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Council approves Cobun Creek Dam by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomjake

With little discussion except to reaffirm previous comments, Morgantown’s city council finished laying the groundwork on Tuesday night for the city’s future safe drinking water.

The council approved a series of bonds and raised water/sewer fees as requested by the Morgantown Utility Board so that it can, among other things, address the Star City wastewater treatment

plant that’s nearing its breaking point.

“The river is—well, water is essential to making us a river town,” said Councilwoman Nancy Ganz, Seventh Ward. “A river time relates to our prosperity and our continual development. If we don’t do this… we would lose part of the attractiveness of living in this town.”

In approving the bonds (which will total no more than $180 million), the council effectively approved MUB’s plans to dam Cobun Creek. This

Students host camp to show support for children with cancer by amy pratt

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Camp Kesem is a national grassroots organization run by students to organize summer camps for children who have parents or siblings with cancer.

Last year, Nancy McIntyre, interim dean of West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics, was approached about starting a Camp Kesem organization at WVU. After the initial paperwork was completed, Kayleigh Walsh, a junior finance student, and Megan Pumphrey, a junior management student, were appointed as directors of the program.

“I think cancer has affected (everybody) in some way. If you think about the children of cancer patients, where they consistently have a parent in the hospital and they have to go back and forth, and they have a parent who can’t attend their school functions or after-school activities,” Pumphrey said.

“They’re really limited in what they can do in their lives. It’s so much more than you really think.”

The goal of Camp Kesem is to give children a week without worrying about cancer. They can have fun and meet other children in similar situations.

“This particular camp pulled my heartstrings because it’s about what I call, ‘the forgotten kids.’ Kids whose parents, brothers or sisters have cancer,” McIntyre said. “These kids oftentimes don’t get to be kids.”

WVU’s Camp Kesem is the first in West Virginia. Walsh and Pumphrey spent last spring recr uiting coordinators for the organization and started training in September.

This year, they have been working on fundraising for the camp.

Their goal is $30,000, and they have already raised $15,000.

Walsh and Pumphrey have also worked on recruiting children for the camp and have had

one child sign up so far.

“We go into a lot of family grief centers in this area. We reach out to a lot of hospitals and cancer (organizations).

We go, and we try to contact them and see if they know of any kids that would benefit from this,” Walsh said. “Camp Kesem is really big now, and in other areas, it’s more popular because it’s been established longer. People in this area are already looking for it.”

They have chosen a camp near High Point, West Virginia.

Camp Kesem also offers students opportunities to gain leadership skills.

“We have two missions.

The main one you think of is the kids,” Pumphrey said. “But the other half of the goal is to be able to give college students leadership opportunities and leadership experience, just as much as we’re giving. And (they) benefit not only from the mental and emotional aspect, but also, be able to put this on a resume and show what you’ve learned from it.”

Currently, Camp Kesem is looking for applicants for camp counselors or those interested in helping with fundraising and volunteering.

“There’s a way people can become involved if they want to put in a lot of time or if they just want to in put a little bit of time,” Walsh said.

“A lot of college students see fundraising as work. With Camp Kesem, you don’t get to see the reward until summer comes,” Walsh said.

“The best thing I can say is knowing how big of a reward it will be seeing these kids have fun at camp and wanting to come back again and again makes it all worth it.”

Camp Kesem will have general body meetings at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month in Clark Hall, room 104.

For more about Camp Kesem, visit their website, http://campkesem. org/wvu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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FEBREWARY TAKEOVER

INSIDE

Big Timber makes its name in W.Va. A&E PAGE 4

RAIN

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

decision came easy for most members of council who worried about the potential of large federal and state fines if the wastewater treatment plant continued to near its maximum use capacity.

When the facility was built in the 1960s, it was only supposed to last 25 years. It’s only allowed to treat 12 million gallons of wastewater a day and, according to MUB’s website, averages 10 millions of wastewater per day.

Timothy Ball, MUB’s general manager, said

the facility has spiked up in some years during a heavy rain season and has almost gone over its limit. The new plant will be able to treat 21 million gallons of wastewater per day.

Two residents that live outside of Morgantown’s city limits returned to council again, begging members to halt or at least slow the project so they have more time to become familiar with the plans.

“I’m proud that we’ve been so forward thinking with this,” Ganz said.

The property where the dam is to be built was purchased in the 1950s. Councilors said leaders of the time knew that the area near Cobun Creek Road would one day be a good spot for a second source of drinking water.

In addition to the bonds taking effect, water and sewer rates for all MUB residents will go up from about $34 to $55 a month, starting July 1.

Also Tuesday night, councilors narrowly approved the first reading of an ordinance annulling a

portion of Wall Street near the Monongahela River.

Councilmen Ron Bane, First Ward, Wes Nugent, Third Ward and Jay Redmond, Sixth Ward, voted in the minority.

Landmark Properties, a developer from Georgia, wants to combine several parcels of land surrounding the street to build a 866bed apartment complex.

“The question we have to ask ourselves here is this—‘Is this road used and useful?’” Bane said. “Or, is it

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Surrounded by his students, President E. Gordon Gee cuts his birthday cake. SGA hosted a surprise party for Gee’s 72nd birthday.

MSA breaks down stereotypes with hijab challenge by madeleine hall staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Noor Mozahem, a senior pre-med student at West Virginia University, was walking home one night when she came face to face with a terrifying experience of bigotry.

“This person rolls down their window and screams the most vulgar, insulting thing you can imagine,” Mozahem described. “When I got home, I realized that the Paris attacks had just happened.”

Mozahem chooses to wear a hijab, or head scarf, as an act of devotion to God and her faith, Islam.

On Tuesday, the Muslim Student Association of WVU sponsored a hijab challenge, inviting women on campus to try the hijab for a day to break down stereotypes about Muslim women. The day ended with a panel of Muslim women sharing their thoughts and experiences with the hijab.

The panel was moderated

by Sara Berzingi, president of the MSA. Those on the panel began by diving into their personal hijab stories, describing the moments in their life that led them to choose to wear the head scarf.

Berzingi, a junior biology and psychology student, initially began wear-

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Sara Berzingi talks to students about the hijab, a piece of head gear worn by Muslim women. ing the hijab to follow in parts of Syria, Iraq, Turkey are not Muslim women,” the footsteps of her Mus- and Iran, Berzingi returned Berzingi said. “We never lim friends in high school to Morgantown invested really ask Muslim women in Morgantown. more in developing her per- what their opinions are.

She soon realized that the sonal spirituality.

That’s what oppression is.” decision was a mistake. “(Wearing hijab) came Berzingi said that femi“It just may look like a to seem so beautiful to me. nism and Islam go hand in scarf on your head, but The hijab is who you are as hand, citing verses of the there’s a lot that comes with a person,” Berzingi said. “I Quran, the holy book of Isit,” Berzingi said. realized that wearing hijab lam, which gave fundamenWearing the hijab sud- was worth the struggle. I felt tal rights to women which denly made Berzingi a tar- like I was finally following had not yet existed. get for violent prejudice what I believed.”

Panelist Alima Diakite and death threats, and she Berzingi believes the me- believed that hijab also fosdecided that she could dia often attempts to define tered a sense of community not handle going back to Islam for Muslim women, and allowed her to grow as school. perpetuating harmful ste- an individual by emphasizAfter spending a year in reotypes and implying Mus- ing internal and external her home region of Kurdis- lim women “are oppressed.”

“But people who say this tan, an area encompassing see HIJAB on PAGE 2

GENDER INCLUSIVITY New all-gender bathrooms aren’t a ‘snub’ to those with disabilities OPINION PAGE 3

NO-HOLTON MAGIC WVU regains momentum, wins at Iowa State SPORTS PAGE 7

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Wednesday February 3, 2016

Resume Review Fair gives students feedback by jamie mason staff writer @dailyathenaeum

It’s that time of year again: The deadlines for applications for internships and jobs are approaching, and with most applications, a resume is required.

The WVU Career Services Center offered students the chance to have their resume reviewed and critiqued from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Tuesday in the Mountainlair commons and on the Evansdale campus. Students from all majors were able to take advantage of this opportunity in preparation for upcoming career fairs or applications.

“I think that having your resume before a career fair is absolutely essential,” said Jessie Barclay, a career counselor at the Career Services Center. “(We are) allowing a place where (students) don’t have to go into the office, and (we are) making it easy and convenient.”

Although usually the Career Services Center offers resume reviews by appointment only, David Durham, the director of the center, believes events like the resume review fair are what students benefit from.

“Having these resume booths are just one piece of the puzzle,” Durham said.

“Students can come in at anytime and have their resume reviewed. What we are trying to do is be a little more proactive than that

and take it to them… This gives students the opportunity to pass by it and happen to see it.”

When the Career Services Center provides instant reviews on the spot, they are pleased when many students stop by and take part in the review sessions.

“I think (the outcome has) been great. I haven’t even had time to eat my lunch, which I think is a good thing,” Barclay said.

“Usually, if we’re getting to the point where we see 40 students, that is great… I think we’ve seen more than that (today).”

Durham said many times, students come into the office for a resume review and think their resume is perfect because they had an adviser or professor help them with it. However, that is not always the case.

The Career Services Center frequently talks with employers and companies and finds out exactly what they are looking for in a resume, allowing the counselors in the center to be more beneficial than an adviser.

“We do our research.

We work with employers.

That’s a great resource for us, too,” Durham said. “A lot of times, the faculty haven’t kept up necessarily with what industries are looking for today.”

The counselors had prepared sample resumes to place in the review booths, which allowed students to

Cagla Celik looks over Francesca Collela’s resume at career services’“reviews on the spot”. see what the counselor was students need resume as- should be.” talking about when they sistance for other reasons.

The Career Services Censuggested a change.

Alexandria Gorrell, a soph- ter doesn’t only provide as“I got a lot of great ad- omore accounting student, sistance with resume revice, so hopefully I’ll be is applying for a scholar- views. Students are able to able to apply it and get an ship and needs the best re- plan out everything they internship,” said James Os- sume possible so she can need for their future acaborn, a sophomore pe- separate herself from other demic or work goals.

Durham said when stutroleum engineering stu- applicants. dent. “I’m actually going to “(The counselor) helped dents are unsure of which (make the changes to my me a lot,” Gorrell said. “She major to choose, what caresume) right now.” put things on there for an reer field they want to evenAlthough many peo- educational resume and tually work in or if they ple only associate resumes told me to move things plan on going to graduwith applying to jobs, some around to where they ate school, the Career Ser-

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vices Center is there to help.

The center also holds events and prepares students on how to work a career fair, how to prepare for an interview and even how to dress to impress.

For more information, visit the Career Service Center in the Mountainlair or visit its website, http:// careerservices.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shakeup likely to determine whether CEO Marissa Mayer can save her own job.

The long-anticipated purge, announced Tuesday, will jettison about 15 percent of Yahoo’s workforce along with an assortment of services that Mayer decided aren’t worth the time and money that the Internet company has been putting into them.

The cost-cutting is designed to save about $400 million annually to help offset a steep decline in

net revenue this year.

Mayer also hopes to sell some of Yahoo’s patents, real estate and other holdings for $1 billion to $3 billion.

Products to be dumped include Yahoo Games, Yahoo TV and some of the digital magazines that Mayer started as CEO. She will also close offices in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Mexico City; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid and Milan.

In an apparent concession to frustrated shareholders, Mayer also said Yahoo’s board will mull “strategic alternatives” that could result in the sale of all the company’s Internet operations. Ana-

lysts have speculated that Verizon, AT&T and Comcast might be interested in buying Yahoo’s main business, despite years of deterioration.

Mayer expressed confidence that her plan to run Yahoo as a smaller, more fo cus e d company “will dramatically brighten our future and improve our competitiveness, and attractiveness to users, advertisers, and partners.”

S h a re h o l d e r s h av e questioned whether she has figured out how to revive the Internet company’s growth after threeand-half years of futility.

Yahoo’s stock shed 34 cents to $28.72 extended trad-

ing after details of Mayer’s latest turnaround attempt came out. The stock has fallen by more than 40 percent since the end of 2014 as investors’ confidence in Mayer has faded.

“The investment community has given up on this becoming a resurrection story,” said Douglas Melsheimer, managing director of Bulger Partners, a technology banking and consulting firm. “At this point, it needs to be managed for maintenance or very slow growth. Marissa is more of a visionary whose background lends itself to a more ambitious strategy. I don’t think she is the one to navigate the

company through job cuts or a restructuring.”

Ken Goldman, Yahoo’s chief financial officer, said he got a “neutral” reaction after talking to some investors following Mayer’s presentation. He also acknowledged that both Mayer and he had made some mistakes that they are now trying to correct with this overhaul.

“None of us are perfect in all of our decision making, but I feel good about the plan that we put in place and believe it’s the right one,” Goldman told The Associated Press.

Some of Yahoo’s most outspoken shareholders, such as SpringOwl Asset Management, already have concluded that Mayer should be laid off, too.

Mayer, a former rising star at Google who helped that company eclipse Yahoo, defended her performance.

“Yahoo is a far stronger, more modern company that it was threeand-half years ago,” she said in a video presentation Tuesday.

She also lashed out at reports that Yahoo spent $7 million on its holiday parties in December, labeling the figure as an “untruth” that is more than three times the actual cost of the festivities.

Even after the mass firings are completed by the end of March, Yahoo will still have about 9,000 workers - three times the roughly 3,000 people that SpringOwl believes the company should be employing, based on its steadily declining revenue.

“We would like to see a higher stock price, and

HIJAB

to wear the hijab more comfortable, at least initially.

“I wore this flashy pink sequined hijab,” she recounted, laughing. “I walked into school like ‘Yo! Yes, this is me.’ It was a very happy thing— my mom even threw me a hijab party.”

After moving to the United States, Mozahem faced more backlash for her choices.

Panel member Abrar Al-

ghamdi, a senior psychology and education student, spent half her life in Saudi Arabia and the other half in the United States. This allowed her to develop a unique perspective on the hijab, she said.

“It’s about freedom of choice,” Alghamndi said. “I don’t like when people force their beliefs on others.”

Other panel members, such as Immi Waris, a senior biology student, and Reem

Karimi, a senior pre dental biology student, choose not to wear the hijab.

“One day maybe I’ll reach that spiritual connection the other girls have reached,” Waris said. “But there is no compulsion in religion— faith is very individualized.”

Karimi added that not wearing hijab does not make her any less of a devoted Muslim.

Among non-Muslims

who participated in the hijab challenge, Emily Koehler, sophomore psychology and strategic communications student, felt that racial prejudice could stem from perceptions of the hijab.

“I had a lot of people treat the scarf like a trend when it came to me trying it on,” she said. “It bothered me that people seemed more comfortable with it because I was white.”

Muslim women panelists agreed that hijab is not just a head scarf, instead encompassing external and internal modesty, values and humility, serving as a daily reminder of devotion to God. “My hijab is not oppressive. It doesn’t stop me from doing anything I want to do,” Mozahem said. “I love my hijab.”

as the catalyst for the decline.

The evening ended with councilors, the city manager, the city attorney and the chief of police going into executive session to discuss a “complaint on the election process.”

The state law referenced as reason for going into executive session is so council can conduct a “hearing on a complaint, charge or

grievance against a public officer or employee.

The saw law prohibits council from making any “final actions,” like demotion, disciplining or dismissing from anywhere besides a public meeting.

City Council w ill meet again at 7 p.m., on Feb. 16, in City Hall.

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In this Jan. 7, 2014, file photo, Yahoo president and CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yahoo reports financial earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

Continued from page 1 modesty.

“Hijab helped me become a better person,” she said.

Mozahem, who is from Syria but has lived abroad in countries including the United Arab Emirates, grew up surrounded by diversity. This made her choice

CORRECTION In the Feb. 2, 2016 issue of the Daily Athenaeum, it was incorrectly printed that Patsy Trescot, a former Clarksburg city councilwoman, would be running for Secretary of State. The candidate actually running is Patsy Trecost, a former Clarksburg city councilman.

CITY

Continued from page 1 not used and not useful?”

Bane warned the council not to take into consideration what the developers proposed to do with the site if the road was annexed.

For Councilwomen Ganz and Jenny Selin, Fourth Ward, the plan

is appealing. Developers planned, among other things, to establish ADA accessible access to the Rail Trail, provide additional public parking behind the complex and effectively add 8,000 square feet of space.

City Manager Jeff Mikorski also celebrated a decrease in the number of fires in city limits.

“It’s quite an accomplishment, and I think council should be happy with the actions that (it) provided as a part of this overall reduction,” Mikorski said.

He credited banning upholstered furniture from porch, arming fire marshals with arrest powers and the beginnings of a “culture change” among the West Virginia University students

we think Marissa and her current management team have become a hindrance to that,” said Eric Jackson, SpringOwl’s managing director. He declined to disclose the size of SpringOwl’s Yahoo investment.

Yahoo’s revenue has been shrinking through most of Mayer’s reign, even though she has spent more than $3 billion buying more than 40 companies, while bringing in new talent and developing mobile applications and other services designed to attract more traffic and advertisers.

The decline has persisted while advertisers have been steadily increasing their digital marketing efforts. Most of that money has been flowing to Google and Facebook - two companies once far smaller than the now 20-year-old Yahoo Inc. Yahoo’s fourth-quarter report provided fresh evidence of the company’s deterioration. After subtracting ad commissions, revenue plunged 15 percent to $1 billion compared with the previous year - the biggest drop since Mayer became CEO in July 2012. Things continue to look bleak, as Yahoo forecast a net revenue decline of 12 to 17 percent this year.

The Sunnyvale, California, company reported a fourth-quarter loss of $4.4 billion, reflecting the eroding value of its services. The amount included a $1.2 billion hit for acquisitions made under Mayer, including a $230 million decrease in the value of blogging service Tumblr, which the company bought for $1.1 billion in 2013.

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OPINION

Wednesday February 3, 2016

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The importance of voter turnout The Iowa caucuses held Monday night did not go exactly as predicted. Hillary Clinton and Texas Senator Ted Cruz won with 49.9 percent and 28 percent of the vote in their respective parties, but there were several surprises that occurred over the course of the night.

For starters, Republicans turned out in record numbers for the event. Donald Trump, who many believed was the leading candidate in Iowa, ended up placing second out of all Republican candidates with 24 percent, and Florida Senator Marco Rubio took third place at 23 percent. As demonstrated by the numbers, Cruz’s appeals toward evangelical Republican Christians over the past few months likely paid off, as he received 28 percent of the Republican vote.

On the Democratic side, Vermont Senator Bernie

Sanders won a surprising 49.6 percent of the vote in his party. In fact, the numbers were so close between Sanders and Clinton that six precincts were forced to use a coin flip to determine the winner, which is national protocol in the event of a tie. Clinton won all six coin tosses, which likely led to her emerging on top at the end of the night by a mere 0.3 percent.

The Iowa caucuses are the first set of elections held to nominate presidential candidates from each party. During the event, all 99 voting precincts of Iowa hold conventions and follow specific voting rules depending on which party a person belongs to. The elections have been 43 percent accurate at predicting the Democratic candidate and 50 percent in predicting the Republican candidate since 1972.

Regardless of which candidate any West Virginia University student may be voting for, the incredibly close results of the Iowa caucuses demonstrate that every vote counts. It can be easy to feel a diffusion of responsibility when millions of people cast ballots over the next several months, but if the country is as divided in choosing candidates as Iowa, making one’s voice heard has never been more important in history especially for young voters, who make up a large percentage of the voting population.

The next elections to determine presidential candidates will be held Feb. 9 in New Hampshire. Donald Trump leads the polls in the state, but, like Iowa, there could be another unexpected curveball thrown in the mix next week. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Campus Reform is misleading about gender inclusivity emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

Last week, West Virginia University took a major step forward when the designation of two genderneutral restrooms available for student and faculty use in the Mountainlair was announced to students. To those without gender identification issues who will likely continue to use the gender-specific restrooms on the first floor, this announcement hardly disrupted business as usual.

However, to those who have experienced harassment and even violence in gendered facilities, it likely came as unprecedented relief.

It didn’t take long, however, for this news to come under fire. If you use any form of social networking, you’ve probably noticed a negative article on the topic circulating within the WVU online community. Titled “WVU opens gender neutral bathrooms, ignores handicap accessibility” from the onlineonly news outlet Campus Reform, the article attacks WVU’s gender-inclusive restroom initiative as “…a snub to handicapped students whose demands for handicap-accessible bathrooms have been placed on the diversity backburner.”

Campus Reform touts itself as an unbiased publication, even to the extent of tag-lining itself as, “America’s leading site for college news.” However, the publication actually exists as an entity of the Leadership Institute, whose mission is explicitly stated as, “Training conservative activists, students and leaders since 1979.” Pushing the agenda of the Repub-

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All-gender bathrooms are now available for students who may not feel comfortable in either male or female restrooms. lican Party, Campus Reform often reports heavily biased stories, even to the extent of solely publishing the opinions of conservative professors and leaders under the guise of legitimate news.

The story Campus Reform decided to publish about WVU’s gender-inclusive restrooms intentionally misleads readers to believe that the University spent money building facilities for the benefit of students outside the gender binary while actively ignoring the needs of others on campus, which is simply not the case.

Anthony Gockowski, a Campus Reform investiga-

tive reporter, writes, “West Virginia University celebrated the grand opening of two state-of-the-art gender neutral bathrooms Thursday.” Anyone reading this who is not familiar with the actual events might assume that WVU painstakingly constructed two brand new restrooms and held a ribbon cutting ceremony complete with marching bands and confetti to signal their completion. In fact, two of the restrooms on the Mountainlair’s lesser-used upper floor, which have been present in the building since its construction in 1968, simply had their signs changed to reflect unisex status.

Gockowski continues to outline WVU’s apparent neglect for the needs of handicapped students by stating that their requests remain ignored by the administration. However, it remains unfounded that WVU ignores the needs of handicapped students or places their concerns on the backburner. Not only does a handicapped-accessible bathroom exist on the same floor as the two gender-neutral restrooms, but hundreds of handicapped-accessible bathrooms are located all over campus.

If this wasn’t enough, an entire division of the oncampus Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

is committed to servicing the needs of students with disabilities, and WVU employs an Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator full-time to ensure compliance with all existing accessibility laws.

As ADA Coordinator Jill Hess pointed out to Campus Reform, ADA regulations vary from year to year.

“Our buildings range from being built in the 1860s to 2016,” Hess said.

“Even if a building was built in the ‘90s, it may still be keeping with ADA standards.”

Since the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1991,

WVU has never experienced a lapse in compliance with ADA regulations.

While it is true that some of the facilities on campus may not be totally accessible for every student, WVU has made every effort to offer alternative accommodations in compliance with the law. It is both shameful and unethical on the part of Campus Reform to exploit the plight of disabled students on WVU’s campus in order to take a shot at those with gender identification issues and push a political agenda on readers. To further masquerade it as “news” is completely dishonest. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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FeBREWary TAKEOVER

The Daily Athenaeum uncovers the tastiest craft breweries across West Virginia.

Today: Big Timber

By Ally Litten A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

In the small town of Elkins, West Virginia stands Big Timber Brewing Company, a homegrown brewery. It may be small, but its beers have reached across West Virginia in just two short years.

The idea of Big Timber Brewing Company came to president and owner Matt Kwasniewski while he was a student at West Virginia University. After graduating with a finance degree in 2008, Kwasniewski realized there were not many finance jobs available due to the bad

economy, so he moved to Montana where all of his dreams started to fall into place.

“After school, I moved out to Montana and met my wife and started drinking craft beers out there,” Kwasniewski said. “I started home brewing out there and got really into it really big and made plans to move back home and start a brewery.”

When an apprenticeship opened up at a Montana brewery, Glacier Brewing Company, Kwasniewski jumped on the opportunity to learn what exactly a craft beer was and how to make it.

5th annual WinterFest at Cooper’s Rock

The view of Cheat River from Cooper’s Rock.

by Brittany Osteen A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Now that the snow is beginning to melt, it may be the last chance to enjoy the winter weather. The fifth annual WinterFest will be held at Coopers Rock.

The festival has 12 events staggered throughout the day, and throughout the day there will be a fire for people to warm up around. There will also be hot chocolate, coffee and baked goods for sale during the day.

Plastic sleds will be provided for sledding in the designated zone. There will also be a 300-ft.-long snow obstacle course and one-of-a-kind targets for snowball throwing practice.

From 10 a.m.-3 p.m., the slingshot paintball biathlon will be open to everyone. This event is inspired by the Olympic Biathlon where participants must cross-country ski and shoot with rifles throughout. Rather than rifles, participants will do a 1500foot loop and shoot at five targets with paintballs and slingshots. Targets must be hit before continuing.

From 10 a.m.-3 p.m., the five basket disc golf course will be open for anyone to come play. People can also try out cross-country skis on easy terrain.

From 1–2 p.m., Skiers can be timed in a downhill XC skiing time trial, which only takes about a minute.

The course is only 450feet long and can be done many times within the hour. The best-recorded time receives a handmade WinterFest tree trophy and a cake.

Starting at 2:15 p.m., skiers are invited to join the Mass-Start Downhill Dash. Skiers compete in a 600-foot-long downhill sprint. The first one to

Matt Kwasniewski surveys his fermenters at Big Timber Brewing Company.

After moving back to Elkins, Kwasniewski started doing research to start his company. Kwasniewski is not the sole owner his childhood friend, Sam Mauzy; his wife, Ashley Kwasniewski and his sister Amber Kwasniewski are co-owners.

“We work really hard together. We built the brewery ourselves and did 90 percent of the construction ourselves,” Matt Kwasniewski said. “If it needs to be done, we do it.”

As many local breweries do, Big Timber keeps things fresh by adding seasonal and new beers. They currently have their unique takes on Blonde, Pale, IPA, Porter, Double Bit IPA, Frost Notch Winter Ale and the Sluice Dry Stout, which is set to be released in two weeks.

“Our porter is really popular,” Kwasniewski said. “It seems like the first one people mention. It’s one of my favorite beers. It’s what we’ve become known for.”

Big Timber beers can be found in cities all across the state of West Virginia such as Morgantown, Huntington and Charleston. Table 9, Terra Cafe, Pies and

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Pints, Black Bear, 123 Pleasant Street, Atomic Grill and Iron Horse Tavern are just a few of the places to purchase their beers here in Morgantown.

“Our main focus is the West Virginia market and trying to become part of the beer culture in West Virginia,” Kwasniewski said.

Priding themselves on the quality of production, Big Timber does not only want to sell beer but also make it the highest quality they can.“We invest a lot of money in production,” Kwasniewski said. “We want to make it more of a production facility that is top-notch. I love the production end of it.”

Big Timber Brewing Company is not stopping. Not only are they moving to a new space but they are continuing to grow to more West Virginia cities.

“We’re just trying to grow. We love our state and we love our hometown, and it’s nice to create a product with ‘Elkins, West Virginia’ on it,” Kwasniewski said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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cross the finish line wins a handmade WinterFest tree trophy and a cake as well.

From 3-4 p.m., women can compete in the Women’s Frying Pan Toss. A festival in Saranac Lake, New York that is more than 100 years old inspires this competition. Women throw a frying pan as far as they can, and the woman with the farthest throw wins a unique hand-painted frying pan trophy.

Guided snowshoe hikes will begin at 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:45 p.m.

Winter Tree I.D. Hikes will start at 10:30 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m. For all the tree lovers, this guided hike teaches people how to identify trees when they don’t have any leaves.

WinterFest is hosted by The Coopers Rock Foundation, a nonprofit corporation which works to promote wildlife preservation and outdoor recreation.

The foundation is run by volunteers.

There are other fundraising events throughout the year, including a 50K race and a half marathon.

The Coopers Rock Foundation is supported by local businesses such as Pathfinder, Black Bear Burritos, Terra Cafe, Wamsley Cycles, Coopers Rock Climbing Guides, Morgantown Running and Greer Industries. West Virginia University also supports through the Adventure WV program and Fairmont State University through their Outdoor Recreation Leadership Program.

For more information on Coopers Rock, visit http://coopersrock.org.

Winterfest will be 10 a.m. -4 p.m. this Saturday at the Day Use Parking Lot and Front Gate, which is just a quarter mile from the Coopers Rock I-68 exit. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Alcohol has been a part of human culture since it was first discovered more than 10,000 years ago. At first it served an important health function. Water wasn’t always potable so alcohol was mixed with it to kill water-borne pathogens.

Alcohol soon became important in other aspects, such as religious ceremonies and social events

across cultures and time.

Due to its long history and widespread use, alcohol has taken many forms.

Today there are almost infinite different kinds of beer, liquor and wine, and almost everyone who drinks has a preference.

Yesterday 112 students in the Mountainlair were asked if they prefered beer or liquor. Sixty of the students were women, the

other 52 were men.

Women had a strong preference for liquor over beer with 70 percent saying that liquor was their drink of choice.

Men were more split with 25 men responding that they liked beer and 23 responding that they liked liquor. This worked out to be a 48-44 percent split slightly in favor of beer.

Interestingly, although

advertisements perpetuate the stereotype that more men drink than women, more men polled said they did not drink. Eight percent of men (four individuals) claimed to not drink, while only 2 percent of women (one individual) said they did not drink. However, it remains possible that men drink more in one session than women do.

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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Former DA says he coming to Mainstage Morgantown believes Cosby can’t ap

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Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad a roots reggae jam band with a loyal following, will appear at Mainstage Morgantown this Friday.

‘The Squad’ formed in Rochester, New York in 2004. The band has gained popularity in recent years and has released several albums, including ‘Country’ released in 2012, ‘Steady’ in 2014 and most recently ‘Bright Days’ in 2015. Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad has made multiple appearances on the summer music festival circuit, including West Virginia’s All Good Music Festival.

The band has also recently toured and collaborated with jam-band rocker G-Love.

“I’m really lucky to come from a musically progressive community, and Chris (O’Brian) and I have been playing music together from a really young age, said bassist and vocalist James Searl.

“We started out just jamming with local bands and made a lot of really talented friends, including Dan (Keller) and Tony (Gallicchio). We played around with every style: Punk, grunge, funk and roots reggae.”

The band chose to stick with its reggae vibe for several reasons. A passion for collaborating and playing music as a group is a main one.

“As musicians, reggae covers a lot of bases, it’s such a collaboration, a group effort and shared experience. You need to rely on each other almost like a trust fall, Searl said. “And it’s such a great

genre of expression, including political and social expression that it acts as a piece of history.

It exposes people to an enlightening and interesting reflection of the world.”

From the beginning, reggae has had a unifying power. From early Harry Belafonte and Bob Marley to The Expendables, the influence and power of reggae has reached well beyond a single musical genre. However, recently the group has churned out tracks with rock Americana roots, seeming to move away from reggae.

“Not moving away from reggae,” Searl said. “We are exploring world music, rock Americana, folk music and reggae all have similarities… We like to jam and learn from each other. With our live shows especially. I like to call our shows ‘panda music’ because they are so universal and unique. They are a culmination of all five of our influences, as well as the room and the audience.”

The band has seen old members leave and new members come, since its foundation. Despite this ,the ‘squad’ has maintained its integrity and authenticity. The obstacles of life have not slowed them down. Searl explained that whenever someone has wanted to leave, coincidental circumstances have prevented them from breaking up.

“Actually, it’s been pretty effortless and natural. Like I said earlier, we are lucky enough to come from a talented musical community and to have talented friends. That’s partly the reason behind the ‘Squad’ part of the

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Album art for Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad’s album ‘Steady.’ name. There’s never been an issue, our core mission to make great songs in a musically unique way has always been the same. It has that forever effect of a Squad,” Searl said.

Having recently collaborated and toured with popular artist G-Love, Searl said GPGDS’s work with him was an amazing opportunity for the band.

“Well that’s really a microcosm of that story because we’ve all been listening to G-Love, since we met,” Searl said. “We saw him in concert as kids.

And it’s funny, we just kept running into each other, and he asked us to go on tour with him. Garrett (Dutton, G-love) encouraged and pushed us to keep exploring. He really believes in the shared experience. So for us, working with him was such an awesome experience, a really beautiful story.”

Though the band has never been to Morgan-

town, they have been in the area for the All Good festival. Dan Keller, guitarist for the group, has spent time in Morgantown.

“We’ve been in the area for All Good, but our guitarist, Dan spent some time at WVU, so it’s kind of like he’s coming back and playing at his alma mater,” Searl said. “It should be a lot of fun, it’ll be the first time we have all played together in about a month so I’m excited.”

Finally, Searl revealed that while he doesn’t have favorite song to perform, he does have a passion for the live shows.

“I really like we when get to take a song way out to left field during a performance. I’m in it for the jams.” Searl said.

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad will perform at 8 p.m. this Friday at Mainstage Morgantown.Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 on Friday. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

H. Berry: Hollywood not truthful about people of color RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Halle Berry said Hollywood’s lack of diversity stems from a lack of honesty. Filmmakers and actors should tell the truth, she said, “and the films, I think, that are coming out of Hollywood aren’t truthful.”

“The reason they’re not truthful these days is they aren’t really depicting the importance and the involvement and the participation of people of color in our American culture,” Berry said, addressing the film academy’s diversity controversy publicly for the first time.

She made the remarks Tuesday during an onstage conversation with her agent, Kevin Huvane, at the Makers Conference, an AOL women’s leadership program.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been facing a diversity crisis since the nominations announced last month revealed a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominees.

Berry is the only black woman to win an Oscar for lead actress, and she said

she’s heartbroken her victory for 2001’s “Monster’s Ball” didn’t lead to more women of color being cast in leading roles. But she puts the blame on filmmakers with tunnel vision.

“Our cities are filled with black and brown people. And many times, unfortunately we see films that are set in Chicago, New York, Atlanta - big metropolitan cities - and they’re devoid of people of color,” she said. “So I feel like when we really live up to our responsibility and challenge ourselves to be truthful, and tell the truth in our storytelling, then people of color will be there in a real competitive way, and it won’t be about inclusion or diversity. Because if we’re telling the truth, inclusion and diversity will be a byproduct of the truth.”

She then looked at Huvane and said: “You hit me with a zinger!”

The Makers Conference, held at the seaside Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, continues through Wednesday with such speakers as Gloria Steinem, Sheryl Sandcloserweekly.com berg and Caitlyn Jenner.

Halle Berry says movies do not accurately reflect the prevalence of people of color.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The former district attorney who declined to arrest Bill Cosby on sex-crime charges a decade ago testified Tuesday that he believes his decision shields the comedian from ever being prosecuted in the case.

Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor took the stand in a bid by Cosby’s lawyers to get the case against the TV star thrown out long before trial because of what they say is a non-prosecution agreement with Castor.

The current district attorney insists there is no record of any such promise.

Castor admitted the only place the matter was put in writing was in the 2005 press release announcing his decision not to prosecute.

He acknowledged that he didn’t draw up a formal immunity agreement filed with a judge because, he said, Cosby was afraid that would make him look bad.

Also, Castor said, “It was unnecessary because I concluded there was no way the case would get any better.”

And he said Cosby’s lawyers did not insist on such a document.

The proceedings will resume on Wednesday, when Common Pleas Judge Steven T. O’Neill said he hopes to rule on whether to throw out the case.

Cosby, 78, was arrested and charged in December with drugging and violating former Temple University athletic department employee Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in 2004. He could get up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Castor said Tuesday that he believed Constand’s story but that proving it would have been problematic because of serious flaws in the case, including what he called her inconsistencies and continued contact with Cosby. In deciding not to bring charges, he said, he meant to protect Cosby from prosecution “for all time.”

And he suggested that Cosby and his then-lawyer understood it that way too, because Cosby later agreed to testify without invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a lawsuit brought against him by Constand.

“Cosby would’ve had to have been nuts to say those things if there was any chance he could’ve been prosecuted,” Castor said, referring to the damaging testimony unsealed last summer.

Castor said he hoped correctly, it turned out - his ruling would prod Cosby to testify in the lawsuit and help Constand win damages. She eventually settled for an undisclosed amount.

“I was hopeful that I had made Ms. Constand a millionaire,” the former DA said.

He said he and Cosby’s then-attorney, Walter Phillips, did not have an actual agreement that Cosby would testify in exchange for not being prosecuted.

Phillips has since died.

Kevin Steele, the newly

elected DA who is pursuing the case, has said Cosby would need an immunity agreement in writing to get the case thrown out. He has said he has no evidence one exists.

Prosecutors on Tuesday pressed Castor on numerous, seemingly inconsistent statements he made over the years on whether Cosby could still face charges. Castor sparred with prosecutors, parsing the language in his press release and in various emails sent to his successor.

He said he was referring in some passages to bringing charges against Cosby in connection with other women and other crimes but not in connection with the Constand encounter in January 2004.

While Castor was called as witness by Cosby’s side, the former DA said he is rooting for the prosecution.

“I’m not on your team here,” Castor told Cosby lawyer Brian McMonagle.

“I want them to win.”

Cosby watched the back and forth between Castor and the lawyers from the defense table, swiveling his head slightly as if at a tennis match. He showed no reaction when the courtroom erupted periodically in laughter over a quip from the talkative Castor, though he frequently smiled as he made small talk with his lawyers.

In a barrage of allegations that have destroyed Cosby’s image as America’s Dad, dozens of women have accused the former TV star of drugging and sexually assaulting them since the 1960s. But this is the only case in which he has been charged.

The unsealing of the testimony from Constand’s lawsuit prompted Castor’s successors to reopen the case and ultimately charge Cosby.

Cosby admitted in the deposition that he had affairs with young models and actresses, that he obtained quaaludes to give to women he wanted to have sex with and that he gave Constand three pills at his home. He said he reached into her pants but insisted it was consensual.

Castor defended his decision not to bring charges, testifying that he saw Constand’s year-long delay in reporting the allegations, inconsistencies in her statements and her contact with a lawyer before going to police as problematic.

Castor said Constand’s delay thwarted his ability to test her hair or fingernails for evidence she was drugged.

In related news, a Los Angeles judge ordered Cosby to attend another deposition in a lawsuit filed by a woman who says the comic forced her to perform a sex act on him at the Playboy Mansion around 1974, when she was 15.

Also Tuesday, model Chloe Goins dropped a lawsuit accusing Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. Goins gave no explanation.

Internet connected toys may expose kids to online security threats NEW YORK (AP) — Your smartphone or tablet is most likely pretty secure - not perfect, maybe, but generally unlikely to be hacked or to store, say, your email where other people could read it.

The same can’t be said for any Internet-connected toys you may have purchased for your kids. Recently discovered security flaws in a pair of such toys highlight just how badly the toy industry has neglected such problems, theoretically exposing kids to online threats.

While major crimes teeming from the hack of a connected toy haven’t yet surfaced, some experts argue that it’s only a matter of time.

Kids “aren’t expected to be Internet security experts and neither are their parents,” said Tod Beardsley, security research manager for Rapid7 Inc., the Bostonbased cybersecurity firm

that published the toy-security research on Tuesday.

Rapid7 researchers examined the Fisher Price Smart Toy, an interactive stuffed animal for children aged 3 to 8 that connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi. They also took a look at HereO, a GPS smartwatch that allows parents to track their child’s location. In both cases, they found that the toys failed to safeguard children’s information such as their names and in the case of the watch, their location, storing it on remote servers in such a way that unauthorized people could access it by masquerading as legitimate users.

After researchers informed the manufacturers of the flaws, the companies quickly fixed the problems.

Mattel Inc., which owns the Fisher Price brand, released a statement Monday

emphasizing that it has no evidence that anyone actually stole any customer information because of the flaw. Eli Shemesh, chief technology officer for Cyprus-based hereO, released a statement saying that security remains paramount for his company, adding that the security flaw was fixed quickly and before the watches started shipping to customers.

Those security problems are far from unique, said Mark Stanislav, Rapid7’s manager of global services and the researcher who discovered the flaws. Reports of connected-toy vulnerabilities have been rife in recent months, a trend he expects to continue to worsen as more connected toys hit the market.

Toy makers need to be “building security in at the development phase,” Stan-

islav said in a statement.

Like many connected devices, the Fisher Price toy runs a version of Google’s Android operating system, the same software that powers many smartphones and tablets. Beardsley, however, said toy makers don’t have the same commitment to security that a major tech company would have.

“I would be shocked if any Android-based toy didn’t have any problems,” he said.

Apple, whose iPhones and iPads are the biggest rivals to Android devices, doesn’t license its mobile software for use in toys.

Toy-related security problems began to grab headlines late last year, when kid’s tech maker VTech announced that one of its databases had been hacked, exposing the names, ages and genders of more than 6 mil-

lion children who used the company’s toys.

As the number of connected toys continues to grow, so will the number of hackings, says Bridget Karlin, managing director of Intel Corp.’s Internet of things group. Intel’s chips power a slew of connected devices, including a GPS smartwatch for kids, similar to the HereO, that’s set to go on sale later this year.

Karlin says that while the odds of any particular toy being hacked may be very low, most of the attacks are random. That means building in security from the ground up, starting at the silicon level.

In the case of the Fisher Price toy - which is sold as a stuffed bear, panda or monkey and retails for about $100 - the researchers found that the toy’s software and applications weren’t appro-

priately verifying who was trying to access its information. That could theoretically expose a child’s name, birthday, spoken language and gender.

Of course, those tidbits of information aren’t necessarily secret. But hackers could theoretically amass enough of them to create a phishing scheme aimed at financial fraud or identity theft down the road. In theory, the information could also be used to pull off the abduction of a child, though experts say the chance of that remains slim.

The same flaw also could allow an attacker to effectively take control of the device to do things such as change the account information, or monitor whether a child is playing with it or if an adult is using the related mobile app, the researchers said.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

Tuesday’s puzzle solved

Across 1 *Where deliveries may be left 9 Adorn in relief 15 First three of ten digits 16 Bad guy 17 *Airport pickup 18 State with conviction 19 “It’s __ cause” 20 *Modest garment 22 Extra-play qtrs.

24 Influenced by, in recipes 25 July baby, maybe 26 *Hiker’s pouch 31 Storm winds 33 Have yet to pay 34 NFC South team 35 Part of rpm 36 Whipped cream amount 38 Musical sequence found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues 40 Authoritarian figure 44 Chair part 46 Balderdash 47 Poetic tribute 48 Volunteer’s offer 51 *Infant’s dietary prohibition 54 Buck’s mate 55 Sun Devils of the Pac-12 57 Afternoon social 58 *Breaking point 62 Giant 66 Where it originally was 67 *History book chart 69 Had to have 70 Cordial with a licorice-like flavor 71 Prone to avarice 72 *Words of admonishment Down 1 Swimmer Torres with 12 Olympic medals 2 Pitcher Hershiser 3 Wine lover’s prefix 4 Exposes to the cops 5 Absent-minded, to a Brit 6 Front-of-bk. list 7 Red-coated cheese 8 Prefix with scope 9 Text alternative 10 Many a text 11 Get some rays 12 “The Hairy Ape” playwright 13 Yes or no follower

14 Brief arguments 21 Divided terr.

23 Cramp, say 26 Weather condition in the final scene of “Casablanca” 27 Belt maker’s tool 28 Opposite of paleo29 Flight coordinators: Abbr.

30 Light cigar wrapper 32 Part of a ring 35 __ point: embroidery stitch 37 Groceries quantity 39 “u r a riot!”

41 Menagerie 42 Excitement 43 Like the bull in the Chicago Bulls’ logo 45 __ peanuts 48 In neutral 49 Temporary wheels 50 Tenant 51 California’s Big __ 52 Can’t stand 53 Didn’t hit the books?

56 Hit the books 59 It has its highs and lows 60 Minimally 61 Skid row regular 63 Jackson 5 brother 64 Voting no 65 Discontinued depilatory 68 Part of rpm: Abbr.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Make use of a power surge. A LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH new method takes practice. Stick to Throw yourself into a creative proj- tested tricks. It’s a good time for perect. Write an outline, and develop sonal transformation. Who do you your ideas. Get engaged in conver- want to be? Walk or exercise and sation. Maintain momentum with consider.

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BORN TODAY Group efforts go far this year. A springtime cash surge leads to an educational turning point. Complete an investing phase, and begin two years of travels and studies. Another golden influx shifts your personal balance sheet. Save for love.

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HILTON MAGIC

DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @djstatman77

WVU proves they can still win it their way in Ames Not many teams can withstand Hilton Magic and win in Ames, Iowa.

But despite lacking one of their most important players, the West Virginia Mountaineers muscled out the most important win of the season Tuesday night.

Facing No. 14 Iowa State, West Virginia proved they can win big games without Jonathan Holton – and they can do it by asserting their style on the opposition.

After a listless loss to Florida last weekend, questions were raised about whether Holton’s absence would neutralize WVU’s defensive pressure and rebounding, two facets of the Mountaineers’ game that truly separate them from the opposition.

And without Holton’s boundless energy in the lineup, it looked early on like the Mountaineers would fall in the same pit that they did Saturday afternoon at Florida. West Virginia trailed big early, going behind 23-8 midway through the first half.

The Mountaineers looked limp and lifeless, and all signs pointed toward another quiet road defeat to start off their most important conference stretch of the season. But West Virginia didn’t go quietly in a performance that could give them renewed confidence heading into the home stretch.

Iowa State is a highly dangerous, offensively potent and talented team, but WVU got it done the way they usually do: they out-muscled them. WVU forced 16 turnovers and grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, and junior big man Devin Williams looked rejuvenated, singlehandedly dominating the interior with 17 points and 18 rebounds.

Tuesday night’s game in Ames was remarkable in how unremarkable it was.

Jonathan Holton is an intrinsic part of everything the Mountaineers do, but West Virginia came to work on Tuesday night and won it their way.

Of course, without Holton, the Mountaineers needed an extra shot of energy, and they got it from freshman Esa Ahmad. One of the highestrated recruits West Virginia has gotten in years, Ahmad has looked lost at times during his freshman season as he tries to settle in, find his role and figure out how to consistently assert himself in the Division I game.

Ahmad had no such problems Tuesday night in one of his most confident, energetic performances of the season. Ahmad scored nine points, grabbed three rebounds and notched two steals and a block, most notably throwing down a couple resounding slam dunks in the second half.

West Virginia’s allaround performance against Iowa State has to give them confidence for the rest of the season; the Mountaineers can get it done against the Big 12’s best, even when they’re not at full strength. Those games against Baylor and Kansas coming up in the next few days? They don’t seem quite so unattainable now.

But Ahmad’s strong game can in turn give them confidence for beyond just this season.

For the first time, Ahmad showed flashes of the player who was ranked in the top 50 of all recruits in his class, and he could be the man to keep the momentum going when Holton graduates. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU’s Devin Williams throws down a dunk last week against Texas.

Williams’ big night pushes WVU to vital win over Iowa State

By Chris Jackson

Associate Sports Editor @CJacksonWVU

Without Jonathan Holton, the Mountaineers silenced the doubters.

Behind stellar secondhalf efforts from Jaysean Paige and Devin Williams, the Mountaineers (18-4, 7-2) remained atop the Big 12 standings with a huge 81-76 victory at No. 13 Iowa State (16-6, 5-4).

Williams notched a career-high 18 rebounds, tagging along 17 points en route to his Big 12 best 10th double-double of the season. He had seven points and 10 rebounds alone after halftime, stepping up in the biggest of

situations in the waning moments.

A pair of Williams free throws pushed WVU up 77-74, then tipped the ball over to Tarik Phillip after Phillip missed both at the line. Phillip then made his next two, making it 79-74 with 19 seconds left and Hilton Magic was no more.

Paige’s 23 points led all scorers, going 10-of17 from the field and finishing with six rebounds.

His 13-point second half tally was a crucial part in WVU’s ability to regain its first lead minutes before the final buzzer sounded.

Tarik Phillip’s tenacious defense off the bench helped send the Mountaineers home in style,

plugging away two steals and leading a WVU defense without its most energizing player.

They forced 16 turnovers and committed only three of their own in the second half. All-American Georges Niang struggled finding his way through the always-aggressive Mountaineer style, giving away a season-high eight turnovers of his own.

Freshman Esa Ahmad added to the impressive efforts, finishing with nine points and showing flashes of his previous ESPN 100 ranking. A pair of slams had coaches and players buzzing about his athleticism, playing the aggressive style every-

one was eagerly waiting to witness.

Howvever, the victory was almost all for naught.

Iowa State was off to an early 21-8 advantage after a Deonte Burton slam, seemingly putting WVU into position for its first losing skid of the year.

But a cohesive unit responded like it always has under Huggins. Even without Holton, the defense found its rhythm, and the offense kept itself under control to secure a win at one of the nation’s toughest places to play.

It gave the Mountaineers a much-needed bounce back victory after Saturday’s 88-71 defeat at Florida. It kept them atop

the Big 12 standings with Oklahoma, lifting them to 7-2 in the conference heading into another challenging slate.

No. 17 Baylor awaits in Morgantown on Saturday, a team WVU hasn’t defeated in its last four attempts. WVU suffered double-digit losses all three times last year, with the closest a 10-point letdown in the Big 12 tournament.

Then it’s off to Kansas. It doesn’t get any easier for a team looking to prove its worth without its top defender, but they believe they have what it takes to remain among the nation’s elite. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

West Virginia bounces back with big win in Lubbock

WVU’s Lanay Montgomery tries to get a shot up inside against Baylor last weekend.

BY ROGER TURNER coach Mike Carey. “I think gomery in scoring, senior SPORTS WRITER Lanay Montgomery played guard Bria Holmes re@DAILYATHENAEUM really well. Bria Holmes corded 16 points and coldid the little things well.” lected seven rebounds.

The West Virginia UniSenior center Lanay Holmes made up for a versity women’s bas- Montgomery led the way team-high five turnovers ketball team ended a for West Virginia, put- against Texas Tech, shoottwo-game losing streak ting up 17 points and col- ing 50 percent from the Tuesday night, defeating lecting 10 rebounds for field and from beyond the Texas Tech in Lubbock her fifth double-dou- three-point line. with a final score of 69-42. ble on the season. MontHolmes also forced T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s gomery’s presence in the three steals, as Arielle came out of the gates on paint was key on both of- Roberson led the team fire against the Red Raid- fense and defense for the with five steals on the ers of Texas Tech, end- Mountaineers. night. Roberson posted ing the first quarter with On the defensive end, 10 points to put the senior a 20-point lead and going Montgomery hauled in transfer third in scoring into halftime on top 31- eight of her 10 rebounds for the night.

Tuesday’s win for West 17. The second half was and recorded one block. no different, as WVU out- Offensively, Montgomery Virginia matches the scored the Red Raiders 38- shot 72 percent from the Mountaineer season win 25 to collect its 17th win of field, to pace the Moun- total from a year ago (17). the season. taineers in points and field As a team, WVU shot 47.5 percent from the field “I thought we got off to percentage. a quick start,” said WVU Right behind Mont- and finished shooting

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41.2 percent from 3-point land. The Mountaineers also tallied 12 steals and forced 15 total turnovers in the victory over Texas Tech.

For the Red Raiders, freshman guard Japreece Dean finished with 16 points. Dean led a Texas Tech comeback effort in the second quarter.

The Red Raiders opened the period scoring seven of the first nine points, en route to an 11-0 run, which trimmed the Mountaineer’s lead to nine.

Dean finished the Red Raider’s run with a layup, but the freshman’s efforts weren’t enough to overcome West Virginia’s first half dominance.

“We kind of let up in

the second quarter,” Carey said. “In the second half, we didn’t play well, and had too many turnovers.”

Texas Tech forced 18 WVU turnovers, but were outrebounded and outscored by the Mountaineers at the game’s end.

WVU also held Texas Tech to 28.6 percent shooting from the field, which is the 19th time this season the Mountaineers have held an opponent under 35 percent from the field.

WVU makes their way back to Morgantown for a home game versus Kansas State at 1 p.m. on Saturday in the annual Play 4Kay pink game. Tipoff will be at the WVU Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Women’s Soccer

WVU’s Kadeisha Buchanan wins College Boot Award

By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia women’s soccer defender Kadeisha Buchanan has added another award to an impressive resume by winning the College Boot Award, which is awarded to the country’s top player. Buchanan, a Brampton, Ontario native, was the staple of a Mountaineer team that was ranked as high as No. 2 this season en route to an Elite Eight run.

Buchanan, along with teammate Ashley Lawrence, was a member of team Canada in the 2015 World Cup last summer.

Buchanan started every game of the tournament for Canada on the backline and eventually won the award for best young player. The duo will again be representing Canada this summer in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Buchanan anchored a Mountaineer defense that finished second in the country. Behind Buchanan’s leadership, the Mountaineers posted a program record 15 shutouts and 11 goals allowed through-

out the 22 game season.

On the work of Buchanan and the Mountaineer backfield, the team finished 193-1, ranked No. 7 at the end of the season following a 2-1 Elite Eight loss to Penn State.

Buchanan wasn’t just a defensive wall, tallying five points for the Mountaineer offense, three assists and a game-winning goal at No. 15 Ohio State on Sept. 11.

In addition to being named best college player in the country, Buchanan was awarded a third consecutive Big 12 Defender of the Year and a second straight First Team AllAmerican honor. Buchanan was a finalist for the MAC Hermann trophy and made the 10-name shortlist for FIFA’s player of the year. Buchanan and Lawrence were shortlisted for several CONCACAF awards last month.

It was a year to remember for Buchanan, rising through the ranks of soccer elite to be recognized as one of the top players in the world. Her vast support was seen at every West Virginia home game, with young soccer players donning red hair coloring to match her

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Kadeisha Buchanan runs by a defender against Buffalo. signature red streaks. There were even several matches where fans were seen donning a team Canada jersey.

While Buchanan and Lawrence will miss a majority of the offseason while playing for team Canada in the Olympics, they will

come back better prepared to lead the Mountaineers, who will likely be among the top teams in the nation and a preseason favorite for a fifth consecutive Big 12 title. The Mountaineers will be returning most major contributors, except for

goaltender Hannah Steadman and All-American forward Kailey Utley.

The 2016 schedule has not been announced, but West Virginia will have big shoes to fill, coming off a historic season with a program-best 61 goals scored,

11 goals allowed and a top10 ranking in all but two weeks of the season. Head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown will be in her 21st year as the Mountaineers’ head coach. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Wrestling

Smith’s consistent nature leads struggling Mountaineers bunch

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

When describing Jacob A. Smith, the word “consistent” accurately applies.

After their loss to the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Jan. 31, the West Virginia University men’s wrestling team lost its sixth consecutive duel to fall to 5-8 in the 2015-16 season.

Despite his team’s struggles, Smith is in the middle of a career year.

Smith has been the team’s best wrestler thus far. A 197-pound junior, Smith is 23-7 on the season and is ranked No. 9 on InterMat wrestling’s rankings, the Mountaineers’ highest ranked wrestler. Before finally losing this past Sunday, Smith was riding a five-match win streak.

With the loss, Smith moved down two spots from his previous season-high No. 7 ranking.

Regardless, it doesn’t diminish his stellar season.

Smith leads West Virginia in total points in matches with 41. His success comes from his consistency. “(I

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Smith prepares for a January match against Oklahoma State. stay) consistent with training even on days that I don’t feel like training, staying consistent with following coaches and putting 100 percent faith in them,” Smith said. “My training stays the same, and I treat each match like it’s the number one guy in the country.”

The latter statement is especially true. Smith’s

three victories against ranked opponents is tied with 157-pound junior Dylan Cottrell for the team lead.

With a month of wrestling season left, Smith has already topped last season’s win total. However, don’t expect him to be actively checking his stats throughout the season.

“I never really looked

at that as a goal,” Smith said. “What I’m looking at is March and getting quality wins there. Of course it feels good to get a lot of wins under your belt, but it’s not my goal for right now.”

Even though he has had success, Smith’s teammates have not mirrored his dominance. Against the Virginia Tech Hokies

on Jan. 29, Smith was the only Mountaineer to win his match. Despite that, Smith is focused on the entire team improving instead of basking in his personal success.

“Right now we’re in a slump. We have an extremely tough schedule with wrestling,” Smith said. “We wrestle some powerhouses in wrestling.

So right now we need to stay consistent and push through this, show a little perseverance. We’re going to get through it, and we’re going to get better.”

To persevere and get better, West Virginia will need all of its wrestlers to be as consistent as Smith has been in 2016. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Tennis

Barrett overcomes ups and downs to become team leader

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Hailey Barrett has had a number of ups and downs throughout her four-year career playing for the West Virginia University women’s tennis team. The senior captain first came to WVU as a highly-touted recruit out of the state of Michigan.

After arriving at WVU with a bright future in front of her, Barrett contracted mononucleosis during her freshman and sophomore years. She still played sparingly, but as anyone that has had mono is aware, extreme fatigue is a major symptom of the illness. The fatigue and lingering symptoms affected her progress well into her sophomore and junior seasons and never quite allowed her to reach her full potential as a college tennis player.

Barrett only returned to 100 percent physically this past summer, but she has seized the opportunity to be a leader for the Mountaineers to look up to and follow.

“She’s stepped to the challenges of being a leader very well,” said WVU head coach Miha Lisac. “I’m looking forward to seeing Hailey have a very successful season. Since I’ve been here,

we’ve seen the potential that Hailey has had from the very beginning. Not just the potential on the court, but the potential overall and the potential as a leader. She’s continuing her progress, improving her tennis and developing her game, and at the same time she’s focusing on being a leader for the team. She’s certainly stepped up big time in that role.”

In addition to her being a team leader, Lisac is proud of how Barrett has become a role model for her teammates, and any student athlete for that matter, to aspire to.

“Hailey is somebody who sets an example and sets the tone for a team,” said Lisac. “Overall she is mature, and she understands what it means to be a leader to help guide the team on and off the court.

She always shows up, she always works hard, she always sets an example for others. She does hold other players accountable for what is going on, and that is really what we are looking for from somebody. We really want to develop just overall wellrounded, good personalities, somebody that is a successful person and a successful athlete as well.

Hailey is well along the way of developing that.”

While getting her match

fitness back this fall, Barrett turned in a solid 13-12 overall record, including a 4-3 doubles record.

Playing the first three matches of the spring season at the No. 1 singles and doubles positions, Barrett has jumped out to a 2-1 singles record and a 3-0 doubles record with playing partner Habiba Shaker.

“Just like everyone else, I think she is making progress; I think she is getting better,” Lisac said. “I think she has shown that she can be a player at the top of the lineup, that she can play against players in the Big 12 that will play at one, two, three spots. And I think she will continue to improve to be in a position to compete against top players going into the Big 12 season.”

Barrett will lead the Mountaineers back into action on Sunday against the Akron Zips, as the Mountaineers look to extend their winning streak to three. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Browns tired of Manziel’s antics, point to release CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns are about to throw Johnny Football away.

The team issued a strong statement Tuesday, condemning quarterback Johnny Manziel’s actions and pointing to his release in March, a move that has seemed inevitable for months.

The conduct by the 23-year-old player - rampant partying, two domestic incidents and a general lack of commitment - have been a major problem almost from the day Cleveland drafted the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner in the first round two years ago.

Last weekend, Manziel was involved in a disturbance with his ex-girlfriend in Dallas that is being investigated by police and the NFL. “We’ve been clear about expectations for our players on and off the field,” said Sashi Brown, the team’s vice president of football operations. “Johnny’s continual involvement in incidents that run counter to those expectations undermines the hard work of his teammates and the reputation of our organization. His status with our team will be addressed when permitted by league rules.”

The Browns, who drafted Manziel with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2014 draft, can release him as early as Monday, the day after the Super Bowl. But salary-cap implications point to the move happening March 9, when the league’s new year begins.

The expected end to his run in Cleveland will conclude two turbulent seasons for the electrifying college star known as Johnny Football, whose arrival with the Browns prompted enthusiasm and a belief by some fans that he could bring the Browns back to respectability.

Instead of excitement, however, Manziel mostly delivered disappointment.

He spent most of his rookie season behind Brian Hoyer before getting his first career start late in the season against Cincinnati. Manziel played poorly in a 30-0 loss to the Bengals and the following week he injured his hamstring. Manziel was then fined when he didn’t show for the final walk-through practice before the finale at Baltimore.

Manziel said he regretted not working harder in his first season and vowed to change.

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Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel walks off the field at halftime of a game this season.

That admission was followed Ohio, after a witness reported Not long after, Manziel by him checking into a drug a roadside confrontation. was stripped of his starting and alcohol treatment cen- Manziel and then-girlfriend, job by former coach Mike ter in Pennsylvania, where he Coleen Crowley acknowl- Pettine after the quarterback spent 73 days. edged drinking alcohol be- had promised he would not Manziel returned for his fore their argument. Crowley be a distraction during the second season eager to show told police Manziel struck her team’s bye week. Manziel’s he had learned his lessons. and pushed her head into the appearances on social meThe Browns raved about his car window. dia videos also bothered the work ethic and it appeared he Manziel was not arrested Browns, who were caught had turned the corner. and he was later cleared of between being supportive of But once again, Manziel wrongdoing by the NFL, him while also appearing to couldn’t stay out of trouble. which investigated whether be letting him off easy.

In October, Manziel was he had violated its personalManziel got his job back questioned by police in Avon, conduct policy. after Josh McCown broke his

collarbone, but he was ruled out of the season finale with a concussion. Manziel then failed to report to a scheduled medical treatment on Jan. 3 at the team’s training facility while his teammates played Pittsburgh. The Browns were not certain of Manziel’s location that day as a report surfaced he was in Las Vegas.

On Saturday, police were called an apartment complex where a woman identified as Manziel’s ex-girlfriend said she had been in a disturbance with Manziel, who was not at the scene. The woman said she was concerned about Manziel’s well-being.

That prompted police to use a helicopter to find Manziel, who was deemed “safe and in no danger.”

Police in Fort Worth and Dallas are still trying to determine if Manziel assaulted his ex-girlfriend.

Before this latest matter, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said last week he believed the team’s strained relationship with him could still be fixed. But in light of yet another embarrassing episode, it appears the Browns will move on without him.

Manziel has lost to his own team.

Recruiting stunts help coaches, programs stand out in social media age In the wacky world of recruiting, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh sleeping over at a prospect’s house somehow makes perfect sense.

Just ask Gerry DiNardo, who used to coach in the Big Ten himself.

“We felt like whatever we could do to distinguish ourselves within the rules, we would do,” DiNardo said. “I was all for the gimmicks. I think they’re effective. I think the only difference now is everybody knows what’s going on because of social media.”

If Twitter had existed 20 years ago, maybe DiNardo could have been the football coach going viral. Instead, it’s Harbaugh who has made waves over the past month for his unorthodox approach to recruiting, and he’s just one example of the intensity and

creativity that big-time programs show in the hypercompetitive weeks leading into signing day.

“It’s gotten crazy, of course,” said Donald Chumley, who coaches one of the nation’s top prospects at Savannah Christian Prep in Georgia.

“Everybody’s trying to make that last impression.”

Demetris Robertson of Savannah Christian is the No. 8 prospect in the country according to Rivals. With his recruitment coming down to the wire, Notre Dame caused a stir by sending a truck to Georgia in an effort to impress him. Chumley said he saw the massive vehicle - practically a billboard on wheels for Notre Dame football - at school.

Chumley says all this attention can be a positive if players keep it in perspective. For re-

cruits who are under a lot of pressure, it’s nice to be able to have fun with the process.

Harbaugh, who has rarely shied away from the spotlight since taking over as Michigan’s coach about 13 months ago, recently spent the night at the house of Quinn Nordin, a top kicking prospect from Rockford H.S. in Michigan.

Nordin told MLive.com that Harbaugh arrived just after midnight.

“He slept in the guest room at our house,” Nordin said.

“I was in my pajamas laughing when he showed up at the door. I couldn’t believe it.

There were fans in the street.”

Harbaugh may offer more details about that tactic at signing day Wednesday, especially if Nordin ends up at Michigan, but until the letters of intent are signed, college

coaches aren’t allowed to say much about players they’re recruiting. Still, information about who is recruiting whom - and how - isn’t hard to find, especially now that players can post pictures and videos on social media.

So there’s value in these types of stunts. A coach can’t come out and announce who he’s recruiting, but if he acts in a way that will draw attention on Twitter, suddenly there’s additional buzz for his program.

“More coaches are doing things they know can and will go viral because it’s great advertisement,” said Mike Bellotti, the former Oregon coach who is now an ESPN analyst.

“The other thing is that at one point, coaches could rely on their football accomplishments and the strength of

their program and all of those things. Now there’s a little bit of a kickback to be more personable, to be more ‘with it’ to relate to the athlete better.”

DiNardo coached at Vanderbilt, LSU and Indiana and is now an analyst for the Big Ten Network. He recalled the time he was recruiting a linebacker named Carlton Hall to Vandy, and he couldn’t go into Hall’s house because of NCAA rules.

So he stayed by the curb and visited from there.

“I had burned my home visit early in recruiting,” DiNardo said. “So I got a speaker phone, and I had the assistant coach go into the house, reorganize the furniture and put the kitchen table by the kitchen window. I parked on the sidewalk. I had my cellphone, and the assistant

coach was in the house because he was allowed to be there more than once. So I conducted my second home visit from the curb.”

The idea is to show players how important they are to your school. Handwritten notes are another tactic, and DiNardo had a system.

“I would put 10 names on the greaseboard in the morning before the staff room,” he said. “Every coach had to write a handwritten note to those 10 people before they left the staff room. So we basically had about 100 handwritten notes. ... So a prospect could very well get 10-15 notes from us in one day, handwritten notes.”

DiNardo did have to amend that strategy in one respect.

“I had one coach who couldn’t spell,” DiNardo said.