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Project gives inmates second chance

by Madison Fleck staff writer

Each year, hundreds of inmates are wrongfully convicted of crimes they didn’t commit and are forced to spend years in prison.

This year, the West Virginia University College of Law started the Innocence Project, which gives these inmates the freedom they rightfully deserve.

The Innocence Project is

a program that gives thirdyear law students the opportunity to solve these cases free of charge.

“It’s a really great experience,” said David Estep, a third-year law student at WVU. “You can tell these inmates haven’t really had anyone to listen to their story in a long time, and listening means a lot to them, because they’re forgotten about at that point.

“They see us as someone

Alterra Capital CEO, WVU alum to give lecture

By Summer Ratcliff staff writer

Students will have the opportunity tonight at the Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker Series at 6 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms to hear from a highly successful entrepreneur who got his start at West Virginia University.

W. Marston Becker, a WVU College of Business and Economics alumnus, will be presenting tonight’s installment of the series.

Becker currently serves as the president and CEO of Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd., with assets at approximately $10 billion. The company has major underwriting platforms in Bermuda, Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom and Latin America.

Jose Sartarelli, Milan Puskar dean of the College of B&E, said Becker is a successful businessman and said he believes students will have the opportunity to learn from his firsthand experiences.

“Marty Becker represents a very special story and is a person students can really look up to,” Sartarelli said. “He is from West Virginia, graduated from the state’s flagship University and loves this state very much.”

Sartarelli said since Becker once called WVU home, he is highly invested in the state.

“He serves this state in a number of capacities, and he has invested in this state. He is a highly successful businessman who has truly excelled in everything he has done, and there is much to be learned from him,” Sartarelli said.

Becker also currently serves as chairman of West Virginia Media Holdings, a statewide media company he cofounded in 2001.

WVMH has eight television stations and a newspaper that reaches 90 percent of West Virginia’s population.

Zachary Klingensmith,

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that can offer them a voice.”

The Innocence Projects accepts applications from inmates who have been in prison for large amounts of time, and if there is an actual innocence claim, they take on the case. The WVU project has received more than 150 applications this far and has many cases pending.

Estep said some of the applicants have been in prison for decades, but unfortu-

nately, the Innocence Project can only accept applicants who have a valid claim to innocence.

“The most challenging part is probably making our way through the applications and having to reject certain cases,” said Ashley Joseph, a third-year WVU law student involved with the Innocence Project.

The students thoroughly investigate the cases they undertake and send the ev-

idence to experts to determine if a crime was actually committed.

“As good as our legal system is, there are still mistakes,” Estep said. “We’re all human, and we’re going to make mistakes.”

The law students involved with the project were chosen from a lottery, and only four were chosen this year.

“I was lucky enough to get in after someone ahead of me had dropped,” Joseph

said. “I want to be a criminal defense attorney, and whenever I heard we were starting an Innocence Project at WVU, I knew I could have an impact.”

The students put much time and effort into the cases. Estep and his partner have already visited certain inmates several times to obtain the information needed.

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‘COMMUNICATING SCIENCE’

WVU Science Idol contestants prepared presentations on topics of their choice for the judges.

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Science on Tap hosts first-ever WVU Science Idol to share research

BY Ashley TennANT Staff Writer

West Virginia University’s Science on Tap presented its firstever WVU Science Idol Wednesday at the Mountain State Brewing Company.

Participants included students and professors from various science programs at WVU. Each of the 10 contestants had three minutes to present his/her research. Of the ten contestant, three winners were chosen.

“Tonight, we are celebrating our second-year anniversary of Sci-

ence on Tap, (it) was actually a part of a class two years ago under the supervision of Professor Jim Belanger at the Biology Department,” said Beatriz Vianna, a doctoral biology student. “It was a seminar class called, ‘Communicating Science to the General Public.’”

Vianna said a research report showed people hold many misunderstandings about science, so the class decided they needed to find a way to dispel the misconceptions.

“The purpose of Science on Tap is to try to decrease the gap that we have between science and society,” she said.

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Vianna said she got the idea for the event through her own volunteer work at a similar event with the National Science Foundation program.

“To be considered a scientist idol, you should be able to present your topic and your research in an entertaining way,” Vianna said.

The prizes awarded included gift cards to Mountain State Brewing Company, and the first-place winner also received a slot in WVU’s Festival of Ideas series next year.

Paul Holcomb, doctoral student

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Thursday April 25, 2013

SGA offers resolutions on AEDs, mentoring by bryan bumgardner associate city editor

The Student Government Association of West Virginia University met Wednesday night, reading resolutions and passing student organization grants in their second-tolast meeting of the academic year.

Two new resolutions were presented for first reading in accordance with the new method of resolution adoption.

First presented was the Support for Mentoring Res-

olution, a potential program organized by Governors Stephen Scott, Joy Wang and Spenser Wempe.

According to the resolution, a mentoring program would match at-risk students with faculty, staff and alumni mentors for emotional support, networking opportunities and help adapting to college life to improve retention rates.

“I feel like by having a mentor that can be there for you for the good times and the bad times, it becomes really personal,” Scott said.

“At our University, there are

so many alumni who want to get involved, and they can by taking someone under their wing.”

The program, which was originally started by former Governor Bridgette Boyd, is still in the formative stages.

However, Scott plans to have the program running by next school year.

“With the support of SGA, we can know this will continue even past my years on the board,” Scott said.

Also presented for first reading was a resolution to implement Automatic

External Defibrillators in residence halls, written by Governor Evan McIntyre and co-sponsored by governors Blaine Blankenship and George W. Capel.

AEDs are easy-to-use devices that can drastically increase the chances of survival for someone suffering from a sudden cardiac arrest. This resolution would endorse a program to place these AEDs in residence halls across campus.

“There are so many cases reported annually where if there had been an AED, there would have been a

different outcome,” McIntyre said.

According to research done by cardiacscience. com, there are 295,000 cardiac arrests a year, 7,000 of which occurr in children.

Research also estimates easy access to AEDs could save up to 40,000 people per year.

“I bet you I can find several places around campus where there’s a large amount of traffic and no AED,” McIntyre said. “I want to do the very best job we can to protect students.”

Several student orga-

nizations were awarded grants at the meeting. Free Thinking Inquiring Secular Humanists, the WVU Young Democrats America, WVU Law Justice Group College of Law, Student Partnership for Cosmic Exploration, WVU Triathlon Club and the National Society of College Scholars all received grants.

SGA’s final meeting of the academic year will take place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Hatfields room B. bryan.bumgardner@mail.wvu.edu

U.s. NEWS

2 boys, 3 adults shot to death in Illinois town

AP

Police officials investigate the scene at a house in Manchester, Ill., where five people were found slain in the tiny southwestern Illinois town early Wednesday.

MANCHESTER, Ill. (AP) — The nephew of a smalltown Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, authorities said Wednesday.

Illinois State Police said they believe Rick O. Smith, 43, entered a Manchester home through the back door and shot the victims at close range with a shotgun, leaving two women, one man and the boys dead. Two people were found in a bedroom, two in a second bedroom and the man in the hallway. A sixth victim, a 6-year-old girl, was injured and taken to a Springfield hospital.

innocence Continued from page 1

“Our case is our baby,” Estep said. “We’re a little sad that we’re going to be leaving at the end of the semester, because there is a little bit of that emotional investment.”

Estep and the other student attorneys involved with the Innocence Project said they hope to give these in-

“The offender took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor,” State Police Lt. Col. Todd Kilby said.

Officials have not revealed a motive for the killings. Police said the victims are related. Authorities believe Smith and the victims were acquainted, but they didn’t provide details of the relationships.

A bystander called police and told them that Smith fled the home in a white sedan. A car chase ensued, leading authorities to the nearby town of Winchester, where Smith and officers exchanged gunfire.

Officers shot Smith, and he later died at a hospital.

Police said they found

mates a voice.

“These people were shuffled under the carpet by society, and some of them didn’t deserve it,” Estep said.

“By having this type of program, we are able to help people that are wrongfully convicted of these crimes.”

For more information about the Innocence Project, visit www.innocenceproject.org. danewsroom@mail.com

a rifle, shotgun and large hunting knife in Smith’s car.

Coroner officials said they plan autopsies on the victims Thursday morning in Bloomington and identities would be released at that time.

Scott County State’s Attorney Michael Hill said Smith, of rural Morgan County, had previous convictions for reckless homicide, drugs and bad checks.

Manchester Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed that Smith was his nephew, saying he hadn’t spoken to Smith in two years, but he believed his nephew was unemployed. Drake said the last time Smith contacted him was to borrow

CEO

Continued from page 1 a WVU economics instructor, said he encourages students who may not be studying economics or even interested in economics to still consider attending the event.

“Regardless of major, all students should consider attending this event,” Klingensmith said. “More and more companies are looking for employees that can wear many hats. For example, the speaker is the CEO of an insurance group and is also the chairman of a media company. Even

tools.

In Manchester, yellow police tape surrounded the small one-story brick home where the victims were found. Manchester is a village of about 300 residents located about 50 miles west of Springfield.

“It’s a close-knit community,” Drake said. “Everybody talks to everybody. ... We enjoy that goes on (in) town. This is just a tragedy for (the) whole town.”

The last homicide in Scott County was 20 years ago, in 1993.

Manchester resident Julie Hardwick, 48, said she lives in the same county housing authority complex as the victims. Authorities told her she couldn’t re-

though these are somewhat unrelated, he is able to succeed at both.”

Klingensmith said students will be able to learn to become more marketable by attending the event.

Klingensmith said Becker’s excellence in various aspects of the workforce contributes to his success.

“To be competitive in the workforce, you need to be able to excel at more than one thing, and Becker is a great example of this and could prove to be an inspiration to students in that way,” Klingensmith said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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turn to her home yet because of the investigation, she said.

“The kids were really nice,” Hardwick said of the family. “You couldn’t ask for better kids.”

The Rev. Robin Lyons of Manchester United Methodist Church, one of two churches in the community said, “this shows tragedy can happen anywhere.”

Two area school superintendents said they received calls from county sheriffs before 6 a.m. informing them that five people had been shot to death at a house in Manchester and that a suspect was at large.

Superintendent David Roberts of the Winchester School District and

SCIENCE

Continued from page 1 of health and sciences won first prize for his presentation, “Making Connections: The Science of Wiring the Brain.”

“My presentation was on this new initiative that the Obama administration is undertaking with the NIH (National Institute of Health) and the NSF,” Holcomb said. “It’s going to start out at $100 million a year, it may actually increase to as much as $300 million a year.”

“The initiative is funding neuroscience technology, so basically, the idea is we want to eventually build a schematic of the human brain that’s capable of allowing us to understand how diseases progress in the brain, how memories

Les Stevens of the North Greene Unit District No. 3 both said they immediately canceled classes when they were told of the shootings and that other school districts did the same.

Roberts said the wounded girl is a student at Winchester Grade School and her teacher was with her at the Springfield hospital.

The school will use its own counselor, nurse and other staff members to help students who need to talk, Roberts said. Other area districts have offered to help too.

Roberts said he also will call on area ministers to be available on campus. “I’ve found that to be helpful in the past,” he said.

are stored, how we recall information and how we learn,” he said. “The important step in that is to develop the technologies that are necessary to see the brain in action.”

Holcomb said the brain initiative is set to fund technology that will study how connections are made in the brain and what happens when those connections go wrong.

“It’s really difficult to get the funding to do the types of science that we need to do to improve not just our knowledge in science, but also the lives of everyone,” he said. “So, the more people who understand why we’re asking for the money, the better chance there is that we will get the money, and all of our lives will get better.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Canada terror plot suspect grew more radical

AP

A man walks his dog past a mosque where Chiheb Esseghaier, one of the two accused in an alleged plot to bomb a Via passenger train, used to attend in Montreal.

TORONTO (AP) — One of two men accused of plotting with al-Qaida members in Iran to derail a train in Canada became radicalized to the point that his father reached out to a Muslim support group for help and advice, a local religious leader said Wednesday.

Muhammad Robert Heft, president of the Paradise Forever Support Group Inc., a non-profit organization that provides support to Muslims in Canada, said Mohammad Jaser came to him several times citing concerns about the radicalization of his son.

“He came to me about his son saying he how concerned he was getting about the rigidness of his son and his interpretation of Islam.

He was becoming self-righteous, becoming pushy, pushing his views on how much they (his family) should be practicing as a Muslim,” said Heft.

Jaser’s son, Raed, 35, has been charged along with

Chiheb Esseghaier, 30 with conspiring to carry out an attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group in their plot to derail a train that runs between New York City and Montreal.

Canadian investigators say the men received guidhance from members of alQaida in Iran. Iranian government officials have said the government had nothing to do with the plot.

“His son was becoming overzealous and intolerant in his understanding of the religion,” Heft said. “Those are the telltale signs that can lead into the radicalization process.”

The discussions took place between 2010 and 2011, while the father was renting a basement apartment in Heft’s home in Markham, Ontario.

On Wednesday, the other suspect appeared briefly in court where he made a statement suggesting he did not recognize the court’s

jurisdiction.

“This criminal code is not a holy book,” Esseghaier said at the hearing. “We cannot rely on the conclusions taken out from these judgments.”

At the hearing Esseghaier rejected the allegations against him and declined to be represented by a courtappointed lawyer.

Jaser had appeared in court Tuesday and did not enter a plea. The court granted a request by his lawyer, John Norris, for a publication ban on future evidence and testimony.

Both men were ordered to return to court on May 23.

“We are waiting for the disclosure and we will be defending against the charges,” Norris said in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

Norris declined to comment when asked if he wanted his client’s case separated from Esseghaier, who has spoken out twice in court despite being ad-

vised not to.

Police – tipped off by an imam worried by the behavior of one of the suspects – said it was the first known attack planned by al-Qaida in Canada. The two could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.

The case has raised questions about the extent of Shiite-led Iran’s relationship with al-Qaida, a predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network. It also renewed attention on Iran’s complicated history with the terror group, which ranges from outright hostility to alliances of convenience and even overtures

by Tehran to assist Washington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Canadian police said this week they didn’t think it was a case of state sponsored terrorism.

Law officials in New York with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press the attack was to take place on the Cana-

dian side of the border. They are not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

Norris has questioned the timing of the arrests, pointing to ongoing debates in the Canadian Parliament over a new anti-terrorism law that would expand the powers of police and intelligence agencies.

Norris has noted Jaser was a permanent resident of Canada who has lived there for 20 years. Norris refused to say where Jaser was from, saying that revealing his nationality in the current climate amounted to demonizing him.

Canadian police have declined to release the men’s nationalities, saying only they had been in Canada a “significant amount of time.” But a London-based newspaper Al Arab reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources in the Gulf, that Jaser is a Jordanian passport holder with

full name Raed Jaser Ibrahim Amouri, who had visited the UAE several times and most recently in September 2011. The newspaper reported that the suspect also visited other Gulf countries including Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It was not possible to independently confirm the report.

Esseghaier, in a profile on a university department website –which has since been removed – says he was born in Tunis, Tunisia.

The investigation surrounding the planned attack was part of a crossborder operation involving Canadian law enforcement agencies, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Canadian police said the men never got close to carrying out the attack.

The warning first came from an imam in Toronto, who in turn was tipped off by suspicious behavior on the part of one of the suspect.

Minaret of famed mosque in Syria destroyed BEIRUT (AP) — The 11thcentury minaret of a famed mosque that towered over the narrow stone alleyways of Aleppo’s old quarter collapsed Wednesday as rebels and government troops fought pitched battles in the streets around it, depriving the ancient Syrian city of one of its most important landmarks.

President Bashar Assad’s government and the rebels trying to overthrow him traded blame over the destruction to the Umayyad Mosque, a UNESCO world heritage site and centerpiece of Aleppo’s walled Old City.

“This is like blowing up the Taj Mahal or destroying the Acropolis in Athens.

This mosque is a living sanctuary,” said Helga Seeden, a professor of archaeology at the American University of Beirut. “This is a disaster. In terms of heritage, this is the worst I’ve seen in Syria. I’m horrified.”

Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and a commercial hub, emerged as a key battleground in the nation’s civil war after rebels launched an offensive there last summer. Since then, the fighting has carved the city into rebeland regime-held zones, killed thousands of people, forced thousands more to flee their homes and laid waste to entire neighborhoods.

The Umayyad Mosque complex, which dates mostly from the 12th century, suffered extensive damage in October as both sides fought to control the walled com-

pound in the heart of the old city. The fighting left the mosque burned, scarred by bullets and trashed. Two weeks earlier, the nearby medieval covered market, or souk, was gutted by a fire sparked by fighting.

With thousands of years of written history, Syria is home to archaeological treasures that date back to biblical times, including the desert oasis of Palmyra, a cultural center of the ancient world.

The nation’s capital, Damascus, is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world.

At least five of Syria’s six World Heritage sites have been damaged in the fighting, according to UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural agency.

Looters have broken into one of the world’s best-preserved Crusader castles, Crac des Chevaliers, and ruins in the ancient city of Palmyra were damaged. Both rebel and regime forces have set up bases in some of Syria’s significant historic sites, including citadels and Turkish bath houses, while thieves have stolen artifacts from museums.

The destruction of the minaret – which dated to 1090 and was the oldest surviving part of the Umayyad Mosque – brought outrage and grief.

“What is happening is a big shame,” said Imad aKhal, a 59-year-old Christian businessman in Aleppo.

“Thousands of tourists used to visit this site. Every day is a black day for Syrians.”

The main Western-backed opposition group, the Syrian National Coalition, accused the government of intentionally committing “a crime against civilization and humanity” by destroying the minaret.

“The regime has done all it can to tear apart the Syrian social fabric,” the Coalition said in a statement. “By its killings and destruction of heritage, it is planting bitterness in the hearts of the people that will be difficult to erase for a long time to come.”

There were conflicting accounts about what leveled the minaret, leaving the oncesoaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the mosque’s tiled courtyard.

Syria’s state news agency said rebels from the al-Qaidalinked Jabhat al-Nusra group blew it up, while Aleppo-

based activist Mohammed al-Khatib said a Syrian army tank fired a shell that “totally destroyed” the minaret.

The mosque fell into rebel hands earlier this year after heavy fighting but the area around the compound remains contested, with Syrian troops just some 200 yards (meters) away.

An amateur video posted AP online by the anti-govern- The minaret of a famed 12th century Umayyad mosque before it was destroyed ment Aleppo Media Cen- by the shelling, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. ter showed the mosque’s vaulted archways charred from earlier fighting and a pile of rubble where the minaret used to be.

Standing inside the mosque courtyard, a man who appeared to be a rebel fighter, said regime forces recently fired seven shells at the minaret but failed to knock it down. On Wednesday, the tank rounds struck their target, he said.

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of lunch

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Fifty-six percent of students choose to eat a National School Lunch and Breakfast Program meal on a typical school day.

These days, bad lunch food isn’t the only issue in West Virginia school cafeterias.

The House of Delegates recently passed a bill called the Feed to Achieve Act, which would use both private and public donations to give free lunches to all public schoolchildren from prekindergarten to 12th grade.

Currently, only 55 percent of children from low-income families receive a free

or discounted lunch, yet two-thirds of these schoolchildren do not take advantage of the free breakfast provided.

Delegate Ray Canterbury (R-Greenbrier) has suggested another route, referencing the age-old adage “there’s no such thing as a free lunch.”

“I think it would be a good idea if we perhaps had kids work for their lunches,” Canterbury recommended

to the House of Delegates, stating that free lunches would “destroy their work ethic.” Instead, students would erase chalkboards, take out trash, mow lawns and perform other tasks in order to earn their lunches.

The idea of more public school handouts, given the fact so few of the free breakfasts provided are even utilized by the students, seems like a retrograde idea.

Furthermore, forcing

children to do menial tasks – even ones comparable to the daily chores they may have at home – seems silly compared to the large sums of money spent providing free textbooks, school supplies and overall education to public school students – all of which come without a price to the students themselves.

The idea of suddenly making school lunches free for all is novel both in its

mixture of private and public funding, but also for introducing the idea of enhancing work ethic among students for something that, with the exception of lunches, has always been free.

While entitlement should be avoided, forcing students to do the work of janitors may do more harm than good.

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Assault weapons ban would prevent tragedies kirk auvil columnist

Last week, we saw the United States Congress in total uproar when faced with the prospect of enacting meaningful gun control legislation. Despite the fact a Gallup poll put 91 percent of Americans in favor of expanded background checks, the Senate failed to pass the bill to put these checks in place.

It is a rare thing for so many Americans to agree on one issue, particularly if it’s about gun control. The exception is if they think Congress is doing a good job: only 15 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing at the moment.

Here’s the thing, though: this problem is not going to go away.

Just yesterday, some maniac broke into a family’s home in Manchester, Ill., and killed all five of them– the grandmother, the parents and the two kids. The shooter then got into a firefight with police and died from his injuries in the hospital.

It’s so incredibly depressing just how predictable these shootings have become. It feels as though they’re weekly fixtures on the news now; you could set America’s watch to them.

That’s why satirical pseudonews outlet The Onion ran an article with the headline, “It Wouldn’t Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places.”

The gun control debate itself is already worn and familiar to both sides. It appears that simply using facts and statistics to try to show why gun control is necessary will never sway its detractors. So, let’s try a different tactic: historical evidence.

Six years ago at Virginia Tech, a student named Seung-Hui Cho went on a shooting rampage, killing

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Gun rights supporters rally on the front steps at the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa. 32 people and injuring 23 before killing himself. During the massacre, Cho kept his pistols loaded with extended magazines that had been banned for 10 years by the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. That ban expired two years before the Virginia Tech Massacre.

While nobody can say so with certainty, it is very likely Cho would not have been able to go on a killing spree of this magnitude (the largest by a single gunman in U.S. history) if he had not been able to use these extended magazines, which were not available until just two years before.

Is any of this sinking in?

Does the fact that there weren’t unthinkable mass shootings with assault weapons while the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was in place have any sort of traction with you, opponents of gun control?

If not, here are some more examples: James Holmes, the maniac who shot up a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., killed 15 people and injured 58, using weaponry that would have been banned by the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. Wade Page went on a rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, again using weapons that would previously have been illegal,

to kill six, wound four and then kill himself.

These are historical facts.

This is not an argument that can somehow alter the past. These shootings were all made possible by weaponry that would have been illegal just a few years prior.

Opponents of gun control said laws won’t stop the truly determined from illegally obtaining guns and everyday law-abiding citizens would be defenseless against these assault weapon-toting outlaws.

The problem is one could say the same about nearly any law. It’s not legal for all of us to drive tanks around the roads, but you don’t see

people complaining that if someone managed to get a tank illegally, we would all be goners.

And yes, tanks are radically different from guns, but there isn’t really a good parallel for guns.

Let’s just discuss the comparison on principle.

Is it logical that everyone should keep extra-dangerous items just in case a few people ended up with extradangerous items?

It’s not like we’re talking about awesome toys here, which have suddenly been recalled because some kids choked on the parts. We’re talking about assault weapons being used to kill peo-

ple. They may be used in self-defense, they may well be used for some other righteous purpose, but their single reason for existing is to kill people.

Limiting the availability of tools that kill people doesn’t seem like a bad idea, just as expanding background checks to online gun sales and gun shows seems like a swell plan.

But in the end, we must all keep one very important fact in mind: Congress knows best, and they’re not going to kowtow to something as insignificant as the overwhelming will of the people.

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OBI-WAN CANOE-BI, a concrete canoe that was built and designed to float in water by WVU engineering students, is on display at the WVU Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources building.

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FEATURE OF THE DAY A WVU JAPANESE PROFESSOR PRESENTS “442 LIVE WITH HONOR, DIE WITH DIGNITY” today at 11:30 a.m in the Rhododendron Room in the WVU Mountainlair. Asako No, coordinator of the Japanese program in the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, will give the presentation. Pizza will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

EVERY WEDNESDAY TAI CHI is taught from 6:30-8 p.m. Other class times are available. For more information, call 304-319-0581.

CATHOLICS ON CAMPUS meets at 8 p.m. at 1481 University Ave. For more information, call 304-296-8231.

ESL CONVERSATION TABLE meets at 6 p.m. at the Blue Moose Cafe. All nationalities are welcome.

The table is sponsored by Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, a member of the United Way family. For more information on Literacy Volunteers, contact Jan at 304-296-3400 or mclv2@ comcast.net.

AIKIDO FOR BEGINNERS is at 6 p.m. at Lakeview Fitness Center. There are special rates for WVU students.

For more information, email var3@comcast.net.

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BLE DRUG POLICY meets at 7 p.m. in Room 105 of Woodburn Hall . For more information, email ssdp. wvu@gmail.com.

CHAMPION TRAINING ACADEMY offers free tumbling and stunting from 8:30-9:30 p.m. for those interested in competing on a Coed Open International Level 5 Cheerleading Team.

For more information, call 304-291-3547 or email CTA at ctainfo@comcast.net.

WVU’S GENDER EQUALITY MOVEMENT, formerly the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, meets in the Cacapon Room of the Mountainlair at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, email wvugem@gmail.com.

CONTINUAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion. For more information, visit www.well. wvu.edu/wellness.

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For appointments or more information, call 304-2932311 or visit www.well.edu. wvu/medical.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information,

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call the helpline at 800-7664442 or visit www.mrscna. org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www. aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walkin clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers.

WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPORTUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understanding Self and Others, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Mountaineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thyself: An Interpersonal Process Group. For more information call 293-4431 or contact tandy.mcclung@mail. wvu.edu.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

and relax.

BORN TODAY This year you have a lot of pressure on you, even when dealing with very difficult people.

You tend to have more energy and power than you have had in the past. Your creativity flows, which makes you very desirable to the opposite sex. If you are single, you will have many choices. You do not need to look for someone. If you are attached, you could see a fireworks display happening between the two of you more frequently. SCORPIO has issues similar to yours, but he or she manifests them differently.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You might want to think in terms of adding more fun to your life. Excitement seems inevitable, especially involving a creative venture or a loved one. In the near future, a change in status is very possible. Tonight: Meet friends, and dance the night away.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Today’s lunar eclipse suggests that you slow down, especially regarding communication. Curb any sarcastic comments, even if you think they are funny. Understand that others might be uncomfortable, so make it a point to listen to them carefully.

Tonight: Take a deep breath.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Someone might open up and let you know about all of the things that you have done wrong. Maintain your composure, and recognize that this person is unusually upset. Defending yourself might not be as important as listening to him or her right now. Tonight: Go with the flow.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You usually give 100 percent, but that does not lessen the impact of today’s lunar eclipse. You might want to pull back and establish boundaries if too much is dumped on you, or if you need more space to complete your work. Tonight: Put your feet up

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Pressure builds at home, and it could seep into other areas of your life. It would be in your best interests to do something to stop this pattern. A family member might be overserious. There is no way around it. You have humor and caring going for you. Tonight: Make it early.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Unexpected information comes forward that could set you back, at least for a little while. Someone who is instrumental to your well-being could be vague at best. You need to get more facts before making any decisions.

Tonight: Do not push someone too hard.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH You could find that your more possessive side emerges in a discussion.

If money is slipping through your fingers quickly, realize that you might be trying to ease some strong feelings. Be aware of the implications as well as your actions. Tonight: Ever playful.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You could discover that you have more hidden feelings and agendas than you thought. Emotions run high, and you might not have your usual self-discipline. Try to refrain from doing anything that could have some

CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Dot-__ printer 7 Hash house sign 11 Org. that financed many public murals 14 Brand with a Justice For Potatoes League 15 Inside information?

16 Ancient pillager 17 Pop 20 Air France-__: European flier 21 Cathedral areas 22 Place in a 1969 Western 23 Tech staff member 24 Camel hair colors 26 Pop 32 Bat mitzvah locale 33 Bands from Japan 34 Gp. concerned with dropout prevention 35 Run smoothly 36 Condor’s booster 39 Ruckus 40 “__ you sure?”

41 Charcutier offering 42 2010 Angelina Jolie spy film 43 Pop 48 “Sooey!” reply 49 “Goodness gracious!”

50 Kitty’s sunny sleeping spot 52 TV and radio 53 Toulouse : oeil :: Toledo : __ 56 Pop 60 An official lang. of Kenya 61 The “a” in “a = lw” 62 First word of Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride” 63 Technique 64 Chews the fat 65 First step toward nirvana DOWN 1 Poke fun at 2 Shrinking sea 3 Duration 4 Poke fun at 5 Defensive denial 6 Second word of Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” 7 Outdoor security options 8 Battling god 9 Itty bit 10 Pink Floyd’s Barrett

11 Pentecost 12 Flat-bottomed boat 13 “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” singer 18 Claim with conviction 19 Truckee River city 23 II into D 24 “Yay, the weekend!”

25 Short right hand?

26 “Balderdash!”

27 Chekov bridgemate 28 Quantitative “science”?

29 Bulls’ org.

30 “Jurassic Park” co-star 31 Father of modern Italian, per linguists 36 Very soon after 37 President between Tyler and Taylor 38 No and Who: Abbr.

42 Messy room 44 Excalibur part 45 Change the colors of, say 46 Wavy lines, in music 47 Justice who’s the son of an Italian immigrant

50 Get into a lather 51 New Rochelle college 52 Overly submissive 53 “The Simpsons” bus driver 54 Poke fun (at) 55 Intro to science?

57 Put into words 58 It’s usually FDIC-insured 59 Bassoon end?

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COMICS Get Fuzzy

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Cow and Boy

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serious ramifications. Tonight: Play it cool.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Slow down to avoid making a mistake that could happen too easily.

Even if you have an agreement with someone, you could discover otherwise today. Let this lunar eclipse work positively in your life and bring out what is hidden within you. Tonight: Not to be found.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You could be looking at a major change in the near future.

This transformation could be very different from one person to the next. Stay clear. You have unusual insight, and others often come to you for solutions to their problems. Tonight: Accept someone’s invitation.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You might want to say little if a personal matter is blowing up in your face. Deal with outside matters, run errands and touch base with others.

Listen to feedback, and try not to minimize the importance of certain decisions. Tonight: Out and about with friends.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Your ability to get past an immediate problem marks your decisions. Don’t assume that you have resolved the situation just yet, though. You might want to test the resolution with a little time. People are very changeable at this point in time. Tonight: In the limelight.

BORN TODAY Actor Al Pacino (1940), singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917), journalist Fiona Bruce (1964)

Pearls Before Swine

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Reggae, ska to invade Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill

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Ohio-based reggae group Tropidelic comes to Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill tonight at 10.

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Accomplished reggaefunk group Tropidelic will perform tonight at 10 at Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill.

Formed in 2007 Tropidelic immediately set itself apart from other tri-state outfits through its grooveheavy reggae approach.

This style resonated with the area’s music scene, and Tropidelic rode their sucacess to high-profile gigs at venues such as The House

of Blues and Mr. Smalls.

The group opened for noted names such as Sublime with Rome, Slightly Stoopid and SOJA – an accomplishment that comes as no surprise given Tropidelic’s considerable talent and dedication to their craft.

“Tropidelic is just as good as any of the big-name American reggae/hip-hop hybrids,” said event promoter Adam Payne. “They have lyricism as good as Slightly Stoopid and can

groove like SOJA. It’s not surprising they’ve shared the stage with both of them.”

Further separating Tropidelic from the host of cover bands and cookie-cutter groups that infest today’s musical landscape are its poignant and critical lyrics.

Drawing from their hiphop inspirations, Tropidelic is not afraid to question authority and expose the inadequacies of our country’s leadership. Still, the band understands people some-

times turn to live music as a release and a chance to forget about the stress and the struggles of everyday life, and they certainly accommodate that crowd.

“Tropidelic really pushes the hip-hop side with strong lyrics that can be politically moving or straight-up party jams,” Payne said.

Before Tropidelic unleashes its fused style upon the audience tonight, Morgantown’s Black Action Cop will take the stage and set the mood with a blistering

brand of ska scarcely seen on the regional level.

This six-piece outfit rocketed in popularity during the course of the past year, earning some impressive distinctions along the way, including the firstplace prize at 123 Pleasant Street’s “Best Song Competition” and a spot on WCLG’s popular “Punk & Ska show with Bailey B.” “Black Action Cop catches peoples’ attention with their witty name,” Payne said. “They definitely

don’t disappoint when the horns start blaring.”

With two jam-friendly acts in Black Action Cop and Tropidelic on deck, Fat Daddy’s Bar & Grill promises to provide the perfect atmosphere to hit the dance floor and close out your week to the smooth sounds of reggae and ska.

There will be a $5 cover, and concertgoers must be at least 21 years old to attend. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

WVU Wind Symphony captivates Creative Arts Center JAMES YARIA a&e wRITER

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The brothers of Phi Mu Alpha accompanied the WVU Wind Symphony during part of the concert Tuesday night.

A medley of music filled Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the Creative Arts Center Tuesday, as the West Virginia University Wind Symphony showcased their work before an intimate audience.

The WVU Wind Symphony will tour Charleston, W. Va., Friday, and Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, using Tuesday’s show as a preview for this weekend.

Walls of brass clashed with illustrious winds, all while the maestros fidgeted along rhythmically.

With staccato precision and immaculate time, the wind symphony performed a variety of different tunes for the mostly older crowd to enjoy.

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The conductors changed with almost every performance, as did the number of the performers.

While the opening overture filled the concert stage to capacity, the next number featured only half as many.

Consisting of two segments broken up by an intermission, the conclusion of the first featured an unusual yet stimulating number titled, “The Sinfonians,” which, along with the symphony, showcased an entire male chorus.

The piece was challenging and grandiose, yet it remained cheeky despite the royalty added by the choir.

Presented by the Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity, “The Sinfonians” chorus sang for this special onenight only event, as the choir will not join the rest of the ensemble on their tour.

“The Sinfonians” is a march written by Clifton Williams, and it’s actually a piece that can be played alone with just the band,” said Derek Phillips, a freshman exercise physiology student. “It can also be done with the vocal part, which is actually a lot more rare because you typically don’t have the numbers of a men’s choir like ours and the band to accompany it.”

Phillips sang in the choir for “The Sinfonians” and plays the tuba and trombone for The Pride of West Virginia: The Mountaineer Marching Band.

Conducting “The Sinfonians” was Christopher Nichter, who is a WVU alumnus and has also served a member of the faculty since 2007.

“It’s just one of those things that you don’t get to do everyday, especially when you have a group of guys that sing as well as these guys do,” Nichter said. “It’s wonderful to collaborate with them and get them on stage with one of our premier ensembles.”

After the intermission, the show was highlighted by the legendary number, “Rhapsody in Blue,” by George Gershwin.

Alumnus and composer James Miltenberger played the piano, while the symphony matched his noise level with perfect restraint.

The piece received a warm standing ovation from the crowd before resting for the final number, “Mountaineers Are Always Free.”

The weekend tour by the WVU Wind Symphony will conclude their live concerts for spring 2013. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Professor Christopher Nichter stands before the audience after conducting part of the concert Tuesday night at the Creative Arts Center.

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Rihanna breaks record with latest single

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Pop artist Rihanna poses during a photoshoot.

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Rihanna received tremendous news Tuesday that established her as one of the most popular and established artists of this generation.

This week, as “Stay” featuring Mikky Ekko rose from No. 2 to No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes chart, Rihanna also surpassed Katy Perry

for the most No. 1 singles on the Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, reaching a total of 10 No. 1 hits for the star.

“Stay” is the 25-year-old artist’s latest single from her seventh studio album, “Unapologetic.”

In the 20-year history of this specific Billboard chart, no other star has been able to tally 10 No. 1 singles – especially in such a short period of time.

Katy Perry recently

owned the title with nine No. 1 songs on the pop chart.

Rihanna tied this mark when “We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris reached No. 1 and remained there for a solid eight weeks, which is also the star’s longest continuous stay at No. 1.

After Rihanna found out “Stay” would be her 10th No. 1 on the pop charts, she took to Twitter to celebrate.

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Existential spammers in action at 123 Celeste lantz copy editor

Although it took nearly three months of preparation, it was all over in 13 minutes – they were all dead.

Yesterday marked the first time in Morgantown history that Master of Fine Arts students at West Virginia University hosted the “Existential Spammers” Event at 123 Pleasant Street, an invasion of Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame” into the video game Counter-Strike: Global offensive.

The lights in 123 are off, and the center stage is nearly empty, criss-crossed with myriad wires and cables. Projectors light up the side and back walls. There are four performers in front of their laptops, booting up the game.

Sandy Baldwin, associate professor of English and director of the Center for Literary Computing at WVU, calls the attention to the screens and the game begins.

Aaron Dawson played the role of Hamm, Christina Seymour recited the part of Clov, Ben Bishop simultaneously actively played the video game and read aloud responses from other players in the game, while Baldwin called out stage directions.

“They’re going into the game, and they’re going to spam it by reading the script from the play and perform it inside the game of Counter-Strike,” said Kristin Messenger, a spectator of the event and supporter of Dawson. “Someone will read aloud the comments from other players in the game, which, so far, haven’t been so positive.”

As they recited, other players inside the game were free to play, and inevitably resulted in the performers being kicked out. As one player’s avatar was expelled, another reader took over his part, until all of the players were eliminated.

Seymour, a graduate intern in the CLC, said she got involved in the project because she thought it sounded interesting and strayed from her normal activities.

“Our (Seymour, Baldwin and Dawson) avatars were plugged into the game, but we weren’t playing them.

Ben (Bishop) was playing to get the ambient sounds,” she said. “It was a confusing thing, but it added to the experience.”

It was especially exciting and compelling to come into a world you aren’t supposed to be part of doing something you aren’t supposed to do.

“You’re doing something literary that isn’t expected or encouraged,” she said. “And

each practice was like a new performance because there were different players in the game.”

Dawson said the premise was based on another project in the CLC, Coaldust: Performance in MMORPG’s, and turned into something completely new.

“It started with an idea of this cute, stupid thing where we can perform ‘Endgame’ before the game itself ended. It kind of mutated to broader questions of what this was about and how would it translate to an online media. For example, questions of boredom, nihilism, existentialism and how could we infuse a video game with it,” Dawson said.

“We’re trying to amplify what Beckett is asking in a different way.”

Dawson said just as you get bored or frustrated reading Beckett, those feeling are transmitted into the game as they play.

The performance was completely atypical of other events at 123, which only served to enhance the idea of invading spaces.

The actors’ voices and the stage commands contrasted sharply with the harsh warring sounds of the game paired with the jarring lights of the laptop screens in the darkened room created an almost surreal experience.

Life truly is quite absurd. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Mad Men’ creator answers season six critics NEW YORK (AP) — “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner has a message for critics of season six of the AMC hit: “Fans don’t run the show.”

After waiting nearly a year for this month’s premiere some viewers have expressed disappointment with the new season. Speaking ahead of a “Mad Men” panel event at the Paley Media Center in Manhattan Tuesday night, Weiner likened fan reaction to the show to the arcade game Whac-A-Mole.

“There’s not enough agency advertising. There’s too much advertising,” Weiner said of previous fan gripes. “There’s not enough Betty. There’s too much Betty. Who is Megan? Why isn’t there more Megan?”

Weiner noted people are still watching and advised fans to “sit back and enjoy where we’re going.” He said he opened the season in 1968 because he believes it was one of the worst years in U.S. history, and while he remained tight-lipped about where the journey is headed

he did promise it “might be a little salacious, but that’s what the show is.”

Viewers did learn that ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm) remains tormented and brooding and is now cheating on his new wife Megan (Jessica Pare).

Weiner says he believes his lead character remains redeemable despite his flaws.

“We’ll have to see what the world hands him and if he’s able to confront a problem that’s following him around that might actually be him,” he said.

history!!!! We Rihwrite records over here!” Rihanna tweeted.

She also thanked her fans, Billboard, Roc Nation and Def Jam Recordings via Twitter Monday.

“Stay” is also just the second song with only piano and vocal to reach No. 1 of the 259 songs that have stood atop the pop song chart.

The first piano-and-vocal-only No. 1 was “When I Was Your Man” by Bruno

Mars until “Stay” dethroned the song this week.

Rihanna’s first No. 1 came in 2006 with “SOS,” the lead single from her second album, “A Girl Like Me.” This song spent a week in the No. 1 spot.

In 2008, Rihanna racked up three No. 1s with “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia” and “Live Your Life.” She also earned the spot three times in 2010 with “Rude Boy,” “Love The Way You Lie” and “Only Girl (In the World).”

In 2011, “S&M” and “We Found Love” topped the charts before “Stay” did so this week.

Rihanna has even more reason to celebrate, as “Unapologetic” was recently her first album to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.

It seems as though success will only continue to follow this star, leaving possibilities for the future and more No. 1 hits wide open. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

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Cinderella brings fairy tale to WVU BY lacey palmer associate a&e editor

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will bring the enchanting, familiar story of Cinderella to the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center Sunday at 3 p.m.

With lavish costumes and intricate, colorful sets, the members of one of the most exciting ballet companies in the U.S. will reenact a slightly more surreal version of the popular fairy tale, according to Alexandra Kochis, who plays Cinderella in the production.

“Overall, the music gives it a very surreal, funhouse, madhouse sort of feeling, and the scenery really echoes that,” Kochis said. “There are big, giant mirrors that tilt, and at the chime of midnight, clocks descend. It’s a striking scene.

“That said, it’s a very family-friendly show, and there’s something for everybody.”

Sergei Prokofiev’s score accompanies the performance, and this musical element provides one of Kochis’ favorite parts of the show.

“Being able to work to his music is a huge high,” Kochis said.

In addition to the music, Kochis enjoys the company and support of her husband, who plays Cinderella’s prince onstage.

The couple joined the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre seven years ago but met in Boston.

“It was the ballet that brought us together,” Kochis said.

Although the performance follows the classic fairy tale for the most part, there are a few differences.

For example, the two stepsisters are played by men, which Kochis be-

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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents ‘Cinderella’ at the WVU Creative Arts Center Sunday. lieves is one of the most comedic and entertaining parts of the show.

“Probably about 75 percent of the productions have men play the stepsisters,” Kochis said. “It’s a comedic tour de force for them, and it really makes the contrast of ugly step-

sisters versus beautiful Cinderella more evident.”

One of the larger differences that is unique to this performance is the casting of an evil stepfather rather than the traditional stepmother.

“It changes the dynamic a bit, and I think he sort of

channels more sympathy from the audience,” Kochis said.

Kochis said she feels “Cinderella” is an inspiring tale that provides comfort in times of need.

In today’s volatile society, this notion is refreshing and welcome.

“I feel like the story of Cinderella is about a person who really believes that if you are good, good things will happen to you,” Kochis said. “That’s sort of the mantra that I’ve been basing my work off, and in these times, everyone can use a little bit of that.”

Tickets for the show can be purchased at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices.

Pricing beings at $28 for WVU students and ranges from $40-63 for non-students. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers to travel to Penn Relays, Alumni Open

Continued from page 12 “(I’m) not getting caught up in the hype and my own hype, (and) not focusing on what I’ve done good, but trying to continue to prepare myself to get better daily,” Smith said. “It’s helped me grow, because I’m not going to be complacent or satisfied with what I do, and I’ll always try and find ways to get better.

“That’s what the great ones do.”

Similar to the fivegame losing streak he went through this season, Smith said he feels he can only prove those people wrong.

“The doubters are going to be there regardless. I play with a chip on my shoulder,” Smith said. “Everyone should have that mentality.

I don’t think it’s a negative thing, and everyone has an opinion, but my job is to get out there and win and try to prove people wrong.”

All of the praise and criticism can be thrown out the window with Smith likely to be taken sometime within the first round. The predraft material can be thrown away, and Smith can focus on what is next in his football career.

“I’ve been preparing for this process since the end of my senior year, and I know that once this draft process is complete, there will be an entirely different journey,” said Smith. “I’m ready to see what team I’m on and get my hands on the playbook, work with my wideouts and do all the things I was accustomed to doing at West Virginia.”

As for where he wants to continue to his career, Smith said he’ll end up in the right place.

“I’ve enjoyed every single one of my visits from Kansas City to Buffalo to Philadelphia to New York. All those teams showed interest; now it is just a matter of who takes me,” Smith said.

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Members of the West Virginia track team compete during a track event at the WVU Shell Building in February.

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Former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith points out a blocker against Oklahoma at Milan Puskar Stadium last season.

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Continued from page 12 “He’s one of the two most explosive players in the draft,” said NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock. “I think NFL teams originally had some problems with his size.

I think they’ve gotten over that, because they’ve gotten to know the kid, and he has a passion for the game; he’s tough and been durable.

And even though you want to knock him for only being 173 pounds, he’s shown up every Saturday.”

Proving to teams he can handle the load, allows teams to believe they can give Austin the ball over and over again.

Teams might even allow Austin to run the patented touch pass play he ran at WVU for so long. When asked if he discussed the touch pass play with teams he’s visited, Austin said teams got really excited about it.

“Almost every team asked how we (West Virginia) ran it, and I showed them how we ran it. Then they said they could throw it in there (the playbook),” Austin said.

Austin is expected to go within the top 16 of the draft with the idea of becoming the NFL’s next game changer.

The West Virginia track and field team will split up this weekend, with the distance runners heading to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia today, while the throwers will travel to Ashland, Ohio, for the Ashland Alumni Open Friday.

Jordan Hamric, Aubrey Moskal, Sarah Martinelli and Sarah McCauley will be the only runners participating in the 119th edition of the Penn Relays, with all four running in the 3,000-meter steeplechase tonight at 8 p.m.

Hamric broke the school record in the steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational earlier this month. Her time of 10:17.58 currently ranks No. 3 in the Big 12 Conference, No. 10 in the east region and No. 22 in the nation.

As for the throwers, senior Heather Adams recorded two top-5 finishes in the hammer and discus throws last weekend.

Adams recorded a personal-best mark of 54.55 meters in the hammer throw for a third-place finish, while also finishing fifth in the discus throw with a mark of 44.40 meters. Her personal-best hammer throw ranks No. 7 in the Big 12.

Last weekend, the Mountaineers competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational, placing first in three events.

“It was nice to see this group take advantage of the strong competition this weekend,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “We are very excited with the consistency that many of our top kids are demonstrating.”

Junior Katlyn Shelar broke her own school record she set three weeks ago by winning the pole vault with a personal-best mark of 4.10 meters. Sydney Cummings also placed first in the high jump with a leap of 1.76 meters, while Stormy Nesbit was victorious in the long jump with a distance of 12.59 meters.

“Katlyn Shelar, Stormy Nesbit, Sydney Cummings , Chene Townsend, Heather Adams and Sarah Martinelli are starting to come around at the right time,” Cleary said. “Another weekend and another program best in the pole vault should have Katlyn very confident heading in to the championship portion of our schedule.”

Townsend was also impressive last weekend, finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.47 seconds. The 4x400-meter relay team of Ashanti Bess, Shakiyla Cosby, Arielle Gaither and Christa D’Egidio placed fifth with a time of 3:54.16.

This is the last weekend of competition before the Mountaineers travel to Waco, Texas, for the Big 12 Outdoor Championships May 3-4.

Live results and video can be found at pennrelays.com. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Former West Virginia inside receiver Tavon Austin looks on during a game against Marshall at Milan Puskar Stadium last season.

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Continued from page 12 marquee names in college baseball.

Not many teams can claim to have stolen a game at Texas, let alone a series.

The Longhorns have won 75 percent of their home games since they moved to UFCU Disch-Falk Field in 1975.

No matter how this Mountaineer team finishes this season, this series will serve as a springboard to the future.

Coach Mazey now has an invaluable tool – a pair of signature wins against the winningest team in college baseball history that is sure to garner the respect of his current players, entice future recruits and gain his team the exposure it deserves.

Considering the obstacles WVU has already overcome this season, there certainly seem to be more signature wins in the offing for Coach Mazey and the Mountaineers.

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West Virginia senior right fielder Brady Wilson celebrates with his team after scoring a run against Texas Tech at Appalachian Power Park earlier this season.

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West Virginia erases late deficit, defeats Youngstown State 7-6 on road by kevin hooker sports writer

Despite committing a season-high six errors, the West Virginia baseball team defeated Youngstown State 7-6 Tuesday evening at Eastwood Field.

The Mountaineers improve to 24-18 on the season while Youngstown State drops to 13-30. The Penguins also lost 5-1 in Morgantown earlier this month.

Despite a cold evening in Niles, Ohio, the Mountaineers won their fifth game in six tries.

“When you get in conditions like this, it’s hard to get mad at your team for how you play,” said head coach Randy Mazey. “You just need to try and win the game, which is what we did tonight.”

The Mountaineers took a 7-6 advantage in the top of the ninth inning, thanks the bat of Jacob Rice, who scored Brady Wilson in from second base.

Wilson hit a leadoff single, but successfully stole his third base of the game and eventually scored the winning run. Bobby Boyd

also had a stolen base on the evening, and his 12 successes are ninth-best in the Big 12 Conference.

Rice and Wilson each had three hits on the evening, and junior third baseman Ryan Tuntland added a pair. Rice has six hits in his last two games, and 51 on the season.

“I’m thinking that 10th inning in Texas (last weekend) propelled our offense,” Mazey said. “I thought we had some real nice at-bats tonight – especially when it wasn’t an easy night to hit.

We got some big ones with

two outs.”

In a game with seven lead changes, the Mountaineers had 12 hits, marking the second straight game they’ve had at least ten in a game. West Virginia’s team batting average of .284 ranks No. 4 in the Big 12.

Despite scoring six times, Youngstown State only had two earned runs and six hits.

Mountaineer pitcher Brock Dykxhoorn went 4.1 innings, giving up three hits, three runs and five strikeouts.

Pascal Paul (3-3) picked up the win, pitching 1.1 in-

nings and striking out one batter. Penguins pitcher Nic Manuppelli took the loss, allowing one run on two hits in 2.0 innings of relief.

The Mountaineers return to Big 12 play this weekend in Lawrence, Kan., for a three-game series against the Jayhawks. Game one begins Friday at 6:30 p.m., game two starts at 4 p.m.

Saturday and the first pitch for game three is set for 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Bill Hancock, executive director of the Bowl Championship Series, introduces the new name - College Football Playoffs - and competition framework of what will replace the BCS in 2014 at a meeting of the football conference commissioners in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday.

Cowboys Stadium to host championship PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The first championship game in the College Football Playoff will be held at Cowboys Stadium.

A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated Press that Arlington, Texas, has beaten out Tampa, Fla., in the bidding to be the site of the first title game in the new playoff system.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because a formal vote by the BCS conference commissioners was scheduled for later Wednesday, and a formal announcement after that.

The game will be held Jan. 12, 2015.

The final three sites for the semifinal rotation will also be announced later.

Cowboys Stadium, home of the Cotton Bowl, is ex-

pected to be among them.

The other two will be the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.

The Rose, Orange and Sugar bowls are already part of the six-bowl semifinal rotation. The Rose and Sugar will host the first semifinals on Jan. 1, 2015, ESPN.com was first to report that Cowboys Stadium landed the first title game.

For the Cotton Bowl and its organizers, landing a spot in the rotation and the first title game is the culmination of a long slow return to prominence for a game with a rich history.

The game dates back to 1937 and has hosted some of the most memorable matchups in college football, including Notre Dame’s stirring comeback victory led by Joe Montana

against Houston in the 1979 game.

But when the Bowl Championship Series was implemented in 1998, the Cotton Bowl was left out and lost much of its luster. Organizers for years tried to break into the BCS, but couldn’t overcome the limitations of their antiquated namesake stadium in Dallas.

Things turned for the Cotton Bowl when it moved out of the old stadium at the fairgrounds in 2010 and into the state-ofthe-art, billion dollar Cowboys Stadium built by team owner Jerry Jones.

Cotton Bowl organizers again started to push for inclusion in the BCS. The game was moved to primetime, and with its Southeastern Conference-Big 12 matchup, had all the

trimmings of a BCS event, even without its stamp of approval.

When the conference commissioners announced last year that the BCS would be abandoned for a four-team playoff starting in 2014, with the championship game bid out like a Super Bowl, it was all but assumed the Cotton Bowl would be part of the new system and that Cowboys Stadium would be a strong candidate to eventually host a championship game.

They didn’t have to wait long to accomplish both goals.

The Cotton Bowl will host a major bowl in the first season of the new format, likely on New Year’s Eve. It will host a national semifinal in one of the following two seasons.

Tampa made a strong push for the first championship game to be played at Raymond James Stadium, home of the NFL’s Buccaneers and the Outback Bowl. But Jones’ football palace was too much to overcome.

The new postseason system was named the College Football Playoff by the conference commissioners Tuesday, the first of three days of meetings at a resort hotel a few miles from the Rose Bowl.

Once the sites are locked in, the only major remaining issue to tackle for the commissioners will be the composition and structure of the selection committee.

That won’t be finalized at these meetings, but it’s on the agenda and they would like to leave California with a framework in place.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS. Looking for housing directors. Position available 2013-2014 academic year. Free room, board, compensation. Must be responsible and willing to submit to background check. Mail resume to WVU Greek Housing Services POB 672, Morgantown, 26507 or email www.wvugreekhousing@gmail.com BARTENDING UP TO $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Training available. Age 18 plus. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285 CAREGIVER, FULL/PART-TIME for disabled young man. Could provide excellent experience for education/social science/or any medical-field students.

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CONFIDENT EXPLOSIVE \Awaiting their fates Former Mountaineers Smith, Austin expected to go in first round of NFL draft Smith ready for next step in career by greg madia multimedia editor

NEW YORK — Former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith has been the subject of discussion heading into tomorrow’s NFL draft.

After winning an Orange Bowl, being a Heisman favorite early in his senior season, enduring a fivegame losing streak and smashing school record books at WVU, Smith’s college career experienced rapid ups and downs. Now he has been both praised and criticized in the months since his final season as a Mountaineer ended.

And all those questions will be answered tonight at Radio City Music Hall when Smith finds out which team he will be going to.

Smith has been projected to be taken as high as second overall to Jacksonville to as low as the second

round. Smith said he feels his evenkeel attitude that he learned at West Virginia can continue to keep him at ease through to the end of this process.

“It’s helped me out a lot, maybe in ways that I can’t even notice, but I’ve learned just continuing to be myself is important,” he said.

Smith’s relaxed attitude was able to keep his head straight during the 2012 season. After posting a record-setting streak of not throwing an interception and throwing eight touchdowns in one game, Smith never let the success get to his head.

Now with some of the positives he has received throughout the draft process from the likes of Jon Gruden, Steve Marriucci and Trent Dilfer, Smith maintains a steady mindset.

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Austin entering NFL at perfect time

By GREG MADIA multimedia editor

NEW YORK — The nature of the National Football League is constantly changing. Ten years ago, the idea that every down running back was a good one has now transformed into a league where multiple backs are necessary.

In the passing game, it is always a luxury to have a bigger Larry Fitzgerald or Calvin Johnson type of wide receiver, but now the trend in the NFL is having a smaller inside slot receiver who can do a multitude of things.

Former West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin is exactly that guy. Having hauled in 114 passes for 1289 yards and 12 touchdowns during his senior year as a receiver alone, Austin is a first-round pick.

But Austin’s versatility is what’s

allowing him to rocket up draft boards and drawing interest from almost every team in the league. Being able to catch, run and return the football while producing gives Austin reason to believe coaches in the league are foaming at the mouth to get ahold of him.

“Pretty much, the teams see that.

They see I’m a special player,” Austin said. “They always tell me that they can’t coach what I try to do. I’m blessed for them to see that, because they think I can help them win.”

Multifaceted, game-changing and electrifying are all ways to describe Austin. Teams have talked to Austin about playing the slot and even being a third-down running back at times.

Teams simply want to get the ball in Austin’s hands.

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More signature wins to come for WVU, Mazey Connor murray sports writer

Last weekend, the WVU baseball team traveled to Austin, Texas, and took two out of three games from the Texas Longhorns.

At first glance, this may not seem so important. Congratulations, you won a conference series on the road.

No big deal, right?

In the scope of a season, two wins may seem relatively unimportant. However, in WVU’s inaugural season in the Big 12, against the college baseball juggernaut that is the Texas Longhorns, these two wins officially announce a new era of Mountaineer baseball has arrived.

Before Saturday’s game, Texas honored its 1983 national championship team.

That squad included eight players who would be selected in the MLB draft, including “The Rocket” Roger Clemens himself.

What a power move by Texas, to bring back some of the best college baseball players in the game’s history and have Roger Clemens throw out the first pitch to give the visiting Mountaineers a history lesson before they take the field.

After all, this WVU baseball team has had only 20 players reach the major league in program history, while Texas has sent 90 players to the big leagues in the 16-year tenure of head coach Augie Garrido alone.

Since WVU’s last appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1996, the Longhorns have qualified 13 times and won two national championships.

With all of this facing a team in its first year in a new conference and with a new head coach, Randy Mazey, it would have been easy for the Mountaineers to pay their respects to the baseball shrine that is UFCU Disch-Falk Field and fly back to Morgantown, tails between their legs after a three-game sweep.

Having listened to Coach Mazey speak in interviews and watched his team play on the field this season, however, it has become clear to me that bowing down to the baseball greats of the Big 12 just isn’t in the Mountaineers’ character.

This team fought its way to a close victory Friday night and took a haymaker to the face in the form of a 12-0 loss Saturday but never quit.

In the decisive game Sunday, it was a late rally that spurred the Mountaineers to victory. WVU had taken Texas’ best punch, rebounded and proclaimed to all of the Big 12 that this team is here to stay.

You may know that Texas has struggled this season.

In fact, WVU came in to the game ahead of the Longhorns in the Big 12 standings.

None of that matters, though. Just because Texas is having a down year doesn’t change the fact they have long been one of the

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