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Sunnyside project up for re-bid

BY EVAN MOORE STAFF WRITER

The streetscape project on Grant Avenue will be open for bidding a second time after only one contractor responded during the initial bidding process.

Summer projects will replace sidewalks, develop two bus stops and install LED streetlights on Grant Avenue starting at 4th Street and ending at Campus Drive. The project is funded by a Tax Increment Financing project.

Jim Hunt, Executive Director of Sunnyside Up, attributed the setback to multiple factors but is confident the project will move forward soon.

“When we first did the bidding

a few weeks ago, we only had one bidder respond, and that bid exceeded our funds for the project,” Hunt said. “One of the things that happened is, at the same time, the city of Morgantown was bidding the downtown streetscape.”

Hunt also said the project was complicated for contractors to bid on due to the complexity of the plan. Ten companies initially came to the pre-bid meeting April 29.

“If it was only paving or sidewalks these companies that do this on a regular basis can bid it within a week, but ours is a little more complicated because of the various components to it,” Hunt said.

Contractors will be able to attend a pre-bid meeting May 26 and bidding will reopen June 8. The

contract will be awarded June 15.

“Altogether, we’ll lose about two weeks, we can make that up at the end of the fall construction season,” said Dan Boroff, Morgantown city manager.

Boroff said the TIF project is on its way to completion, despite the bidding schedule being reworked.

“In this case we’re very fortunate that we have time to go back, seek additional bids and hopefully get a better price,” Boroff said. “That process is already in motion.”

TIF projects allow municipalities to borrow against the increased property tax revenue that will result from the improvements.

Although improving infrastructure on Grant Avenue is a substan-

tial part of the construction occurring in Sunnyside, other projects are also taking place across the neighborhood.

Hunt cited the Beechurst Gateway Project, sewer line replacement near the Monongahela River and developments like Beechview Place and Mountaineer Place.

“We’re excited because this is one of the busiest construction areas in the state right now,” Hunt said.

“We think that when the students come back this will be a different neighborhood.”

He said about $50 million of construction has either been proposed or is currently in progress in the Sunnyside neighborhood.

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The ‘Sunnyside Up’ logo is painted on a dumpster in Sunnyside. The ‘Sunnyside Up’ program will work to clean up Sunnyside and improve the neighborhood’s appearance.

Summer Session I 2010

Textbook rentals may save students half of book price

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A summer session of HIST 153 takes place in Woodburn Hall Wednesday.

More students enrolling in summer classes

BY NICK ASHLEY STAFF WRITER

Summer, for most students, is a time to relax and enjoy time off from school. However, many students at West Virginia University are using summer as a chance to catch up on their course work.

“There are 10,265 students enrolled for the summer, which is an increase of 2.8 percent. There are hundreds of classes that are offered in the summer,” said Lynn Reinke academic professional program coordinator at the WVU Extended Learning Office.

“Generally, GEC courses are popular due to students wanting to clear some of their minor classes up. All are on the courses. wvu.edu website.”

Lynn said students will generCHELSI BAKER/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM ally take six hours of credit during Graduate student Aisulu Raspayeva studies outside Woodburn Hall for her summer course the summer, and online classes in the TESOL program, which teaches students who speak another language how to speak are popular because they can be worked around students’ summer and teach courses in English.

schedules.

Summer classes can range from three to 12 weeks. Most classes are six weeks. Students who are interested in signing up for summer courses can register for a class up until the day it starts.

According to the WVU admissions website, summer tuition rates for undergraduates are $223 per credit hour for in-state students and $685 per credit hour for out-of-state students.

The rates for graduate students are $327 for in-state and $943 for out-of-state. These numbers do not reflect the cost of course-specific fees.

Students who wish to live on campus during the summer session can live in Pierpont Apartments on the Evansdale Campus.

Summer housing rates for a single room are $150.50 for one week, $903 for six weeks and $1,806 for

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With relationship statuses, status updates and photos appearing on Facebook news feeds, West Virginia University supporters were busy helping to rank WVU No. 10 for the university with the most fans.

The list is comprised of how many fans universities had on their official fan pages and in their official groups to compile the list.

Washington Post blogger and education reporter Jenna Johnson posted the list May 1. She is updating it with universities and colleges as she finds more pages and groups.

WVU ranked No. 10, ahead of schools such as Stanford Univer-

sity, the University of Kentucky, the University of Miami and the University of Notre Dame. Texas A&M University ranks first on the list.

Cathy Orndorff, director of WVU Web Services, said we ranked so high due to trends with fans and alumni.

“WVU has really devoted fans and very successful sports teams.

We are also fortunate to not have a professional team or other large university to compete with,” Orndorff said.

Dan Caryll, WVU Web Services intern, believes WVU earned the spot because it has done a good job of embracing and growing with new technology.

“WVU has always attempted to stay on top of the latest technology, whether it’s using Twitter

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feeds to update students on news and events or creating an iPhone application containing information on transportation and other campus ideas,” Caryll said in an e-mail. “Having so many students to try to connect to is difficult, but Facebook allows for an easy way to find people that you may have not had any other way to contact.”

Not only do sports fan fans find Facebook useful, but it also serves a purpose for the University.

“Facebook is the first source of information for students, alumni, and faculty,” said Tricia Petty, associate vice president for University Relations Operations. “WVU has great fans, and when they want to know something about

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TOP 10 MOST “LIKED” UNIVERSITIES 1. Texas A&M 174,644 2. Louisiana State University 164,007 3. The University of Texas at Austin 112,774 4. University of Michigan 107,793 5. Penn State 101,765 6. University of Oklahoma 83,152 7. University of Kansas 81,361 8. University of Missouri 78,293 9. Ohio State University 70,588 10. West Virginia University 60,829 Source: Washington Post Education reporter Jenna Johnson

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The student writing requirement at West Virginia University is being revamped following faculty complaints.

Currently, students must complete writing-specific courses in their majors; the new portfolio allows students to place work from other courses into online portfolios to fulfill the requirement.

Valerie Lastinger, a foreign language professor at WVU, presented her proposal for an online writing portfolio to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee Monday.

The Division of Art and Design is piloting a program to determine how to implement it throughout the University.

“A couple of years ago, there was great demand ... many departments came to the GEC (General Education Curriculum) committee to express their discontent with the current writing requirement at WVU,” Lastinger said.

A committee was formed in fall 2008 to begin to address these concerns. In 2009, Fac-

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Textbook rentals will be available at on-campus and off-campus bookstores this fall.

Rentable texts will be available in the Barnes & Noble campus bookstores, online for shipment to the store and The Book Exchange’s downtown store. “(Students) have many services they can choose from,” said David Lang, West Virginia University Barnes & Noble general manager. “This partnered with other things we offer in the store, like financial aid, registration integration, all of those things makes us a better book store and able to better service students” The bookstore will accept returns on rented books that have been written in, highlighted, or show reasonable wear and tear from a single year’s use. All rented textbooks must be returned to the bookstore within 10 days of the last day of finals.

Rented textbooks may be returned by mail before the rental due date.

“I don’t have the list yet of all the rental titles, but students will save over 50 percent if they rent the book instead of buy the book,” Lang said.

Barnes & Noble bookstores tested out the rental program at three of their campus bookstores last fall and have expanded the program to 25 stores, including WVU, The Ohio State University, the University of Maryland and the University of South Carolina.

Students returning books in poor condition, after the due date or not at all will be charged a replacement fee equal to 75 percent of the selling price, plus an additional processing fee.

The Book Exchange downtown will also offer textbook rentals beginning in the fall semester.

“We don’t know the details yet,” said Joey Arbuckle, Book Exchange textbook manager.

“First semester will be selected titles, and it will open up more in the second.”

Arbuckle said it will be nearly the same as the on-campus

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ulty Senate passed a resolution from the committee allowing colleges to create online writing portfolios for students’ writing requirements.

Lastinger said these courses require more work from the instructor while providing no extra reward. She said faculty members raised concerns over the lack of incentive to teach these courses.

The program aims to help students by creating writing clinics in the colleges and allowing advisers to more closely monitor student progress and provide help.

Students would be instructed to use the online portfolio during freshman orientation and would place writing assignments in the portfolio as they were completed.

“At the beginning of their junior year, the student will enroll in a one-hour course for professional development,” Lastinger said. “Within the scope of that course, the faculty will review with the student to make sure the portfolio is prepared to be

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available than the traditional college program.”

There are no specified courses required for graduation, and course requirements are flexible and can be fulfilled differently by each student.

The program’s website says, “The Regents BA degree is widely recognized by regional employers. Out-of-state employers may not be familiar with the Regents BA, but Regents graduates report few, if any, difficulties once employers understand the nature of the Regents program.”

Carol Hando, program coordinator, says many students continue their education after obtaining their RBA degree. If a student plans to continue into a graduate or professional degree program, they simply take the appropriate courses for their preferred program.

“Because the University is accredited, all of the programs offered through the University are accredited,” Hando said.

“As such, students can continue their education either in state

or out of state.”

The program recognizes military service, giving two credits per year of service up to a maximum of eight credits.

There is no set length of time for a student to obtain their degree. Students are considered active in the program for three years after initial admission and will be considered active as long as courses and other requirements continue to be fulfilled.

Students may transfer credits from previous work experience by filling out a portfolio containing a formal request, a resume, a narrative demonstrating skills and documentation to support claims of accomplishment.

The RBA program currently has two advisers, Hando and Griffin. Their office is located at 221 Armstrong Hall on WVU’s Downtown Campus.

For more information, contact the program at Regents BA@mail.wvu.edu

and other students problems.

Committee Member Michael Perone said the WVU website is often useless when searching for information, and it is nearly impossible to find something without knowing specifics.

“At least once a year, most faculty receive some notice of probably 70 percent of the things they need to know about, but it’s information overload,” Perone said.

“What they really need to know is, ‘here is a list of some of the things

you might encounter, and here is the website where you can always find the answer’.”

Provost Michele Wheatly likened such a list to a “faculty survival kit.”

Faculty Senate Chair Nigel Clark said such information is available in the faculty handbook, though he agreed faculty could use a quick reference to information.

Pell Grants and un-subsidized or subsidized loans if they are in need.

Brian Ruehle, a senior multidisciplinary studies major, is registered for 12 credits this summer. His decision to attend summer school was based on the availability of classes he needed to take.

“The classes that I am taking are only offered during the summer,” Ruehle said.

Chelsea Goldschrafe, a sophomore pre-business and economics major, is registered for six credits. She said there is a noticeable difference in how the coursework for summer classes is organized.

“It’s a lot more work packed into a short amount of time; also, class times run longer than usual,” she said.

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We all wear WVU apparel more often than others, and we aren’t afraid to greet a fellow student when we see them out of Morgantown,” Droginske said.

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The Regents Bachelor of the Arts degree program at West Virginia University is designed for adults to earn a degree while working.

Offered through the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the program allows for a comprehensive education without the requirements of a major.

The RBA degree program was started in 1975 and has since granted more than 2,000 degrees. The Morgantown campus coordinates the program, while both Potomac State and WVU Parkersburg campuses offer the program, said Barbara Griffin, an adviser for the RBA program.

She said the program has between 300 and 400 students with an average age between 30 and 40.

“The program is exceptional for non-traditional students,” Griffin said. “It is very flexible and has many more options

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The portfolio will cost students around $50 per semester, and students own the content, which they may “zip up” and take after graduation, Lastinger said.

Faculty members at the meeting also raised concerns regarding the accessibility of information regarding academic dishonesty

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Emergency air pack shortage in mines CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — One of just two major makers of emergency air packs for U.S. coal mines has stopped selling the devices because they often don’t automatically start and the industry fears it will lead to a shortage, officials said Wednesday.

Underground mines must increase stockpiles as their operations grow. Government rules require the nation’s 50,000 underground miners to wear an emergency air pack on their belt and operators to cache extra air ones in work areas, on vehicles used to bring miners underground and along escapeways.

With one company not planning to sell them for the foreseeable future, the industry worries there will be a shortage, said National Mining Association lobbyist Bruce Watzman.

The new danger comes as the industry deals with its worst loss of life in 40 years – the deaths of 29 miners in an explosion at a

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West Virginia underground mine last month.

Monroeville, Pa.-based CSE Corp. controls about half the U.S. market. Small oxygen cylinders used to start its air packs automatically have long been known to fail. The devices, known as selfcontained self-rescuers, are designed to generate enough oxygen from chemicals for a miner to breathe for about an hour in toxic conditions due to fire or explosion.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration won’t allow CSE to resume shipments until the problem is fixed, spokeswoman Amy Louviere said.

“If they try to go back into production before they solve the problem, we will issue a formal letter of stop sale,” Louviere said.

MSHA will soon give options to mine operators about how to comply with regulations without CSE’s devices, she said.

CSE said its air packs remain

safe and haven’t been pulled from mines because workers are trained to start the device manually. However, MSHA is advising miners to try a spare before attempting a manual start.

Starting it manually is dangerous because miners have to breathe in carbon monoxide, smoke and other toxins to blow air into the packs, said Randy Harris, engineering consultant to the West Virginia’s mine safety director.

The problem has been noted before in studies by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which found a 16 percent failure rate in its most recent report. Harris found a much higher rate in tests he conducted for West Virginia and Kentucky regulators.

Of the 50 that West Virginia and Kentucky jointly tested, twothirds of them failed, which Harris called “a highly unacceptable rate.”

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general asked a judge Wednesday to strike down a federal gay marriage ban, arguing it interferes with the right of states to define marriage and have those marriages acknowledged by the federal government.

The challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act by Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office was heard in federal court in Boston.

Assistant Attorney General Maura Healey argued states have historically had the right to define marriage.

She said the 1996 law could result in the denial of Medicaid and other benefits to married couples in Massachusetts, where samesex unions have been legal since 2004.

A lawyer from the U.S. Justice Department, Christopher Hall, argued the federal government has the right to set eligibility requirements for federal benefits – including requiring that those benefits only go to couples in marriages between a man and a woman.

Hall also pointed to instances where the federal government has regulated the definition of marriage in certain immigration cases.

It is the second time this month that a challenge to the federal law, also known as DOMA, has been heard in a federal court.

Earlier this month, gay rights groups launched their own challenge before the same judge, arguing the law unconstitutionally denies gay couples federal benefits available to other married couples.

An estimated 15,000 same-sex couples have been married in Massachusetts.

Healey argued the federal law not only intrudes on an area of core state sovereignty, but “forces Massachusetts to discriminate against its own citizens.”

“Never before has the federal government told a married cou-

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Mary Bonauto, attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, is surrounded by plaintiffs as she speaks outside the federal courthouse in Boston, May 6, after opening arguments challenging the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ple that they are married under state law but not under federal law,” Healey said, adding that states “have always had exclusive control over defining and regulating marriage.”

Healey cited the case of a military veteran who has asked that he and his same-sex spouse be buried in a veterans’ cemetery when they die, a privilege offered other married veterans. She said the state has decided to authorize the burial, even though it risks losing federal money for doing so.

“Why? Because it’s the right thing to do,” she said. “We are now subject to forfeiture and lose of funds.”

Hall argued the law doesn’t intrude on states’ sovereignty because it doesn’t bar them from legalizing same-sex marriages.

Hall also argued that by approving the 1996 marriage law, Congress didn’t preclude revisiting the potentially divisive issue in the future when there might be

more of a national consensus.

“Congress decided to freeze the status quo and let the democratic process work itself out at the state level,” he said.

Hall defended the federal government’s right to set eligibility requirements for federal funds – noting that federal highway funds must be spent on highways.

Under questioning from U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro, however, Hall acknowledged the law sets a different marriage standard for state and federal governments.

Tauro also pressed Hall on the case of the veteran, asking if the federal government had an interest in “perpetuating heterosexuality in the graveyard.”

When Hall tried to argue that the state faced no immediate harm by authorizing the burial since the Obama administration opposes the law and is pushing for its repeal, Tauro pressed him on what constituted an immediate threat.

LA Catholics welcome newest leader LOS ANGELES (AP) — The future leader of the nation’s most populous Roman Catholic archdiocese was welcomed Wednesday with a standing ovation in a religious service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.

The Mass of Reception marks the start of Coadjutor Archbishop Jose H. Gomez’s ministry as an assistant to Cardinal Roger Mahony, who will retire next year.

Gomez then automatically becomes the archbishop.

“Mahony goes; Gomez comes.

But Christ alone endures,” Mahony said in his homily.

Other cardinals, dozens of bishops, more than 400 priests and representatives from 288 parishes throughout the nearly 8,800-square-mile archdiocese participated in a service incorporating a half-dozen languages to reflect the diversity of the region.

Mahony, who became archbishop of Los Angeles in 1985, has said he urged Pope Benedict XVI to select a Latino to replace him when, under church law, he retires in February at age 75.

Born in Monterrey, Mexico, Gomez, 58, will become the first Hispanic archbishop of the Los Angeles archdiocese at a time when illegal immigration from Mexico is a heated political issue.

In a homily delivered in English and Spanish, Mahony directly set the stage for Gomez on that issue.

“A good shepherd here will of necessity work tirelessly for just immigration policies and for the protection of the dignity of all our immigrants,” Mahony said.

Gomez is the newly elected chair of the Committee on Migrants and Refugee Services for the U.S. Conference of Catholic

Bishops. His new position in Los Angeles will give the former archbishop of San Antonio, a more visible platform on immigration while reflecting a large segment of the U.S. church.

More than a third of the 65 million Catholics in the United States are Hispanic, as are nearly three-quarters of the 5 millionplus members of the threecounty archdiocese.

Gomez will also inherit remaining elements of the clergy sex abuse scandal that has dogged the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for years.

In, 2007, Mahony agreed to a $660 million settlement with more than 500 alleged victims of clergy abuse, and a federal grand jury is investigating how the archdiocese handled abuse claims.

Mahony is not a target of the investigation, according to his attorney.

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Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, center, arrives along with Roman Catholic priests for a welcoming Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels marking the start of Coadjutor Archbishop Jose H. Gomez’s ministry in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday.

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BP begins novel efforts to stop Gulf of Mexico oil leak COVINGTON, La. (AP) — BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a “top kill” that has never before been tried 5,000 feet underwater.

The oil giant’s chief executive earlier gave the procedure a 60 to 70 percent chance of working, and President Barack Obama cautioned Wednesday there were “no guarantees.”

BP spokesman Steve Rinehart said the company will pump mud for hours, and officials have indicated it may be a couple of days before they know whether the procedure is working. The top kill involves pumping enough mud into the gusher to overcome the flow of oil, and engineers plan to follow it up with cement to try to permanently seal the well.

A live video stream showed pictures of the oil gushing and the blowout preventer, the fivestory device the mud was being pumped into. A weak spot in the device could blow under the pressure, causing a brand new leak.

Gene Beck, a petroleum engineering professor at Texas A&M in College Station, said the endeavor would likely fail quickly if the mud could not overcome the pressure of the oil.

“The longer it goes, maybe the better news that is,” Beck said.

“They are hoping that nothing

breaks, that they don’t have any failures in what they’re pumping into.”

BP PLC was leasing the rig Deepwater Horizon when it exploded April 20, killing 11 workers and triggering the spill that has so far spewed at least 7 million gallons into the Gulf. Oil has begun coating birds and washing into Louisiana’s delicate wetlands.

Witness statements obtained

by The Associated Press show senior managers complained BP was “taking shortcuts” the day of the explosion by replacing heavy drilling fluid with saltwater in the well that blew out.

Truitt Crawford, a roustabout for drilling rig owner Transocean Ltd., told Coast Guard investigators about the complaints.

The seawater, which would have provided less weight to contain surging pressure from the ocean depths, was being used to prepare for dropping a final blob of cement into the well.

“I overheard upper management talking saying that BP was taking shortcuts by displacing the well with saltwater instead of mud without sealing the well with cement plugs, this is why it blew out,” Crawford said in his statement. BP declined to comment.

The statements show workers talked just minutes before the blowout about pressure problems in the well. At first, nobody seemed too worried: The chief

mate for Transocean left two crew members to deal with the issue on their own.

What began as a routine pressure problem, however, suddenly turned to panic. The workers called bosses to report a situation, with assistant driller Stephen Curtis telling one senior operator that the well was “coming in.” Someone told well site leader Donald Vidrine that they were “getting mud back.” The drilling supervisor, Jason Anderson, tried to shut down the well.

It didn’t work. Both Curtis and Anderson died in the explosion.

At a hearing in New Orleans on Wednesday, Douglas Brown, the Deepwater Horizon’s chief mechanic, testified about what he described as a “skirmish” between someone he called the “company man” – a BP official – and three other employees during a meeting the day of the explosion.

Brown said he didn’t pay particular attention to what they were discussing because it did not involve his engine room duties. He later said he did not know the BP official’s name.

“The driller outlined what would be taking place, but the company man stood up and said ‘We’ll be having some changes to that,’” Brown testified. He said the three other workers initially disagreed but “the company man said ‘This is how it’s going to be.’”

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Oil absorbent material boom and oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is seen on Elmer’s Island in Grand Isle, La. Tuesday.

Obama border plan similar to Bush’s PHOENIX (AP) — President Barack Obama’s plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops back to the U.S.-Mexico border quelled demands that he must do more to battle illegal immigration and drug smuggling, but advocates for tougher enforcement say the troops need authority to make detentions.

The new plan looks similar to the National Guard initiative under former President George W. Bush, but on a much smaller scale: Troops will work on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support, and will eventually be replaced by more border patrol and customs agents. The plan at this point doesn’t call for the ability to round up suspected illegal immigrants and smugglers.

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual, speaking to journalists Wednesday in Mexico City, said the troops will serve as a bridge until the American government can get more agents on the border. He emphasized that the troops won’t be working on the front lines or interacting with people crossing the border.

“It’s much more back office functions of receiving reports that are coming in from other intelligence entities,” he said. The troops will “review and analyze” intelligence, then “feed that to the people who are actually the presence on the border itself.” In addition, he said the troops will observe the border from remote surveillance points, then communicate with Customs and Border Protection officers.

The comments came a day after the Mexican government issued a statement saying it hoped the troops would be used to fight drug cartels and not enforce immigration laws. Mexico has traditionally objected to the use of the military to control illegal immigration.

Under Bush, the National Guard troops were designed to back the Border Patrol for two years as 6,000 more agents were trained and hired, and they weren’t allowed to detain immigrants or smugglers. They were pulled out in July 2008, as planned, but many argue that drug violence and immigrant smuggling continue unchecked.

Pascual said the U.S. learned from that operation. “The biggest lesson was that we needed a much bigger and stronger civilian law enforcement presence along the border,” he said.

Arizona’s sweeping new immigration law, which requires

police to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally, has made the topic a national campaign issue. Obama was pushed to take action Tuesday after Republicans threatened to force a congressional vote on sending troops to the border.

Republican state Sen. Russell Pearce of Arizona, the author of the state’s new immigration law, said he fears Obama will repeat what he sees as Bush’s mistake in not giving troops the power to confront and detain violent smugglers and other armed criminals along the border.

Pearce was disturbed by an incident in 2007 where National Guard troops backed off and called in federal agents as gunmen approached their Arizona post.

While supporters of the decision said the Guard members did as they were supposed to, Pearce questioned the point of having troops on the border if they can’t

confront such dangers. “It was a welcome-wagon role last time,” Pearce said. “They weren’t allowed to do anything.”

Obama’s plan also calls for sending only a fifth of the 6,000 troops deployed under Bush. It is unclear where on the border the soldiers will be sent.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, whose jurisdiction includes about 80 miles (about 130 kilometers) of the Arizona-Mexico border, said 1,200 soldiers might make a difference along a smaller portion of the border.

“But if you spread it across the border, it’s like spitting into the wind,” Dever said.

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, a Democrat like Obama who has prosecuted drug and immigrant smugglers, said the planned deployment was a good first step, but believes that the president’s plan should evolve to include more troops and more authority.

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Officials seek drug war change MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Obama administration wants to shift U.S. aid in Mexico away from high-priced helicopters and airplanes and toward reforming Mexico’s corrupt law enforcement, courts and politicians.

Marking a dramatic change from past years, most of the $310 million that the Obama administration seeks for Mexico in its 2011 budget request is aimed at judicial reforms and good governance programs in Mexico.

“We are moving away from big ticket equipment” and toward programs that support “Mexican capacity to sustain adherence to the rule of law and respect for human rights,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobsen in testimony prepared for a congressional subcommittee hearing on Thursday.

“The starkest shift is in how funding will be spent,” said Shannon O’Neil of the Council of Foreign Relations, also in prepared testimony provided to The Associated Press ahead of Thursday’s hearings.

While the administration has previously talked about emphasizing institution-building and

prevention instead of law enforcement in the fight against drugs, State Department budgets obtained by The Associated Press show that funding has remained almost entirely devoted to law enforcement.

The proposals to be unveiled Thursday indicate that may soon change, marking a fundamental shift in the way the Untied States has waged its war on drugs for four decades.

The changes are not going to be easy, nor direct.

“Successful programs focused on building institutions and economic opportunity are much harder to deliver than helicopters or boats,” O’Neil said. “But they also hold more promise for long-term solutions, as they recognize the complicated realities of Mexico’s drug war and the limitations of military hardware in changing the tide.”

Mexico’s foreign relations secretary, Patricia Espinosa, said Tuesday that changes – and a commitment to continue working together – are welcome.

“Because of the characteristics of the phenomenon of organized crime, we cannot think

that the problems will end after just two or three years of cooperation,” she said.

Espinosa said U.S. aid may be directed specifically to social programs in Ciudad Juarez, a city of 1 million bordering El Paso, Texas, where drug cartel violence killed more than 2,600 people last year, making it one of the most violent places in the world.

Thousands of Mexican soldiers and federal police have failed to ease crime there, prompting President Felipe Calderon to announce a new approach that would involve jobs, education and other community support.

Espinosa said Mexico would like to see U.S. programs involved “as part of the comprehensive strategy to tackle the problem of transnational organized crime.”

Until 2007, the U.S. had been spending about $50 million in aid to Mexico each year. But that year, Mexico’s newly elected President Felipe Calderon vowed to crack down on powerful drug cartels and President George W. Bush said he would help.

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Education problems begin before the classroom Much debate has taken place across West Virginia in recent weeks regarding the quality of the state’s public education.

And with good reason.

West Virginia students consistently rank near the bottom of most quality of education studies.

Gov. Joe Manchin called a special legislative session earlier this month to address the issue head-on. The goal of the special session was to derive educational reforms that would create greater teacher and principal accountability in an effort to augment student performance.

Doing so, officials believed,

would help the state secure millions in federal grants from the Race to the Top competition.

But as the debate stalled, Manchin withdrew his proposals. The state would not radically (and hastily) change its current education system to chase federal dollars without proper planning and research.

We applaud such good judgement.

This state must improve the quality of its education.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, West Virginia students score below the national average in both fourth and eighth

grade reading and math scores.

Only 60 percent of students in this state have achieved basic proficiency in math by eighth grade, and only 68 percent of the state’s eighth graders have reached basic proficiency in reading.

Sadly, the school ranks 48th in percentage of residents with a high school diploma and last in the rate of state residents with a college degree, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

But where to start? Recent debate has centered upon improving the quality of the state’s teachers by recruiting and retaining the best and getting rid

of the worst. Innovative techniques, such as linking teacher pay to student performance have been discussed, but to no effect.

What teacher would want their pay linked to students who consistently score below national averages?

In fact, new evidence suggests that a child’s future is virtually sealed before he or she ever steps foot into a classroom.

In the paper titled “Early Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior and Health,” the authors conclude that there is a direct impact on “adult outcomes depending on where

childhood income prior to age six was with respect to the poverty line.”

The study proves the longlasting impact on income and educational attainment for children living in poverty. The poor among us, and West Virginia has its fair share as one of the poorest states in the country, rarely achieve success like their wealthier “peers.”

Until the state can account for inequalities before a child steps foot into a classroom, student achievement as a whole will be consistently poor. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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A member of the media takes close-up video of a protest sign at a ‘Don’t White-Out Our History’ Rally outside the building where the State Board of Education was meeting Board member Mary Helen Berlanga shows her frustration at the numerous amendments during a meeting of the May 19 in Austin, Texas. A push by conservatives to revise Texas public schools’ social studies curriculum to amend or water down teaching of the civil rights movement, slav- State Board of Education to discuss social studies standards Friday in Austin, Texas. Conservatives say the Texas hisery and America’s relationship with the U.N. was scheduled for a vote amid a storm of criticism. tory curriculum has been unfairly skewed to the left after years of Democrats controlling the board.

Blatant bias in the Texas school board threatens public education JORDAN BONNER

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In a controversial move, the Texas State Board of Education approved changes to the social studies curriculum standards for the state’s public schools – a decision that highlights the perils of an overly politicized public education system that makes attempts to challenge church and state separation.

The Dallas Morning News reported the new curriculum standards, which were approved by a Republican-dominated BOE in a 9-5 vote split along party lines, will encourage high school students to question the legal doctrine of church-state separation.

Several of the BOE’s members subscribe to the belief the Founding Fathers did not intend to separate church and state.

The Washington Post re-

ported board member Cynthia Dunbar, a graduate of Pat Robertson’s Regent University law school, made her beliefs all too clear.

Dunbar said, “I believe the entire Bill of Rights came into being because of the knowledge our forefathers had of the Bible and their belief in it ... I like to believe that we are living today in the spirit of the Christian religion and as long as we do so, no great harm can come to our country.”

The not-so-implicit goal of the majority of the board members appears to be to indoctrinate the state’s students, to force-feed the students only the information they believe will propel them down a path of Christian conservatism.

The Texas school board is making blatant attempts to caste Christian conservative principals as normative in the public education system – a system in which neutrality in regard to politics and religion is

necessary.

There are places for Christianity and the teaching of Christian principles – church or the home.

If parents want their children to be educated in a Christian environment, there are places for that too: Christian schools.

There are some families that do not adhere to Christian principles, as ghastly as that may seem to some. Their children deserve the opportunity to learn in a neutral environment.

Primary and secondary school education should focus on providing students with a well-rounded education free of lessons rife with political innuendo and should teach students how to think. Most importantly, students must be taught how to think critically and how to think for themselves.

Critical thinking is important because it is the intellectually disciplined process of skillfully conceptualizing and evaluating information, with careful reasoning, as a guide to belief and

action.

It is a skill essential to the development of young minds.

According to the Washington Monthly, Texas board member David Bradley, an insurance salesman without a college degree, said that “this critical thinking stuff is gobbledygook.”

This statement says a great deal about the Texas State Board of Education’s perspective on education.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that some of the harshest criticism of the new standards came from six members of a nine-member panel of experts appointed by the BOE to act in an advisory capacity during the push for changes in the state’s curriculum standards.

In a two-page statement released last week, the six members – two college professors and four high school teachers – expressed their “collective disgust” with the changes made by the Texas school board.

According to the Chronicle of

Higher Education: “We feel that the SBOE’s biased and unfounded amendments undercut our attempt to build a strong, balanced and diverse set of standards … Texans should be outraged (at how the board rewrote the standards) without regard to standard historical interpretations.”

The Dallas Morning News reported that Dunbar referred to the U.S. as a “Christian land governed by Christian principles.”

To say the Founding Fathers set up a Christian country on the basis of Christian principles is to make an unreasonable argument and an immaterial one at that.

The same Founding Fathers pushed for the separation of church and state and religious freedom – two principles seemingly ignored or misunderstood by the board.

Claims such as those made

by Dunbar merely capitalize on one aspect of the Founding Fathers’ beliefs while conveniently disregarding others.

All state school boards should avoid the politicization of the education system – whether those boards be dominated by conservative Republicans or liberal Democrats.

It just so happens that Republicans committed this, the most recent crime against the education system. The issue is keeping the system free of all political and religious biases, regardless of the specific bent.

It would be equally inappropriate for liberal Democrats to force curriculum changes that hold humans contribute to global warming or that God does not exist as incontrovertible fact.

The education system is too important to be meddled with by politicians with little or no experience as educators, who care little for anything other than willfully pushing their political agenda – in this case, forcing Christian conservative beliefs and values on the pupils of the Texas public school system.

Sexist jokes can potentially hinder women’s political progress in US HEIDI GARVIN

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I am a human being.

A simple statement – it should be obvious. But you’d be surprised how some people treat women like me as if we are something sub-human, as if we are slaves.

As if our sole purpose in life is to be a loving housewife whose only job is to clean the house all day and bring her man a beer and a sandwich as soon as he walks in the door after work.

Some of you might be laughing right now, saying “Heidi, you’re being too literal. Those are just jokes. Nobody actually thinks like that anymore.”

Problem is, they do.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being a housewife, but women shouldn’t be forced into that role. And certain people, the Republican party in Medina County, Ohio, are trying to

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do just that. Instead of making a rational argument against Democratic Rep. Betty Sutton, their newsletter said “Let’s take Betty Sutton out of the House and put her back in the kitchen.”

How very professional.

Even if truly intended as a joke of some sort, statements like these reveal a stereotype and a belief that people still hold, even if they don’t admit it most of the time for fear of sounding politically incorrect. It’s incorrect for a reason, though, and the offense it has caused is no laughing matter.

This particular statement has caused quite an uproar, and Sutton has called for an apology and the resignation of County GOP chairman Bill Heck, who approved the newsletter before it went out. Heck has yet to resign, claiming that no wrong was done. Heck stated that the comment was “speaking to the people of that district, and not intended to be a sexist comment.”

How is a “get back to the kitchen” statement, even if

meant as a joke, not sexist? To make it worse, Heck also said, “I think to say that it’s sexist is really diverting the issues around Betty Sutton. The voters should really be up in arms about her performance as a representative for the district, as opposed to the idea that she is being singled out or characterized as someone who should go back to the kitchen as a woman.”

If that is the case, then why in the world didn’t the newsletter say that? No, the writer singled out the fact that she was a woman and used that as the main argument against her.

All the other statements that were against men said things like “Let’s fire Harry Reid from his job as Senate Majority Leader by putting Republicans in the majority.”

Nothing focusing on sex there.

Heck also tried to defend himself by saying that his wife was twice elected to a county office.

Logical fallacy, right there. It’s like someone who claims that they’re not racist because they have one black friend: It doesn’t

mean that they treat all minorities with respect or even anyone outside of that friend.

Humor and sexism, like humor and racism, should not be mixed. It’s offensive, perpetuates stereotypes and alienates a group of people. Aren’t political parties supposed to be “for the people”?

I have to wonder how the Republican party can say they are standing up for the rights of American citizens when they’ve just alienated 51 percent of the United States population and set them back 50 years. And what is the basis for beliefs like this?

That women are less intelligent or less qualified than men?

Women have been successful politicians, as well as scientists, writers, activists, entrepreneurs, journalists, farmers, inventors, doctors, lawyers and much more.

A majority of college students are now women. We are not stupid, and we should not be limited based on a few physical characteristics, especially in a field like

politics where intelligence and beliefs should be the main deciding factors.

We especially should not be demeaned or insulted like this, when some people take it seriously.

Unfortunately, too many people haven’t figured this out, and statements like these prove that.

Also, sexist remarks aren’t contained to Medina County, Ohio.

Look back a little way, and you’ll find a National Republican Congressional committee press release that bashed Nancy Pelosi, too, saying that she needed to be “put in her place” for speaking her mind about Afghanistan.

She’s the Speaker of the House.

Obviously she has enough brains to get there. Let’s let her use them and tell us what she’s thinking.

And if you still think women are on equal ground when it comes to the rest of the political world, think again. I was talking to Democratic candidate Ivy Harper, who is running against Jeff Fortenberry here in the midterms. We started talking about

how few women are actually involved in political offices. She said it’s just one of those things you notice if you’re in the field long enough. If the playing field were actually equal, we conjectured, there would naturally be more women.

But as it is, we aren’t equal, and politics isn’t considered our “place.”

Just ask Sandra Hochman, a writer and poet who created a documentary titled “Year of the Woman” about the democratic convention of 1972.

When she came to UNL to speak during Women’s Week this year, she made clear that while we have taken steps forward in politics and other arenas, we still have a great journey ahead of us.

These “kitchen” statements just make that journey harder.

I hope voters watch out for politicians – in either party – who “joke” about women being subhuman. We have voices, and we will use them in the coming midterms.

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Jackson concert honors fallen miners

BY MACKENZIE MAYS A&E EDITOR

Country music star Alan Jackson brought his “Freight Train Tour� to the Charleston Civic Center May 22, dedicating the performance to the 29 miners who lost their lives in the Upper Big Branch mining disaster April 5.

Jackson didn’t disappoint the 7,200 fans in Charleston’s audience, honoring the fallen miners throughout the night.

Jackson donated $150,000 of the proceeds to the WV Council of Churches to help support the families of the lost miners, according to Charleston Civic Center General Manager John Robertson.

Robertson has been with the Charleston Civic Center for 32 years and said though artists have put on charity concerts before, Jackson’s was different. “It was truly meant to do something meaningful and not a feelgood publicity stunt,� Robertson said. “This concert stands out primarily due to the spirit of giving and concern from the artist to his fans. Alan Jackson is very humble and considers himself a working man and has true empathy for working people.�

A slideshow featuring pictures of the fallen miners played throughout the concert and the

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Country singer Alan Jackson, left, is given a bracelet with the name of Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion victim Cory Davis with Davis’ birth- Jackson performs during a benefit show for the victims of the Upper Big Branch coal mine exday on it of May 22, 1989, by his mother Cindy Davis and from left, brother Nathan Davis, girlfriend Emily Pritt, and father Tommy Davis prior to plosion May 22, 2010 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, W.Va. Proceeds of the concert went to the families of the April 5 disaster in Montcoal, W.Va. a benefit concert May 22. miners’ families were invited to free front-row seating and a meet and greet prior to the concert.

Emily Pritt, a junior at Alderson-Broaddus College, lost her boyfriend, 20-year-old Cory Davis, in the recent mining disaster.

She appreciated Jackson’s gesture, saying it allowed friends and family to have a good time

while remembering and honoring those whose lives were lost in the tragedy.

The concert was particularly special to Pritt because it fell on what would’ve been Davis’ 21st birthday. “On April 5th, 2010, my life was changed. I lost the love of my life and it’s really hard adjusting without Cory,� she said. “All I have are

memories, but they’re great ones, and that’s what keeps me going.�

Pritt said friends and family of Davis received free concert tickets and were given a chance to speak to Jackson about who they had lost. “We told (Jackson) that it was Cory’s 21st birthday, and we gave him one of the bracelets Cory’s mom had made to be

worn in memory of Cory,� Pritt said. “(Jackson) wore it during his whole performance; I have a lot of respect for him.�

Recipient of the American Music Awards and three-time CMA Entertainer of The Year, Jackson has produced several successful albums since the early ’90s and has become a staple for the country music industry with his signa-

ture white cowboy hat and classic Southern voice.

Jackson’s latest album “Freight Train� is set to release Sunday.

For more information on how to donate to the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund, visit the West Virginia Council of Churches at wvcc.org. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

‘MacGruber’ delivers ’80s inspired comic action cliches DAVID RYAN

COPY EDITOR

Movies based on “Saturday Night Live� sketches are always a mixed bag.

For every success of “Wayne’s World� there are at least 10 awful ones, such as “A Night At The Roxbury.�

I’m pleased to say that despite some other negative reviews from more prominent critics and poor box office reaction, “MacGruber� is not bad.

In fact, it’s pretty great. “MacGruber� began life on “Saturday Night Live� with Will Forte playing the part of an action hero who can make the cleverest of gadgets from ordinary objects (think “Macgyver�).

On “Saturday Night Live,� however, the sketches last for only 30 seconds – usually with MacGruber being distracted long enough to blow up.

The sketches are quick, funny,

if not slightly repetitive. After all, what kind of constant mileage can you get from a parody of a cheesy action series?

In the movie version, Forte (who helped write the film) has crafted an efficient backstory of the character complete with every ’80s action movie cliche imaginable.

In the film, a national threat is unveiled from an arch enemy of the United States – Esther Von Cunth (Val Kilmer). He’s out to dominate the world, as all supervillains are.

When the U.S. discovers Cunth has stolen a nuclear weapon, it’s time to call up their biggest asset – MacGruber.

Like many action heroes of the ’80s, MacGruber has retired, living a life of peace and solitude.

He’s not convinced when he’s asked to return.

Only is it when it is revealed Cunth is behind the dastardly plot does MacGruber see a chance to avenge the death of his wife (Cunth killed his wife the day of their wedding).

Good summer reads to help pass the long days BRITTNI MCGUIRE

A&E WRITER

Whether your summer consists of lying by the pool and going on vacation or taking summer classes and working, you need to take a break at some point and read a good book.

For those separated from their significant other over the summer or maybe things just didn’t work out since you’ve parted for the break, “The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I’m a Love-Aholic� offers dating and break-up advice from a wellknown name.

Hewitt offers a cynical point of view for breaking up or starting over. The new self-help book consists of stone-cold advice and the understanding love is hard work – not a fairy tale.

Hewitt gives humorous and thoughtful advice that will have readers both laughing and kicking their selves – making them realize the things you should have or should not have done in a relationship.

Not heartbroken or love sick, but need something to keep your mind off things or entertain yourself through a uneventful summer?

Try to pick a good book based on your interests to hold your attention.

If you’re going on a long car ride or just having a boring break, pick up an entire series of books such as the Stieg Larsson Trilogy compiled of “The Girl

with the Dragon Tattoo,� “The Girl Who Played with Fire� and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.�

Larsson’s trilogy is a set of mystery novels that are sure to leave readers wanting more.

The books were released separately and all have had a huge following. His novels have elements of sex, emotion and mystery that are sure to keep any reader on the edge of their seat.

The main character in the Larsson series, Lisbeth Salander, is described as “pierced and tattooed� giving readers an edgy character rather than the usual boring detective.

The trilogy is one of the few that seem to actually get better instead of peaking at the original.

The newest addition to the Charlene Harris collection of Sookie Stackhouse novels, “Dead in the Family,� has also just been released.

The series follows southern waitress Sookie Stackhouse throughout her unorthodox life full of vampires and other mythical creatures in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana.

The newest installment captures the anger and loneliness of Sookie which paves the way for the bad boy vampire Eric to move in for the kill.

The love and death parallel of these novels in addition to their catchy humor and risque storyline are sure to please those looking for an entertaining page-turner.

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It’s up to him to assemble a crack team of assistants from previous missions to stop Cunth.

Fortunately for him, MacGruber isn’t competent and ends up having no team at all.

Eventually, MacGruber teams up with brash, young Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillipe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig) to help foil the plot.

I can understand why so many people didn’t go out and see the film. There’s such a long history of bad movies associated with “Saturday Night Live� sketches, as previously mentioned.

But you should never go in to these movies expecting anything like Shakespeare.

The movie knows what it is – an extended sketch from a TV show based on a parody of another TV show. It’s silly, it’s childish, its nonsense – and that’s why it’s funny.

I mean, come on – the villain’s name is Cunth. A movie willing to have such a name in it knows how silly it is.

There are some moments

of comic stupidity – such as MacGruber using celery and his own bodily orifices to distract gun-wielding henchmen.

There’s also plenty of childish name-calling and misguided trash-talk between Dixon and MacGruber to keep you laughing throughout.

Kilmer’s villain is surprisingly refreshing, embracing the exaggerated supervillain with ease and comic snideness. Phillipe’s turn as a comic actor and straight man for MacGruber is great.

Certainly, Wiig steals the show in every scene she’s in – a shootout in a coffee shop is a highlight of the movie. She’s by far one of the best new talents on “Saturday Night Live� in years, as is Forte.

Sometimes, you have to ignore what the critics are saying (except for me, of course). “MacGruber� is a funny, slightly off-kilter, comedy that exceeds the low expectations set by years of “Saturday Night Live� failures. david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets CHABAD AT WVU will take place at 7 daily. For help or a schedule, call 304-291p.m. at 643 Valley View Drive. For more 7918. For more information, visit www. information, visit www.jewishWVU.org aawv.org. or call 304-599-1515.

CARITAS HOUSE, a local nonprofit orCAMPUS LIGHT MINISTRIES hosts ganization serving West Virginians with a weekly meeting and Bible study at HIV/AIDS, needs donations of food and 7 p.m. in the Bluestone Room of the personal care items and volunteers to Mountainlair. support all aspects of the organization’s activities. For more information, call John Every Saturday Sonnenday at 304-985-0021.

OPEN GYM FOR VOLLEYBALL is from 2 CONFIDENTIAL COUNSELING SER p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Student Recreation VICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center. No commitment or prior experi- Center for Psychological and Psychiatric ence is necessary. Just show up and play. Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekFor more information, contact Mandy at days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services inmhatfie3@mix.wvu.edu. clude educational, career, individual, couCATHOLIC MASS will be held at St. ples and group counseling. Please visit John University Parish at 5 p.m. www.well.wvu.edu to find out more TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR information.

SELFDEFENSE meets at 10:30 a.m. in SCOTT’S RUN SETTLEMENT HOUSE, a Multipurpose Room A of the Student local outreach organization, needs volRecreation Center. unteers for daily programs and special events. For more information or to volunEvery Sunday teer, contact Adrienne Hines at vc_srsh@ TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH offers hotmail.com or 304-599-5020. services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The ANIMAL FRIENDS needs foster famichurch is located on the corner of Spruce lies for abandoned animals before they and Willey streets. find their permanent families. If you or CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LAT anyone you know can help, call 304-290-

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The editors reserve the right to edit or delete any submission. There is no charge for publication. Questions should be directed to Campus Calendar Editor James Carbone at 304293-5092.

4PET. LUTHERAN STUDENT MOVEMENT meets regularly at the Lutheran Campus Chapel directly across the street from the Downtown Library Complex. Anyone is welcome to attend the events. For more information, e-mail Rebecca at lsm@lutheranmountaineer.org or visit www.lutheranmountaineer.org and follow the links to the LSM Web site.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers. WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under 5 years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, contact Michelle Prudnick at 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

FREE RAPID HIV TESTING is available on the first Monday of every month from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Caritas House office located at 391 Scott Ave. Test results are available in 20 minutes and are confidential. To make an appointment, call 304-293-4117. For more information, visit www.caritashouse.net.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS, a United Way agency, is looking for volunteers to become Big Brothers and Big Sisters in its one-on-one community-based and school-based mentoring programs. Community-based mentors pick up a child at his or her home and do activities the two of them choose together on a weekly basis. School-based mentors meet with a child at an area elementary school during the after-school program for one hour, one day per week for homework help and hanging out. To volunteer, contact Sylvia at 304-983-2383, ext. 104 or e-mail bigs4kids@yahoo.com.

ROSENBAUM FAMILY HOUSE, which provides a place for adult patients and their families to stay while receiving medical care at WVU, is looking for service organizations to provide dinner for 20 to 40 Family House guests. Although the hospital cafeteria is only steps away, guests enjoy a home-cooked or restaurant-donated meal. People may, individually or as a group, provide the food, serve and clean up on a regular basis or as a one-time event. For more information, call 304983-2823 or e-mail rfh@wvuh.com.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS is seeking volunteers for one-on-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 or e-mail MCLV2@comcast.net.

CATHOLIC MASS is held at St. John University Parish at 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

MOUNTAINEER SPAY/NEUTER ASSIS TANCE PROGRAM is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the number of unwanted cats and dogs by encouraging and supporting spay/ neuter. They are looking for new members and friends to help by donating their time, talents and fundraising skills. For more information, contact M-SNAP at 304-985-0123.

INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW SHIP is an interdenominational studentled organization that meets weekly on campus. Everyone is welcome to attend events. For more information, e-mail Daniel at ivcfwvu@yahoo.com or visit the IVCF Web site at www.wvuiv.org.ed.

KALEIDOSCOPE, an afterschool program, is dedicated to providing a safe and educational environment for children afterschool. The programs provides homework help and enrichment classes. The program runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Interested volunteers should e-mail matt.wood07@gmail.com or call 304-291-9288.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY You might have a tendency to indulge in black-and-white thinking. You will need to see how both black and white might be true in order to resolve issues. You will see a similarity in the base issue. Your popularity evolves to a new level this year. Be ready to make decisions quickly; opportunities drop in out of the blue. If you are single, take heed of the advice just given. Learn to not make more out of a bond than exists. If you are attached, the two of you will find that communication sizzles. Learn to work with new ideas. SAGITTARIUS can be challenging.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) ★★★★ You swing into a different mind-set. Be ready for everything that could possibly present itself with today’s Full Moon. Communication will flourish. You also might not believe everything that goes on. Tonight: Hop onto the roller coaster of life.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) ★★★★★ You could be overwhelmed with the swings in a dealing. Let go of a money matter for now. Right now, the Full Moon seems to be demanding more and more

involvement. Tonight: Don’t forget your budget.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) ★★★★★ Others run the show. The extremes you see might only be the beginning.

Someone could blow into your life today and have a great impact, no matter how long this person is around.

Tonight: Where the action is.

CANCER (JUNE 21- JULY 22) ★★★★ Your ability to move in new ways allows greater flexibility. Your work and your image might be up for some changes, whether you have a clue or not. Greet the unexpected positively. Let go of comfort. Tonight: Step up to the plate.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) ★★★★ Your get-up-and-go is only added to by the seemingly surprising turn of events. Remain mellow, and understand that there are many options. You want to be able to choose rather than be in a reactive place.

Tonight: Let the fun begin.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) ★★★ You might be juggling more than you can handle, though you might not realize it yet. A partner could become quite weary and

difficult. Expect the unexpected with this person, and you will be OK. Let go of images. Tonight: Be open to a conversation.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) ★★★★★ If you maintain a sense of humor and detach slightly, you might see humor in some of the intensity that surrounds the day. From previously closemouthed people, you witness unexpected actions and a need to communicate on a deep level.

You see the complete gamut of wildness! Tonight: Be an observer and be aware.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) ★★★ Taking risks is right up your alley. How much you invest in these risks is your call. A cycle of wildness is beginning in your daily life.

You might love it, and you might hate it – both at once!

Tonight: Keep damages and costs down.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) ★★★★ The Full Moon in your sign pushes you out onto the stage of life. An upset could occur with everything that goes on. Though you might have triggered some of the activity, brainstorm and allow greater creative interchange. To-

night: Whatever you want (but remember, there is a tomorrow).

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) ★★★ Your ability to flex will be tested to the max.

Though you might not like everything that you hear, you are prepared to deal with it.

Don’t take someone’s comment personally. You might be more sensitive than usual.

Tonight: Vanish.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) ★★★★★ You might want to rethink a decision involving a goal and/or a specific friendship. Though you might think one way, by the end of the day, you will need to regroup.

Quite possibly, many of your thoughts prove to be invalid.

Tonight: Prepare to be somewhat startled.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) ★★★★★ Rethink a decision on another basis. You wonder whether it is possible to see a money situation differently. In the near future, an unanticipated change in the status quo could impact you.

Tonight: Out and about.

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Sixth annual River Jam brings music, nature together

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The sixth annual River Jam music festival begins Friday at Laurel Creek Campground in Arden, W.Va., featuring performances by more than 13 bands of a variety of musical genres.

The three-day riverside concert and camping event plans to showcase a wide range of local talent and provide a natural outdoor venue atmosphere.

Renowned local jam band Fletcher’s Grove is kicking off its summer tour with the event, having had a good experience performing at last year’s festival.

Rhythm guitarist/vocalist Ryan Krofcheck said the environment allowed for the band to put on one of its best shows ever and he is looking forward to not only performing himself, but experiencing other acts the festival has to offer.

“There are going to be lots of different genres of music: funk, rock, folk and everything inbetween – even a washtub bass player,” Krofcheck

said.

“It’s going to be a low key festival experience like no other and the biggest kick off of the summer. For us it’s as much as a vacation as it is a show.”

Athens, Ohio-based rock fusion band Elemental Groove Theory will also be performing at the upcoming festival.

The eight-member band is currently working on the final stages of its first full-length album and describes itself as “an extremely diverse group with the ability to play many different styles,” deriving influences from Latin to jazz.

Having just recently been submersed into the local music scene, playing venues throughout Parkersburg, W.Va., Kyle Slemmer, sax player of Elemental Groove Theory, said the band is excited about playing River Jam for the first time and hopes to introduce themselves to a whole new group of fans.

“People are the reason we are doing this. It’s the harmonious balance and flow of energy between sentient beings that fuels our creativity and performance,”

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Fletcher’s Grove perform at the 2010 Springfest earlier this year.

Slemmer said.

“We want to convey to everyone listening that we love what we do, and we hope that they can feel that energy.”

“Our reputation is built upon our energetic live performance

and it’s what we’re best known for – I don’t care if you’re not a dancer, you’ll be dancing by the end of our set. Brace yourself,” he said.

Slemmer has high expectations for the event. Having

played similar outdoor venues before, he expects the same high energy atmosphere.

“We’ve played several outdoor festivals already this year and without a doubt you are almost guaranteed to make new

friends each and every time,” Slemmer said.

“The main reason everyone shows to these events is for the music, and that is obvious from the great crowd responses we get.”

“Anyone who is willing to rough it in the wild for a weekend of good music is a friend of ours,” Slemmer said.

Elemental Groove Theory is scheduled to play Saturday, while Fletcher’s Grove will take the stage Sunday.

Other acts include The Greens, Neutral, Kristen Federer, Ed Streets, Jukebox, Joe Shuk, Gabi & Carly, Sometimes, Jim Branden & Bellyman Tom, Gabi’s Pale Kids and Meaningful Gnames.

Shuttle services will be provided to the river from the campground.

Tickets cost $25 for the entire weekend, and single night rates will be available at the gate.

For more information contact Rusty Murphy, owner of The Indian Auditorium and sponsor of the event, at 304-672-3354. mackenzie.mays@mail.wvu.edu

Arts Festival celebrates state talent, heritage ‘Team CoCo’ comedy

BY AARON DAWSON A&E WRITER

Known for its folklore, music, literature, art and even dialect, Appalachia has never lacked culture.

Beginning Memorial Day weekend, this culture will be celebrated at the third annual River City Festival of the Arts in Rowlesburg, W.Va. Anna Nassif, one of the event’s coordinators, said the event was developed to create a sense of state pride and to come together to recognize the state’s talent.

“The mission and purpose of The River City Festival of the Arts is to celebrate life and art at the grassroots level. It’s to preserve and build on local heritage and to encourage community pride in artistic achievement,” Nassif said.

The festival will begin Friday evening at 6:30 in the Szilagyi Center Auditorium as the Sheila Coleman Quintet and the piano music of Thomas Harttung Nassif take the stage.

Tickets are $10 and are available at local Clear Mountain Banks.

Beginning Sunday at 11 a.m., an open church service will be held at the Christ United Methodist Church followed by a tribute to soldiers who have served in all of the nation’s wars.

Lunch will be available for purchase at the River City Cafe afterwards.

Although the festival is to appreciate the local area and its people, Nassif said the event is also to teach outsiders about the state and to offer a sort of cultural outsourcing.

“We want to increase cultural tourism, to raise awareness and interest in the arts, to provide cul-

tural and artistic opportunities for interested artists in the town, county, state and nation,” Nassif said.

As Thomas Nassif and the Sheila Coleman Quintet represent West Virginia’s jazz talent and Thomas Nassif’s daughter, accomplished soprano Cristina Nassif, lights up the stage with a program of art songs and arias, Andrew McKnight and Beyond Boarders will take care of representing the state’s folk talent.

Playing as both a solo act and with Beyond Boarders, McKnight and friends will close Saturday evening’s activities as they take the stage at the Szilagyi Center Auditorium. Tickets for this portion of the festival are $10.

Beginning his career as an environmental engineer, McKnight turned to music after a short stint in the engineering business, taking an interest in music early on in his childhood, inspired by his father’s musical endeavors and aspirations.

Supporting himself in college and grad school by playing bar gigs with his rock band, McKnight eventually began to write his own songs in a markedly different style, and released his first album “Traveler” in 1995.

McKnight’s music is environmentally conscious Appalachian music using acoustic instruments including guitar, banjo and string bass to evoke the Americana roots West Virginia is known for.

Although most of the material performed at McKnight’s Saturday evening concert is composed by him, songs written by other members of the group will be featured as well, including Stephanie

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“My music is an incubator. (As a group,) We’re slowly transitioning to other members’ material,” McKnight said of working with his new group.

With an active week of practicing and playing for two major shows, McKnight said he is hopeful that the RCAF will be a success and is looking forward to what he thinks will be a special night.

The night preceding McKnight’s performance at the RCAF, he and Beyond Boarders will be recording a live concert scheduled to be released as a DVD in the near

future.

The weekend will end with a production of French playwright Stephen Vincent Benet’s “The Devil and Daniel Webster” performed by the Preston High Theater Company and directed by Lynn Broderick.

Tickets for the play are $7 for adults and $5 for students.

A weekend pass for the entire weekend’s activities is available for $30.

For more information and the itinerary for the festival, visit www. rowlesburg.org/rivercity.html. robert.dawson@mail.wvu.edu

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Richter and Conan O’Brien’s writers will take the spotlight in a TBS special to be taped during a Chicago comedy festival next month.

The one-hour special, with the working title “Team Coco presents Conan’s Writers Live,” is scheduled to air 10 p.m. EDT June 27.

The show will be taped June 17 during the second annual Just for Laughs festival presented by TBS. The festival runs from June 15-19.

Tickets for the “Team Coco” show, which will also feature music by comedian Reggie Watts, go on sale Friday.

Richter, who was O’Brien’s sidekick on “The Tonight Show” and will play the same role on O’Brien’s upcoming TBS talk show, will host the special.

Richter also is on a nationwide comedy tour with O’Brien.

The show keeps O’Brien and his new TBS show in the public eye while giving the redhead nicknamed “Coco” a break.

“It was a good way to do a special that was about the show and not so specifically focused on Conan,” Richter said.

“After this tour is over, he’s going to be a little spent. And the writers are chomping at the bit to get a little taste of performing again.”

The writing staff, Richter said, will create the personality of O’Brien’s new talk show, so the special will give the audience a “taste” of what the TBS

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TBS also is taping specials at the Chicago festival with Ellen DeGeneres and Cedric The Entertainer.

Others taking part in the five-day event include Denis Leary, Tim Meadows and Rob Corrdry.

Expected to debut in November, O’Brien’s as-yet-untitled TBS talk show will return him to the air after an absence that began in January with his unpleasant exit from NBC, his employer for 17 years.

O’Brien’s new program will air Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eastern, which will shift “Lopez Tonight,” starring George Lopez, to midnight.

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LERT A ALERT • S R E L I O P S • T LER POILER A P R S • A T R LERT • SP SPOILER ALE OILER AL ERT If you haven’t yet seen the final episode of “Lost,” and intend to watch it later, please skip this page.

‘Lost’ delivers a satisfying ending to island mystery DAVID RYAN

A&E EDITOR

It’s finally over.

After six years of wanting to scream at the television and waiting in constant anxiety for the next episode, “Lost” has come to a close.

In a two and a half hour finale, the creators finally put to rest what exactly that sideways timeline was and how it impacted the survivors of Oceanic 815.

In this, the final season, the tension on the island has never been greater.

The Man in Black is on his quest to leave the island after Ben has killed his brother, Jacob – something he could not do himself.

Jack and other “lostaways” have been revealed to be part of a larger scale plan for the island’s salvation – ending the mystery of what brought them to the island in the first place.

Acting from beyond the grave, Jacob has been coursing the islanders into the ultimate confrontation – who will be the protector of the island and keep the balance between good and evil.

For those who haven’t watched the finale yet, turn away now.

Island: In the final episode, Jack and the others are on their way to find Desmond, believing him to be the key to destroying the Man in Black.

Conversely, the Man in Black is off to find Desmond, believing he will be the one to destroy the island once and for all – enabling his freedom to escape.

Jack and the Man in Black lower Desmond into the shining light at the heart of the island where he removes a “cork” in a well. The Man in Black’s immortality runs dry – enabling the islanders to defeat him once and for all.

After a “Matrix” style fight on a cliff face, the Man in Black is finally

brought down by Kate’s bullet and Jack’s kick off the cliff face.

Unfortunately, Jack’s fatally wounded and knows his fate – he has to reverse Desmond’s removal of the “cork” and restore order to the island, with Ben and Hurley following.

Kate and Sawyer, on the other hand, scurry off to the plane, leaving the island once and for all.

Jack transfers responsibility for the island to Hurley, who asks Ben to serve as his No. 2 (which, of course, made me giggle).

Jack eventually finds his way back to the bamboo trees where he awoke in the pilot – bringing together the show full circle.

Whereas the beginning of the show was Jack’s eye opening after the plane crash, the finale ended with his eye closing.

Sideways: The reasoning behind this recap of the final episode is simple – the sideways timeline actually began the second Jack’s eye closed when he died.

This explains Jack’s mysterious cut on his neck in the sideways’ first reveal in the first episode of the season.

The sideways world isn’t actually an alternate timeline but a temporary existence – ala purgatory – designed for the islanders to meet up and allow each other to remember the events before they can “move on” to another plane of existence.

Christian Shephard, who appears alive and well, breaks it to Jack there’s only one way they could be alive together. Jack’s realization he died – and the eventual remembrance from touching his father’s coffin – was heartbreaking.

The reveal that the sideways world and all their “remembrances” was a great idea though slightly underwhelming.

It was clever how Desmond could breach both realities, allowing himself to help the islanders get together to “remember.”

Christian explains the only way they could remember the events

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Jack Shephard (Matthew Fox) lies dying in the same bamboo field he woke up in after a plane crash in the series’ first episode. and move on is because they all shared their “most important moments” together and had to regroup.

Questions still exist, and the creators have been rumored to include an extra 20 minutes of material on the final DVD and BluRay set to answer the “minutiae” of the overall show.

In the end, this show has been about characters just as much as it has mystery.

To have such resolutions with characters is great, though it is sad we don’t know exactly how long Hurley and Ben served the island before they were able to meet up with everyone else.

It’s a fitting conclusion after six years, though it would have been nice to know more – but perhaps

speculation and discussion may help keep the show alive through fans.

I’ve already begun watching the show again from the beginning, noticing little things I hadn’t seen before.

The show was rewarding, baffling, confusing and even irritating at times.

Great television leaves an impression by having longevity and deeper meaning beyond its original run on television.

“Lost” did that. david.ryan@mail.wvu.edu AP/ABC

Christian Shephard (John Terry) walks through a church doorway into a bright light, believed to be Heaven.

Relive the final season on our A&E Blog with “Blogst,” our weekly recap of “Lost” episodes.

Visit www.thedaonline.com and click A&E Blog on the top navigation bar.

After outcry, Facebook adjusts its privacy controls

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Standing in the way is growing concern about privacy from Facebook users – most recently complaints that the site forced them to share personal details with the rest of the online world or have them removed from Fa-

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Facebook responded to the backlash Wednesday by announcing it is simplifying its privacy controls and applying them retroactively, so users can protect the status updates and photos they have posted in the past.

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Privacy groups have complained to regulators, and some people threatened to quit the site. Even struggling MySpace jumped in to capitalize on its rival’s bad press by announcing a “new, simpler privacy setting.”

To address complaints its settings were getting too complex, Facebook will now give users the option of applying the same preferences to all their content, so that with one click you can decide whether to share things with just “friends” or with everyone.

For those who found it complicated to prevent outside websites and applications from gaining access to Facebook data, there’s now a way to do so in a couple of clicks.

It’s not clear whether the changes will quell the unease among Facebook users, which has threatened to slow the site’s breakneck evolution from a scrappy college network to an Internet powerhouse with nearly a half-billion people.

“They’ve lost the users’ trust.

That’s the problem,” said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, an advocacy group.

“In the earlier days, there was time to regain it. It’s not so clear now. I think it’s getting more serious than making changes and moving on.”

Some of Facebook’s loudest critics offered cautious praise but indicated the young company will need to do more to

prove it cares about privacy.

Sen. Charles Schumer called it a “significant first step that Facebook deserves credit for,” but added he’d still prefer that Facebook require users to actively turn on sharing with outside sites, rather than having sharing be the default setting.

For some users, the problem has been that the company has changed its privacy settings so often that keeping up with them became too much. Before Wednesday’s announcement, Craig Mather, a 28-year-old graduate student in Portland, Ore., was already complaining of having to adjust his privacy settings every time Facebook comes up with a new plan.

“It puts us on our guard, where we feel like we are trying to plug a leak,” he said.

For Facebook, being seen as a company people can trust with the personal details of their lives is key. Users will only share information if they have control over who sees it.

“The kernel of what we do is that people want to stay connected and share with those around them,” Zuckerberg said.

Jules Polonetsky, a former AOL executive who now cochairs the Washington-based Future of Privacy Forum, said the privacy concerns stem from Facebook’s transformation from a place to socialize with friends into the “de-facto identity system for the Web.” It’s a big step.

Facebook is no longer just a place to share photos and play “Mafia Wars.” It’s a reflection of who you are online.

Facebook has touted its culture of authenticity from the beginning. It asks users to go by their real names on the site, and it deletes obviously fake profiles.

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BY BRAD JOYAL SPORTS WRITER

Ten athletes from the West Virginia track and field team will try to advance to the NCAA National Championship today, when the team takes part in the NCAA Outdoor East Regional in Greensboro, N.C. The Regional will be held at N.C. State and serve as the preliminary rounds for the NCAA Championship. WVU head coach Sean Cleary is confident his team will be prepared.

“I’m very excited for the women

to compete this weekend,” Cleary said. “I can’t think of a single athlete not physically prepared, emotionally ready and excited to compete. It is rare to have the entire group peaking at the right time.

Now, it is simply about going out there and competing to the best of their abilities.”

Junior Katelyn Williams will compete in the high jump at 5 p.m., today. In her last competition at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet, the junior placed second with a showing of 1.8 meters.

“Katelyn simply needs to jump

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KEY PLAYER Mario Harvey, LB Marshall returns a good deal of experience on defense, but it all starts with star linebacker Harvey, who recorded 117 tackles and 8.5 sacks last season as a junior.

His success propelled him to become an all-Conference USA selection. “He’s done exactly what we’ve asked him to do,” said head coach Doc Holliday. “He’s worked extremely hard this offseason.” Harvey will be the key in helping the Thundering Herd defense shut down the powerful West Virginia rushing attack sparked by senior running back Noel Devine. With the Mountaineers’ superior speed, Harvey will have a tough task in stopping WVU’s offense.

Continued from PAGE 12 One scout compared Ebanks to former NBA forward Stacey Augmon who created similar mismatches in his 16-year NBA career.

Ebanks is, much like Augmon was, a team player who is aware of his role as a defensive-minded forward who has the ability to score when needed.

WVU head Coach Bob Huggins said in the past Ebanks is “extremely coachable” and “an excellent teammate” – qualities that many young players with the same type of national exposure seem to lack.

Though Ebanks is not considered NBA-ready like former Mountaineer Joe Alexander, Ebanks does have the potential to blossom into a very nice player.

Coming out early may seem like a bad idea, but one must also keep in mind the NBA’s Collective Bar-

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QUOTE TO REMEMBER Holliday on the reception his program is garnering from recruits: “People have great respect for Marshall. What people realize is that there was a period in the ‘90s where it was the winningest program in college football. The ‘We Are Marshall’ movie helped. You go out on the recruiting trail ... they know the great players who played here and the championships that have been won here. We’re getting a lot of positive feedback from recruits across the country.”

world.”

The program costs approximately $5,000 for an athletic department comprised of almost 500 athletes. “(Cost) depends on the size of the school,” Long said. “We base it off the number of athletes that are being covered. Some schools just do one team, but most do the entire athletic department.”

WVU does not use UDiligence, but it does monitor each players’ social networking profiles internally. brian.kuppelweiser@mail.wvu.edu

Asselin, we look to qualify a few of her teammates to join her on the line in Eugene (Ore.).”

Cleary said he would be happy if half of his team competing qualifies for the NCAA Championship.

“To be honest, I believe there is a realistic scenario that all 10 control their destiny for the road to Eugene,” Cleary said. “This will be the greatest track and field meet of collegiate athletes outside of the finals. I feel confident that we are both physically and mentally prepared for what is coming.” brad.joyal@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia baseball team celebrates as catcher Kevin Griffin heads toward home following a game-winning home run Saturday.

Griffin earns place in WVU lore with homer

RETURNING LEADERS PASSING Brian Anderson 231-298 for 2,646 yards (203.5 per game) 14 touchdowns 13 interceptions, 58 percent RUSHING Martin Ward 82 attempts 393 yard (4.8 avg. and 30.2 per game) and 3 touchdowns RECEIVING WR Antavio Wilson 60 catches for 724 yards (12.1 per) and 3 touchdowns TACKLES LB Mario Harvey 117 SACKS ILB E.J. Brown 3, DE Quinton Davis 3 INTERCEPTIONS Harvey 7 TEAM STATS COASTAL CAROLINA/OPPONENTS SCORING (per game) 283 (21.8)/316 (24.3) RUSHING PER GAME 142.7/134.8 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 18/18 PASSING PER GAME 206.4/236.9 PASSING TOUCHDOWNS 14/20 TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME 349.1/371.8 TURNOVERS 22/18 TOUCHDOWNS 34/41

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Last season’s West Virginia baseball team was blessed with having one of the best catchers in the business.

Tobias Streich polished off a storied career in 2009, hitting .322 with 46 RBI – fourth on a team that totaled 525 runs in the season.

Streich’s efforts led him to be drafted in the fifth round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins.

The catching position voided

by Streich was one of the biggest question marks heading into the 2010 season. It was an issue WVU head coach Greg Van Zant said would be pressing throughout the season.

“It is going to be a good competition,” Van Zant said prior to the season. “That catching battle will come down to Kevin Griffin and Matt Malloy. They both can hit it out of the park.”

Both players did hit it out of the park, splitting time behind the plate during the year. Griffin belted five homers while Malloy teed off for three.

However, no home run was more meaningful than the one Griffin hit last Saturday with two outs in the ninth inning against

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raging Agreement that will expire following the 2010-11 season.

By declaring for this year’s draft, Ebanks is not only guaranteed a $1 million contract plus a signing bonus, but his contract will be guaranteed for two seasons with club options for the third and fourth seasons should he be selected in the first round.

With a new CBA, the 2011 NBA Draft could result in shorter and less lucrative contracts for rookies.

That being said, the biggest question for Ebanks is what team will he be playing for in 2010-11.

Prior to the 2009-10 season, Ebanks was projected to be taken as high as 13th on online draft boards. As the season went on, Ebanks slowly fell.

Nbadraft.net has Ebanks being selected 27th overall by the New Jersey Nets, a young team with potential.

After missing out on the first overall pick, who will most likely be John Wall, the Nets may need to take a player who has the ability

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Saturday, with the quarterfinals of the 1,500 meter and the semifinals of the 5,000 meter.

The team will have four, senior Marie-Louise Asselin, juniors Kate Harrison and Ahna Lewis and sophomore Sarah-Anne Brault, run in the 5,000 meter.

Cleary said he expects to see some qualifications in the 5,000 meter alongside Asselin, who was the runner up in the race at the NCAA Indoor Championship earlier this year.

“We’ll see the 5,000-meter runners toe the line in the best shape of their lives,” Cleary said. “Led by

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Hamric posted her personalbest (4:15.30), which was the second-best time in school history.

The next day Bland rose to the challenge (4:14.70), passing Hamric on the all-time list.

“The motto for the 1,500 meter has been ‘one step at a time’,” Cleary said. “All four are all-Americans and have the ability to move on.”

Senior Clara Grandt will close out competition today with an appearance in the semifinals of the 10,000-meter event at 9:15 p.m.

The Mountaineers will take a day off before returning to action

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The Thundering Herd’s football home page is an advertisement selling tickets to the game.

Holliday said he would like to see the rivalry continue, but that it isn’t up to him.

“It’s a great thing,” Holliday said. “We have to keep the money in state by packing those houses and spending money in their restaurants. Plus, we’re three hours away. That’s why Iowa plays Iowa State every year, Florida plays Florida State every year.

“It’s something that should happen. The people in the state deserve it.”

Because Holliday coached at West Virginia for the last two seasons, he knows a lot about the program, including how strong WVU could be in 2010.

“They’ve got the three best players in the Big East Conference,” Holliday said. “Noel Devine and Jock Sanders and probably the two best offensive players in the league. Robert Sands will be the most talented defensive player in that league.

“There’s no secrets. Everybody knows they have probably the most talent in the Big East.”

That will make it tough for the Thundering Herd to upset the Mountaineers.

And Holliday will have to do so without Marshall’s leading rusher from 2009, Darius Marshall, the player who carried the Thundering Herd to its first bowl game since 2004.

Marshall might have a new quarterback at the helm, as well. Clemson transfer Willy Korn started classes in Huntington, W.Va., on Monday and will be competing in what Holliday calls “an open battle” with last year’s starter Brian Anderson and Florida native A.J. Graham.

“We’ll find out in the first two or three weeks of camp who gives us the best chance to win.”

Defensively, the Thundering Herd returns seven starters from last year’s defense, which ranked second in Conference USA. Leading tackler Mario Harvey returns, as well.

as she did two weeks ago and raise herself above one more bar to make her trip out West,” Cleary said.

While Williams is competing, the Mountaineers will have four all-Americans, seniors Keri Bland and Karly Hamric and juniors Kaylyn Christopher and Jessica O’Connell, competing in the first round of the 1,500-meter race.

The 1,500 meter has been a strength for the Mountaineers all season. In its last meet, Hamric and Bland recorded secondplace and personal-best finishes on consecutive days.

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to make an impact right away like Cincinnati swing-man Lance Stephenson or point guard, like Eric Bledsoe from Kentucky or Elliot Williams from Memphis.

If the Nets pass on Ebanks, the Memphis Grizzlies could take Ebanks with the 28th pick.

It would make sense for the Grizzlies, a young team with a lot of upside, to take Ebanks to compliment guard O.J. Mayo.

Ebanks also shares a WVU connection with Mountaineer great Jerry West, the Grizzlies’ general manager.

Rudy Gay, the current Grizzlies small forward, will become a restricted free agent this summer and has been linked to several trade rumors in the past few months.

With Gay potentially leaving town, the Grizzlies will need to fill that hole.

Look for Ebanks to be in either a Nets or Grizzlies uniform next season. derek.denneny@mail.wvu.edu

Continued from PAGE 12 in the eighth inning.

WVU’s Andy Berry pitched six strong innings but was shaky beginning the seventh frame. Berry walked the leadoff batter and was immediately pulled to bring in reliever Andy Altemus.

“Berry went real far for us,” Van Zant said. “He did put us in a position to win by keeping the ball down and working all around the plate to fool the hitters.”

Villanova.

The Martinsburg, W.Va., native saw a pitch and crushed it over the right-field fence at Hawley Field. It was a walk off home run that gave WVU a 3-2 victory over the Wildcats and clinched the Mountaineers a spot in the Big East Tournament.

“As soon as I hit that one I knew it was getting out of here,” Griffin told msnsportsnet.com. “I kind of froze and stood there in the box for a couple of seconds,” he said.

“A walk-off bomb in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep our season alive. I think I kind of earned that a little bit.”

While Griffin was taking in the historic blast, Van Zant was thrilled at the opportunity the home run gave West Virginia – a shot at a Big East Tournament title.

“I do not think I have ever coached a game like that where we won on a walk-off,” Van Zant said. “It was just an amazing, real special day.

Van Zant remembered when the Mountaineers got off to a slow start in conference play and a Big East Tournament berth was merely an afterthought, especially with injuries to starters Dan DiBartolomeo and TJ Kuban.

“You look at where we came

from the beginning of the season until now, it really has been something,” Van Zant said. “We had injuries that hurt us in the beginning and started off conference play (with a record of) 3-15. Seeing them jump up and home plate was awesome.”

Griffin, a junior and transfer from Potomac State, did his part throughout the season in the platoon role. He flourished toward the end of the season and completed his first season of Big East ball batting a respectable .271 while earning third place on the team in RBI. Van Zant stresses the importance of experience, something he felt Griffin did not have entering this season. “‘Griff ’ really came on strong late and turned out to be a solid player for us.” Van Zant said.

However, after being a major reason why the Mountaineers lived to play another game, Griffin may just have completed his lesson in experience while earning respect from his coach.

“That’s what you got to do to win tight games,” Van Zant told msnsportsnet.com. “Your guys have to step up in big situations like Kevin did.”

Altemus, the reigning Big East Pitcher of the Week, struggled against the Cardinals. Louisville picked up four runs to take a 5-4 lead. Andrew Clark singled to center field scoring Kyle Grieshaber.

The run was attributed to Berry, who surrendered four hits and gave up two runs.

Later in the seventh inning, Wright hit a three-run homer to right field to take an 8-4 lead.

WVU committed three costly errors in the game. Two of those came in the eighth inning and all but sealed the victory for the

Cardinals.

In the ninth, Holland sent WVU down in order to earn the save.

Facing elimination from the tournament, WVU remains in Clearwater, Fla., for a game today against the loser of South Florida and St. John’s. First pitch is at 5 p.m. at Bright House Field.

“We’re going to have to take time to re-group before tomorrow but we are ready to play whoever we get,” Van Zant said. “We like our chances to stay alive.”

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No changes will be made to West Virginia University’s student ticketing process for football games this year.

Each year, a committee comprised of members of the athletic department, University and student representatives meet to discuss changes to the process. This will be the sixth year with the same process, according to Matt Wells, the athletic department’s director of marketing.

“It’s been a few years since we’ve made any changes,” Wells said.

Students are given 11,000 seats in Milan Puskar Stadium, and when more than 12,500 tickets are requested (to allow for no-shows) via an online site, a lottery system goes into effect which favors students who attended more games.

Last season, Wells said a lottery occurred several times.

“For the most part, students understand it, and things have gone well with it,” Wells said.

Meetings to discuss potential changes to the student ticketing process for men’s basketball games will take place later this summer.

“All options will be discussed,” Wells said. “Coming out of that, will determine whether or not there are any changes.”

Those meetings could center around the possible implementation of a ticketing process for home games instead of having students swipe WVU IDs to enter the WVU Coliseum.

Changes could help prevent multiple incidents involving bad fan behavior, which occurred during home games last season.

“Much like football, we will convene here in the summer and evaluate for basketball,” Wells said. “It’s too early to tell … but it is something that will be discussed.”

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Pictured is the student entrance at Milan Puskar Stadium. year, Wells said. That number is about what the athletic department expected to see and is similar to last year’s amount sold.

“All in all we are pleased with where we are so far,” Wells said.

Single game tickets will go on sale in mid-August based on availability. Fans can purchase those at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum, by phone at 1-800-WVU-GAME or online at www.WVUgame.com.

West Virginia shortstop Jedd Gyorko was named the all-Big East Conference’s first team for the second year in a row on Wednesday. He was the only Mountaineer player to make an all-conference team.

Later in the day, Gyorko competed in the first Big East Home Run Derby. Gyorko was eliminated in the first round, though, after hitting just two home runs.

He finished fifth out of eight competitors in the first round. The top four moved on to the final round.

Connecticut’s Mike Olt won the home run derby.

Four members of the WVU rowing team have been named Collegiate Rowing Coaching Association National ScholarAthletes.

Graduates Kimberly Benda and Brett Krumholz along with senior Rachel Viglianco and junior Shannon Gribbons earned the recognition.

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and athletic department personnel were added to the University’s Sports Hall of Fame, earlier this month.

The class is led by former Mountaineer quarterback Marc Bulger.

Also in the class is former publicity director Eddie Barrett, former men’s basketball captain Bobby Carroll, three-sport standout Bill Karr, two-time air rifle national champion Ann-Marie (Pfiffner) Johnson, former baseball pitcher John Radosevich and basketball and baseball letterwinner Ronnie Retton.

The WVU women’s basketball program has found a replacement for assistant Donchez Graham, who left the team after the 2009-10 season.

Head coach Mike Carey added former St. Louis head coach Jill Pizzotti as an assistant. She will also be the Mountaineers’ recruiting coordinator.

Most recently, Pizzotti served as Nike’s manager of women’s college basketball and Girl’s Elite Youth basketball.

WVU rifle members Andy Lamson and Nicco Campriani along with gymnast Kiersten Spoerko were named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II at-large men’s and women’s teams. The honors are voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

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1&2/BR APTS. LOCATED IN HEART of Evansdale. Off-street parking. All appliances. 292-7233

PINEVIEW APARTMENTS Affordable & Convenient Within walking distance of Med. Center & PRT UNFURNISHED FURNISHED 2,3, and 4 BR Rec room With Indoor Pool Exercise Equipment Pool Tables Laundromat Picnic Area Regulation Volley Ball Court Experienced Maintenance Staff Lease-Deposit Required No Pets

599-0850

1-5 BR APTS AND HOUSES. SOME include utilities and allow pets! Call Pearand Corporation 304-292-7171.

Shawn D. Kelly Broker 2/BR APARTMENT FOR RENT. 500 East Prospect. Available June. $575/mo plus utilities. NO PETS. 692-7587.

2/BR DUPLEX. CLOSE TO CAMPUS. $750/month + utilities. Parking. W/D. A/C. NO PETS. Available May 2010.

304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

2/BR. 2/BA. AC. WD. NO 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

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2/BR. 2/BA. NEXT TO STADIUM., Don Nehlen Dr. (above the Varsity Club). DW, WD, microwave, oak cabinets, ceramic/ww carpet. 24/hr maintenance, C/AC. Off-street parking. $790/mo+utilities. Some pets conditional. For appt. call 304-599-0200.

2/BR. STEWART STREET. FROM $450-$1200/month. All utilities included.

Parking. WD. NO PETS. Available May/2010. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

2BR, 1BATH DOWNTOWN ON STEWART STREET. Ground floor w/deck. Off-street parking, DW, laundry facilities. $650/month +electric. Pets considered. 304-296-8943 www.rentalswv.com 225-227 JONES AVE. APT. #4: 1/ BR. Kitchen, livingroom. Covered porch, private entrance. $385/mo. APT #6: 3-4/BR. 1/BA. Deck. $375/mo for/3. $325/mo for/four. Off-street parking w/security lighting. NO PETS. 304-685-3457.

2-3BR APTS. AVAILABLE IN MAY. Gilmore St. Apartments. Open floor plans, large kitchens, large decks, A/C, W/D. Off-street parking. Pet Friendly. Text or call: 304-767-0765.

2/BR 2/BA ON STEWARTSTOWN ROAD A/C, W/D, No pets. 304-594-3365 or 304-288-6374.

3/BR APARTMENTS. FOREST AVE AND Lower High Street. NO Pets. Lease/deposit.

304-296-5931.

3/BR, 2/BA TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT. Walking distance to downtown campus. $1290/mo, includes utilities. Call 282-8769.

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3/BR, UTILITIES PAID. SNIDER ST & NORTH WILLEY. Off-street parking. $375/mo. 304-292-9600.

4/BR. REDUCED LEASE- SOUTH PARK. Rent includes utilities. Free W/D, Nice courtyard, Off-street parking. Much more. 304-292-5714.

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PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2010 OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

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DOWNTOWN. 2/BR INCLUDES gas heat and water. Parking. 304-322-0046.

TERRACE HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 1-2-3 bedrooms available. Please call 304-292-8888. NO PETS permitted.

LARGE 2/BR. KITCHEN APPLIANCES furnished.

Downtown.

Call 304-685-6565. Deposit & Lease.

THE “NEW” MOUNTAINEER COURT 2&3/BRs. Newly remodeled. May-Maylease.

2/Blocks to Mountainlair/PRT. The best location in town. Garage parking available.

304-598-2285.

TWO 2/BRs. AVAILABLE 5/15/10. WD. DW. Big porch. NO PETS. $350/mo each plus water/electric. Westover. Lease/dep.

304-290-9321.

TWO BEDROOM. TWO BLOCKS from downtown campus. 304-692-0990.

LARGE, UNFURNISHED 3/BR DUPLEX apartment. Available Now. Close to campus/hospitals. Deck, appliances, WD hook-up, off-street parking. No pets. $750/mo+utilities. 304-594-2225

FURNISHED HOUSES

MON. RIVER CONDOS. NEW 4/BR, 4/BA. WD/Pool. University Commons. $350/mo includes utilities One condo available May-2010. One available Aug-2010.

724-825-6375

2/BR, 1 BATH HOUSE. AVAILABLE NOW! HARDING AVE. Walk to Ruby and Stadium. Clean, Parking, Yard, Sun Porch. $825+utilities. 304-680-2272

MULTIPLE 1&2 BEDROOM APTS. PETS considered. $375-$575. Lease deposit.

Leave message if no answer. Walk to campus. 304-685-5477.

NOW LEASING JUNE 1ST. 2/BR Remodeled apartment. Walk downtown. No Smoking. No Pets. Tenant pays utilities.

Grad students preferred. 304-288-0817.

NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $590-$790+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

THREE BEDROOMS. TWO BLOCKS from downtown campus. 304-692-0990.

VERY NICE 2/BR: $500/mo. 3/BR: $600/mo. Quiet residential area. Near Law-School & North St. Semi-furnished.

Off-street parking. NO PETS/PARTIES. 304-292-7590

ROOMMATES 4/BR, 4/BA, AVAILABLE IN AUGUST. Located in Star City. $380/mo + utilities. Some pets allowed w/deposit. Call 724-493-8392 for details.

FEMALE ROOMMATE NEEDED. Available 7/1/09. 3/BR. 2½-BA. Townhouse like new. $300/mo+ 1/3utilities. Close to stadium/hospital. WD. DW. AC. Parking.

304-599-2822.

FEMALE ROOMMATE, NONSMOKER 929 Garrison Ave. Two blocks from campus. Contact Stephanie (724)552-6446.

304-296-4998

JUST RELISTED- 4/BR, 2/BA WILLEY STREET, W/D, large rooms. Utilities included in lease. 3 minutes to campus.

304-292-5714.

BUCKET HEAD PUB - BARTENDERS WANTED. Will train. 10-minutes from downtown Morgantown. Small local bar.

Granville. 304-365-4565 after/6:00pm. All shifts available.

NEW TOWNHOMES- LEASE STARTING Available in August. Garage/Laundry/All Appliances included. $400/mo. per person. including utilities. 304-639-6193 or 3 0 4 - 4 9 4 - 2 4 0 0 www.chesstownhomes.net

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GEORGETOWN APTS 304-599-2031 3/BR 1/BA apartment available May 15th.

Full size W/D, walk to PRT and Ruby Memorial.

!!BARTENDERS WANTED. $300 A DAY potential. No experience necessary. Training provided. Age: 18 plus. 800-965-6520 Ext. 285

MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING cooks and servers for year-round and summer only. Apply within at 704 Richwood Ave.

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1-2 & 3* BR Apts Close Main Campus W/D D/W A/C Private Parking Pets/Fee

4BR LOUISE AVE. W/D. PARKING. Available 6/1/10. Quiet, residential area.

Close to town. 10-11-12/mo-Lease &Deposit. NO PETS. $300/per person.

304-291-8423

HELP WANTED

LARGE, 3/BR, 2/BA HOUSE. CENTRAL location. WD/hook-up. Off-street parking.

All appliances. NO PETS. Lease/deposit. $450/person/mo each, utilities included.

304-292-7233.

599-6376

UNIQUE APARTMENTS

4/BR, 3 PERSON HOUSE. COUNTRY kitchen, great closets. W/D, carpeted, off-street parking. 5/min walk to class. $350/person incl. gas. 304-521-8778.

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Next To Football Stadium

2 Min. From Hospital and Evansdale

Renting For May

3/BR. GARAGE, OFF-STREET PARKING. Really nice. 740 Union Ave. $400/mo each plus utilities. Lease/dep. Walking distance campus. Some furniture. 304-282-7871

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

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3/BR HOUSE. WD. 2/BATHS. PETS allowed. 524 McLane Ave. 304-322-0046.

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AVAILABLE MAY, 3/BR HOUSES, downtown on Stewart Street. WD, DW, off-street parking. Pets considered. 304-296-8943. www.rentalswv.com

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2-3-4-5/BR APARTMENTS. SPRUCE and Prospect Streets. NO PETS. Starting in May/2010. Lease/deposit. For more info call 292-1792. Noon to 7pm.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR AD The 1st day. Mistakes can occur when information is taken by phone, so it is important to us that you check your ad for accurancy on the 1st day. Please notify us of any changes or corrections as soon as possible.

The Daily Athenaeum Classifieds 304-293-4141 8:15am - 4:45pm Monday - Friday Fax 304-293-6857 24/7

1 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Apartments Prices Starting at $635 Garages, W/D, Walk In Closets Sparkling Pool 2 Min From Hospital & Downtown Bus Service

Next To Football Stadium

617 NORTH ST. EXCELLENT CONDITION. Big 4/BR 2/Full BA, W/D/Deck, covered porch. Off-street parking for/5.

Single car-garage. $1300/mo., $325/each plus utilities, Can be semi-furnished. NO PETS. 304-685-3457.

MISC. FOR SALE

3or4/BR HOUSE. 2/FULL BATHS. WD. Recently refurbished. Parking. Large yard, deck, porch. Minutes from ‘Lair. $1200/mo.

All utilities included.

304-288-3308.

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 2 PERSON HOUSE. WHARF AREA. Very large. W/D, carpeted, extra room, big porch. 5 minute walk. $350/person incl. gas. 304-923-2941.

MALE ROOMMATE TO SHARE 3/BR house near Towers. Grad-student preferred $350/mo plus 1/3-utilities 304-329-1280.

MUST SEE! MALE OR FEMALE Roommate for brand-new apt. Close to downtown. Next to Arnold Hall. WD, DW, AC, parking. NO PETS. $455/mo. includes utilities.

Lease/dep.

304-296-8491.

304-288-1572.

NEED 2/3 ROOMMATES TO SHARE 4 BEDROOM APARTMENT. $350/$400 month + electric. May too May lease. No Pets. 304-5998329 PREFER SOPHOMORE MALE ROOMMATE TO SHARE 3/BR-HOUSE. W/D, Off-street parking. All utilities included.

5 minute walk to Mountainlair. $370/mo.

304-685-8170.

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ROOMMATES NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT situations.

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304-594-1200 ROOMMATES, M/F, WILEY STREET & South Park. Available May/June. Rent includes utilities. WD. 304-292-5714.

RELIABLE WOMAN NEEDED TO WEED flower beds, etc. Also man for other yard work. $8/hour. Leave name/phone number: 304-292-7557.

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SPORTS

INSIDE The process to order and receive student football tickets will not be changed this year ON PAGE 10

THURSDAY MAY 27, 2010

DEREK DENNENY

SPORTS WRITER

Ebanks has potential, but needs work Devin Ebanks raised a few eyebrows in April when he declared for the 2010 NBA Draft following WVU’s Final Four run.

After averaging 12 points and eight rebounds per game last season, it seemed to make sense for the 6-foot-9 forward to stay in Morgantown for another season to polish his game for the NBA. Ebanks’ skills at this point are raw. Perimeter shooting seems to be the most glaring weakness in his game.

Ebanks made just eight career 3-pointers at WVU, something he will need to improve upon to cut it in the NBA. With a seven-foot wingspan, he will have an advantage shooting over shorter defenders but still needs to find his jump shot before he can even use that length to his advantage.

Ball handling, court vision and decision making are also skills scouts believe Ebanks will need to work on.

His performance in the pre-draft workouts has been nothing to write home about.

Ebanks was overshadowed byy Butler’s Gordon Hayward, New w Mexico’s Darrington Hobson and Maryland’s Grevis Vasquez in shooting and ball handling drills.

However, Ebanks seems to have impressed some scouts with his play in scrimmages, particularly defensively.

Ebanks’ strength is on the defensive end. Last season, Ebanks kept star players like Kentucky’s John Wall, Ohio State’s Evan Turner and Syracuse’s Wesley Johnson in check.

With his long arms and athleticism, Ebanks creates many problems for smaller opponents who cannot see around the lanky forward. Bigger opponents have trouble keeping up with his quickness.

see DENNENY on PAGE 9

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

L’ville rallies to beat WVU, 11-4 ia’s Jedd Gyorko.

The Mountaineer shortstop went deep twice in Wednesday’s opening game of the Big East Tournament.

However, the rest of the ninthranked Louisville Cardinals fought

BY MATTHEW PEASLEE back from an early deficit to defeat SPORTS WRITER West Virginia 11-4, thanks in part to a four-run seventh inning.

Big East Conference Pitcher of Gyorko’s pair of home runs the Year Thomas Royce y of Louis- makes the Morgantown native ville was no match for West Virgin- WVU’s all-time all-tim leader in career

Baseball jumps out to three-run lead, falls short in defeat

home runs. It was his 35th.

“He is such a good player, just such a good player,” WVU head coach Greg Van Zant said, “The first one he hit to left field and the second one he hit to right. Not many guys have that power to spread the ball to all parts of the field.”

Gyorko was not the only Mountaineer who provided a spark from the plate. Freshman Matt Frazer hit a solo home run in the sixth inning to give WVU its fourth run of

the game. It was the Nitro, W.Va., native’s second career home run.

The 6-foot-5-inch slugger was inserted into the lineup in left field.

He has seen limited playing time as the season progressed, but Van Zant was confident in Frazer and let him swing away.

“The guys were real intense after that home run,” Van Zant said, “It was a normal feel in the dugout but the guys were up and we thought we could have pulled off

the win.”

Royce has now given up nine home runs over the last five games.

Royce allowed four runs on seven base hits.

Relief pitcher Tony Zick was brought in during the seventh inning. He held the Mountaineers hitless in the seventh, using a fastball that clocked in the mid-90s.

Closer Neil Holland was called on

see BASEBALL on PAGE 9

Universities keep a closer eye on athletes’ social networking sites

BY BRIAN KUPPELWEISER SPORTS WRITER

John Flowers became a Twitter sensation during the West Virginia men’s basketball team’s Final Four run earlier this year.

Flowers, a junior forward for the Mountaineers, posted videos online via his Twitter account of he and his teammates unwinding during the downtime between games.

One video showed players Jonnie West and Joe Mazzulla recreating the theme song video of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” The videos, some of which found their way onto website www.deadspin.com, brought added public attention to the Mountaineers.

However, some universities wouldn’t have allowed such content to leak out through social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace.

To deal with the added emphasis on social media, one company has begun to market itself as an insurance policy to limit the chances for negative publicity because of an athlete’s network.

UDiligence, which is the brainchild of former congressional press secretary Kevin Long, is based in

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Montpelier, Vt., and designed to protect the online reputation of athletes.

Long thought of the idea after traveling the country for his other company, MVP Sports Media Trainer.

“It was an idea that came from doing media training for college athletic programs around the country,” Long said.

“I was traveling around the country doing training, and in doing that, I came across a lot of incidents of student-athletes putting negative things on their social networking sites.”

UDiligence uses an automated sys-

tem that searches each athlete’s profile for certain terms or words. The list of terms, which Long said numbers at around 425, can be customized to each individual coach’s preferences to make as strict or lenient as he or she wants.

“It scans Facebook, MySpace and Twitter pages for items that could be viewed in a negative light by people outside of that person,” Long said. “Anything that may have a negative connotation we grab and send an e-mail alert back to the assistant coach or department administrator or whoever is in charge of the program.”

The program’s beta testing first began in 2007. It hit the market a year later. Now, more than 2,000 teams use the program.

The first university to try out UDiligence was the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which Long praised for protecting their athletes.

“At the time when they signed up, they were a Division I school that was not yet in a conference,” Long said.

“They saw the wisdom in protecting their athlete’s reputations as well as the school’s reputation. It is a real credit that they understand that athletes need to have a clean slate on their resume when they head out into the business

see SOCIAL on PAGE 9

WVU FOOTBALL OPPONENT PREVIEW: WEEK 2

Doc Holliday-led Marshall is WVU’s first road test of 2010

BY TONY DOBIES SPORTS EDITOR

New Marshall head football coach Doc Holliday doesn’t hide his influences.

Holliday, who had been an assistant coach for his entire career at West Virginia, Florida and N.C. State, uses much of what he learned while under former Mountaineer head coach Don Nehlen and current Florida head coach Urban Meyer.

“I spent 20 years with (Nehlen), and to this day, I’m not sure he gets the credit he deserves,” Holliday said. “When I was at West Virginia with Don, he taught me great work ethic and how to evaluate players.”

Despite being a WVU graduate and a former Mountaineer linebacker from 1976-78, Marshall fans have taken an instant liking to their new head coach, even though he has a slew of ties to the Thundering Herd’s fiercest rivals.

“I wasn’t surprised, because I’m from 20 minutes down the road,” said Holliday, a Hurricane, W.Va., native. “The fans have been great. It’s been overwhelming.”

Holliday said he didn’t think twice when the Marshall position opened up. It was a dream of his to become a head coach.

“There’s only 119 head jobs out there,” Holliday said. “This is a great one.”

Holliday spent the first few months on the job adapting to the roles of a head coach. He isn’t recruiting as much. For Holliday, who is widely considered one of the best recruiters in college football, it has been his hardest adjustment.

“I’ve been on the road for 30straight years. It’s going to be the first month of May that I haven’t been out recruiting,” Holliday said. “I think I’m going through recruiting withdrawal.”

He called his first spring at Marshall productive but said his team has to improve in all areas if it wants to survive an

INSIDE Check out the full scouting report of Marshall on page 9

FILE PHOTO

Marshall linebacker Mario Harvey attempts to tackle West Virginia tight end Will Johnson during the Mountaineers’ and Thundering Herd’s game last season. WVU won 24-7. early season stretch that features games at Ohio State, vs.

West Virginia, at Bowling Green, vs. Ohio, at Southern Miss., vs.

Central Florida and at East Carolina – all bowl teams last year.

“I don’t think there’s another team in the country that opens up with a schedule like that,” Holliday said. “It’s going to be a challenge, so we can’t let a day go by that we don’t get better as a football team, otherwise we don’t have a chance.”

Marshall has built up the meeting at Joan C. Edwards Stadium against the Mountaineers as the first big showdown in Holliday’s head coaching career.

see MARSHALL on PAGE 9

2010 WVU SCHEDULE Sept. 4 Coastal Carolina

Sept. 10 Marshall Marshall has never beaten WVU. Last year, MU lost, 24-7.

The last game in Huntington, W.Va. was close for a half.

Sept. 18 Maryland Sept. 25 @ LSU Oct. 9 UNLV Oct. 14 South Florida (ESPN) Oct. 23 Syracuse Oct. 29 @ Connecticut (ESPN2) Nov. 13 Cincinnati Nov. 20 @ Louisville Nov. 26 @ Pitt (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC) Dec. 4 Rutgers (ESPN/ESPN2/ABC)