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Student calls for equality on campus by paige czyzewski staff writer @dailyathenaeum

It was only a few weeks ago when Julius McCall asked authorities for help, only to have the situation turn on him.

Despite a valid parking pass, his car was almost towed. And when police arrived, officers were less interested in the car and more interested in McCall.

“In the midst of talking, everything kind of turned,” he said. “The conversation

turned from being about the car to going off about me. I was like, ‘Wow.’ I couldn’t believe it.”

McCall is a senior international business student and is part of the 4.5 percent of West Virginia University’s campus who make up black culture.

As president of Alpha Phi Alpha, McCall watches over his constituents, meets national program dates and, most importantly, serves the community with his brotherhood.

Alpha Phi Alpha, a pre-

dominantly black fraternity, first integrated in 1953. Today, members advocate for all communities of all skin colors.

“Because we are so small and so underrepresented, it’s known when we come together,” McCall said. “Prejudices, racism and inequality—it’s all still alive and well, so it takes our generation and our community and those that came before us to help cancel that out and become more of a united, inclusive and equal place.”

Through the headquarter’s four national programs, Alpha Phi Alpha brothers promote safe sex with “Project Alpha,” political understanding and voting with “A Voteless People is a Hopeless People,” continuing education with “Go to High School, Go to College” and empowering men, specifically of color, with “My Brother’s Keeper.”

McCall applauds the NAACP chapter’s work on campus but believes there is more University administration can do to

make black culture more visible and embraced on campus.

“You only see black culture in sports. You see men and women on the basketball team, the football team, even soccer now, whereas, that’s about it,” he said. “You don’t see (black students) any other time. You see them sitting down in the ‘Lair, sure, but what is that doing to justify black culture?”

McCall believes a module on diversity for incoming students or moving the Division of Diversity, Eq-

uity and Inclusion closer to the Downtown Campus would assist with education and support of different cultures in general.

“If you have something that informs teachers and allows people to understand what diversity and background culture is, it makes it a lot easier for students to come to a University that has diversity or fosters diversity,” he said.

McCall is not alone

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December graduation application due today

SONG OF THE SOUTH

by madeleine hall correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Coleman Hutchison, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin speaks on the connotations of the word ‘Dixie.’

Today is the deadline for West Virginia University students to apply for December graduation. Students preparing to graduate have until the end of the day to submit their applications.

“Walking in commencement signifies a turning point in students’ lives,” said Lisa Martin, special events coordinator senior at the Office of University Events.

Any student with the appropriate qualifications may apply for December graduation by logging onto MIX. Prospective graduates can find the application through DegreeWorks.

Students will need a mailing address for the Registrar Office to send graduates their diplomas after certifying their grades.

Commencement is a time to celebrate graduates’ hard work and achievement, Martin said. She said it’s an important moment not only for graduates but also for the friends and families who’ve supported students since their first days as a Mountaineer.

Martin believes commencement ceremonies represent everything WVU graduates have achieved during their four years at the University.

“I’m not sure what the future will hold (after graduation), but I am very excited to see what comes next,” said Jenifer Cañas, a senior anthropology student who expects to graduate in December.

But not everyone feels just as elated. Justine Schultz, a graduating mechanical and aerospace engineering student, has mixed feelings about the whole situation.

“I will miss my friends, my professors, and even the rundown apartments I called home for four years,” she said.

Schultz is mostly sad to leave college behind because she could not thank WVU enough for her college journey.

“I entered (WVU with no clue) what my future held,” Schultz said. “But this December, four and a half years and two degrees later, I leave a Mountaineer.”

December commencement is at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18 at the Coliseum. Graduates must arrive at the Coliseum’s level two Red Gate at least an hour before the start of procession.

There is no guest limit.

Caps and gowns are required for commencement.

Regalia can be purchased through the WVU bookstore or Herff Jones online.

WVU has partnered with GladImages to provide high quality photos of the event. Flowers will be available for purchase at the ceremony.

If you have further questions about commencement, contact the Office of University Events at graduation@mail.wvu.edu.

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Jackson Scholar Discussion highlights the meaning of ‘Dixie’ by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The word “Dixie” is used frequently in reference to United States culture and has been since the Civil War era.

Many people are unaware of what the word “Dixie” really means and its roots.

Wednesday afternoon in Colson Hall, Coleman Hutchison, associate chair of the English department at the University of Texas at Austin, worked to educate students and faculty about the history of Dixie in his lecture, “Is it True What They Say About ‘Dixie’?: Race, Memory, and a Song of the South.”

“Many people assume ‘Dixie’ means the same thing every time it is used,” Hutchison said. “It’s difficult to define.”

Through several examples and illustrations, Hutchison

argued the cultural power of the five-letter word and its crucial connection to the Civil War era, including some of its negative connotations.

“I’m not suggesting that we need to stop using the word ‘Dixie,’” Hutchinson said. “We just need to look more closely at the word and why it’s used.”

Many associate the word with the South, and rightly so.

The song “Dixie”, also known by “I Wish I Was in Dixie” and several other titles, became popular in the 19th century, Hutchison said.

It is arguably the best known song to have come out of blackface minstrelsy, a comedic performance art from the 19th century practiced predominately by white people in blackface, especially before the Civil War. The song, “Dixie” has

since entered the American folk vernacular, Hutchison said, becoming a widely used synonym for “the South,” and conjuring problematic images of African Americans from the 19th century, when the song first grew in popularity in both Northern and Southern parts of the country.

Hutchison also credited African American poet Langston Hughes for associating a specific meaning of ‘Dixie’ with a number of his poems that document lynching in the South, like “Song for a Dark Girl” and “Silhouette.”

Dixie also gained recognition, according to Hutchison, through the 20th century political party the “Dixiecrats,” which was organized in the summer of 1948 and was composed of white conservative southern Democrats

committed to states’ rights and the maintenance of segregation, who opposed federal intervention in race relations and— to a lesser degree—labor relations.

Through all his examples, Hutchison argued “Dixie” is used in so many different contexts today across America because of the diverse ways people learn of the word.

Some people associate it with Southern pride and others with emotional pain connected with the mistreatment of African Americans during the Civil War era and the time of Jim Crow laws.

There is not just one way to define the word “Dixie,” making it at times extremely controversial, Hutchinson said.

“Different people respond differently to the word, and

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Student Government Association reads proposed bylaw amendments by jake jarvis city editor @newsroomjake

The Student Government Association read a set of proposed amendments to its bylaws for the first time at its regular meeting Wednesday night in Elizabeth Moore Hall.

Among other things, the proposed amendments would require all of SGA’s standing committees to publicly meet at least once a week and report any of the committee’s progress to the

Board of Governors at the beginning of the month.

The proposed bylaws also create several new executive positions, including Executive director of academics, graduate student liaison and a county commission liaison.

The proposed bylaw amendments also change the process by which student organizations can receive grants from SGA. Last year, student organizations had to submit applications to the Bureau of Finance at least two weeks before the group

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hoped to receive funding.

With the proposed amendments, organizations would need to submit an application at least three weeks in advance.

“I’m kind of concerned about the three-week requirement for the grant,” said Daniel Brewster, SGA adviser and sociology instructor. “Only because I think that at the beginning of the year, you know, August and September, two weeks is pretty much sometimes difficult.”

Representatives from the Bureau told Brewster and

the Board the person from the University the Bureau works with to distribute grants asked for the threeweek requirement.

This year’s Bureau went along with the recommendations from last year’s Bureau on how much should be awarded to each group, which prioritized how giving more money for applications would have a farther reach.

Under the proposed bylaw amendments, grants that apply to only a limited group of the organization’s membership can

be awarded up to $500; grants that benefit the majority of the student organization can be awarded up to $1,000; and grants that benefit the University, as a whole, can be awarded up to $1,500.

Also Wednesday, the Board approved: • To award by a unanimous vote of present governors a $350 grant for the West Virginia Association for Young Children.

• To award by a unanimous vote of present governors a $1,280 grant for the WVU Fishing Club to pay

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for the hotel stay of eight members at a conference in march next year. Representatives from the club told the Board the club was a nationally-recognized group and has appeared multiple times on ESPN. • To award a $297.34 grant for the WVU chapter of the National Association for Music Education to pay for the hotel stay of one member of the group so he can attend a national conference in Tennessee at the end of October. Gov-

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Thursday October 1, 2015

Students advocate American involvement in Syrian refugee crisis by madeleine hall correspondent @dailyathenaeum

In 2011, Syrian citizens organized a nonviolent uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian regime.

By 2012, after Assad ordered militants to the streets to execute the protestors, Syria broke out into a fullscale civil war, killing thousands and creating millions of refugees seeking asylum in other countries.

While most Syrian refugees are flooding neighboring countries­—now making up a quarter of the population in Lebanon, according to The Washington Post— others have been forced to escape through the Mediterranean Sea, a dangerous journey that has killed many. “(We can’t) sit on our hands and say ‘It’s not America, so it’s not our

problem,’” said Amanda Stoner, president of West Virginia University’s Oxfam America chapter.

Stoner believes it’s time for America to act.

“American foreign policy has such a (huge) effect on everywhere else,” Stoner said. “The more everyday people are aware of what’s going on in the world, the more impact we can have.”

WVU’s chapters of Oxfam and UNICEF have partnered with the University’s Geology and Geography department to raise awareness on campus about the dayto-day struggles of refugees through Syrian Awareness Week, Oct. 1-7.

Each day, Oxfam and UNICEF will set up tables in various locations on campus, selling pens as an act of solidarity with a Syrian refugee who sold pens to support his young daughter in Lebanon.

On Friday, Oxfam and

UNICEF will also sell baked goods.

All proceeds will be donated directly to the Collateral Repair Fund, an organization in Jordan working on the ground with Syrian refugees and helping them rebuild their lives.

Syrian Awareness Week will conclude at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7, with a panel in the Mountain Lair Ballrooms entitled “Making Sense of Refugee Crises.”

The discussion will address stereotypes associated with the Syrian crisis and refugee crises in general.

Panelists include several WVU faculty members and students who have experienced working with and researching refugee situations and migration, as well as Abdul Kaou, a Syrian student.

Dispelling harmful stereotypes about Syrian refugees is a crucial step in making a difference, according

to Karen Culcasi, a geography professor who has done extensive work with Syrian refugees in Jordan.

“What I hope is that WVU students can break down stereotypes that they have about Syrians, Middle Easterners and Muslims,” Culcasi said. “These people deserve life and love and hope just like everybody else.”

The main goal of Syrian Awareness Week is to raise awareness about the refugee crisis and encourage WVU students to think critically about their role on the global stage.

“Awareness is the first step to making a difference,” said Rebecca Speer, UNICEF at WVU’s president. “Having this campaign on campus is so important because it puts a face to the statistics… these aren’t just numbers, these are people.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Strengthened hurricane Joaquin closes in on central Bahamas

2015 WVU Diversity Week schedule 11:00 – 1 p.m., HSC Cultural Exchange: An Event to Share and Appreciate the Diverse Cultures of HSC Students Mary Babb Randolph Center, Health Science Center Presented by various students. Sponsored

by Global Engagement Office.

11 a.m. - Noon, Where in the World is Public Health?

Okey Patteson Auditorium, Health Science Center North SPH students from five departments discuss how each specific field of study relates to the latest trend items happening in the world.

11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., WVU Native American Studies Peace Tree Ceremony WVU Peace Tree, Outside E. Moore Hall, Downtown Campus (Inclement weather, Mountainlair Ballrooms) Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, Director of Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center and Professor of Indigenous and American Indian Studies & Sociology at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS. Noon – 1 p.m., African Dance Ensemble In front of J.A.C.S., Mountainlair 12:15 – 1:45 p.m., The Journey to WVU & Beyond Pathology Amphitheater Room 2118, Health Sciences Center Panel discussion of School of Dentistry alumni who “found their place at WVU.” They’ll present diverse perspectives on promoting a culture of health and science.

3 – 4 p.m., Women in Natural Resources Monongahela Room, Mountainlair Social event to meet faculty and students in the STEM based natural resources programs.

4 – 5:30 p.m., Healthy Masculinity Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair Real Man/Strong Man- a discussion with WELLWVU, Office of Wellness and Health Promotion, about dominant and counter stories of masculinity and the importance of reframing our stories.

5 p.m., Journey Series: “From Mozambique to WVU” Laurel Room, Mountainlair Elias Mondlane presents.

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This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at 9:45 AM EDT shows Hurricane Joaquin just east of the Bahamas. The storm is slowly moving westward with sustained winds around 80 MPH. The storm is expected to effect the Bahamas before taking a rapid turn to the North. Where it is going to get pick up by a trough and could cause effects somewhere a long the east coast. Away from the Hurricane, the island region is experiencing mostly fair skies with some isolated showers.

MIAMI (AP) —Hurricane The storm was pre- chances. land were urged to evacuate Joaquin gained power as it dicted to turn to the north “People don’t panic too their homes. bore down on the central and northwest toward the much. There’s nothing you Those islands have relBahamas early Thursday, United States late Thurs- can do about it. If it comes, atively small populations, and forecasters said it was day or Friday, but forecast- it comes, and you do what fewer than 1,000 on San Sallikely to grow into a major ers were still gathering data you can,” said Gosling, who vador, but they are vulnerstorm while following a path trying to determine how it has lived on Eleuthera for 27 able in a storm since most that would near the U.S. East might affect the U.S. years. “If the forecast is right of the people live along Coast by the weekend.

“We’ve got Air Force re- we will get some wind and the shoreline in modest Some minor damage was connaissance planes con- rain and it will go back out homes. reported by Bahamas offi- tinuously giving us data to sea.”

A warning also was issued A hurricane warning for some more populous iscials late Wednesday, and from inside the hurricane islanders rushed to prepare this morning, and we’re was posted for Eleuthera lands in the northwestern for storm surges and heavy going to be throwing a lot as well as San Salvador, Cat Bahamas, including Grand rain from the approach- more aircraft resources at Island and Rum Cay, with Bahama and New Proviing Joaquin. Authorities this problem over the next the threat of storm surges, dence, where the capital of said the center was likely to few days because it still is coastal flooding and 5-10 Nassau is.

The U.S. National Hurpass near or over several is- not certain whether or not inches (13-25 centimelands during the night and Joaquin will directly impact ters) of rain, said Geoffrey ricane Center’s long-term Thursday. the U.S. East Coast or stay Greene, a senior forecaster forecast showed the storm Joaquin was a Category 3 out to sea,” said Rick Knabb, with the Bahamas Meteorol- could near the U.S. East storm with maximum sus- director of the National Hur- ogy Department.

Coast along North Carolina tained winds of 115 mph ricane Center.

“We would be very con- and Virginia on Sunday.

On Eleuthera, a narrow cerned about them,” Greene “Residents of the Caroli(185 kph) and hurricane nas north should be paying strength winds extending strip to the north of Cat Is- said.

Stephen Russell, director attention and monitoring 35 miles (55 kilometers) land, people removed stray from the eye late Wednes- coconuts and other debris of the country’s National the storm. There’s no quesday, the U.S. National Hur- from their yards and put up Emergency Management tion,” said Eric Blake, a hurriricane Center in Miami said. storm shutters in blustery Agency, said Wednesday cane specialist with the cenThe center of the storm was winds, said Chris Gosling, night that storm surges ter. “If your hurricane plans about 170 miles (275 ki- who runs a volunteer am- washed out a portion of the got a little dusty because of lometers) east of the cen- bulance service on the is- main road on San Salvador the light hurricane season, tral Bahamas and moving land. Islanders have learned and some people in low-ly- now is a good time to update southwest at 6 mph (9 kph). from past storms not to take ing areas of Mayaguana is- them.”

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“It’s very important for us to celebrate the national Gee said.

Continued from page 1 endowments,” “They make us more human, as do the arts and the I think that’s the really in- humanities.” teresting part about it,” Hutchinson said. “It seems danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu clear that ‘Dixie’ won’t be forgotten any time soon.”

Hutchinson teaches courses in 19th century U.S. Continued from page 1 literature and culture, bibliography and textual studies and poetry and poetics. ernors Blake Humphrey, He is the author of “Ap- Samuel Richardson and ples and Ashes: Literature, Mac McIntyre voted Nationalism, and the Con- against awarding the federate States of America,” grant.

Governors Lauren Dirkand the co-author of “Writing About American Litera- man, Amber Kaska, Tori ture: A Guide for Students,” Moneyhun, Elizabeth Saand the editor of “A His- batino and Vice Chair Jutory of American Civil War lie Merow were absent Literature.” from Wednesday night’s This lecture was part meeting. one of the Jackson DistinSGA will meet again at guished Lecture Series, a 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday two part sequence in cel- in Elizabeth Moore Hall, ebration of the 50th anni- during which the proversary of West Virginia posed amendments and University’s Arts and Hu- any additional changes manities Foundations, governors requested will an area WVU President E. be read for a second time.

Gordon Gee believes is exjajarvis@mail.wvu.edu tremely vital for society.

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6 p.m., Exploring Geographies of Race in the U.S. Greenbrier Room, Mountainlair This multi-media event will help teach and reflect on the role of place in the patterns of discrimination that have shaped and continue to influence our experiences in the United States.

7 p.m., “Coffee House” Poetry Night Mountainlair Ballrooms Join Orville the Poet and Flowetry Man the #PoeticRockstar as they share their heart through spoken word, using words to build unity in the community, and building social awareness throughout the campus. Pre-registered students and staff will also share.

7 p.m., All Things Are Connected Classroom G09, White Hall Native Nations & Environmental PolicyMaking. Free and open to the WVU Community. Sponsored by Native American Studies.

7:30 p.m., Love for All: Religion and the LGBTQ Community Rhododendron Room, Mountainlair Join this multi-religious panel seeking to provide faith-based support of LGBTQ people. Attendees will hear messages of inclusion from the perspectives of Christianity, Judaism, and more. Attendees will have an opportunity for anonymous questions.

8 p.m., Rocky Horror Show Joseph Gluck Theatre, Mountainlair A student-produced show, with representation from nearly every major at WVU. FREE and open to the public.

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Continued from page 1 thinking more direct education for the WVU community would be helpful.

Marjorie Fuller, director of WVU’s Center for Black Culture and Research, believes knowledge will assist minorities in gaining better access to employment, health care and professional opportunities, as well. Access is freedom, Fuller said.

“It’s 2015, and we’re still dealing with many of the same issues that we dealt with during the Civil Rights Era of the ‘60s. Embarrassing, we don’t always even own it,” she said. “We as a nation must gain a deeper understanding about who we are, historically, if we ever hope to dispel the myths about race in this country and move forward together as a whole people.”

Fuller commends public servants that ask for

education and required training to eradicate implicit bias. She said people aren’t intentionally discriminatory, but are ignorant because of a lack of education about black culture.

The issues members of black culture face today are not new, Fuller said. There is just a light shining on such problems today with media attention.

She said these situations are “our history,” and how we deal with, report and respond to these “disturbing, yet all too familiar problems” is important.

“In the end, the basis for all freedom is knowledge. And no one relinquishes power easily.

Most of the time, if power is relinquished, it was because there was a fight put up against it, but I don’t mean guns and physical war,” Fuller said. “I mean awareness—that’s our fight.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Thursday October 1, 2015

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Making global education accessible Since the beginning of formalized education around the world, women have been excluded from receiving the same education as men.

In earlier centuries, the Catholic Church played a large part in promoting the idea that women were subservient to men and did not need to be educated. In the Middle Ages, young women of the noble class sought private tutors to receive an education but were taught household skills over conceptual subjects like math and science. Lower-class women did not receive any

kind of education for centuries and remained largely illiterate.

Even in America, Harvard University (then Harvard College, which was the first place of higher education established in the country) opened its doors in 1636, but women did not regularly start receiving college educations until more than 200 years later.

Today, 57 percent of college students in the country are female, and minority groups make up the majority of public school students.

Never before in history has education been so accessi-

ble to groups previously denied this widely regarded human right. However, it’s a much different story in other countries.

Michelle Obama created the hashtag #62MillionGirls to draw attention to the number of women left without access to basic education around the world during the Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 26. Celebrities have joined her in using the hashtag and tweeting what their education gave them.

Misty Copeland, a celebrity ballet dancer, tweeted, “I learned how to follow my

own path,” while Dianna Agron, an actress, shared, “I learned the power of imagination and creativity.”

Even Stephen Colbert, the previous host of “The Colbert Report” joined in raising awareness of the issue by contributing, “I learned to pretend I read Moby Dick.”

Many current students take for granted what attending school and receiving an education gives them. To put this into perspective, imagine a world without literacy. Nothing could be made permanent through text, and the enter-

taining stories we repeatedly turn to—Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, Lord of the Rings—would not exist.

Imagine a world without math and science, in which numbers and variables would not be able to explain the scientific principles we regard as true today. New inventions would become few and far between, as not being able to apply concepts like aerodynamics and electricity would hinder our understanding of the world.

Without the knowledge of these most basic principles, life as we know it would become dull and lackluster.

#62MillionGirls is a part of the Let Girls Learn initiative, in which the Peace Corps will send volunteers overseas to help establish libraries, teach about health care and hygiene and break down the social and economic barriers prohibiting girls from finishing their primary and secondary educations. This editorial board believes making global education a possibility for all will have numerous benefits on both their communities and the world. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Pop culture is not grounds for denying science kody goff Columnist @retrosyk

The public is quite fickle when it comes to science.

Modern society adores scientific progress as a general rule, but I’d argue only superficially so. When reality speaks to us through science, far too many fail to listen. Creationists and climate change deniers and their ilk are well-known examples of this.

These people eagerly shoot down the parts of science that disagree with their worldview but wouldn’t dare argue such scientific claims like the theory of gravity. This may seem funny to people who accept all hard scientific truths, but I believe the denial of science for arbitrary reasons may have deeper roots within popular culture.

Think about it: How many people have you known who vehemently raged against Pluto’s new classification as a dwarf planet? Probably many—even an episode of “Rick and Morty” addressed the stubborn nature of these people in its first season, and you may have even been one yourself. In essence, Pluto’s new label is just harmless semantics and personal preference, but it still seems symptomatic of the aforementioned problem.

Scientists educated in astronomy, cosmology and astrophysics have debated for years on Pluto’s designation, and “dwarf planet” is simply the conclusion they reached. However, many people online created graphics depicting a personified Pluto saddened at its supposed “demotion” as a planet in response as a way to project their own

Science indicates the velociraptors depicted in “Jurrasic World” would have been much smaller in reality and would have had feathered bodies. feelings about the label. In essence, Pluto does not fill many requirements that could classify it as a planet, and to reject this shows disregard for the conclusions reached by the scientific community.

Another cultural instance of this denial phenomenon is the public’s perception of dinosaurs. Everyone loves dinosaurs; they’ve become a major part of our cultural mythos and have been featured in innumerable works of fiction. Since the major dinosaur discoveries, there have been some minor discoveries that have changed

cultural perception of these prehistoric monsters. For example, the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex was found to walk less like Godzilla and more like a chicken. Luckily, this find was reflected soon after in film, with the T. Rex’s well-loved appearance in “Jurassic Park” demonstrating this chicken stance.

However, dinosaurs today are still portrayed just as they were in the original Spielberg classic, even though we have learned much more about their appearance since then. We now know dinosaurs most likely had either feathers or

proto-feathers, and this is based on an overwhelming body of evidence from paleontology and evolutionary theory. Yet most artists refuse to portray them as such, seemingly because audiences now refuse to perceive them in this way.

Even in this year’s release of “Jurassic World,” the dinosaurs were shown as scaly.

Not only this, but the “velociraptors” depicted in both of these films are much larger than any of the numerous fossil finds indicate they should be.

This may sound like the mad ravings of some patho-

logic nitpicker who cannot stand for fiction to be scientifically inaccurate. Though this may be true, these social perceptions influence the way in which both science and scientists are perceived and accepted. When people know they can successfully pick and choose the scientific assertions they want to believe, they can also choose to deny data and theories important to our existence on this planet.

This could eventually lead to things like sea level rise and the extinction of several species.

When scientists feel it is

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necessary to rename or rethink a simple concept, perhaps we, as non-scientists, owe it to them to at least consider listening. By no means am I saying people should accept claims blindly; an open mind is a healthy mind, after all. But to deny facts and meticulously gathered data purely on the grounds of personal preference is folly. To not accept science for illogical reasons is to spit on the great modern civilization which science and human ingenuity have built. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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In defense of Greek life: Members give back to communities jenna Gilbert Correspondant @dailyathenaeum

When it comes to Greek life, the media does not hold back. Over the past few years, there have been numerous incidents of hazing, physical assaults, racism, sexism and, in most severe cases, death surrounding the Greek system. Even with the death of a pledge at Kappa Sigma last year at West Virginia University, the average person seems to believe fraternities and sororities center themselves around partying, drinking and harassing younger students.

However, what many seem to overlook is that being a part of Greek life is highly beneficial not only for the members of said associations, but for the businesses they support as well.

From Autism Speaks and the Make-a-Wish Foundation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities and many more, the Greek chapters currently on campus raised $50,000 in dona-

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tions to charities last year.

In addition to this generous amount, the Greek community performed 10,000 hours of community service. There are 29 chapters on campus, which equivocates to each chapter doing approximately 345 hours of service.

Rarely do you hear about clubs with a highly negative reputation, but what is Greek life if not an intricate and involved club enveloped in tradition? There are requirements one must meet in order to join, as well as standards upheld in order to maintain active membership. Greek groups organize both onand off-campus events requiring numerous volunteers and countless hours of preparation in order to execute. They also have required study hours for new members and have a set grade point average that must be maintained by all members.

Being a part of the Greek life community is so much more than parties and drinking; it teaches members the value of hard work, giving back and being humble. Like any

good club or organization, membership provides a pivotal networking opportunity in students’ careers. Greek chapters are national, so one can never know when they could run into a brother or sister from another university.

When it comes to graduation rates, students involved in Greek life stand a higher chance of making it to graduation than if they were not involved. There is more of a drive to stay in school and graduate. The bonds created inside sororities and fraternities keep students from dropping out. A study conducted by professors from Harvard and Syracuse Universities found 90 percent of Greek members at one large northeastern university were enrolled their senior years, while only 70 percent of non-associated students made it to their senior year.

Greek life gives its members opportunities, as they can choose to take on leadership roles within the organization. It gives students valuable experience they can transfer to places

Greek life promotes camaraderie during events like the Greek Games. like finding a job after graduation. Greek members are given the chance to create a personal connection to an organization they may keep with them for their entire lives.

One must remember that the actions of a few should

not change the reputation of an entire organization.

Every group has its share of extreme subgroups, but few give their organizations as bad of a reputation as Greek life currently has. Going Greek gives students a chance to grow

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while gaining unbreakable bonds. The overall impact of these societies in the country and the community is much more positive than many give them credit for. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Country musician Steve Smith to play acoustic show Melanie Smith A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Country musician Steve Smith will bring free music and relaxation to the Upper Room Ministries Coffee House.

Smith is a singer, songwriter and musician and started his musical journey at the age of 12, trading in his dirt bike for an instrument. The country musician has opened for wellknown artists like Darryl Worley, Lee Brice, David Nail, David Allen Coe and music legend Charlie Daniels. Smith was recently inducted as an Artist Member to the Historic Wheeling Jamboree.

Smith signed with Mon Hills Records in 2014 shortly after meeting the President of Mon Hills Records, Cody Kerns.

Smith met Kerns in the Mountainlair while promoting a benefit event for a West Virginia University student with cancer. Kerns attended the event and signed Smith days later.

Smith believes he has become a better writer, with songs that have made the

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Steve Smith signed to Mon Hills Records. country charts in Australia and have been in demand by musician Kix Brooks.

“Signing with Mon Hills records has definitely made me look deeper in my heart to write better,”

Smith said. “I can hardly wait for the release of my new record titled ‘Now and Then’ for our fans and listeners to hear.”

The performance on Thursday will give au-

diences a sneak peek of what to expect on the new record Smith is releasing.

He likes acoustic shows like the upcoming show because they allow him to tell the story behind his

songs.

“I will be doing country, bluegrass, gospel and you never know what else I just may tackle,” Smith said. “There is nothing to hide behind at one of these

shows… it is just me and my guitar.”

The head manager of Sales and Distribution at Mon Hills Records, Chris Wade, believes Smith is an awesome person and artist. Wade has spent time with Smith in the studio and has experienced his music in person while getting to know him.

“He is so passionate about his music and the state of West Virginia,” Wade said. “We at Mon Hills are honored to be working with him. Those in attendance on Thursday should be ready for a great show by Steve!”

Smith performed at The First Baptist Church in the beginning of his journey with Mon Hills Records and will return again to bring back memories.

The performance will be at 6:35 p.m. Oct. 1 at The First Baptist Church on High Street. For more information, visit the Upper Room Ministries Coffee House page on Facebook.

The event is free and open to the public. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Wyatt Turner shakes up country music scene with Appalachian charm chelsea walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

From small town to stardom, West Virginia local Wyatt Turner is shaking up the country industry with his natural and charismatic Appalachian charm.

Growing up along the Greenbrier River in southern West Virginia, Turner is no stranger to taking the stage. Turner’s love for music began with a deep appreciation of the bluegrass genre and the stories that bled from each ballad of a country song. From intimate middle school shows

amongst peers, to large performances in competitions like “Colgate Country Challenge,” Turner’s career to fame has been an innovative and impressive one.

With the use of social media, Turner acquired a substantial amount of online buzz. In 2007, Turner, a senior in high school, began posting videos on his personal YouTube account, featuring modern county hits of the time. Turner gained not only a large amount of followers but also sparked the interest of a local recording studio and even caught the attention of country group Lady Antebellum. In

2008, after joining his band, Turner participated in contests Nashville Star and Colgate Country Challenge. By 2010, Turner was competing on American Idol and finishing his debut set of master recordings. Suddenly, Turner went from small town living to life in the fast lane. Living in Nashville proved its challenges for the young aspiring country musician, as he went from living in an area with no cell phone service to having to keep up with an ever ringing cell phone.

“It was a complete culture shock, moving down there,” Turner said.

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“From not even owning a cell phone to moving down to Nashville, having a cell phone and needing it for everything.”

Still getting used to life in the big city, the West Virginian made it to round two of American Idol’s auditions, before being told he was ‘too country’ for the show.

Turner packed the loaded comment home, where he used it to inspire his song, “Too Country.”

“I’ve never been the type of person to ever want to be anything other than me,” Turner said.

“I don’t change myself, I don’t get a big head and I just enjoy what I do. I enjoy the fact that people are standing behind me and that I’m able to do something with my life.”

Turner appreciates his small town, Appalachian upbringing and the road that led him to his success.

The country singer’s start began in the small venues around Pocahontas County, West Virginia, notably within the Snowshoe scene, where the upcoming star would sing at bars nearly every weekend. Turner’s appreciation for where he comes from is what enables the country artist to

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Wyatt Turner comes from small-town roots. sing meaningful songs that tell the tales of true experiences. Recently, Turner released his debut album, “John Wayne,” which he initially began recording when he moved to Nashville. The album features hit tracks such as “You Remind Me of West Virginia” and “Damn Baby.” The eight-record album dropped on iTunes on Sept. 5. As of now, Turner is promoting his single titled “John Wayne,” from his new album.

“John Wayne really cap-

tures the true essence of growing up where I did,” Turner said.

“In the middle of a small town, or really the middle of nowhere, it captures that true essence of growing up and how things change so much overtime. It’s got a modern feel with a classic touch, it stays true to its roots as well.”

To learn more about Wyatt Turner, visit http://wyattturnerband.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Dancing with the Stars’ danger LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Dancing with the Stars” brings to mind words and phrases including “waltz,” “paso doble” and “that’s a star?”

Then there’s this one: “Ouch.”

There have been so many injuries and health woes over so many seasons of ABC’s dance contest that it could be renamed “Triage with the Stars.” Even Olympians have been felled by the seriously grueling demands of competitive ballroom dancing.

This season’s first casualty was Kim Zolciak Biermann of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” fame, whose crisis came off the dance floor.

She was flying home from Los Angeles after working on the show last week when she suffered a so-called mini-stroke that put her in the hospital. She helpfully posted a sickbed snapshot.

Zolciak Biermann has reported a full recovery but was dropped under series’ rules because she missed a performance. She’s campaigning to get back on the series airing 8 p.m. EDT Monday, proof of its addictive nature.

There’s more than bragging rights at stake. “Dancing with the Stars” has helped contestants rev up their careers and even reshape their images, as happened when Jerry Springer, the king of rowdy TV talk shows, waltzed his way to a more lovable public persona.

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Many stars have been injured on the popular show over the years.

But the earliest years of the show seemed to carry less risk, with scant physical fallout on the books. Is the quest for the mirror ball trophy becoming more competitive? Or are American celebrities, along with the rest of America, becoming less fit?

Nah, impossible, with zero still the preferred dress size in Hollywood.

Here’s a tally of the more seriously afflicted since the show’s 2005 debut, including one professional dancer.

As a testament to their dedication, only a handful of the 200-plus contestants to date have withdrawn because of health problems.

- Marie Osmond faints in season five, citing windedness from air pollution.

- Cristian de la Fuente suffers a bicep tendon rupture in season six, refuses surgery and dances on.

- Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor leaves the show in season seven after tearing her Achilles tendon in rehearsal.

- Former House Major-

ity Leader Tom DeLay drops out of season nine because of foot problems.

- Jewel (tibia fractures in both legs) and Nancy O’Dell (a torn meniscus) fail to make it out of rehearsals in season eight.

- Pro dancer Kym Johnson hurts her neck during season 12 rehearsal but ends up a winner with partner Hines Ward.

- Melissa Gilbert gets a mild concussion and whiplash in season 14 after hitting her head on the dance floor.

- Lisa Vanderpump of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” faints during rehearsal in season 16, blaming fatigue, possible flu.

- Olympic figure skating gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is another season 16 casualty, withdrawing from the show because of pre-existing health conditions.

- Bill Nye, aka The Science Guy, suffers a leg injury in season 17, then gamely dances wearing a brace.

- Billy Dee Williams drops out of season 18 because of chronic back pain.

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There’s an equilibrium point for almost anything - it can’t be one extreme or the other. It has to be just the right balance, and the Boston Beanery locations in Morgantown agree with that theory for the size of their wings.

“We have good-sized wings,” said Jared Riggleman, the executive director for all three locations of the Boston Beanery in the greater Morgantown area. “They’re not too big and not too small.”

He said wings that are too meaty can stay cold in the middle or simply not cook right, and the small ones just lack meat. But the Beanery’s are solid.

In terms of taste, there are many varieties of sauces to choose to put on the wings.

The most famous is the Irish Gold.

“It’s like a mustard barbeque (and) it’s on the sweeter side,” Riggleman said. “It’s a good combination.”

Another notable sauce is the cajun barbecue.

“It’s a little sweet and has a decent amount of spice to it.,” Riggleman said.

Other sauces include Asian barbeque, spicy ranch and garlic parmesan.

On Monday nights, the Beanery runs a special of allyou-can-eat wings and fries for $10.99 at the Downtown and Evansdale locations. Downtown seems pretty packed most Mondays, especially during football season. The Pines Country Club location runs the same special on Tuesdays.

But the Beanery’s service should be noted, according to Riggleman.

“In terms of our edge against other places, we’re faster,” he said.

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Kegler’s There’s something in the sauce, and it’s the secret ingredient that makes Kegler’s Sports Bar and Lounge’s wings a step above the rest.

“We make our sauces home-made,” said Doug Moore, the general manager of Kegler’s. “We have certain people that make them in-house daily.”

Kegler’s signature flavor is the “Gold Sauce.”

“What’s in the sauce is a secret,” Moore said.

There’s also a Kegler’s special, honey barbecue, traditional mild, medium and hot intensities, but it’s not to say that Kegler’s isn’t willing to satisfy the customer.

“We try to make new sauces to appease everybody,” Moore said.

He gave the example of a group of buddies waltzing into Kegler’s, unsure of what sauces to choose for their wings.

“We try to get it where everyone has a choice,” he said.

The choices are also plentiful on Sunday and Monday, the days with specials. On Sunday, there’s a discount of $1 off of 10 wings, $2 off of 20 wings and $3 off of 30 wings. On Monday from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., it’s 40 cents per wing. The same Monday price applies to Fridays from 3-6 p.m.

“We try to run our specials all the time and stay consistent with them,” Moore said.

Kegler’s doesn’t change them too often so customers know the prices without having to constantly check for differences.

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Crockett’s Customer loyalty is a driving force for any business, and Crockett’s Lodge has that by being the first business in the wing industry in Morgantown.

“We’re the first bar that offered chicken wings in Morgantown,” said Kristin Johnson, the general manager of Crockett’s. “We’ve had the same wings and cooked it the same way for 30-plus years. We still have people who drive every week for miles and miles just to try our wings.”

Fresh ingredients are the reason people drive all of those miles.

“We always have fresh wings, never frozen,” Johnson said. “They’re cooked fresh every day.”

The sauces are also interchangeable to completely satisfy the customer’s pallet.

“You can mix any of our sauces together to make your own wing,” Johnson said. “We have 10 different sauces, eight wet and two dry rubs.”

The flavors range from sweet and sour to Cajun to Old Bay, but the most popular isn’t the most eclectic. It’s just the basic medium buffalo sauce, according to Johnson, with hot barbecue following in a close second.

As for specials, Wednesday is the day for the 60cent wings.

Crockett’s Lodge is open from 4 p.m.-3 a.m. all week.

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Tropic’s Delicious, inexpensive chicken wings with a taste of Hawaii—that sounds like something that would grab your attention.

At Tropics, winner of 2014’s “Best of Morgantown” Award for Restaurants and just recently the third place finisher Judge’s Choice in the Wing Cookoff on Sept. 19, you get to enjoy some of the only authentic Hawaiian cuisine in the area.

The interior is designed with an island theme, and the outside is built and decorated to look like a getaway location with tiki torches and a large wooden shelter with neat, hanging lamps that is sometimes home to live music on the weekends.

What really makes Tropics a staple in Morgantown cuisine is its 25 cent wing specials on Monday nights, complete with nine different flavors including a delicious parmesan garlic and their unique Hawaiian style wings. The Hawaiian style is a nice blend of sweet and tangy with a kick to it, but it is impossible to do the wings justice with mere words.

These wings are saucy and full of flavor, and would be a great dish alongside an island drink like a Pina Colada while watching Monday night football at the restaurant.

Summer employee Gabby Schrand said opening up Monday was one of the smartest moves Tropics ever made.

“We used to not even be open on Mondays, but we wanted to, and so our idea to increase popularity was to push our awesome wings for only 25 cents.

This summer we were always slammed on Mondays, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon,” Schrand said.

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Uncovering Morgantown’s best wing destinations.

Mario’s fishbowl Mario’s Fishbowl has received a few titles throughout its years. It is a three-time winner as Best Neighborhood Bar, featured in 101 unique places to dine in West Virginia, and Best of Morgantown 2015. The store officially opened in 1949 but has grown and changed greatly throughout the years.

Mario’s offers 12 different wing flavors that range from mild to hot and all are homemade. They claim their wings seem to be pretty big in comparison to other wings in the local area. Their two unique flavors would be the Greek dry rub and cowboy ranch The Greek dry rub has a mild and salty taste. It is a mix of a couple different seasonings that make a combination that they refer to as “Greek.”

The cowboy ranch is their most popular flavor for wings. The sauce is a mix of their medium sauce and ranch.

“Mario’s Fishbowl wings are my favorite in all of Morgantown,” said senior strategic communications student AJ Railing. “I get cowboy ranch wings and nothing else because that is their best sauce. To make it better, I get the blue moon fishbowl. ” Their other flavors include mild, medium, hot, garlic, spicy barbecue, honey barbecue, blazin teriyaki, and sweet chile habanero.

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Buffalo Wild Wings

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Clutch Wing shop

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Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the best wing joints on High Street.

Clutch Wings Shop on Beechurst Avenue currently serves some of the best wings in Morgantown.

What goes better with sports than wings? Absolutely nothing.

Buffalo Wild Wings, or “BWW,” offers customers the opportunity to watch their favorite sport while eating delicious wings with 22 different flavors and five dry rubs opportunities.

BWW offers flavors for everyone from mild lovers to spicy dare devils. Customers can get all flavors on either traditional wings or boneless wings. On Tuesdays and Thursdays there are deals on their wings.

“All wings are blazin’ and wild!” said Tomas McCoy, employee of Buffalo Wild Wings. “I call all wings wow!! I love them. We wow!! people in and wow!! people out! I like the spicy garlic. It is more mild with a garlic taste to it.”

Mild flavors include salt and vinegar, lemon pepper, teriyaki and parmesan garlic.

Spicier options are the jammin’ jalapeno, Asian zing, Caribbean jerk, Thai curry and mango habanero.

Some other interesting flavors are the spicy garlic and BWW’s very own buffalo seasoning.

Buffalo Wild Wings offers the Blazin’ challenge for anyone who likes a competition and a hot kick in their food. The challenge is to eat twelve blazin’ sauce wings in 6 minutes. People competing are only allowed to drink water and must get all meat off the bone, and if you win, you are rewarded with a t-shirt.

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Clutch recently showed off its wings when it came in second place at the local wing-off two weeks ago with their Ghost Rider wings. The flavor is inspired by a buffalo bacon taste.

Clutch offers more than 30 different sauces. The manager of Clutch believes that the most popular flavors seem to be Tailpipes fry sauce and the honey jalapeño. The Tailpipes fry sauce has a barbecue base and is considered the secret sauce. Customers can get traditional wings, boneless or tofu wings.

“My favorite is the Cajun barbecue,” said Clutch Manager, Derrick Blankenship. “It is the typical barbecue base with a little bit of zest coming out of there. It is so good. Honestly, I could put it on anything. Even spaghetti.”

The most unique flavored sauce that Clutch has to offer is their peanut butter and jelly wings. There is a more peanut butter so the peanut taste sticks out.

Clutch advertises five categories of flavors. These include buffalo sauces, barbecue sauces, Far East flavors, dry rubs, and best of the rest.

Clutch features interesting flavors like their Asian barbecue and sweet peach barbecue It has cultural flavors like sweet chili, Korean, orange ginger, general tso’s, and Kung Pao. -BNO

J.W. Thirsty’s 341 grill

A look from the front door of J.W. Thirsty’s in downtown Morgantown.

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It’s a new restaurant, but it has taken over Morgantown like a veteran. With two experienced and dedicated owners, the newest restaurant on Chestnut Street has just won the 2015 Morgantown Wing Cookoff in both the Judge’s Choice and the People’s Choice, and this is only the tip of the iceberg. J.W. Thirsty’s doubles as a pub style restaurant by day and a nightlife bar by night, and their extensive menu and friendly atmosphere is what gives them the ability to be open for such long hours.

Thirsty’s has 14 different flavors of wings, and some of them will change your outlook on chicken wings.

They have a buffalo and cajun ranch, which is great for the infinite amount of people who dip their hot wings in ranch, as well as a unique taco flavored dry rub where you can taste Mexican flavor without the tortilla. But the mango habanero is one of the premier flavors, mixing a distinct sweet taste with a burning hot kick.

On Wednesday’s you can visit J.W. Thirsty’s 341 Grill for 60 cent traditional and boneless wings as well as some great drink deals on Yuengling draughts.

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Teamsters members charged with extorting ‘Top Chef’ staff BOSTON (AP) — Five members of a Teamsters local accused of intimidating the staff and crew of “Top Chef ” while it was filmed in Boston last year were indicted Wednesday on federal extortion charges.

The indictment says members of Teamsters Local 25 demanded that union members be hired as drivers, then threatened and harassed the crew for the reality TV show’s non-union production company.

The Teamsters are accused of threatening to picket the Omni Parker House, where the show was scheduled to film, prompting the hotel to refuse to allow the crew to use the location for the show.

The men are also accused of yelling profanities and racial and homophobic slurs at host Padma Lakshmi and the crew while they filmed at Steel & Rye, a restaurant in the Boston suburb of Milton.

Three Teamsters were ordered released Wednesday on $50,000 unsecured bonds; a fourth was ordered held until a detention hearing Thursday. The men pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to extort and attempted extortion.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said a fifth man was dismissed from the indictment after prosecutors realized he had been misidentified from a photograph.

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said the Teamsters’ actions were “not union organizing, but criminal extortion.”

“In the course of this alleged conspiracy, they managed to chase a legitimate business out of the city of Boston and then harassed the cast and crew when they set up shop in Milton,” Ortiz said.

Local 25’s president, Sean O’Brien, did not immediately return calls seeking comment. O’Brien previously denied that any Teamsters had harassed

crew members, calling the accusations “fiction at best.”

A lawyer for Mark Harrington, one of the accused Teamsters, said his client denies the allegations.

“His only conduct was to exercise his lawful right to protest a company that was not maintaining area standards of wages and benefits,” said attorney Rob Goldstein.

Lawyers for the other defendants declined to comment.

The indictment alleges that beginning June 5, 2014, the men conspired to force the production company to pay Local 25 members for unnecessary work by threatening physical and economic harm.

On June 10, 2014, several of the men are accused of showing up at Steel & Rye, then chestbumping and stomachbumping crew members to try to forcibly enter the restaurant. The indictment alleges the men continued to use and threaten phys-

Members of a Teamsters local allegedly yelled racial slurs at ‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi. ical violence against the crew and others. They also blocked vehicles from entering the set and tried to prevent people from entering, according to the indictment.

The indictment doesn’t specify whom the men

were targeting in allegedly yelling profanities and slurs, but a person close to the investigation said Lakshmi was among those targeted. The person was not authorized to release details of the investigation and spoke to The

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Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The indictment said crew members saw the Teamsters standing close to cars belonging to the crew. Nine cars were later found to have had their tires slashed.

Reed talks character ‘Freeheld’ is a celebration of LGBT rights

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Nikki Reed plays a reimagined version of Betsy Ross on the show ‘Sleepy Hollow.’

NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Reed’s new TV series, “Sleepy Hollow,” tapes in Atlanta. So does “The Vampire Diaries,” which stars her husband, Ian Somerhalder. How convenient is that?

The couple, who were married last spring, met years ago and became friends. They bonded over their passion for activism and animals.

“We always bounced ideas off each other,” the 27-yearold Reed said in a recent interview. “I remember thinking, `Wow, I am so inspired by this human being.’ ... He’s 10 years older than me and he’s been able to find that voice and use that voice for many years.”

Reed plays Betsy Ross when “Sleepy Hollow” returns for its third season Thursday (9 p.m. EDT) on Fox. “I don’t play the Betsy that I think one might envision when they think about Betsy, a woman maybe sitting in her rocking chair stitching a flag,” she said. “I play `Sleepy Hollow’s’ version, super kickass. Very confident. A fiercely loyal woman who is the female spy in George Washington’s spy ring in the 1700s.”

So far Reed only has scenes in flashbacks with Tom Mison’s Ichabod Crane.

“They have an interesting dynamic and one I’m excited to watch unfold. There’s a thing, there’s energy there. I genuinely don’t know exactly what it is or where it’s going because that’s the beauty of TV. It’s all a mystery, even to

me.”

Reed’s other passion is animal rescue. Her mom “wanted to mother everything. From the time I was a little kid, any creature I could find, any critter was welcome in our home. We could always find food, we could always find a bed. If we couldn’t find a home it could just stay.”

“I grew up with one too many cats and one too many dogs and mice and rats, and I think at one point we had a coyote,” she said, “or maybe a raccoon because the raccoon’s mom died. One time we had a litter of bunnies. ...

We had like 13 bunnies and my mom and I were feeding them with little droppers every two hours. It was a zoo.”

Now she fosters animals at her own home, if only for a few days.

“One of the things you learn from rescuing animals is how little language actually means,” she said. “There is something that happens. ... You can connect with animals without ever having to really speak and it’s the coolest thing.”

She believes her permanent pets innately understand the process of fostering animals, and her female German Shepard in particular seems to love it.

“She was born to be a mother but never had puppies. Nothing makes her happier than me walking through the door with 10 crazy, obnoxious puppies tearing at her, clawing at her.”

TORONTO (AP) — “Freeheld,” a gay-rights drama about the turning tide of social justice, was shaped by the same currents of change it depicts.

In the course of making the true story about New Jersey police detective Laurel Hester’s fight for pension benefits for her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality and one of the film’s stars, Ellen Page, came out.

“Freeheld,” the story of a landmark victory in an ongoing battle for LGBT rights, is part celebration, part inspiration.

“Whenever you have these really amazing moments of progress or advancement, there can be a backlash to that,” says Page, also a producer of the film. “It’s nice to have this film now to celebrate the joy and celebrate the progress, mixed with, of course, the backlash that comes from people that struggle with the LGBT community.”

“Freeheld,” which opens in theaters Friday, dramatizes the events of Cynthia Wade’s 2007 Oscar-winning short documentary of the same name. Hester, a 23-year police veteran played by Julianne Moore, was dying of terminal lung cancer when she sought to have her pension transferred on her death to Andree (Page), as would be the case for a married couple.

A panel of county legislators freeholders - initially refused, and the case became a national story.

The film, directed by Peter Sollett and penned by Ron Nyswaner, is about the reluctant entry of Hester and Andree - both humble, private people - into the public struggle of the gay rights movement. It occurred simultaneously with the rapid onset of Hester’s cancer; she died in 2006 at age 49, shortly after the freeholders reversed their ruling.

“It is so personal, so, so incredibly personal,” says Moore. “We were really entrusted with an awful lot.”

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‘Freeheld’ dramatizes the event’s of a police detective’s fight to leave her benefits to her partner. volved with “Freeheld” use to describe an unusually emotional movie experience. Andree was involved with the film, meeting with Moore and Page, visiting the set and attending the film’s moving premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

It was also especially personal for Page, who joined the project several years before she, herself, came out in 2014. The 28-year-old actress credits “Freeheld” with helping her in her own struggles with being closeted.

“Laurel and Stacie are really incredible people who did something really extraordinary that created a profound ripple effect for change,” says Page. “To be part of a story that’s inspiring and also personally meaningful, of course, is a pretty wonderful opportunity to have.”

Moore said witnessing Page’s experience gave her a new perspective.

“Here was this young person who’s been dealing with this tremendously probably isolating experience, and how liberating it was for her to finally be playing someone in a same-sex relationship,” Moore says. “I’ve had plenty

of friends who have gone through it, but it was personalized for me. I was touched by her and her vulnerability and her openness.”

Sollett, the director of “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” went into production on “Freeheld” knowing the Supreme Court would likely take up the issue of gay marriage, with different results yielding much different climates for the movie’s release.

“If they rule against it, we thought, we’ll have a film that reminds people why it’s so important to continue to fight for this cause,” says Sollett. “And if they rule for it, we’d have a film that reminded people how critical it is to defend that cause and push even harder and further for equal rights.”

“Freeheld” also arrives at a time when progress is being measured on screen in Hollywood’s embrace of LGBT stories. “Freeheld” is joined this fall by a handful of high-profile films, including the 1950s lesbian romance “Carol” and the transgender true-life tale “The Danish Girl.” Such movies, of course, remain rare, and academic studies have illustrated how LGBT roles

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are seldom found in the industry’s most popular films.

As the writer of two gayrights dramas spaced by 22 years, Nyswaner, who scripted the Oscar-winning “Philadelphia,” is uniquely qualified on rating the media’s progress. The door, he says, has hardly been “flung open.”

“When I pitch, I still, if there’s a gay main character, I have to justify that,” says Nyswaner, who also penned the 2003 transgender drama “Soldier’s Girl” for Showtime.

“The question will be: Why is he gay? And I have to have a good answer. No one ever says, `Are they straight and if they are why?’ If he’s gay, it must be because the subject of the story is about being gay.”

For the filmmakers and cast, “Freeheld” may be a signpost in a movement, on screen and off. But it’s ultimately about honoring Andree and Hester.

“The whole of this life, you see her spending her life fighting for justice for everybody else,” Moore says of her character. “And at the end, all she cared about was justice for the woman she loved.”

Titanic’s last known lunch menu sells for $88,000 NEW YORK (AP) — The Titanic’s last lunch menu, saved by a firstclass passenger who climbed aboard a lifeboat whose crew was said to have been bribed to row away instead of rescue more people, sold at auction for $88,000 on Wednesday.

The online New York auctioneer Lion Heart Autographs offered the menu and two other previously unknown artifacts from Lifeboat 1.

Abraham Lincoln Salomon was among a handful of first-class passengers who boarded the lifeboat, dubbed the Money Boat or Millionaire’s Boat by the press because of unfounded rumors one of them bribed seven crew members to quickly row the boat away from the sinking ocean liner.

The menu, which lists corned beef, dumplings

and other savory items, is signed on the back in pencil by another firstclass passenger, Isaac Gerald Frauenthal, who escaped on another lifeboat. It’s believed the two men lunched together that fateful day in 1912.

Salomon also took away a printed ticket from the Titanic’s opulent Turkish baths, which recorded a person’s weight when seated in a specially designed upholstered lounge chair. The ticket bears the names of three of the five other first-class passengers with him on Lifeboat 1. One of four weighing chair tickets known to exist, it sold for $11,000.

A letter written by Mabel Francatelli to Salomon on New York’s Plaza Hotel stationery six months after the disaster fetched $7,500. Francatelli had climbed into Lifeboat 1

with her employer, aristocratic fashion designer Lucy Duff-Gordon and her Scottish husband, Lord Cosmo Duff-Gordon, who was rumored to have bribed the crew to row them to safety in the boat, which had a capacity of 40.

The Duff-Gordons, the only passengers to testify about the disaster, were cleared by the British Wreck Commissioner’s inquiry, which determined that they did not deter the crew from attempting to rescue other people but that others might have been saved if the boat had turned around.

“We do hope you have now quite recovered from the terrible experience,” Francatelli wrote to Salomon. “I am afraid our nerves are still bad, as we had such trouble & anxiety added to our already awful experience by the very unjust inquiry when we ar-

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This menu was taken by a survivor just as the ship sunk. rived in London.”

Lion Heart Autographs said the seller was the son of a man who was given the items by a descendent of one of the survivors of the lifeboat. It did not identify the buyers.

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Top rookies could impact 2015 MLB postseason CHICAGO (AP) -- Most of Kyle Schwarber’s major league firsts are long past, tucked away for safe keeping, or displayed on a shelf somewhere. His No. 12 Cubs jersey hangs in stores all over Chicago.

The rookie slugger, who plays with a calm that belies his experience, takes it all in stride. But even Schwarber is looking forward to his postseason debut.

“I got an idea of kind of what it will be like,” he said, “but then it’s probably going to be nothing close about what it’s going to be like.”

Schwarber gets to find out next week when the Cubs make their first playoff appearance since he was a teenager growing up in Middletown in southwestern Ohio. Schwarber and teammates Kris Bryant, Addison Russell, Jorge Soler and Javier Baez are among a stellar group of big league rookies who could determine which teams play deep into October.

“I’m going to really count on kind of the veterans who’ve all been there and kind of give us the low down on what it’s going to be like and how to prepare,” said Schwarber, who had

two hits and walked twice in a 4-1 victory at Cincinnati on Tuesday night. “They say it’s a different feeling every time, so I’m looking forward to it personally. I want to get that feeling.”

Schwarber had 16 of the 653 homers for rookies heading into Tuesday’s games, the highest such total for a single season in major league history, according to STATS. The 5,727 hits and 9,164 total bases for rookies in 2015 also rank among baseball’s best classes, same for the 409 wins and 6,692 strikeouts.

Bryant, the front-runner for NL Rookie of the Year, powered Chicago to a spot in the Oct. 7 wild-card game, but several other rookies also had prominent roles on contending clubs.

Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz likely will be a part of the Mets’ postseason rotation. Michael Conforto is batting .280 with eight homers and 24 RBIs in 52 games since he made his major league debut on July 24.

New York’s young arms played a key role in the Mets’ overtaking Washington for the NL East title in the second half of the year.

“I think once you’ve made enough starts up here where you realize you can compete, I think you throw the rookie stuff away,” manager Terry Collins said.

“There’s no reason to think you can’t win big games just because you don’t have the years in, when you’ve gone out and competed against good teams and good lineups and gotten them out.

I think that stuff is pretty much along the wayside.”

Across town in the Bronx, Greg Bird has 10 homers and 29 RBIs in just 41 games for the Yankees, helping make up for the loss of first baseman Mark Teixeira to a right leg injury. Righthander Luis Severino might be New York’s most reliable starter as it tries to secure a playoff spot, going 5-3 with a 2.77 ERA in his first 10 major league starts.

Bird, who turns 23 in November, showed off his young age when he pointed to a - gasp - wild-card team when asked for his favorite playoff memory growing up.

“The Rockies in 2007, that was intense, because we were in Denver then, I was in high school,” he said.

“That was a cool postseason run. I just watched on TV.”

Eight years after then-rookie Troy Tulowitzki helped Colorado to its only World Series appearance, another generation of shortstops are hoping to have a similar effect this year.

Russell and Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers are already into the postseason. Houston star Carlos Correa and Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor, the top contenders for AL Rookie of the Year, are trying to grab a spot in the final days.

Seager was promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 3 and is batting .333 in 23 games with the NL West champions.

“We’ve got some guys handling it pretty well, and there’s some other teams, you talk about like a Correa or somebody like that have been huge,” Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.

“Obviously, there’s some young guys having good years.”

Seager got an opportu-

nity t o be an e v e r y day player when Jimmy Rollins was hampered by a finger injury. Schwarber made the most of a similar opening when veteran catcher Miguel Montero sprained his left thumb in July.

Schwarber batted .348 with five homers and 15 RBIs in his first 21 games after the All-Star break, including a memorable night near his hometown when he connected twice and drove in four runs in a 5-4 victory against the Reds.

He played in some big games down the stretch as Chicago secured its first playoff berth since 2008,

a n d he is hoping that experience will pay off in the postseason.

“You got to know that it’s the major leagues, every possible situation is probably going to happen,” he said, “and you’ve just got to stay level and keep your head in the same spot through it all.”

NC State dismisses Thornton after moped incident RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Shadrach Thornton’s latest round of legal troubles will be his last as a North Carolina State football player.

Coach Dave Doeren said Wednesday afternoon he has dismissed the senior running back from the program. That came less than a day after Raleigh police arrested Thornton following an accident in which he struck a pedestrian while riding a moped on a sidewalk near campus and then left the scene.

An accident report stated the pedestrian suffered a facial injury that required stitches. Raleigh police spokesman Jim Sughrue said Thornton was later located at the parking deck of his nearby apartment and taken into custody without incident.

According to a magistrate’s report, Thornton was charged Tuesday night with a misdemeanor of failing to provide his name, address and other personal information or “reasonable assistance” to the injured pedestrian. A traffic citation states Thornton is also charged with driving on the sidewalk and operating an unregistered vehicle.

Lee Turner, Thornton’s

Raleigh-based attorney, said Thornton cooperated with police.

“I understand that he was polite, cooperative and gave the officers a full statement about what happened,” Turner said. “I understand that after the accident he did have a conversation with the victim before leaving the scene.”

Still, the incident came on the heels of Thornton’s return from a two-game suspension for a violation of athletic department policy. And that was the third career suspension for last year’s leading rusher, with the first two coming after brushes with the law in 2013.

Athletics spokesman Fred Demarest said Wednesday morning that the school was gathering information on the latest incident and that Thornton was attending the team’s morning practice but wouldn’t be available for interviews.

Thornton sat out the 2013 opener during Doeren’s first season after being charged with misdemeanor assault on female.

Turner said previously that Thornton received counseling through a deferred-

prosecution agreement that ultimately led to the dismissal of that charge.

In December 2013, Doeren indefinitely suspended Thornton after authorities cited him for misdemeanor simple possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Turner said charges were later dismissed, leading to his reinstatement during last year’s training camp to avoid sitting any games.

As Thornton prepared to return from his suspension entering Week 3, Doeren was asked about the number of chances he’s given Thornton, a native of Hinesville, Georgia. Doeren said then that Thornton had been “the best him that he’s been since I’ve been here” and that he had learned from his mistakes.

“But if I felt like I couldn’t help him anymore, he wouldn’t be here,” Doeren said then.

By Wednesday afternoon, Thornton had run out of chances.

“It’s an unfortunate set of circumstances, but we’ve made the decision to dismiss Shadrach from our program,” Doeren said in a statement. “We will continue to support him aca-

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Shadrach Thornton carries the ball against South Alabama in his final game with NC State. demically and help him yards and nine touch- last weekend’s win at South earn his degree.” downs last season. He ran Alabama.

The school said Thorn- for 92 yards and a touchNorth Carolina State (4ton is on track to graduate down in his return against 0) hosts Louisville in its AtOld Dominion, then 111 lantic Coast Conference in the spring.

Thornton ran for 907 yards and two scores in opener Saturday.

SEC East has chance to step up this weekend Teams in the SEC’s East Division have a large chip on their shoulders.

It’s understandable.

They’ve come up short against the West in six straight Southeastern Conference championship games.

This weekend, they’ve got a chance to make a statement : Enough is enough.

Unbeaten Georgia and Florida take on West powerhouses Alabama and Mississippi in Top 25 showdowns.

Rejuvenated Florida (40, 2-0) slipped back into the rankings this week at No. 25 and welcomes third-ranked Ole Miss (40, 2-0) to the Swamp in Gainesville. The Rebels seek to break a first-place tie with No. 9 LSU in the West; the Gators will chase a third straight SEC win to keep pace in the East with No. 8 Georgia.

Florida coach Jim McElwain, a former Alabama assistant, wasted no time trying to inspire the Gators on Monday, saying that Ole Miss figures to come in and “beat the heck out of us.”

The first-year Gators coach later added, “but you know what? All of that being said, there’s a pretty good chance we’ll show up and be there. ...

It should be another fun environment.”

In Athens, Georgia, the Bulldogs (4-0, 2-0)

Ole Miss wide receiver Laquon Treadwell in a game last season. host No. 13 Alabama (3- get to play a lot of teams 1, 0-1), which looks to from the East every year bounce back from a 43- - there’s a good amount 37 home loss to Ole Miss of guys who were here in nearly two weeks ago. It’s 2012 that remember that the first meeting between game, that remember the schools since the 2012 how physical they played.

SEC title game won 32-28 We’re going to have to be at our best this week.” by the Crimson Tide.

Alabama center Ryan Tennessee hosts ArkanKelly was a redshirt fresh- sas in another interdiviman then and expects the sional matchup, with both Bulldogs to try and prove schools coming off close something before a na- defeats. After his Razortional television audience. backs fell 28-21 in overtime “They’re going to be just at Texas A&M last weekas excited to play us as we end, coach Bret Bielema are them,” said Kelly, a se- isn’t thinking about divinior. “Anytime you play an sional supremacy.

SEC team - and we don’t “We both need a win;

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that’s what it is. It’s all that matters,” Bielema said.

Maybe to the Razorbacks that’s all that matters, but there’s much more at stake.

Upsets will put the race for the conference title even further up for grabs, and could impact whether the SEC gets one of the four seats at the college playoff table.

The Rebels currently are the only SEC school tanked in the top five, with Georgia and LSU knocking on the door. The first College Football Playoff rankings won’t be released un-

til early November, but an Ole Miss loss to Florida, and a Georgia loss to Alabama would leave the SEC on the outside looking in for now.

“There are much more bigger games down the road, so this is a critical game for them to get,” SEC Network analyst and former LSU All-America nose guard Anthony “Booger” McFarland said in a phone interview.

“If you looked at their schedule before the season, you didn’t circle Florida as one of their big games, which is why this is

a key game they can’t lose.”

While there’s still a lot of football to be played ahead before thinking about a December trip to Atlanta for the SEC title game, signature victories this weekend could help show that the East’s days of playing second fiddle to the big, bad West might be numbered.

The Gators were the last East team to win the championship in 2008 behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow.

McFarland believes changing public perception that it’s the West and everybody else in the SEC starts with the East winning the title.

“Once the East gets to that point, they’ll be looked at as a more balanced part of this league,” McFarland added.

No matter what happens, a one-loss SEC team could still be a title contender.

But Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze doesn’t want to take that chance against a Florida team that was expected to be transitioning under McElwain. He certainly doesn’t buy into his counterpart’s attempt to paint the Gators as heavy underdogs.

“I’m not sure why coach McElwain said that our team has no regard for their team,” he said. “I’m sure he has a reason. But we have a lot of regard and respect for those guys.”

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Son inspires WVU’s Renwick on course

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University men’s golf team senior captain Easton Renwick has not had the typical journey one would expect for a collegiate athlete.

The DuBois, Pennsylvania native has a special source of inspiration for when he’s competing out on the golf course: his two-and-a-half-year-old son Jackson, whom Renwick calls, “the best thing to ever happen to me.”

Renwick played golf for two years at Coastal Carolina, but after the birth of his son, he knew he’d have to put his education and his golf career on hold so he could work full-time to support his son. He moved back to DuBois and began to work as a salesman for his family’s furniture company.

“When I had (my son), I came home and was working for my family’s furniture company. That summer I got the phone call from Coach asking if I’d be interested in coming to West Virginia to play for the Mountaineers,” Renwick said.

“It was an easy decision for me because I wasn’t in school anywhere, and I wanted to get a degree.

Plus, being able to golf at the same time was an added bonus.”

Covich received a phone call from a Penn State assistant golf coach telling him to look into recruiting the talented golfer who was between schools.

“The Penn State assistant coach called me and said that they didn’t have room on their roster, but if they did, they would have signed him,” Covich said.

“He said I should take a look. If I didn’t get that phone call, (Renwick)

might not have ended up here.”

It was a perfect match of two complementary circumstances.

C ov i c h a n d W V U needed golfers to create a team, and Renwick wanted a place close to home to complete his education and continue playing competitive golf.

Thus, Renwick transferred from Coastal Carolina to WVU for the fall semester of the 2014-15 school year. However, due to NCAA regulations regarding newly established programs, Renwick and the other Mountaineer golfers who were on campus had to sit out a year before they could begin competition.

“It was a little bit strange being at campus and not having any tournaments to play in,” Renwick said.

“But I got a lot accomplished. I made some swing changes and used a lot of the time to get more fit in the gym. It felt like we were constantly in the gym. I could tell a major difference coming into this past summer season where it felt like I was much more ready to compete.”

Renwick is excited to have the opportunity to continue competing and playing golf this season.

He has played in two of the Mountaineers’ first three tournaments thus far and earned a top-10 finish at the Marshall Invitational. Renwick, and the Mountaineers return to action next week at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“I am looking forward to playing some great golf courses this season, and spending time with the team,” Renwick said.

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WVU goalkeeper Hannah Steadman rises to claim the ball last season against Duke.

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Steadman is steadfast security blanket in goal

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As the No. 3 ranked team in the nation, there is sure to be a target on your back.

The West Virginia University women’s soccer team entered conference play on a nine-match shutout streak, and after a 2-0 victory over Texas on Sept. 25, the Mountaineers’ streak continues.

The veteran-laden defense is given much of the credit for the impressive streak, and rightfully so, but behind the defense stands Hannah Steadman.

Steadman is the Mountaineers’ senior goalkeeper, and the presence she provides in front of the net for WVU can be matched by few.

After not seeing much of the field in her first three seasons with Tennessee, Stead-

man transferred to WVU and began attending classes in January 2015. This gave her a whole semester to grow accustomed to her surroundings, before being thrown between the goal posts on one of the premier teams in the country.

For head coach Nikki IzzoBrown, Steadman was a crucial addition at the start of the 2014 season.

“Hannah brings a lot of experience with her from Tennessee,” Izzo-Brown said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “She is a mature goalkeeper, and she gained a lot of knowledge during her time at UT.” At Kinnelon High School in New Jersey, Steadman thrived as a goalkeeper, posting a 35-5-4 record during her time there, while compiling 13 shutouts and, remarkably, stopping five pen-

alty kicks.

Steadman earned All-State honors from the Star-Ledger twice at Kinnelon, and was named to the ESPN Rise New Jersey High School Starting 11.

Steadman earned her first career save as a redshirt sophomore against No. 16 Kentucky and continued to play sparingly the rest of the season.

After transferring to WVU, she burst onto the scene in her inaugural season as the Mountaineer goalkeeper.

Steadman was named to the All-Big 12 Newcomer Team and to the Big 12 AllTournament Team. She posted 11 shutouts, first in the Big 12, while starting all 22 of the matches.

Steadman’s six saves at Texas on Sept. 28 were a career-high. Steadman also played a huge role in shut-

ting out all of WVU’s conference opponents on the road, something that the Mountaineers had never before accomplished.

In 2015, Steadman’s veteran presence has continued to be an important feature for the Mountaineers. Starting 11 games for WVU this season, Steadman has only given up two goals, while racking up 13 saves.

“A lot of times the other teams are unable to get a shot off,” Steadman said. “If they are getting a shot off it’s coming right to me, so it’s harmless in a way.”

For this historically great Mountaineer squad, defense is something they can consistently count on. If that fails, there is another security blanket lying between the goal posts. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers take one set but drop match to Horned Frogs 3-1 by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

Last night, the West Virginia University volleyball team lost its match to TCU, but tallied its first Big 12 set win, the final score 3-1.

The Mountaineers came into the match after losing to Texas last week in a 3-0 shutout and looking for some redemption which played out on the court. Story lines of this game fed into the emotions on the court, as former WVU Coach Jill Kramer is now the Director of Volleyball at TCU. Kramer coached West Virginia for five seasons before her departure last winter and returned to her alma mater.

Now under the direction of head coach Reed Sunahara, are seven players who were recruited by Kramer.

Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery led the offense with 14 kills, followed by sophomore middle blocker Mia Swanegan with 13. On the 50 kills scored by the Mountaineers, the hitters also suffered 34 attacking er-

rors, which have hindered their scoring all season.

Set one was dominated by the Horned Frogs, who took the win easily 25-15. Junior middle blocker Regan McGuire led TCU’s offense with 12 kills, co-middle blocker Natalie Gower was right behind her with 10 kills. Early in the first set TCU jumped out to a 4-0 lead, mostly from easy attacking error points.

The Mountaineers fought back but the closest they came to even tying the score was when TCU held a 12-10 lead before scoring three unanswered points.

“I thought we got much better as the match went on, it was a good effort by our squad,” Sunahara said following the match. “I would take these guys any day of the week, we’re going to get better. We can see the improvement so we’re going to keep working hard and take care of business.”

The second set showed more effort from West Virginia’s side of the net, even with a 25-22 loss the improvement throughout the match Sunahara referenced

was apparent. WVU was down by six points at the most, about midway through the set when TCU was leading 16-10. Kills from Bridget Talia, Hannah Shreve and Montgomery, as well as Horned Frog attacking errors brought the Mountaineers closer to bridging the gap and tying the score up 19-19. The set remained close until TCU took the win on an attack error.

“The first two sets I don’t think we really played like ourselves, the third set was really how we play, and it showed in the score,” said senior middle blocker Caleah Wells. “The fourth set we could have gone either way. It was really close, we have the ability to put it together and we have put it together before, we just have to execute the next time we’re on the floor.”

Set three was productive for the Mountaineers, and the game actually remained close until the last five points from WVU. Both teams went back and forth scoring points and some really long rallies on each side

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Senior middle blocker Caleah Wells spikes a ball at the net in last night’s match against TCU. of the net, but West Virginia remainder of the game. She we bounced back after gotook a leap up 22-17 and did finished with 38 assists on ing in the break 0-2 and we came back after the break not back down, winning the the night.

In the end of the fourth and played like ourselves. set 25-19.

The final set wasn’t much set, kills and attacking errors Against Texas, that wasn’t different as both teams con- were exchanged and TCU the case,” she said. tinued to score and pace won on an error again, 25-22.

This weekend the MounFollowing the shutout loss taineers travel to Lawrence, themselves. Senior setter Brittany Sample went down to Texas and entering to- Kansas to take on the Jayat some point in the set, she night’s game, Montgomery hawks in a matchup that tips stayed on the court to con- said she could see a differ- at 5 p.m. Saturday. tinue playing through a few ence in the team energy.

“I think we competed, ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu points then went out for the

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WVU takes two of three from Oswego, Mercyhurst

BY DJ DESKINS

SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia Club Division 1 men’s hockey took two out of three games against Oswego State and Mercyhurst over the past weekend to improve their season record to 4-3-0.

Head coach Kyle Richards knew how important this weekend was to his team, because it was their first three-game weekend of the year and ended with their CHMA conference opener against the Mercyhurst Lakers.

They played host to the Oswego State Lakers on

Friday and Saturday night and came away with a series split.

An early lead maintained by the Lakers in the first period helped them to a 4-2 win.

The Mountaineers were backed by goaltender Ryan Wickiser, who started his second game of the season and saved 29 of the 33 shots he faced.

Despite a fairly strong performance from Wickiser, WVU only squeaked two goals by Oswego netminder Jimmy Albright on 45 shots. Richards was pleased with his team’s shooting performance that kept Albright

busy throughout the night, but they weren’t able to light the lamp frequently enough to win the game.

David Polinski continued to be a go-to guy on the ice for the Mountaineers, tallying two goals in the first two periods of Friday night’s game, bringing his season total to four.

WVU responded on Saturday with a three-goal first period to give them a 3-0 lead that would eventually result in a 5-3 win.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s weren’t led by one player and found scoring from all over the ice. Austin Crane was able to tally two goals during the night

and JP Sawyer and Harrison Colby also found the twine.

Riley Horvath had the magic touch with three assists, but WVU saw Shane Dushay, Alec Hnat, Vincent Fornes, Spencer Schutte, Nicholas Olds and Polinski each add an assist.

The Mountaineers were backed by goaltender Ian Donnan, also making his second start of the year, who took on 32 shots and only allowed three.

R ichards was not pleased with his team’s discipline on Saturday as WVU took on seven minor penalties. They were for-

tunate to have not allowed more goals on the power play.

Sunday’s conference opener was also WVU’s first road trip of the season, as they traveled to Mercyhurst for a game that turned out to be an overtime thriller.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s boasted a strong penalty kill for the second night and shut out Mercyhurst on three power play attempts. The Lakers had their own struggles with discipline, racking up 27 penalty minutes after six minors and one major that saw Nikolas Greco get ejected.

Donnan was rewarded for his strong play the night before with a start on Sunday. He stopped 24 of the 26 shots he faced throughout the night.

After a 2-2 tie in regulation, Crane found the net just over four minutes into extra time to give the Mountaineers the win. It was his third goal in two nights.

WVU will play a homeand-away series with Ohio University this coming weekend, starting with a game in Friday night in Athens, Ohio and a 4 p.m. game Saturday at home. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Court strikes down possible payments to college athletes A federal appeals court struck down a plan to pay college football and basketball players in a ruling that NCAA leaders believe supports their contention that the athletes are students and not professionals.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday that the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violated antitrust laws, but vacated a judge’s decision that would have allowed schools to make deferred cash payments to athletes of up to $5,000 per year.

“The difference between offering student-athletes education-related compensation and offering them cash sums untethered to educational expenses is not minor; it is a quantum leap,” Judge Jay Bybee wrote. “Once that line is crossed, we see no basis for returning to a rule of amateurism and no defined stopping point.”

NCAA President Mark Emmert said: “That was a very, very welcome decision from our point.”

The NCAA had appealed U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken’s 2014 decision in the so-called O’Bannon case to allow - but not require - players in the top division of college football and in Division I men’s basketball to be paid for use of their names, images and likenesses. The money would have been put in a trust fund and given to them when they left school.

Wilken also ruled that those players should be compensated with the full cost of attendance. The NCAA in August began allowing its member schools to provide an athletic scholarship that covers the full cost of attending college, though officials say it should not be mandated by the courts.

Previously, an athletic scholarship covered tuition, room and board, books and fees. Now NCAA rules allow schools to raise the value to include other expenses, such as travel, that come with attending college.

Schools determine their cost of attendance using federal guidelines.

“There are elements of (Wednesday’s) ruling that are either unknown at this point or are things that we would tend to disagree with the court,” Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. “But in the main I believe this has affirmed the amateur status of collegiate athletes and affirmed these are students, not employees.”

Sonny Vaccaro, the former athletic shoe representative who recruited former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon to launch the law-

suit, disagreed.

“We won on every front, every appeal, everything,” he said. “Someone should tell the NCAA that the public and the courts believe their athletes are not amateurs.”

Stephen Ross, a law professor at Penn State who specializes in sports and antitrust law, said the ruling was a win wrapped in a loss for the NCAA. “The 2-1 majority opinion is a huge victory for the major college football and basketball programs in the country by letting them do exactly what they want to do while losing on every single major legal point they raised in the appeal,” Ross said.

Ross said the U.S. Supreme Court may eventually decide the issue if a similar but separate case that is pending is decided in favor of athletes. A case working its way through the courts, led by antitrust lawyer Jeffrey Kessler, challenges schools’ rights to cap compensation at the value of a scholarship.

Michael A. Carrier, a professor at Rutgers Law School, said plaintiffs received from the appeals court a “very strong ruling” that NCAA amateurism rules are subject to antitrust scrutiny. That will keep alive the possibility of future antitrust challenges.

But, he said, future attempts to get even more money for college athletes were hurt by this ruling.

“If even this deferred $5K doesn’t fly, nor would greater amounts that have even less to do with educational expenses,” Carrier said in an email.

The majority found that the NCAA rules against compensation violate anti-trust law by stifling competition among schools for athletes, but serve the goal of preserving the popularity of college sports by maintaining its amateur status. The court said the NCAA could still achieve that goal by providing athletes with full scholarships for the cost of attending school.

But giving them cash compensation would jeopardize their amateur status, which underpins the market for NCAA sports.

In a dissenting opinion, Chief Judge Sidney Thomas said the majority wrongly dismissed expert testimony that found that paying student athletes small amounts above their cost of attendance most likely would not have a significant impact on consumer interest in college sports.

This does not end the legal challenges facing the NCAA. “I think in a general sense we made progress,” Bowlsby said. “I think we now are wellpositioned to move ahead with the rest of the challenges that we face.”

Rose out two weeks after eye surgery CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls find themselves in a familiar spot, waiting for Derrick Rose to return from surgery.

This time it is his left eye socket on the mend and not one of his troublesome knees. And his time away should be much shorter.

Rose had surgery to repair a left orbital fracture Wednesday, one day after he was elbowed in the face by one of his teammates during practice.

Coach Fred Hoiberg said the operation at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago “went as expected” and the team said Rose should be able to resume “basketball activities” in two weeks - about two weeks before the Oct. 27 opener against Cleveland, “It’s unfortunate that he won’t be able to be a part of most of training camp and preseason,” Pau Gasol said.

“It’s useful time for any team, to get teams on track, set the foundation for the new season - especially with a new philosophy, new coach.”

Hoiberg said Rose will be able to attend practices and run, and he should be able to pick up the offense under his new coach simply by observing.

“We don’t know how much he’ll be able to do

even while he’s in recovery mode, but he still will be here, learning,” Hoiberg said.

“So we’ll go as expected as far as putting our stuff in. We added a few new actions today and guys seemed to be picking things up well.”

Hoiberg said the 2011 NBA MVP was injured after making a “great baseline drive” and passing to the corner during Tuesday’s practice.

Dr. Christine Nelson, an eye specialist and professor with the University of Michigan Health System who is not handling Rose’s case, said she often recommends up to six weeks off, especially for patients whose activities put them at risk for another eye injury. But she said athletes eager to return to play could probably do so safely in less time by wearing a face mask or goggles.

The last thing the Bulls needed was their star point guard going down on the first day of practice.

The Bulls return virtually intact after winning 50 games and losing to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Management did make a big change on the sideline by replacing hard-driving, defensive-oriented coach Tom Thibodeau with Hoiberg.

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WVU’s Jamie Merriam dribbles the ball against James Madison earlier this season.

WVU earns individual, team academic awards

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Last year could be considered one of the more individually successful years for the West Virginia University men’s soccer program, as Joey Piatczyc was named MAC Freshman of the Year, Jamie Merriam was named First Team AllMAC and Andy Bevin took home MAC Player of the Year.

The Mountaineers are known for their ability on the playing field. However, it is their performance in the classroom that sets them apart from many soccer programs, including that of their Mid-American

Conference counterparts.

On Sept. 27, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced the West Virginia men’s soccer team as one of the recipients of the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2014-15 season.

To be considered for the honor, the overall grade point average of the team must be above 3.0. The Mountaineers just made the cut, finishing the season with an average 3.02.

“I am proud of our team’s continued commitment to academic success,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with WVUSports.com.

Prior to 2008, the Mountaineers had never re-

ceived the NSCAA Team Academic Award because they always fell under the cusp, until LeBlanc took over.

This honor marked the eighth consecutive year that the Mountaineers have received the award from 2008-15, all during Coach LeBlanc’s tenure as coach.

“To be recognized with this award for the eighth consecutive season shows that we have once again achieved our academic goals,” LeBlanc said.

“We’ve put an emphasis to not only be successful on the field, but in the classroom as well.”

The West Virginia men’s team was one of 306 men’s

programs to be awarded.

Aside from the Western Michigan Broncos, the Mountaineers were the only school on the list to represent the Mid-American Conference, another accomplishment in its own right.

“I want to thank our student-athletes, coaches and support staff, specifically the Student-Athlete Development staff,” LeBlanc said.

Earlier this month, Merriam was announced as one of 60 men’s and women’s college soccer players to be a candidate for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award.

Merriam is also performing on the field, currently ranking second on the

Mountaineers in goals and points through eight games.

In order to be nominated for the award, the candidate must be an NCAA Division I senior and excel in four categories: community, classroom, character and competition.

Last season, Merriam received numerous honors for his academics, such as MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-MAC, and Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team.

One of the key aspects of the CLASS Award is character.

“Merriam has spread a message that inspires others,” LeBlanc said to se-

niorclassaward.com. “It speaks volumes to the person he has become.”

Merriam is the third player under LeBlanc to be named a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. Last year, Bevin was up for the same award, ultimately losing but finishing in the Second Team category – the same story goes for Eric Schoenle in 2012.

The Senior CLASS award winner will be announced in December, during the 2015 NCAA College Cup. WVU will have two representatives, as Amanda Hill from the women’s soccer team is up for the honor along with Merriam. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Stewart to retire from Sprint Cup racing after 2016 KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — Saying it was time for a change, three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart announced Wednesday that he will retire from Sprint Cup racing following the 2016 season.

Smiling and appearing at ease at the Stewart-Haas Racing shop in North Carolina, Stewart said the decision was “100 percent” his choice.

“There wasn’t any pressure from anybody,” Stewart said. “If anything, it was the opposite. I know people were trying to talk me out of it. It’s a scenario where everybody in their career makes the decision that it’s time for a change.”

Stewart, who deeply loves dirt track racing, isn’t getting out of the car for good, though.

“I am still going to race,”

he said. “I am not retiring from racing, just the Sprint Cup Series.”

Stewart, who said a year ago he wasn’t sure if he’d ever run a sprint car race again, indicated Wednesday a return to his roots is in his future.

“Maybe. Probably,” he said when asked if he’ll get back in a sprint car.

His planned departure is not a surprise. Stewart will be 45 next season, hasn’t won a race in over two years and has been privately working on finding a successor for the No. 14 Chevrolet all year.

Clint Bowyer, released from his contract with Michael Waltrip Racing because the team is folding at the end of the season, will replace Stewart in the No. 14 in 2017. Bowyer has been looking for a one-year deal for next season as a stopgap

while Stewart runs his 18th and final Cup season. SHR also fields cars for reigning series champion Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick.

The last three years have been trying for Stewart. He struck and killed sprint car driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a 2014 race in New York and he missed the final third of the 2013 season with a broken leg suffered in a sprint car crash. His passion for NASCAR racing has also waned in the last several seasons, in part because of an evolving rules package that he has struggled with.

He is currently 25th in the points standings and failed to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship for the third consecutive year.

Stewart told AP in June that his confidence was shot

and he was struggling to find any enjoyment in being in the race car.

“I think deep down, you know when it’s time to do something different,” Stewart said Wednesday.

Stewart said the fatal incident with Ward and his comeback from injuries played no role in his decision.

Eddie Gossage, president of Texas Motor Speedway and a close friend of Stewart’s, said the driver had discussed retirement with him “over the last six or eight years.”

“I think he always viewed Cup racing as a job that helped him fulfill his passion for racing on dirt tracks, running world-famous Eldora Speedway or owning the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series,” Gossage said. “I don’t know anybody

that loves racing more. He’s a sure-fire, first ballot shooin for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.”

Kevin Harvick, who was lured to Stewart-Haas Racing

by Stewart and won his first Cup title last season, admitted he’s still coming to terms with Stewart’s decision.

“As the world learns about Tony retiring today I have to admit I’ve known about this for a while and really struggled to put my arms around what I think about it,” Harvick posted on social media.

“I’ve seen Tony as my driver, my boss and my friend. But in the end I want to see him smile and be happy in his life. Tony has done a great deal for not only my family, but the sport that we all love.”

Stewart, who moved from IndyCar to NASCAR and got his break in 1999 with Joe

Gibbs Racing, is the second star in two years to call it quits. Four-time champion Jeff Gordon will retire at the end of this season.

Stewart has 48 Cup victories and is a lock for NASCAR’s Hall of Fame.

He’s one of the most proficient drivers in racing, winning in every kind of series, from sprint cars to a dominant stretch in NASCAR where he reeled off at least one win in 15 straight seasons.

But the last two seasons have been filled with heartache and hardship on and off the track for Stewart.

While no one would ever count out Stewart from winning one more race, he’s no longer a regular threat to find victory lane. He last won a Cup race on June 2, 2013, at Dover International Speedway.

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And, lately at least, that means trying to get through the pesky St. Louis Cardinals - the team that sent Los Angeles home from the postseason the past two years.

While the corks flew and beer flowed to celebrate a third straight NL West title Tuesday night, outfielder Carl Crawford hollered out a gentle reminder: “Just the first step!”

The Dodgers haven’t reached the World Series since winning it all against the Oakland Athletics in 1988, losing eight postseason series in a row.

“It just feels great to do it again,” manager Don Mattingly said. “It takes a

lot. There’s a lot of perseverance in there from guys that have been here for the other two and getting knocked out. Hopefully we’re able to have a little bit of luck but play great baseball and see where it goes.”

Clayton Kershaw went down the list of proven veterans like Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley added

by Frideman, the club’s new president of baseball operations, to boost the Dodgers’ depth this year, then the left-hander mentioned the reliable rookies Joc Pederson and Corey Seager.

A pair of aces among baseball’s best never hurts either. Kershaw and Zack Greinke form quite the 1-2 punch for the Dodgers, who are still fighting for home-field advantage the rest of the way ahead of their best-of-five division series against the New

York Mets.

“It’s a fun mix, it’s a talented mix and hopefully it’s the right mix,” Kershaw said after pitching the Dodgers to a third straight division title in an 8-0 thumping of the defending champion Giants on Tuesday night.

“We’ve still got something to play for. We’re still trying to fight the Mets for homefield advantage.”

The first-timers such as Seager were giddy running around AT&T Park’s beersoaked visiting clubhouse.

“It’s awesome. It’s on a different level,” Seager said.

“It’s fun and I’m going to go enjoy it.”

That’s exactly the kind of maturity and professionalism Mattingly insists is the biggest change with this group. Not to mention the desire to prove something on the October stage at last after all of the recent postseason failures that remain so fresh.