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Volume 127, Issue 8

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INFORM, SUPPORT, UNITE “These are the kinds of places where we need to start discussing racism in America ... Here at WVU we have a good opportunity to discuss these issues candidly and intelligently.”

— WVU SGA President Chris Nyden

the decision makers

Board of Governors oversees direction of University The WVU Board of Governors meets every two months at the Erickson Alumni Center.

The next meeting will be held on Sept. 19.

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a fivepart series outlining organizations on campus that make decisions that impact the WVU community. by alyssa lazar staff writer @dailyathenaeum

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Attendees raised their hands Monday evening as a representation of Michael Brown’s last actions before he was gunned down by an officer in Ferguson, Mo.

WVU community holds vigil in solidarity with Ferguson by jacob bojesson city editor @jbojesson

The West Virginia University community came together Monday for a candlelight vigil outside the Mountainlair in solidarity with Michael Brown and Ferguson, Mo. The death of Michael Brown in Ferguson on Aug. 9 and the protests that followed have dominated the news throughout the past few weeks.

On Monday, the movement hit Morgantown and WVU where approximately 60 people took part in a candlelight vigil.

The gathering was co-hosted by the Muslim Student Association and the WVU Collegiate Chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, two minority organizations on campus said they believe the issue of police brutality is of national concern and needs to be addressed at WVU. “We’re here to bring awareness and information to our campus about the injustices that are happening in Ferguson,” said Jihad Dixon, President of the WVU College Chapter of the NAACP. “The injustices of police brutality are happening every day in America, so we need to bring awareness wherever we are because it’s an injustice that needs to be corrected. I think it’s important that we bring awareness to the entire campus, because we are one campus.”

Police brutality has long been a topic of discussion around the country. The candlelight vigil was a way to share three things: information, support and unity.

Dixon said he believes the killing of Michael Brown is just the tip of the iceberg in a series of events leading up to the outrage taking place around the country.

“There has been a new police brutality case almost every year,” Dixon said. “Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, these people need to be supported and their families need to be supported.”

Mouaz Haffar, president of the Muslim Student Association, said the Michael Brown shooting affects all minorities, not just African Americans.

“As a minority here in America, I feel like the African Americans took the first blow for all the minorities,” Haffar said. “They represent all the minorities. Their struggle is our struggle. The moment that we realize that, as minorities, we stand and unite with each other, is the mo-

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Muslim Student Association President Mouaz Haffar, second from right, stands amongst attendees Monday evening in front of the Mountainlair. ment that we’ll start getting change in society.”

Each person taking part in the candlelight vigil lit the candle of the person to his or her right, before they stood in silence for about 20 minutes.

The participants faced University Avenue to get the attention of drivers and pedestrians passing by.

Before Haffar ended the vigil with a prayer, the participants held up their hands to pay respect for Brown.

Student Body President Chris Nyden took part in the vigil and said universities around the country play an important role in eliminating racism.

“I think that right here on college campuses, these are the kinds of places where we need to start discussing racism in America,” Nyden said. “The conversation is just not

WHAT YOU MISSED

INSIDE

A recap of all the action at MTV’s Video Music Awards Sunday.

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News: 1, 2 Opinion: 4 A&E: 3, 6 Sports: 7, 8, 10 Campus Connection: 5 Puzzles: 5 Classifieds: 9

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WVU Fire Service Extension to train armed forces

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The West Virginia University Board of Governors serves as the governing body of the University and makes important decisions affecting the everyday lives of students, faculty and employees.

“The Board of Governors is a 17-member board that oversees and manages financial, business and education policies at West Virginia University,” said Becky Lofstead, Assistant Vice President for University Communications.

The Board is composed of the current student government president, two faculty representatives, one staff representative, the BOG chairman, BOG vice-chairman, BOG secretary and 10 other members dictated by the governor.

Approving and altering tuition and budgets are two of the many tasks the Board of Governors is responsible for. They also deal with other financial tasks, business decisions and educational programs.

Every five years, the

Board of Governors oversees a review of all academic programs at the University so WVU can compete with other universities globally. They also manage personnel matters such as employment and compensation of the University’s employees.

This past year, the Board of Governors dealt with a monumental personnel matter when they appointed current WVU President Gordon Gee. Former Student Body President, Ryan Campione, was the student member on the Board of Governors when the selection was made.

“The Board of Governors deals mostly with the oversight of the direction of the University and the actions of the University president,” Campione said. “Last year one of the biggest things I got to work on was the selection of the new president.”

The Board was able to use Campione to gain a valuable insight from students and faculty in regards to their choice of WVU President.

“You take a lot of different opinions into consideration,” Campione said.

“One thing I did was ask students, faculty and employees at the University what they expected and wanted to see out of the University president.”

happening at a national level. I think that here at WVU we have a good opportunity to discuss these issues candidly and intelligently.”

Many African American students on campus have been greatly affected by the recent events and said they feel scared for their families and loved ones.

“It makes me worried for my family members,” said Kamaria Dingle, a business and finance student at WVU. “This could have been my brother or my cousin, so I’m very worried for our family members.”

A similar gathering to raise awareness of police brutality will be held around 5 p.m. today outside the Mountainlair. carl.bojesson@mail.wvu.edu

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ON THE INSIDE With senior cornerback Ishmael Banks suspended for the first three games of the season, West Virginia’s depth in the secondary will be tested.

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West Virginia University has been awarded a contract with the Center for National Response to help train and keep America’s military safe.

This contract will ensure training conducted by the WVU Fire Service Extension to spread knowledge the armed forces need to stay safe in emergency situations.

This is the second time WVU has been awarded this contract.

During the previous award term, University experts traveled all around the country training approximately 15,000 military members.

The WVU Fire Service Extension is located near WVU Jackson’s Mill in Weston, W.Va. It trains more than 2,000 firefighters and first responders every year from West Virginia and surrounding states.

WVU Extension Service is the primary outreach division of the University.

There are offices in all 55 counties of the state, with WVU faculty members in each of those offices.

“Instead of teaching in a classroom, those faculty members teach in com-

munities,” said Cassie Thomas, communications & marketing manager for WVU Extension Service. “It’s essentially the land-grant mission in action, where we take University resources and provide them to communities outside of Morgantown, so that the entire state benefits from the University’s research and work.”

The WVU Extension Service was created by an act of Congress and is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The entity that WVU Fire Extension Service works with in the contract is the Center for National Response. This is an operational component of the Joint Interagency Training & Education Center that is a National Guard training activity operated by the Chief National Guard Bureau and the Adjutant General of West Virginia.

This training complex provides multi-scenario exercises for the military or joint operations with military and first responders.

According to the WVU State Fire Training Academy website, WVU Fire Service Extension serves

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‘A HISTORICAL OCCASION’ The short-season Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates will be moving to Morgantown.

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2 | NEWS

Tuesday August 26, 2014

around the world

American held in Syria Obama back in DC amid freed after nearly 2 years crises, as if he never left WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist beheaded

by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaidalinked group in Syria.

Peter Theo Curtis, who wrote under his birth name of Theo Padnos, was freed Sunday, offering consolation to U.S. officials, a journalism community and family members deeply unnerved by the grisly video of James Foley’s beheading in a desolate desert landscape.

Curtis’ father, Michael Padnos, said Curtis spoke to his mother in Boston Sunday night and that he seemed to be in good physical health.

Padnos said his son was in Tel Aviv and would be flown back to Boston once he is ready to travel. Padnos praised the work of the U.S. and other governments in getting his son freed.

“We are very thrilled, and we hope the same thing is going to be true for all the others (journalists held),” said Padnos, speaking in a telephone interview from a boat outside Paris.

Curtis’ release appeared to have been aided by the oil-rich nation of Qatar, which said Sunday that it had “exerted relentless efforts” to win the American’s freedom. Qatar is a leading supporter of the Syrian rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad and has been involved in mediating past hostage releases.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Curtis had been held by Jabhat alNusra, also known as the Nusra Front, an al-Qaidalinked militant group fighting Assad’s government.

Curtis was not believed to be among the hostages held by the Islamic State group that killed Foley. Islamic State was formally disavowed by al-Qaida earlier this year after being deemed too brutal.

Curtis’ release was likely to renew questions about the intentions of different militant groups in Syria and Iraq and how the U.S. should deal with hostage takers.

President Barack Obama

was briefed on the release Sunday morning as he wrapped up a vacation in Massachusetts.

“The president shares in the joy and relief that we all feel now that Theo is out of Syria and safe,” said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. “But we continue to hold in our thoughts and prayers the Americans who remain in captivity in Syria, and we will continue to use all of the tools at our disposal to see that the remaining American hostages are freed.”

A senior administration official said Curtis was released in the Golan Heights, where he was met

by U.S. government personnel who were transporting him to Tel Aviv. The official was not authorized to speak by name and discussed the release on the condition of anonymity.

The United Nations on Monday said it had been contacted by the U.S. and the Qataris on Saturday to facilitate a handover, and U.N. officials worked the phones overnight into Sunday.

Stephane Dujar r ic, spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, told reporters that Curtis received a brief medical checkup with U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights and “seemed fairly healthy” before he was handed over to U.S. authorities.

Dujarric said the U.N. was not involved in negotiations for Curtis’ release.

In a video obtained by The Associated Press and dated July 18, 2014, Curtis sits cross-legged on a floor with his hands bound, and appears to read from a sheet placed in front of him on the floor. Addressing the U.S. and European governments, he pleads for them to contact a named intermediary before it is too late.

“They have given me three days to live,” he says as a man holding an assault rifle and dressed in camouflage stands next to him. “If you don’t do anything, I’m finished. I’m dead. They will kill me.

Three days. You have had 20 days, and you’ve done nothing.”

He does not specify any demands, only urging Western governments to make contact with the intermediary.

Foley’s captors had demanded $132.5 million (100 million euros) from his parents and political concessions from Washington. Neither obliged, authorities say.

Betsy Sullivan, a cousin of Curtis, said intermediaries involved in negotiations threatened the family and made ransom demands of varying amounts. But the family said that ultimately they were assured by Qatari representatives than no money was paid for Curtis’ release.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that Qatar was encouraged not to pay a ransom.

His family said they believe Curtis was captured in October 2012, shortly after crossing into Syria.

“My heart is full at the extraordinary, dedicated, incredible people, too many to name individually, who have become my friends and have tirelessly helped us over these many months,” Curtis’ mother, Nancy Curtis, said in a statement from the family.

“Please know that we will be eternally grateful.”

The Obama administration used Curtis’ release to insist that it was determined to find those responsible for Foley’s death and pursue the release of other hostages.

“Theo Curtis, Jim Foley and other journalists travelled to Syria to shed light on the unspeakable horrors being committed against innocents - only to become victims of brutal forces unleashed and abetted by the conflict,” U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power said in a statement.

“So long as any American is held captive, the United States government will do everything in our power to bring them home safely.”

Curtis, under the Theo Padnos byline, has written for the New Republic and in 2011 wrote a book called “Undercover Muslim: A Journey Into Yemen,” which studied the radicalization of disaffected youths. His family said he changed his legal name to Peter Theo Curtis after publication of the book to make it easier to travel in Arab countries.

In another video from June 30, 2014, a man with a beard and disheveled hair identifies himself as Peter Theo Curtis from Boston, and says he is being treated well.

“I have everything I need. Everything has been perfect — food, clothing, even friends now,” he says.

He appears to be reading from a script.

In a statement, Kerry said that over the past two years, Washington had “reached out to more than two dozen countries asking for urgent help from anyone who might have tools, influence or leverage to help secure Theo’s release and the release of any Americans held hostage in Syria.”

FIRE

Continued from page 1 as the entity responsible for conducting certification through the National Board of Fire Service Professional Qualifications in the State of West Virginia.

“Education and training are vital to keeping firefighters safe across the state, especially since we tend to rely on volunteer firefighters in the more rural areas,” said Lanny Adkins, WVU Extension Service program coordinator in a press release. “We have

BOG

Continued from page 1 Having a representative of the student body is a unique attribute of WVU’s Board of Governors.

“State code dictates members of the board,” Campione said. “One of the things that we’re really lucky for at WVU

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President Barack Obama, center, and first lady Michelle Obama, left, walk with their daughter Malia, right, across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Sunday following their arrival on Marine One helicopter.

WASHINGTON (AP) — While in office, former President George H. W. Bush once plaintively asked, “What is it about August?”

Indeed, this sultry month usually associated with the doldrums of summer has burdened modern presidents with personal, domestic or international crises. And for President Barack Obama, who returned to Washington Sunday from a two-week Martha’s Vineyard vacation, what remains of the August calendar looks perhaps more daunting than when he left.

Islamic militants personalized their fight in Iraq and Syria by beheading American journalist James Foley.

Russia escalated tensions in Europe by moving artillery and troops on the Ukrainian border and pushing a convoy into the former Soviet republic without Kiev’s approval. And a Chinese fighter jet provocatively buzzed a Navy plane in international air space.

His arrival back in the nation’s capital came with one positive note — Sunday’s release of an American freelance journalist who had been held hostage by al-Qaida affiliates in Syria.

Still, Obama faces his own self-imposed end-ofsummer deadline for how to sidestep Congress on changes to U.S. immigration policies. And while racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police killing of an unarmed young black man have subsided, the St. Louis suburb remains under the White House’s wary gaze. Amid all that, he’ll give a speech to the American Legion in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday and raise money for Democrats in New York and Rhode Island on Friday.

He certainly is not the first commander in chief to find August so vexing.

President George H.W. Bush had to respond to Saddam Hussein’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Bill Clin-

ton admitted to an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinski in August of 1998 and days later ordered air strikes against terrorist bases in Afghanistan in retaliation for the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania earlier in the month.

For Obama, it’s the overseas trouble spots in Iraq and Syria and along Ukraine’s eastern border that present the president with his most immediate challenge — pushing U.S. allies beyond their comfort level to confront Russia and the Islamic State militants.

Obama, who has already ordered limited air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq, now must decide whether to expand that fight into Syria — a step he has previously been reluctant to take. “The president has not made a decision to pursue any military action in Syria,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday.

The U.S. has been in talks with Britain, France, Australia and Canada on how they can become more involved in confronting Islamic State by sharing intelligence, providing military assistance to Kurdish forces in Iraq and to moderate opposition forces in Syria, and if necessary, participating in military action. But direct use of force could be a tough request to make from countries that were part of NATO forces in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“In a lot of capitals there is retrenchment and they need the United States to lead them and pressure them so they can justify it to their own publics,” said Sam Brannen, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Pentagon official in the Obama administration.

One argument for engaging Europe in the fight against Islamic State is the growing number of Europeans among the militants, a

point reinforced by the British accent of Foley’s killer.

William McCants, a former senior adviser at the State Department on countering violent extremism, said that despite European reluctance to engage militarily, Foley’s beheading might make some reconsider.

“The beheading is not just a message to the Obama administration,” McCants, now a fellow at the Brookings Institution, said. “It’s also a message to all the Western governments that ‘we have some of your own fighting with us and we can unleash them on you back home.’”

Worries about such foreign fighters has grown to the point that Obama next month will chair a United Nations Security Council meeting devoted to the subject.

“We’re concerned about the ability of foreign fighters to come from Western countries and seek to come back,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser.

In the Ukrainian crisis, the European Union has already imposed tough economic sanctions on Russia, following the U.S. lead in the aftermath of the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine.

But any further escalations, such as the unauthorized Russian convoy that crossed the border on Friday, could prompt calls from the U.S. to further squeeze the Russian economy, a difficult pitch to make to Europeans whose own economies are more linked to Russia’s.

The convoy returned to Russia on Saturday, easing some of the immediate strain.

But NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the convoy crossing was especially troubling because it coincided “with a major escalation in Russian military involvement in Eastern Ukraine since midAugust, including the use of Russian forces.”

established history of providing training, and we’re proud to be able to help give the men and women the know-how to protect their communities.”

Certification from this nationally accredited entity is a statement of success, an indisputable mark of performance belonging to individual fire service professionals.

The West Virginia University Fire Service Extension is a leader in providing critical, high-quality training to the state’s emergency responders and will make a large impact on all

of America’s military during their training because of this new contract.

Firefighters everywhere serve as the first line of defense in emergencies well beyond fire and rescue operations. Other emergencies firefighters encounter are chemical spills, terrorist threats and weapons of mass destruction.

There is also a Junior Firefighter Camp run by the WVU Fire Extension Service program for future first responders. Campers participate in a variety of classroom and practical training scenarios includ-

ing personal protective equipment and self-contained breathing apparatuses, CPR, and many other emergency scenarios.

WVU Extension Service has many components other than the fire extension service, including experts in agriculture and natural resources, economic development, health, leadership, safety and youth development.

For more information on any of the WVU Extension Services visit, http://ext. wvu.edu.

compared to the rest of the nation is that we have a student member every year that is a voting member of the Board.”

By utilizing the student member, the Board can encourage all students to be more cognizant of the decisions that the Board is making.

“It affects students’ everyday lives, so we want

students to know of the decisions that the board makes,” Lofstead said.

Campione said student awareness is instrumental to help foster the University.

“Most of the decisions the board makes will never affect the current year. It will take effect a year out,” Campione said.

“So, I think it is really

important that students know what is going on so that they can give input onto where the University is headed.”

The Board of Governors meets every two months.

The next regular meeting will be held Sept. 19 at the Erickson Alumni Center.

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Tuesday August 26, 2014

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | 3

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Memoirs popular among current book releases NEW YORK (AP) — So many memoirs are coming out this fall, written in so many ways.

Neil Patrick Harris, for instance, decided that his early 40s was too young for a “life” story, even for a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor. So he has completed “Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography,” in which Harris steps back into the second person to allow you to imagine yourself onstage, on television, or, in November 2006, on edge as you prepare to tell the world you’re gay.

“I couldn’t wrap my mind around a structure that made sense to me - to pass on words of wisdom or to write some salacious tellall. My life hasn’t been like that,” Harris said during a recent interview.

“So I came upon this conceit of `choose your own adventure,’ to allow readers to choose which autobiography they were interested in.

You can have poignancy; you can have funny remembrances, or whatever path you want to follow.”

Lena Dunham of “Girls” fame has written “Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She’s `Learned,’” a non-advice advice book in which she hopes that readers will know when and when not to emulate “a girl with a keen interest in having it all.”

Amy Poehler’s “Yes Please” promises a “big juicy stew of personal stories, funny bits on sex and love and friendship and parenthood and real life advice.”

Keith Richards, having

Neil Patrick Harris poses with fiancé David Burtka at the 67th annnual Tony Awards. taken care of sex, drugs and rock `n’ roll in his millionselling “Life,” turns sentimental with the picture book “Gus and Me,” a tribute to his grandfather, musician Gus Dupree. Neil Young honors a favorite hobby in “Special Deluxe”: cars.

“Jimmy Page” is a “photographic autobiography” by the Led Zeppelin guitarist.

“Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story” is not entirely in his own words, alternating be-

tween first-person memories and third-person accounts by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author-journalist Rick Bragg.

Former President George W. Bush already has written a memoir, “Decision Points,” so for his new book (currently untitled) he tells the story of his father, George H.W. Bush. “Steve Jobs” author Walter Isaacson returns to the virtual world with “The Innovators: How a

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Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.”

Fiction readers can look forward to books from Stephen King, Janet Evanovich, John Grisham and David Baldacci, among others.

Anne Rice brings back the undead for “Prince Lestat: The Vampire Chronicles” and “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin shares some of the back story in “The World of Ice &

Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire).”

Some of the top literary writers also have books out.

David Mitchell of “Cloud Atlas” fame has written “The Bone Clocks” and fellow British novelist Ian McEwan’s latest is “The Children Act.” Hilary Mantel, a two-time Man Booker Prize winner for her novels about the court of King Henry VIII, names names in the 20th century with the story collection “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher.” Denis Johnson’s “The Laughing Monsters” is the author’s first full-length work of fiction since “Tree of Smoke” won the National Book Award in 2008. Marilynne Robinson returns to the Iowa setting of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning “Gilead” with “Lila.”

Six years ago, few noticed when Garth Stein had the bright idea to write a novel told from a dog’s point of view, “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” Thanks to 4 million copies sold, and more than three years on The New York Times’ best-seller list, Stein should have plenty of attention for “A Sudden Light,” which features a boy and a mansion.

“It’s what every writer dreams of, to be talked about as much as I was for `Racing in the Rain,’” Stein says. “But I’m a writer, and a writer’s got to write and I finally had to announce my retirement from `Racing in the Rain.’

As I said to my publisher, `I have to go in the cave. Don’t come in here. I’ll come out

of the cave when it’s time.”

For some books this fall, the bold-faced name isn’t the author.

“The Monogram Murders” is a new mystery featuring Agatha Christie detective Hercule Poirot. Christie gets star billing on the cover, but the writer, approved by the Christie estate, is Sophie Hannah. “Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot” offers a new case to solve for baseball starturned police chief Jesse Stone, the sleuth of nine novels by Parker, who died in 2010. The author this time is Reed Farrel Coleman.

Sidney Sheldon lives on, at least in name, through British author Tilly Bagshawe. Her latest is “Sidney Sheldon’s Chasing Tomorrow,” a novel written “in his inimitable Sheldon style,” Bagshawe promises on her website. Dick Francis died in 2010, but a new thriller is called “Dick Francis’s `Damage’” in U.S. editions.

The author’s son, Felix Francis, wrote the novel and prefers the British title: “Damage,” with FELIX FRANCIS printed above the title and “A Dick Francis Novel” at the bottom.

“It’s a Dick Francis novel in that it’s got horses and was written in the first person and the main character is both courageous and loyal,” Felix Francis said.

“I like the idea that I am giving my father immortality, or perhaps I am keeping his name alive.

I just hope that if it goes on it becomes a little bit smaller and mine a little bit bigger.”

Beyonce has a touching moment at the VMAs Rapper Marion ‘Suge’ Knight shot, witnesses wanted

They don’t call her Queen Bey for nothing.

Beyonce not only stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night with many of the world’s top female pop stars in attendance hustling for our attention, she used the moment to erase the cynical cloud around her family status with an adorable appearance by daughter Blue Ivy and doting husband Jay Z to finish off the night.

“MTV, welcome to my world,” Beyonce said near the top of her performance, and for the next 15 minutes it was a complete takeover.

The performance was mesmerizing television, from the seemingly endless medley of hits to the extended look at the adorable Blue Ivy, who wore a gold bow in her hair and clapped her hands and said, “Yea, Mommy,” after Jay Z carried her onstage while presenting her mother with MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.

Here’s a close up on the night’s most interesting moments. You know, the things we’ll be talking about Monday morning, for better or for worse: - Nicki All Night: Much of the focus prior to Beyonce’s arrival was on Nicki Minaj -

and her booty. She helped open the show with a snakethemed performance of “Anaconda” that included a lot of attention on Minaj’s most jiggly asset.

Then after what appeared to be an honest wardrobe malfunction during her subsequent team up with Ariana Grande and Jessie J “We ran out of time getting the dress zipped up,” she said afterward - things got really booty-centric when she joined Usher on stage for “She Came to Give It to You.” Usher dropped to his knee while playing the bass after Minaj appeared on stage, then banged his head against her rear end in a new version of the bump.

He leapt to his feet and gave her a smack before she walked away.

-The Front Row: You’ve got to feel bad for Riff Raff.

The Houston rapper arrived on the red carpet in a Lamborghini with Katy Perry in the passenger seat. But it was clear she was way more into Sam Smith, spending the night with the pop star’s arm draped over his shoulder.

Other unexpected pairs who spent the night seated together along the front row included Taylor Swift and Lorde, who celebrated their

friendship by dancing the night away together. Lorde even introduced Swift’s performance of “Shake It Off”: “On the surface, this next performer and I are nothing alike. She’s tall, blonde and doesn’t wear quite this much black. But we both base our art on the things that delight, terrify and confound us, and for that I’m grateful she exists.”

- Sam Slays: Perry wasn’t the only attendee fixated on Smith. The VMAs have a reputation for over-the-top moments, and there were plenty. But the quiet, commanding performance of “Stay With Me” by the British singer drew the night’s first and most sincere - standing ovation.

- Serious Moments: The VMAs aren’t known for political statements, but some of Sunday’s most memorable moments came with messages. Common asked for a moment of silence to remember 18-year-old Michael Brown, killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri: “The people in Ferguson and St. Louis and communities across the country have used their voices to call for justice and change to let everyone know that each and every one of our lives matters.”

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(AP) — Los Angeles County detectives are reviewing security camera footage and seeking witnesses to a shooting at a packed nightclub that injured three people, including Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight.

Sheriff ’s Sgt. Richard

Biddle said Monday that investigators believe as many as 20 people witnessed the gunfire early Sunday at 1OAK on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.

But he says no potential witnesses have come forward.

Detectives have not identified a suspect.

Knight and the two other victims were taken to a hospital for treatment and are expected to survive.

Knight’s Death Row Records was on the leading edge of rap music in the 1990s. He eventually declared bankruptcy and the label was auctioned off.

Prince to release new album, ‘Art Official Age’ while ‘Hit & Run’ tour comes to an end

Emmy Awards kick off with host Seth Myers LOS ANGELES (AP) — The red carpet at the Emmy Awards was filling up Monday as TV stars in elegant gowns and formal suits arrived at the Nokia Theatre and were met by a phalanx of screaming fans and reporters. “A lot of people being led, pushed and herded. I’m one of them,” joked Sarah Silverman.

Host Seth Meyers and Jesse Tyler Ferguson of “Modern Family” were two early arrivals Monday on the red carpet. Ferguson showed up in a black double-breasted suit to support his show’s attempt to tie “Frasier” as the all-time sitcom champ with five statuettes.

Others spotted include “Nashville” star Hayden Panettiere wearing a metallic gown that accentuated her baby bump; Colin Hanks, nominated for his FX drama “Fargo”; actress Christine Baranski from “The Good Wife”; Kate McKinnon of “Saturday Night Live”; and Kate Mulgrew from “Orange Is the New Black.”

“This is my first Emmys in 40 years. The feeling is indisputably a festive one,” said Mulgrew, whose other famous TV part was as Capt.

Kathryn Janeway in “Star Trek: Voyager.”

Mulgrew wasn’t along

representing her show. Taylor Schilling, in a slinky pale gown; Laverne Cox, in a dazzling white one; and Natasha Lyonne, in a black dress with lace arms, also thanked fans as they showed up.

The 66th prime-time Emmys air at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC. The ceremony moved from its usual Sunday home in September to avoid conflicts with “NBC Sunday Night Football” and MTV’s Video Music Awards, held Sunday.

Netflix’s freshman comedy series nominee “Orange Is the New Black” and sophomore drama series contender “House of Cards” could score breakthroughs as the first online shows to capture top Emmy Awards.

Among other potential history-making wins: - If “The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons is crowned as best comedy actor, it will be his fourth Emmy and put him in league with Kelsey Grammer and Michael J. Fox. - A victory for “Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston would give him a tie with fourtime best drama actor champ Dennis Franz.

- Matthew McConaughey, nominated for the drama series “True Detective,” will join an exclusive club if he wins, according to awards his-

torian Tom O’Neil, joining Helen Mirren, Helen Hunt, Liza Minnelli and George C. Scott as the fifth actor to win both an Emmy and Oscar in a single year. In March, McConaughey nabbed the best actor Academy Award for “Dallas Buyers Club.”

- “Scandal” star Kerry Washington would be in a class by herself if she receives the best drama series actress award, becoming the first African-American to conquer the category.

Although the Emmys are about celebrating the best of TV, they also include “in memoriam” tributes to industry members who died in the past year. Among those who will be remembered: Robin Williams, with Billy Crystal honoring his longtime friend and fellow comedian and actor.

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Prince performs on an episode of ‘New Girl.’

NEW YORK (AP) — Prince is releasing a new album on Sept. 30.

The pop icon announced Monday that he would release “Art Official Age” on Warner Bros. Records, the label Prince was signed to from 1978 to the mid-1990s, but later battled for the rights to his music.

He reached a deal with Warner in April, earning the rights to the music he recorded on the label.

Prince will also release the album “PlectrumElectrum” with his all-female band 3RDEYEGIRL on Sept. 30. Both albums are available for pre-order.

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described in a news release as a mix “of soul, R&B and funk.” It’s his first album since 2010’s “20Ten.” Prince released key projects like “Purple Rain,” `’1999,” `’Diamonds and Pearls” and “Around the World in a Day” on Warner. The agreement with the label comes years after his relationship with Warner soured as he failed to gain possession of the music he recorded for the label. Prince changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol and wrote the word “slave” on his cheek.

He also vowed to rerecord the 17 albums he released on the label and sell them

on his own.

After Warner, Prince began releasing music in 1996 over the Internet, and struck deals with Arista Records and Columbia Records, where he saw a comeback with the Grammy-winning “Musicology” in 2004.

His second upcoming album, “PlectrumElectrum,” will feature 3RDEYEGIRL, the band that includes guitarist Donna Grantis, drummer Hannah Ford Welton and bassist Ida Nielsen.

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A grand slam for Mon County

Who doesn’t love peanuts and Crackerjacks, 7th inning stretches and team chants? Well, more of America’s favorite sport is headed our way. Professional baseball is finally coming to Morgantown.

On Monday, the City of Granville, the Monongalia County Commission, and Monongalia View Developers announced the Jamestown Jammers, one of 14 short-season ClassA New York-Penn League clubs and affiliate to the Pittsburgh Pirates, will be relocating to Morgantown for the 2015 season. The team will use the in-progress Monongalia County Ballpark. Construction started in October 2013 with its groundbreaking.

This collaboration will do wonders for the City of Granville and the surrounding areas, includ-

ing Morgantown. Not only will we no longer have to sit in rush-hour traffic to get to Pittsburgh to see a pro game, but it will bring in visitors and out-of-town dollars to boost the local economy. Frank Coonelly, Pirates President, told MiLB.com the organization is absolutely thrilled to bring the Pirates to Morgantown.

The minor league team was founded in 1989, and hails from Jamestown, N.Y. Currently the Jammers’ mascot is “Bubba Grape, The Baseball Ape,” but once the team gets to town, it will be holding a contest for fans to determine the new mascot. So put your thinking caps on and get excited to see some up and coming Pirates stars. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Food insecurity hitting hard on college campuses emily torbett columnist @dailyathenaeum

The beginning of the fall semester brings with it the promise of a great new year at West Virginia University, but also growing expenses. From the rising cost of tuition and books to the often overwhelming price of rent and other living expenses, many students will likely find themselves with little wiggle room in their budgets. For some, this can mean cutting back on expensive social outings and opting for free public transit instead of paying for gas and parking passes, but for others, this could mean going hungry.

This year, more college students will experience food insecurity – the lack of ability to find or afford nutritious food – than ever before. This trend has much more serious consequences than you may think. A study published in the January 2014 edition of the “Journal of Nutrition Educa-

tion and Behavior” found that nearly 60 percent of students at a midsized university were threatened with food insecurity sometime during the previous year, and that figure is only expected to grow.

In fact, college students are four times more likely to experience this concern when compared to all U.S. households, although this problem has received scarcely any attention targeted toward the college demographic.

Several factors lead to food insecurity. The rising cost of school and living expenses is the most obvious, but also playing a major role is the growing number of first-generation and low-income students that are now attending college.

Many of those students may lack the family support they need. Even the working students who were studied (more than half of the students included worked an average of 18 hours per week) experienced food insecurity. In fact, working students were twice as

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Mark Talkington, a WVU political science student, gets food from The Rack in the Mountainlair. likely to be faced with the chosocial development. and it’s no wonder why.

Food insecurity is also diAccording to health problem.

Going hungry can have rectly correlated to poorer professionals, hunger alfar more consequences health and a lower grade most immediately leads to than a growling stomach. point average. Students headaches, dizziness and According to researchers experiencing food insecu- confusion, and lessens in, food insecurity during rity were far more likely to the ability to think clearly. college years (ages 19-24) have a GPA less than 3.1 Those experiencing huncould adversely affect cog- when compared to their ger often have difficulty nitive, academic, and psy- food secure classmates, sleeping and getting ade-

quate rest.

The prevalence and negative consequences of food insecurity among college students is nothing short of alarming. It is a very real issue that many are facing and needs to receive much more attention from school administrators and government officials. Additionally, those students facing financial difficulty leading to food insecurity should not let embarrassment keep them from speaking up and seeking out the help that they need.

WVU has made efforts to combat this growing trend and keep students from going hungry.

In fact, WVU has set up a free food pantry, The Rack, to help aid students facing hunger. Students are welcome to come to the Student Organization Office to visit The Rack and take what they need. Students and faculty are also welcome to come by and help stock the rack when possible, and donations are always accepted. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Study buddy your way to that A, a great study habit for everyone Francine fluetsch uc santa cruz

You know what’s boring?

Studying.

Unlike something concrete like homework, you never actually know when you’re finished with studying. Can you ever really be finished? Studying actually takes a while to master, which is weird because technically we have been doing it our whole lives.

Personally, I didn’t fully learn how to study until I got to college. I mean like really study. In high school you do have to study, but not as much as you should.

You know that your homework grade will pretty much guarantee your good grade, so studying for like half an hour will probably be fine there.

College is a whole different ballgame. Homework hardly counts for anything, and sometimes it doesn’t even count, leaving your grade to be determined by your ability on your midterms, finals and papers.

This is a daunting realization, especially when you are fresh out of high school. While there are many ways to approach studying, I have found

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that having a regular study buddy for homework and tests alike can be a great way to get things done and learn the material.

So why should you get a study buddy? Let’s take a look: You get your stuff done: Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I would meet with my friend to go over our German homework. We would either do it together, or if we were pressed for time, go over answers or figure out the main concept to really hard things.

Though sometimes I really wanted to take a nap instead of go and study, it really helped me get all my homework and study guides finished in about an hour, and left me with a lot more time to do other things.

Unlike German classes in the past, I now never had to stay up until midnight, stumbling over the translations and about ready to pull my hair out.

The key to getting a lot out of your study buddy is to make regular meetings and stick to them! Sure, sometimes life gets in the way and you have to skip, but try and go as much as you can.

You learn the material

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faster: Having to explain something to someone else causes you to think it out in a way that is easy to understand, helping both your study buddy and yourself.

Everyone has different strengths, which is what makes studying with someone else so wonderful. The things that you find difficult, they might have completely down, and vice versa.

You’ll be able to ask each other questions right then and there, instead of having to wait until the next time you see your professor.

It also helps when you

both find something confusing, because then you know it’s not just you and maybe the professor didn’t cover it enough. It’s always nice knowing someone else is in the same boat as you.

Tackling it together will most likely give you the results you are looking for, and if not, you at least have someone who will stay after class with you and talk to the professor.

A great friendship is born: You definitely want a study buddy who you get along with and is on a similar level as you. Study buddies might not always turn

into friendships, but if you are meeting regularly over coffee and helping each other through the class, chances are you will start to want to hang out outside of the study environment.

You’ll have someone to sit next to in class and someone to grab a snack with after class.

The best thing to do is keep your study group to only one or two study buddies. This makes it easier to plan meetings and keeps the stress of a bunch of people talking at once out of it.

Three can be really great because it’s still small, but gives you that one extra

person to bounce ideas off of. And you’ll gain two new friends along the way.

I’ve tried the larger group thing, and we hardly got any studying done. No one wanted to focus so we ended up talking about random things and while it was fun, it wasn’t very productive.

If you have a hard enough time getting yourself to focus, the last thing you want to do is put yourself in an environment where focusing will be out of the question.

You learn how to study: As mentioned before, there are many different methods to studying, and if you study with someone else, you can compare and contrast methods to see which you like best and will bring the best results.

They like flashcards?

Give it a go! You can both also use different methods and then have a friendly competition to see who did better on the midterm using which method.

As you can see, it is definitely worth your while to acquire a study buddy.

You’ll breeze through your homework, study more than you would otherwise for your exams, and gain a new friend. Happy studying!

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21 Gallop or canter 22 “By Jove!”

23 Cream of the crop 24 Like plugs vis-ˆ-vis outlets 25 Using only ones and zeros 28 __-cheap: for a song 29 Recipe amt.

32 Air freshener targets 33 Sighting in Douglas, Wyoming 35 Belgrade citizen 36 Singer Horne and actress Olin 37 Continental coin 38 Sighting in the Pacific Northwest 40 Grammy winner Carpenter 41 Pub brew 42 Christie’s “Death on the __” 43 Large crowds 44 Mani’s salon go-with 45 Uncovered 46 Find a new table for 49 Gaucho’s weapon 50 “__ the season ...”

53 One studying this puzzle’s sightings 56 “Je __, donc je suis”: Descartes 57 Corn unit 58 Shade of green from Ireland 59 Promotional ploy 60 Skid row affliction 61 Lauder of cosmetics Down 1 Run the kingdom 2 Electron home 3 Webster’s, e.g.: Abbr.

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13 Camera types, for short 18 “A snap!”

19 Missouri range 23 Potato chip flavor, briefly 24 Prophet whose name sounds like a mineral 25 __ nova: Brazilian music genre 26 Exemplary 27 Viking language 28 Hula or hora 29 Travels with the band 30 Binge 31 Lowly laborers 33 Beijing-born martial arts actor 34 Apartment contract 36 Stopped the ship, in nautical lingo 39 Still on the plate 40 Bar sing-along 43 Expanse near the Capitol, with “the” 44 Coke competitor 45 Churlish types 46 Sales slip: Abbr.

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49 Tub toy 50 Pinball foul 51 __ of Wight 52 Eye sore 54 Last letter, in Leeds 55 Some refrigerators

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fortunately, you could trigger some strong reactions, especially from Born today This year you have those closest to you. Make an effort the ability to understand people to be more forthright when dealing with more sensitivity. As a result, you with others. Tonight: Act as if the will be far more nurturing than you weekend is just beginning. have been in the past. You will need TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH to partake in some form of meditation in order to reduce your stress. If Continue spending time at home, you are single, approach a new love and treat yourself to whatever makes interest carefully, as he or she could you happy. A partner could be unbe emotionally unavailable. This sit- usually withdrawn. It is important uation might occur more than once. not to react to this behavior; instead, If you are attached, the two of you just let this person work through it. have a unique opportunity to clear He or she will need your stability. Toup a difficult problem. By letting night: Order in. your guard down, you will accept your sweetie more and understand GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH him or her much better. LEO makes Understand what is happening with a great doctor for you. a relative. You could be exhausted by listening to what he or she has to ARIES (March 21-April 19) say. You are full of high energy, and HHHH A loved one might see you’ll want to go join others. Make you as being full of surprises. Un- a difficult conversation short and

sweet, for everyone’s sake. Tonight: Talk over munchies.

than you might believe is possible. going on. Tonight: Could go till the Do your best to avoid resorting to wee hours. sarcasm and criticism. In the long CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH run, you know you can’t take back SAGIT TARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. You could be overwhelmed by a words that have been said. Tonight: 21) HHHH Greet the morning need to make your point. Your cre- All smiles. with phone calls to those you ofativity is likely to soar to an unprecLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH ten don’t have time to chat with. edented level, but only if you can get past a self-imposed restriction. Join friends as soon as possible. You might need to deal with some Avoid getting into an argument with You might need to straighten out withheld anger so that it doesn’t a money matter first; otherwise, it erupt and ruin your day with a a loved one. Tonight: Your treat. could prevent you from enjoying dear friend. Be aware of your inLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You yourself. A loved one’s unexpected ner voice. Tonight: Rent a movie. might be more willing than other action might delight you way more people to pursue a unique course. than you are willing to admit. ToTry to incorporate a jealous or irri- night: Only where the crowds are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) table roommate or family member HHHHH Deal with a loved one into your plans. Both of you will be directly. In fact, you will be best happier as a result. Tonight: There’s SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH off dealing with everyone you enno stopping you.

Be willing to take a stand, yet be counter today on a one-on-one open to hearing the other side of level. Much could happen, and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH a discussion. If you feel isolated or a better understanding will be How you deal with someone could limited, you could become angry. reached. Let a family member be affect the relationship much more Try to take responsibility for what is unpredictable. Tonight: At home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Others will come forward, which will allow you to relax. Someone you look up to could be negative and/or hostile right now. Try to avoid internalizing this person’s message. Tonight: Enjoy the one you are with.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HH Pace yourself -- you have a lot to do.

At the same time, you might want to squeeze in some fun. Someone at a distance might not be returning your calls. Don’t make assumptions. When you catch up with this person, he or she will share what has occurred. Tonight: Get some rest.

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VMAs: What you missed

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VMAs bring together artists, music lovers Hannah Harless CORRESPONDENT @Dailyathenaeum

From the opening performance by Ariana Grande, Jesse J, and Nicki Minaj to Beyonce’s 20-minute final performance, today’s top musicians put on a one of a kind show at MTV’s Video Music Awards.

In case you missed it, here is a recap of the 31st annual VMAs. While most tuned in to watch live performances, the sincere moments from Miley Cyrus’s acceptance of “Video of the Year” and the appearance of power family Jay-Z, Beyonce, and daughter Blue Ivy stole the show.

While Cyrus is known around the world for her controversial per formances, one might have been surprised by her taking a back seat at this show.

Instead, Cyrus had a formerly homeless man, who identified himself as “Jesse,” accept her Moonman statuette to bring

awareness to the “54,000 human beings that have no place to call home” in Los Angeles.

“I’ve survived in shelters all over the city,” Jesse said. “I’ve been an extra in your movies, I’ve been an extra in your life.”

The heartfelt speech left the audience in awe and Cyrus in tears.

Another highlight was Beyonce’s 20-minute closing performance where she performed her memorable hits. The performance had everyone in the audience on their feet.

As the performance came to an end, Jay-Z, carrying Blue Ivy, presented the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award to Beyonce as she gratefully accepted.

Jay-Z said Beyonce is “the greatest living entertainer.”

The performances of the night were composed of the hottest hits America has been singing along to all summer, and as anticipated, truly came to life onstage.

Nicki Minaj returned to the limelight with a per-

Nicki Minaj performs her new single, ‘Anaconda,’ during the VMAs. formance of her new single “Anaconda.”

Minaj’s performance brought audiences to a jungle, but this time, Minaj ditched the snakes.

E! News reported that one of Minaj’s backup dancers was bitten by a boa constrictor during a rehearsal.

Another standout performance was Taylor

wildly catchy pop tune.

While the video for this song caused a lot of buzz on the internet, the performance was very classy, giving a nod to her birth in the year 1989.

Although sounding modern, the performance brought the audience back in time with a glamorous and gleaming wardrobe and set.

Ariana Grande also captured attention during the show performing twice.

Once for her new single “Break Free” and the another alongside Nicki Minaj and Jessie J in the song “Bang Bang.”

Grande also took home the award for best pop video with her song, “Problem,” featuring Iggy Azalea.

Other notable performances included those

by Maroon 5, Sam Smith, Usher, 5 Seconds of Summer, Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora. A much anticipated photo montage tribute to Robin Williams played, set businessinsider.com to Coldplay’s song, “A Sky Full of Stars.”

As always, The Daily Swift’s debut of her new Athenaeum will keep single, “Shake it Off.” you updated as the Swift has branched out award show s eas on from the country music progresses. genre with this new song.

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‘Sin City’ sequel delivers action TATTUESDAY Westley Thompson

A&E Writer @DailyAthenaeum

««««« Nine years after the first “Sin City” was released, audiences return to Frank Miller’s corrupt city for a second go at crime, intrigue, passion and violence.

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” like the first installment, is a movie comprised of smaller stories.

Each story is relatively independent from the others, usually taking place at different times

and featuring different characters.

The one common thread through the different plot lines is Sin City itself, a corrupt, urban environment consisting of sprawling ghettos and projects, dirty cops and enough strip bars to keep Charlie Sheen entertained for weeks.

The city itself acts as a character in the movie, choking the other characters with its inescapable and soiling influence.

By far, the most striking aspect of “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is its artistic style.

The movie is highly styl-

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ized. It’s almost entirely filmed in black and white, with the exception of certain objects, like a character’s eyes or a woman’s dress, which are given a bright hue.

The entire movie is a nod to old crime noir novels and movies with a modern spin.

A particularly subtle touch was the use of light boxes on the characters’ eyes. This method of projecting a small rectangle of light over the actor’s eyes was used in the earlier days of Hollywood to increase attention given to the actor’s face.

In “Sin City” this adds to the crime noir effect.

The film style also gives the movie a very graphic, comic book feel. Certain frames consist only of silhouettes and outlines, black against white.

Often times, objects in the background become silhouettes as well.

All of these different graphic nuances come together to create an impressive and sleek looking film.

“A Dame to Kill For” features all of the gratuitous violence and nudity one would come to expect from a joint project

by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez.

Fight scenes in the film are gloriously over the top, with gun shots and punches knocking characters back great distances.

The heroes survive wounds that would kill a man 10 times over, while the villain’s horde of goons collapse like paper dolls at the slightest impact.

Everything from the standard fist and pistol, to the exotic crossbow and sword, are used to kill.

All of these things, from the art, the violence and characters, serve to make this one very entertaining movie.

“A Dame to Kill For” doesn’t try to raise awareness about a social issue, nor for any political motivation. It knows it’s an action movie, and that’s what it delivers. It’s over-the-top and awesome because it wants to be.

Ridiculous things happen, like katana and machine gun wielding escorts, people surviving shots to the head and coming back with a vengeance, and more.

But that’s OK, because “Sin City”’s main goal is to be cool, and it certainly does a fine job of that. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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O-line must start strong Saturday The amount of story lines that can be discussed entering Saturday’s season opener for West Virginia University against No. 2 Alabama is tremendous. But for me, one story line reigns above the rest for the Mountaineers: The offensive line.

WVU’s offensive line will have no time to waste once Saturday afternoon rolls around and the Mountaineers are quickly eye-to-eye with 2013’s No. 5 total defensive squad in the nation.

But still, second-year WVU offensive line coach, Ron Crook, said between he and his returning players, the Mountaineers have a chance to silence the critics in 2014.

“The biggest thing right now is that they trust each other very well, and they’re comfortable with each other because they’ve been together for a while now,” Crook said.

“They are an athletic group.

They’ve got good quickness, but they also have good power surges. There are a lot of things that they’re doing well together right now.”

However, confidence can only carry this Mountaineer squad so far, right?

In 2013, Alabama finished the season ranked No. 7, but the Tide could have easily made it to the BCS National Championship game if not for one extremely costly play against Auburn in late November. The Crimson Tide defense allowed 10 or fewer points in nine of their 13 games.

When the Tide won the BCS National Championship in the 2012-13 season, its defense allowed 14 or fewer points in 11 of the 14 games during their second consecutive national title run.

OK, so Alabama’s defense knows how to play some football.

But Mountaineer offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Shannon Dawson said although he’d like to see the offensive line continue to get better, his offense can still play some ball too.

“I still don’t think we are as deep up front as we need to be, but we’re deep enough.

We’re probably as deep as we been,” he said. “We need to get seven or eight in a rotation. I never had as many as 10, but typically you have a starting five and at least two guys that can bump.”

Depth will be needed up front to help give some added cushion to redshirt senior quarterback Clint Trickett.

Trickett, who will ultimately be responsible for how WVU’s match up with the Tide will go, said he’s learned a lot from his first year on the squad and feels fully recovered from his shoulder surgery.

But will that be nearly enough for who and what he may encounter in just a few days?

Dawson said he believes it will be.

“A year makes a big difference in the make-up of a quarterback. There’s no doubt,” he said.

“It has a lot to do with experience around him too (and) having a lot of capable bodies around you at quarterback helps, especially up front. Those five guys are doing a great job up front, which makes our job a lot easier.”

Though the WVU offensive line and coaches remain positive heading into game one, a few mishaps early on against the Tide by any part of the WVU squad, and 2014 can easily turn into an extremely long and tiring season for the Mountaineers. anthony.pecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

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Director of Athletics Oliver Luck addresses the media Monday.

Director of Athletics Luck announces professional baseball coming to Morgantown by anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

West Virginia Director of Athletics Oliver Luck called it a “historic occasion” as he announced the shortseason Class-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates is moving to Morgantown.

The Jamestown Jammers, who currently play in Jamestown, N.Y., will be making a three and a half hour drive south to relocate to their new home at the brand new Monongalia County Ballpark beginning in the 2015 season.

The ballpark, which broke ground Oct. 17 at the University Towne Centre, has been labeled with

a price tag of $21 million.

Even with barely anything physical to show for it yet, those involved showed a great deal of excitement during Tuesday’s announcement.

Robert Rich, owner of the Jamestown Jammers and chairman of the multibillion dollar Rich Productions Corporation company, said having his team move to the Mountain State was something he’s always wanted.

“We’re extremely excited to find a state-of-the-art home for our team here in Morgantown, West Virginia and to partner with everyone at West Virginia University,” Rich said.

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park, which will seat 2,500, will also be the home the Mountaineers beginning in the 2015 season. With multiple teams beginning to use the state-of-the-art facility just months apart from each other, Luck said the excitement coming to the area is huge.

“On behalf of West Virginia University, we’re delighted to have Rich Baseball as part of the sports fabric of West Virginia,” he said. “We’re looking forward to a long and productive relationship.”

By having players who have recently entered the Pirates system begin their Minor League days in Morgantown, Rich said the fans are the foremost important

element to an overall great experience for both fans and players.

“We’re about giving the fans what they want by giving them a great entertainment form,” he said.

Eldon Callen, a Monongalia County Commissioner, said the opportunity of being just months away from welcoming professional baseball to this area of West Virginia is something he never thought was possible.

“Two and a half years ago, I never though this day would come,” he said.

Callen said he has extreme passion when it comes to the game of baseball. He said imagining himself bringing his

2-year-old grandson to the ballpark as he grows up makes Callen beyond happy.

Pat O’Connor, Minor League Baseball CEO and President, said after seeing the facility first-hand Tuesday, he has no doubt the ballpark will not just be a great one, it will be one of the best Minor League baseball facilities in the country.

Although the current name of the Pirates affiliate is the Jamestown Jammers, the team will be holding a naming contest for fans to help with the selection of the club’s new name during the fall. anthony.pecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

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Banks’ suspension to test WVU’s depth

By Connor Murray Sports Editor @ConnorKMurray

West Virginia’s depth is being put to an immediate test. Due to an academic issue, the NCAA has suspended redshirt senior cornerback Ishmael Banks for the first three games of WVU’s season.

Banks has been reinstated to the team, however, and will be allowed to practice with the Mountaineers between now and when West Virginia kicks off its Big 12 schedule against Oklahoma Sept. 20.

“He’ll be back for the Oklahoma game and the remainder of the Big 12 schedule after that. So we’re glad that he got it resolved and thank the NCAA for their ruling on that,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen.

The most experienced member of the Mountaineer secondary, Banks was slotted into a starting role before the suspension.

With Banks sidelined, Holgorsen said the Mountaineers have several experienced backups who can fill the second corner role.

“Terrell Chestnut has been playing well. He’s going to take snaps. Tra-

vis Bell has been playing well, and he’s going to take snaps. Jaylon Myers is a full go. He’s still learning because he was late to camp, but he’s ready to go.

“Ricky Rumph is back and healthy. He’s doing a good job. We’ve got bodies at corner. We’ve got bodies that have played. We’ve just got to see how they respond,” Holgorsen said.

Of the options Holgorsen mentioned, Bell is the most experienced. The redshirt senior has played in 39 games for West Virginia and started 10. He played nine games at cornerback for the Mountaineers during the 2013 season.

Rumph played in nine games during the 2013 season. He missed some time with an injury during camp, but as Holgorsen said, he is healthy and will try to help fill the void left

by Banks.

Chestnut has seen action at cornerback and special teams in the past.

He played in 10 games during the 2013 season, but did not start.

Myers came to WVU in the off-season after transferring from Hutchinson Community College.

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While West Virginia has plenty of options to turn to at the second cornerback spot, Holgorsen said only live game action will show who is most prepared.

“You get to a point in camp where you’re not going to get a whole lot better. You really don’t know what you have until you get them under the lights and you get them into live situations where you see how they respond,” he said.

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WVU’s Steadman earns starting spot

By Ryan Petrovich Sports Correspondant @DailyAthenaeum

After battling all preseason to win the starting goalkeeping job, junior Hannah Steadman got the nod in West Virginia’s season opener last weekend.

“It definitely feels great.

It’s what I’ve been working for. It boosts my confidence and it shows my back line that I can play for them,” Steadman said.

Steadman battled alongside senior Katie Osterman

and redshirt freshman Michelle Newhouse this offseason. Even though Steadman edged them out and won the job, she said that she owes a lot of credit to her teammates.

“I owe a lot to the other goal keepers,” Steadman said. “They pushed me.”

In West Virginia’s season opener, the Mountaineers gave up an early lead to the No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions. West Virginia trailed 3-0 going into the second half and ultimately fell 3-1.

Despite letting three shots

into the net, Steadman said she wasn’t down on herself at all. In fact, she said she was actually quite pleased with her performance.

“It was a great game between the two of us,” Steadman said. “We went down 3-0 in the first half, but in the second we showed we could hang with a team like Penn State. It was no personal discouragement for me. I’m pretty happy with myself. There are just a few small changes to make, nothing major.”

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opener to Penn State was quickly erased from the Mountaineers’ minds as they managed to pick up a win against Missouri just two days later.

Trailing yet again, the Mountaineers made a comeback victory and downed the Tigers 3-2.

“I can’t tell you how hard we fought. We knew we weren’t walking off the field without a win,” Steadman said. “Penn State was a wake up call. (The game against Missouri) was a pride-check.”

Steadman finished the

game against the Nittany Lions giving up three goals and having just one save. Against the Tigers, she allowed just two goals and saved five shots. She played the full 90 minutes in both matches.

The Mountaineers display a 1-1 record and will look to avoid falling below .500 as they host No. 18 Duke in the team’s first home match of the season.

Steadman and company will try to get off to a better start than they did the last two matches. Surrendering an early lead to a nationally

ranked opponent is something head coach Nikki IzzoBrown deemed unacceptable following the loss to Penn State.

Duke will enter the matchup with an 0-2 record for the first time since 1996. Despite the 0-2 record, the Blue Devils will still be another early test for West Virginia.

West Virginia and Duke will kick off on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Ohio State senior QB Braxton Miller is out for the entire 2014 season.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A week after the loss of three-year starting quarterback Braxton Miller, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is going through final preparations for the Buckeyes’ opener on Saturday against Navy.

He says his team is ready.

“Oh, yeah. If you have good players, a good team (then you’re excited),” he said, pausing before joking, “I’ll fake it sometimes, if you don’t have a good team.

“But I can tell you this: I think we got a good team.”

Meyer disclosed that Miller, a two-time Big Ten player of the year and on the short list of Heisman Trophy frontrunners, will have surgery on the torn

labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder on Tuesday.

Dr. James Andrews, renowned for his work with athletes, will perform the operation.

Normally, this would be a week of celebration for Miller, who was hurt a week ago in practice.

He was voted a team captain, along with tight end Jeff Heuerman, defensive lineman Michael Bennett and two unrelated players named Grant – defensive back Doran Grant and linebacker Curtis Grant.

Instead, Miller will miss Saturday’s game while recovering from the surgery taking place in Gulf Breeze, Florida. He is not expected to return to the field until next August.

J.T. Barrett, a redshirt

freshman who has never taken a collegiate snap, will start in his place. He will be backed by redshirt sophomore Cardale Jones, who has thrown a total of two passes in his Ohio State career.

Both may see action, although Barrett has a slight edge.

“It was thrust upon us pretty quickly because in my heart I thought Braxton would be ready to go. I didn’t envision this,” Meyer said. “I thought, man, this would be a really close battle for the backup spot.

J.T. is the starting quarterback, but there’s not a big separation.”

The Buckeyes still have several other spots up for grabs.

Meyer said Billy Price,

Joel Hale and Antonio Underwood were fighting for the starting job at left guard, the one starting cornerback would be either Gareon Conley or Eli Apple and that Jacoby Boren and Alabama transfer Chad Lindsay continue to challenge for the starting center spot. In addition, there are six players in the widereceiver derby but only three will start the game at M&T Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.

A lot of the talk after Monday’s practice dealt with Barrett and picking up the slack for the loss of Miller.

Taylor Decker, the only returning starter on the line at left tackle, likes what he’s seen so far out of Barrett. But also recognizes

that the rest of the team must bear a little bit more of the burden with such a new player at the controls.

“He’s been taking the reins of the offense,” Decker said. “He’s stepped up, he’s voiced up and he’s kind of taken control. That’s good to see that he’s not going to back down from it. Him being a young guy and not have a lot of experience, we just have to make him look better. The line has to play that much harder protecting and the receivers have to make plays until he gets comfortable.”

Wide receiver Evan Spencer believes that many won’t be able to notice a substantial difference on Saturday. Barrett’s last complete season was as a junior at Rider High

School in Wichita Falls, Texas, three years ago.

“We’re running the same offense (as last year),” he said. “There’s only so many ways to scheme up things.

He’s very mobile, and he can make all of throws on the field. It’s going to be different, but at the same time when you see us out there this week a lot of stuff will look pretty similar.”

Meyer – this time he wasn’t kidding – said he was enthused about where the Buckeyes are mentally and physically with the start of the season looming.

“I like where we’re at, especially after today’s practice, and I like how they responded to Braxton’s injury,” he said. “So I think we’re pretty ready.”

Jets suspend CB Dimitri Patterson ‘indefinitely’ FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) – Dimitri Patterson ended his puzzling absence after 48 hours, but his future with the New York Jets is now uncertain.

The Jets “indefinitely” suspended the veteran cornerback Monday af-

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“Obviously, Dimitri felt he acted appropriately, but until we discussed it last night, you don’t understand,” Idzik said.

“And, to be honest, we’re still trying to understand all that went behind it. So, I would rather not characterize it.”

Idzik added that the “indefinite” suspension will be “brief,” but the 31-year-old Patterson will face more discipline once the team has gathered all the facts. Patterson wasn’t on the practice field Monday.

“It’ll give us a little time to gather more information around what led to his behavior,” Idzik said. “I think that way, we’ll feel like we’ll make a very well-informed decision as to what discipline will be forthcoming — and there will be discipline involved.”

Idzik wouldn’t speculate whether that could result in further suspension, fines or Patterson being released. Ryan said “it’s safe to say” he has never been involved in a situation in which a player didn’t show up for a game.

“I don’t want to say anything one way or the other about the situation because it’s a serious situation,” Ryan said after practice. “How I feel, whatever, I’ll just leave as private thoughts right now.”

Patterson was with the team last Thursday night at a walkthrough practice at Hofstra University. Idzik said he was also at meetings, a walkthrough and the pregame meal Friday, but didn’t show for the preseason game against the Giants at MetLife Stadium.

Patterson, who has been dealing with ankle, calf and quadriceps injuries

all summer, was expected to play against the Giants, but it was uncertain how much. He gave the Jets no warning he would leave the team, and no one in the organization knew if Patterson was even OK physically until his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, was able to confirm that Saturday.

Idzik announced that Patterson had gone missing during a conference call Sunday. A few hours later, Patterson, through Rosenhaus, told Idzik he would return to the facility that night to speak to them.

“The conversations we had with Dimitri will remain private,” Idzik said.

“He presented what led up to that, and basically last night was a listening session for Rex and for me, to understand what went into it. Now that the lines of communication are open, there will be two-

way discourse now, which I think will be healthy.”

In a text message to ESPN’s Josina Anderson, Patterson said he was OK, but took issue with reports that said he was AWOL, calling them “comical.”

When told of Patterson’s comments, Idzik said: “I’ll just say, he left and we didn’t hear from him until we saw him yesterday evening.”

Patterson’s teammates said they had no idea he was going to not show up for the game, and they were surprised to hear he was nowhere to be found.

“Dimitri’s a great person and I never expected him not to show for the game,” cornerback Darrin Walls said. “I’ve never known him to miss anything. He’s always on time and he’s always present for everything else, so to not see him was kind of a shock.”

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Alabama quarterbacks Blake Sims (6), Jacob Coker (14) and Alec Morris (11) listen to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Lane Kiffin.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban is keeping Alabama’s quarterback situation shrouded in as much mystery as possible.

The second-ranked Crimson Tide’s coach said Monday that no decision has been made on whether Jake Coker or Blake Sims would start Saturday against West Virginia in Atlanta, or if both would play.

Saban did employ a baseball analogy involving Yankees manager and friend Joe Girardi to indicate that the starter won’t be guaranteed of going the distance whatever the plan going into the game.

“I mean, Joe Girardi tells (Masahiro) Tanaka

he’s starting in the game, he’s not telling him he’s going to pitch nine innings,” Saban said. “Does he tell them that or does he just pitch until he doesn’t pitch well anymore?”

Of course, the goal is not to need a bullpen as the season progresses.

Coker and Sims are vying to replace Heisman Trophy runner-up AJ McCarron, who went through a similar situation in 2011.

McCarron started the opener against Kent State and alternated every few series with Phillip Sims.

Both were intercepted twice in the first game but McCarron was awarded the starting job the next

game against Penn State, and wound up helping the Tide win the next two national titles.

That’s the big question facing new Alabama quarterbacks these days: Can he lead the Tide to the title?

“Both of those guys are capable of leading us to the national championship,” fullback Jalston Fowler said. “We just have to support them and be behind them and make sure they’re confident and have that confidence every week no matter who is playing.”

Sims has the advantage of experience in Alabama’s offense after two seasons as McCarron’s backup and

one as a running back.

He’s still only attempted 39 passes in two seasons and both quarterbacks are working with new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin.

Coker didn’t arrive in Tuscaloosa until May. He left Florida State after last season when Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy and led the Seminoles to a national title.

Saban said know-how often comes before confidence not the other way around.

“We say players play without confidence, but to think that a guy can play with confidence when he doesn’t yet have knowl-

edge is almost, like, stupid,” Saban said. “A player has to be able to develop knowledge and understanding of what he’s supposed to do for him to really have confidence in doing it.

“Young players struggle with this and somebody at the quarterback position who is in a new system, terminology and all that, that’s got to be a bit of a factor.”

He said both contenders have done “a very, very good job.”

Whoever wins will have a strong supporting cast led by tailbacks T.J. Yeldon, Derrick Henry and Kenyan Drake and receivers Am-

ari Cooper and Christion Jones. They’ll also have a freshman left tackle since Cam Robinson is listed as the starter in the depth chart released Monday.

Tide players measured their words carefully on the quarterback situation but said it hasn’t been a distraction and both candidates are helping each other out.

“They both push each other and they’re both getting better day by day,” right tackle Austin Shepherd said. “I think that kind of helps, but we honestly have no idea who’s going to start yet. I’m just happy to see both of those guys succeeding and doing well.”

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Pittsburgh sends down struggling Gregory Polanco

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are hoping Gregory Polanco can use a little time out of the spotlight to fix his swing.

Pittsburgh sent the 22-year-old rookie outfielder back to Triple-A Indianapolis on Monday, believing a week in the minors will help Polanco break out of his freefall.

Polanco made his major league debut on June 10

and recorded at least one hit in his first 11 games but has slumped since the AllStar break. He is just 1 for 30 since Aug. 13, with his batting average dipping to a season-low .241.

The Pirates plan to recall Polanco when rosters expand next week provided he works his way back.

“The timing is off in his swing and I don’t think the best way to spend the next

week was with him sitting on the bench,” Hurdle said.

“This will give him an opportunity to get down, get some at-bats and get out of the spotlight that is here ... so he can help this ballclub in September in a very positive fashion.”

Hurdle gave Polanco a few days off last week but it provided no immediate dividends. Polanco went 0 for 3 in a 4-3 loss to Milwaukee

on Sunday.

Polanco’s slump coincided with a surge from reserve outfielder Travis Snider, who is hitting .319 with six home runs and 18 RBIs since the All-Star break entering Monday night’s game against St. Louis.

Snider excelled as a pinch hitter before becoming a regular in the lineup over the last three weeks. Hurdle wasn’t certain Polanco

would benefit from serving in the same role while he tried to tinker with his swing.

“We want him to go down there and he’ll get an opportunity to have four to five atbats a night without magnification on him,” Hurdle said. “We want him to keep it simple, ‘Get your foot down early, get your barrel to the ball, hit it where it’s pitched and come back

Sept. 2 and help us.’”

Tabata hit .289 in 62 games with the Pirates earlier this season but has spent most of the summer in Indianapolis following Polanco’s promotion.

“I know I’ve got to do my job, got to work more 100 percent, 200 percent,” Tabata said. “You know it’s frustrating sometimes but if you’re not strong, you’re done.”