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Tuesday January 29, 2013

Volume 125, Issue 85

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Moore resigns as city manager “ ” staff writer

Morgantown city manager Terrence Moore announced Monday afternoon he will relinquish his roles with the city of Morgantown effective Friday and become the city manager of College Park, Ga. Moore said he was drawn to the city of College Park because of the level of service the city embodies and

the opportunities the position will provide. “It is an opportunity to make contributions in a “ I really appreciate the time and large, metropolitan area, involvement I’ve had here in the city of which is very attractive. It’s Morgantown” also an opportunity to grow professionally,” he said. Terrence Moore “There are very genuine and City manager sincere reasons behind my decision.” College Park is a suburb of Atlanta and is home the world’s busiest airports. dents, and businesses such to Hartsfield-Jackson In- The city has approximately as Chick-fil-A and Expressternational Airport, one of 15,000 permanent resi- Jet Airlines are headquar-

WVU to offer free course on social media by meghan bonomo correspondent

Everyone is familiar with online courses hosted through colleges and universities, but what if some of those classes were free and open to the public? The Department of Communication Studies in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University is doing just that by hosting a Massive Open Online Course, also known as a MOOC. Massive Open Online Courses are online, nontraditional courses aimed at large-scale participation and open access on the web. The courses will focus on the role of communication technology and how it impacts daily lives. WVU’s course begins Feb. 4 and is four weeks long, with each week covering a different topic. “The WVUCommMOOC is not a course for credit; it is a free, ungraded event designed to allow the public to explore some of the current issues involving the role of communication technologies in our personal and professional lives,” said Matt Martin, chair of the Department of

Communication Studies. This nontraditional course is being offered for the benefit of anyone interested. There are no grades, fees or credits involved, and it is free to everyone. “We are not talking about a course that we teach and offer it to everyone,” Martin said. “But we recognize that we have some information that might be of value to individuals – particularly to our alumni, individuals who may have not had any social media classes, because they basically didn’t exist when they were here.” MOOC is based on optional participation. Individuals can choose when and what to partake in. One of the main ideas of MOOC is to encourage individuals to build their own material – whether that means holding separate discussions or forming Facebook groups, the idea is to expand for personal gain. “The idea of open is that it’s free, there’s nothing to purchase at any time. One needs computer access, but beyond that, the

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Website puts spin on making decisions by madison fleck staff writer

People are constantly faced with decisions – some more trivial than others. One West Virginia University student wants to help alleviate the frustration caused by choosing where to eat, what to wear or what to do through an easy to use app. Corey Zinn, a junior business student, has relaxed the pressures of decision making with his website, www.wheeldecide.com. “I’m a very indecisive person,” Zinn said. “I have difficulty deciding where I want to go or where I want to eat.” Users can go to the website and type in the options from which they are choosing. Then, they simply spin the wheel, and a decision is made.

Zinn proposed the idea of the website to his brother, Gareth Lewis, a software developer at TES International. The two have been working on the project since October. “The original intent was for the wheel to be any random decision that you are trying to make,” Lewis said. “In order to give people more ideas of how to use the wheel, we started thinking about common decisions that people make.” Zinn and Lewis have been using techniques to tailor wheels to different users. The two also have incorporated other applications and services such Google Places Search for local restaurants, Flixster for theater movies and Eventful for concerts and other events in the

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tered there. Like Morgantown, the city operates under a council-manager form of government. Prior to becoming the Morgantown city manager in 2010, Moore held similar positions in Sebastian, Fla. and Las Cruces, N.M. He said he feels his past experiences will prove beneficial in his endeavors to expand his career. “Given the experiences

and achievements that I have as a city manager over the past 14 years – that’s where I have essentially been – I truly believe that to continue making contributions at that level is appropriate,” he said. Moore said during his time in Morgantown, one of the things he appreciated most and will take with him in his next role is

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WVU professor reads from recently published short story collection By Caroline Peters Staff writer

The West Virginia University Department of English and the Eblerly College of Arts and Sciences hosted a reading in the Mountainlair’s Gold Ballroom Monday. Professors Mark Brazaitis and Amanda Cobb read aloud from Brazaitis’s recently published book, “The Incurables: Stories.” “The Incurables: Stories,” is a fictional book about the struggles and lives of people with mental illnesses. “Some personal experience, along with depression is the foundation for my interest in the issue of mental illness – along with knowing people who have endured a range of mental illnesses,” Brazaitis said. However, Brazaitis’ method of writing tells stories he believes the reader

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WVU professor Mark Brazaitis reads from ‘The Incurables: Stories,’ his award-winning collection of short stories.

Film honors victim of Challenger tragedy by carlee lammers city editor

In January of 1986, the nation watched as tragedy unfolded off the coast of central Florida. Just 73 seconds into flight, complications with an O-ring seal in the right solid rocket booster lead to the disintegration of Space Shuttle Challenger. The explosion took the lives of the shuttle’s seven crew members. Among the

tragedy’s victims was Ronald McNair. To celebrate Black History Month and commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Challenger Space Shuttle tragedy, the McNair Scholars Program is showing a film Thursday honoring McNair’s life and work. “This is part of American history. It was a tragic event, unfortunately,” said Betty Mei, Assistant Director for the McNair Scholars Program.

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McNair was a first-generation college student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received a doctorate in physics. McNair graduated and received his degree by the time he was 26. The McNair Scholars program provides firstgeneration, low-income students and under-represented groups the economic and educational resources needed to pursue a doctorate degree.

“The reason why there is a (West Virginia University) McNair Scholars program today is because of McNair, who gave his life, his sacrifice during that accident,” Mei said. “He was a remarkable individual. That’s not an easy task for anybody to do, so he is just a remarkable role model for students now.” West Virginia University is currently one of 149 schools nationwide

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TOO MUCH JAYHAWK The West Virginia men’s basketball team put up a spirited fight but ultimately fell to Kansas 61-56 Monday. SPORTS PAGE 7

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Tuesday January 29, 2013

US stocks close mixed on uneven economic signals

Trader Michael Urkonis, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street appeared headed for a day of trade without drama Monday. U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling off after a rally that had pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007. Encouraging news about manufacturing provided an early boost, but stocks fell later after a report on the pace of home sales fell short of expectations. The government said before trading began that orders for long-lasting goods rose in December by 4.6 percent, helped by a 10 percent gain in orders for new aircraft. The report was a sign of strength for the manufacturing sector, a crucial driver of economic growth. Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar said separately that its fourth-quarter net income exceeded analysts’ expectations, after adjusting for the cost of a soured deal to buy a Chinese maker of roofing supports for mines.

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Continued from page 1 the relationship between the city and West Virginia University. “The fact that many of the issues that are relevant to the city of Morgantown are relevant to the University as well – they all go hand-in-hand,” he said. “Something that I have tried to express throughout my tenure is that there is no case of two different organizations – the campus of West Virginia University is

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Caterpillar said it took a big charge in the quarter because the Chinese company had misrepresented its finances. Caterpillar Inc. said it expects growth in China to improve without regaining the levels seen in 2010 or 2011. The stock was the biggest gainer in the Dow Jones industrial average, closing up $1.87, or 2 percent, at $97.45. The Dow Jones transportation index, a proxy for future economic activity, edged higher, notching its tenth straight increase and its twelfth gain in the past 13 trading days. A half-hour after trading began, the National Association of Realtors said that its index of pending home sales fell in December, suggesting that sales of previously occupied homes may slow in the coming months. The report, which was weaker than many econo-

mists had expected, helped push stocks lower for much of the morning. They were roughly flat by midday, and spent the afternoon swapping small bumps and dips. The Dow closed down 14.05 points, or 0.1 percent, at 13,881.93. The S&P 500 fell 2.78, or 0.2 percent, to 1,500.18. The Nasdaq composite index added 4.59, or 0.2 percent, to 3,154. The Dow and the S&P 500 are rapidly approaching their all-time closing highs, reached on Oct. 9, 2007. The Dow is about 282 points below its high of 14,164.53; the S&P 500 is 65 points shy of its record of 1,565. Economic data may be less likely to boost the indexes because traders have become harder to impress as the data have strengthened in recent weeks, said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist with PNC Asset Management Group. “Before, even if you came

in just at expectations, that was like a victory,” he said. Because of the market’s recent upturn, he said, “you get less of a pop for just making the numbers.” Among companies in the S&P 500 that reported earnings Monday, Biogen Idec Inc. said its fourth-quarter net income slipped nearly 3 percent because of a tax charge and higher expenses. Still, the biotech drug maker rose $3.79, or 2.6 percent, to $149.99. Roper Industries Inc., which makes medical and industrial equipment, said its fourth-quarter net income rose 18 percent. But the company issued mixed guidance for the current quarter and full year 2013. It fell 33 cents to $118.50. Oil company Hess Inc. was the biggest gainer in the S&P 500, adding 6.1 percent after the company said it plans to sell its U.S. terminal network, shutter its New

Jersey refinery and continue shifting its focus to exploration and production. Hess also said that the hedge fund Elliott Associates plans to seek regulatory approval to buy a major stake in the company. Hess rose $3.58 to $62.48. Several big tech companies reported their results after the market closed and saw big price swings in afterhours trading: Web portal Yahoo Inc. rose 81 cents, or 4 percent, to $21.12 after saying its fourth-quarter earnings topped analyst estimates as an upturn in its international investments helped end a three-year revenue slump. Hard disk maker Seagate Technology PLC said it beat analysts’ estimates in its results for the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 28. It rose 69 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $38.10 after hours. Cloud computing pro-

vider VMWare Inc. said its net income edged higher, but the company announced guidance that was far weaker than analysts had expected. VMWare lost $10.83, or 11 percent, to $87.49 after hours. Strong corporate earnings helped push the S&P 500 through the 1,500 milestone Friday after several calm, relatively news-free weeks. In addition to companies’ performance, traders have been encouraged by signals that housing market is improving steadily and hiring is picking up, albeit slowly. There will plenty of fresh data to drive trading this week, including retail sales, economic growth and the government’s report on hiring and employment in January, which is due out Friday. More than one-fifth of the companies in the S&P 500 will report fourth-quarter earnings this week.

them or add any ones not listed.” There are also pre-made wheels on the website, such as movie genres and types of restaurants (fast food, Indian, Italian, diner, etc.). Users may also create their own wheels with up to 50 subjects, and they are able to share the wheels on Facebook and Twitter. “I think everyone has

been in that situation where you’re with your friends, and you just can’t decide on something to do, eat or watch,” Zinn said. “Wheel Decide will save time by helping you make that decision.” The brothers plan to transform the website to an app very soon. Zinn said the website is currently an experiment to

see if people will actually use it. “We’re really looking for feedback,” he said. “We want to know the website’s strengths and weaknesses before we turn this into an app.” Zinn and Lewis also plan to make Wheel Decide useful for businesses. “There are a lot of times when businesses have prize

wheels and such, but with using something like Wheel Decide, they can more easily have a dynamic wheel that is displayed on a tablet or monitor and can be used to engage customers and keep kids coming back,” Lewis said. Zinn said this decision maker is designed to reduce stress on the brain. People are faced with trivial

decisions every day that tax the brain, taking away from big decisions they have to make. “With Wheel Decide, you don’t have to worry about these little decisions,” he said. “You can just let the brain be more preoccupied with the difficult decisions.”

things will stick with me until a poem comes out.” Those who attended the lecture said they were intrigued by the authors’ unique work. “I’ve never heard Cobbs read before, so I didn’t know what to expect, but it was definitely interesting to hear her poems,” said WVU student Kayla Mckinney. “I’ve heard Brazaitis’s readings before, and they’re always interesting, because he keeps the themes running in all his books.” Brazaitis shared two of his readings following Cobbs. The first reading was to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Brazaitis’s book, “The River of Lost

Voices : Stories from Guatemala.” Brazaitis then shared a reading from, “The Incurables: Stories.” “I wanted to tell a large story of people with people living with mental illnesses, and that can be a very deep topic,” Brazaitis said. “So, I intentionally added humor.” In 2012, Brazaitis’ “The Incurables” won the University of Notre Dame’s Richard Sullivan Prize. Notre Dame’s printing Press published the book and will conduct a reading of it this spring. Guests were given the opportunity to buy Brazaitis’ book afterward.

Not only does the program provide students with a stipend to assist in graduate school tuition – it aids them in learning how to conduct graduate-level research, gives students tours of various campuses and helps them form connections with other McNair Scholars, she said. “We have had great success. So far, we have had nine students who have completed their doctorates after grdauation from our program and WVU. There are 20 more currently in doctoral programs,” Mei said. “I don’t like to call this a scholarship program, because it gives the perception that this is just money

to cover graduate school. No. That’s not what this is. This is more of a graduate school training program.” As part of the Cecilia Rollins Brown Bag Luncheon and Discussion Series, the McNair Scholars Program at WVU, in collaboration with the Office of Multicultural Programs, will present the film Thursday in the Gluck Theatre in the Mountainlair. The film will focus on the life of McNair, the second African-American astronaut in space. The film will play Thursday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., and pizza will be served.

the city of Morgantown.” In his closing remarks, Moore said he enjoyed his time in Morgantown and will remember it fondly. “I really appreciate the time and involvement I’ve had here in the city of Morgantown, W.Va.,” he said. “I love the community. It’s a very good place, and therefore, I’ll always be fond of its citizenry.” Morgantown Mayor Jim Manilla said city council appreciates the efforts that Terrence Moore contributed during his time in Morgantown.

“City manager Moore had a very good connection with the neighborhoods; hopefully the Council will want to keep that going in the future,” Manilla said. “We wish him all the best in his new role.” City Council will convene Tuesday evening to discuss the future of the Morgantown city manager role. Deputy city manager Jeff Mikorski will serve as the Interim City Manager until a final decision is reached.

Week two, Dave Westernman will teach “Love at First Like.” Week three will have Alan Goodboy and Matt Martin addressing “Cyberbullying: The Dark Side of Online Communication.” The course wraps up with Elizabeth Cohen concentrating on “This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain on Media: Understanding and Conquering Technology Overload.” Full course descriptions are available at http:// wvucommmooc.org/ course-descriptions/. Week two will deal closely with a timely topic. Just in time for Valentines day, the class will address many issues surrounding the topic of online relationships. The subject has been increasingly popular in the news and entertainment media recently due to the Manti Te’o controversy and

MTV’s show “Catfish.” “We will talk about several issues related to these topics,” Westernman said. “I hope to get people thinking about how people use social media in their relationships and how they can be used.” Even for current students, there are benefits to looking into MOOC. Anybody interested can register for free online at wvucommmooc.org/register/. “The individuals that are participating are being exposed to some of the stronger professors in the field, and not all individuals all have access to that,” Martin said. “We hope that people of all ages and walks of life will take advantage of the expertise of our faculty and this new learning opportunity.”

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Continued from page 1 can relate to. “His readings have me thinking about the perspective of people with mental illnesses,” said WVU student Mike Stewert. “It shared a message that all relates back to family and the people with these illnesses.” Amanda Cobb opened the event with a variety of poems she had written throughout her time as a student and lecturer. “I usually see something that’ll be a song, phrase or expression that just sticks with me,” Cobb said. “I could even hear bits of pieces of someone’s conversation, and all of these

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Continued from page 1 with a McNair Scholars program and recently received the funding to continue the program for five additional years, despite recent budget cuts by the federal government, Mei said. “We are very proud to say that we are doing well and to have received funding for another five years,” she said. “We want students to know about this program. They can really benefit from the program if they are eligible. We are going to help them move onto the graduate level.”

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Silver Linings Playbookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; provides emotional rollercoaster

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Every cloud has a silver lining, right? This adage epitomizes the positivity Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) uses to propel himself forward in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silver Linings Playbook,â&#x20AC;? a romantic comedy-drama that takes a unique look at mental illness and the idea of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? relationship. Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence) meets Pat through her brother-in-law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a friend of Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. When they meet, it is apparent to the audience that these two would never work out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a fact the movie consistently reinforces. At the beginning of the movie, Mrs. Solitano (Jackie Weaver) disobeys the wishes of the medical staff and her husband, Mr. Solitano (Robert De Niro), and signs Pat out of a mental health institution after his court-ordered eightmonth stay. Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transition to life at home with his parents is anything but easy, and their relationship is put to the test â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially with his Philadelphia Eagles-obsessed father. Pat has the most difficulty adjusting to the social aspect of his life. Although he stays positive and is always looking for the proverbial â&#x20AC;&#x153;silver lining,â&#x20AC;? his hilarious,and at times

inappropriate, outbursts are countless. One fit in particular occurs when Pat finishes Ernest Hemingwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Farewell to Armsâ&#x20AC;? after deciding to read every book on his ex-wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teaching syllabus. At four oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock in the morning, Pat throws the book out the upstairs window and wakes his parents to let them know what a terrible ending the book featured. After his mother asks for an apology for waking them up, Pat replies with, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apologize. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to apologize for this. You know what I will do? I will apologize on behalf of Ernest Hemingway, because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who is to blame here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, have Ernest Hemingway call and apologize to us, too,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Solitano replies. To categorize this movie with cheesy romantic-comedies is to undermine its depth. This movie tackles the serious issues of mental illness and how those around the illness are affected, and it also showcases unconditional love and family struggle. Classifying it as simply a drama is a much better fit. That said, the comedic aspect of the movie is one of its strengths. The quick, witty and sarcastic humor is sure to leave the audience chuckling, and Mr. Solitano and Tiffanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting is a scene near the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conclusion which you do not want to miss.

Despite being lighthearted and funny, emotions run high in the movie â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I found myself misty-eyed numerous times (granted, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a wimp). The relationship between Pat and his father is one that will remind many of relationships with their parents. A meaningful conversation between the two in a particular scene is sure to melt hearts. This movie isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t difficult to relate to if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever classified yourself as a bit crazy, and it provides the reminder that life doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always go according to plan. A handful of poor reviews lie among the excellent feedback for the film, and these negative recounts often reference cliches and a predictable ending. Although the film did start off a little slow, the ending fits perfectly and should not be criticized. Tying everything together, the cast of this movie complements one another tremendously. Cooper and De Niroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exchanges seem eerily real, and Lawrence and Cooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship is adorable. With issues of their own, their characters seem to fix one another. Throughout the movie, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be laughing and perhaps crying, comparing the charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives to your life and rooting for Pat to find his silver lining.

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Surviving band member of Columbian-style music group leads police to bodies MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The 16-member Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and four crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said the survivor, a member of the Kombo Kolombia band, told police they were blindfolded and driven on dirt roads until they stopped and he heard gunshots and a conversation about where the assailants would dump the bodies. Domene said the survivor, who is being protected by soldiers, was able to reach a nearby ranch and get help. The man later led authorities to a well where searchers found several bodies, Domene said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Until yesterday, four bodies had been pulled (from the well) and all indicates that they belonged to this group,â&#x20AC;? Domene told Radio Formula. Domene said three of four bodies first pulled from the well were wearing T-shirt with the name of the band but that authorities were still waiting to officially identify them. By Monday afternoon, searchers had pulled 10 bodies from the well along a dirt

road in the town of Mina, about 140 miles (225 kilometers) from Laredo, Texas, said a forensic official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the case. The bodies recovered showed signs of torture, the official said. It was hard to determine how many more bodies were submersed in the water, he said. Sixteen members of the band Kombo Kolombia and four crew members were reported missing early Friday after playing at a private party held at a ranch called La Carreta, or The Wagon, in the town of Hidalgo north of Monterrey. People living near the ranch in Hidalgo reported hearing gunshots at about 4 a.m. Friday, followed by the sound of vehicles speeding away, said a separate source with the Nuevo Leon State Investigative Agency. He also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be quoted by the news media. The officials added that gunfire is common in the area and said investigators found spent bullets nearby. Relatives filed a missing persons report on Friday after losing cellular phone contact with the musicians. When they went to the ranch

to investigate, they found the band membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vehicles still parked outside. Kombo Kolombia has played a Colombian style of music known as vallenato, which is popular in working class neighborhood in the city of Monterrey and other parts of Nuevo Leon state. Most of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musicians were from the area, though the singer is a Colombian citizen with Mexican residency, Domene said. The band regularly played at bars in downtown Monterrey on the weekend. At least two of the bars where they had played had been attacked by gunmen. It was Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest single kidnapping since 20 tourists from the western state of Michoacan were abducted in Acapulco in 2010. Most of their bodies were found a month later in a mass grave. Authorities said the tourists were mistaken for cartel members. Members of other musical groups have been murdered in Mexico in recent years, usually groups that perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;narcocorridosâ&#x20AC;? that celebrate the exploits of drug traffickers. But Kombo Kolombia did not play that type of music, and its lyrics were about love and heartbreak and did not deal with violence or drug trafficking. But singers of drug exploits are not the only musicians

targeted, said Elijah Wald, author of the book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns and Guerrillas.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is really not correlation. Drug guys hire people to play for their parties and they hire whatever is happening,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sergio Gomez, the single-most famous singer killed from K-Paz de la Sierra, his big hit was a version of `Jambalaya.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Gomez was kidnapped and found strangled and tortured in 2007 in the western state of Michoacan, a day after Zayda Pena of the group Zayda and the Guilty Ones was shot in a hospital while recovering from a separate bullet wound in the border

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town of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. Valentin Elizalde, â&#x20AC;&#x153;El Gallo de Oro,â&#x20AC;? was shot to death along with his manager and driver in 2006 following a performance in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas. Norteno singer Ser-

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OPINION

Tuesday January 29, 2013

West Virginia must do more about smoking The American Lung Association recently released its annual “State of Tobacco Control” report in which it assesses the anti-tobacco efforts of all 50 states. Each state is assigned a letter grade using the traditional scale of A through F in each of four categories. These categories are tobacco prevention, smoke-free air, cigarette tax and cessation.

In its 2013 report, the American Lung Association assigned West Virginia an F in each of the four categories. Moreover, it estimates that almost 4,000 people are killed because of tobacco in West Virginia each year and the state’s economy suffers $1.7 billion due to health care costs and related expenses. The findings of this report are disheartening,

and they should serve as a catalyst for changes in tobacco control policy at the state level. In the U.S. alone, more than 157,000 people die of lung cancer each year. Smoking also causes nearly 90 percent of all COPD deaths, and secondhand smoke has been proven to exacerbate asthma, in addition to causing cancer. The science behind the dangerous impacts of

smoking are well-established. It’s time for our policymakers to take decisive action on this issue. Unfortunately, the millions of dollars from the tobacco industry lobby resonates more with many of our leaders than the lives of the thousands who die each year from tobacco use and secondhand smoke. Although the state as a whole has a long way to go, it is encouraging that

West Virginia University has taken steps to address this campus at a local level. Through the campus smoking ban, which will go into effect this summer, the University has set a positive example for lawmakers throughout the state. Hopefully this will lead to improvements in the state’s lagging tobacco policy. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, makes statements introducing Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass, to the committee during his confirmation hearing to become secretary of state.

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Before reading this column, these are a few indisputable facts which you may find called into question by the statements of cynical Republican Congressmen later in the article: The Department of State receives 1.4 million cables per year, all addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On September 11, 2012, there were riots and attacks on US Embassies in Tunisia, Benghazi and Cairo. Clinton appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on January 23,2013. She was set to testify earlier, but the hearings were delayed after Clinton suffered a concus-

sion and was hospitalized for a cerebral infarction. There were fireworks on Capitol Hill last week when Clinton testified before the House and Senate regarding the now infamous deaths of four Americans in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. Despite Secretary Clinton’s acceptance of responsibility for any security breach, congressional Republicans proved that senseless partisan diatribes never go out of style. The point that Republicans struggled to make heard above their seething, unrestrained outrage was that Clinton failed to properly and promptly identify the nature of the Benghazi attacks. They endeavored to make the hearing about Clinton’s perceived failure to act on a diplomatic cable (a message from one of our foreign offices to the State

Department). The cable was received by the State Department just hours before the attack on the Benghazi consulate, and it warned that the consulate might be in danger. This means that the attempted “gotcha” that Republicans are trying to present as valid is that Clinton didn’t read a specific diplomatic cable within several hours of its receipt, and she didn’t somehow beef up security at the Benghazi consulate within the day. That is their gotcha moment. For those who may have forgotten, Mitt Romney briefly attempted to make “Benghazi-gate” the centerpiece of his campaign before realizing that capitalizing on the deaths of four Americans came across as just a bit crass. Fortunately, the surviving Congressional Republicans

hold no such reservations and set about swinging the tombstones of these Americans as political cudgels. To hear them tell it, Secretary Clinton couldn’t be bothered to lean down from her ivory tower to stop this tragedy from occurring. But their slings and arrows during her testimony would have to wait, because Clinton’s reputation needed to be tarnished first. The enthusiastic character assassins at Fox News stepped gleefully into the breach to assert that she was, in fact, feigning illness to avoid answering questions about Benghazi. They called her illness “Benghazi fever.” Of course, Clinton did actually suffer a blood clot in her brain, which is why she has been wearing glasses since her hospitalization. She requires special lenses to correct her double vision, which she is

suffering as a result of her infarction. “Benghazi fever” aside, Republicans weren’t content to leave the attacks to their go-to surrogates. First up to the plate was Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who was beside himself with imagined or misplaced outrage, claiming Clinton had failed in her duties as Secretary of State. “I found it to be inexcusable,” Paul raved during the Senate hearing. “It is a dereliction of duty.” Senator Paul is also notable for his stated opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which he retroactively opposes based on the fact that it was not sufficiently respectful of private property rights. Also gunning for Clinton was Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC), who told her she should have been fired. “Madame Secretary, you let the consulate become a death trap, and

that’s diplomatic malpractice,” Duncan crowed during the hearing. “You’re still in your job. At what point in time can our government ... fire someone?” Inconveniently, Clinton pointed out that a failure of leadership did not constitute sufficient grounds for termination from her position. She also indicated that she had proposed measures to correct this oversight, but they went unheard by the House. There are many more examples of incendiary and outrageous comments that Congressional Republicans leveled at Clinton, but suffice it to say they were as abundant as they were misdirected. The point of it all is this: Republicans are still mad that America somehow had the gall to re-elect Barack Obama, and they’re going to kick and scream all the way home.

Is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie too fat to be elected president? ryan migeed THE EAGLE

The American people have just finally exhaled after enduring a long and tiring presidential campaign, and already the talk has turned to 2016. (“Talk” here meaning the blathering of TV’s “talking heads.”) In my first “PR Presidency” class, we addressed this talk with a talk of our own. First, we talked about the many names rumored to be 2016 contenders, and then about just one of those names: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. My professor gingerly brought up the subject of Christie’s girth and then, as politely as possible, asked us, “Is Chris Christie too…fat…to be president?” But, forgive me, this is my maiden editorial col-

umn in The Eagle, and I have neglected to introduce myself. My name is Ryan Migeed, I am a sophomore and I do not believe that Christie is too fat to be president. The problem with the “Christie is too fat” arguments is that they are all preconceived. He and his team of savvy politicos can anticipate any claim and prepare for it. “Heart disease” is countered with “no history in the family.” “High blood pressure” is refuted with “What presidential candidate doesn’t have high blood pressure in such a fast-paced campaign?” And the surest answer to any query is a clean bill of health from his doctor, which is entirely possible. (Granted, that bill of health would include a scribbled note from the doctor saying, “Lose weight,” but let’s ignore that for a moment.)

The kicker, of course, would be an exercise regimen, and many argue that if Christie starts to lose weight, he is definitely running in 2016. But I argue that Christie can be a contender – and quite possibly win – without ever dropping a pound from now until Election Day 2016. His weight will be an issue, but only a subconscious one. His opponents won’t bring it up out of courtesy, and only reporters and town hallgoers will dare to broach the subject. To be sure, Christie will be asked about his weight. But if he has a ready-made answer that displays enough humor (without getting angry at the premise of the question or the questioner’s right to ask it), he can effectively turn his weight into a non-issue. Remember Ronald Rea-

gan’s famous 1984 oneliner? When asked a question about his age—he would become the oldest president elected—Reagan coolly responded, “I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” If Christie can have a similar “Reagan moment” (and he can), he will beat the “Christie is too fat” argument. Not to mention, Christie’s weight simply plays into his devil-may-care attitude. It is as much a part of his character as his aggressive press conferences. And characters do well on national television. What is most interesting about this whole “Is Christie too large?” debate is that it seems to be divided on generational lines. In my class, many, if not most, students dismissed Christie’s weight

Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question at a press conference. as an unimportant factor. ical differences in light Meanwhile, our professor of policy differences. Af(who is about our parents’ ter all, we were the ones age), could not accept the who helped propel the idea that the American first African-American people would ignore such into the presidency. Perhaps we’ll do it again with an obvious trait. Perhaps the youngest the first modern presivoting generation is more dent who happens to be… willing to overlook phys- big-boned.

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Red Panda performed at halftime of Monday’s game between Kansas and West Virginia. She balanaced on a unicycle while kicking bowls onto the top of her head.

CAMPUS CALENDAR CROSSWORD LATER THIS WEEK THE CECILIA ROLLINS BROWN BAG LUNCH FILM SERIES will show a film about the life and work of astronaut Dr. Ronald E. McNair, who died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle explosion Thursday from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. The program is free to the public. Pizza will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

EVERY TUESDAY

M O U N TA I N E E R S F O R CHRIST, a Christian student organization, hosts free supper and Bible study at its Christian Student Center. Supper is at 8:15 p.m., and Bible study begins at 9 p.m. All students are welcome. For more information, call 304-599-6151 or visit www.mountaineersforchrist.org. SIERRA STUDENT COALITION meets at 7 p.m. in the Blackwater Room of the Mountainlair. The group is a grassroots environmental organization striving for tangible change in our campus and community. For more information, email hlargen@mix. wvu.edu. ECUMENICAL BIBLE STUDY AND CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING is held at 7 p.m. at the Potters Cellar of Newman Hall. All are welcome. For more information, call 304-2880817 or 304-879-5752. MCM is hosted at 7:30 p.m. in 293 Willey St. All are welcome.

AMIZADE has representatives in the commons area of the Mountainlair from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to answer questions for those interested in studying abroad. THE WVU SWING DANCE CLUB meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center. No partner needed. Advanced and beginners are welcome. For more information, email wvuswingdance@gmail.com

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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. W E L LW V U : S T U D E N T HEALTH is paid for by tuition and fees and is confidential. For appointments or more information, call 304-293-2311 or visit www.well.edu.wvu/ medical. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 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 walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling.

Please visit www.well.wvu.edu to find out more information. WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. 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 2934431 or contact tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu. MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer nonprofit that promotes spay/neuter to reduce the number of homeless pets that are euthanized every year. M-SNAP needs new members to help its cause, as does ReTails, a thrift shop located in the Morgantown Mall. For more information, visit www.m-snap.org. LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for oneon-one tutoring in basic reading and English as a second language. Volunteer tutors will complete tutor training, meet weekly with their adult learners, report volunteer hours quarterly, attend at least two in-service trainings per year and help with one fundraising event. For more information, call 304-296-3400.

DAILY HOROSCOPES BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

as half-full.

BORN TODAY This year your focus remains on your self-image and how others see you in the community and/or professional circle. You could find that you have to work very hard, as additional responsibility has been tossed into your daily routine. If you do not like your work, be smart and find another job. If you are single, others will think that you are far more serious than you are. Be as authentic as possible when relating. If you are attached, you might not enjoy going out so much; cozy times at home will have far more appeal.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Your instincts lead you, and the wise will follow. You recognize your own limitations better than many people. How you handle a personal matter could change as the result of a conversation. A creative effort falls flat with a loved one or child. Tonight: Fun and games.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Extremes dominate your thoughts, as you keep switching from one perspective to the next. A discussion evolves into a brainstorming session. As a result, you come up with solutions quickly and efficiently. A partner makes an effort to help. Tonight: Do something just for you. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHHH Your creativity energizes others. You could gain in some form from a conversation that could cause you to see the big picture. Detach in order to see what is really going on. Listen to your inner voice dealing with an associate or partner. Tonight: Switch into fun mode. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You could be dealing with a difficult situation, like it or not. The good news is that you will make it successfully past any encumbrances. A partner or loved one could point to the right path. Follow this person’s lead. Tonight: Be joyous. Look at the glass

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Curb spending if possible. You might be revamping a project or other undertaking, which could create an endless pit in your finances. Think this over again. Your efforts to get others to agree with you might not work. Schedule a check-up with the dentist. Tonight: Having fun. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH You are full of get-up-and-go, and you know what works. Start visualizing your goals and desires. Be sure to look for support from others, but be aware that they could be afraid of your independence and willingness to head in a chosen direction. Tonight: All smiles. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HH Know that it serves you well to slow down and approach a situation differently. You might not be happy with what you are seeing, but you also haven’t chosen a new course yet. Talk to a trusted adviser before you make a decision or take any action. Tonight: Do your thing. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHHH Know what it is that you want from a situation. With this goal in mind, you can create just that. You might not be as receptive as before. As a result, some people distance

ACROSS 1 Bit of high jinks 6 Eastern European 10 Sounds of disapproval 14 Team leader 15 Hang (around) in a hammock, say 16 Dos cubed 17 Second-largest Indian city 18 Play parts 19 Say grace, say 20 *4-0 World Series win, e.g. 22 Salad fish 23 Make illegal 24 Spy for Moses 26 Bit of schoolyard disagreement 29 Gardner of Hollywood 32 Under the covers 35 “The Shield” force, briefly 36 Diabolical sorts 39 “Norma __” 40 Pooling vehicle 41 *Broom alternative 42 www bookmark 43 Org. with many specialists 44 Online newsgroup system 45 Nora was his mistress 46 Justin Timberlake’s former band 48 Fir feller 49 Bok __: cabbage 50 Nudges 53 Corrosive stuff 55 Cashless deal 57 Designed for two functions, and a hint to the answers to starred clues 63 Buffalo’s lake 64 Not nuts 65 Run to the window 66 Gave for a while 67 Malevolent 68 Great enthusiasm 69 Colony critters 70 Riga resident 71 Scatter about DOWN 1 Adapter letters 2 Carolers’ offering 3 Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s __” 4 Sleepy Hollow schoolteacher Crane 5 Plates for company 6 Side with a sandwich

7 Bridal gown trim 8 Ancient Mexican 9 Italian scooter 10 David Letterman list 11 *Scouring aid 12 Genghis __ 13 Tofu source 21 Bureaucratic bungles 25 Speech therapist’s concern 26 Highway to Fairbanks 27 Sirs’ counterparts 28 *Graffiti maker’s medium 30 Clamping device 31 MetLife competitor 33 Turn a deaf __ 34 Airport annoyance 37 Carlsbad Caverns locale: Abbr. 38 “I’m listening!” 41 “Watch your head!” 45 Prevailed against, slangily 47 Common rental restriction 51 Four-wheeled flop

52 Dry Italian wine 54 Safecrackers 55 Ward of “CSI: NY” 56 Small songbird 58 Army division 59 Shot at the bar 60 Cold War country: Abbr. 61 Mal de __: Henri’s headache 62 “That hurts!”

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COMICS

Get Fuzzy

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Cow and Boy

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themselves. Open up conversations -- you will like what occurs. Tonight: Where crowds can be found. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Others come forward with a lot of information to share. You might wonder where it all begins. Your sixth sense doesn’t seem to be working for you in a financial sense. Play it conservatively for now. Your instincts will guide you well. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHHH You are wise for how you are looking at a difficult situation. Your sense of humor emerges when dealing with those you care about. You might want to seek out a respected friend or adviser. Others wonder as they watch you handle this issue. Tonight: Take in new vistas. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Deal with each person in your life without being distracted. You desire to follow through on a certain path, yet there are other options that need to be explored. A boss or an authority figure is difficult; do not kid yourself about that fact. Tonight: Let a friend take the lead. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Defer to others, and make sure you know what needs to happen. A finetuned sense of humor separates you from others in a trying situation. A meeting points to many alternatives. You might be tempted to walk the other way. Tonight: Pay more attention to a loved one. BORN TODAY Media proprietor Oprah Winfrey (1954), Comedian, actor, juggler W.C. Fields (1880).

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

A&E

Tuesday January 29, 2013

Boxing, MMA to invade Motown

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Justin Steave (right) engages an opponent at Caged Fury 17. Steave will return to Morgantown and headline Friday’s Caged Power 4 card.

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West Virginia-based professional fighter Nathan ‘Bamm’ Bryant looks for an opening to strike at Caged Fury 17.

by hunter homistek a&e editor

Fight promoter Stephen Simons is set to bring professional combat sports back to the Mountain State with “Caged Power 4” Friday at the Morgantown Event Center. This event, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will showcase some of the area’s finest boxers and mixed martial artists as they square off inside the ring and the cage. “I really think we have some good fights on this card,” Simons said. “This is a great card filled with a lot of young talent.” The night’s festivities will begin with two amateur boxing matches, followed by four professional boxing matches. Among the night’s com-

batants in the ring is professional boxing standout and Morgantown resident Eric Watkins, who will headline the boxing portion of the card against Pittsburgh’s Jay Holland. With the hometown crowd’s support, Simons said he expects Watkins to come out blazing Friday evening. “Eric was supposed to fight in Morgantown in September (2012) but was forced off that card after he got cut in sparring practice,” Simons said. “He was brokenhearted. He was used to fighting in Morgantown a couple times a year, and now he hasn’t performed here since November 2011, so he’s eager to put on a show.” Watkins, who possesses a record of 7-4 in professional

action, will look to notch a win after back-to-back defeats in his last two contests. These bouts saw him travel to Verona, New York and Las Vegas, only to face tough competition and come home empty-handed. “Eric has always had the guts, and he has never shied away from tough fights,” Simons said. “He’s knocking on the door (of stardom), and he’s still young.” After Watkins’ bout against Holland, the boxing ring will be replaced by a steel cage in preparation for the four professional mixed martial arts (MMA) contests that will close out the event. This MMA portion of the card is highlighted by Nathan “Bamm” Bryant and David Forsyth of Fairmont, W. Va., who will each look to impress in front of the

Steave clinches with his opponent against the fence at Caged Fury 17. Mountain State faithful. “Forsyth is always tough, and I know he trains hard constantly,” Simons said. “I’m really looking for him to put up a nice fight against (his opponent) Tom Backman.” While the Event Center will undoubtedly roar in appreciation and support for the home-state combatants on the night’s card, main event honors go to Pittsburgh’s Justin Steave and Tray Taylor of Sidney, Ohio. Steave, a 145-pound professional fighter who currently rides a two-fight winning streak, is coming off a recent Dec. 29, 2011, victory. With back-to-back finishes on his resume, Steave looks to keep his momentum rolling into Friday’s event.

“I expect the crowd to be very high-energy; if anybody knows Morgantown, they know how to get the arenas hyped,” Steave said. “My game plan is just to be an MMA fighter, not just a wrestler or Jiu-Jitsu fighter.” To help ensure victory on the night, Steave trains at Fight Club Pittsburgh (FCP), a gym noted for its stable of quality professional fighters and instructors. “Anytime you get a fighter from Fight Club Pittsburgh, it’s exciting,” Simons said. “Those guys take it really seriously, and they’re always fun to watch.” To his credit, Steave’s opponent, Taylor, is an experienced veteran of the sport who poses a threat wherever the fight may go, and Steave acknowledged the challenge in front of him.

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“My opponent is a game opponent and always brings it inside the cage,” Steave said. “I think I match up well. I don’t think he’s ever fought someone like me with my skill level.” With a nice balance of boxing and MMA action on hand Friday night, Caged Power 4 promises to please the fight fan looking for a night of combative excellence. General admission tickets to the event can be purchased at Kegler’s Sports Bar for $25. Tickets can also be purchased at the door on the day of the show for $30. For the latest pricing and availability for VIP tables, contact Stephen Simons at 304-290-0291. hunter.homistek@mail.wvu.edu

SPORTS

Tuesday January 29, 2013

Nick arthur associate sports editor

WVU can’t harp on Kansas loss The top-ranked team in the nation came to Morgantown Monday night and left with a victory. But West Virginia shouldn’t hang its hat. The Mountaineers fought hard. They trailed by as many as 15 points early in the first half and could have easily folded, but they didn’t. And I don’t think I’ve said that often about the Mountaineers this season – other than a near-comeback victory at Iowa State and a stunning come-from-behind win at Texas. Bob Huggins-coached teams have always been known for their grit and determination. However, the 2012-2013 West Virginia basketball team has rarely displayed these traits of want and perseverance, but it did last night – when it could easily have conceded. This is a team that has said on multiple occasions it put itself in this position – now a 9-11 record – and that it is its own responsibility to deal with. The Mountaineers and head coach Bob Huggins have also said moral victories are not something the program plays for. But this team needs to take any positive it can at this point in the season and try to build on that. A close, scrappy, fivepoint defeat to the top ranked team in the country is a positive for the struggling Mountaineers. Kansas has the nation’s longest winning streak and arguably the most talented team in college basketball. West Virginia is having its

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The West Virginia men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 Kansas Monday night at the Coliseum.

West Virginia falls short in comeback attempt vs. No. 1 Kansas by doug walp sports writer

West Virginia head basketball coach Bob Huggins has berated his team all season for its inability to compete. The Mountaineers managed to finally do that Monday night against No. 1 Kansas at the WVU Coliseum but still couldn’t pick up the all-important win, as WVU dropped its sixth game in its last eight contests, falling 61-56 to the Jayhawks in the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Junior center Aaric Murray led all scorers with 17 points to go along with seven rebounds, two steals and two blocks in 27 minutes off the bench for WVU, while sophomore point guard Juwan Staten returned

to the starting lineup with 10 points of his own for the Mountaineers, but it still wasn’t enough. “I guess we just lost our focus and stopped running our plays,” Murray said after the game. Redshirt seniors Travis Releford and Jeff Withey had 15 each to lead Kansas, and redshirt freshman guard Ben McLemore chipped in 13, despite getting into foul trouble early on. West Virginia has now lost five of its first seven conference games during its inaugural season in the Big 12. Kansas, on the other hand, has won 18 straight games (including seven consecutive conference contests) since falling to Michigan State in its second game of the year. “Kansas is good,” Huggins said. “It’s not like they’re one of those teams that

plays nobody in the preseason and gets ranked. Bill does a great job. I think they’ve got the best of both worlds, really. They’ve got experience, and they’ve got youthful enthusiasm.” With the loss, the Mountaineers are now 3-7 all-time against teams ranked No. 1 in at least one national poll, and 2-12 all-time under Huggins against teams in the Top 5. Huggins is also now 0-5 all-time against the Jayhawks, including three games at Kansas State and one at the helm of Cincinnati. “I’m not big on losing,” Huggins said. “What could we have done? We could have run what we were supposed to run in the fashion that it was supposed to be run. “I just never know what we’re going to do. (It) seems like we’ve made

shots; we missed free throws. When the offense kind of ran, we didn’t guard.” Still, it wasn’t quite the blowout most analysts had it pegged as heading into the game. West Virginia trailed by only a single basket with barely more than 10 minutes remaining in the game, but Kansas was ultimately just too tough defensively down the stretch and held WVU to just 10 total points during the last 10 minutes of the game. Rebounding was, again, a huge factor in West Virginia’s fifth conference loss of the year, as the Jayhawks outrebounded the Mountaineers 3629 Monday night. WVU is now just a woeful 1-9 when being outrebounded by its op-

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Women’s basketball

Mountaineers travel to take on Oklahoma State by cody schuler managing editor

It’s another night of basketball against a ranked opponent for the West Virginia women’s basketball team as it travels to Stillwater, Okla., to tangle with No. 19 Oklahoma State. The Mountaineers’ matchup with the Lady Cowboys is the second of three consecutive games against ranked opponents. West Virginia (11-8, 3-5) blew a halftime lead against No. 23 Iowa State and lost 53-49 Saturday, giving the team its fourth conference loss by four points or fewer. Head coach Mike Carey said his team knows what it has to do to finish out close games but still has been unable to execute down the stretch. “That’s all we’ve talked about for three days now is executing (and) staying focused for 40 minutes,” he said after Saturday’s loss. “In this league, you have to play for 40 minutes. We keep stressing that, and we’re just not doing it right now.” Redshirt senior center Ayana Dunning said a lack of confidence is not an issue for West Virginia; instead, a lack of concentra-

tion is the team’s primary concern. “We’ve lost four games by (four) or less points, so I think we have the confidence we can go in there and beat these teams. We just have to do the little things,” she said. “This is very frustrating.” “It’s frustrating because we’re right there; they’re obviously games we can win, we’re just letting little things beat us – whether it’s concentration, or not buckling down (and) doing (the) small things and we’re giving the game away,” she said. Dunning, who leads the team in rebounding (6.3 per game) and ranks third on the team in scoring (10.3 ppg), said playing against the post players in the Big 12 is a difficult assignment, but one she welcomes. “It’s tough; you just have to buckle down and focus night-in and night-out,” she said. “It’s tough, regardless of if you’re guarding someone that is 6-foot-7 and can shoot or if you’re guarding someone who is 6-foot-8 and can dunk the ball. Playing in the Big 12, you just have to be focused game in and game out,” she said. Oklahoma State (15-3, 4-3) has a trio of scorers

averaging more than 12 points per game, including 6-foot-2 senior forward Toni Young, who leads the Lady Cowboys in scoring (17.2 ppg) and rebounding (9.8 rpg). Sophomore guard Liz Donohoe (15.8 ppg) and junior guard Tiffany Bias (12.2 ppg) will cause trouble for the Mountaineers’ backcourt as the duo is effective in many facets of the game. Bias leads the conference in assists, dishing out an average of more than seven per game, and Donohoe is Oklahoma State’s top threat from deep with more than 37 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Oklahoma State and West Virginia share losses to Baylor and Texas Tech, and each has a win over an opponent the other failed to defeat. The Mountaineers notched a 14-point victory of Kansas State, who defeated Oklahoma State, but the Lady Cowboys topped the Mountaineers’ most recent conqueror, Iowa State, by 29 points. Tip-off at the GallagherIba Arena, affectionately known as “The Rowdiest Arena in the Country” is set for 8 p.m. Eastern Time. charles.schuler@mail.wvu.edu

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Harbaugh parents could become Super Bowl TV stars NEW YORK — Jack and Jackie Harbaugh would do well to practice their impassive faces in front of a mirror before the Super Bowl. The parents of Baltimore Ravens coach John and the San Francisco 49ers’ Jim Harbaugh will be watched closely during Sunday’s Super Bowl – if anybody finds them – for any visual evidence that mommy and daddy really do love one boy or the other best. It promises to be a fascinating sidebar to CBS’ coverage of the game because, as Lynn and Rick Raisman can attest, parent cams are valuable in sports coverage. NBC’s clip of the Raismans watching daughter Aly perform on the uneven bars during last summer’s Olympics in London went viral, with stage parents everywhere relating to their murmurs and facial contortions. “I had no idea it was going to be so great,” said David Michaels, senior producer at NBC Sports, who often produces and directs coverage of gymnastics and figure skating, events where parental involvement can be particularly intense. Michaels makes it a point to know where parents are sitting during competitions, tracking them through spotters or sometimes sports governing bodies that know where parent seats have been assigned. Or where they are not sitting: Sometimes a dad who retreats to a concession stand because he can’t bear to watch an offspring compete is a good story, too. Michaels said he tries not to overdo it, sticking with parents who he knows are interesting and very involved in their children’s competitive undertakings. “It has certainly gotten more ubiquitous,” he said. “Sometimes it’s fantastic and sometimes it’s just too gratuitous.” Jack, a former college and high school football coach, and his wife will be attending the Super Bowl. On a conference call last week, the parents said they did not know where they would be sitting. Even if they did, they’d be unlikely to inform a horde of reporters about their seat locations.

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Jackie and Jack Harbaugh, parents of San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, stand before an NFL football game. The senior Harbaugh was a college head coach at Western Michigan and Western Kentucky and an assistant at several places, including Michigan, Pittsburgh and Stanford. His son-in-law, Tom Crean, is the Indiana University men’s basketball coach. It doesn’t seem like a family that would want to watch a game casually while piling their plates with nachos. The couple had a practice run to see what it would be like to watch their sons coach against each other on Thanksgiving 2011, when older brother John’s Ravens beat the 49ers 16-6. During that game, the couple watched in an office. Jack said his wife’s face looked “nearly comatose” throughout the contest. “She just stared at the screen,” he said. “Not a word was spoken. And at the end of the game, it was just over.” They’ll experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat – all at once.

A 75-yard touchdown pass that would be reason to stand up and cheer for one son is another son’s horrible defensive lapse. “I am going to be neutral in the game,” Jackie Harbaugh said. “I know one is going to win and one is going to lose, but I would really like to end in a tie. Can the NFL do that?” CBS Sports President Sean McManus said there will be a pregame feature about the familial battle. It would be hard to argue otherwise; no matter how much the brothers want to downplay it, it’s a unique situation. But McManus said CBS would try not to let it dominate its coverage of the game. Given the need for the coaches’ parents to stay neutral, longtime TV critic David Bianculli said he wondered how much of a story it will be visually for CBS. If they really maintain impassive faces, how much will viewers want to see them on the screen?

“I would advise them to pay attention to the field, more than anything else,” said Bianculli, who teaches about television for Rowan University. A stone face is a story, too, Michaels said. The only question is how much a producer should go back to the shot. He said he can’t imagine CBS not knowing where the couple is. If they’re out in public, the network will likely keep a close eye on their reactions. “As a producer or a director in this kind of a situation, it’s incumbent upon you to know where every element of the story is because you never know how it’s going to evolve,” Michaels said. Finding the right approach ultimately shouldn’t be much of a problem for CBS, he said. “It’s a little bit of a distraction at times,” he said. “But they’ll figure out the best way to deal with it. The pictures won’t lie.”

Ravens D-coordinator Pees has own means of success OWINGS MILLS, Md. — When it comes to running the Baltimore Ravens defense, Dean Pees has no regard for history, tradition or statistics. Pees doesn’t give a hoot about following in a long line of brilliant defensive coordinators such as Marvin Lewis, Rex Ryan, Mike Nolan and Chuck Pagano – all of whom used their work in Baltimore to become NFL head coaches. Pees couldn’t care less about the fact that Baltimore has long relied on defense to win. It doesn’t matter to him that from 1996 until this season, the Ravens never allowed the opposition to average more than 4.0 yards per carry, or that Baltimore’s run of nine straight seasons in the top 10 for total defense ended under his watch in 2012. For Pees, all of that is meaningless. Because, in spite of all the injuries he had to deal with this season, the Ravens are headed to the Super Bowl. So the heck with all those big names that preceded him, and all those impressive numbers they put up. Pees has his own agenda, and it’s safe to say there’s no arguing with the results. “I don’t really care who was here, how well they did. I don’t care how they did statistically. That stuff really means absolutely nothing,” Pees said. “I come in here to do the best job that I possibly can. That’s it. Every year is a different year. Sometimes you just have a great amount of talent. Some years you go through and you never have any injuries.

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Some years you go through and you have injuries. My job is to do the best that I can every Sunday. History means nothing.” The 63-year-old Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator by head coach John Harbaugh in January after Pagano took the head coaching job in Indianapolis. Pees served as linebackers coach for two years with Baltimore after working as defensive coordinator with New England from 2006-09. The offseason loss of free agents Jarret Johnson and Cory Redding, along with injuries to several key players hampered his effort at the outset of this season. Linebacker Terrell Suggs missed the first six games with a torn right Achilles tendon and linebacker Ray Lewis (torn triceps) and cornerback Lardarius Webb (torn ACL) were lost in a win over Dallas on Oct. 14. Only two players started all 16 games in the regular season, safety Ed Redd and cornerback Cary Williams, making Pees delve deep into the depth chart to keep the defense afloat. At first, Pees tried to stay the course. Then he realized that it was time to alter the game plan. “You start realizing that this is not quite the same group of guys that we had a year ago doing the same thing,” Pees said. “After we got through the (late-October bye), I think we really changed as a defense, and for the better. Maybe I should have seen that a little earlier, but I didn’t.” The younger players on

the defense grew in their roles, and when the Ravens finally got healthy heading into the postseason, Pees showed what he could accomplish with virtually everyone at his disposal. Baltimore held Indianapolis to three field goals in the playoff opener, muffled Peyton Manning in Denver and limited New England to a single touchdown in the AFC title game. “Dean did a great job transitioning really what is a young defense,” Harbaugh said. “When you look at our defense a bit, it’s become a young defense. We needed to adjust what we were doing a little bit schematically, and we did that. We got back to playing in a very fundamentally sound way. And it showed up in the way we played defense in the second half of this season.” Linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, who played for both Ryan and Pees, found no trouble contrasting the two. “Rex would draw plays in the dirt to get it done. Dean is going to prep and do things well in advance so we can practice it,” Ayanbadejo said. “Dean is more of a student of the game than any coach I’ve ever seen. He tries to find little nuances in offenses that he can take advantage of. I’ve never quite seen D-coordinators do it that way. Usually they’re stuck in their ways, but he comes up with new schemes and new blitzes and ways to attack teams based on little nuances they have. “He’s a self-taught pia-

nist, which shows how intelligent he is. So when he coaches football, he kind of approaches it savant-like, with a different type of mentality. We play the game and it’s physical. He plays the game and it’s chess.” Given the Ravens’ success this season, and understanding that being a defensive coordinator in Baltimore often is a precursor to a head coaching job, it’s quite possible that Pees could one day be asked to take the top job with another team. Ravens cornerback Corey Harris believes Pees would be good at it. “He’s a pretty laid-back coach, a guy that you would love to play for,” Harris said. “He lets the players play and lets you go out there and express your personality and be who you are.” Pees, however, has no intention of taking on the responsibility that comes with being a head coach. “I was one in college (at Kent State). They can have that gig all they want,” he said. “You become a head coach, you become everything but a coach. Especially in college, you’re there speaking to alumni, you’re doing all this stuff, you never coach. And, that’s not why I got into this profession. I watch head coaches even in this league – there’s just so many other hats that you have to wear. I don’t want to wear those hats. I want to wear this one right out here on the practice field, call defenses and play ball and have fun with the players.”

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

10 | SPORTS

Tuesday January 29, 2013

Men’s basketball

No moral victories for WVU in loss to Kansas by michael carvelli sports editor

For the third time in its five conference losses this season, the West Virginia men’s basketball team lost by less than five points. Monday was a little different. Instead of a game that was back-and-forth for 40 minutes, this one was at the hands of No. 1 Kansas – a team that was up 15 on the Mountaineers midway through the first half. But head coach Bob Huggins’ message remained the same following the loss to the Jayhawks as it had been following every other close loss for his struggling Mountaineers. There are no moral victories – even against one of the best teams in the country. “I don’t know how it’s a good game when you lose,” Huggins said. “I’m not big on losing.”

For the most part, it’s been a familiar trend for the Mountaineers to play a tougher opponent well. The big question for the team as it heads into a matchup on the road against a struggling Texas Tech team will be whether it find some sort of consistency and carry over the momentum from Monday’s loss. “We always play pretty good in the tough games, and then we feel like we’re moving in the right direction, and then we go to a team that’s definitely not as good as the team we played, and we fall off,” said sophomore point guard Juwan Staten. “We kind of play to the level of our competition, and we just have to take that same intensity out there to the next game. “(Texas Tech) is not one of the better teams in the Big 12, but record-wise neither are we, so this is def-

initely going to be a mustwin game.” With the loss, West Virginia fell to 2-5 in Big 12 play, a 9-11 overall record and ranking of No. 101 in the RPI. The postseason window for the Mountaineers to earn a sixth consecutive bid into the NCAA tournament is starting to close with each game. But the outlook remains the same. They know they have to keep pushing because when they quit fighting, they’re finished. “We’re still pushing to get to the NCAA tournament,” said junior center Aaric Murray. “It’s just frustrating to keep losing so much and having people that are counting on you feel like they should have never counted on you to do what you’re supposed to do. “We get all this support from the West Virginia fans, and for us to come out

and keep losing like this – it’s just embarrassing and frustrating.” Like it’s been all season, that turnaround starts with putting together a consistent 40 minutes. After falling behind 20-7 in the first 10 minutes of Monday’s game, the Mountaineers outscored Kansas 49-40 in the final 30 minutes of the contest. But after cutting the Kansas lead to 48-46 midway through the second half, the Jayhawks responded quickly with a 7-0 run to put the Mountaineers out of reach. “They made shots (early), and we didn’t,” Huggins said. “What kills us is execution, and execution down the stretch has just killed us.” patrick gorrell/the daily athenaeum

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins looks on during the Mountaineers’ loss to Kansas Monday night.

Women’s basketball

West Virginia continues to struggle to close out games by amit batra sports writer

Christal Caldwell looks on during a game against Iowa State earlier in the season.

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For the West Virginia women’s basketball team, its inability to close out games and play a full 40 minutes is becoming a very familiar trend. WVU (11-8, 3-5 Big 12 Conference) fell to No. 24 Iowa State Saturday night by four points – the second consecutive game the Mountaineers have lost by four points. While it appeared West Virginia could break away from Iowa State following a double-digit lead in the first half, the Cyclones played solidly in the second half, led by junior forward Haley Christofferson. For the Mountaineers, however, this type of loss has been the key theme for the season and a disappointing entrance into the Big 12 Conference. “We didn’t get the ball movement we needed to get,” said junior forward Jess Harlee, following the 53-49 loss to Iowa State. “It’s really frustrating. I know everybody’s really frustrated about it. We’re just trying to get a win, and it’s really frustrating that we can’t get one right now.” With the exception of one game this season, West Virginia has lost by fewer than 10 points in each defeat. In fact, four of the eight WVU losses have come by fewer

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Continued from page 7 ponent. The last time West Virginia played a No. 1 team was UConn in 2006, and its last win against a top-ranked opponent came in 1983 against UNLV. “What kills us is execution – execution down the stretch,” Huggins said. “Honestly, when they picked us

than five points (Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Tech and Iowa State). West Virginia has lacked the mental focus to compete and put together a solid game of basketball. There are often times when it appears that the Mountaineers look significantly better than the opponent, but the scoring inabilities in the second half have really created problems. “I think it’s just the focus,” Harlee said. “There’s times when we need to play better defense and times when we can’t get points. We’re a defensive team so we need to play better defense when we can’t score. I think that’s the main thing and box out, rebound and get the little things that we’re not doing right now.” It would be one thing if the Mountaineers were losing 15- or 20-point games, but these four-point losses are another thing that must be so mentally exhausting. “This is very frustrating,” said senior center Ayana Dunning. “We’ve lost four games now by a total of 12 points. It’s frustrating because we’re right there. They are obviously games that we can win. We’re just letting the little things beat us – whether it’s concentration or not buckling down. “We’re doing small things that are letting the game go away. My mindset is that we

need to be more aggressive. In the second half, you know teams are going to make a run so you have to come out and match their energy. I know we had nine assists in the first half and in the second half we only had one. So that just goes to show that we weren’t really moving the ball and kind of standing around and holding it.” As Dunning pointed out, West Virginia needs to learn how to be one step more aggressive than the opponent. In a league as talented as the Big 12 Conference, there will be opponents who can shoot the ball and win those battles on the glass as Iowa State did (35-22)(I thought we lost by four points? isn’t this the rebound adv?). “I think in the Big 12, you just need to be focused game in and game out,” Dunning said. “Just because of the versatility and the players. My mindset is that I’m glad we get to play everybody twice. “So obviously, we have the confidence that we can beat these teams. We just need to do the little things. Being able to watch film on them against us will really help us.” WVU will now look to avoid its first four-game losing streak as it takes on Oklahoma State Tuesday night in Stillwater, Okla.

sixth, I said ‘there’s no way we’re going to be sixth.’ I mean, our seniors are going to step up, because our seniors always have stepped up. Obviously, you think your freshmen are going to get better. And the three transfers are going to come in and really add to our program. “And the reality is, probably none of that has happened. So now, we’re 2-5. People don’t want to hear that, but that’s the gospel truth. That’s

what’s happened.” Monday’s recorded attendance of 12,402 marked the best crowd at a home WVU game this year. West Virginia’s starting lineup of Staten, Gary Browne, Eron Harris, Deniz Kilicli and Dominique Rutledge was the 11th different lineup combination Huggins has employed in 20 games this season.

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Continued from page 7 worst season in more than a decade and trailed by only two with less than 10 minutes to play. That’s a positive. Aaric Murray hasn’t quite lived up to expectations this season, but he had his most impressive game of the season against one of the nation’s best low-post defenders, Jeff Withey. Eron Harris struggled offensively all night but was able to hold one of the country’s best scorers, Ben McLemore, to just 3-of-7 shooting. Juwan Staten has had recent disagreements with Bob Huggins but bounced back with one of his better shooting performances of the season, tallying 14 points and keeping the Mountaineers in the game for much of the second half. West Virginia’s pressure defense forced 16 Jayhawk turnovers and led to 18 Mountaineer points off turnovers. The West Virginia bench outscored Kansas’ bench 30 to 5 on the night and the Mountaineers outscored the visitors 26-23 in the second half and shot 80 percent

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Kansas freshman Ben McLemore dunks against West Virginia Monday night. from the free-throw line. All of these are bright spots from a defeat that wasn’t so dark. The Mountaineers are two games under .500 and are going to need quite the finish if they want to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament. But there is no need to let the defeat to Kansas feel like the other losses this season. This one was different.

West Virginia played well and needs to take some of the positives I mentioned into its next outing at Texas Tech. You must learn from past experiences in order to enjoy a prosperous future, and the way West Virginia lost to Kansas was a positive for a struggling basketball team. nicholas.arthur@mail.wvu.edu