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WVUp All Night back for the spring by evelyn merithew staff writer

WVUp All Night is starting the spring 2013 semester with a bang – and a seasonal theme.

“Since it’s cold, we wanted to make the welcome back weekend theme all about the winter,” said Sonja Wilson, Up All Night Director. “We even have an ice skating rink coming in.”

This weekend, students will be able to enjoy a syn-

thetic ice skating rink. The rink will be available to all students in the commons starting at 9 p.m. Friday evening until 1 a.m.

“I always like to try to showcase the student organizations around campus through Up All Night, and one day last semester when we were promoting for this weekend, we wished there was some way we could have a sponsor to showcase this event,” Wilson said.

Wilson, interns Jackie

Riggleman, Daryn Vucelik and Erin Blake, the special events coordinator, contacted WVU’s figure skating club about the event.

The figure skating club will be at the rink at 9 p.m. to do a presentation, and the rink is sponsored in part by the skaters.

“When you go to Up All Night, there is always the main attraction in the food court – in this case the rink – and always a take away item,” Wilson said. “This

weekend, there will be snow globes from Kramer International Entertainment.”

In the Vandalia Lounge, students will be able to get their picture taken with friends and have it put in a free snow globe.

As for winter-themed food, there will be chicken noodle and vegetable soup for dinner and scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy for breakfast.

WVU dining services will also showcase an ice

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sculpture.

“Up All Night came to us and suggested that we try an ice carving. Nick Lapana, a member of dining services, carved it with a chainsaw and chisels,” said David Friend, Director of WVU dining services. Friend explained it is a messy procedure, but Lapana carves ice sculptures frequently, and will carry a flying WV logo for the event.

“A lot of times, we have these sculptures at high-

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WVU Evansdale Greenhouse to sprout student learning experience by evelyn merithew staff writer

West Virginia University’s newly established Evansdale Greenhouse is nearing its opening date and will bring a valuable learning opportunity to students.

The greenhouse, located on the Evansdale campus across from the South Agricultural Sciences Building and next to Percival Hall and was dedicated in September.

“There is no way to evaluate the impact this facility will have,” said Nicole Waterland, assistant professor of horticulture. “It is an absolute necessity and a state-of-the-art facility.”

The facility was designed by Paradigm Architecture of Birmingham, Ala., and Morgantown.

With 28,250 square feet of space, it will be able to host a vast variety of projects.

“The new greenhouse facilities will enable us and is vital to the work that we do,” said Davis College dean Daniel Robison. “I guarantee if you put the students in the new facilities, they will be able to do more work than in the old ones.”

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When senior Student Government Board of Governors member Morgan Riddle decided to run for SGA, she knew her platform would in some way involve assisting students who plan to study abroad.

Having studied abroad several times throughout her time at West Virginia University, she knew firsthand the challenges that come along with this priceless and life changing experience.

While Riddle said she encourages all students to study abroad if given the opportunity, she knows it isn’t always an easy experience.

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The Evansdale Greenhouse was dedicated in September 2012.

“Studying abroad teaches the traveler about the way the world works, the manner in which humans exist together and most importantly, it gives the traveler the ability to have a true perspective of just how big our world is,” Riddle said.

During her many trips overseas, Riddle said there were many things she wished she had known ahead of time.

However, the needed bits of information were not made available in a travel guide.

“As travelers we have all bought numerous travel guides that we flip through to be familiar with the important monuments of our destinations, or we never read

them due to the sheer volume of information that may not even serve our interests,” she said.

Because of the lack of effectiveness Riddle found from travel guides during her trips overseas, she is now working to compile firsthand travel tips from students who have traveled abroad for both schooling and leisure.

“My goal is to collect as much advice from as many students for as many destinations as possible,” Riddle said. “We will then organize them by continents, countries, regions, etc. and publish them on a website for students to easily access as they wish.”

These firsthand travel tips

will differ from travel guides purchased in a store in that they will be simplified and presented from a student perspective rather than from a professional writer.

“I hope that these travel tips can serve to simplify the process of deciding what to do with one’s time abroad, how to act in different cultures and how to prepare for the inevitable culture shock,” Riddle said.

Any student who has traveled abroad is strongly encouraged to contribute to this project.

Those interested may contact Governor Riddle at wvutraveltips@gmail.com.

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The hunt for housing has begun.

Students are eagerly seeking a place to call home next fall. However, according to experienced student renters and landlords, there are a few factors to consider before committing to a lease.

While some students prefer the convenience of downtown, complexes further away provide luxury amenities that appeal to others.

Students are attracted to the amenities that apartments such as West Run, The Domain, The Ridge and Copper Beech provide.

“We have a very professional maintenance as well as office staff,” said Anna Long, Director of Marketing at West Run Apartments. “Additionally, we lease by the bed space.

We have various amenities including tanning, a hot tub and fully furnished (rooms). We are also pet friendly.”

These apartments have more to offer yet also fall into the same price range of the average downtown Morgantown rent.

While these apartments

feature luxurious amenities, there are a few factors that have some students second-guessing.

“Copper Beech is a very nice and quiet community.

I live in a townhouse with three of my friends, and the rent is fairly cheap considering how nice the house is,” said student Alan Bentley. “The only thing that really sucks about living there is how far it is from the main campus. It can be a pain getting to campus and back.”

For some students, the commute downtown has forced them to leave luxury behind and search for housing closer to campus.

“I like that our apartment at The Domain gives us big rooms to store things, a nice pool and most importantly, a walkin closet,“ said Allyn Bortner, a social work student at West Virginia University.

“My roommate is a medical major and will be remaining there next year.

However, I will be living in a house downtown next year because The Domain is just too expensive and too far away from campus for me.”

Although some

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Morgantown named No.2 best small city

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After much anticipation, the WVU Greenhouse located on the Evansdale campus is set to open this semester.

level events, but students don’t usually get to see these creations. This will be really unique,” Wilson said.

The weekend will also include free movie showings, including The Shining, Paranormal Activity 4 and Mystery, Alaska. Students can stop by the commons area on their way in for free soda and popcorn.

The weekly Up All Night events are carefully planned

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Morgantown has been named the No. 2 best-performing city in the “smallest metros” category of the Milken Institute’s BestPerforming Cities Index.

The index “ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth.”

Rankings are compiled by assessing economic factors such as regional employment data and technology growth.

Last year, Morgantown was ranked No. 3 on the list. The metropolitan area of Logan, UtahIdaho, ranks No. 1 on the list, the same position it held last year.

Other towns included in the rankings are State College, Pa. (No. 7), Charlottesville, Va. (No. 11), and Cumberland, Md.-W. Va. (No. 12).

The report lists the population of the met-

ropolitan area of Morgantown in 2010 to be 132,250.

Morgantown was the only metropolitan area solely in West Virginia to be named to the list. Both Parkersburg, W.Va., (No. 85) and Wheeling, W.Va., (No. 117) were listed, but both contained areas of Ohio in its calculation.

Founded in 1991 and based in Santa Monica, Ca., The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank that performs a variety of independent economic research for use by the private and public sectors.

For more information on the Milken Institute’s report on the best-performing cities of 2012, visit bestcities.milkeninstitute.org/best-performing-cities-2012-small. html.

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s basketball team will face a tough task when it travels to Waco, Texas., Saturday to play No.1-ranked Baylor.

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BACK TO THE HARDWOOD The WVU men’s basketball team will look to rebound from its two-point loss to Iowa State as it travels to play Purdue Saturday.

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Will Obama’s order lead to surge in gun research?

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Dan Gross, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, center, speaks outside the White House in Washington.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year. We know plenty about the second problem and far less about the first. A scarcity of research on how to prevent gun violence has left policymakers shooting in the dark as they craft gun control measures without much evidence of what works.

That could change with President Barack Obama’s order Wednesday to ease research restrictions pushed through long ago by the gun lobby. The White House declared that a 1996 law banning use of money to “advocate or promote gun control� should not keep the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal agencies from doing any work on the topic.

Obama can only do so much, though. Several experts say Congress will have to be on board before anything much changes, es-

pecially when it comes to spending money.

How severely have the restrictions affected the CDC? Its website’s A-to-Z list of health topics, which includes such obscure ones as Rift Valley fever, does not include guns or firearms. Searching the site for “guns� brings up dozens of reports on nail gun and BB gun injuries.

The restrictions have done damage “without a doubt� and the CDC has been “overly cautious� about interpreting them, said Daniel Webster, director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. “The law is so vague it puts a virtual freeze on gun violence research,� said a statement from Michael Halpern of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s like censorship: When people don’t know what’s prohibited, they assume everything is

prohibited.�

Many have called for a public health approach to gun violence like the highway safety measures, product changes and driving laws that slashed deaths from car crashes decades ago even as the number of vehicles on the road rose. “The answer wasn’t taking away cars,� said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.

However, while much is known about vehicles and victims in crashes, similar details are lacking about gun violence. “If an airplane crashed today with 20 children and 6 adults there would be a full-scale investigation of the causes and it would be linked to previous research,� said Dr. Stephen Hargarten, director of the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. “There’s no such system that’s comparable to that� for

gun violence, he said.

One reason is changes pushed by the National Rifle Association and its allies in 1996, a few years after a major study showed that people who lived in homes with firearms were more likely to be homicide or suicide victims. A rule tacked onto appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services barred use of funds for “the advocacy or promotion of gun control.�

Also, at the gun group’s urging, U.S. Rep. Jay Dickey, a Republican from Arkansas, led an effort to remove $2.6 million from the CDC’s injury prevention center, which had led most of the research on guns. The money was later restored but earmarked for brain injury research. “What the NRA did was basically terrorize the research community and terrorize the CDC,� said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, who headed the CDC’s injury

center at the time. “They went after the researchers, they went after institutions, they went after CDC in a very big way, and they went after me,� he said. “They didn’t want the data to be collected because they were threatened by what the data were showing.�

Dickey, who is now retired, said Wednesday that his real concern was the researcher who led that gun ownership study, who Dickey described as being “in his own kingdom or fiefdom� and believing guns are bad.

He and Rosenberg said they have modified their views over time and now both agree that research is needed. They put out a joint statement Wednesday urging research that prevents firearm injuries while also protecting the rights “of legitimate gun owners.� “We ought to research the whole environment, both sides – what the ben-

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With 28,250 square feet of space, the Evansdale Greenhouse will have plenty of room to host a variety of projects for students.

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Continued from page 1 by the team of four, typically a year in advance. “Two years ago, WVU tried to have a programming board comprised of unpaid interns. We never really knew if we’d be able to get any interns, but the response has been phenomenal,� Wilson said.

There are 10-12 interns per year who meet every week to do event planning on a much bigger scale, and many interns do it purely for the experience. “Andrea Weber in the Communications Department is willing to let a couple of her students get credit for working with us. It’s really thrilling because the students get credit for everything we do,� Wilson said.

When Wilson took over as director, there were no

themed weekend events.

The student interns came up with the idea of having movies, food, the main attraction, take away items, entertainment and comedians.

WVU works with big entertainment companies to set up big attractions and activities for students to enjoy. “Up All Night started in 1997. We were the first big school that had a program like this; we set the stage for other schools across America to follow our outline,�

Wilson said.

In past years, it was just WVU requesting these entertainment companies’ help. Now, there are schools across the country to compete with, which is why the school books companies one year in advance to ensure WVU gets the best, Wilson said. “Last semester, we partnered with the Center for Civic Engagement and

started a program called Night Serve. CCE members come meet with students at 9 p.m. and drive them to fulfill community service hours at local hospitals and nursing homes until midnight,� Wilson said.

Many students at WVU need to complete community service hours for their major but have a hard time doing so. Most hours take place during the day when these students are in class, Wilson said. “CCE came up with the idea, and it’s great because it is a community outreach program, and we really welcomed this opportunity,�

Wilson said. Though Friday and Saturday are more commonly known as the Up All Night to students, Thursdays are diverse as well. There is food, study and tutor rooms, and stand-up comedy. “We work with a company called TSM artists out of Louisville, KY. We have worked with them for 25 years – longer than Up All Night has been in ex-

istence,� Wilson said. “We have national touring comedians that come here Thursdays downstairs in the Side Pocket and perform.�

These comedians have been featured on HBO, and the Side Pocket has been enclosed so students can hear the comedians over the sounds of the activities center downstairs.

WVU recently started “Open Mic Night,� where WVU students can perform comedy, poetry and acoustic instruments. It starts at Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Side Pocket, and any student can attend. “The whole purpose of the program is to be an alternative to being in your apartment, to being in your dorm or to going to the bars.

The program helps build a sense of community,� Wilson said.

For more information about Up All Night, visit http://mountainlair.wvu. edu/wvupallnight. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Robison said the greenhouse is a prime example of the prominence of agriculture in today’s society. “When you go home and eat dinner tonight, it’s about agriculture,� he said. “It takes lots and lots of work, and the greenhouse truly represents that.�

The greenhouse has two classrooms, which are currently being used by students studying plant science and horticulture.

Horticulture student John Wagers spoke at the dedication event for the greenhouse. “The greenhouse is an upgrade that is a huge addition to the Davis College and will help to continue to improve our programs and broaden learning experiences,� he said.

Perhaps the most fundamental part of the green-

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efits of having guns are and what are the benefits of not having guns,� Dickey said. “We should study any part of this problem,� including whether armed guards at schools would help, as the National Rifle Association has suggested.

Association officials did not respond to requests for comment. A statement Wednesday said the group “has led efforts to promote safety and responsible gun ownership� and that “attacking firearms� is not the answer. It said nothing about research.

The 1996 law “had a chilling effect. It basically brought the field of firearm-related research to a screeching halt,� said Benjamin of the Public Health Association.

Webster said researchers like him had to “partition� themselves so whatever small money they received from the CDC was not used for anything that could be construed as gun policy. house is its ability to adjust its controls internally.

Unlike the previous greenhouse, which was built in the 1960s, the new greenhouse is more efficient. “The greenhouse has its own brain. It has very complex technology. It knows when to turn off and on lights, fans, the cooling system and to open and close vents,� Waterland said.

The new greenhouse will be more automated, independent and economical, which will allow WVU to have top-caliber facilities to support academics and research. “The greenhouse is a very important and critical part of our history as a landgrant University,� said WVU President James P. Clements. “This is the perfect time to make a big statement like this about our commitment to agricultural sciences.� danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

South Park is convenient for graduate students or those looking for a community that’s still considered downtown. “South Park is a nice mixture of students and local residents. It’s more convenient towards the downtown location, and it’s a good place for professional students, because it gives them more of a ‘neighborhood feel,’� Vecchio said.

Aside from houses, Morgantown has a variety of downtown apartments for students to choose from.

Many student renters said benefits of living in an apartment downtown include location and quality. “My apartment is downtown and is in great condition compared to some of the houses with falling ceilings,� said Leann Brown. “I just don’t know where else I would live. All of my classes are in walking distance, and literally everything is downtown.�

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West Virginia’s celebrated public radio broadcast, Mountain Stage, returns to the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Sunday at 7 p.m.

The radio show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, will bring its usual stacked lineup of talented and passionate musicians for the evening’s proceedings.

With Robert Earl Keen, Shelby Lynn, Rhett Miller and Black Prairie on hand, Sunday’s performance is sure to impress.

“This being our 30th year, we have a reputation,” said Adam Harris, executive pro-

ducer of the Mountain Stage radio show. “I’d say we turn a lot of people on to good music. We pride ourselves on showcasing this level of music that is a little below the mainstream but is very beloved by a lot of people.”

During the course of its storied run across airwaves in the Mountain State and beyond, Mountain Stage has amassed a supportive and dedicated fan following, and WVU is proud to play host for this legion of fans on this special night.

“We love hosting Mountain Stage and the variety of music this show offers,” said David Ryan, WVU Arts & Entertainment public relations specialist. “No concert is ever the same, and it

offers audiences the chance to discover something new.”

Mountain Stage prides itself on the diversity of its musical offerings, and Harris said the event is a great way for lesser-known artists to reach a larger audience.

“We showcase a lot of music that is not necessarily mainstream, and we showcase a diverse amount of music,” Harris said. “The people who like Mountain Stage and who like to see the show aren’t the types of people that say, ‘Oh, I only like this style of music.’ Whether they’ve heard of somebody on the show or not, chances are they’re going to walk away with something good.”

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ety of the music and the artists on hand, Harris said he also expects a great deal of diversity from the Morgantown crowd.

“We get great crowds in Morgantown; we get diverse crowds in Morgantown,” Harris said. “Sometimes people come down from as far away as New York to see the show. It’s great for us each time, and the crowd reaction is always great – they’re very appreciative of us.”

Mountain Stage is unique in its delivery because of the crowd response. Since the show records each performance live, every cheer, holler and clap can be heard on the broadcast to create an original listening

experience.

“The audience is a very important part of what we do, because their reaction is heard around the world,” Harris said. “Each week, people tune in to hear the show, and the audience reaction is what makes Mountain Stage unique from other shows on public radio.”

Mountain Stage can be heard on more than 130 stations across the country. It also streams online and can be downloaded as a podcast for free on iTunes.

With several outlets available to catch each show, listeners can capture each note of Mountain Stage and experience the joy and energy of the live show time and time again.

“If the audience can’t get a performance out of their head, Mountain Stage broadcasts and makes available shows to download in their entirety,” Ryan said.

“It’s a fantastic evening of live music.”

Tickets to Mountain Stage can be purchased at the Creative Arts Center box office location or by phone at 304-293-SHOW. Advance tickets cost $18, and tickets bought the day of the show are $23.

To view the entire schedule of upcoming Mounain Stage events or for more information about Sunday’s performers, visit www. mountainstage.org. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

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A true master of his instrument by any measure, Wrembel will put forth a display of guitar mastery scarcely found in today’s musical landscape.

“Stephane has been playing some large theaters and to get him on stage at 123 is definitely a prize,” said Louis Giuliani, owner of 123 Pleasant Street. “(He’s) definitely another great guitarist to add to the long list that has played 123 over the years.”

Wrembel will join the likes of Derek Trucks, Jack White and Dick Dale as standout guitarists who have graced the 123 stage.

Wrembel’s sound is rooted in jazz, classical and gypsy jazz stylings, but the guitarist notes he is not bound by any limitations these genres may put forth.

“I embrace all genres, all styles and all techniques, and the guys in the band are doing the same,” Wrembel said. “We are not limited to any genre.”

Despite a reluctance to classify himself under any

love this instrument and the techniques that go into playing.”

Under the influence of famed guitarists like David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and Django Reinhardt, Wrembel began a musical odyssey that saw him rise as one of the most unique and powerful voices in the modern world of guitar.

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particular banner, Wrembel’s gypsy jazz influences are undeniable in his music.

Wrembel began playing guitar at the age of 15, and he honed his craft among Gypsies at various campsites across the French countryside.

By the age of 19, Wrembel was infatuated with the instrument and he was determined to become a master of the six strings that bound his mind and soul.

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Obama charts path forward on guns One month after a shocking massacre took place at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. left 27 people, including 20 children, dead, President Obama has outlined his plan to confront the threat of gun violence.

His proposals, which include legislation that will have to be passed by Congress, as well as executive orders that do not need congressional approval, aim to outlaw the possession of certain high-power firearms and make the process of buying firearms

more rigorous than it currently is.

Although the proposal has only just been announced, it is already being met by strong disapproval from conservative voices in both parties. The National Rifle Association, widely considered to be one of the most influential lobbying firms on Capitol Hill, has vowed it is preparing for “the fight of the century” to block Obama’s proposals.

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Nuclear disarmament must be prioritized david perry columnist

So Dec. 21, came and went, and we’re all still here. The end of the Mayan calendar didn’t signify some cataclysmic, world-ending event – just that they ran out of space on the stone they were carving.

For those of you who have been counting on an apocalypse to bail you out when you tanked it last semester, you can always look to the next doomsday prophecy. For the rest of us, it’s time to examine the most likely cause of a disaster that would change the world forever.

I’m not talking about zombies or meteors or something from the Bible’s Revelation. I’m talking about nuclear weapons, arguably the most destructive and horrifying weapon made by man.

As it stands, there are an estimated 20,000 nuclear weapons in the world. According to BBC, the United States and Russia have the most nuclear weapons at 8,500 and 10,000, respectively.

The large number of nuclear devices controlled by each side was a product of the nuclear arms race that was a central part of the Cold War between the United States and the USSR. China, France and the United Kingdom, the other three states that have signed the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty, which discourages the spread of nuclear weapon technology and encourages disarmament, have anywhere from 600-900 warheads between them.

The real concern comes from those states that have developed nuclear weapons but refuse to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

India and Pakistan are two such states.

India developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s, and Pakistan followed in the 1980s, sensing a threat from their longtime rivals.

Tensions have long been high in the region, and the introduction of nuclear weapons into their centuries-long feud could prove disastrous for the Indian subcontinent if either nation felt the need to use atomic weapons to protect itself.

Australia, the main exporter of uranium for the region, lifted a trade embargo on uranium to India in 2006, which could lead to a mini arms race between the two countries that could prove costly in

the future.

Israel is yet another country presumed to have nuclear weaponry. Israel has refused to clarify whether or not they have nuclear capability, but a leak from the scientist Mordechai Vanunu has led to the assumption that they do have nuclear warheads. Former President Jimmy Carter indicated that Israel had “over 150 atomic weapons” at their disposal during a speech in Wales in 2008.

The Middle East is extremely volatile, and with Iran striving toward the production of nuclear weapons, the situation is only getting worse. Israel has shown that it is ruthless toward potential threats in its dealings with other countries in the region, and could be tempted into using its nuclear power to cow the rest of the region into submission.

It’s also hard to ignore the relatively recent development of nuclear weapons by North Korea. With their unstable leadership, it’s not hard to conceive of a situation where they feel the need to use their newfound capabilities to wreak havoc on a global scale.

Since these countries are outside the purview of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, it’s hard to put any sort of tangible pressure on them to disarm. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to a treaty that would severely reduce the amount of operational warheads in commission for each country, and it’s a great starting point toward disarmament.

But it’s pointless when each country will still have enough warheads to start a nuclear war that would devastate the planet and drastically alter the quality of life for every person on the earth, if not turn the planet into an unlivable, post-apocalyptic hellscape. The old argument for using nuclear weapons as a deterrent is now laughably outdated. The only way we’ll truly be safe is if nuclear weapons no longer exist.

The only argument one needs for the disarmament of every nation with nuclear capabilities is the well documented horrors of Hiroshima and Nagaski and the suffering of the people who were unlucky enough to survive the initial blast.

As English playwright Edward Bond once said, “We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima; people are still the scars of history.”

ons will both infringe on the Second Amendment rights of Americans and make them less safe.

After reviewing President Obama’s proposals, we find it very difficult to agree with the NRA’s interpretation of them as a mortal threat to our liberty. Rather, Obama’s proposals are built upon his trademark pragmatism.

In addition to banning the sale of assault weapons, such as AK-47s and the AR-15 assault rifle that was used by both the Sandy Hook and Aurora gunmen,

Obama has urged Congress to also ban high-capacity magazines that would hold more than 10 bullets. Additionally, Obama has called for the implementation of more stringent background checks and mental health evaluations for prospective gun owners.

Although it is impossible to determine how effective these measures will be at decreasing violent gun crime, we believe they will be a positive step toward making the country safer.

Congress should act swiftly to pass these

proposals.

It is certainly every American’s right to possess a firearm. However, the only purpose highpower, military grade assault rifles, such as those that the president seeks to ban, is inflicting a significant number of casualties as quickly as possible.

There is no justification for making such potentially catastrophically weapons so readily available for the next James Holmes or Adam Lanza.

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a strategy session with GOP members on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Jan. 4. cated toward entitlement tion that this level of en- grams are not where the and welfare programs titlement is reduced to a belt should be tightened. christopher nyden goes to the elderly, the section of Americans, a With most recipients becolumnist disabled, or members of group of people who de- ing poor, they spend the working households. If the cide to not work. Entitle- money quickly. In turn, scope is reduced to enti- ment is a human prob- this helps keep demand As the federal debt con- tlement programs targeted lem, not a poor problem constant. tinues to barge toward at low-income Americans, or an American problem.

The food industry and previously unseen terri- 83 percent fall into those We want to receive maxi- other industries of basic tory, questions arise of groups. Before the reces- mum benefits for the least necessity are unlikely to not just when we will be- sion hit in late 2007, this amount of work. Like any suffer from people losing gin cutting spending but number was even higher. government program, their jobs and the consewhere we will cut spend- The notion that a major- food stamps, disability, quent shocks to demand. ing. In response, many ity or even a large portion and unemployment in- In fact, Moody’s Analytics people have targeted en- of welfare recipients are surance are abused. Pro- studied the effects of vartitlement benefits. choosing not to work is ponents of cutting welfare ious fiscal policies. Food The argument is clear: simply inaccurate. could probably point to a stamps were the most effederal spending on welFurther, what is mind- number of cases where a fective with a multiplier of fare and entitlement pro- blowing is that when pro- person is receiving checks 1.73, meaning that for evgrams has created a cul- ponents of welfare cuts are from their federal or state ery one dollar government ture of dependency and faced with the question of government and clearly spends on food stamps, laziness where peo- what type of welfare pro- does not deserve it. How- another $1.73 is created ple would rather collect grams are easily attainable ever, welfare does its job in the economy.

In this case, governchecks from the govern- and should be cut, they the vast majority of the ment than get a job. have no real answer. time. ment waste is not what As often goes with rhetIn 1996, President ClinThe job of welfare is to is being attacked. Rather, oric on current budget ton compromised with reduce human suffering. the attack is on those least deficits, the effect of the Congress on welfare re- It is meant to allow those able to defend themselves. recession on welfare pro- form, adding a work re- who may have fallen into The real problem with grams is completely un- quirement. Accordingly, bad circumstances either the argument is not the derstated. While some welfare, as it is often out of their own fault or worry about the scope of might believe people are painted, does not exist. out of bad luck to be given our welfare state. Those not working because they One cannot simply de- the resources to sustain are certainly legitimate are on welfare, the real- cide to stop working and themselves until they can concerns, and they should ity is that the majority of live comfortably on his or lift themselves back up. be recognized. people are on welfare be- her own outside the work- In this regard, welfare has But Americans cannot cause they are not work- force. Unless one is dis- been effective by not al- sit idly by as the people ing. This has caused wel- abled, a single mother, or lowing people to rely on it who most need help from fare spending to go up in working, it is very difficult for too long, but allowing the government are at risk recent years. to receive any type of wel- them to put food on the ta- of receiving even less asA 2012 study from the fare benefit. ble in the meantime. sistance simply because Center on Budget and PolWhere many conserIf our goal is to cut in- they do not have the voice icy Priorities stated that 91 vatives fall short in their efficient and wasteful to defend themselves percent of the money allo- analysis is their assump- spending, welfare pro- against dishonest attacks.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

night: Play it low-key.

BORN TODAY This year you discover the importance of sharing your decision-making process with others.

When you withhold this information, people don’t understand where you are coming from. If you want support, you should open up more. If you are single, you could meet someone quite desirable after June. You might even have a choice of two people.

Follow your intuition, and you will choose correctly. If you are attached, your openness creates a new avenue of communication, which your partner appreciates.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Others notice your willingness to accept responsibility. Do not deal with any more demands right now, even if it makes for a rough moment when you say “no.” Focus on your immediate circle, a meeting and the desire to expand your horizons. Tonight: Join friends.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You are energized, partially because of the weekend. Sort out a misunderstanding, and you will walk away feeling energized. A higher-up, parent or older friend seems to test your limits. By late afternoon, the situation seems to dissolve, as if by magic. Tonight: Your treat.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH You could have a lot going on in your life that you are choosing to keep to yourself. Others might have strong reactions and assume that your distancing yourself has to do with them.

Make an effort to reach out to others.

You will feel better if you do. Tonight: Go for what you want.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Finish up last-minute details today.

You might choose to network and reach out to your contemporaries. A statement could be misunderstood.

Do not make more of it than need be. Use the daylight hours to the max; deal with a personal matter later. To-

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Make an effort to get past a strongly held opinion that recent evidence has indicated could be off. You might be confused or not as sure of yourself as you’d like to be. Question more and judge less. You’ll take a leadership role later in the afternoon. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out to someone you care about. You might wonder exactly why you can’t seem to communicate effectively with anyone. Try to verbalize more of your thoughts.

Avoid commitments until later, when you become much clearer. Tonight: Follow the music.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Be responsive, but if something does not make sense to you, let others know. Though you might nod your head, which makes others think you agree, it doesn’t mean that your discerning mind isn’t also listening. A partner becomes very stubborn. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You get a lot done, and quite quickly at that. You see life from a different perspective, which lets you see a friend’s shortcomings. How you help this person out of a jam makes a big

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4 Mums’ relatives, in a way 9 Weber State University city 14 Trouble 15 Petrol purchase 16 __ Laredo, Mexico 17 Bolshevik film festival fodder?

19 Key of the “Eroica” symphony 20 Grant 21 With 51-Across, Puerto Rico pecan and Cuban coconut custard?

23 Ode preposition 25 Musician’s deg.

26 Auden’s vineyard?

33 Dawn deity 34 Last words 35 “__ Peach”: Allman Brothers album 38 Subdued 40 Montreal moniker 41 Jewel box item 42 Gym ball 43 Attic window 45 Doctor of music?

46 Side dish made with russets and Tanqueray?

49 Sigma follower 50 Hosp. readout 51 See 21-Across 57 “The Kiss” painter 61 Lot of baloney 62 Legendary musician responsible for what’s missing from 17-, 21-, 26- and 46-Across 64 It’s often stored upside-down 65 City on the Penobscot 66 Have a life 67 “Naturalis Historia” author 68 Parlement fran ais division 69 “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” author Brown DOWN 1 Cut down 2 Adam’s apple spot 3 Lincoln in-law 4 Looked askance 5 Actress Tyler 6 Left __: rewarded 7 Cologne crowd?

8 Zaire’s Mobutu __ Seko 9 Unrepeated event, in Essex 10 Roared 11 Upper-bod muscle

12 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You __?”

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47 Q neighbor 48 Citrus hybrid 51 Soviet letters 52 Kazakhstan border sea

53 Pasta __: food brand 54 Long poem 55 Yorkshire river 56 Gas on Broadway 58 Tech debut of 2010 59 Just 60 Genealogy chart 63 Trial evidence, at times

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difference. He or she might need to hear your thoughts. Tonight: Sort through invitations.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Allow more spontaneity in by letting your imagination take the lead. You could find yourself dealing with a misunderstanding. Though people could get huffy -- and that includes you -- what was said was not meant the way it is being taken. Tonight: Make good choices.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH You might want to stay close to home, and if you can, do so. You’ll discover that someone might have misunderstood you. Try to clear up this miscommunication sooner rather than later. Visualize more of what you want; you’ll be able to act on it soon.

Tonight: Paint the town red.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You might want to approach a situation differently from how you have in the past. It might be a stretch to push away from habits and act in a more appropriate manner. Your instincts lead you in a money decision.

Be wise; follow them. Tonight: Let the action be at your place.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Examine what is happening with your finances. Are you undercutting yourself? Your self-worth could be an issue. Root out any issue that is preventing you from achieving what you desire. Make a phone call, and reach out to a key friend. Tonight: You do not have to go far.

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HBO’s ‘Girls’ returns with second season Laura CiarolLa A&E Writer

Sunday was a big night for Lena Dunham, writer and creator of one of TV’s most popular comedies, “Girls.”

While she attended the Golden Globe Awards, the second season of “Girls” premiered on HBO. Dunham took home two Golden Globes, the award for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a TV Comedy Series or Musical. In her acceptance speech, Dunham addressed the connection she feels to all of her fans.

“This award is for every woman who felt like there wasn’t a space for her. This show has made a space for me,” Dunham said.

She beat out hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey for the award, as well as Julia LouisDreyfus of “Veep” and Zooey Deschanel of “New Girl.”

The first episode opened with a not-so-slight nod to

the first season’s opening, with Hannah (Dunham) being spooned in bed by her new roommate and gay exboyfriend, Elijah (Andrew Rannells).

Right off the bat, viewers can see Hannah’s character has replaced her codependent relationship with Marnie (Allison Williams) for one with Elijah. She has not changed much since the first season, though her ciscumstances are dramatically different.

While last season left off with Hannah in a seemingly hopeless situation, things have turned almost completely around for the selfobsessed young writer.

In the final episode of the first season, Hannah was called a “monster” by thenboyfriend Adam after refusing to reciprocate an “I love you.” Adam (Adam Driver) was hit by a car in the last episode, and season two picks up with an awkward Hannah caring for Adam, who is unable to leave his apartment

or even make it to the bathroom on his own.

The tension between the two is immediately registered, and Hannah tries throughout the episode to officially break up with him. In the meantime, she’s already seeing a new beau, Sandy, who is played by “Community’s” Donald Glover.

Where Hannah’s life has undergone a pleasant transformation, Marnie’s life has taken a turn for the worse.

She has no job and no boyfriend, and even Hannah is too busy with her own life to spend time with her best friend.

It seems the two have reversed roles within the show, and Marnie has taken the role of the depressing underdog.

Shoshanna’s previously uptight character has also undergone a transformation this season. After finally losing her virginity to Ray at the end of season one, she refuses to speak to him at a party because he ignored her

Members of the ‘Girls’ cast pose with their Golden Globe award. “emojis.” This is surely a sign of the dynamic of their relationship, one that will be tumultous, at best.

Jessa, the other main character of the series, was only featured briefly in the pre-

Jackson’s ‘The Hobbit’ provides a visual masterpiece Noelle Harris A&E Writer

Peter Jackson and company are back in the business of producing one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. The first installation of “The Hobbit” series finally hit theaters in December.

It has been nearly 10 years since the last “Lord of the Rings” movie came out.

The technology used in that movie was amazing for the time, and moviegoers naturally expected the technology in “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” to be even better.

It definitely met and exceeding that expectation.

The movie recounts the beginning of Bilbo Baggins’ adventure, preceding “The Lord of the Rings.”

In the first installment, Biblo travels with Thorin

and his spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their fallen kingdom from the clutches of a greedy dragon.

Along the way they encounter a group of hungry trolls, angry orcs, an underground kingdom of goblins and the insanely creepy fan-favorite character, Gollum.

The camera work and computer-generated imagery were absolutely incredible. Seeing large mountains and a dragon come to life was truly amazing, and everything in the movie looked real. While I did not see the movie in the intended 48 frames-per-second format, I still feel the overall quality of the imagery was astounding.

As great as the movie looked, though, the fight scenes were a little hard to follow. They were too fastpaced, and much of the fighting was shot from overhead or off to the side. This

made it difficult to see what was happening.

Another vital aspect of any great movie is the acting.

“The Hobbit” saw the return of several actors that made the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy so great, including Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving along with the introduction of a younger Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman.

This ensemble was nearly perfect in the first set of movies, and it was only made better by the addition of the dwarves in the prequel. They added both humor and drama, but more than that, they were played accurately, and their portrayals were true to the book.

A third component worth examining is the music. The score for the movie was no disappointment. It was epic, and it matched the tone of the movie, much like the

scores in the previous “The Lord of the Rings” films.

The depth of the movie has been a surprise to many.

The book is actually quite short, but Peter Jackson and company have managed to make a movie that is nearly three hours long out of just one small part of the book.

That means more content and less disappointment because of missing material.

My expectations for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” were filled many times over. Seeing this incredible work makes me look forward to the next two installments even more.

I would recommend the film to anyone who enjoyed “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy or someone looking for a good way to kick back and enjoy a three-hour dose of visual and cinematic fulfillment. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

miere episode. The scene showed her returning to the city with her new husband (Chris O’Dowd), so I expect she will enter the action soon.

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by Woody Allen to score the theme to the 2012 Academy Award-winning film, “Midnight in Paris.”

Now Wrembel will bring this fame and skill to 123 Pleasant Street, and concertgoers can catch a slice of history in the making as he continues to forge a path toward guitar immortality.

“This show provides 123 and the patrons and audience a unique opportunity,” Giuliani said. “You get an international artist that is revered in his craft. The show lends itself to a tavern feel that is very reminiscent of the late-great jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.”

To make the evening’s festivities even more special for concertgoers, the performance stands as Wrembel’s first foray into

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the Mountain State, and he looks forward to establishing a connection with the West Virginia crowd.

“It’s the first time we’ve been in Morgantown, and I’m really excited to play for everyone who comes out,” Wrembel said. “(When playing) live, you can stretch the boundaries of the song because of the connection with the people.”

All things considered, Wrembel’s Sunday performance at 123 Pleasant Street will provide a truly unique opportunity for music aficionados and casual fans interested in supreme talent alike.

Be sure to come early and snag the perfect vantage point to witness this performance – opportunities such as this are few and far between.

Tickets to the event cost $12, and festivities will begin at 7 p.m. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU travels to Purdue for last nonconference game of the season

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins expresses his displeasure with an official during a game earlier in the season.

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If there has ever been a must-win game for the West Virginia men’s basketball team, it’s the one Saturday.

The Mountaineers have lost three of their last four games and find themselves without a winning record this late in the season for the first time in a decade.

West Virginia (8-8, 1-3) will get a chance to climb back over the .500 mark with a rare mid-season nonconference road game against Purdue (9-8, 3-2) Saturday afternoon.

The Mountaineers are coming off a deflating 6967 road loss to Iowa State after erasing an 18-point deficit to tie the game with less than 12 seconds to play before allowing the eventual game-winning bucket by the Cyclones.

“We just continue to shoot ourselves in the foot by not making rotations,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins after the Iowa State game. “We keep trusting guys and keep trying to play guys and we can’t play them.”

Huggins has been frustrated with the performance of his frontcourt.

The style of play in the Big 12 Conference is contradictory to that in the Big East Conference, given that most teams have oriented their offenses around guards rather than big men.

Purdue may not run a four-guard-out offense, but five of the Boilermakers’ top six scorers are backcourt players.

“We’re going to have to play small,” Huggins said.

“We’re going to have to change our personnel ...

They’ve (the big guys) had

ample opportunity. They’ve had over half the season.

How could it be any worse?

We’re one and three. How could it be any worse?”

Purdue comes into the matchup having won two straight conference games.

The only two losses for the Boilermakers in Big 10 Conference play this season has been at the hands of No. 18 Michigan State and No. 15 Ohio State.

With the multiple lineups Huggins has shown in recent games, Purdue may not know which personnel will be on the floor for the Mountaineers come Saturday.

In Wednesday’s game against Iowa State, senior guard and Boston College transfer Matt Humphrey saw action for the first time since Dec. 22.

Humphrey performed well, tallying 9 points on three 3-pointers.

“Sitting over there has given Matt a greater appreciation for being on the floor,” Huggins said. “Therefore, he’s accepted his role a little bit better.”

This will be the third time in the last four seasons West Virginia and Purdue have met on the hardwood, with the teams splitting the first two matchups.

The Boilermakers were in the top 10 in each of those meetings.

Even though Purdue may be rebuilding this season, a road game in Big 10 country is a difficult place to earn a victory.

“We’re going to play one big and switch everything … We’re really small but we’ll front everything down there and switch back when we can switch back,” Huggins said. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu

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For many Mountaineer enthusiasts, the beginning of the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season was a potential escape from the angst and utter confounding frustration that was the 2012 West Virginia football season.

Unfortunately, those same dissatisfied supporters have been exposed to an equally disenchanting debut from the men’s basketball team, which has sputtered its way to an uncharacteristic 8-8 start, including a woeful 1-3 record in conference play during WVU’s inaugural season in the Big 12.

And though it may seem like it’s still early in the year, the reality of the situation is that the Mountaineers are already at the halfway point of their season. After 16 games, West Virginia doesn’t have a single notable win on its schedule.

Some may try to point to the rivalry win against the formerly 7-0 Hokies Dec. 8, 2012, in Morgantown as a resume-building victory, but even that win is looking less and less impressive as Virginia Tech continues its epic free fall in the ACC. Tech has dropped 5-of-7 following their first loss of the year to the Mountaineers.

Other blind supporters may point to the “close games.” Contests where the Mountaineers were close late, but inevitably came up just short. Opponents that have so far included conference foes Kansas State, Oklahoma and most recently Iowa State, who withstood a furious 18-point comeback to survive by a single basket Wednesday

night in Ames.

Unfortunately for the Mountaineers, moral victories don’t earn conference championships or NCAA tournament invites.

An 8-8 record doesn’t necessarily scream disappointment, but in the context of the last 10 years of WVU men’s basketball, it’s the worst start to a season since Bob Huggins returned to coach his alma mater.

In fact, you have to go all the way back to the preBeilein era of WVU basketball to find a team with such a mediocre start to a season.

In 2002, Gale Catlett’s Mountaineers similarly stumbled to a 7-9 record in their first 16 games before dropping an astounding 12 of their final 13. West Virginia finished 8-20 that year and Catlett retired before the season ended.

On one hand, this year’s West Virginia team won’t have to make its way through the minefield that is the Big East basketball conference like Catlett’s squad did in 2002, but the fact that West Virginia won’t have its historically difficult, RPI-boosting Big East conference schedule to lean on come tournament selection time in March could be a critical variable in the NCAA selection committee’s mind.

Wins over non-conference opponents such as Marist, Marshall, Oakland and Radford will be worth virtually nothing come March, while losses to Davidson (9-7) and lowly Duquesne (7-9) will stick out like sore thumbs on tournament selection eye tests. The good news for the Mountaineers is that despite moving from the notorious Big East, West Virginia has managed to maintain an

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BRING ON THE CHAMPS

Head coach Mike Carey and the West Virginia women’s basketball team will travel to No. 1 Baylor this weekend.

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West Virginia ready for showdown against No. 1 Baylor by cody schuler managing editor

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Senior Petra Zublasing and the No. 1 WVU rifle team will host Nebraska this wekeend.

No. 1 WVU back in action this weekend vs. Nebraska by robert kreis sports writer

After a break from competition that started during Thanksgiving, the No. 1 West Virginia rifle team will compete in its first match of 2013 Saturday when the Mountaineers welcome Nebraska to Morgantown.

“We had a week or two of training after Thanksgiving break, and then we came back last week to get some training in before school started,” said head coach Jon Hammond. “Some of them continued to train over the break, but a lot of them got a good three or four weeks off.”

Hammond encouraged his Mountaineer squad to break from the mentally draining sport during the winter holiday.

“It is a very mental sport, and you can get tired of it like anything else,” Hammond said. “Fall semester is a long semester for all students, especially if you’re an athlete.

“They all needed a break over the holidays. Holidays are great to kind of let them recharge and let them have a break.”

Despite the time off, Hammond knows his topranked team is ready to adjust its sights and get back in the range.

“We’ll probably need a few more weeks to get to our peak and prepare,” Hammond said. “I think they’re certainly in good form and ready to get back into competition.”

Before their break, the Mountaineers were on a roll. They fired away all of the competition, consistently scoring at or around an unbelievable benchmark of 4,700. The Mountaineers also blasted away fellow GARC foes Army, Ole Miss, Memphis and North Carolina State, as well as capping 2012 off with a trip to rifle powerhouse Alaska-Fairbanks.

Hammond will look for the Mountaineers to build upon the momentum they gained in the first half of the season.

“We definitely want to continue to have good performances, and hopefully we’ll continue to work towards that,” Hammond said. “It’s definitely important to have momentum and have that confidence when you get into the end of the season.”

West Virginia will need to find that momentum

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quickly with only two matches left before NCAA qualifiers. After qualifiers, West Virginia will head to the GARC championships, before ending the season in Columbus, Ohio, at the NCAA championships.

Hammond, however, does not have his team concentrating on anything other than the match in front of them.

“Every competition is as important as the next one,” he said. “We’re just really getting ready for this weekend and Nebraska and focusing on that, and then we’ll focus on each competition as it comes up.”

And against Nebraska, Hammond wants to see how ready the team is after the long break.

“I definitely want to see some strong performances off the break,” he said. “(I am) really just looking for them to continue the things we were working on last semester and see if we can have a good result.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

For the second time in three seasons, the West Virginia women’s basketball team will make the trip to Waco, Texas, to face Baylor. But this time, it will be under different circumstances – as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

The Mountaineers will take on No. 1 Baylor Saturday in a rematch of a second-round matchup from the 2011 NCAA Tournament – a game also played on the Bears’ home court.

In an 82-68 Bears win, Baylor center Brittany Griner’s 30-point showing helped end the Mountaineers’ season.

Griner, a three-time All-American who leads the conference in scoring with 21.1 points per game, is one of five returning starters from last season’s 40-0 national championship team.

West Virginia redshirt senior center Ayana Dunning (10.8 ppg, 6.6 rebounds per game) has a tall order in defending the 6-foot-8 all-American, and she said the key to limiting Griner is to relax and focus on contributing to a team effort.

“I just have to go out there and play,” she said. “We’ll work on the

scout (team) and the things we need to be able to do. For our defensive scheme I know it’s going to be a team effort.”

Dunning and her teammates repeatedly used one word in particular when describing how they felt about Saturday’s game with Baylor: excited.

“It’s exciting,” Dunning said. “Playing in the Big 12, I think we are excited to go out and be able to play some of the best competition in the country night in and night out.”

“To be able to play the No. 1 team in the country ... I think everybody is up for it – everybody is excited. Hopefully we will be able to match their intensity and just go out there and play,” she said.

Sophomore guard Akilah Bethel referenced the Mountaineers’ past games against teams like UConn and Notre Dame – both of which are annually at the top of the rankings – as good experiences for games such as this.

“In previous years, we’ve always played up to the No. 1s and the No. 2s in the country, so I definitely think we’ll be ready,” she said.

“I’m excited. I definitely think we play up and down (to our competition and) this is high-level competition, so I definitely think we will play to our potential.”

West Virginia head coach Mike Carey is no stranger to being a severe underdog. It was only one season ago when the Mountaineers were able to stun then-No. 2 Notre Dame on the road, winning in South Bend, Ind., for the first time in program history.

Since 2002, Carey and West Virginia have faced off against the country’s No. 1 team seven times, each of which resulted in losses of 20 or more points.

Baylor has won 27 consecutive Big 12 games, including Wednesday’s 90-69 rout against Kansas State. The Mountaineers topped Kansas State 66-52 last Saturday.

In Tuesday’s 58-50 victory against TCU, the Mountaineers earned their third-straight conference victory despite what Carey called a “lackadaisical” performance bolstered in part by a lower quality opponent.

“It seems like we play up or down to our competition, and you can’t do that in the Big 12,” he said.

“You could do that in the Big East once in a while, but you can’t do that in the Big 12, because anybody can beat you.”

It will serve West Virginia best if that statement rings true Saturday. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 22 WVU to face three ranked teams by meghan carr

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Four nationally ranked opponents will compete Saturday when the No. 22 West Virginia gymnastics team faces three top 25 teams in Utah in its second meet of the season.

The Mountaineers have yet to compete at home, but head coach Jason Butts is hoping his team can continue to build from their impressive win at Pittsburgh.

“They’ve put in the work this preseason; the gymnastics is there, and we’re ready to go out to Utah and show the judges that we’re a top 12 team,” Butts said.

After the win at Pittsburgh, the Mountaineers not only moved back into the top 25 ranking, but two individual players received Big 12 honors.

Senior Alaska Richardson was named the co-Event Specialist of the Week, and freshman Jaida Lawrence was named Big 12 Newcomer of

the Week. “(It was) my first college meet, and to do that good was rewarding,” Lawrence said.

Although Lawrence is a freshman, she brings international experience to WVU. Lawrence competed for Jamaica at the 2011 World Championships.

Now with the opening season meet behind them the Mountaineers are focused on this weekend’s competition.

WVU will compete against No. 15 Utah (0-1), No. 20 Southern Utah (0-1), and No. 23 Oregon State (1-2).

Utah came into the season ranked No. 5 but after the Utes fell to No. 2 UCLA they dropped back in the rankings. The 2013 season has not lived up to Southern Utah or Oregon State’s expectations either. Southern Utah also lost to UCLA in their season opener, and Oregon State lost to Michigan and BYU at the Cancun Classic.

Oregon State is hoping to turn around their season af-

ter beating Ohio State last weekend.

Even though WVU is the only team coming into the meet above .500, Butts understands this will not be an easy win.

“Utah is a unique environment that a lot of these athletes have not experienced,” Butts said. “It’s a coliseum full of people – about 10,000 plus.”

WVU’s gymnastics team’s home attendance record is 3,500 when it held the NCAA Southeast regional competition in 1994.

Butts played crowd noise recordings at the practices as a way to simulate the atmosphere his team will face in Utah.

Junior Hope Sloanhoffer, who came in second as allaround performer at Pitt has enough experience to know what awaits the team in Utah.

“The upperclassmen who have gone to big competitions knows how intimidating it can be,” Sloanhoffer

said. “The freshmen may not know the gravity of how large it really is.”

Although Butts knows he can try and prepare his team for a loud atmosphere, he will need help from seniors like Kaylyn Millick, Richardson and Chelsea Goldschrafe to be leaders for the team Saturday.

“I feel like our team is in a much better mindset – meaning we don’t get intimidated by their high rankings – because we’re also a ranked team,” Sloanhoffer said. “I think as long as we stay together as a team and Jason does a good job at keeping up together at meets and our seniors. I think we have potential to do really great this weekend.”

The Mountaineers will compete at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City. The meet can be viewed live at www.WVUSports.com. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers looks to bounce back vs. TCU by connor murray sports correspondent

Following a disappointing performance last week at Pitt, head coach Vic Riggs and the WVU swimming and diving team will look to get back on track this Friday as it faces off against TCU at 5 p.m. in the WVU Natatorium.

Both the men’s and women’s teams suffered setbacks at Pitt last Saturday with the women losing 182-118 and the men faltering 217-63.

“We had some depth issues. We were a little banged up last week,” Riggs said.

“Some people who didn’t swim last week will be back (against TCU).”

Recovering could prove to be critical for the Mountaineers, as they look to make an impression on their new con-

ference in their first ever Big 12 Conference meet.

As they enter uncharted territory, this meet could serve as an opportunity for the team to make a mark in the conference before the Big 12 championships at the end of February.

“We’re very excited about it,” Riggs said. “We wanted to get a home and home rivalry started right away, so we’ll be going down to TCU next year.”

WVU will face stiff competition in its new rivals from Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs swept the Big 12’s weekly honors with sophomore Cooper Robinson winning men’s Swimmer of the Week and freshman Sara Brzozowski taking women’s Swimmer of the Week honors.

On the diving side, soph-

omore Ricky Bradley took the men’s Diver of the Week award while senior Katie Lybbert took home the same award on the women’s side.

With only two regular season meets left on the schedule, there seems to be no better time than now for the WVU’s more experienced leaders to step up to the plate and make an impact.

“Right now, it’s time for our veteran leadership to step up and help the freshmen and underclassmen,” Riggs said.

The responsibility for leading the way will rest on the shoulders of the combined 13 seniors on the men’s and women’s teams.

Following their meet with TCU, the men’s team will be out of action until the beginning of the Big 12 championships, while the women’s

team will welcome the Ohio Bobcats to Morgantown Jan. 26.

As the regular season winds down, the team will look to find that next gear in order to finish the season strong and make some noise in the postseason.

The men’s and women’s teams both finished third in the Big East championships last year. Similar success this season would go a long way in getting the Big 12 swimming era off to a strong start for WVU. “The championship environment takes over for us,” Riggs said. “We performed well in the Big East championships and are hoping for more of the same this year in the Big 12.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Track and field

West Virginia returns to action in WVU Invitational by kevin hooker

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The West Virginia track and field team returns to action Saturday for the WVU Invitational held here in Morgantown.

Last weekend, the Mountaineers recorded three first place finishes at the Doug Raymond Invitational at Kent State University.

Senior Stephanie Aldea took first place on the 800-meter run and freshman Peyton Hampson placed first in the 1,000-meter run.

The distance medley team, consisting of Hampson, Sarah Martinelli, Arielle Gaither and Kelly Williams, also took first place with a time of 12:15.49.

Although the season is still relatively new, head coach Sean Cleary has already seen a few standout performances.

“Stephanie Aldea has done a very good job of getting herself back into a position to lead our middistance girls this winter.

Peyton Hampson also had a very good freshman debut (last week),” Cleary said in a recent press release.

Despite a two-week hiatus for semester break, Cleary has been pleased with the team’s success.

“It’s clear the team did a very good job while at home,” he said. “The girls are back in their routines since break, and we are seeing improvements in workouts.”

The Mountaineers are hoping last weekend’s victories can carry over to Saturday.

“Practice has been going well,” he said. “The main objective for the weekend is to simply keep building the competitive spirit.”

Although this weekend’s invitational will have its challenges, the track and field team feels well prepared.

“It’s clear that each weekend our schedule gets tougher and tougher,” Cleary said. “For Saturday, we are looking for the girls to come into the Shell and compete to their potential.

In terms of competition, the meet will provide exactly what we need.”

Saturday’s track meet is slated for a 9 a.m. start in the WVU Shell Building. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 8 impressive overall Strength of Schedule (22), according to ESPN’s Insider.

Still, after WVU’s latest loss at the hands of Iowa State Wednesday, it’s become clear the Mountaineers will need more than just a strength of schedule statistic to hang their hats on in order to keep Huggins’ and WVU’s streaks of consecutive NCAA berths alive.

Currently, ESPN’s resident bracketologist Joe Lunardi – the Nate Silver of NCAA tournament predictions if you’re unfamiliar – doesn’t have the Mountaineers anywhere on his 2013 NCAA tournament bracket, and considering WVU’s present RPI of 77 and BPI of 88 the Mountaineers are indeed on the outside looking in at this point.

Opportunities down the stretch certainly exist, but the fact remains that a completely different West Virginia team will ultimately have to show up in these last 16 games to have a shot at earning resume wins over either Kansas, Baylor or in the rematches against Oklahoma and Kansas State.

Otherwise, the Mountaineers and their fans will either be sitting on the sidelines for the first time in six years this March. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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1, 2 & 4 BR APARTMENTS, AVAILABLE MAY 2013. Some utilities included. W/D. No Pets. 304-288-6374 or e-mail kjedwards2@comcast.net

304-599-6376

2 & 3 BEDROOMS. Near Mario’s Fishbowl.

W/D, D/W, A/C. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com 2 BEDROOM 1 BATH. Garrison Avenue.

W/D. Parking. Call 304-594-1200. bckrentals.com 2 BR 2 BA conveniently located above the Varsity Club near stadium & hospitals. Includes W/D, D/W, microwave, 24 hr maintenance, central air, and off street paring.

No Pets! $400/person plus utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200 2, 3-BEDROOMS. Walk to campus. Parking, Lease/deposit + utilities. No Pets. Avail.

June 1st. Max Rentals 304-291-8423 3 BR conveniently located near stadium & hospitals at 251 McCullough, 24 hr maintenance, central air, hardwood floors, washer/dryer, off street parking. No pets! $500/person includes utilities. For appt. call 304-599-0200

NO PETS

www.morgantownapartments.com

All Include Utilities and Washer/Dryer Many include Parking Pets Considered

10 MIN MIN WA WA LK TO TO CA CA M P U S Available May 2013 2 Bedroom 6 Bedroom 8 Bedroom $500 per person plus utilities Offstreet parking/Garage parking

304-216-6134

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

301-987-7229 CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN. 751 Wells St. 3/BR 2 Bath, covered-porch, garage, deck, basement, free Off-Street-Parking DW-W/D No Pets. $450/each/includes/utils.

724-208-0737 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, 5, 6-BEDROOMS. Walk to campus.

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

304-291-8423 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. call Nicole at 304-290-8972 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 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.

3BR, 2BTH, all appliances, no pets, newly remodeled. $1200 plus utilities and deposit.

304-685-0960

RICE RENTALS 304-598-7368

448 Stewart

Eff. $425 incl. Util.

464 Stewart

2 bed/1 bath $750 & elec

480 Stewart

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

452 Stewart

3 bed twnhouse $1050 & elec/water 3 bed/1.5 bath $1550 inc util 3 bed/1 bath $900 & elec/gas

464 Stewart 502 Stewart

4BR, 2BTH 356 STEWART ST. includes WD and off-street parking. $400/person plus utilities.

304-319-1243 Hymarkproperties.com

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

HOUSES FOR SALE 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

PETS FOR SALE CKC SIBERIAN HUSKY male pup $500.

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

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

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

February 2013. 304-293-5533

is now accepting applications for Student Office Assistants Prior office experience preferred.

Apply in person: 284 Prospect St.

Attach Class Schedule EOE

MARIO’S FISHBOWL now hiring full and part time cooks. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave. Mr. C’s WISEGUY CAFE looking for part-time cook and delivery driver. Phone 304.599.3636 or 304.288.2200 PART-TIME BARTENDER at Shab Dab’s Grill. Must have experience and flexible schedule. Phone 304-225-0961 after 12pm.

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

LOST & FOUND LOST downtown campus area white and gray cat. Reward. Call Mike 304-290-5431

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EFF., 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM available May to May lease/no pets. Rents starting at $300 each. Downtown Campus & Stadium. Rice Rentals 304-598-7368

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HOME ON 32 ACRES IN THE MOUNTAINS. 4BR/2BTH. Huge kitchen. $900 a month plus utilities + deposit. Call 240-578-0729 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

MON. RIVER CONDOS. NEW 4/BR, 4/BA. WD/Pool. University-Commons. $1100/month, plus utilities. Available now.

Call Norm Georg at 724-591-0509 or 814-404-2333 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.

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May Lease NO PETS

BRAND NEW! Luxury 3 BR’s. Jones Place.

304-296-7400.

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

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

FURNISHED HOUSES

ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM

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Campus Area - 3 BR. Apts.

www.metropropertymgmt.net

304-599-4407

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

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.

(Off Don Nehlen Drive)

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

HELP WANTED

Rent as low as $450/mo per person Includes Utilities Lease and Deposit

6 Bedroom Houses

www.morgantownapartments.com

Barrington North

Close to Downtown Campus & South Park Locations

Between Campuses - 4 Bedroom House

UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

UNFURNISHED HOUSES

Apartments & Houses

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

EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2013

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

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

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

304-692-1821

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

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