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A LOOK INSIDE

BY JOHN LOWE

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR With the upcoming demolition of Stansbury Hall, a chapter of the story of West Virginia University men’s basketball will come to a close.

For 41 seasons, the Field House (as it was known at the time) was the home venue of the Mountaineers. From the foundation laid by the teams that played there, the West Virginia men’s basketball program grew to the prominence and prestige it’s known for today.

The Field House saw many great games and players. From old-time Mountain State legend Marshall “Sleepy” Glenn to the 1942 NIT champions to Hot Rod Hundley to Jerry West to Rod Thorn to the firstever integrated basketball team in school history, the Field House saw it all.

“If I go back in my memory, I thought it was the greatest place in the world,” said IMG color commentator and former WVU guard Jay Jacobs. “It probably would seat 5,800 if you really got people in. On the Monongahela River side was all bleachers. That’s where most of the people with money would sit and they were just bleachers, you didn’t have the theatre back seats.”

Bob Smith, who played for the Mountaineers between 1956 and 1959 and later played with Hundley and West with the Los Angeles Lakers has a different opinion of the Field House.

“The Field House itself, my golly was it outdated,” Smith said. “You couldn’t probably get any player to Morgantown, West Virginia and play for the Mountaineers if they had to play in that cracker box.

You didn’t’ have room to step out of bounds to take out the ball. Back in those days, we had to sit underneath the basket. We couldn’t sit

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The Mountaineers playing their last game in the West Virginia University fieldhouse against Pitt in 1970. on the sidelines because the fans needed those seats.”

All the while, Jacobs still holds the hometown love for the arena.

“Nothing was really comfortable in there, except the fact it was the Field House,” Jacobs said. “It was really exciting and I grew up in Morgantown. My dad owned a clothing store and he was taking me to West Virginia games as early as I can remember.”

The Field House was the premier basketball arena in the state until the Charleston Civic Center

was constructed in 1959. Soon after, the Mountaineers started hosting their premier basketball games in Charleston, including WVU’s 94-90 upset win over top-ranked Duke in 1966, and students became infuriated.

To add insult to injury, most high-profile teams were not willing to schedule a trip to Morgantown to play in a facility that outdated.

By the Field House’s last season, WVU hosted mostly rivals and ineffective basketball teams like Hawaii and Detroit.

Also, a down turn in recruiting due to the facility led the charge for the Coliseum to be built and would open in December of 1970.

The Field House re-opened as an academic building in 1973, renamed Stansbury Hall, and has held the Philosophy department as well as the Army and Air Force ROTC facilities.

Stansbury Hall is scheduled to be demolished later this year to make room for the new College of Business and Economics.

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THE DA’S TOP 10 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

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The following individuals have been chosen by the staff members at the DA and are in no particular order.

ELAINE SHELDON

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Elaine Sheldon

A West Virginia University graduate, Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker and academy award nominee, Elaine McMillion Sheldon is a Mountaineer who is living her dream.

Sheldon is the director of the Netflix documentary “Heroin(e)” that focuses on the opioid crisis happening in Huntington, West Virginia. “Heroin(e)” was nominated for Best Documen-

tary- Short Subject at the 2018 Academy Awards.

Another film of Sheldon’s, “Hollow”, is an interactive documentary that takes viewers on a journey through West Virginia through the voices and eyes of its residents. “Hollow” received a Peabody award, an Emmy nomination and third place in the World Press Photo Media Awards.

Though still very young, Sheldon has already been named a 2013 Future of Storytelling Fellow, one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by “Filmmaker Magazine,” one of 50

JEVON CARTER

BY CHRIS JACKSON MANAGING EDITOR

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Jevon Carter

West Virginia senior point guard Jevon Carter developed into one of best players in program history.

Carter came to WVU during the roughest two-year stretch of head coach Bob Huggins’ tenure. WVU missed two straight NCAA Tournaments in 2013 and 2014, which is the first time that has happened since the long drought from 1999-2004. Huggins knew his program needed a change and needed get back to what West Virginia has historically been: very good.

That’s exactly what Huggins and West Virginia got when Carter stepped on campus. He

helped transform this program, and the results certainly prove his case.

The first year Carter arrived at WVU in 2014-15, the Mountaineers found their way back into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. They defeated Buffalo and Maryland in the first two rounds to make it to the Sweet 16 before falling to Kentucky.

In Carter’s four-year career, WVU made it to the NCAA Tournament every single year. Three of those appearances resulted in Sweet 16 berths, coming oh-soclose to the Elite Eight and Final Four on a couple of occasions.

Alongside that, WVU was ranked in the top 25 in each of Carter’s four years and played in the Big 12 Championship game three times.

MATTHEW RICHARDSON

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Matthew Richardson

When Matthew Richardson, WVU’s Director of Greek life, first talked to The Daily Athenaeum at the start of his job in August, he mentioned his experience of managing big changes.

Change happened soon after.

“Instead of taking the easy way out and closing our Greek community, President Gee chose me to come up with a plan of action,” Richardson said.

During the 2018 spring semester, a temporary social moratorium was placed on Greek

life. Simultaneous with the announcement of this moratorium, WVU announced that the GPA required for Greek life would be lifted. Recruitment rules were changed. A committee of students, alumni and national headquarter partner were created to plan Greek life’s future.

Richardson admits this is a radical change, one that is different than any other University’s Greek life.

Through, he said the community has embraced this change.

And Greek life students have also accepted and supported Richardson.

“Eight months on the job, and

People Changing the South by “Southern Living Magazine,” and this year she was named a 2018 USA Fellow by United States Artists.

Sheldon is using her extreme talent in filmmaking to put a spotlight on West Virginia; her home. Multiple famous networks have reached out to her to commission works for them such as “People Magazine,” “Lifetime,” “The Washington Post” and others.

Many times Sheldon works with her husband, Kerrin, on projects. The two walked the red carpet together during the 2018

Academy Awards. In a 2017 interview with “100 Days in Appalachia,” Sheldon said, “We work together and we’re married, so everything is intertwined.”

Sheldon is extremely inspiring to budding journalists, especially those in the Reed College of Media at WVU. Sheldon graduated from WVU in 2009 with a bachelor’s of science in journalism.

She does an excellent job keeping West Virginia relevant in a time where it can fade into the shadows of the country.

In addition to the team success, Carter earned his way near the top of the college basketball landscape. And none of it was expected due to his low recruiting profile out of high school.

WVU was his only major offer out of Maywood, Illinois. The others: Akron, Dartmouth, Illinois State, Kent State, Lehigh, Toledo, Valparaiso and Wisconsin-Green Bay. None of that mattered, though.

Carter’s work ethic, which Huggins constantly praised, transformed him into college basketball’s elite.

Carter won two NABC Defensive Player of the Year Awards.

He won two Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Awards. And he was named an All-American after a senior season that saw

him average 17.3 points, 6.6 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game.

Carter also finished his WVU career with 1,758 points, 559 assists, 538 rebounds and 330 steals, becoming the only player in Power Five history to record 1,500 points, 500 assists, 500 rebounds and 300 steals. His 1,758 points rank eighth in program history, his 559 assists are second and his 330 steals are No. 1.

He also won 105 career games, tying Joe Mazzulla for the second-most in WVU history, trailing only behind Da’Sean Butler’s 107.

Now, Carter is projected as a second round NBA Draft pick by numerous media outlets.

my students have said, ‘We trust you,’” Richardson said. “I wake up every single day and am inspired by them. I’m inspired by their desire to do great things.”

While still new to West Virginia, Richardson has already slipped into the shoes of a Mountaineer.

Richardson now has a home in the Morgantown area and is beginning this summer to pursue a WVU master degree in legal studies.

Richardson said he is “very excited” to soon be a WVU alumnus.

These are Richardson’s August remarks to The Daily

Athenaeum: “Every Greek community is different. Since it’s a student sub-culture, there are a lot of similarities, but ultimately decisions must be made that are specific to one particular culture. I look forward to getting started at WVU and to learn the culture of the institution and student body.

I have experience managing big changes in my professional career, so I am hopeful that we will be able to accomplish big things and reignite the passion for WVU Greek life both internally and externally.”

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SYIHAN MUHAMMAD

BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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WVU student Syihan Muhammad turned grief into a tool, advocating for pedestrian safety.

Hours after learning his childhood friend Leah Berhanu was struck and killed by a car at a crosswalk close to the WVU campus, Muhammad tweeted, “Who do we contact about road safety in Morgantown? Particularly about the intersection on

Patteson Drive? Please someone help me, it’s very personal.”

Days after, Muhammad created a petition to construct an elevated walkway at the intersection of Patteson Drive and Morrill Way. More than two months after it was created, the petition has received close to 6,000 signatures.

“The safety of our students is non-negotiable, and we would like to pressure the (West Virginia Division of Highways) to make those changes as soon as possible,” Muhammad said at

a February WVU Student Government meeting.

After Leah’s death, a string of other pedestrian-vehicle accidents occured, emphasizing the importance of Muhammad’s work.

He saw a problem, one that had already caused deaths. He felt a responsibility to fix it.

Muhammad has devoted much of his last semester at WVU to advocate for pedestrian safety. He can’t recall a pedestrian-related meeting that he has missed this semester. He

has pushed students to stand up for their safety, to show the city, state and University how important this issue is.

“I owe it to Leah to leave a proper legacy in her name,” Muhammad said. “I wanted to respect who she was by being as fierce as she was.”

Muhammad, who has lived in Morgantown for most of his life, will graduate and leave the state this summer. When he leaves, big shoes will be left to fill.

would “champion federal legislation” to allow states to decide whether to legalize recreational and medical marijuana.

Also in the interview, Fershee told a story of students who moved from West Virginia to Colorado for jobs, only to put on Facebook how happy they are to live in Colorado because it reminds them of home.

“It’s kind of a kick to the gut,” Fershee said. “It’s so sad that they feel like they have to leave in order to get to a place where they can have a great job.”

“What I want students to know, is that if they want to stay here, I want to make it so they can,” Fershee said.

Fershee said this was a top

priority.

“The way that we help people stay is we make it so their communities have the jobs, the health care access and the education access they need,” Fershee said.

While campaigning is time-consuming, Fershee said the support she’s received has been encouraging.

“I’ve enjoyed this process a lot more than I thought I would, in large part because people have been so supportive, and the University community is among those people who have been supportive,” Fershee said.

be confusing and long winded.

“I hope that this club will help poets begin to build relationships with publishing houses who end up falling in love with their voice and want that writer’s book in their catalog,” she said. “I want to empower other writers by doing workshops with accomplished, 21st century published poets such as Shy Watson, author of ‘Cheap Yellow.’”

Cawley said she feels like her legacy at WVU “will open a pathway for other sexual assault victims and creative writers.”

“I hope that after I leave, that my presence has established a way for young writers to begin branding themselves and getting their work out there,” she said. “I hope to eventually be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, and I believe that WVU’s English Department will help me get there.”

Cawley said she wants to cultivate a strong poetry community in Morgantown.

“By introducing Morgantown’s community to a modern and evolving literary scene, I believe

that we can grow the publishing community and find some amazing and talented poets,” she said.

Cawley said over the next two years at WVU she hopes to talk to more students like her.

“I want those who come from low-income, Appalachian backgrounds to know that a future outside of West Virginia is possible,” she said. “I want those who see a bit of myself in themselves to understand that although socioeconomically, we have the cards stacked against us, we are stronger because of our adversity.”

Cawley said she wants everyone to know that their health and wellbeing comes first and the most important part of anyone’s activism is their own health.

“You will not always succeed; there is beauty in failure, even if it is not as pretty,” she said. “Love yourself, do what you need to do in order to be happy; to be able to tackle challenges as a student leader, you have to be the best you possible.”

Syihan Muhammad

KENDRA FERSHEE

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Kendra Fershee

Kendra Fershee has taken her passion for helping Mountaineers to the national level.

Fershee, a WVU law professor, is currently running for U.S. Representative in West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, an area which includes Morgantown.

Her students are a part of what inspired her to run.

“What was striking me was it’s not that students graduating from the law school wanted to go, but they felt they had to go in order to get a good job,” Fershee said.

Fershee said this was a mo-

tivating reason to run for office.

Some of Fershee’s ideas for keeping people in the state are better healthcare, a diverse economy and a better k-12 education system.

Fershee has also been a loud advocate for the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana.

In a September interview with The Daily Athenaeum, Fershee said that the federal government needs to remove marijuana as a Schedule I drug, or one labeled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency as “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse,” according to the DEA website.

If in office, Fershee said she

SHANNON CAWLEY

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Shannon Cawley, a sophomore english student from Weirton, West Virginia, is the organizer for Unite for IX, member of Planned Parenthood: Generation Action and Students for Reproductive Justice.

“As a survivor of sexual assault, it is quintessential that I do the work that I do [advocating for sexual assault] because it enables others to do the same advocacy,” Cawley said. “This effect can be seen with the #MeToo movement; when one woman came forward, so many others felt that they could too.”

Cawley said she is “strong in order for others to be strong.”

“I have the opportunity to potentially save someone from the same fate that shaped my life forever,” she said.

Cawley advocates for sexual assault through poetry.

“My forthcoming full-length poetry collection ‘kingdom now’

explores the way a sentient being can feel trapped within their physical body,” she said. “I split this book into three parts: i. me, ii. myself, and iii. I.” The collection explores her journey through living in a body that she has completely disassociated from due to her mental illness and sexual abuse.

“It picks apart the relation of mind and body in order to express the deep discomfort and ghost-like presence one feels when incredibly and inexplicably depressed, much like I was,” she said. “This book took me at least two years, so I’m incredibly happy Maudlin House decided to pick it up.”

Cawley is also currently the editor in chief and co-founder of ennuihouse, a forthcoming publishing house with an emphasis on Appalachian art and writing.

“Ennuihouse began as a publishing house that I am currently transforming into a student org to help other writers get published in literary magazines,” she said.

Cawley said that she realizes the process to become published can

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LEYDA HERNANDEZ

BY JORDYN JOHNSON CULTURE EDITOR

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Leyda Hernandez

Leyda Hernandez is the founder and CEO of C’est Du Luxe, one of the leading trend and consumer forecasters for luxury brands. C’est Du Luxe helps brands understand new generations of consumers, anticipate changes in luxury values and consumption and respond strategically to emerging opportunities.

Hernandez received her mas-

ter’s of science from WVU, and she has gone on to become one of top marketing and advertising people in the country. She was named in the “Forbes Magazine” 30 under 30 in advertising and marketing in 2017 and listed as one of the Top 10 Women in Tech by “Everstring.”

The 30 under 30 list recognizes young people in various fields of business with more than 15,000 people nominated for 600 spots.

In addition, Hernandez holds adjunct teaching positions at New York University, West Vir-

ginia University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, LIM College and General Assembly where she instructs courses on digital marketing, fashion and analytics.

Hernandez is also a graduate of Florida State University where she earned two Bachelor’s of Art degrees in public relations and studio art. These degrees helped Hernandez found C’est Du Luxe in 2017 and become an award-winning marketing leader.

Hernandez was born in Pan-

ama and grew up in South Florida. Being extremely ambitious, she was selected for a program that allowed her to begin attending college at 16 years old. She then graduated with both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in art.

Today, Hernandez writes and speaks nationally on the macroenvironmental influences that impact culture and consumer behaviors. She also enjoys traveling, attending fashion and beauty events and discovering new music.

has earned the WVU Order of Augusta Award, which is In her senior season, she recently broke her own record for the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays, set All-American marks in the indoor women’s mile at the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas and has earned multiple Big 12 honors.

Last June, Cashin (along with Shamoya McNeil) became the

first Mountaineer to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships since 2015 and finished with a 10:11.86 in front of 12,000 people at famous Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.

Along with her time on the track team, Cashin has been a leader among her fellow student-athletes as she is a prominent leader of the WVU Student-Athlete Advisory Com-

mittee. Under her leadership, the SAAC has participated in multiple food drives, created the Blue & Golden Globes Awards dinner for student-athletes, has brought numerous academic resources to student-athletes as well as promoted student-athletes to support other student-athletes to attend each other’s events.

“There’s not going to be a lot of change of who I am, how I act with people,” he said.

After winning the election in March, Obioma told The Daily Athenaeum, “I cannot thank [supporters] enough.” “[The Unity campaign] is the product of a bunch of amazing people that came together. This is all for them,” Obioma said.

The student senators include: •Adam Craig (Unity) •Tyler Greathouse (Unity) •Peyton Keener (Unity) •Kate Dye (Unity) •Roark Sizemore (Unity) •Mike Hamrick (Unity)

•Owen Gray (Unity) •Gage Fortney (Unity •Stephen Murphy (Unity) •Kareem Shammaa (Unity) •Madi Matheny (Unity) •Lora McDonald (Unity) •Dominique Villasenor (Unity) •Zainab Rana (Unity) •Cailyn Hall (For the Rest of Us) Athletic senators: •Chad Dye (Unity) •Drew Spearko (For the Rest of Us)

a whole.

“I hope to just make people more aware of mental health on campus,” she said. “Even if my impact isn’t monumental, I want people to be more aware of the signs of mental illness and mental health. I want people to be more aware of the signs of mental illness and of their mental health.”

Carrie has been in the midst of her work for close to a decade now, but she still says that there are strides to be made and work to be done to accomplish her ultimate goal with the movement.

“Mental health is something

we often push to the side and there’s a huge stigma around it that needs to be worked on. I want people to start seeing it differently,” she said.

“Even if I don’t accomplish anything necessarily world-changing, I hope I’m remembered as someone who made an effort to make a change in something that means so much to me, and as someone who took something negative and turned it into something that can have a positive impact on other people.

AMY CASHIN

BY JOHN LOWE

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR It would be difficult to find a student-athlete who has accomplished more at WVU than Amy Cashin has in track and field.

During her time in Morgantown, Cashin has maintained a 4.0 grade point average while setting multiple records on the track. For two straight years, she PHOTO VIA WVU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

AMY CASHIN

ISAAC OBIOMA

BY DOUGLAS SOULE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

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ISAAC OBIOMA

WVU SGA President Isaac Obioma’s Unity campaign swept the 2018 SGA election.

Not only did Isaac Obioma, and Vice-President Abbi Yachini, get 43.8 percent of the total votes, facing against two other tickets, but all but one of the student senators elected were from the Unity campaign.

One of the two athletic senators was also from the Unity campaign.

Obioma’s campaign focused

on three things: •Inclusion: Making sure SGA and the student body were far more inclusive and diverse.

•Student organization outreach and involvement- Bridging the gap between SGA and other student organizations.

•Community outreach- To focus on issues like pedestrian safety, parking and road conditions.

Obioma credits the personality of his campaign as a large factor to its victory. And now, as student body president, he doesn’t expect that personality to change.

CARRIE SHADE

BY KAMERON DUNCAN OPINION EDITOR

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Carrie Shade

Carrie Shade is a WVU graduate student and mental health advocate. She started “Against Suicide,” a mental health awareness movement, in high school in an effort to raise a collective consciousness within her community. During her time at WVU, Carrie has made several strides to improve how aware her fellow students are of their mental health, but also the mental health of others.

She says that her initial inspiration was a personal incident that took place in close proximity to her. “Someone who I was close friends with as a child took her own life a few months prior (to starting the campaign), and it had been on my mind constantly,” she said.

“I thought about it daily and it kept me up at night. I wanted to do something about it and turn something that broke me so much into something that could help other people.”

Carrie also says that she hopes to have a lasting impact on WVU, its students and the campus as

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NEWS

WVU’s “Out of the Darkness” walk enters its third year of participation Participants could pick up bead necklaces, called “honor beads,” from a table.

BY KAYLA GAGNON STAFF WRITER

Michelle Toman lost her younger brother to suicide 24 years ago.

“Jamie was a freshman in college, and was one of those kids who just didn’t make it back to class one day,” Toman said.

Toman, the co-founder of the West Virginia chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), wore purple, blue, silver and orange necklaces to the third annual “Out of the Darkness” walk on Saturday at the WVU Recreation Center field.

The different colored necklaces symbolized lives lost to suicide.

Hosted by the WVU Psychology Club and West Virginia AFSP, the march raised funds for mental health resources, fund research and the creation educational programs.

Tristin Toman, a WVU graduate and the niece of Jamie, helped put together the first walk in 2016.

“Back then we knew we had to do something, and get the word out about the resources WVU has to help students,” Tristin said at Saturday’s walk. “We wanted to make students comfortable enough to go out there and use them to help themselves.”

Tristin said she was over-

The colors of the necklaces each had a significant meaning:

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Members of the WVU Psychology Club participated in the “Out of the Darkness” walk at the Rec Center fields on Saturday. joyed that the walk continued into 2018.

“I was terrified that when I graduated that no one would do it,” she said. “I was so happy to find out that it was going on because I knew that we still needed it.”

In 2017, the second leading cause of death for ages 15-34 in West Virginia was suicide, according to West Virginia AFSP. “A big purpose of this walk is to shed light on this cause and to breakdown the stigma around those who have mental health issues and need help,” said Skylar Spanburgh, a member of the WVU Psy-

chology Club. “Suicide is a major leading cause of death, yet there is very little funding put in to help prevent these tragedies.”

Jamie’s Law, named for Michelle Toman’s brother, was passed by West Virginia legislature in 2015. The law called for increased resources and education on suicide prevention, especially on college campuses.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting “TALK” to 741741.

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Forty walkers participated in the walk.

•White- lost a child •Red- lost a spouse or partner •Gold- lost a parent •Orange- lost a sibling •Purple- lost a relative or friend •Silver- lost a first responder/military personnel •Green- struggled personally •Blue- support the cause •Teal- friends/family of struggling person

OPINION #EqualPayDay does not advocate equal pay for everyone

BY DANIEL PAN

DJPANPRINCETON.EDU On April 10th, the hashtag “#EqualPayDay” was trending throughout social media.

April 10, 2018 represented the amount of extra days women needed to work in order to make the same amount that their male equivalents made in 2017. When I first heard of this cause, it made sense. For the two women—my mother and girlfriend—in my life, I didn’t look at them thinking I deserved more than they did, but felt exceptionally lucky to have such amazing influences teaching me valuable lessons on how to become more capable myself.

However, despite its well-intentioned goals, #EqualPayDay is problematic. It is not actually advocating equal pay for everyone; this “Equal Pay Day” is for white women.

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy prepares to sign into law a measure that strengthens New Jersey’s law against discrimination.

Unlike their white counterparts, black, Native American, and Latina women will have to work until August 7th, September 27th, and November 1st, respectively, in order to earn what men made in 2017. Further-

more, although Equal Pay Day has been around since 1996, women of color have struggled much more in closing the gender pay gap. Despite the greater struggles for women of color, their issues have gone unno-

ticed by most who participate in Equal Pay Day. This is an example of “intersectional invisibility,” in which those facing discrimination for multiple identities are more likely to be left out of issues involving each

of their individual identities (e.g. being a woman and being a minority).

To improve #EqualPayDay, we need to fight not only to close the gender pay gap, but also to close the racial pay gap.

With a two-pronged approach, we no longer ignore the racial disparities in favor of the gender issues, and we are able to help equalize the pay for more than just white women. This is exactly what Citigroup did to help the minority women when they eliminated both the gender and racial pay gaps in its company.

On January 15, 2018, Citigroup was the first in a string of several financial institutions to report how much women earned relative to their male counterparts in the same positions. The corporation then began working to right any discovered pay gaps, and Citigroup was special in that they carried out similar efforts to close

the racial pay gap. They discovered that women and minorities earned 99% of what their male and white counterparts earned, respectively. Rather than be complacent with their small pay gap, they rose the salaries of women and minorities to make it an equal 100 percent. By doing so, all minority women’s salaries were raised to equal those of white men.

To those of you who feel you lack the power and ability to promote similar changes as a corporation like Citigroup did, I implore you to join the activism and events like #EqualPayDay for both women and minorities. Citigroup took action only after receiving pressure from shareholders in the public like you. For those who already participate in #EqualPayDay or similar initiatives, remember to keep the minority women in mind and fight for racial equality as well.

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Five episodes of ‘The Office’ to watch before finals kill you

BY JORDYN JOHNSON CULTURE EDITOR

The spring 2018 semester is nearly over and you’re probably finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. However, before you can enjoy 14 weeks of hot weather and sun, you have to make it through a week of hell— finals.

Between studying nonstop and finishing projects, you might need a break or 20. If you have time, “The Office” is an amazing way to relieve your stress and make you laugh when you feel like you’re about to cry.

Here are the top five best episodes to watch any time, any place. These episodes never fail to make your abs ache with laughter.

1. “Stress Relief” (Season 5 Episodes 14 and 15): Without a doubt, “Stress Relief” is the funniest episode of the entire show. Dwight is angry at the rest of the office, because he held a “fire safety talk” and no one paid attention. So in typical Dwight fashion, he decides to terrify the entire staff by setting a fire in the office and locking all the doors. Naturally everyone panics, and Stanley ends up having a heart attack.

The episode progresses with Dwight cutting the face off of a CPR dummy and pretending he is Buffalo Bill from “Silence of the Lambs”, Pam and Jim watching pirated movies with Andy and finally, Michael roasting each person in the office.

Best quote: “No no no no you will not die! Stanley! Stanley you will not die! Stanley!

Stanley! Barack is president!

You are black Stanley!” - Michael Scott when Stanley has a heart attack.

2. “The Injury” (Season 2 Episode 12) Coming in at number two, “The Injury” is another episode that will have you rolling around from laughing so hard.

Michael steps on his George Foreman grill, because he “likes waking up to the smell of bacon”. He then calls the office

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The Office bobble head collection at the NBC Store in New York City. and wants someone to come pick him up for work. No one wants to but Dwight. In a rush, Dwight wrecks his car into a pole driving out of the parking lot and hits his head on his steering wheel extremely hard.

Michael comes in and acts like he has a disability, even calling the building owner who is in a wheelchair to come in and talk to everyone.

Best quote: “Pam, please.

I have Country Crock.” - Michael Scott on wanting Pam to rub butter on his foot.

3. “Fun Run” (Season 4 Episode 1) The episode begins with Mi-

chael hitting Meredith with his car, so you know it’s going to be hysterical. Michael thinks the office is cursed, because he ran over Meredith, Angela’s cat Sprinkles is killed (murdered by Dwight, actually) and Meredith is found to have rabies. This makes Michael want to have a “fun run” for rabies to support Meredith. Also in this episode, Jim and Pam are discovered to be dating, making every fan’s wildest dreams come true.

Best quote: “Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh I don’t know. I sing the shower.

Sometimes I spend too much time volunteering. Occasion-

ally I’ll hit somebody with my car. So sue me.” - Michael on running over Meredith.

4.“Dinner Party” (Season 4 Episode 9) Arguably the episode with the funniest bloopers, “Dinner Party” comes in at number 4. Michael and Jan invite Pam, Jim, Angela and Andy over for dinner at their condo.

Michael and Jan argue the entire night, making everyone at the house extremely uncomfortable. Dwight decides to show up with his old babysitter as his date to the party, too.

The night ends with Michael and Jan getting into such a bad

fight that the neighbors call the police.

Best quote: “You have no idea the physical toll that three vasectomies have on a person.” - Michael on wanting to have kids.

5. “Diversity Day” (Season 1 Episode 2) After Michael does a controversial Chris Rock routine in front of the office, corporate sends Mr. Brown to give diversity training to the Scranton branch. Michael does not want him giving his “Diversity Today” presentation, so Michael decides to come up with his own diversity training

called “Diversity Tomorrow.”

He then has everyone put notecards on their foreheads with different races written on them, and the employees are instructed to treat their fellow workers like the race on their heads.

Best quote: “Oh man! Am I a woman?”- Dwight when Pam tells him that his race probably wouldn’t be a very good driver.

So when you feel like you’re about to have a mental breakdown studying for tests this week, give one of these episodes a watch and forget your worries.

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SPORTS

Top 8 games at the Field House:

BY JOHN LOWE

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR 1.West Virginia 76, Richmond 74 (OT) – December 17, 1957 Early in Jerry West’s sophomore season, he and the Mountaineers were struggling to find an identity. While West was putting up points in West Virginia’s 5-0 record, coach Fred Schaus was still unimpressed with his star. Going into the game against Southern Conference foe and nationally-ranked Richmond, Schaus even considered going to his bench instead of West. However, the Mountaineers took care of business behind 28 points by West, including the game winner in overtime.

“Sophomore Jerry West was the man of the hour last night as he led West Virginia to a 7674 overtime victory over Richmond before an overflowing crowd of 6,700 screaming fans,” wrote Daily Athenaeum sports writer J.M. Bennett the following day. “West, who looked every bit of an All-American, burned the hoops for 28 points, including the tying and winning

buckets, to preserve the Mountaineers’ Southern Conference win streak to 28 games.”

2.West Virginia 110, Furman 95 – January 5, 1957 In Hot Rod Hundley’s final season, the Mountaineers set the tone for NCAA teams moving forward. In his most impressive performance of the year, Hundley netted 54 points shattering the Field House record in WVU’s 110-95 win over Southern Conference rival Furman.

He was 22 of 48 from the field and 10 of 14 from the foul line while nabbing 18 rebounds.

The performance validated the reason why then-WVU freshman and future Lakers guard Bob Smith came to Morgantown in the first place.

“I came to West Virginia because of Hot Rod,” Smith said.

“He was my idol when I was in high school.”

3.West Virginia 41, Duquesne 33 – March 7, 1942 In one of the best early seasons in Mountaineer history, all coach Dyke Rase and his team had to do to clinch a spot in the National Invitation Tournament (which was more pres-

tigious than the NCAA Tournament at the time) was beat Duquesne and Salem in the final two games of the season.

West Virginia caught the eye of the NIT scouts earlier in the season with a 57-40 win at Army.

Behind double figures performances by the Rudy Baric and Scotty Hamilton, the Mountaineers steamrolled the Dukes in Morgantown.

West Virginia would go on to clinch the NIT bid a few days later and would go on to upset Long Island, Toledo and Western Kentucky to win the tournament.

4.West Virginia 83, George Washington 74 – February 19, 1955 In the most anticipated game of the season, the Mountaineers welcomed fifth-ranked George Washington and All-American guard Corky Devlin. The Colonials took an early lead in the game but a ten-point outburst to take the lead midway through the first half and jockeyed the advantage through the end of the game. In the final four minutes, WVU channeled a 13-3 run to clinch the win and the program’s first-ever AP Top 5 upset.

Gardner develops into WVU record holder TRACK

BY JAMES WHITLEY SPORTS WRITER

Breaking a school record isn’t easy, which is exactly what Madelin Gardner broke her own school record in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 14 feet and 5.5 inches at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville. It’s impressive considering her freshman year she says she would be happy to make it to 11 feet. With the Big 12 Outdoor Championship coming up in May, Gardner is looking to finish the outdoor season better than she started.

The Williamstown, West Virginia native started out as a gymnast until she needed ankle surgery in high school and decided to change sports.

“I needed a sport that was a little bit of a lower impact,” Gardner said. “So I ran track my freshman year of high school and I ran all the way through my senior year, but I didn’t pole vault until my senior year of high school.”

She says being a gymnast help with her build work ethic and body awareness.

Gardner won the state champion in the pole vault, 200 meters and 400 meters. She is also the Williamstown High School record holder in the 300-meter hurdles and 100-meter high

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hurdles.

Gardner describes how coming to WVU was something she planned on doing.

“Most schools don’t have my major,” Gardner said, who is a biomedical engineering major.

“I was planning on coming to WVU no matter what and I kind of got lucky and got on the team.”

When Gardner arrived in Morgantown, she says her first season here was a learning curve.

“I really wasn’t that good,” Gardner adds. “We’re really happy to jump 11 feet. It was a lot of learning how to pole vault and getting better and learning the school. I enjoyed it.”

Gardner recruited her sister, Ellie, to WVU but says her sister had always planned on coming to Morgantown as well.

“For her major, just closer to home and cost efficient,” Gardner says. “But pole vault, she wanted to come and be on the team with me.”

Gardner says having her sister on the team is like “having my best friend on the team with me.”

Her previous record was 13 feet and 6.625 inches, but when Gardner broke her record the first time with a mark of 13 feet and 9.75 inches at the Virginia Challenge, she says she was confident before the jump because she had already jumped that height in the indoor season. The second time, “was over 14 feet, which I still get excited about every time no matter what,” Gard-

ner says. “By the third one, I was just so pumped up, I could barely control myself.”

She says she was surprised when she broke her school record three times because of how her outdoor season has been.

“My outdoor season hasn’t gone really well up to that point,” Gardner says. “It was a big surprise. But I knew that it was in my mindset and I needed to turn it back around.”

Gardner adds that her secret to a good jump is “to focus on the things that allow me to set up a good jump and to have a positive mindset the whole time.”

She says wants to redeem herself in the Big 12 Outdoor Championship.

“Obviously indoor, I didn’t do well at Big 12 (Championship),” Gardner says. “I’m kind of excited to go out there and show people what I really have and represent the school well.”

She says she has only one goal at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, to win.

Overall, Gardner says her time in Morgantown has been hard but rewarding.

“My time here has been extremely hard,” Gardner says.

“Just with school and balancing everything but like I have made some many memories here. It has been the best of times and the worst of times just getting through college and but also jumping high, just proving to myself how much I can do.”

Hot Rod Hundley led WVU with 39 points in the victory.

5.West Virginia 96, Holy Cross 90 – February 7, 1959 When Holy Cross came to Morgantown, so did NBC. For the first time in the state’s history, an athletic event was being broadcast on national television.

“There was a lot of hype,” Jay Jacobs said. “(NBC) brought cameras in. It was pretty crazy.

Everyone was excited because you didn’t get a lot of games. It wasn’t saturated on your TV set with games so if you saw one game, everybody sort of surrounded the set and lost it.”

The actual game itself followed a comeback storyline.

Jerry West scored 36 points to lead a rally from 15 points down to clinch the win on national TV. “We had that pressing defense that nobody else basically had in the country,” Bob Smith said. “We didn’t run the score up early, so we’d be taken out of the ball game. That year, we were down in 12 games by double figures late in the ballgame and came back in all but one of them.”

6.West Virginia 88, Villanova 82 – January 6, 1962 In what was likely the best opponent star forward and fu-

ture NBA executive ever played in the Field House. All-American Hubie White brought in fifth-ranked and undefeated Villanova into Morgantown looking to cruise after the Mountaineers lost some prominence over the past few seasons.

After a closly contested first half, but the Wildcats struggled to hang around in the second half and WVU picked up one of the last great wins in the history of the Field House. Thorn led WVU with 29 points. Villanova would later get the last laugh though, beating the Mountaineers 90-75 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

7.East Bank High School 71, Morgantown High School 56 – March 24, 1956 Back in the days before the Charleston Civic Center, the Field House was the home for West Virginia high school basketball players to shine. In state title game history, no high school player shined brighter than Jerry West who led the East Bank Pioneers to 77-73 win over Willie Akers and Mullens in the semifinals.

Jay Jacobs, who led Morgantown in their last second 70-68 win over Parkersburg, had the tough task of facing West in the title.

“That next game, our plan

was pretty fantastic,” Jacobs said. “Our coach Jack Roberts came into the locker room and said something like ‘guys, don’t worry about anything because one man can’t beat us.’ That was the furthest from the truth.”

Jerry West hung 38 on the Mohigans to lead East Bank to their first-ever state championship.

“He fouled out at the end of the third quarter,” Jacobs said.

“If he hadn’t he probably would have scored 70.”

8.West Virginia 33, Pitt 25 – March 8, 1930 With national title contender Pitt coming into Morgantown, the Mountaineers were clearly ramped up. Earlier in the season, the Panthers shellacked West Virginia 41-19 in the Field House the year before and coach Francis Stadsvold’s team was ready for revenge. The oncourt matchup that everyone was excited for was Pitt’s Charlie Hyatt against WVU’s Marshall “Little Sleepy” Glenn.

With a sold out crowd of 4,500 in attendance, Glenn dazzled the Panthers with a game-high 17 points compared to Hyatt’s nine to lead the Mountaineers to a win. When the Field House closed in 1970, both players were honored at halftime of the final game.

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Should Konate stay or should he go?

West Virginia sophomore forward Sagaba Konate has a very important decision looming: does he stay in college or go pro.

When he announced his intention earlier this month to enter the NBA Draft and submit the paperwork to go through the process, myself — along with many others — expected it to be a formality. We expected Konate to do what Jevon Carter did last year, which was test the process, workout with a few teams, hear back from scouts and then come back to college and improve his stock for next year.

That process certainly paid huge dividends for Carter. He became an All-American selection at point guard, won his second straight National Defensive Player of the Year Award, went to the Sweet 16 for the third time in his career and is now projected as a second round NBA Draft pick.

What Carter did is what was anticipated for Konate. But now the rumors are swirling, and there is a bigger chance he decides to forgo his college eligibility now and pursue his NBA dreams. “The wind is starting to come up here and now is getting a sense that it perhaps is not as much of a foregone conclusion that it’s simply an evaluation, but there might be some serious consideration that he could be leaving,� said WVU play-by-play broadcaster Tony Caridi when he talked to Hoppy Kercheval on MetroNews this month. “That is the piece of news right now that it seems to be at least in play that he could go.�

Konate’s professional potential is there. The improvements he made from year 1 to year 2 in college showed that he has what it takes to make it at the next level.

He increased his scoring totals from 4.1 points per game to 10.8 points per game from his freshman to sophomore campaigns, along with massive jumps in rebounding (2.8 to 7.6 per game) and blocks (1.4 to 3.2 per game).

But, as of right now, he is not slated to even hear his name called in the NBA Draft on June 21. No major media outlets have him being selected in their Mock Drafts, meaning his chances of making the NBA are even slimmer if he does choose to sign with an agent and turn pro this

summer.

Of course, there are some exceptions that have found success that way. Look at former Marshall center Hassan Whiteside, who fought his way through the G League and overseas before now becoming a defensive specimen in the NBA and signing a 4-year deal that averages over $24 million per season. You can also look at point guard Quinn Cook, who after going undrafted in 2015 out of Duke, played in the G League, got called up to the Golden State Warriors’ roster after Stephen Curry’s injury and is now playing valuable playoff minutes for the defending NBA champions.

Those are rare cases, though, and another year at WVU could tremendously benefit Konate.

He is athletically gifted.

What he has done at WVU for two years is incredible.

What is even more incredible is that he has only played organized basketball for four years. Imagine if he would have played for longer than that. Would he even be at WVU right now? Would he instead of played at like a program like Kentucky after being a four-to-five star recruit and become a one-and-done.

But there is much more work to be done. And if he stays, he will almost definitely see the results, just like Carter is about to see when he likely hears his name called in this year’s NBA Draft.

He is still very raw. He has only played basketball for four years. His offensive game has seen huge improvements, but he could use a little more consistency on his mid-range jumper. He could also use another year of learning under 800-plus win head coach Bob Huggins.

Last year, Konate was still learning much about the game of basketball, and Caridi pointed to one very specific example. “A year ago (former WVU forward) Nate Adrian would have to go point on the floor where he needed to go,�

Caridi said. “No one is going to be pointing on the floor in the NBA for you. They will say, ‘guess what? You don’t get it.

Go away. Go to the G League.’�

If Konate decides to go pro, does not get drafted and does not make it onto an NBA roster, he will probably find his way in the NBA G League, for-

merly known as the NBA Development League.

The benefits are not anywhere near the same in the G League, and Konate would likely be better off sticking around at WVU for another season. The G League salary is increasing to $35,000 for the 2018-19 campaign, which is a marketable rise from the zero dollars Konate would make playing college ball. But the exposure is not with only 41 Only 41 G League games televised on ESPN and NBA TV last season. There are college basketball games broadcasted all day on Saturday and every weeknight on ESPN and other national news outlets.

Not only that, but G League teams fly commercially. WVU flies charter to away games.

The G League Playoffs do not compare anywhere close to the NCAA Tournament in terms of television exposure either.

G League teams do provide housing, health insurance and per diems for road games. They and the NBA also partnered with Arizona State to help G League players take online classes, which Konate could do if he forgoes his final two years and could not get his degree at WVU right now.

Is that worth it, though?

Konate has every right to go if he so chooses. If he decides it is in his best interest, then he should go. Maybe he needs to provide for his family and make money. Who could blame him for that?

If the NBA does not work out, he could always find a successful career overseas.

Or maybe he earns his way up the ladder like Whiteside and Cook did.

If Konate stays and makes anywhere near the improvements from year No. 2 to year No. 3 like he did from year No. 1 to year No. 2, then his name will almost definitely be called in the 2019 NBA Draft.

ESPN projects him as a second round pick. NBADraft.net has him going No. 14 overall in the first round in 2019.

Another year would assuredly boost his NBA aspirations, yet the decision is all his. He has a lot of options to weigh and still has until May 30 to choose whether he will sign with an agent and go pro or return for his junior season at West Virginia.

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A/C, W/D, separate storage space on premise. $700/mth, utilities included. Base cable included & marked parking space included. No pets.

Available June 1st. 304-376-1894 or 304-288-0626

304-413-0900 or li t t

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Kingdom Properties

1, 2 ,3, 4 & 5 BEDROOM

NEAR MARIO’S FISHBOWL. Quiet 2BR, W/D, parking. Well-suited for couple. $500/mth plus utilities & deposit. 304-594-3705 LIVING ZONE FURNISHED NEW YORK LOFT in downtown. $775/plus electric. Free parking. No pets. 304692-7883 2, 3, 4 & 7BR HOUSES/APARTMENTS. Sunnyside/Downtown. $550-$575/per bedroom. Utilities and parking included. No pets. 304241-1781 or 304-276-6239 2/3BR APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES. Available June 1st. W/D, D/W, AC, off-street parking, deck. $375-$475/per person. 304-2884953

Now Leasing

Aerostar Apartments

DOWNTOWN 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS AVAILABLE

Utilities Paid 1-7 Bedroom

FREE RENT

2BR. 968 NORTH WESTERN AVENUE. Off-street parking, walk to hospital. Hard wood floors, modern kitchen. Ideal for residents/nurses.

304-598-7465

RICE RENTALS & STADIUM VIEW APTS * Great Locations! * Affordable Rents! * Quality Housing * Rent Starting at $335 * Eff., 1, 2 & 3 BR Available * Furnished & Unfurnished * Available May - August

(304) 598 - 7368 RICERENTALS.COM STADIUMVIEWWV.COM

Houses and Apts Downtown South Park Call: 304-292-9600 Text: 304-692-9672 Pet Friendly www.kingdomrentals.com

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS NOW RENTING 2, 3, 4, 5BR Apartments on Prospect and Spruce for 2018-2019. Contact Nick: 304-2921792 BARRINGTON NORTH 2 Minutes to Hospitals.

SMITH RENTALS, LLC

304-322-1112 • Houses • 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments $500 - $900 per month

Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com

Now Leasing Through June 2018

BCKRENTALS.COM 304-594-1200

♦ Furnished/Unfurnished Options ♦ Washer/Dryer Options ♦ Pets Welcome with Approval ♦ Free Off Street Parking ♦ 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance ♦ Night Watchman on Duty

BEVERLY AVENUE APARTMENTS. Live in a house not a highrise. 2, 3 & 4BR, W/D, AC, off-street parking available. Pets considered. Available 5-20-18. 304-282-0136

1-6 BEDROOM HOUSES AND APARTMENTS

LARGE 3BR APARTMENTS TOP OF HIGH STREET. All utilities included.

Available now. Offering 10 and 12mth leases. $400/person. 304685-9809

Walk to classes!

Downtown campus

304-599-6376.

BON VISTA & THE VILLAS 2 Minutes to Hospitals. www.morgantownapartments.com

304-599-1880

NO BUSES NEEDED www.bckrentals.com

Stewart Street & Glenn Street Apartments Walking distance to downtown campus 1 & 2 Bedroom D/W, WD, Microwave, Free WiFi, Free Parking, No Application Fee No Pets Call for Tour: 304-435-7071 or 304-692-9296

ROOMMATES FEMALE ROOMATE WANTED for nice 3BR apartment. Close to downtown campus. $300/mth. Includes utilities, D/W, W/D, AC, off-street parking. Text: 304-680-6808

ROOMS FOR RENT 1BR, SERIOUS FEMALE. Near both campuses. Available May. Non smoker. $650/mth. Includes utilities/Wifi/ parking pass/W/D/private bath & fitness center/pool. 304-322-2122

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE/RENT FOR SALE 14 X 60 2BR, 1 1/2BTH. ViewCrest Village. Maidsville, WV. 5 min drive to Colosseum. $7,500.

304-290-7104

*Call for details

www.morgantownapartments.com

Mon-Thur: 8am-7pm Friday: 8am-5pm Weekends by appointment

QUIET ATMOSPHERE. 1 & 2BR, 2BTH. W/D, D/W & micro. Water & sewage included. Walk in closet, on-site maintenance, free off-street parking. One mile from downtown & hospitals. 304-599-1998. www.foresthillsapts.net

SUPER NICE!!

Contact us: 304-685-3243 htmproperties.com

MAY 2018-2019 ONLY

Our convenient locations put you exactly where you want to be…

304-293-4141

FURNISHED APARTMENTS NOW RENTING 1-6BR. Downtown campus. Jewelmanllc.com or 304288-1572

1, 2, 3, 4 Bedrooms High Street South Park, Health Sciences

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Renting for 2018 Eff.1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms One Bedroom as low as $440 Two Bedrooms as low as $365 per person Three Bredrooms as low as $340 per person * Pets Welcome * 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance * Next to Football Stadium & Hospital * State of the Art Fitness Center * Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Minutes

Office Hours Monday - Thursday 8am -7pm Friday 8am-5pm Saturday 10am-4pm Sunday 12pm-4pm *Appointments Available*

304-599-7474 Morgantown’s Most Luxurious Living Community www.chateauroyale apartments.com

FURNISHED HOUSES 1BR, 7 MINUTE WALK TO MOUNTAINLAIR. $550/mth. Everything included except electric. Off-street parking. W/D. 304-825-5497

4BR HOUSE. 748 Weaver. 5 min walk to campus. W/D, back deck, front porch. Available May or August. $375/each. Pearand Corp. Shawn Kelly, broker. 304-292-7171 217 JONES AVENUE. 4BR, 2 full baths, deck off of kitchen, living room & dining room, W/D, dishwasher, free off-street parking. $325-$395/each + utilities. No pets. 304-685-3457

HELP WANTED PT CLEANER NEEDED. Evening hours. Background check required. mla@learningacademy.org IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for bartenders and servers. Apply in person at the Clarion Hotel Morgan. 127 High Street.

MARIO’S FISHBOWL IS NOW HIRING for full and part time children’s summer camp. Please come to our 704 Richwood Avenue location to apply.

CEO OF STARTUP looking for personal assistant. Salary/hrly negotiable. Other positions available also.

Send resume to: Jobs@thehospitalitycorporation.com LOCAL MOVING COMPANY is hiring qualified laborers. Will train. $12/per hour starting pay. Apply in person at 1385 Grafton Road or email resume to rharmon@centralvan.com GENERAL INTERN - for public water, sewer and storm water utility.

Job duties will include general office work; data entry; and other department support as needed. Proficiency in basic Microsoft Office software desired related work experience preferred. Wage commensurate with experience. Apply on-line only @ www.mub.org. Equal Opportunity Employer

3/4BR HOUSE. Price Street. Large porch, W/D, off-street parking. $1500/month + utilities. 304-2168553

PART-TIME ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN - for public water, sewer and storm water utility. Job duties will include drafting and mapping of water/sewer/storm system improvements; construction inspection; and project coordination. Proficiency in AutoCad required, related work experience strongly preferred. Wage commensurate with experience.

Apply on-line only @ www.mub.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer

3BR, 2 STORY. Walk to town. W/D. Available now. $960/mth + utilities.

304-826-0322

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

NEWLY REMODELED HOUSE, 5BR, 2BA in South Park, 7 minute walk to the Mountainlair. $500/each. Call 304-673-4283

2007 BLACK FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE. GT Premium. 4.6L, 5 sp. transmission. Leather interior.

27,000 miles. $15,000/OBO. 304376-1727

UNFURNISHED HOUSES

3BR HOUSE. 1 mile from hospital. $375/per BR + utilities. Lease, deposit. NO PETS. 304-216-1355 2-3BR HOUSE. Falling Run Road.

W/D, parking. Available May 1st. $500/plus utilities. 304-296-8801 5BR, 2BTH HOUSE across Walnut Street Bridge, South Park. $340/per person plus utilities. Living room, dining room kitchen 304-290-8972 3BR, 1BTH. Greenmont area. W/D, off-street parking, walk to campus. $1200/plus utilities, lease & deposit required. Available August 1st. 304503-3074

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