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In its second meeting since taking office, the new Student Government Association administration appointed members to new executive positions within the organization, and the Board of Governors heard the first reading of a constitutional amendment that, if passed, will overhaul the current operations of the student legislative group.

The constitutional

amendment would redesignate the BOG and governors as a senate with senators and would add a legislative branch comprised of two representatives from the nine academic colleges at West Virginia University.

“The whole reason we want to do the (elections like this) is because there’s always this massive turnover every year I think causes a lot of the problems we see in SGA,” said Julie Merow, student body president.

The motivation for this

upheaval of SGA’s operations is to make this turnover smoother, and hopefully accomplish more.

Currently, members of the organization start to focus on elections for the BOG in the beginning of the spring semester, Merow said. Consequently, progress and initiatives made by the Board tend to drop during this time. The representatives would govern for a year starting Nov. 1, while the senators would serve the same term members of the BOG currently do,

starting and ending each spring.

By having the student representatives hold office through the process, stability can persist for the legislative body, Merow said.

The amendment would also change the position of Athletic Counselor, making them voting senators focused on athletics in the University.

The college representatives would hold the same power as those on the senate, however, they would not be able to vote

on constitutional amendments because only individuals elected by the entire student body should be able to vote on policies affecting the student body, Merow said.

“I think SGA is just kind of at the point that the students have said, ‘You know, something has got to give. There has to be some change,’” Merow said.

Trevor Kiess, SGA chief of staff, said hopefully the election of the student

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A CLEAR IMAGE OF SUCCESS

NAACP Image Awards recognizes student, faculty accomplishments across campus by tessa iglesias staff writer @dailyathenaeum

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Asia Mills performs at Monday night’s West Virginia University NAACP Image Awards.

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The audience watches a performance during Monday night’s WVU NAACP Image Awards.

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The West Virginia University chapter of the NAACP hosted its fifth annual Image Awards show last night.

The organization was founded in 1909 to combat social injustices happening to people of color, such as lynching and segregation.

The award show is held to recognize high achieving faculty, staff and organizations on campus who have worked to uplift the WVU community. This black tie awards show was held at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms and was followed by a V.I.P. reception dinner for those who made a $5 donation.

This awards show mimics the national NAACP chapter, which hosts its own Image Awards, a presentation honoring outstanding people of color in various fields such as film and sports.

“Our NAACP chapter has done wonderful things in helping us diversify our University, they set a very high standard for engagement, they’ve had wonderful leadership,” said University President E. Gordon Gee. “I think it’s been one of the really positive, constructive student groups we’ve had on campus.”

There were 11 awards presented to recipients, as well as musical performances by Chris Allen, Asia Mills and edU. The recipients of the awards were WVU Men’s Basketball player, Jaysean Paige for male student athlete of the year; WVU Women’s basketball player, Bria Holmes for female student athlete of the year; the African Students Association for student organization of the year; The Mountaineer Tutoring Network for leading organization in service; Assistant director of the Student Engagement and Leadership office, Kim Harrison for administrator of the year; integrated marketing communications graduate student, Kenah Lyons for graduate student of the year; exercise physiology major, Savannah Lusk for rising mountaineer; Professor Daniel Brewster for professor of the year and champion of change; communication studies student and SGA member, Andrews Sutherland for student leader of the year.

The awards were not limited to recipients of color, but were open to any student, faculty or organization that received a nomination. The NAACP chapter at WVU not only uplifts the black community, but the entire campus community.

Junior WVU student Tinia Jeffers said having an NAACP chapter is important to WVU’s diversity.

“The black community is really small here so basically it’s a way for us to get out there and be known, especially at a predominantly white school,” Jeffers said.

After the awards, Jihad Dixon, NAACP chapter president was presented with the Outstanding Service and Commitment Award and gave his farewell speech.

“I think every person wants to know they’re valued and recognized,” Gee said. “I think the opportunity for our minority communities to be recognized for doing good work and good deeds is important.”

West Virginia University student Savannah Lusk accepts the Rising Mountaineer award at Monday night’s WVU NAACP Image Awards.

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discrimination proposed across country Legislation has been proposed in states across the country to protect those who - due to religious beliefs - decline to employ or serve certain people. Critics say the laws are aimed at the LGBT community and are discriminatory. Recent laws denounced as discriminatory in North Carolina and Mississippi has prompted a growing backlash from opponents.

Here’s a look at legislation around the country: ALABAMA Alabama lawmakers are pushing a measure to prevent the state from refusing to license childcare service providers who decline services that conflict with their religious beliefs. Religious organizations contract with the state to provide some childcare services, and opponents of the proposal have argued that the bill could be used to exclude gay and lesbian couples from adopting children or being foster parents. The proposal comes after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down an Alabama Supreme Court order that invalidated a lesbian couple’s adoption in Georgia.

ALASKA In Alaska, bills barring discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity have gone nowhere since being introduced last year.

Bills in the House and Senate would allow clergy to refuse to solemnize a marriage without being subject to criminal or civil liability but so far have not gotten legs. The legislative session is scheduled to end Sunday.

ARKANSAS Arkansas lawmakers last year approved a revised version of a religious objections measure after the initial version faced widespread criticism that it was anti-LGBT. The Legislature also enacted a law aimed at preventing cities and counties from passing anti-discrimination measures that include sexual orientation or gender identity.

COLORADO Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill in February that would have blocked the state from taking any action that may burden a person’s religious freedom unless it was the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest. A House committee indefinitely postponed discussion on the bill.

FLORIDA Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed a law stating that clergy, churches, religious schools and other religious organizations cannot be required to marry people or allow their facilities to be used for marriage celebrations that violate “a sincerely held religious belief.” The law takes effect July 1.

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Students honor those lost with Holocaust memorial in Mountainlair by john mark shaver staff writer @johnmarkshaver

Sofia Goldin. Rachel Polak. Yakov Kopelevich.

These names may not mean anything on their own, but added to the other 12 million Holocaust victims, their names speak volumes.

This is the goal of West Virginia University’s Jewish student organization, WVU Hillel, who began its annual Holocaust memorial yesterday in the Mountainlair’s Vandalia Lounge.

“People were killed in gas chambers, they were be-

headed just because of their religion, because they were a gypsy, a political dissident or they were gay,” said WVU Hillel Director Richard Guttman. “They were just killed.

Half of the people killed were Jews, but the other half were regular people, so we try to remember by reading names.”

The tradition, in which club members and other speakers read Holocaust victims’ names for 24 hours straight, started in 1997, and has happened every year since.

The memorial started at noon yesterday, and will

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WVU Hillel Vice President and sophomore forensic and investigative science student Mollie Fisher said reading the names every year does more than just honor the victims.

“There are people out there who believe (the Holocaust) didn’t happen,” Fisher said. “Just having these things (readings) makes it known we believe in it and it did happen.”

Guttman stressed that the Holocaust was not an isolated incident, and genocides and mass killings have

happened many times, both before and after the Holocaust.

What makes the Holocaust unique, though, is the fact the Nazi Party kept diligent notes on everyone they killed, and while morbid, it inadvertently made it possible for the victims to be honored in a way other genocide victims can’t.

Guttman noted six different relatives of his who died in concentration camps, and said he was lucky his grandparents emigrated to America when they had the

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Continued from page 1 representatives will coincide with Homecoming elections. If not, a special election will be held. Only students enrolled in each designated college would be able to vote for the student representatives for that college.

By passing the constitutional amendment before the summer, Merow hopes the organization can start off strong for the fall semester and spark student interest for the student representatives.

“We feel good about this, we’re really excited,” Merow said. “I mean it is risky. What if we do it and it doesn’t work? But we see this model at so many other schools and it’s so successful.”

Also at Wednesday’s meeting, the Board appointed several individuals as executives, including Ankur Kumar as the new Director of Accountability, and Blake Humphrey as the Policy Director, both of which are new positions for the organization.

Kumar, as Director of Accountability, will en-

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Continued from page 1 GEORGIA Republican Gov. Nathan Deal vetoed a bill that would have prohibited the government from imposing penalties on religious schools and organizations that chose not to employ or serve people based on their sincerely held religious beliefs. The proposal would have also protected clergy who declined to perform weddings for gay and lesbian couples.

HAWAII A bill to prevent insurers and health care providers from discriminating against transgender patients has passed both chambers of the Legislature, and they’re currently working out differences on the amendments.

The measure prohibits denying, canceling or limiting coverage for services including care related to gender transition, under certain conditions. Several lawmakers also introduced bills to protect the freedom to express religious beliefs by prohibiting the state from taking discriminatory action based on the person’s moral convictions, but the bills were never granted a hearing.

ILLINOIS Lawmakers are considering legislation that would require school boards to designate separate boys and girls’ bathrooms, changing rooms and other facilities being used during school-sponsored activities. The legislature defines sex as a student’s

force responsibility among governors in filing their governor reports, attending events and overall student engagement, Kiess said Humphrey, as Director of Policy will head the formatting of all resolutions and amendments for the organization, and lead the agenda for the Big 12 on the Hill conference, where SGA members will lobby for policies in D.C. While these positions have never existed within the organization before, Merow believes having them filled by “people with passion” for the initiatives they are pursuing, such as Kumar and Humphrey, will ultimately be in the favor of all of SGA. Also appointed as an executive was Adila Fathallah, as SGA elections chair.

This past year, the SGA election was plagued by student apathy and disinterest, as only one ticket and one other student vied for office.

Despite this troubling turn for SGA elections, which normally include at least three full tickets and a heated competition, the Board appointed Fathallah with no discussion or questions of her qualifications. gender at birth and not their gender identity.

INDIANA Republican Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill last year barring government entities from substantially burdening the religious exercise of individuals, organizations and businesses, unless by the least restrictive means to further a compelling government interest. After businesses raised concerns, Pence signed an amended version stating that the law cannot be used to deny services, public accommodations, employment or housing based on race, religion, age, sexual orientation or gender identity.

IOWA A proposed bill to prohibit the government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion similar to legislation being considered in many other states was introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives in January. The proposal has been referred to the judiciary committee.

KANSAS A new law prevents colleges and universities from denying religious student associations the same funding or benefits available to other groups because of requirements that its members follow the association’s religious beliefs, standards or conduct.

The law will take effect July.

Bills were also introduced to order public schools and colleges to designate restrooms, locker rooms and other facilities for use by males or females according to students’ gender at birth.

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Fathallah was responsible for helping organize the WVU Day at the Capitol in February, where SGA representatives visited Charleston to lobby legislators against state budget cuts and discrimination bills present during the state’s legislative session. She was also voted as SGA’s Intern of the Year for last year’s administration. Kiess said she was the “collective choice” among those that conducted executive appointment interviews.

Olivia Dudley, the only student who chose to run against the Forward Movement ticket for the SGA election earlier this semester, was appointed as the director of academic affairs, which is similar to the platform she ran on as a candidate for the BOG. Also appointed as executives at Wednesday’s meeting was Mikina Poling as Director of Arts, Madison Thompson as Director of Transportation and Parking, Morgan Stemler as Historian, Paige Kearns as Director of Health and Wellness, Sydney Luther as Administrative Director to President and Vice President, and Marie Hackney and Josh Watson The Republican-led Senate passed a measure that would expand the state Religious Freedom Restoration Act by barring penalties against those who decline to provide “customized, artistic, expressive, creative, ministerial or spiritual goods or services” to people that would infringe on their “right of conscience” or religious freedoms. The bill is pending in the Democraticled House.

LOUISIANA Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order providing state employees and contractors with protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and more.

The order recognizes exemptions for churches and religious organizations. Edwards also rescinded an order former Gov. Bobby Jindal signed that prohibited state agencies from denying licenses and contracts to businesses that take actions because of religious beliefs against samesex marriage.

MASSACHUSETTS The Legislature is weighing a bill to expand a 2011 state law banning discrimination against transgender people in the workplace and in housing by also banning discrimination in restaurants, malls and other public accommodations, including restrooms.

MICHIGAN Michigan Sen. Tom Casperson says he’s firmly committed to introducing legislation to prohibit transgender students from using a bathroom other than the one matching the sex listed on their birth certifi-

as Co-Communications directors.

Also at Wednesday’s meeting, the board unanimously voted to spend $1,500 of last year’s budget to sponsor a lecture

by Laci Green on Title IX education. The lecture will consist of a portion on healthy sex and a portion on the realities of rape culture, specifically on college campuses, said Vice Chair Erin Heeter.

The Board also unanimously approved a resolution condemning budget cuts to the PROMISE Scholarship, a scholarship awarded to West Virginia residents seeking higher education in the state based on their academic merit.

The resolution will be sent to all state legislators in an attempt to sway them from supporting such cuts, as they will be “detrimental to economic growth in West Virginia” since such cuts would hinder educational opportunities for those in the state, according to the resolution, read

by Governor Shani Waris.

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cate. Casperson said his proposed bill, which has not yet been introduced, would allow transgender students to use staff restrooms in the school, or single occupancy unisex bathrooms, but only with the consent of the student’s parent.

MINNESOTA A bill was introduced in late March to require employers and public facilities to designate separate restrooms and changing rooms for men and women. A portion of the bill reads, “No claim of nontraditional identity or ‘sexual orientation’ may override another person’s right of privacy based on biological sex.”

MISSISSIPPI A new law prohibits the government from taking “any discriminatory action” against religious organizations that decline to host marriages, employ people or facilitate adoption or foster care based on a religious belief that marriage should be between one man and one woman, sex outside marriage is wrong or that sexual identity is determined by a person’s anatomy at birth.

Several states and cities have banned travel to Mississippi and rock singer Bryan Adams canceled a concert in the state to protest.

MISSOURI The Senate passed a proposed amendment to the state constitution in March that would bar government penalties against individuals and business such as florists or photographers who cite “a sincere religious belief” while declining to provide “services of expressional

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He said at times, the readings are hard to handle.

“It’s a very moving experience when you read through the list and you come upon a page that (is full of the same last name),” Guttman said.

“It starts off with somebody in their 80s, and it goes down to somebody that’s, like, 1-year-old… You watch as you go through two or three pages and it’s just the same (last) name, and you realize it was an entire family that was exterminated.”

The club attempts to read or artistic creation” for samesex weddings and receptions.

The protections also would apply to clergy and religious organizations that decline to make their facilities available for same-sex weddings.

If passed by the House, the proposal will go before voters.

The proposal has generated backlash from more than 60 businesses and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce.

NEBRASKA A bill to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was defeated in the Nebraska Legislature this year.

Lawmakers have shelved the bill for the rest of the year.

NEW MEXICO Three New Mexico lawmakers in December 2015 introduced a measure “to prevent discriminatory action by a person or a government agency in response to a person’s free exercise of religion.”

The proposal died during the 2016 regular session.

NORTH CAROLINA A new law prevents local and state government from mandating protections for LGBT people in the private sector or at stores and restaurants. The Legislature held a special session in March to overturn an ordinance in Charlotte that would have allowed transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond to their gender identity. Lawmakers then blocked all cities and counties from passing rules that targeted LGBT discrimination.

NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota lawmakers have defeated measures in each of the past three sessions to prohibit discrimination in housing and employment based on sexual orientation.

OKLAHOMA A new law states clergy and other religious officials cannot be required to perform marriages or provide marriage counseling, courses or workshops that violate their conscience or religious beliefs. On March 14, gay rights advocates in the state celebrated the failure of 27 bills in the Legislature that they said unfairly discriminated against LGBT people.

PENNSYLVANIA Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf earlier this month signed an executive order barring state contractors and grant recipients from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity. State Sen. Mike Folmer says he wants to vet the bill in committee to make sure it does not violate anybody’s religious liberties or freedom of conscience.

SOUTH DAKOTA The Legislature passed a bill to require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender at birth, but GOP Gov. Dennis Daugaard vetoed it.

The House also passed legislation barring government from taking “discriminatory action” against people, organizations or businesses based on religious beliefs that marriage should be between one man and one woman, sex outside marriage is wrong or that sexual identity is determined by a person’s biological sex at birth. The bill did not pass before the legislative session ended.

TENNESSEE Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation exempting counselors and thera-

at least 15,000-20,000 names every year, according to Guttman. Even if 20,000 names are successfully read every year, it would still take 600 years total to read every name.

However mountainous the feat may be, though, Guttman insists remembering is necessary.

“You want to give (the victims) dignity by remembering them,” Guttman said.

“The Nazi Party wanted to make sure nobody remembered anybody ever again, none of these people. We want to make sure that they are remembered… I don’t know what else we can do.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

pists from providing services to clients related to behaviors that conflict with “a sincerely held religious belief,” as long as they refer the clients to someone else. The American Counseling Association has said Tennessee would be the only state to allow counselors to refuse to treat patients if the bill is signed into law.

TEXAS Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states must allow gay marriage, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law last June stating that clergy and religious organizations cannot be required to marry people or allow their facilities to be used for wedding celebrations that violate a “sincerely held religious belief.” Texas did not hold a legislative session in 2016, but the previous year, a Republican-backed bill repealing local ordinances banning discrimination against gay and transgender people failed without reaching a floor vote in either chamber. The proposal attempted to roll back such ordinances that already existed in all the state’s largest cities. Instead, the allRepublican state Supreme Court heard a legal challenge to an anti-discrimination ordinance approved by Houston’s City Council, and ruled that it had to be put to a referendum. Houston voters soundly defeated the ordinance in a November 2015 election featuring very low turnout.

UTAH Utah in 2015 passed an anti-discrimination law that makes it illegal to base employment and housing decisions on sexual orientation or gender identity. Gay-rights advocates had tried for years to pass similar legislation but only succeeded last year when the measure won support of the Utah-based Mormon church and included religions protections.

VIRGINIA Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a Republican-backed bill stating that clergy and religious organizations cannot be penalized for declining to participate in same-sex marriages.

WASHINGTON Multiple pieces of legislation concerning sex-specific restrooms were introduced by Republicans in both chambers of Washington’s legislature. A bill that would have blocked the Washington Human Rights Commission from initiating any rule-making procedures involving gender segregated bathrooms died in a Senate committee.

WISCONSIN The only bill introduced in the Republican-led Legislature dealing with gays, lesbians and transgender people was a measure to force transgender students in public schools to use bathrooms and locker rooms assigned to their gender at birth. GOP leaders never brought the bill up for a vote before the two-year session ended.

WEST VIRGINIA The Republican-led House passed a bill modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, stating that government “shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion” unless by the least restrictive means for a compelling government interest. The bill was amended and then defeated in the Senate.

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Remembering Holocaust year-round Today, members of West Virginia University Hillel and the West Virginia Jewish community will finish their 24-hour Yom Ha’Shoah vigil in the Mountainlair to commemorate the lives lost in the Holocaust.

Remembering the Holocaust should not be something that is only confined to 24 hours every year in April. The Holocaust is an event we must remember every day, so the specter of one of the most horrific events in modern history can continue to push us away from evil.

The Holocaust was far from just about the deaths of 6 million Jews. It’s also about the deaths of about 5 million Romani, Poles, Russians, homosexuals and disabled people. It’s about

how even a first-world country with a long and celebrated history can descend into genocidal madness—and how if we don’t watch closely, it can happen again.

The end of the Holocaust was more than 70 years ago; far enough back that it’s not within living memory for most people, so it might be easy to forget. This is why we must work harder to remember, especially in today’s world of divided opinions and beliefs.

Although the Holocaust was many years ago, genocide is still alive: the Yazidis in Iraq, the Rohingya in Myanmar and the Tutsis in Rwanda are all groups affected by genocide in more recent times. We remember the Holocaust because it was one of the most ter-

rible genocides of all time, but unfortunately, genocide didn’t end when the Holocaust did.

Every year, hundreds of people die in genocides around the world, and the Holocaust shows us that mass killing is not just limited to “third-world” countries; even a place like Germany can find itself caught up in nationalistic fury.

If it can happen in Germany, who’s to say that it couldn’t happen here? If it can happen then, who’s to say that it can’t happen now? This is why we must remember the Holocaust. If we keep vigilant for genocide, we can make sure nothing of its like ever happens again. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

The Holocaust took the lives of six million European Jews.

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GMOs are nothing to fear, benefit humans and environment shelby bradford columnist @shelby_b_127

Genetically modified organisms have gained a lot of attention in recent years, and opinions on their safety are varied. Despite the negative attention GMOs get, very few people understand their purpose or how they are created. Furthermore, GMOs provide far more benefits than risks to humanity.

Genetic engineering is nothing new. It has been utilized industrially since scientists first discovered how to mutate DNA in E. coli in the 1950s. The process of genetically engineering plants was first introduced in 1995 to crops like corn, cotton and soybeans in order to combat plant death from herbicide and insecticide poisoning.

For produce, genetic engineering can be as simple as selecting desirable traits in two species and crossing them in order to create offspring containing both traits, which is useful when trying to increase nutrition, flavor or hardiness in a plant.

Corn, which was first grown by indigenous Mexicans 10,000 years ago, is technically a GMO in itself because growers chose which kernels to plant based on which desirable traits certain plants exhibited. This method of selective breeding has increased cob size from mere centimeters long to the large size we’re familiar with today.

For feats more complex than breeding for size, such as combatting herbicideand insecticide-related

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Corn was first bred selectively for desirable traits more than 10,000 years ago, making it a genetically modified organism. problems, gene editing is used. The process may at first seem extreme, but it is not a reason for public outcry. Gene editing is simple: For corn, cotton or soybean crops, genes leading to herbicide susceptibility are either deleted or those that provide herbicide resistance are incorporated.

In order to combat excessive pesticide use, a small gene fragment from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is incorporated into the genetic makeup of the plant. This gene allows plants to naturally produce a protein toxic to bugs, thus protecting them from insect damage from the inside out. In these ways, gene ed-

iting has led to a reduction in chemicals used in the cultivation process, which ultimately makes for safer crops and environments.

Since the introduction of herbicide-resistant and insect-repellant genetically engineered crops in 1996, their adoption into modern farming has steadily increased. The reason is selfexplanatory: Farmers don’t waste as much money on bug- or weed-infested crops or on using dangerous chemicals to prevent this from occurring, which increases their profits and allows them to be more eco-friendly.

Today, climate change threatens the production

of many crops due to fluctuating temperature, rainfall, invasive species and disease. With the success of GMO crops in increasing herbicide tolerance and insect-resistance, the question of utilizing genetic engineering to select for hardier plants to combat a changing environment hangs on farmers’ shoulders.

These new crops could be obtained by crossing existing plants that adapt well to harsher climates with a desired crop like corn so the offspring would contain the new trait. This process could be done through cross-breeding by farmers, which could take many

years, or through the use of genetic marking and incorporation. Both result in the same crop, but one option is much faster and more efficient.

People fear what they do not understand. Genetic engineering sounds daunting, but when one considers the practices actually used in creating them, it’s really not so different than mate selection in humans.

The creation of a GMO boils down to selecting desirable traits so that the next generation is better adapted to their environment.

GMOs are not something to fear in food production.

Many modern depictions of GMOs on the Internet,

such as pictures of fruit being injected with chemicals or being tested by scientists in full-body hazard suits, give the wrong impression of what GMOs really are and how they’re made.

In many ways, GMOs actually protect the environment by reducing the use of harsh chemicals found in herbicides and pesticides.

In other ways, they increase food quality in areas such as nutrition through gene complementation. Though they receive unprecedented amounts of scrutiny, there’s no doubt GMOs have revolutionized the modern food industry. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Professional platonic cuddling services provide several health benefits micah beachy columnist @Dailyathenaeum

The new and surprising trend of hiring another person to be your platonic friend for the evening is becoming increasingly popular in America. Some call these “snuggle buddies” a form of therapy while others claim that just being physically close to another person is simply a relaxing, pleasurable experience. In either case, hiring a close confidant for the evening can be beneficial to both the mind and the body.

When a client hires a “snuggle buddy,” he or she is treated purely platonically throughout the session. The buddy will either come to a client’s home, invite a client into their own living space or meet them at a cuddling services store location in an individualized cuddling room. Individuals can either go online or visit a snuggle buddy store and choose which particular cuddler

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they would prefer for their session. The majority of businesses allow the customers to pick between a male or a female cuddler, and pictures are usually included in a cuddler’s online profile.

For the professional cuddling service Snuggle Buddies, a client may pay for the cuddler to snuggle with them, have a conversation, give a friendly massage or go on a platonic outside date to dinner. Any platonic activity one might do with a friend can be done with a snuggle buddy, and platonic sleepovers and phone calls are also offered.

Another similar company, Cuddle Up To Me, allows its clients to come into a store where the service will take place. These services alone have been able to reach more than 47 million people from around the world so far. The owner, Samantha Hess, started Cuddle Up To Me “after realizing how debilitating the lack of touch in my own life was,” as stated on the Cuddle Up To Me company website.

This new type of therapy is beneficial to a multitude of people. Humans are social creatures and thrive on physical touch, and when this need is met appropriately and respectfully, people are happier and satisfied with themselves.

According to a 2014 article from Livestrong entitled “Importance of Human Touch,” “...human touch has wide-ranging physical and emotional benefits for people of all age groups.”

A 2012 article from Psychology Today titled “Why Have We Lost the Need for Physical Touch?” states the need for physical contact is present at birth, and animals who grow up without the physical presence of a parent develop severe social setbacks. This explains why so much comfort is brought on by a simple gesture, like holding a hand or receiving a hug.

There is also substantial research supported by many different studies over the past few years that indicate physical touch releases the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin into

Professional cuddling services have quickly taken off in the U.S. the brain, which help fight depression and heighten mood. When skin-to-skin contact occurs, our adrenal glands also cut back on cortisol production, which is known as the stress hormone.

Some people may see hiring professional cuddlers as perverted or as a

soft form of prostitution, but this is not the case. As long as professional cuddling is handled platonically and responsibly, it should be treated with the same respect as massage therapy and other touchoriented professions.

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U92 to host Moose Fest

The Moose is the mascot for WVU’s U92 radio station.

by ALly Litten A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown is truly a melting pot of cultures­— especially when it comes to music. With many talented bands from many different genres, the local art and music scene has a small town feel with a large spectrum of music.

No one knows this phenomenon more than West Virginia University’s student radio station, U92.

This year, the radio station decided to bring the diverse music scene together under one roof, and from there, Moose Fest was born.

This Saturday, U92 will bring Rozwell Kid, Dogjaw, Beast Friend, Humans Etcetera, William Matheny and Adam Meisterhans, Voyce Atlas, Hello June and Cusique together at 123 Pleasant Street. Sponsored

by Assumption Records, Retro-tique and Jameson’s Pub & Eatery, the first annual Moose Fest will celebrate these bands the best way they know how: a huge, over-the-top bash.

Starting at 7 p.m., local food vendors will set up while a record swap takes place. Anyone is welcomed to dig out any old vinyl to trade or sell to a new owner. Assumption Records will also be donating a few records to the swap.

U92’s Program Director, Aaron New, talked to The Daily Athenaeum about Moose Fest. After New and some of his colleagues showed interest in hosting a large event, the junior Visual Journalism student collaborated with the U92 staff to put their dreams in motion.

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thing like this for a while.

We’ve been planning it since January,” New said.

“It just snowballed and got bigger. Originally, we planned on having it at the amphitheater on the Mon Rail Trail. It was too expensive so 123 Pleasant Street donated us the space.”

Although U92 is hosting the event, most of the sales will go back to the participating bands and businesses. The radio station is not just promoting themselves but also the local musicians and vendors who make their jobs possible.

“The goal is to promote the local arts and music scene,” New said. “We want to make the community aware that there’s a very diverse and talented scene at their doorstep.

Moose Fest is going to be a high-energy community event, a great opportunity to network with other people in the music scene and a great way to spend a Saturday night.”

With the school year coming to an end, the radio station is preparing for its annual banquet and the upcoming fall semester.

“We always do our end of the year banquet, awards and a formal. We have a space rented downtown for after the awards,” New said. “Our summer is usually really toned down and we regroup while everyone is gone so in the fall we come back swinging.”

The doors to U92’s Moose Fest will open at 6 p.m. on Saturday at 123 Pleasant Street. Tickets are currently on sale for $10.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit htt p s : / / s h ow c l i x . c o m / event/rozwell-kid. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The Vintage Room on Chestnut Street serves a wide variety of wines and spirits.

Hidden downtown eatery offers up woodfire pizza and beverage specials

By ALly Litten A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Bent Willey’s is a frequent destination of many Morgantown residents.

With its great dance music and drink specials, it is one of the most popular bars downtown. However, one person’s shot of whiskey is another person’s glass of wine. A calm, more laid-back business is nestled inside the huge nightclub for those looking for a more intimate social scene. That business is the Vintage Room.

The Vintage Room opened in 2003.

In the past 13 years, the business has built up a great reputation around town as a respected, upscale establishment.

Purchasing Bent Willey’s and the Vintage Room in 2013, owner Nick Kelly has made sure to offer a little something for everyone. In one building, a group of friends can have a beautiful dinner with a specialty cocktail and then end their night on the dance floor of one of the biggest clubs in town.

“We are located in the same building as Bent Willey’s, but we are not the same concept,” said Vintage Room manager Chris Strakal. “Bent (Willey’s) is more of a high energy, dance club environment and the Vintage Room is more about good food, hanging out with friends and enjoying a nice glass of wine.”

The Vintage Room offers a large variety of food and drink. Not only does it offer a huge wine and cocktail menu, but the dinner menu is equally as exquisite.

With everything from homemade pizza to crab dip to creme brûlée, the Vintage Room prides itself on providing the finest foods to customers.

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The Vintage Room on Chestnut Street serves a variety of delicious pizza. in Morgantown, maybe West Virginia,” Strakal said. “We sell a lot of signature martinis and coconuts. People like our coconut thai shrimp. Pizzas are always a hit. All of our food is made from scratch and homemade from the best products we can get.”

The restaurant is closed Sunday and Monday. On Tuesdays, they offer halfoff select appetizers and two-for-one martinis. On Wednesdays, the special is $7 pizzas and half-price wines by the glass. Friday and Saturday have a rotating special that usually includes a chef’s dinner or appetizer of the night and wine specials.

With more than 13 years of business, the Vintage Room is not your average Morgantown restaurant. To stay “in” with the local college students, the restaurant is constantly keeping up with society’s trends and fads. This strategy has

allowed the Vintage Room to stay current and keep steady business.

“We update our drink and wine menu a lot of times a year. Our patio will be opened up soon since the weather is about to break,” Strakal said. “We are constantly changing things to keep up with the trends. In five years, we’ll be on the same path we are on now.”

With the sun out and birds chirping, head down to the Vintage Room for a glass of wine and a slice of pizza. As Strakal said, “It’s a great place to hang out and make a great memory.”

The Vintage Room is located at 647 Chestnut Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. For more information, visit http://bwvintageroom.com/index. html. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Locals with sweet tooth prepare for Chocolate Lover’s Day by brittany osteen A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

For those in search of a mouth-watering good time, downtown Morgantown is celebrating a food that can help reduce stress and greatly increase mood.

The 17th annual Chocolate Lovers’ Day is captivating the Historic Wharf district.

Locals can indulge in extravagant chocolate desserts from more than 30 participating businesses including; Black Bear Burritos, Dairy Queen, Morgan’s High St. Diner and Soul Brothers. Barbara Watkins, the assistant director for Mainsteet Morgantown has worked with the Chocolate Lovers’ Day for the past 15 years.

“Originally, the Mainstreet Morgantown’s goal was to bring awareness to downtown and economic development to the businesses that are open downtown.

Chocolate Lovers Day was started as a day of shopping and dining,” Watkins said.

“When you come downtown you pay your dues, which is $5, and get a piece of chocolate. Then you go into the businesses, which brings awareness, and then hopefully it also makes registers ring. People will purchase and buy and hopefully people will come back in the future. You get to come down and get chocolate, which everybody loves, and you get to see everything downtown and the wharf has to offer.”

“I think chocolate is one of those feelgood foods,” Watkins said. “I realize it’s not one of those traditional foods like mashed potatoes and gravy when you think of feel-good foods. There is just something about it that picks you up. When you are down or something is going on, you have chocolate and it just makes you feel good.”

Chocolate practically has magical qualities. The food releases happy neurotransmitters such as endorphins, which can change attitudes and reduce stress. It also has a chemical called anandamide, that triggers the production of dopamine. This creates a feeling of elation. If it’s a bad day, chocolate will help make it a little better.

Watkins said that the event reminds locals of all the stores downtown has to offer.

Whether it is the specialty leather shop, toy store or the Old Stonehouse where people can find handmade West Virginia gifts, there is something for everyone. The clothing stores range from high-end to second-hand clothes for students.

This year, the public library is planning to have a Star Wars-themed chocolate creation. In previous years, stores have done things with bacon chocolate, different kinds of homemade fudge, choc-

olate fountains, hot chocolate in a bag and chocolate rocks.Benjamin Brady, the kitchen manager at Black Bear Burritos said the restaurant is planning on having for the event.

“We are going to do a pretzel chocolate brittle with imported chocolate,” Brady said. “We are going to crush up some pretzels and we might add some random flavors in there. Usually we add some different options.”

The 17th annual Chocolate Lovers’ Day will take place from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 16 in the downtown and Historic Wharf districts of Morgantown. Registration is $5, and kids under five are admitted for free. Participants can begin registering at 10:30 a.m. the Monongalia Arts Center, Tanner’s Alley or Arts Monongahela. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia Public Radio to air Mountain Stage with Larry Groce

by Mel Smith

A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Live music public radio returns to the Creative Arts Center Stage this weekend.

“Mountain Stage with Larry Groce”, a two hour radio show, will bring artists David Lindley, Judy Collins with Ari Hest, The Brothers Comatose, Michael Cerveris and Ben Sollee to Morgantown. West Virginia Public Broadcasting airs the show live and produces it within the state. National Public Radio broadcasts the show to over 150 stations nationwide and internationally through NPR music.

“Mountain Stage with Larry Groce” is recorded in front of a live audience in the Creative Arts Center. The show is known for featuring underground, emerging artists alongside with experienced legends in the music world.

Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley will headline the evening with diverse performances and a wide array of international influences. Lindley was known as Jackson Browne’s featured accompanist for many years. Lindley combines a variety of genres like American folk, bluegrass

and blues with Turkish, Arabic, Asian and Celtic musical influences. Lindley’s comic relief and vocal parody underlines his unforgettable performances.

Singer, activist and author Judy Collins is collaborating with singer-songwriter Ari Hest for the performance. The two artists are coming together for a new cowritten album named “Silver Skies Blue,” dropping June 3. Collins is known for her extensive career spanning more than five decades and intersecting a variety of musical genres with folk, country and Broadway classics.

Ari Hest is one of Collins’s favorite singer-songwriters, leading with a sneak peek of their collaborative album this weekend. Hest has been on the music scene since 2003, with songs featured on television shows such as “Private Practice” and “One Tree Hill.”

The new album produced by Collins and Hest will include 11 original songs amplifying the chemistry between the artists’ unique voices. Hest has performed on “Mountain Stage with Larry Groce” previously and looks forward to another appearance. “(I look forward to) singing with a leg-

end in front of a packed house of avid music listeners alongside other amazing writers and performers,” Hest said.

“My collaboration with Judy (Collins) will make this experience unique from the previous appearance, and I look forward to a great time.”

The Brothers Comatose will bring high energy to the stage Sunday evening. Brothers Ben and Alex Morrison are the frontmen of the southern string band, playing guitar and banjo. Gio Benedetti plays bass, Philip Brezina plays fiddle and Ryan Avellone plays mandolin for the band. The band has toured nationally over the last few years, promoting their latest album, “City Painted Gold.”

Ben Sollee, a prideful Kentucky native will take the stagew with his moving vocals and cello skills. Sollee was named one of NPR’s “Top Ten Unknown Artists of the Year” in 2007. The cellist is previously a member of the trio Appalachian Voices together with My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames. His music has been featured in ABC’s “Parenthood” and HBO’s “Weeds.”

Lastly, Huntington, West Virginia native Michael Cerveris will bring his alter

ego to life. Cerveris is a two-time Tony Award winning actor known for his roles on Broadway but also plays Americana, folk and country music.

Cerveris will perform songs from his second solo album “Piety” as he returns to “Mountain Stage with Larry Groce” for the second time. Cerveris looks forward to being back in the Mountain State.

“I am bringing some of my band Loose Cattle as well as working with a string quartet of WVU graduate students to recreate some of the lush string arrangements from the record,” Cerveris said.

“But, just to be clear, there will not be any show tunes.”

Tickets for “Mountain Stage with Larry Groce” range from $23-$35 and are available at the box offices and online at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at (304)-293-SHOW. WVU Student tickets are $10 at the campus box offices.

The show will be at 7 p.m. on Sunday at the WVU Creative Arts Center.

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Tribeca rolls out red carpet NEW YORK (AP) — The downtown Tribeca Film Festival kicked off with a bit of uptown style.

The 15th annual festival was to open Wednesday with the premiere of Andrew Rossi’s “The First Monday in May,” a behindthe-scenes documentary about the mounting of an ambitious fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the museum’s annual star-studded Met Gala.

The film is an intimate and lively look at the highest aspirations of fashion, revealing everything from Anna Wintour fretting over seat assignments (Where to put Anne Hathaway?) to Rihanna’s eye-popping budget for performing at the ball.

Rossi, a filmmaker who has profiled other New York institutions including The New York Times (“Page One”) and Le Cirque restaurant, said Tribeca was a fitting place to unveil “The First Monday in May.” “The Metropolitan Museum and Vogue are tremendous powerhouses in the creative life of New York City, certainly occupying more of the uptown world,” Rossi said in an interview. “So Tribeca, which is a festival founded to celebrate the arts in New York, for them to embrace the film and present it as opening night is a great honor.”

This year’s Tribeca bows amid a controversy. When Tribeca programmed a screening of an anti-vaccination documentary, “Vaxxed,” by the discredited British doctor Andrew Wakefield, it prompted an uproar from science researchers and filmmakers.

Festival co-founder Robert De Niro, who has an 18-year-old autistic son, said including the film was his decision. The festival quickly retracted “Vaxxed” from its program, but on Wednesday De Niro said he partially regrets that decision.

“I think the movie is something that people should see,” he told the “Today” show in an unusually passionate interview.

De Niro expressed bitter disappointment in filmmakers who threatened to pull out from the festival over the film, and he promised to find out who had.

Considerable scientific research has found

no connection between vaccinations and autism, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has emphatically stated that “vaccines do not cause autism.” But De Niro insisted on “Today”: “There’s something there that people aren’t addressing.”

The ordeal has threatened to overshadow one of Tribeca’s more ambitious editions. Over the next 12 days, the festival has some 100 films to unveil, a robust multimedia program including numerous virtual reality exhibits, a host of television show premieres and numerous staged celebrity conversations.

“At Tribeca we keep an eye on tomorrow,” festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal at a press luncheon Wednesday. “We love stories in just about any form, from a Harold Lloyd silent film captured on a 35 millimeter hand-cranked camera to a virtual reality adventure shot with multiple GoPros to a video game in which the viewer is in the driver seat determining how the narrative unfolds.”

“The First Monday in May” is a fitting opener. It mostly follows Met Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton as he frantically puts together what would be a blockbuster exhibit, “China: Through the Looking Glass,” and strives for equal standing amid the Met’s more traditional art forms.

But for many, the film will be most sought out for its rare look inside Wintour’s annual Met ball, one of the biggest nights in fashion. The Hollywood Reporter called it “catnip for fashionistas.”

Rossi said he viewed his film, shot with what he called “a crackling cinema verite approach,” a kind of hybrid between the 2009 Vogue documentary “The September Issue” and Frederick Wiseman’s 2014 portrait of the exalted London museum “National Gallery.”

The biggest challenge, Rossi said, wasn’t getting access to the many personalities of “The First Monday in May,” including Baz Luhrmann, Wong Kar Wai and Wintour. More difficult, he said, was getting the Met to allow him and his cameramen freedom to follow their subjects in the museum’s hallowed halls.

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‘He’s fired,’ Ex-contestants say PITTSBURGH (AP) — A handful of former contestants from Donald Trump’s reality show “The Apprentice” say the Republican front-runner should not be president.

Half a dozen past hopefuls of the hit show, including Season 4 winner Randal Pinkett and Season 1 runner-up Kwame Jackson, are planning a press conference Friday in New York to denounce the GOP front-runner’s bid ahead of the state’s April 19 primary.

In statements, the contestants slammed Trump’s rhetoric as divisive and accused him of running a “campaign of sexism, xenophobia, racism, violence and hate.”

“Trump is passionately and strategically reigniting a dirty and divisive culture soaked in a history of prejudice, fear and hate. It is unpatriotic, anti-American, self-serving, regressive and downright lazy,” said Marshawn Evans Daniels in a statement.

“As alums of ‘The Appren-

tice,’ we have had the opportunity to work with Donald in various capacities, including as employees of the Trump Organization,” added Pinkett. “Based on that experience and Donald’s campaign, we do not believe he is worthy of becoming president of the United States.”

Trump responded with a harshly-worded statement slamming the group as “six failing wannabes” to whom he’d shown nothing but respect.

“How quickly they forget,” he said in the statement.

“Nobody would know who they are if it weren’t for me.”

Trump said he “couldn’t have been nicer or more respectful” of the contenders and said they were only looking for publicity.

“They just want to get back into the limelight like they had when they were with Trump. Total dishonesty and disloyalty,” he said, warning that, “They should be careful or I’ll play hours

of footage of them individually praising me.

“Ask how successful they’ve been since they left,” he added. “Six failing wannabes out of hundreds of contestants - so sad!”

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New producer for Colbert’s nightly show NEW YORK (AP) — Toward the end of Stephen Colbert’s first season as “Late Show” host, CBS said Wednesday it has assigned the producer who reinvented the network’s morning news show to take over as top behindthe-scenes executive at the late-night comedy program.

Chris Licht, who has run “CBS This Morning” since 2012, is making the unusual shift. His job as “Late Show” executive producer is a new one; Colbert has essentially been running the show along with being the lead performer.

“I am so impressed by what he has done at ‘CBS This Morning,’” Colbert said. “And I trust someone has told him he doesn’t have to get up at 4 a.m. anymore.”

Licht, who came to CBS from MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” helped make CBS a player in the morning for the first time in ages. The show is still third behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” show in the ratings, but is growing in viewership while the others aren’t.

The move doesn’t mean Colbert’s “Late Show” is becoming a news program, although he tends to be more topical than his late-night network rivals.

CBS won’t publicly admit to any dissatisfaction

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‘CBS This Morning’ producer, Chris Licht, will move to the ‘Late Show.’ with how Colbert has made the transition from playing a character every night on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” to himself on his own talk show. But a move this significant doesn’t get made if everything is going smoothly.

After a fast start last fall, Colbert generally runs neck-and-neck with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel for second in the late-night ratings behind NBC’s “Tonight” show host Jimmy Fallon. Colbert’s show tends to be timeshifted more than his rivals, helping him in the ratings if a more extended view is taken. So far this season in viewing done live or within seven days after, Fallon averages 3.81 million viewers,

Colbert 2.94 million and Kimmel 2.43, the Nielsen company said.

“I think the show is such a sad echo of what Stephen Colbert was doing over at the show that he was perfectly born to do,” said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University’s Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture.

It was fine for Colbert to dominate “The Colbert Report” so heavily because it fit with the character of a selfobsessed cable show host.

But on the “Late Show,” he needs to take his foot off the gas and leave more space for guests and co-workers, Thompson said. Having another voice like Licht’s will both add perspective and

take some pressure off the host, he said.

Colbert’s show also needs to be more aggressive producing bite-sized material that can spread swiftly online, which is how many people experience late-night shows these days, Thompson said.

“It hasn’t been a triumph but neither has it been a train wreck,” he said. “It needs tweaking, and it seems like they’re aware of it, because this is a pretty big tweak.”

Licht was not immediately available for an interview.

“You can’t work in this business without being in awe of Stephen Colbert and his talents,” he said in a statement. “The chance to work with Stephen and help build a valuable late-night franchise, while continuing to grow at CBS, is truly an honor. I can’t wait to get started.”

While unusual, the move from news to entertainment isn’t unprecedented.

Jeff Zucker, now chief executive at CNN, was the top producer at NBC’s “Today” show when he was named to run the network’s entertainment division.

Ryan Kadro, who has been a co-executive producer of “CBS This Morning” with Licht, will take over the show on his own.

‘Captain America: Civil War’ debuts at Cinemacon

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Batman and Superman aren’t the only superheroes at odds this year, but while the setup might be similar, their messy “Dawn of Justice” showdown doesn’t even compare to the pure blockbuster joy of “Captain America: Civil War.” Walt Disney Studios showed the film Wednesday morning to a rapt audience of theater owners and industry types at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in advance of its theatrical

bow on May 6.

The film, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”), finds the Avengers divided over their guilt about the peripheral body counts that always seem to be a consequence of their attempts to save the world.

It’s a theme - the real life costs of supersized powers - that is permeating more than one story line in this age of ongoing superhero movies.

Thus in “Civil War,” half of the Avengers decide to

submit to international oversight, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and War Machine (Don Cheadle).

They get an assist from two new characters, too - Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who gets a big, quite funny and impressive introduction before debuting in his own film, “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” out in 2017, and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), who has a standalone film coming in

2018.

The other side, anchored by Captain America (Chris Evans), includes Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Scarlett Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd). They’re not into the whole regulation thing, and would rather be outlaws - especially when a conflict arises involving Captain America’s old friend Bucky Barnes, aka Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).

The first few acts tread

water in the lead-up to the climatic battles (there are a few). The absence of former “Avengers” director Joss Whedon is most felt in these early scenes that could have used a little more wit and banter. The essence of the conflict feels like a bit of a MacGuffin, too - but that barely even matters once the fighting starts and you’re reminded just how enjoyable these characters are when they’re together - even in conflict.

Marvel gets by with a lot of deficiencies on the strength of its characters’ charisma, and “Civil War” is no exception. It doesn’t matter how iconic the superhero is if they can’t keep an audience’s attention for nearly a decade of movies. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who wouldn’t rather spend a few minutes with Ant-Man, a character most of us hadn’t even heard of three years ago, than an entire film with this iteration of Superman.

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Canadian trio among WVU’s players to watch in 2016

By Carter Sokolowski Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

With the West Virginia University women’s soccer team in the midst of its spring season, there are a number of players who have proven themselves capable of performing at a high level heading into the fall season.

Although a 1-2 start that opened with two scoreless games doesn’t look promising on paper, the score sheet doesn’t tell the whole story. The Mountaineers have been playing this spring season without the assistance of two of their star players, seniors Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, who are training to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil.

Buchanan isn’t only one of the best players on the WVU squad, she’s one of the best players on the Canadian Women’s National Team, and arguably one of the best in the world.

Last year, Buchanan was a 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Best Young Player honoree after putting together brilliant performances in Canada’s run to the quarterfinals.

Buchanan has a list of accolades that would take an eternity to list: FIFPro Women’s World XI Team, three-time reigning Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

You name it, she’s got it. Buchanan will serve not only as a veteran leader for this Mountaineer club, but will also be the best player on the field in each and every game she plays in this year.

Lawrence is the second half of the Canadian duo and is one of the players to watch next season. As a midfielder, she is expected to excel in all areas of the game, ranging from scoring to shot creating to defending. She

has proven herself as one of the team’s best players, earning Best XI Team honors in the 2016 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship for the Canadian Women’s National Team.

In college competition, Lawrence earned All-America First Team honors last season, finishing with a career single-season high 18 points on five goals and eight assists. She started in every game for the Mountaineers and will likely play an even larger role after the team graduated six seniors.

With the departure of graduate Kailey Utley, the Mountaineers will need to find a way to replace the 30 points she recorded last season. Junior Michaela Abam can and will fill the void that Utley left.

Last season, Abam finished just behind Utley with 28 points (12 G, 8 A). Abam’s excellent play has also earned herself a spot on the United States National Team, continuing to improve her game year by year.

West Virginia had an extremely talented group of freshmen on the team last year, headlined by Canadian defender Bianca St. Georges.

St. Georges was named co-Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season after starting every game but one for a Mountaineer defense that posted a program-record 15 shutouts.

St. Georges was the captain for the Canadian team in the 2015 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship, finishing second in the tournament after a championship loss to the United States.

With all the returning talent as well as the brand new crop of freshmen coming in for the Mountaineers, there is a lot to be excited about with this team. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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CARRYING ON

WVU wide receiver Ka’Raun White looks in for the snap during a spring practice last week.

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Carrier groomed by some of college football’s best

By Chris Jackson

Associate Sports Editor @CJacksonWVU

Newly installed West Virginia wide receivers coach Tyron Carrier hasn’t been shortchanged by his past coaches.

He started his coaching career last year as a graduate assistant under Art Briles at Baylor, also playing under two current head coaches back when both were at Houston: Dana Holgorsen (WVU) and Kliff Kingsbury (Texas Tech).

Briles was the closing part before making the trek to Morgantown to coach under Holgorsen.

Although he only encompassed one year at Baylor before a promotion to WVU, he was groomed under the Big 12’s most successful coach the past three seasons.

“He’s great at what he does,” Carrier said. “Point, blank, period. He’s really great at what he does.”

Baylor has won the Big 12 title twice in the last three years, posting double-digit win totals in each of the three

campaigns. He and Briles had the opportunity to coach Corey Coleman, a likely first round pick in the NFL Draft who was a unanimous AllAmerican and the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Winner.

That was his first coaching job, a chance to work under an individual that changed the fortune of a one-time bottom dweller in the conference. He learned a lot, everything ranging from techniques to building close-knit relationships with your players.

There’s a passion Briles brings to the gridiron that resonated with Carrier the most, and it’s something Holgorsen has noticed in Carrier.

“He loves his kids, he really does,” Carrier said. “Smart guy, never puts his kids in a position to lose. He always puts them in the right position to win. He’s highly motivated.

To be the guy that’s been doing it for that long and still be so motivated and passionate about their job is amazing.”

Playing under Holgorsen and Kingsbury at Houston was no different. Both run up-

tempo offenses that put high point totals on the scoreboard every week, coaching some of college football’s top athletes.

Kingsbury is the third youngest head coach in college football, but his offensive success makes him appear to be a longstanding veteran.

While Carrier was a senior at Houston in 2011, Kingsbury was the top offensive coordinator in the country.

Houston led the nation in total offense, passing offense and scoring that year, breaking a school-record with 13 wins and the program’s highest finish in the BCS Rankings (19).

Holgorsen didn’t skip a beat before Kingsbury either.

As the offensive coordinator in 2009 his offense flourished, leading the nation in total offense, scoring offense and passing offense.

But Holgorsen’s lessons stuck with him the most. He helped Carrier strive to get better, developing him into one of the country’s most dynamic players as he’s No. 6 on the NCAA’s all-purpose yards

chart.

“He really taught me how to stay consistent, to be hungry no matter what success comes your way,” Carrier said. “He never let up on me. I can have a 200-yard receiving game and he still will find my faults. That’s what you need.

For me, that’s what I needed because as soon as you get comfortable, then your game leaves. You’ve got to stay hungry and he helped me stay real hungry.”

Now he’s coaching under Holgorsen. Make that two respected head coaches to work alongside and three that he’s either played or coached with.

Not bad for a 28-year old.

“What guy can say he worked in two of the best offenses that ever played in college football?” Carrier said. “I just felt like those guys just really prepare for this opportunity. I don’t even know what to say about it. Dana and Art, that’s the top of the line. I’m honored to be under those guys.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

baseball

Wheeling native Grove finding groove as midweek starter

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS Writer @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University baseball team has three natives of West Virginia on its roster. Jimmy Galusky has become a staple of the Mountaineer infield, and Shane Ennis is a vital component in the bullpen. Meanwhile, newcomer Michael Grove has had an eventful few months in his freshman campaign, making the transition from bullpen to starter.

With Chad Donato, BJ Myers and Ross Vance all returning to their spots in the starting rotation, it was hard for Grove to crack into the top three and he started off in the bullpen.

Grove made a few relief appearances, but only had two decisions on his record, both of them losses.

The first loss came at the hands of Old Dominion in extra innings last month.

The second loss came against TCU, where Grove allowed five runs in one inning. It was obvious that a relief role wasn’t what the Wheeling native thrived in, as Grove compiled an ERA that topped 5.00.

When the Mountaineers had two midweek matchups, Grove got his opportunity to make a push as the regular midweek starter.

Even more meaningful, the game was against Marshall, a team that is roughly two and a half hours north of his hometown of Wheeling.

“When I was in the bullpen, I wasn’t sure that I would even be pitching that much,” Grove said. “But they gave me the start. It

WVU’s Michael Grove prepares to throw a pitch Tuesday against Pitt. was definitely cool for me.” in that situation,” Grove Grove ended up mak- said. “It’s definitely a cool ing one of his strongest ap- experience, the confidence pearances of the season, from the coaches to go out allowing one run in the in a game like that. Growfive innings he was on the ing up in West Virginia, you mound. He also added two know how big it is for the strikeouts but didn’t get West Virginia people.”

On Tuesday, Grove got a decision in an eventual Mountaineer win. off to a shaky start in front The impressive start of a crowd of 1,700-plus. In earned Grove another the first four innings, he alchance, this time against lowed five runners to reach Pitt Tuesday. The decision scoring position, but he esmade it official that his first caped the inning on every two starts would be against occasion.

West Virginia’s most hisEighty-eight pitches toric rivalries, and Grove later, Grove was pulled made his mark in both. from the game after striking “It’s cool to take the hill out four, and walking the

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same amount of batters. It was Grove’s first start where he didn’t allowed a run.

Since becoming a starter on a semi-regular basis, Grove lowered his ERA to sub-4.00 and is keeping his confidence on the mound at a high, finding success as a starter.

“Yeah, I’d say that,” Grove said when mentioning his success compared to his time in the bullpen.

“I’ve just been able to settle in during games, and it’s been easier for the way I get warmed up. I’ve had more success in that role. I definitely like how it’s my game

in a way, coming in is tough and I settle in better when I start.”

Back at Wheeling Park High School, the 6-foot-3 righthander garnered accolades such as a 2014 West Virginia Sports Writer’s Association All-State First Team honor and a record of 23-7 when he went to the WV Class AAA semifinals in 2014. Even though Prep Baseball Report ranked Grove the No. 2 player in West Virginia, Grove recognizes how difficult it is to modify his game to the college level.

“I had a lot of struggles

coming out of the (bullpen), it’s a tough adjustment coming from where I played to where I am now,” Grove said. “It’s definitely been a real learning experience and I hope, moving forward, I can keep learning and getting better.”

After his performance against Pitt, WVU head coach Randy Mazey recognized the potential that Grove possesses.

“I think he grew up a lot tonight,” Mazey said. “He’s going to be a really good pitcher for us.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Renwick continues push for NCAA bid

By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Easton Renwick’s journey has been different than that of most college athletes.

Since playing at East Carolina and transferring as a sophomore to be a part of the first West Virginia University men’s golf team in more than 30 years, Renwick has dreamed of making it to the NCAA Regionals and national tournament.

When he arrived at West Virginia as a junior, the Mountaineer golf team was not yet eligible to compete as a result of NCAA regulations that required that newly formed programs must wait one full season before beginning competition.

“My individual goal for the whole year has been to make it to regionals as an individual, if we didn’t make it as a team,” Renwick said.

As a senior, Renwick has been in West Virginia’s starting lineup for nine of 11 tournaments this season, which included two individual top-10 finishes,

best on the team. Renwick also boasts both the lowest single round score (4-under 67) and lowest overall tournament score (5-under 208) so far this season for the Mountaineers.

While it is unlikely at this point that the Mountaineers will receive a team at-large bid to the NCAA regionals, the possibility still exists for Renwick, and also freshman Max Sear, to receive an individual at-large bid, depending on their performances in the coming weeks.

A strong showing at the Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State this weekend and the Big 12 Championships in a couple weeks, might be enough to catapult Renwick into an atlarge bid for the NCAA Regionals.

“I’m a little off on that goal, but I’m hanging around,” Renwick said. “If I can have a good month, I believe I will be in the large bid for the NCAAs. That’s all you can really ask for if you’re going to make it as an individual, because it’s pretty tough to do.”

In the meantime, the

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Easton Renwick watches his shot in a round earlier this season. international studies student is focused on finishing his education.

“School is almost over and I’ve got a lot on my plate,” Renwick said. “So I’m just trying to buckle down and get everything done.”

Like any golfer that dreams of walking Amen Corner at the Masters as a professional, Renwick hopes that one day he can get his game to the point where he can get his pro

card and join the professional tour.

“Once I graduate, I am going to sit down and evaluate where I am and where I want to be within the next five years,” said Renwick. “If I believe that plan has golf in it, then I will work my hardest to achieve success on the course. If not, I am confident I will have success off the golf course as well.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Lynn Swann named USC Athletic Director LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lynn Swann is the next Southern California football great to get the chance to run the Trojans’ athletic department.

The Pro Football Hall of Famer was named USC’s athletic director on Wednesday.

USC President Max Nikias announced the appointment of the former Trojans receiver, who will succeed Pat Haden on July 1.

Swann was among more than 200 candidates considered for the position atop the high-profile department, Nikias said. Although the Pro Football Hall of Famer has no experience in collegiate athletic administration, Swann is the third straight former USC football player to get the post.

“This new role as AD fits with my life focus of leadership, mentoring young people, helping others and giving them the tools they need to grow and achieve,” Swann said in a statement.

The 64-year-old Swann returns to the school where he played on two Rose Bowl teams and won a national championship in 1972 while earning a degree in public relations.

“To his new role, Lynn Swann will bring the heart and soul of a Trojan,” Nikias said. “He shares our profound dedication to combining academic excellence

with athletic excellence.”

Swann became an NFL star with the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning four championships and the 1976 Super Bowl MVP award during a nine-year career. He joined the Hall of Fame in 2001.

Swann went on to a lengthy broadcasting career, and he served as the chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports from 2002-05.

He has also served on the boards of several large corporations, but USC said he will drop most of those commitments in the next few months after Haden drew criticism for his extensive outside corporate interests.

Swann ran for governor in Pennsylvania in 2006 as the Republican candidate, losing to incumbent Ed Rendell.

“USC opened doors for me,” Swann said. “I learned about myself, and my education created a pathway to go forward. I was always looking toward preparing for that career beyond football.”

Haden resigned earlier this year after a series of minor health scares, ending a 5 1/2-year tenure that included the successful navigation of heavy NCAA sanctions against the school stemming from the tenure of former coach Pete Carroll and running back Reggie Bush.

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Thursday April 14, 2016

Track

Pole vaulter’s developments amount to success for West Virginia

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Over the course of a long season, team strengths develop, and for the West Virginia University outdoor track and field team, one of its strengths is its pole vaulters.

This past weekend at the Mason Spring Invitational, three Mountaineers finished in the top five of the pole vault category. Senior Tori Betrand won the event with a 3.91 meter mark, while sophomores Madelin Gardner and Sara Finfrock finished in third and fifth place, respectively.

Gardner leaped 3.81 meters and Finfrock jumped 3.55 meters.

After the pole vaulters could not compete at the Miami Duals due to inclement weather, head coach Sean Cleary liked what he saw in Fairfax, Virginia.

“Our pole vaulters had

a very good competition after having last week’s meet cancelled due to hazardous weather,” Cleary said in an interview with WVUSports.com. “Tori (Bertrand) earns our performance of the week after jumping her lifetime best.”

This is not the only time this season that the Mountaineer pole vaulters have been successful.

At the Wake Forest Relays on March 18 and 19, Gardner finished second in the pole vault section with 3.77 meter mark. In the pole vault B section, West Virginia picked up two more top five finishes. Sophomore Rebekah Lafata leaped 3.32 meters to garner third place. Freshman Jordan Hess followed Lafata up with a fourth place finish from her jump of 3.72 meters.

As of this week, West Virginia is not a shoo-in to qualify for the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championship as a team. Be-

cause of that, the student athletes must begin to focus on what they can do to qualify individually for the Championship.

Even if the entire team does not make it, that does not mean that there were not any positive parts of the team.

In the indoor season, West Virginia failed to qualify as a team for the NCAA Track and Field Indoor Championship. At the Big 12 Championship, things did not go as well as Cleary would have liked when the Mountaineers finished ninth out of 10 schools.

Despite the unfavorable finish, there were some bright spots in the bleak season, especially from the long jumpers. Freshman Danique Bryan won the long jump category at the Nittany Lion Challenge on Jan. 16 and won it again on Feb. 11 at the High Point Team Challenge.

Bryan’s score improved

Tori Bertrand competes in the pole vault earlier this year. from one event to the other. At the Nittany Lion Challenge, she jumped 5.60 meters to victory. At the High Point Team Challenge, Bryan leaped even higher, finishing with a

6.00 mark.

West Virginia’s pole vaulters have only participated in two events this outdoor season, but have already proven themselves as a strength. With

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five more events remaining on the schedule, they will continue their respective bids to qualify for the NCAA Championship. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Lawyer: Will Smith held no gun when shot multiple times in the back NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An enraged Hummer driver chased down former Saints defensive end Will Smith’s Mercedes, deliberately rammed the SUV from behind, angrily confronted him in the street and then shot him eight times, yelling over his dying body as his wounded wife tried to crawl away, the Smith family’s lawyer said Wednesday.

Racquel Smith wanted everyone to know that her husband was “her Superman” and that he died trying to protect her, attorney Peter Thomson said. But Smith never pulled out his own handgun, which remained loaded but unused in a compartment inside his Mercedes, he said.

Four days after the fatal shooting, Thomson laid out a version of what happened that he said was based on the recollections of Racquel

Smith and other witnesses, seeking to dispel what he called “lies and factual distortion” spread by the man police identified as Smith’s killer.

In the tumultuous aftermath of Smith’s death, competing narratives have emerged about the minutes leading up to the shooting. Police are still sorting through facts, witness statements and videos as the grieving city copes with the loss of one of its sports heroes.

A lawyer for Hummer driver Cardell Hayes, who is jailed on $1 million bond after being arrested by police on a murder charge, said his client felt threatened and was not the aggressor.

But Thomson said the real victims were the Smiths, who were enjoying a “regular night” with some friends before they encountered

Hayes.

“Suddenly this Hummer drove up at great speed behind them and rammed into them violently, causing their back windshield to shatter, their heads to whip back, and their car to hit the Chevy Impala in front of them,” said Thomson, who described the ramming of the car as aggravated battery.

Hayes and his passenger then got out and angrily approached the Mercedes.

Smith got out, too, and asked why they were attacking him.

“The driver, who I understand is the killer in this case, is enraged,” Thomson said.

He said Smith’s wife and their female passenger got out to defuse the situation, walking Smith back to his car, “but the killer follows.”

“Suddenly, two shots are fired. She is shot immediately in both legs and she collapses. Either immedi-

ately or moments thereafter, the killer unloads six to eight shots into Will’s back,” Thomson said.

“I can tell you the killer showed no remorse whatsoever, and actually stood over Will Smith’s dead body as his wife crawled away,” he added.

The coroner’s report, released Wednesday, said seven of the bullets hit his back and one in the left side of his chest.

Throughout the confrontation, Smith’s licensed handgun remained in a compartment inside his car, Thomson said. Smith had a permit to carry the concealed weapon in Louisiana - to protect himself and his family - but he said Smith never took the weapon out of its compartment.

Police confirmed that a 9 mm handgun, loaded but unfired, was found inside

Smith’s SUV. Police also said Hayes, 28, acknowledged at the scene that he fired his .45-caliber handgun at Smith and his wife. Another gun, also loaded but unfired, was found inside Hayes’ Hummer. An additional charge for Racquel Smith’s injury is pending, police said.

Racquel Smith was hit twice, Thomson said - one bullet fractured her right femur near the knee; another passed through her left thigh into her left knee.

“This has been very traumatic for her, devastating for her and her children,” her lawyer said. “We believe she will recover physically. The emotional scars, however, she may never recover from.

These will last forever for both her and her children.”

There’s no dispute at this point that the shooting was precipitated by an earlier encounter. Hayes’ lawyer, John

Fuller, described it as a hitand-run, and insisted that his client will be vindicated once the full story emerges.

He said Hayes had responsibly called 911 and was following the vehicle that hit him to read the license plate number just before the fatal confrontation.

Thomson rebutted that, saying the Hummer had stopped suddenly, causing Smith to brake quickly, and that if any contact happened between them, it was so slight that the two couples thought the cars might not have touched at all.

“The consensus in the car was, ‘we didn’t hit this vehicle, there’s no damage, it’s late at night,’ so out of concern for their safety and because they don’t know why this Hummer had stopped so suddenly, and seeing no damage whatsoever, they continued,” Thomson said.