virginia’s own Senator Joe Manchin, who requested the show be canceled before its debut on January 3. In a letter Manchin wrote to the president of MTV, he stated that the program would undoubtedly promote negative and false stereotypes of West Virginians and have a hand at bringing the state’s reputation lower than ever before, mentioning that MTV should be ashamed of profiting from young people’s poor decisions.

Given that “Jersey Shore” has undeniably had an effect on the way America views our tanned friends from the East Coast, I anticipated that our senator was right to be concerned. Beyond the fact that some Americans still refer to our state as “Western Virginia,” the assumption that West Virginia is a teeming cesspool of incest and rednecks has always stuck with our state.

But to my surprise, “Buckwild” does not seem to want to follow the same dark path as

“Jersey Shore.” In fact, so far, “Buckwild” appears to bring more respect to the state of West Virginia than harm.

Beyond the expected hookups and scuffles between castmates, the individuals portrayed in the program are not what would be expected.

They are not stupid, they do not seek to hurt other people, and they are not constantly looking to use a “smush room” or jive each other for bringing home “a grenade.”

In fact, the “Buckwild” “rednecks” don’t seem much like rednecks at all. At least one of them has been revealed to be a student here at West Virginia University. And overall the whole cast seems to be genuine, fun-loving and decent.

Take, for example, the first sign of romance blooming on the show, when “pretty boy” Tyler takes Cara up to the top of a hillside to have their first kiss overlooking the city lights. Whereas the show could have easily focused on promiscuous sex or brutal catfights between roommates, MTV chose to showcase the softer side of living in West Virginia, something “Jersey Shore” totally lacked.

From partying at Morgantown’s own Karma Nightclub to throwing bonfires in a friend’s backyard, the activities shown on “Buckwild,” while not necessarily the safest, have been relatively innocuous to date.

Although there have been a handful of risque scenes – such as the topless female crew members decked out in body paint – the fact remains that MTV has refrained from digging its claws into the negative stereotypes about which West Virginians were initially so concerned. In contrast, Buckwild shows viewers a healthy dose of the upsides to living in West Virginia – as a great place to live, love and have a blast with your best friends down in the holler.

And if that’s not a stereotype state residents are fond of, let’s just be thankful we’re not the next Honey Boo Boo.

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after working in West Virginia as a VISTA volunteer. Since that time, Rockefeller has faithfully served the state of West Virginia and his contributions to the state and the country as a whole have been substantial.

After Rockefeller’s announcement, West Virginia University President James P. Clements issued a statement commending Sen. Rockefeller for his “incredible work ethic and gener-

ous spirit” and his “extraordinary life and career in public service.” The Daily Athenaeum staff would like to echo this sentiment.

From speaking out against the transgressions of the coal industry and fighting for universal health care to standing up to the Bush Administration’s woeful mismanagement of the Iraq War, Rockefeller has proven time and time again that he is willing to fight for what he

believes.

Along with the late legendary Robert C. Byrd, Rockefeller worked tirelessly for the state and its people for decades.

We congratulate Sen. Rockefeller on his accomplishments and we hope his successor will serve the Mountain State as effectively and as faithfully as he has through all these years.

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Obama and the ‘War on Terror’

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the last news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington Monday.

P. Kamalakanthan The Duke Chronicle

The U.S. military camp at Guantánamo Bay recently celebrated two solemn anniversaries.

Last week marked the 11th anniversary of the facility’s use as a torture and detention facility in the U.S.’s never-ending “war on terror.” Less noticed, it was also the four-year anniversary of President Obama’s inaugural pledge to close the prison in less than a year.

With hindsight, we might be less inclined to trust Obama’s words. The president who came into office proclaiming a sunshine transparency policy has classified more documents than any other in history. The candidate who unequivocally vowed to filibuster any bill protecting illegal Bush-era wiretapping later voted for precisely such a bill – the 2008 FISA Amendments – and as president insists upon the right of warrantless eavesdropping.

Obama’s signing of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act now ensures he cannot legally fulfill his long overdue pledge to close Guantánamo any time soon. Meanwhile, 166 prisoners remain locked up at the camp, many developing the debilitating physical and psychological conditions of indefinite detention and extreme isolation. Egregiously, 86 of them, who have been

unanimously cleared for release by relevant federal agencies, remain imprisoned.

We were once chastised

by Obama to look “forward,” not backward, on the U.S.’s crimes of torture, but the men at Guantánamo are allowed neither luxury. Their personal histories as well as futures have been forsaken. At the prison camp’s sham tribunals, evidentiary disclosure of torture is blocked from the public, throwing a dark veil over the CIA’s storied abuses.

But the stories are there.

Journalist Sami al-Hajj, wrongfully held at Guantánamo for six years and released only after a 438day hunger strike, recalls being tortured, attacked by dogs and hung shackled from ceilings. Brandon Neely, a former Guantánamo guard, watched as a medic beat an inmate he was supposed to treat.

Fu r t h e r t ro u b l i n g , Guantánamo has become only the barely-visible tip of the U.S.’s sprawling secret torture regime. Although in the fantasyland of 2008 rhetoric Obama claimed, “We don’t farm out torture,” referring to the CIA’s practice of “rendering” terror suspects out to torture contractors, he has since embraced the policy. The European Court of Human Rights last year revealed that CIA agents wrongfully shackled, sodomized and beat a car salesman named Khaled El-Masri.

Picked up on a case of

mistaken identity, he was later dumped on the side of an Albanian road. A similar fate – down to the gruesome extreme of ritualized rape – befell Suleiman Abdullah, wrongfully detained at several foreign U.S. detention facilities, including Bagram Air Force Base, for five years and later released with no compensation. In 2010, an American-born teenager named Gulet Mohamed sobbed to reporters on the phone, unable to understand why the Obama administration had arranged to have him beaten and tortured while on a visit to Kuwait.

Basic human compassion demands we contend with these individuals so heinously wronged by our legacy of torture.

Looking forward, we must also ensure such grievous mistakes are never again repeated.

Yet our Nobel Peace Prize-winning president seems incapable or unwilling to express remorse. The Justice Department has definitively indicated that no Bush-era war criminals, even in the case of deathby-torture, will ever be prosecuted. John Kiriakou, meanwhile, an ex-CIA official who refused torture training and was the first to publicly admit the torture program’s existence, received a neat jail sentence. He now holds the dubious distinction of being the only person against whom the U.S. has pressed any charges with regard to post-9/11 torture.

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John Brennan, a vocal advocate of Bush-era wiretapping and torture (even beyond waterboarding), has now been awarded with a nomination for the CIA directorship. In 2008, Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for the same post amid these precise concerns, but they have since been forgiven. As Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, Brennan is best known for leading the extrajudicial drone assassination campaign and accompanying para-militarization of the executive branch.

In that capacity he was also caught outright lying about the civilian casualties of drone strikes, claiming there were none despite glaring contrary evidence.

The brutal contrast between Brennan and Kiriakou’s treatment by the Obama administration showcases its true values – unabashed secrecy, militarism and dishonesty – far more clearly than any statement ever issued by an official.

Policies once controversial under a Republican president in the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack have thus been superseded and cemented by his Democratic successor. Perhaps we should add to the oftrepeated truism “only Nixon [avowed Cold Warrior] could go to China” a slogan for our era’s false progressive hope: “only Obama could spy, torture and assassinate.”

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West Virginia junior guard Taylor Palmer looks to make a pass against TCU Tuesday night.

West Virginia outlasts TCU, wins third straight Big 12 game

BY Shea Ulisney Sports writer

The West Virginia women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to three games after defeating TCU 58-50 at the Coliseum last night, giving it a conference record of 3-2, and advancing its overall record to 11-5.

The Mountaineers were the first to score in the game with a jumper made by sophomore forward Averee Fields. Two 3-point shots made by junior guard Christal Caldwell and se-

nior center gave the Mountaineers a 8-0 lead before a 2-point jumper made by TCU’s Veja Hamilton put the Horned Frogs on the board.

Within the first nine minutes of the game, the Mountaineers created a 21-9 lead.

A jumper made by TCU’s Hamilton in the 10th minute gave the Horned Frogs scoring momentum for the remainder of the period.

In the final two seconds of the first half, TCU’s Donielle Breaux scored off of a 2-point jumper tying the game, 27-27. West Virgin-

ia’s Caldwell led the team recording 8 points for the Mountaineers in the first half.

The Mountaineers outrebounded the Horned Frogs in the first half, 21-16.

TCU head coach Jeff Mitte commented on the intensity of the Mountaineer team.

“They were on fire early,” Mitte said. “West Virginia’s defense was pretty good; they’re tough to score on.”

The Horned Frogs were the first to score in the second half after a layup made by freshman guard Kamy

Cole. The Mountaineers responded with a 3-point jumper and 2-point jumper both made by junior guard Taylor Palmer.

After a foul made by Palmer, TCU’s Hamilton chipped in two free throws and a 2-point jumper shortly after gave the Horned Frogs a 1-point lead.

In the 32nd minute, the Mountaineers looked to take the lead 40-38, but a foul by sophomore guard Akilah Bethel gave TCU’s Cole two free throws, tying the game 40-40.

The Mountaineers larg-

est lead in the second half was in the final six minutes of the game after a 2-point jumper made by freshman guard Bria Holmes giving West Virginia an 8-point lead, 48-40.

An effort by TCU freshman guard Zahna Medley gave the Horned Frogs additional 2-points, but a final free throw made by Palmer with 22 seconds remaining secured the win for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia shot 37.3 percent (22-59) from the

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West Virginia set to take on Iowa State by michael carvelli sports editor

Fresh off a 1-point loss to No. 16 Kansas State during the weekend, the West Virginia men’s basketball team will head to Ames, Iowa to take on Iowa State tonight.

Though the Mountaineers have continued to improve throughout the last week, showing more energy and effort than they did during the first 12 games of the year, Iowa State has been one of the Big 12 Conference’s hottest teams.

The Cyclones have won five of their last six games, with the only loss coming in an overtime defeat at home to No. 4 Kansas last week.

But head coach Fred Hoiberg thinks WVU will provide the Cyclones one of their toughest tests to date.

“This will be the most physical team we’ve played all year,” Hoiberg said. “It’s going to be a great test for our guys. We’ve got to do a great job on the glass.

“They do as good a job as anyone in the country as far as getting their own miss and capitalizing on it.

It’s a big couple of days for us to get in the right frame of mind and get the right mentality for this one.”

West Virginia is looking to pick up its second Big 12 victory of the season. A win would keep the Mountaineers undefeated on the road in conference play and would give them a much-

needed bounceback win following the heartbreaking loss at home Saturday.

But it’s still up in the air if the Mountaineers will have starting point guard Juwan Staten in the lineup Wednesday night.

The sophomore has sat out since the second half of WVU’s win against Texas and, although Huggins said he will travel with the team for the Iowa State game, He is still unsure if Staten will play when the Mountaineers take the court.

“Everybody’s got to be on the same page,” Huggins said. “If everybody isn’t on the same page, you don’t have a very good team.

“We all make mistakes ...

We’ll see where everything is and then what happens

from there.”

Staten is leading West Virginia in assists, averaging 2.9 per game, and is one of two Mountaineers averaging double figures in scoring. In his first season playing with WVU after transferring from Dayton, where he led the Atlantic 10 Conference in assists, Staten is averaging more than 30 minutes per game.

With Staten on the bench against the Wildcats, sophomore Jabarie Hinds moved back into his position as the team’s primary ball handler and excelled. The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native made six of his 10 shot attempts for a teamhigh 15 points and three assists.

“I’m seeing the floor better because as the point guard you have to see every position on the court,” Hinds said. “That really helped me.

“I just know that I was in the game a lot more, so I just had to get comfortable and make plays out there.”

A significant portion of WVU’s production this season has come thanks to Staten and fel-

low transfer Aaric Murray, who came to West Virginia after spending two seasons at La Salle.

Iowa State has also relied heavily on transfers to have success early on. Former Michigan State guard Korie Lucious is scoring more than 10 points per game and leads the Cyclones with 5.4 assists. And Will Clyburn, who played at Utah, is leading the team at 14.3 points per game.

Both teams have take advantage of the transfers, and it’s something that Huggins wants to continue doing in the future.

“I’ve kind of liked it,” Huggins said. “We haven’t had a whole bunch but we’ve had a few over the years that turned out really well for us. I like it.”

But for now, Huggins just wants to see this year’s group improve the way it has in the last week.

“I’d rather shoot 30 percent and win, than 51 percent and lose. We are getting better,” Huggins said. “I think we get better and better all the time. The more experience they get, the better we get.” james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 1 Baylor presents big challenge Last year, the West Virginia women’s basketball team went on the road to then-No. 2 Notre Dame and did something it hadn’t ever done in program history – it won.

It was a stunning upset – one Notre Dame would make up for with a 28-point blasting of the Mountaineers in the Big East Conference tournament – but the win was a major milestone for the Mountaineer women’s basketball team and served as a great boon for head coach Mike Carey and the direction of the program.

West Virginia will once again try to surprise the women’s college basketball world Saturday and knock off No. 1 Baylor – the defending national champions and the most well-known, culturally relevant women’s basketball team in the country.

Everyone knows about 6-foot-8 senior center Brittany Griner – a three-time first team all-American and one of the most dominating women’s basketball players of the decade.

However, there’s more to the Bears than just Griner.

Baylor returned all five starters from last season’s 40-0 team, and they’re playing just as well as last year.

Baylor is outscoring opponents by more than 30 points per game, and three players average double-figure scoring per matchup.

It’s a tall order to ask any team in the country to play Baylor and not get embarrassed, let alone actually try to win.

Carey and the Mountaineers are no stranger to juggernaut-style opponents, such as the UConn teams of the past decade; he will have the Mountaineers in position to play a competitive game.

One thing that will helpWVU in their quest to make history again is a hot start.

In last night’s 58-50 win against TCU, the Mountaineers played the first five minutes at a blistering offensive pace, notching 5-of-5 threepoint tries and connecting on 7-of-8 field goal attempts.

It seemed like the Mountaineers might not miss again but then the hot start faded, and West Virginia shot 4-of19 from the field for the next 15 minutes of the first half.

So, to add a disclaimer to the hot start thing, the West Virginia offense can’t afford to slack off as the game wears on.

The Mountaineers had the opportunity to blow last night’s game wide open before the teams took to the locker room for halftime but instead, West Virginia turned the ball over 13 times, played spotty defense and let TCU keep itself in the game.

The 12-point lead nine minutes into the game disappeared, and the Horned Frogs parlayed the Mountaineers’ misfortunes into a 27-27 halftime score.

At that point, the hot start was all but a memory.

In the second half, West Virginia made only 2-of-11 3-point attempts; luckily for the Mountaineers, TCU shot a paltry 6-of-32 from the field in the second half – a poor showing Baylor’s offense certainly won’t emulate.

With a little more than three minutes to play, TCU trailed by only two points – a dangerous position the game should have never reached.

As the Mountaineers discovered last night, an opponent that stays competitive and keeps the score within a reasonable range is a tough one to kill.

It is the same strategy that West Virginia used to knock off Notre Dame last season, and the same one it will try and incorporate against Baylor.

All things considered, West Virginia scrapped and fought its way to an 8-point conference victory Tuesday. However, the box score reeks of a team that played careless and inconsistent basketball.

It was the type of game that West Virginia can’t – and won’t – play come Saturday. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Pilobolus, a modern dance troupe, performs at the WVU Creative Arts Center Tuesday.

By Terri Parlett Copy Editor

Pilobolus: (n) a breed of fungus that typically grows on the dung of herbivores.

It takes a special kind of dance company to take its name from a fungus, and Pilobolus far exceeded its humble name Tuesday night in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre.

The performance opened to a rather unenthused weeknight audience, and it appeared Pilobolus’s unique style might risk being lost on the drowsy crowd. However, as the first number began, few could help but be taken in by the acrobatics before them.

The dancers performed acts that seemed to defy both logic and physics, and

as the dance shifted from a slow, refined display of strength to a more primal, driven feel, the performers really showed their capabilities.

This show ranged from the deeply conceptual to the nearly whimsical, and boundaries were pushed at every turn. The dancers displayed strength that many athletes can’t boast, and even the basics of how humans move were tested.

They didn’t require feet to walk; hands, shoulders or backs would suffice.

Traditional gender roles of partnering were also promptly thrown out the window. Men partnered men, women partnered women, and even when men partnered women, it was anything but typical.

Pilobolus is well-known

Pilobolus performs one of many acrobatic stunts during the show.

for the structures they build out of people. During a performance at the Oscars, dancers used bodies to create depictions of each film nominated, and they continued this tradition Tuesday. Three men created a wheel that rotated around a fourth as he walked inside. Dancers created machines that tilted, rolled, crawled and swung across the stage, wowing every member of the crowd.

Personally, I’ve never watched a dance company that appeared to enjoy a performance more.

Even in the most inaccessible moments of the dance, these performers threw themselves so far into the movement and the artistry that I was dragged with them.

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Much of what they do is movement for the sake of experimentation, but they find a place in this that produces a unique beauty, and it is genuinely exciting to witness.

Right before intermission, an almost childlike number full of simple play was showcased. There was nothing simple about the structure. This number was filmed from below as the performers danced on a scaffold. It was a display of curiosity, athlet-

icism, imagination and pure fun. By the end, the dancers were laughing and the audience even chuckled, joining in the joy of the piece.

It was impossible not to be taken in by the dancers, who related to the audience even in the most intimate moments between performers. They truly are some of the most impressive athletes, actors and performers around.

The final number, a wildly fast, carnal, roller-

coaster ride of a dance, had the audience completely enthralled.

It was a stark turnaround from the very natural look at human relationships that had been on display before, but it was beautiful and thrilling, and by its close, it had brought the audience to its feet. The previously dull, lethargic crowd was finally energized, and nobody left the show feeling disappointed. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia’s Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort, located in Snowshoe, W.Va., provides breathtaking scenery for skiers and snowboarders.

by Nick wesdock A&E writer

After a winter with nearly no snow, there is little doubt many skiers and snowboarders alike are ready to hit the slopes.

For all the snow-lovers, here’s a look at some of the premier resorts in the area.

Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands features a number of resorts that offer both downhill and cross-country skiing, including Seven Springs Mountain Resort and Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort.

Seven Springs is located in Seven Springs, Pa., and is approximately 1.5 hours from Morgantown.

At an elevation of more than 2,200 feet, the resort sees an average of 135 inches of snow every winter and offers 40 trails and seven terrain parks.

Currently, there are 12 slopes and three lifts open at Seven Springs.

Check out www.7springs. com for lift ticket prices.

Nearby Hidden Valley is slightly smaller than Seven

Springs but very similar in elevation and annual snowfall.

The resort has 31 trails, 11 lifts and three terrain parks and usually operates December-April.

For anyone looking to save a buck (who isn’t?), Hidden Valley is a good alternative to the more popular and costly Seven Springs.

Lift tickets and rates are available at www.hiddenvalleyresort.com.

Roughly 50 minutes east of Morgantown is Wisp Resort, Maryland’s only haven for skiers and snowboarders.

This resort sits on the northern end of Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Md. Wisp’s summit sits at more than 3,100 feet and averages more than 100 inches of snow annually.

So far this winter, it has received 76 inches. Twentythree of the resort’s 32 slopes are open, as well as nine of its 10 lifts.

Lift ticket prices vary and can be expensive, but no other resort can boast the same conditions and prox-

imity to Morgantown.

Wisp is by far the best bet for WVU students who want to get out and shred the gnar.

In the Mountain State, Canaan Valley, Timberline and Snowshoe are three of West Virginia’s best places to ski and snowboard.

Timberline Resort and Canaan Valley Resort are both located in the Canaan Valley of West Virginia.

Timberline Resort boasts 37 trails and just four lifts, but it is home to some of the longest trails in the area, including the two-mile Salamander Run. With a peak elevation of 4,268 feet, the resort can expect anywhere between 150-200 inches of snow per season, sometimes even more.

Unfortunately, Timberline is a two-hour drive from Morgantown and is a bit more pricey than others.

Canaan Valley, on the other hand, is much more reasonably priced and averages the same amount of annual snowfall as Timberline. In addition, Canaan

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Valley touts 42 trails, five lifts and one terrain park.

Last, but certainly not least, is Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort, one of the largest and most popular resorts on the East Coast.

Every year, more than 180 inches of natural snow falls on Snowshoe’s 60 slopes and 15 lifts.

Its nearly 5,000-foot summit tops any mountain on this list.

Snowshoe is currently operating 11 lifts and 45 trails and has received more than 75 inches of snow.

But all good things come with a price, and Snowshoe is no exception. It’s not cheap to ski or board there, and it is a tiresome 2.5-hour drive from Morgantown.

For a WVU student, this trip might be best to do once during a long weekend.

With temperatures back on the decline and wintry weather in the forecast for most of these resorts, anxious skiers and boarders have something to look forward to this winter. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Nominations announced for 85th Academy Awards show a&e writer

It is that time of year again – awards season has rolled around.

Although the biggest show of them all, the Academy Awards, does not air until next month, the nominations were recently announced.

These included a sampling of favorites, surprises and downright snubs.

“Lincoln” led the pack with 12 nominations, including Best Picture.

Daniel Day-Lewis, who played the part of Abraham Lincoln, was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

The film also received nominations in the categories of Actor in a Supporting Role, Actress in a Supporting Role, Cinematography and Director categories.

Also nominated for Best Picture is Ang Lee’s visual masterpiece, “Life of Pi,” which received 11 nominations. The movie, which follows a boy who survives a shipwreck while stranded on a boat with a Bengal tiger, also received nominations in the Best Director, Adapted Screenplay and original score categories.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the nominations came when Ben Affleck did not get nominated for Best Director, an award he just won at the Golden Globes with “Argo.”

Despite this snub, “Argo” was nominated for several other awards, including Best Picture and the Supporting Actor category.

All in all, the biggest and most-anticipated category, Best Picture, has nine nominees, and each film dazzled

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compete against each other for the Best Picture award.

Whether or not either will win remains to be seen, and the award could conceivably go to one of the other nine deserving pictures in the category, a common occurrence between the two awards shows.

Will Anne Hathaway win a supporting actress award for her portrayal in “Les Miserables” like she did at the Golden Globes, or will another worthy actress take it?

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Right now it’s all up in the air, but one thing is certain: No matter who wins this year, the Academy Awards will be sure to please and surprise those watching live and at home.

Tune in to the Academy Awards Feb. 24 at 8:30 p.m. on ABC to see how your favorite movies and movie stars fare during the night’s festivities. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Between Campuses 1-2 BR. Outstanding, Private, Spacious & Attractive Furnished & Unfurnished * AC, WW, DW, Bath & 1/2 * Laundry on Site * Water & Parking Included * WiFi Access * No Pets * Lease and Deposit

480 Stewart

2 bed/1.5 bath duplex $900 & elec/water

452 Stewart

3 bed twnhouse $1050 & elec/water

464 Stewart

3 bed/1.5 bath $1550 inc util

502 Stewart

3 bed/1 bath $900 & elec/gas

NO PETS

304-296-3919 LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR apartment.

Close to campus/hospitals. Large Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking.

No pets. $800/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225 NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

STADIUM VIEW APTS. 2 bed-1 bath $700 plus util. Spacious w/ amenities. Close to Hospitals. May, June, Aug. Leases.

304-598-7368 STAR CITY 2BR 1BTH. Large carpeted D/W, W/D, gas, AC. No pets/smoking. Off street parking. $600 plus util.

304-692-1821

WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714 Now Leasing for 2013-2014

Rent as low as $450/mo per person Includes Utilities Lease and Deposit Campus Area - 3 BR. Apts.

South Park - 1, 2, 3 and 4 BR. Apts.

6 Bedroom Houses

VERY NICE HOUSE near both campuses (near Mario’s Fishbowl) available in May. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, AC, DW. $1500 ($500pp). chuck@nami.org or 304-292-6264

ROOMMATES FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED: for nice 3 BR Apartment on Price Street. Close to downtown campus. Includes utilities, washer/dryer. AC, parking. No Pets. Lease starts now. $400+ deposit. 304-379-9851 JUST LISTED! MALE OR FEMALE ROOMMATE for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, Parking. NO PETS. $420/mo includes utils.

Lease/Deposit 304-296-8491 or 304-288-1572

Between Campuses - 4 Bedroom House

ROOMMATE WANTED 2½-BR 1/BA house. Westover. 5/min from downtown. $425/mo negotiable. including all utilities, W/D, free parking. 304-322-1230.

FURNISHED HOUSES

ROOMMATE WANTED for 3 bedroom house. $400/month, includes utilities. 101 Jones Ave. 304-677-6634

1BR IN A 3BR HOUSE, private parking. $510mth + cable. Downtown campus.

301-987-7229

HOUSES FOR SALE

4BR FURNISHED HOUSE. $455/person plus utilities. W/D. Parking. Lease & Deposit. No pets. Available May 16.

412-980-0865 AVAILABLE MAY 15th newly remodeled 4 and 5 BR houses, on downtown campus, central AC, off-street parking, WD, DW, fully furnished, no pets. Lease and deposit required. 304-599-6001 WALKING DISTANCE TO CAMPUS. Available May/2013. Like new 3-4/BR house, yard & storage rooms. Only 3 unrelated. A/C. W/D. Off-street parking. $1600/OBOmo+utilities.

No pets.

610-428-7766

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 4 BEDROOMS 2 BATHS. Price Street.

Huge front deck with great view. W/D. A/C. Free parking for 4 cars. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com

BARTENDERS WANTED. Bucket Head’s Pub. 10-mins from downtown, Morgantown.

Small local bar, All Shifts Avail. No experience necessary. 304-365-4565.

BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Training available. Age 18 plus. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285 BLACK BEAR BURRITO’S. Can you do the job better? Hiring all positions, both locations. Plus pm kitchen supervisor downtown. Apply within 132 Pleasant St. and 3119 University

1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Unfurnished 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer Off Street Parking

Skyline

AVAILABLE

HELP WANTED

3

AVAILABLE 5/2013. 3 bedroom house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 304-296-8801.

1 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Apartments Prices Starting at $505 Garages, W/D, Walk In Closets Sparkling Pool

(Willey Street)

Now Leasing for 2013 - 2014 “The Largest & Finest Selection of Properties”

Metro Towers East, & West

BEVERLY AVE. APARTMENT. 2-3-4/BR Well-maintained. Off-street parking. W/D. DW. A/C. NO PETS. Available May 20th.

304-241-4607. If no answer: 282-0136.

UNFURNISHED HOUSES MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 4BR and 2 and 3BTH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included.

For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 296-8491 website JEWELMANLLC.COM

APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Three 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, condos located on Creekside Drive, off West Run Road (North Hills) in Morgantown, within minutes of hospital and WVU. All kitchen appliances and washer and dryer in units. $600.00 per month with $300.00 security deposit. Telephone Jeff at 304-290-8571.

AFFORDABLE LUXURY

Courtyard West

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

2/BR APARTMENT FOR RENT. 500 EAST Prospect. Available May. $300/month per person + utilities. NO PETS. 304-692-7587.

Now Leasing for 2013-2014 “The Largest & Finest Selection of Properties”

Phone: 304-413-0900

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

Place your ads by calling 293-4141, drop by the office at 284 Prospect St., or e-mail to the address below. Non-established and student accounts are cash with order.

Classified Rates 1 Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.28 2 Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.68 3 Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.20 4 Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.60 Weekly Rate (5 days) . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.00 20-Word Limit Classified Display Rates 1.2”. . . . . . . . . . . . .22.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.44 1x3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.02.. . . . . . . . . . . . .39.66 1x4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . .52.88 1x5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.10 1x6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .68.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.32 1x7 . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . .92.54 1x8 . . . . . . . . . . . . .90.72 . . . . . . . . . . . .105.76

4YR OLD, 4BR, 2.5BTH, living room, family room, formal dinning room, partially finished basement, 2 car garage, covered porches. Sabraton area $262,000.

304-216-9359

FEMALES AGE 25-40 to teach clinical pelvic exams. Excellent pay. Training provided.

February 2013. 304-293-5533

The Daily Athenaeum Business Office is now accepting applications for Student Office Assistants Prior office experience preferred.

Apply in person: 284 Prospect St.

Attach Class Schedule EOE

PETS FOR SALE

MARIO’S FISHBOWL now hiring full and part time cooks. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave.

CKC SIBERIAN HUSKY male pup $500.

Pom mix male pup $150. 304-864-4869

Mr. C’s WISEGUY CAFE looking for part-time cook and delivery driver. Phone 304.599.3636 or 304.288.2200

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PART-TIME BARTENDER at Shab Dab’s Grill. Must have experience and flexible schedule. Phone 304-225-0961 after 12pm.

CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

WVGTC is looking for gymnastics instructors: for both boys and girls. Some experience needed. 304-292-5559

4, 5, 6-BEDROOMS. Walk to campus.

W/D. Some parking. Lease/deposit + utilities. No Pets. Avail. June 1st. Max Rentals.

304-291-8423

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5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. call Nicole at 304-290-8972

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6 BR House - Short Distance to downtown/campus. All basic utilities included. W/D, 2 Baths, 2 kitchens. Large Bedrooms. Quiet Neighborhood. $460/ month/ per person. Lease/Deposit.

304-292-5714

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3/BR & 4/BR HOUSES AVAILABLE on Willey St. Very clean, W/D,parking. Walk to downtown campus. Available 5/15. Call 304-554-4135.

4BR, 356 STEWART ST. 4BR, 245 Green St. includes WD, DW, and off-street parking. $400/person plus utilities.

304-319-1243 Hymarkproperties.com

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