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Tuesday January 22, 2013

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Bell ringing honors former student

By Shelby Toompas staff writer

West Virginia University held a bell ringing ceremony Friday at Oglebay Plaza in WVU’s Downtown Campus, to honor and remember a former student.

West Virginia University’s Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity and the Office of Student life teamed together to recognize former

student Jacob Orem who passed away Dec. 1, 2012.

Travis Day, a brother of Alpha Phi Omega and bellringing coordinator said the ceremony takes place following the death of a student and it has been taking place for approximately 20 years.

“The bell is rung three times in remembrance of the student(s) after the Woodburn Hall clock strikes

noon,” Day said.

Orem, 20, transferred to WVU this past fall as a junior to study nursing.

“It’s a very sad time, but we do this to comfort and show the families that WVU supports them and we’re here if they need anything,” Day said.

After each bell-ringing service, the student’s family is invited to Hatfield’s in the Mountainlair on the Down-

town Campus for lunch, he said.

Kim Mosby, senior associate dean of Student Life, said Student Life prepares the remarks and coordinates with the President’s office to prepare and present a certificate in honor of the student.

“Unfortunately, there have been years where we’ve lost 16 or so students, but once we find out

we have lost a student, we hold it the following Friday at noon after the family has had time to do their service,” Mosby said.

Student Life notifies the student faculty immediately after finding out about a student’s death.

“When we find out that we’ve lost a student, we call the families immediately to offer our condolences and to find out if there is any-

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CBC hosts ball to celebrate presidential inauguration, legacy of MLK by bryan bumgardner associate city editor

To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research hosted its Presidential Inaugural Ball Monday night.

To candlelight and live music, members of the WVU community gathered to celebrate Obama’s inauguration which had taken place earlier in the day.

“I voted for Obama, so I wanted to come give support,” said Jamie Affinito, a senior nursing student. “To have elected a black president really shows how far we’ve come. What’s stopping us from going further?”

Director of the CBCR Marjorie Fuller recognized the connection between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and the inauguration.

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This weekend, WVUp All Night transformed the Mountainlair into a winter wonderland.

Friday and Saturday night, the weekly program featured ice skating, snow globes and warm winterthemed food.

Up All Night strives to provide West Virginia University students with a safe and fun place to gather on the weekends.

A faux ice rink was sponsored by Spintacular Entertainment. The rink was

composed of synthetic ice, and it can be skated on any time of the year, indoors or outside.

Spintacular Entertainment also provided skates and music for the students to skate to.

Also featured at the ice rink were members of the WVU Figure Skating Club.

The four present members of the club were the first to take to the ice, which they said was much different than what they were used to.

“It doesn’t feel at all like real ice,” said Angela Kreger, graduate student and figure skater.

Kreger has been skating for 17 years, but the dissimilar feel of the synthetic ice was still a bit of a shock to her, she said.

“Skating is not something you can just pick up,” Kreger said. “Like any other sport, you have to work and practice.”

The girls circled the ice helping new skaters find their footing and attempt to feel as graceful as a professional figure skater.

Novice skaters Collin Brown and Matt Adams joined the girls on the ice Friday night.

“I just had fun making a

fool of myself,” Brown said.

The figure skating club will compete as a team in March at the University of Delaware. They also perform at intermissions of WVU hockey games and coach younger children at the ice rink in Morgantown.

In addition to ice skating, Up All Night also served winter-themed food, including chicken noodle soup and nachos.

In the Vandalia Lounge, students were able to have their pictures taken to use in handmade snow globes

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campus travel among students because it carries the most people.

“The PRT started service in 1975 as a demonstration of a new transportation concept that was promoted by the transportation industry,” Kierig said. “No one else in the United States has a PRT system.”

Additionally, the WE GO! Program promotes alternative transportation methods through the Mountain Line bus system, the PRT, Zipcars, carpooling, walking and riding a bicycle.

“Though we can’t meet every need for every student, we try and maximize the service to provide the greatest efficiency over cost,” he said.

On campus, short-term parking is one dollar per hour, except for in the

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WVUp All Night returns for semester

By Kaity Wilson

At West Virginia University, getting around to three campuses may seem impossible, but with the help of WVU’s Department of Transportation and Parking Systems, it can be a less daunting task than expected.

The Department of Transporation and Parking Systems provides oncampus parking, operates shuttle services for persons with mobility impairments, charters a bus service to and around campus and operates the unique Personal Rapid Transit system, better known as the PRT. Hugh Kierig, director of Transportation and Parking, said the University operates around 8,500 parking spaces, but the PRT is the most common form of on-

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A member of Hubb’s Grove plays at the inaugural ball Monday.

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PRT, buses link students, campuses by shelby toompas

Marjorie Fuller, Director of the Center for Black Culture and Research, addresses the crowd at Monday’s inaugural ball in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

thing we can do to assist them,” Mosby said. “It’s always a somber and difficult time at the University’s bell ringing ceremonies, but the families appreciate it, and it gives the faculty and friends an opportunity to get together to remember and share memories.”

Mosby said she believes the bell ringing ceremony is

As the last residents in the area finish relocating, West Virginia University is preparing to begin construction on a new dormitory in Sunnyside.

Following the purchase of land in Sunnyside last October, WVU announced plans to build a new residential complex in the area.

More than 120 individuals, mostly students, lived on the property at the time.

Now, thanks in part to the efforts of the University, only a handful remain.

Construction is set to begin in late January.

Following the purchase, WVU officials pledged to help individuals displaced by the project by offering compensation and assistance with relocating.

Although the announcement was originally met with concern, WVU Director of Housing Corey Farris said residents have been friendly and cooperative.

“We knew it was going to be an inconvenience,” he said. “We wanted to make this easy and painless. Whatever we could do, we did it.”

Farris said WVU housing staff met with residents and helped them search

for housing, and they often took down specific requests and called around town.

“This was going to be about personally helping the students. Whatever they told us they wanted, we would do it for them,” he said. “It was the right thing to do.”

Most of the residents have relocated to off-campus areas, opening the property for construction.

The development, known officially as “University Place,” will house around 850 residents. A sports restaurant, grocery store, coffee shop and University Police substation are planned to be part of the complex as well.

The dorm is being built to help expand WVU’s housing space – in the past, all the dorms have reached full capacity.

“For the past five years, we’ve been turning people away, and that bothers us,” Farris said.

University Place will also offer services new to WVU dorms.

“It will set the tone for what you see in WVU student housing for many years,” said Brian Helmick of Paradigm Development

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THREE STRAIGHT L’S The WVU men’s basktball team lost its third consecutive game after falling 79-52 to Purdue on the road Saturday.

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Tuesday January 22, 2013

Time to act, Obama declares, taking oath 2nd time

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they walk down Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House during the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning the page on years of war and recession, President Barack Obama summoned a divided nation Monday to act with “passion and dedication” to broaden equality and prosperity at home, nurture democracy around the world and combat global warming as he embarked on a second term before a vast and cheering crowd that spilled down the historic National Mall.

“America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands,” the 44th president declared in a second inaugural address that broke new ground by assigning gay rights a prominent place in the wider struggle for equality for all.

In a unity plea to politicians and the nation at large, he called for “col-

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Continued from page 1 a crucial piece to celebrating the Mountaineer family.

“This is an important ceremony to WVU, because it makes individuals realize they are not just a number here, and we want to memorialize all of the students even if we do not know he or she personally,” she said.

“To us, losing a student is like losing a member of the family.”

After each student has been remembered and certificates have been presented, APO gives each family member a plaque. At that time, family, friends or other individuals have the oppor-

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Group, the project’s developers. “It will raise the standard of student housing tremendously.”

He said he believes

lective action” to confront challenges and said, “Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time – but it does require us to act in our time.”

Elected four years ago as America’s first black president, Obama spoke from specially constructed flagbedecked stands outside the Capitol after reciting oath of office that all presidents have uttered since the nation’s founding.

The events highlighted a day replete with all the fanfare that a security-minded capital could muster – from white-gloved Marine trumpeters who heralded the arrival of dignitaries on the inaugural stands to the midwinter orange flowers that graced the tables at a traditional lunch with lawmakers inside the Capitol. tunity to speak on behalf of their loved one.

This event is one that both Alpha Phi Omega and the Office of Student Life said they hope to continue at WVU. “I think this will be continued at WVU for a long time,” Day said. “It’s important because it definitely shows, once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer and gives us a chance to talk to the families and learn more about them and their loved one.”

For more information on bell ringing ceremonies at WVU, visit www.wvutoday. wvu.edu or email tday1@ mix.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

this project will be a point of pride for the WVU community.

“Urban development is inevitable, and to know that we’ve secured a site with this proximity to campus is tremendous for the University, the students, the city and Mon county as a whole,” he said. bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

The weather was relatively warm, in the mid-40s, and while the crowd was not as large as on Inauguration Day four years ago, it was estimated at up to 1 million.

Big enough that he turned around as he was leaving the inaugural stands to savor the view one final time.

“I’m not going to see this again,” said the man whose political career has been meteoric – from the Illinois Legislature to the U.S. Senate and the White House before marking his 48th birthday.

On a day of renewal for democracy, everyone seemed to have an opinion, and many seemed eager to share it.

“I’m just thankful that we’ve got another four years of democracy that everyone can grow in,” said Wilbur Cole, 52, a postman from suburban Memphis, Tenn.,

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Continued from page 1 “I am really happy that, on one day, we are able to celebrate the lives of these two men,” she said.

She talked about King predicting the eventuality of Obama’s presidency. “(King) said 40 years from the time he made his speech, there would be an African-American president in this country,” she said.

“Almost to the moment it happened – but I don’t think even he imagined we would be going for a second term.”

To commemorate King’s contribution to civil rights, the student organizations Academic STARS, NAACP and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. presented “A Tribute to the Past and the

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who spent part of the day visiting the civil rights museum there at the site where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

The inauguration this year shared the day with King’s birthday holiday, and the president used a Bible that had belonged to the civil rights leader for the swearing-in, along with a second one that been Abraham Lincoln’s. The president also paused inside the Capitol Rotunda to gaze at a dark bronze statue of King.

Others watching at a distance were less upbeat than Cole. Frank Pinto, 62, and an unemployed construction contractor, took in the inaugural events on television at a bar in Hartford, Conn. He said because of the president’s policies, “My grandkids will be in debt and their kids will be in debt.”

Present,” consisting of interpretive dance and spoken word poetry.

Hubb’s Groove, a band from Cleveland, performed live jazz and soul at the event.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day became an official holiday on Nov. 2 ,1983 and is observed on the third Monday of January each year, a date near King’s birthday.

However, it was not officially observed in all 50 states until 2000.

To honor his memory, the CBCR is hosting the twentysecond annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Achievement Award and scholarship, two awards available to students from West Virginia.

To learn more visit www. cbc.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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by Kramer International for a list of umpcoming Entertainment. themes and events, visit WVU dining services mountainlair.wvu.edu/ also showcased a flying WV wvupallnight. ice sculpture. Nick Lapana, a member of dining serdanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

The tone was less overtly political in the nation’s capital, where bipartisanship was on the menu in the speechmaking and at the congressional lunch.

“Congratulations and Godspeed,” House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, said to Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as he presented them with flags that had flown atop the Capitol.

Outside, the Inaugural Parade took shape, a reflection of American musicality and diversity that featured military units, bands, floats, the Chinese American Community Center Folk Dance Troupe from Hockessin, Del., and the Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corps from Des Moines, Iowa.

The crowds were several rows deep along parts of the route, and security was in-

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Continued from page 1 Mountainlair, where it is $1.25.

However, students can bypass paying for transportation by riding the PRT and the Mountain Line for free via a valid Student ID. Maria Smith, marketing officer for the Mountain Line Transit, said in 1996, the City of Morgantown and the Monongalia County combined public transportation services and created the Monongalia County Urban Mass Transit Authority.

“The Mountain Line Bus routes are a combination of the routes that the city and county used to run, current demand and current subsidies,” Smith said. “It’s a public transportation system and is available to everyone – including all residents and visitors of Morgantown and Monongalia County.”

Non-students pay a $0.75 fare per trip on the Mountain Line Local Route or can obtain 15-30 day passes at the downtown depot.

“Some of our buses run until 3 a.m., including routes Rt 1 Campus PM and Rt 30 West Run,” she said. “However, for the earliest bus routes at the start of the day, some of our routes start at 6 a.m.”

The Mountain Line Bus Transit Rt 1 Campus PM bus runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m.-3 a.m.

“It travels between Towers and Downtown and is convenient for students who want to go downtown on the weekend evenings,” she said.

Jessica Trickett, a junior elementary education student, said she has been riding the Mountain Line Bus for two and a half years.

“I lived in the dorms my freshman year, but now that I live off campus, the Mountain Line bus is very reliable and takes me to class,” she said. “The bus is also reliable if I go out downtown on the weekends.”

“Being an education major, I have a lot of classes on the Evansdale campus, and the bus is very reliable to take me there,” Trickett said. “I would definitely rec-

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tense. More than a dozen vehicles flanked the president’s limousine as it rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue, and several agents walked alongside on foot.

As recent predecessors have, the president emerged from his car and walked several blocks on foot. His wife, Michelle, was with him, and the two held hands while acknowledging the cheers from well-wishers during two separate strolls along the route.

A short time later, accompanied by their children and the vice president and his family, the first couple settled in to view the parade from a reviewing stand built in front of the White House.

A pair of nighttime inaugural balls completed the official proceedings, with a guest line running into the tens of thousands. ommend that freshmen or any new student on campus would ride the bus or take the PRT before driving their own car.”

The Mountain Line’s ridership for the year 2012 was 1,291,904, and our 2012 WVU ridership was 919, 979.

WVU’s Department of Transportation and Parking, as well as the Mountain Line Bus Transit, continues to improve on the accessibility and reliability for its students.

In the event of a PRT closing, the Mountain Line buses see an increased amount of traffic and adjust routes to incorporate those who may be affected by its closing.

“When the PRT is down, our buses do become more packed than usual,” Smith said. “If we happen to have a driver who is on break during a PRT breakdown, we will send him out to add another trip to the Blue and Gold Line in order to alleviate some of the ridership.”

Smith said each bus driver goes through a variety of training exercises to ensure readiness for any problems that might occur on the bus.

“There are approximately 40 drivers, and they all receive sensitivity training to handle any type of situation where a rider may need assistance with riding the bus,” Smith said.

As far as the PRT and other transportation and parking systems on campus, Kierig said the University has spent more than $20 million in the past three years on a new on-board computer system, and will be bidding on a new automated train control system for the PRT. New parking meters that take credit cards have been installed in the Mountainlair garage and in short-term Area 9 on the Evansdale campus.

“If anything, the transportation and parking here at WVU is better than it was five years ago,” Kierig said.

For more information about Transportation and Parking Services WVU has to offer, visit www.transportation.wvu.edu or www.busride.org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday January 22, 2013

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Moscow to start evacuating Russians from Syria

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Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday.

BEIRUT (AP) — Russia said Monday it is sending two planes to Lebanon to start evacuating its citizens from Syria, the strongest sign yet that President Bashar Assad’s most important international ally has serious doubts about his ability to cling to power.

The Russian announcement came as anti-government activists reported violence around the country, including air raids on the town of Beit Sahm near Damascus International Airport, just south of the capital.

Russian officials said about 100 of the tens of thousands of Russian nationals in the country will be taken out overland to Lebanon and flown home from there, presumably because renewed fighting near the airport in Damascus has made it too dangerous for the foreigners to use that route out of the Syrian capital.

Assad has dismissed calls that he step down. He has proposed a national reconciliation conference, elections and a new constitution, but the opposition insists he play no role in a resolution to the conflict. The U.N. says more than 60,000 people have died in the civil war since March 2011.

Russia has been Assad’s main ally since the conflict began, using its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to shield Damascus from international sanctions.

Russia recently started to distance itself from the Syrian ruler, signaling that it is resigned to him losing power. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last month that he understands Syria needs change and that he was not protecting Assad.

Russian officials say the evacuation of thousands of its citizens from Syria – many of them Russian

women married to Syrians – could be by both air and sea.

A squadron of Russian Navy ships currently is in the Mediterranean for a planned exercise near Syrian shores later this month.

Military officials earlier said that the exercise will simulate marines landing and taking people on board from the shore.

Earlier this month, Lakhdar Brahimi, who is the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria, said that Russia seemed as determined as the United States to end Syria’s civil war, but that he didn’t expect a political solution to emerge anytime soon.

The Arab League chief said Monday that Brahimi’s mission had not yielded even a “flicker of hope.”

In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nabil Elaraby proposed that the heads of state gathered there at an economic sum-

mit call for an immediate meeting of the U.N. Security Council. He suggested the security council adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Syria and establish a monitoring force to ensure compliance.

Syria’s defense minister said Monday that the army would keep chasing rebels all over the country “until it achieves victory and thwarts the conspiracy that Syria is being subjected to.”

Gen. Fahd Jassem alFreij’s comments came as activists reported air raids and shelling around the nation.

Monday’s fighting included a helicopter raid in the northeastern town of Tabqa that killed eight people, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The Observatory also reported a car bombing in the Damascus neighborhood of

Dummar and said another car bomb exploded late Monday in central Syria, killing at least 30 pro-government gunmen in Salamiyeh.

In addition, the group said there were clashes in the town of Ras al-Ayn near the border with Turkey between fighters from the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, which leans in favor of Syria’s government and anti-government rebels, who entered the town in November.

Tensions have flared between Syria and Turkey after shells fired from Syria landed on the Turkish side of the border. As a result, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States decided to send two batteries of Patriot air defense missiles each to protect Turkey, their NATO ally.

On Monday, German soldiers unloaded trucks carrying the missile systems at the

port of Iskenderun, while another ship, carrying the Dutch shipment, waited its turn anchored at the harbor.

The U.N. said that there are an estimated 4 million people were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in Syria, including at least 2 million who are internally displaced. With harsh winter conditions, people are facing heavy rains and sub-zero temperatures, often without adequate food, shelter, water or access to medical care.

The McClatchy news organization published a report Monday supporting activists’ claim that Syrian forces have been targeting bakeries. According to data compiled by the news organization, government forces attacked bread lines and bakeries at least 80 times last year, causing hundreds of casualties and in most cases destroying the bakeries.

Inside job, two Canadian militants in Algeria siege ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The hostage-taking at a remote Algerian gas plant was carried out by 30 militants from across the northern swath of Africa and two from Canada, authorities said.

The militants, who wore military uniforms and knew the layout, included explosives experts who rigged it with bombs and a leader whose final order was to kill all the captives.

The operation also had help with inside knowledge – a former driver at the plant, Algeria’s prime minister said Monday.

In all, 38 workers and 29 militants died, the Algerian prime minister said Monday, offering the government’s first detailed account of four days of chaos that ended with a bloody military raid he defended as the only way possible to end the standoff. Five foreigners are still missing.

“You may have heard the last words of the terrorist chief,” Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal told reporters. “He gave the order for all the foreigners to be killed, so there was a mass execution, many hostages were killed by a bullet to the head.”

Monday’s account offered the first Algerian govern-

ment narrative of the standoff, from the moment of the attempted bus hijacking on Wednesday to the moment when the attackers prepared Saturday to detonate bombs across the sprawling complex. That’s when Algerian special forces moved in for the second and final time.

All but one of the dead victims – an Algerian security guard – were foreigners.

The dead hostages included seven Japanese workers, six Filipinos, three energy workers each from the U.S. and Britain, two from Romania and one worker from France.

The prime minister said three attackers were captured but did not specify their nationalities or their conditions or say where they were being held.

He said the Islamists included a former driver at the complex from Niger and that the militants “knew the facility’s layout by heart.” The vast complex is deep in the Sahara, 800 miles (1,300 miles) south of Algiers, with a network of roads and walkways for the hundreds of workers who keep it running.

The attackers wore military uniforms, according to state television, bolstering similar accounts by former hostages that the attackers

didn’t just shoot their way in.

“Our attention was drawn by a car. It was at the gate heading toward the production facility. Four attackers stepped out of a car that had flashing lights on top of it,” one of the former hostages, Liviu Floria, a 45-year-old mechanic from Romania, told The Associated Press.

The militants had said during the standoff that their band included people from Canada, and hostages who had escaped recalled hearing at least one of Ap the militants speaking English with a North American Algerian firemen carry a coffin containing a person killed during the gas facility hostage situation at the morgue in Ain Amenas, Algeria, Monday. accent.

In addition to the Canadians, the Algerian prime minister said, the militant cell included men from Find us on Egypt, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Tunisia, as well as Facebook three Algerians.

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Tuesday January 22, 2013

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Syrians gather at the site of an explosion that hit a university in Aleppo, Syria Tuesday. More than 89 people were killed in the blasts.

Tragedy strikes college campus in Syria’s Aleppo It was the first day of finals week.

The good students had come prepared to ace their exams. Most of the others had likely just finished frantically cramming, desperately hoping their last-minute efforts would make the difference. None of them were prepared for the unspeakable horrors that unfolded later that day.

A cloud of apprehension hovered over campus as lecture halls were permeated with the scratching sound of pencils feverishly solving math problems, writing persuasive essays and sketching schematics of buildings and motors.

Suddenly, this sound was replaced with deafening explosions that ripped through several buildings on campus, leaving dozens dead and more than a hundred in critical condition.

One week ago, this appalling tragedy rocked the University of Aleppo’s campus in Syria’s largest city.

Of course, this is just the latest in a seemingly endless series of gruesome massacres to take place in Syria.

As has often been the case with these massacres, it appears that the Aleppo tragedy was orchestrated by the regime’s Russian-supplied warplanes. These are the warplanes responsible

for transforming a tense first day of finals into a harrowing scene, unfit for even the most sadistic Hollywood horror film.

The grisly videos and images taken in the aftermath – pictures of bloodsplattered textbooks surrounded by dismembered body parts, including one startling image of a severed hand still tightly clenching a pencil – are made all the more horrifying by the fact that the corpses littered in them are of students.

These were the young men and women who were going to become the engineers who would rebuild their country after the war –

the doctors who would treat its refugees, the entrepreneurs who would revive its economy and the political thinkers who would write its new constitution. Now, they are nothing more than the latest testament to the viciousness of a murderous dictator and the callousness of an international community that continues to offer little more than empty words of condemnation as a genocidal tyrant continues to slaughter his own citizens.

As college students, this incident hits very close to home for us, and we at The Daily Athenaeum offer our sincerest condolences to the

victims and families of those affected by this tragedy. Furthermore, we express our unadulterated disgust with the international community’s continued paralysis when it comes to confronting the abhorrent humanitarian situation in Syria.

If you are similarly appalled by the murder of these innocent students, we encourage you to attend a candlelight vigil that is being held at 6 p.m. this evening in front of the Mountainlair to honor the memory of those who lost their lives in last Tuesday’s wicked attack.

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Time for new approach to debate on gun violence in America micah conkling columnist

Conversations concerning firearms in America are littered with recycled platitudes. Some say, “Guns kill people.” Others say, “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.” Alex Jones, the radio host who tried to deport Piers Morgan, shouted angrily, “1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms!”

No matter the phrase, a central tenet seems to inform most dialogue regarding guns: the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

According to the Constitution, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”

The interpretation of this amendment has been contentious. For many years after the Constitution was ratified, the debate was nonexistent. America was still being birthed, went through a painful civil war and was more or less just happy Great Britain decided not to try and take the colonies back for its keeping.

Then, in the late 1970s, the NRA began to get aggressive.

The year 1980 brought a gun lover, Ronald Reagan, into the White House, and a Republican Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch, became hellbent on providing proof that the Second Amendment was intended to provide individual citizens of the United States with the right to own and carry guns. In 2008, a landmark decision in the Supreme Court case of District of Columbia v. Heller ruled

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Chance Novak, 18, left, and his father Chet Novak, both of Boise, stand outside the Idaho Statehouse after a pro-gun rally on Saturday, in Boise, Idaho. that the Second Amendment like “Should assault weap- doms and evaluate not only tions. While the Constitution “protects an individual right ons be banned?”, “Should the creation of our liberties was a defining step and still to possess a firearm uncon- every school have an armed but also what they mean to- persists as a sturdy foundanected with service in a mi- guard?” “Should every gun day, not only in our pursuit tion for the freedoms needed litia, and to use that arm purchase require a back- of happiness but also for the to grow and evolve such a for traditionally lawful pur- ground check?” “Should health and good of our entire vast experiment, we need to poses, such as self-defense there be a limit to how many country and its future. start asking better questions. within the home.”

The Constitution cannot Questions like “What is bullets a gun can hold?” etc.

It has now been well de- While these are the prag- be held in esteem as an infal- healthy?” “What will benecided that it is legal for matic queries necessary in lible declaration. It protects fit the least among us?” and Americans to own guns, and the age of the slow, belliger- many good things America “How can we protect, prein some places for them to ent lawmaking in which we cherishes, but creators of the serve and progress the selfcarry guns in public. While live, maybe they are not the Constitution could not have evident truth that all are crethe legality of gun owner- best questions. envisioned the many ways ated equal?” ship has been made someAmericans have the great- in which America would As we navigate heartwhat decided, the working est need to hold the Consti- progress in these 200 plus wrenching tragedies and out of what gun possession tution in our hands, to read years since it was written. consequential difficult demeans hasn’t been so quick the Bill of Rights slowly and The Constitution is a living cisions related to the existo come up with better ques- document. and clean. tence of firearms in AmerThe questions being tions to ask. We celebrate our As well, America isn’t sim- ica, we need to make sure we thrown out in the media, in freedoms – which is good, – ply a country but an experi- are asking the best possible politics and around the din- but Americans need to re- ment. Experiments involve questions. ner table are hypotheses visit the ontology of our free- tests, pains and reconsideraMaybe that looks like a

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firm ban on assault weapons – that would be a good place to start. Maybe it involves going back further and asking ourselves why and how Americans are allowed to even have guns and if all of the gun rights so many are pushing for are the most beneficial, healthy pursuits.

We need to admit what we don’t know, especially in the face of soaring homicide rates and guns flying off the shelves. Maybe that means rethinking our view of what the Constitution promises us and how it protects the American experiment. It certainly means we need to reconsider and recommit to our personal and societal responsibilities as Americans.

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FRIDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

Rhett Miller and Black Prairie perform at Mountain Stage at the Creative Arts Center.

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DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

BORN TODAY This year your selfexpression attracts many people, and often inspires them. Your words carry power and energy with them.

Your intuition serves you well, and it needs to be listened to. You could receive acknowledgment in your field of choice or achieve a long-term desire. You’ve got what it takes! If you are single, you will establish a meaningful bond, if that is what you desire.

It could occur at any given moment.

If you are attached, you’ll romance your sweetie and reinvigorate your bond.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You move with ease through your day. Several associates might start linking you to the unexpected, as you always present a different point of view. Others like brainstorming with you for that reason.

Once more you demonstrate that ability. Tonight: Visit with others.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Your impression of a superior could be changing rapidly, as a result of recent conversations. Explore this new information further. You treat others with a great deal of compassion. You will go that extra mile with someone you care about. Tonight: Your treat.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHHH You feel your Wheaties. You know you are on top of your game. Be smart, especially in a meeting. Be willing to listen and think through different ideas.

You might not like these concepts at first, but know that there might be value in them. Tonight: All smiles.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH Much is occurring behind the scenes.

You could hear wild stories and wonder where one ends and another begins. Frustration builds because you can’t seem to get the full story. Trust that the unknown will become the known. Go with the moment. Tonight: Get plenty of R and R.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Zero in on what is important, and do not let an interesting person distract you.

You might not be able to help yourself in a meeting, as this person could be there. Try to keep your wits about you rather than have to explain your odd behavior later. Tonight: Where the action is.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Pressure builds, especially if you decide to take the lead in a project.

You might not be dealing just with a vague person, but also an unpredictable financial situation. Use your imagination, especially if you want to make a good impression. Tonight: Expect to be in the lead.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Keep reaching out to someone whom you care a lot about. If you had your choice, what would you do to evoke this person’s attention? Keep that idea on the back burner -- you might need it. You could be surprised at what a positive attitude can bring.

Tonight: Relax to music.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH One-on-one relating draws a strong result. You might want to rethink a personal matter in light of new information that comes up. Good will follows you if you’re financially involved with others. It’s a good day to buy a

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Manila envelope feature 6 Baseball SS’s stats 9 Web money 14 Old Turkish bigwig 15 Dwarf with glasses 16 2009 Panasonic acquisition 17 “Something to Talk About” singer Bonnie 18 *Coffee drinker’s complaint 20 Poet’s before 22 Contest for lumberjacks 23 Nova __ 26 *Direct path 30 *Rowboat attachments 33 Key of Mozart’s Requiem Mass 34 Juneau-to-Ketchikan dir.

35 Some sorority women 37 D.C. baseball team 38 Frittata base 40 Convent dweller 41 Painted Desert formation 42 Controversial apple spray 43 Mexican state bordering Arizona 45 “Reading Rainbow” network 47 Country with six time zones 49 *Flaw in a fence 51 *Quarter 53 Kitchen gadget 54 Volleyball venue 56 Street shader 57 *”The Golden Girls” co-star 61 Creme de la creme 65 Big name in bars 66 “Do __ favor ...”

67 Lucky roll, usually 68 Teacher’s group 69 Like a single shoe 70 Flair DOWN 1 EMT’s skill 2 Anaheim team, on scoreboards 3 “Take me __ am” 4 “Fiddler on the Roof” village 5 Hale and Revere, notably 6 EPA-banned pesticide 7 Not up to snuff 8 Shaggy’s dog, to Shaggy 9 Regard 10 “Sweet” woman in a Neil Diamond title

11 Yucatan year 12 Thesaurus entry: Abbr.

13 Sty dweller 19 Winter transports 21 Individually 23 Urgent call at sea 24 Source of legal precedents 25 Tomato sauce herb 27 Up the creek 28 Distinguished 29 Stalling-for-time syllables 31 Numbers game with 80 balls 32 Was so not worth seeing, as a movie 36 Like many quotes: Abbr.

39 Safety rods in shower stalls 41 Without a partner 42 Comic’s routine 43 Occupied, as a desk 44 Harry Potter costume 46 Sun. delivery 48 Country music star __ Bentley 50 Speaker of the first syllables of the answers to starred clues

52 Chowderhead 55 Shaded 57 Secretly keep in the email loop, briefly 58 Pipe bend 59 Battery type 60 “Far out!”

62 Columbia, for one 63 Bus. card letters 64 Acetyl ending

FRIDAY’S PUZZLE SOLVED

COMICS

Get Fuzzy

by Darby Conley

Cow and Boy

by Mark Leiknes

lottery ticket, too. Tonight: Be a duo.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH By deferring to others, it implies that you have confidence in them. Allow someone the space to demonstrate what is possible. You might need to screen calls and messages, as so many people seek you out. Plan on special time with a loved one. Tonight: Let the good times roll.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Play it easy when dealing with an unpredictable, easily provoked personality. You might want to ask yourself why you are trying to work through an issue with this person. Ask for feedback, and you actually might get excellent results. Tonight: Put your feet up.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB.18) HHH Your Your creativity flows in an unprecedented manner. You might wonder what to do with a loved one who could be well-meaning but interrupts a lot. Choose to close your door to complete what you must or give up.

Tonight: Be that wild thing that we know lies within.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Stay within your usual parameters; otherwise, you would feel uncomfortable if you were to break past these boundaries. Let a problem sit.

The situation will work itself out soon enough. Avoid taking any financial risks. You will be happier as a result.

Tonight: Order in.

BORN TODAY Author Joseph Wambaugh (1937), actress Linda Blair (1959), singer/songwriter Steve Perry (1949)

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

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Tuesday January 22, 2013

Guitar prodigy stuns 123 Pleasant Street

by Hunter homistek A&E editor

123 Pleasant Street hosted a sensational and relaxing evening of gypsy jazz perfection, courtesy of French-born guitarist Stephane Wrembel Sunday evening.

With a fountain of arpeggios and smooth, melodic runs layered on top of driving bass and percussion accents, Wrembel guided the 123 crowd along a path to musical perfection, and the results were stellar.

“We created a first genome, or gene, for what the future shows (in Morgantown) are going to be,” Wrembel said. “I feel like we made a very nice connection. We were on the same page.”

Wrembel’s performance was made unique by the cyclical nature of the set list.

The band began with a droning, relaxing piece inspired by the southwestern U.S. desert and progressed into tunes that drew inspiration from various events, including the Japanese tsunami of 2011, the explorations of the Voyager One and two space probes and the apocalypse.

After maneuvering this journey with a master’s precision, Wrembel and his bandmates returned to the desert, where they closed the set and ended the evening’s festivities.

“I like to think of events in terms of cycles,” Wrembel said. “Things are born, they leave, and they grow up, and they die. That’s the cycle of life, that’s the reason the shows are structured this way.”

In employing such a foundation for his set list, Wrembel’s performance was laced with emotion and power. These were not songs contrived of a scientific, formulaic approach – these were songs formed from Wrembel’s passions and experiences.

“I believe that, in the end, we look back on life, and there is a resume of ev-

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Guitarist Stephane Wrembel performs at 123 Pleasant Street Sunday. erything that happened,” Wrembel said. “People say that when they die their whole lives flash in front of their eyes, and I think when we finish the show, the whole show comes back in front of your eyes.”

Wrembel noted an evolution in his approach to music to achieve this framework.

“I went through three different cycles,” Wrembel

said. “The first cycle was learning the techniques – as many techniques as I could over 20 years. And then there was a limbo where I did things without knowing anymore why, and now it’s looking in a different direction, more in the unconscious and stories.”

While Wrembel’s storytelling and guitar stylings were certainly phenom-

enal, a total band effort made each song complete.

Stand-up bassist Dave Speranza, percussionist Nick Anderson and guitarist Roy Williams provided beautiful rhythms and solos of their own, a magnificent change of pace and scenery from the mostly guitaroriented offerings.

In all, Wrembel’s performance was truly sensational. His style of mu-

sic and level of proficiency as a guitarist and composer is scarcely seen at the regional level, and it was a rare honor to catch such an act at 123.

While no date is cemented at the moment, Wrembel mentioned his desire to return to the Mountain State in the future.

“Hopefully we’ll get more concerts in more

places in West Virginia,” Wrembel said. “I really like this state; it was my first time crossing it today, and I was very impressed by the beauty of nature.”

For more information on Wrembel and his band, visit www.stephanewrembel.com and follow him on Twitter @ StephaneWrembel. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday January 22, 2013

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Mountain Stage celebrates 30 years at CAC

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Black Prairie performs at Mountain Stage Sunday.

Shelby Lynne performs during Mountain Stage at WVU’s College of Creative Arts.

BY COREY ZINN A&e writer

Mountain Stage kicked off its 30th season with a bang in the West Virginia University Lyell B. Clay Theatre Sunday evening.

The show, which was recorded in its entirety, will be radio broadcast for the public March 29.

Mountain Stage is a renowned West Virginia Public Broadcasting program based in Charleston, W. Va. The program broadcasts live folk and country music every Sunday at 2 p.m. and reruns Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Though the production is based in Charleston, Mountain Stage performs in Morgantown six times per year.

“This is a West Virginia show, and Morgantown is an important part of the state,” said Larry Groce, Mountain Stage host.

Normally, the show consists of five acts, but this time around the number was reduced to four to al-

low more time for each artist.

The night’s lineup consisted of Rhett Miller, Shelby Lynne, Black Prairie and Robert Earl Keen.

Rhett Miller played folk songs from his new album, “The Dreamer.”

The singer-songwriter belted out songs of love and loss as he strummed swift chords on his acoustic guitar.

Since 1993, Miller has served as the frontman of the Texas-based roots-rock band, the Old 97’s, but he began his solo career in 2002.

“For years and years, I was just in the band, but I kept having songs pile up that they didn’t like, and it was driving me crazy, so I needed an outlet,” Miller said.

Though this is his second time on Mountain Stage as a soloist, he has also once been on the show with the Old 97’s.

After three solo songs, Miller surprised the crowd by bringing Black Prai-

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rie out early to play two songs from Wilco and Billy Bragg’s “Mermaid Avenue,” comprised of unused Woody Guthrie lyrics.

Miller ended his act energetically alongside the Mountain Stage house band.

Performing for her third time on Mountain Stage, Shelby Lynne sang songs of sweet wisdom while plucking country-jazz harmonies on her acoustic guitar.

“I’m just now getting to where I’m mellowing out a bit,” Lynne said. “I try not to worry about things anymore; I just try to go out there and do what I do best: sing.”

The vivid passion of her verbal and nonverbal language could have brought tears to any audience member’s eyes.

“I’m emotional about music,” Lynne said. “Songwriters are always trying to say the same thing. My style, if anything, is to put my emotions to song.”

Lynne just released a new album, “Revelation

Rhett Miller strums the guitar during his performance at Mountain Stage.

Road,” which is more relaxed and beat-derived than her previous work.

The album was released from her label, Everso Records, which she founded with the help of her partner, Elizabeth Jordan, in 2010.

Lynne said she plans to add artists other than herself to the label in the near future.

Mountain Stage firsttimers Black Prairie received a standing ovation for their intensity and fascinating display of musicianship.

Based in Portland, Ore., Black Prairie is an avantgarde string band consisting mostly of members from indie-folk band The Decemberists.

It may appear as though Black Prairie is a mere side project for this group, but what started out as a fun experiment to utilize more folk instrumentation evolved into an entity of its own.

Much like their other albums, their newest re-

lease, “A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart,” sports highly original talent and style, blended into a neofolk gypsy rock sound.

The band has made several minor changes, which resulted in a firm establishment of their sound. These included the addition of drummer John Lowan and a stronger focus on Annalisa Tornfelt’s soothing vocals.

“We’ve also learned not to be too precocious with a lot of our performances and going for vibe more than perfection,” said Black Prairie member Chris Funk.

Founder of the alternative-country genre, Robert Earl Keen performed with his band for the 10th time at Mountain Stage.

His fun-loving, upbeat country jams had the crowd jumping.

Just like Mountain Stage, Keen has been doing feelgood country and folk for 30 years.

Keen’s new record, “Ready for Confetti,” follows his natural trend, but it breaks his longtime rule of never writing on the road.

Until now, Keen has written his music in solitude within his “scriptorium.”

“It was kind of an awakening,” Keen said. “Because I was sort of in a pinch for time, I felt like I didn’t ever overthink them, but it was surprising how well the songs came out.”

After 30 years of Moun-

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tain Stage, artists still praise the West Virginian program.

Black Prairie bassist Nate Query was astounded by the ease of the performance.

“It’s just super pro, and everybody has this real family vibe,” Query said.

Rhett Miller noted his amazement of the recording quality, and he titled Mountain Stage production crew member Francis Fisher as a “master mixer.”

Larry Groce predicts more successful years to come with Mountain Stage.

“Even though we’re old, we want to keep growing and get a lot more young people involved,” Groce said.

Keen said he respects the format Groce has maintained for Mountain Stage performances.

“There’s not all this push on one person,” Keen said.

“The true star is the music and the performance.”

If you miss your chance to hear Mountain Stage on the radio, you can always check their archives on www.mountainstage.org, but nothing compares to seeing the show live.

“There’s no substitute for live music,” Keen said.

“You can listen to the stuff on record, on your iPad, whatever you want to do, but there is a certain thing that live music gives to your heart and your soul that you get nowhere else.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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SPORTS

Tuesday January 22, 2013

nick arthur associate sports editor

Huggins not to blame for WVU’s struggles West Virginia is having its worst season in more than a decade.

The Mountaineers have been run out of the gym on multiple occasions, including a 34-point defeat to begin the season against Gonzaga and a 27-point loss at Purdue in their most recent outing.

West Virginia sits at 8-9 and is in dangerous jeopardy of failing to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since veteran head coach Bob Huggins took over in April 2007.

The Mountaineers are currently No. 322 in shooting percentage nationally, lacking the talent possessed in recent seasons in Morgantown, and much of the blame has been placed on Huggins not recruiting effectively in recent years.

Huggins even said, “I’m going to go recruit, which obviously, I need to do,” after his team’s third straight loss Saturday.

But the brunt of the Mountaineers problems this season isn’t because Huggins hasn’t recruited well.

There are multiple players who Huggins expected to be playing and contributing right now who, for whatever reason, no longer or never sported a West Virginia uniform.

Let’s start with four-star recruit Noah Cottrill.

Cottrill, who also received a scholarship offer from Florida, was expected to be an immediate scoring contributor.

But a suspension for violation of team rules led to an unexpected dismissal from the team before even making an appearance on the Coliseum floor.

He would be a junior for the Mountaineers right now.

Now for David Nyarsuk.

The 7-foot-1 native of Sudan was also in Cottrill’s 2010 recruiting class.

Nyarsuk failed to qualify academically and was forced to attend Mountain State University for a season.

He is now a role player for No. 21 Cincinnati, averaging three points and four rebounds off the bench in his first season with the Bearcats.

How about Dalton Pepper?

Pepper played in 30 games his freshman season in 2009 – a team which went to the Final Four – and in 32 games his sophomore year before health problems with his family at home forced him to transfer to Temple.

Pepper is now a key-contributor in an Owls’ team, which has beaten No. 3 Syracuse and almost knocked off second-ranked Kansas on the road.

He would be a senior right now for Huggins.

On to Dan Jennings – Jennings was a three-star recruit who received offers from Pittsburgh, Arizona and Xavier, among others.

He saw action in his freshman and sophomore campaigns with the Mountaineers before he left the bench during a game in 2011 against South Florida and later transferred to Long Beach State.

He’s currently averaging 10 points and seven rebounds a game for the 49ers, including 27 points vs. UCLA, 20 points and seven rebounds against No. 3 Syracuse and 16 points and eight rebounds against No. 7 Ohio State.

Jennings would be a senior for Huggins this season.

Now for Darrious Curry …

Curry was only a two-star recruit, but at 6-foot-7, he had a lot of length and scoring ability.

Curry couldn’t medically qualify due to a rare heart condition.

He would be a junior for Huggins’ team right now.

How about Elijah Macon?

Macon was a four-star recruit from Huntington Prep and played with current toprecruit Andrew Wiggins.

He received offers from Kansas State, Maryland and Pittsburgh but failed to

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CONTACT US 304-293-5092 ext. 2 | DAsports@mail.wvu.edu

BOILING OVER

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins looks on during the WVU men’s basketball team’s loss to Purdue Saturday.

Boilermakers hand West Virginia third-straight loss in blowout

By Doug Walp Sports writer

If the West Virginia men’s basketball team wasn’t in complete panic mode after staggering to its worst start through 16 games in a decade, the direness of the Mountaineers’ situation must have begun to set in Saturday afternoon inside Mackey Arena, as WVU suffered one of its worst losses of the entire year.

West Virginia’s final nonconference contest of the season also ended up being its second-worst defeat of the year, as the Boilermakers (10-8, 3-2) ran over the Mountaineers (8-9, 1-2) 79-52 in the seventh all-time meeting between the two schools. Purdue has now won six of

seven against West Virginia in the series that dates back to 1961.

“This is not what I’ve built a career on,” said Bob Huggins, West Virginia’s men’s basketball head coach.

“We let them do what they want to do. We let them throw it where they want to throw it. We let them drive it where they want to drive it.

“We just do the most unexplainable things I’ve ever seen.”

The Boilermakers’ D.J. Byrd, a senior forward, scored a game-high 17 points while freshman guard Rapheal Davis wasn’t far behind while scoring 16 of his own on 5 of 6 shooting from the field, including a perfect 2 of 2 from behind the arc.

Junior guard Terone Johnson pitched in 11, and sophomore guard

Anthony Johnson netted 12 in 20 minutes off the bench for Purdue, who has now won three consecutive games for the second time this season.

Conversely, West Virginia has now dropped three in a row, and its only double-figure scorer, freshman guard Eron Harris, scored just 10 points on 2 of 10 shooting Saturday in his homecoming to the state of Indiana.

As a team the Mountaineers shot just 29 percent from the floor and ended the game with as many field goals (17) as turnovers.

“We took bad shots, and we turned the ball over. We turned it over 11 times in the first half,” Huggins said.

“And they were bad turnovers. They

were turnovers that lead to baskets.”

The Boilermakers, on the other hand, had no problem putting the ball in the hoop, especially from long range. Despite averaging just 29 percent as a team from behind the arc heading into Saturday’s game, Purdue made 8 of their 11 three-point attempts, with Byrd and Davis combining to go 6 of 8 from deep.

“It was pretty quiet in the locker room,” said Juwan Staten, the Mountaineers’ starting sophomore guard.

“Everybody’s just trying to figure out what went wrong. Coach did a lot of talking. I mean, the reputation that Coach has built over the years with the teams that he’s had, (they) have

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tennis

WVU falls to No. 57 Ohio State by robert kreis sports writer

After laying down a foundation of players willing to compete at the level coach Tina Samara was looking for, the West Virginia tennis team entered the second phase of its rebuilding process Saturday. The Mountaineers faced Ohio State to kick off one of the hardest schedules in women’s college tennis.

Despite the loss, Samara was pleased to see the Mountaineers compete against the No. 57 team in the country.

“We were definitely competitive, even if the score might not look like that,” Samara said. “I know that we are a lot better than we have been in the last two years.

The problem that we’re going to face is that our schedule is a way tougher schedule than it’s ever been.

“In order for us to do what we want with this program, we’ve got to be playing a schedule like this. In order to win, you’ve got to beat good teams.”

One Mountaineer who did win Saturday was freshman Hailey Barrett at the No. 3 singles spot; 6-4, 6-2.

The convincing victory excites Samara as she prepares to guide Barrett through the program during the next three and a half years.

“I think within the next few years with (Barrett), we’re going to see some really fun tennis,” Samara said. “The bottom line is she has a lot of ability, but what she has more than anything

is desire.

“She wants it bad; she works as hard as anybody.

She’s the one that wants to hit extra. She’s the one that wants to do anything to get better, and it’s going to show, and it already is.”

The freshman Barrett shined on the singles court for West Virginia, but it was two seniors who earned the Mountaineers’ only victory on the doubles court. Emily Mathis and Audrey Wooland teamed up to beat Ohio State’s Fidan Manashirova and Gabby Steele 8-5.

Samara was also impressed with Wooland’s efforts on the singles court, despite coming away without a victory.

“Audrey was three points away from winning the match at one,” Samara said.

“Playing the No. 41 player in the country and being three points away from winning is disappointing, but it also shows what she is capable of and the level she is playing at.”

Samara is hoping the team as a whole will become more vocal with each other on the tennis courts, which will, in turn, allow them to play more freely.

“We still have to learn to be more vocal. This is college tennis, and that’s part of what makes it so much fun,” Samara said. “We’re a smaller team. You can be loud with less kids, you just have to do it.

“They’ve got to learn to let themselves loose and have a good time.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

track and field

Mountaineers dominate WVU Invitational

BY Kevin Hooker

Sports correspondent

The West Virginia track and field team dominated this weekend at the WVU Invitational, where they took eight first-place finishes.

Senior Sydney Cummings led the way by posting the second-best high jump in program history with a leap of 1.76 meters.

Junior Chene Townsend took first place in the 60-meter dash with a season-best time of 7.77 seconds while also finishing second in the

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Continued from page 9 academically qualify. He’s now at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire and is expected to join the Mountaineers next season.

He would be a freshman

60-meter hurdles with time of 8.71 seconds.

“I was especially pleased with Chene Townsend,” said head coach Sean Cleary.

“This performance marked her best January performance and sets her up very well for the rest of the season.”

Senior Lindsay Kopenhaver took second place in the pole vault with a season best 3.50 meters.

Junior Sarah Martinelli placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.26 while junior Arielle Gaither

and senior Hallie Portner finished second and third, respectively.

Three freshman, Christa D’Egidio, Alyssa Scherich, and Peyton Hampson, took top honors in the 500-meter run. Junior Allison Tyree finished fourth.

“For three freshmen to come out and run that hard today has me looking forward to next month,” Cleary said.

The Mountaineers also took first-place finishes from freshman Ashanti Bess in the 200-meter dash, se-

nior Lauren Moskal in the 1,000-meter run and senior Alanna Pritts in the weight throw. The 4x400-meter relay team, consisting of D’Egidio, Hampson, Gaither and Tyree, also placed first.

“While we are nowhere near where we need to be for outdoors, we are improving,” Cleary said. “We will simply keep working hard and doing our best to execute in competition. We have a long way to go, but I am very happy with our commitment.”

this year.

We could even talk about players like Ryan Boatright, who originally made a verbal commitment to Huggins and is now averaging more than 16 points per game for UConn.

The bottom line is Huggins has done exactly what

he’s needed to do in terms of recruiting.

He has attracted highquality players to Morgantown, but a combination of bad fortune and whatever else you want to call it has forced Huggins to fill his roster with players he didn’t expect to have, let alone play.

The recruiting world today is a cutthroat business.

And Bob Huggins has what it takes to continue to bring top-tier players to West Virginia and to continue to do what he does best – win games.

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serves who barely played at all before Saturday, both recorded season-highs in minutes.

Meanwhile, three former West Virginia starters – Deniz Kilicli, Aaric Murray and Keaton Miles – combined for just nine points in 20 minutes off the bench.

The Mountaineers were already faced with a significant uphill battle for any hopes of playing in the NCAA tournament this year before Saturday’s game with Purdue, but after its ninth loss in 17 games this season, the only way West Virginia will be playing in March now will likely be by winning at least 10 of its remaining 14 conference games, which includes contests against Iowa State (134), Oklahoma (12-4), Baylor (12-5), Oklahoma State (124), No. 16 Kansas State (13-2) and two games against No. 4 Kansas (16-1).

That looming conference schedule coupled with the Mountaineers’ current RPI of 86, and BPI (Basketball Power Index) of 105, could mean that even an NIT invite could be a long shot for West Virginia at this point, much to the chagrin of its fans, and to the surprise of its head coach, who has yet to miss an invite to March Madness his first five seasons at the helm of his alma mater.

“Honestly, I didn’t see it coming. I just didn’t see it coming,” Huggins said of his team’s struggles this season. “My seniors have always stepped up. Why? How? I don’t have any idea, but they always have.

“It just hasn’t worked out that way. I just don’t know if we know how to play basketball.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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12 | SPORTS

Tuesday January 22, 2013

WOmen’s basketball

Top-ranked Baylor takes down WVU in Waco Mountaineers return to action at home to face Texas Tech tonight at Coliseum by amit batra sports writer

After falling to topranked Baylor Saturday night, the West Virginia women’s basketball team returns home Tuesday night to face the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a pivotal Big 12 Conference matchup.

The Lady Bears (16-1, 6-0 Big 12) defeated the Mountaineers (11-6, 3-3 Big 12) 76-58 following a dominant game from Baylor’s senior Brittney Griner. Despite Baylor defeating opponents on average by 30.1 points this season, WVU was able to keep the game within reach.

In the 10th largest attended game in Lady Bears’ history (10,245), Griner dominated from the start.

Her 26 points and 15 rebounds was the 50th double-double of her career. In fact, she was one block shy of a triple-double with nine blocks.

Griner, who shot 11-of17 from the field, helped Baylor dominate inside the paint, as they outscored West Virginia 43-26. The Mountaineers had trouble stopping the Lady Bears’

50.9 percent shooting from the field. West Virginia only shot 32.8 percent on the night (21-of-64).

Despite the loss West Virginia was able to hang around with the No. 1 team in the country. It proved to be a great learning experience for head coach Mike Carey and the squad.

“Great atmosphere, great crowd and a great place to play,” he said about the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.

“I thought we competed for the most part. We missed a lot of foul shots (41.4 percent, 12-for-29). (Brittney) Griner is the best player in the country bar none.”

Baylor’s junior point guard Odyssey Sims added 15 points for the Lady Bears.

Leading West Virginia was junior guard Christal Caldwell, who added 25 points, seven rebounds and five steals on 11-for21 shooting. On the night, the Mountaineers forced 19 Baylor turnovers.

Junior guard Taylor Palmer added 14 points on the night. Sophomore forward Crystal Leary matched a career-best 11 rebounds in 15 minutes of action.

“We turned them over

like we felt we could 19 times,” Carey said. “We didn’t get out-rebounded that bad, and we tried not to miss foul shots and limit our turnovers (13), but Brittney (Griner) hit some big shots.

“She just opens up so many more people on the floor that you really wouldn’t have to help off of, but then they become effective and start getting hot.”

As West Virginia returns to Morgantown Tuesday night, a win against Texas Tech could be pivotal in the Big 12 standings.

The Lady Raiders come into Tuesday’s game with a 14-4 record and a 4-2 mark in conference. They are fourth in the Big 12 standings while West Virginia is currently sixth.

Coming off a 70-63 home win against No. 23 Kansas, Texas Tech hopes to come into the WVU Coliseum and earn its third-straight win.

Chynna Brown led the way for the Lady Raiders in their win against the Jayhawks Saturday night. Her 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting, four assists and four steals paved the way for Texas Tech to earn its 14th

win of the season and the upset over Kansas.

Senior guard Casey Morris is leading Texas Tech with 12.4 points per game.

Brown is second on the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game. She is averaging 15.0 points against Big 12 opponents through six games.

The Lady Raiders are shooting the ball well a 41.3 percent shooting mark on the season.

Caldwell and Palmer lead the way in scoring for WVU with 12.9 and 12.2 points per game, respectively. Senior center Ayana Dunning is averaging 10.2 points and 6.4 rebounds a game.

West Virginia and Texas Tech are two of the most aggressive defensive teams in the nation, currently. The Lady Raiders are No. 2 in the country in scoring defense – holding opponents to 59.0 points per game. The Mountaineers are right behind them at No. 3 – giving up only 59.7 points per contest.

All the action starts at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Senior center Brittney Griner blocks a shot against WVU Saturday.

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rifle

No. 1 Mountaineers defeat GARC foe Nebraska by robert kreis sports writer

A break that lasted more than two months did not prevent the West Virginia rifle team from continuing its winning ways this weekend as it defeated fellow Great American Rifle Conference foe Nebraska 4,689-4,661.

“It’s always nice to make sure you win the match and keep momentum going,” said head coach Jon Hammond. “It’s nice to get back in the range and get the matches going again.”

With the long hiatus, Hammond expected his team to show some signs of rust, but was confident the experience within the team would prevail.

“For sure there was a little bit of rust there. I wasn’t worried about it. I almost expected it,” Hammond said. “That’s why you have competition to get back into it. We’re really trying to shoot our best at the end

of the season.

“Like anything, nothing truly replicates a match situation, and I think not having had that for almost two months for some of them, you just need to get back into that.”

One factor that has led the Mountaineers to a 10-0 record, as well as in Saturday’s close victory against the Cornhuskers, has been the team’s depth. Saturday, seven different shooters contributed to the winning score.

“Day-to-day and in practice (the team) pushes each other,” Hammond said. “They’re all competing for those team spots just as much as they’re competing against other teams.

“It keeps good competition in the range, in practice, and it allows them to push each other more and more. The depth is really important.”

The Mountaineers have enough depth to be competitive with each other,

but there is no doubt, senior Petra Zublasing sits at the very top of the West Virginia talent level.

Zublasing, who competed for her home country of Italy in this summer’s London Olympics, was able to end her home career at WVU with a win Saturday, while posting a 598 score in the air rifle. “(Petra) had a really good air rifle performance,” Hammond said.

“It was a really solid performance; 598 is a top score at any competition.”

After the win over the Cornhuskers, West Virginia is left with only one more match, against rival Kentucky, before entering the post-season tournaments. Hammond will look for the Mountaineers to continue to focus on themselves as they hit the home stretch.

“We’re really just focusing on ourselves, but it’s important to grind out your own score every match,” Hammond said.

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

“That’s something that we worked at last year and really tried to emphasize that you do struggle a little bit, and things aren’t going to be smooth sailing all the time in a match, but you have to be able to stay in and put all your focus into

it.

“Stay positive, stay calm, and make the best out of it.”

If the Mountaineers continue to execute like they have, Hammond does not see them losing any momentum.

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“Everyone’s pleased to keep our momentum going, and we want to keep putting in good performance and finish strong throughout the season.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The We s t Vi rginia wrestling team hit the mats against No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 14 Oklahoma last weekend in its first Big 12 dual meets in program history WVU dropped both matches this past weekend 36-3 and 25-14, respectively, to bring its record to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12. The last time West Virginia competed against one of the nation’s top wrestling programs in No.1 Penn State, Turnbull didn’t like the effort he saw from his team. Headed into one of the most historic wrestling venues in the country, everything seemed in place for another repeat performance, but head coach Craig Turnbull saw his team compete harder and take away an experience that will only help them.

“The quality of the opponent in Oklahoma State was very similar to Penn State, but our effort was the different this time. There was the added challenge of being at such a prestigious venue. The freshmen and

sophomores got a really good sense of how historic the place was. But there was some very good improvement,” Turnbull said.

“This weekend was a very valuable experience that will only benefit us down the road. The matches Friday helped us compete better Saturday. We are coming into the Big 12 with the right values.”

Senior Shane Young struggled in his opening match of the weekend, falling to Oklahoma’s Eddie Klimara 3-2. In the 133 pound group, junior Colin Johnston, who has been battling to return to his normal weight, nearly squeezed out a victory but was pinned just seconds before the buzzer.

“Young did not wrestle a good first match. His focus was not there, and he could have came out with a win. With Johnston back at his regular weight, things will get easier for him, but we still couldn’t get a full seven minutes out of him.”

Turnbull said.

The one positive consistency for the Mountaineers this season has been the solid wrestling of junior Nathan Pennesi. Pennesi, who was the only wrestler to score a victory against

Penn State, was once again the lone victor against Oklahoma.

“Nathan strives to do everything right. He is a great example of what a goal and workouts can do. It takes a lot of hard work to win matches, and he is getting rewarded for that. He is a great example for this young team,” Turnbull said.

The wrestling team had to head into Norman, Okla., Sunday to take on No. 14 Oklahoma. WVU took the experience they gained from taking on the No. 2 team in the country and turned it into a much more competitive match.

Young learned from his mistakes from his previous match and came out with a 5-4 victory over the Sooners’ Kyle Garcia. Johnston fell 0-2 on the weekend when he suffered a loss to Cody Brewer.

“These matches were valuable to us. We are going in the right direction.

These matches Friday are very winnable but will take a lot of effort,” Pennesi said.

West Virginia will be back in action Friday to take on Rutgers in front of the home crowd in the WVU coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu