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Time capsule honoring WVU women unearthed

DTD fraternity suspended indefinitely The colony of fraternity Delta Tau Delta at West Virginia University was suspended indefinitely after a member posted a Youtube video giving a tour of the fraternity’s house in an audition for the television show, “Real World.”

The member, Stephen Budkey, gave a tour of the fraternity’s house during a nine-minute video presumably filmed during spring break. No other fraternity member was present in the house during filming.

In the video, Budkey was “making inappropriate comments toward women, describing social functions that violate the conduct code of the IFC, and referencing activities that violated and are contradicting to the values of the national fraternity,” according to a WVUToday press release.

The video has since been deleted.

The member and the colony could face disciplinary action from WVU’s

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The “125 Years of Women” Time Capsule Opening Ceremony was held in E. Moore Hall where documents from a time capsule buried on March 20, 1991 were recovered and put on display.

by amy pratt

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

1991 was an important year. It was the year the USSR collapsed. It was the year the internet debuted.

It was the year the first Starbucks opened. It was a year filled with national discussions about race and sexual discrimination in the United States. It was also the year West Virginia University’s Center for Women and Gender Studies buried a time capsule to be opened in 25 years. The time capsule honored 100 years of women at WVU. This year marks 25 years, and on Tuesday, WVU students, faculty, staff and community members gathered to unearth the time capsule.

The Center for Women and Gender Studies wanted to use the unearthing of the time capsule to remind WVU of the struggles women have faced and continue to face, but also of all they have contributed to the University and beyond, said Jennifer Orlikoff, director of the Center for Women and Gender Studies.

“Women have been making powerful contributions here. Since 1991, women have played an even bigger part on our campus,” said University President E. Gordon Gee. “I served as president a few years before this time capsule was buried and I remember relatively few women serving in leadership roles. Today, I see clearly a more creative and energetic and innovative effort throughout our University. I believe having more women in leadership positions contributes to that more positive and greater (dynamic).”

The time capsule was filled with documents, newspaper articles, photographs and letters. One letter was from a man with AIDS, hoping the world would be better in 25 years for individuals with AIDS. “It was really wonderful to be able to see that and have that experience,” said Talia Betourney, a junior English and women and gender studies student and intern for the Center for Women and Gender Studies.

Secretary of State and the first female Mountaineer Mascot, Natalie Tennant,

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Women representing athletics, government, and academics at West Virginia University lift the time capsule from the ground in front of Woodburn Hall. spoke at the unearthing. She sule will be displayed in movtalked about how some peo- ing panels around campus ple did not think she should and in Charleston. The time be the Mountaineer because capsule will be reburied in of her gender, but how she November. There will be a never gave up. survey of WVU community Tennant also explained members to decide what to that there are only two fe- put in the next time capsule, male senators out of the 34 which will be opened in anWest Virginia state sena- other 25 years. tors. Only 18 members of the “When we see other West Virginia House of Rep- women succeed, we realresentatives are female. Ten- ize that all women can sucnant herself is the only state- ceed,” Tennant said. “And wide woman in an executive when everyone sees us succeeding where the few have office. “(Women) are 53 per- succeeded before, the feelcent of the electorate. Why ings of acceptance and noraren’t we 53 percent of the malcy begin to spread…” elected?” Tennant asked. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu The items in the time cap-

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City council officials passed several ordinances on road work and safety at Tuesday’s meeting.

The council passed an ordinance that would bring the city’s zoning code up to date with the state’s. Currently, the zoning code doesn’t take into account intersections and intersections with driveways, which the updated one would give guidelines for.

Councilman Jay Redmond expressed his concerns with the ordinance, saying it was too ambiguous to do much good compared to the current code.

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“I don’t think this revision promotes safety, I don’t think it promotes clarity in any way, I don’t think that’s how we should be writing our code, and I don’t think that’s how we should be modifying our code .”

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Jay Redmond Councilman

Dr. Carolyn P. Atkins starts off the event with some opening words. dent put Williams on the verge of a mental breakdown where he thought he would never be able to swim well again. Eventually, he was able to conquer his fear of failure and ended up performing well at his next meet.

Rebekah LaFata, a sophomore business student and member of the WVU pole vault team, gave a speech about winning a state-level pole vaulting competition.

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Council brings city ordinances up to speed with state’s

Student athletes share sacrifice, success Five West Virginia University student-athletes were given the opportunity to share stories and words of wisdom through Student Athletes Speak Out. SASO is a University event held every semester featuring WVU athletes speaking about a wide array of topics including fear, character building and bullying.

The event was hosted

by Dr. Carolyn Atkins, WVU professor of communication sciences and disorders.

“Because I believe (athletes) are good character education advocates, I like to get them out in the community,” Atkins said.

“I want schoolchildren to hear positive messages, and I think they do a good job of representing us.”

WVU student Jake Williams’ speech touched on his experiences with conquering fears in the face of failure. Williams, a member of WVU’s swim team, recounted his experience with performing unsatisfactorily at a swim meet after missing the bus to the competition. The inci-

IFC and Office of Student Conduct, the press release read.

Roy Baker, WVU director of Greek life, said the fraternity’s suspension came at an inopportune time for the Greek community at WVU. “It’s unfortunate that this comes at the same time when almost 1,000 Greeks spread out over our community last Saturday for more than two dozen community service projects,” Baker said in the press release. “That is certainly more indicative of what Greek life is about.”

In addition to distracting from the April 2 Big Greek Day of Service, the fraternity’s suspension is taking place during WVU’s Greek Week, a time typically used to celebrate Greek life on campus.

The fraternity’s leaders will review the occurrence with the IFC Executive Council who “will impose appropriate sanctions in response to violations of the IFC Conduct Code that are clearly identified throughout the video,” the release reads.

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feeling, honestly,” LaFata said. “I was under a lot of pressure because it came to a tie-breaker, but I feel like I put in the hard work and if you put in hard work I feel like you can accomplish anything.”

The Morgantown native said choosing to be a student-athlete is one of the best decisions she ever made, even though she had to sacrifice other opportunities in order to dedicate her time to pole-vaulting.

Chris Nelson’s speech, “Who Are You?” discussed the importance of having good character. Nelson, a senior on WVU’s wrestling team, believes the best ways to develop character are learning from mistakes and capitalizing on strengths.

Oklahoma native and WVU freshman Zachary Moore described growing up with parents who ran a foster home in his house.

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“A person who looks at this new ordinance—I don’t think you could possibly know what it is you’re supposed to be doing,” Redmond said. “I don’t think this revision promotes safety, I don’t think it promotes clarity in any way, I don’t think that’s how we should be writing our code, and I don’t think that’s how we should be modifying our code.”

Councilwoman Nancy Ganz spoke out in favor of the new ordinance, saying certain neighborhoods have city streets and state streets, and the new ordinance would bring some much-needed uniformity in determining how to deal with them.

The ordinance passed 5-2, with Redmond and Councilman Ron Bane dissenting.

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The council also unanimously approved the purchase of $77,600 worth of road work equipment through State Equipment.

City Attorney Ryan Simonton explained that the council can approve of this contract without a public bid due to a cooperative vote between government units.

Due to the council skipping the bidding process, the equipment may be available for use in as little as two weeks.

The equipment includes a near $16,000 asphalt roller that would better help the city take care of pot holes.

City Manager Jeff Mikorski then proposed a $31,000 budget to help the Morgantown airport implement a full control system in the airport’s corporate hangers, which has been missing a control system since the city took over operation of the airport. “(The airport was) definitely working hard to make it work, and it seems that as the stewards of this property, we would want there to be a functioning system,” Councilwoman Jenny Selin said. “I’m surprised it was given to us without that system…”

The budget passed unanimously.

The council also unanimously passed two resolutions for further reading: one to implement a “complete streets” program on University Avenue and the surrounding area and another to set up a city-wide internet system.

Mikorski said that the new internet system could be used by police and other emergency services in the field, which would be beneficial since those services currently don’t have a data plans.

The council set up several dates over the next weeks to interview for vacancies in boards and committees, including the Fire Board of Appeals and the Metropolitan Theatre, among others.

City Council will next meet at 7 p.m. on April 19. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday April 6, 2016

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Backlash grows over North Carolina LGBT discrimination law RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—An economic backlash broadened Tuesday against a North Carolina law that critics say discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people with PayPal announcing it has canceled a major expansion in the state.

North Carolina has come under heavy criticism since Gov. Pat McCrory signed the law, requiring transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates. The law, passed in response to a Charlotte ordinance that offered protections to gay and transgender people, also excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from the state’s anti-discrimination law and bars local governments from expanding antidiscrimination rules.

More than 100 corporate leaders have decried the law, saying it is unfair and makes it more difficult to attract talent.

Just days before signing the law last month, McCrory personally attended PayPal’s announcement that it was opening a new operation center in Charlotte, where he was once mayor. On Tuesday, the San Jose, California-based company said it was canceling the $3.6 million plan, which would have created 400 jobs.

“This decision reflects PayPal’s deepest values and our strong belief that every person has the right to be treated equally, and with dignity and respect,” the company said in a statement.

PayPal’s announcement came days after Lionsgate decided to move the filming for the pilot episode of

a comedy series to Canada.

New Jersey-based Braeburn Pharmaceuticals also said it was reconsidering building a $50 million facility in Durham County projected to bring 50 jobs paying an average of $76,000 a year. The NBA raised doubts about whether it would continue plans to hold its all-star game in Charlotte next year.

But PayPal’s decision isn’t likely to lead to a wave of businesses fleeing the state, said Ryan McDevitt, a Duke University professor who studies how companies compete. Technology companies are particularly outspoken on social issues because they need to attract highly skilled and mobile employees while also appealing to younger customers, he said.

“They’ve built a lot of their brand or identity on the idea of being inclusive,” McDevitt said. “I think this law in particular goes against that, and so no one wants to be seen as implicitly endorsing it by locating in North Carolina now if a segment of their employees and many of their customers are going to be affected by it.”

One test of how upset some businesses may be comes in less than two weeks with the twice-a-year High Point Furniture Market, which brings 20,000 companies and about 75,000 people to the state.

The market is responsible for about $5 billion in economic activity each year, organizers estimate.

A slow stream of buyers canceled trips to boycott the law, but few sellers have decided against coming, market spokeswoman Ashley Grigg said.

The American Society of In-

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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory responds to a reporter’s question during the unveiling of his education proposals for the state budget on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. McCrory, appearing at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, North Carolina, also answered questions about the decision by PayPal to cancel plans to expand in Charlotte, North Carolina, in response to a new state law that restricts protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. terior Designers still plans its events at this year’s market but said it will reassess its relationship next year if things don’t change.

Red Ventures, a South Carolina-based sales and marketing company, is in the midst of a 500-job expansion in Charlotte. But the company “will not move forward with hiring in North Carolina until we understand what is happening with” the state law, spokeswoman Katie Zach said.

Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias said in a letter he has shifted his political support from McCrory to Attorney General Roy Cooper, a Democrat challenging McCrory in November. Elias and Cooper, who has said he would not defend the law against lawsuits, each issued statements calling for its repeal.

When asked about PayPal’s move Tuesday, McCrory repeated earlier comments that he was open to improv-

ing the state law but said it was needed to counteract the Charlotte ordinance.

The law’s backers say it prevents men from molesting women in restrooms and locker rooms while claiming to be transgender. Opponents say that claim is bogus.

The law “was to ensure that that expectation of privacy would remain in our high schools and our universities and our community colleges,” McCrory

said. “For those who disagree with that basic norm, they have that decision to make.”

A group that supported the legislation said PayPal pulled out despite being promised millions in incentives. The North Carolina Values Coalition said in a statement that “a company with its hands in the pockets of the taxpayers of North Carolina shouldn’t insert itself into the bathroom policies of the state.”

White House to transfer Ebola funds to combat Zika virus WASHINGTON (AP)— Congressional officials say the Obama administration has decided to transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus.

Most of the $600 million or so would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control, which is focused on research and development of anti-Zika vaccines, treating those infected with the virus and combating the mosquitoes that spread it.

The officials spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the matter before an official announcement expected from the White House on Wednesday.

Researchers fear Zika causes microcephaly, a serious birth defect in which a baby’s head is too small, as well as other threats to the children of pregnant women infected with it.

President Barack Obama has asked for about $1.9 billion in emergency money to fight Zika but the request has stalled in the GOP-controlled Congress.

While the administration has acknowledged that substantial Ebola funding is left over, it has already committed much of it to

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In this April 1, 2016, file photo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Thomas Frieden speaks during a news conference at a Zika summit in Atlanta.

Congressional officials say April 5, the Obama administration has decided to transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus in Puerto Rico, the Southeast U.S., and Central and South America. Most of the $600 million or so would be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control, which is focused on research and development of anti-Zika vaccines, treating those infected with the virus and combating the mosquitoes that spread it. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) helping at least 30 other The upcoming move leads to mosquito season countries prevent, detect comes as there’s greater and a broader spread of and respond to future out- urgency to battling the vi- the virus. rus as summer weather breaks and epidemics.

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Hill had suggested the administration consider reshuffling existing funds and have said they are

open to paying the money back in future legislation if it’s needed for Ebola or some other purposes.

We d n e s d a y ’s announcement would come as it’s become plain that action on a stand-alone emergency spending bill is virtually impossible in the bitterly partisan atmosphere in Washington, though such funding could be attached to larger legislation later in the year.

“I told the White House I’d be supportive of a supplemental if they could show me where the money goes and what it could do,” said Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the Senate subcommittee responsible for foreign aid.

John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said he fears a Zika outbreak in his home state of Texas, but said he hopes “reason would prevail and we’d use the money that’s already been appropriated and then we’d talk about what additional money would be needed, perhaps for either Ebola or Zika.”

Congress approved about $5 billion in 2014 to combat Ebola. Voters’ fears regarding Ebola were seen as hurting Obama’s party in the 2014 midterm landslide.

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Moore said this experience allowed him to interact with kids of all cultures, ethnicities and personalities, which had a positive influence on his life.

Amy Cashin’s speech told the story of how she mustered the courage to leave her native Australia to come to WVU to join the school’s cross country and track team.

“I just realized that if I wanted to develop as a person and not only improve my running, culture and worldview, I needed to make this change,” Cashin said.

The students who produce these motivational speeches are part of Atkins’ public speaking course, CSAD 270.

“I think these speeches give you a perspective where you see a studentathlete in an entirely different environment,” Atkins said. “You see somebody

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The group of student athletes pose for a picture after the event in the Milan Puskar Center meeting room. who had a problem, who lete there’s an image aslearned from it, and usu- sociated with that, and ally we’re too concerned everyone will look up to with points on the score- you whether it’s in a posiboard or who made the tive or negative light,” Wilwinning touchdown, when liams said. “I feel like even these people have stories of though I’m an athlete, I can their own.” connect with the general Each speaker expressed population and probably the importance of using have similar experiences their platform as student- as them.” athletes to help motivate To learn more about and inspire Morgantown’s SASO and watch speeches youth and their pride to online, visit http://saso. represent WVU in a posi- wvu.edu/. tive light.

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OPINION

Wednesday April 6, 2016

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editorial

Recognizing the power of precedence As WVU’s student newspaper, it is The Daily Athenaeum’s job to keep readers informed about what’s happening in Morgantown and at WVU. Part of this responsibility is following and watching over Student Government Association— the good and the bad.

On March 28, The DA was not able to fulfill all of its responsibilities. Reporters were told the Board of Governors was in executive session and were barred

from much of the meeting.

The DA tried to request official documents from the meeting via the Freedom of Information Act but was denied any information.

Carrie Showalter, an attorney from the Office of Student Life representing SGA, denied The DA’s FOIA. Her interpretation of the elected student government, which is funded entirely by the University, is that it is not a public body.

Last night, SGA’s Judicial Board found that it has “no jurisdiction to interpret state law statutes” as they pertain to the organization’s operations, including determinations regarding FOIA requests.

Only claims regarding SGA documents, including the SGA Constitution, bylaws, elections and ethics code fall under the Board’s jurisdiction.

But last night’s hearing with the Judicial Board

was about something much larger than any single member of SGA; it sparked a conversation about the student body’s right to monitor its elected officials.

For the second year in a row, BOG members held an executive session following a student body president’s arrest. Last year, Chris Nyden was arrested for disorderly conduct, and this year, George Capel was arrested for public intoxi-

cation and trespassing. In both cases, the presidents weren’t impeached, and in both cases, SGA made it all but impossible for The DA to report.

The DA editorial board urges SGA to adopt a constitutional amendment identifying itself as a public and governmental body as defined

by West Virginia State Code.

“I’ve seen (SGA) continually say they want to

be considered an entity of the state,” said Justice Kyle Haugh during the Judicial Board hearing. “When it comes time to put your money where your mouth is, you guys decide to hide out and hold executive session votes.”

The DA will continue to ask questions on your behalf, and we will always pursue open and transparent government. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

commentary

HB 1523 will open floodgates for further discrimination

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The public protests HB 1523 in Mississippi.

Emily torbett columnist

The state of Mississippi took a major step backward on Tuesday when Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523, a controversial act that effectively legalize discrimination against LGBT persons on the grounds of “religious freedom” into law. ABC News reported, “The measure allows churches, religious charities and privately held businesses to decline services to people whose lifestyles violate their religious beliefs.”

Within hours of signing, Bryant, a Republican, posted a statement to his Twitter account that read, “This bill merely reinforces the rights which currently exist to the exercise of religious freedom as stated in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”

Indeed, many have similarly taken to the bill’s defense, arguing it seeks not to inhibit LGBT progress, but to reinforce the rights of individuals who believe marriage should remain between one man and one woman and gender is unchangeable to practice the principles of their religion in their businesses and

workplaces. The law even mandates that while the government cannot deny services to LGBT people, individual government employees have the right to opt out of performing those services if they wish.

This isn’t the first time legislation like this has been considered in the United States. According to the New York Times, North Carolina recently enacted similar laws while the governments of Georgia and South Dakota struck them down. Even in West Virginia, a bill that would have prohibited LGBT protections in the workplace became one of the more controversial po-

tential measures of 2015.

While I understand why some of the more regressive Americans may support these obviously discriminatory proposals, I can’t help but wonder why state governments are still considering them in 2016, let alone signing them into law.

As an LGBT person, I can imagine how humiliating it would feel to be denied service by a government employee whose salary is paid with my tax dollars, or to be told I need to go to another bakery for my wedding cake because the one I chose doesn’t recognize my marriage as legitimate. However, I don’t

think it takes being gay to understand why this faithbased legislation opens the floodgates to widespread discrimination.

I fail to see the need for laws to protect a dominant group from adapting to service the needs of the marginalized. I fail to see widespread problematic behavior on behalf of LGBT people that threatens fundamentalist Christians’ safety. Most importantly, I fail to see how baking a cake for a gay wedding or signing a same sex couple’s marriage license flies in the face of a religion based on the teachings of a man who was said to have regularly

chosen to share meals with thieves and prostitutes.

Is there really a difference between the “Straights Only” businesses of today and the “Whites Only” businesses of the 1950s? If we permit discrimination against one minority group, what’s to stop discrimination against another? What’s harmful for one group has the potential to be harmful for all, and everyone ought to be against the implementation of anti-LGBT legislation or “religious freedom laws” in their home state. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

letter to the editor

The Resurgence of the Republican Party: “Stronger than ever” Dakota Workman Vice president of Wvu college republicans

Anyone who claims the Republican Party is dying clearly hasn’t looked at the current political atmosphere in United States.

The Republican Party is seeing its largest resurgence since 1929. In 2014, Republicans swept across many states including West Virginia. In the 2014 cycle Republicans gained 54 seats in the Senate, 247 in the House, 31 governorships and 68 state legislative chambers.

The Republican Party’s beliefs are appealing to the majority of Americans showcased by the 2014 elections the beliefs of a small accountable government and protecting citizen’s personal and economic liberties. Recent elections and the surge of Republican voter registrations in the current election are not signs of a dy-

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ing party, but more the sounds of a party that is becoming stronger than ever.

The Democratic Party is the party that is on the decline. The Democratic National Committee in the most recent FEC filing for 2016 show that for two months in a row, the DNC reported financial losses.

In October, the DNC raised $4,456,789, according to its most recent filing, but they spent $5,254,928, for a loss of $798,139.

In September, the party took in $4,296,011 but spent $5,504,823 for a loss of more than $1.2 million.

Months of poor spending have left the DNC, with only $4,703,185 on hand against $6,921,661 in debts, leaving the DNC with $2.2 million in debt.

The Republican Party on the other hand has more than $20.3 million on hand and only $1.825 million in debts. In September, the Republican National Committee raised

$8,654,443 and spent $7,717,031, managing to save $937,412. During the last ten months the RNC has been in the green and has also out-raised and out-spent the DNC every month.

The continued claim that the Republican Party is on the decline and that millennials don’t support the Republican Party and its beliefs isn’t true. In 2008, 62 percent of millennials supported Democrats but that lead fell in the 2014 poll from Pew Research Center to 54% while the Republicans support jumped from 13% to 43 percent. A Reason-Rupe Poll found that a majority of millennials preferred a larger government with more liberal services, but when asked if such a government required higher taxes to pay for, 57 percent preferred a smaller conservative government with fewer services. The poll also found that nearly two-thirds of millennials

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Donald Trump and Se. Ted Cruz debate at CNN’s Republican presidential debate in December. thought government was litical views are resonating crat control and we are set generally wasteful and with the population. After to become the 33rd state preferred free market pol- years of weak policy that with a Republican goverhas moved the country in nor, this surge is only beicies to regulation.

The Republican Party the wrong direction the ginning and the trend will isn’t on the decline, it’s on Republican Party is seeing continue. the largest resurgence in a surge. West Virginia went nearly a century and its po- red after 83 years of Demodaperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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‘The Walking Dead’ finale leaves fans with unanswered questions, vital character’s fate revealed by chelsea walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

SPOILERS AHEAD: It’s never easy existing in a world full of walking dead, savage humans and sparse resources, but up until season six of “The Walking Dead,” Rick Grimes and his fierce clan have fended well in Zombieland.

This season, the characters of “The Walking Dead” finally met their maker when the group that has peacefully lived in Alexandria greeted “The Saviors.” Sticking to the comic that the series is based upon, writers of “The Walking Dead” finally introduced villain and nemesis Negan. Throughout season six, viewers were teased with possible interactions between Rick and Negan, but ultimately “The Walking Dead” wanted to make the wait longer, ending with a “killer” cliffhanger in the season’s finale.

Most cliffhangers leave viewers in a blissful despair, wanting to know the outcome all the while loving the suspense and unknown mystery of it all. Unfortunately, viewers of “The Walking Dead” weren’t given that feeling. The season six finale of “The Walking Dead” was anything but satisfying, and unfortunately for fans of series, the plot seems to be just as weak as those walls surrounding Alexandria.

The heroes who make up Rick Grimes’ clan have never appeared weak or unprepared, until the premiere of the ominously titled finale, “Last Day on Earth.” Stuffed in the reliable RV, a panicked Rick, Abe, Sasha, Eugene, Carl and Aaron attempt to get a fevered and pregnant Maggie to Hilltop for medical attention. As always in the world of the walking, getting to where you’re go-

ing is never easy, and this season “The Saviors” have made leaving nearly impossible.

Greeting a dozen of Negan’s men in the road, Rick’s group is warned of the impending trouble to come if supplies in Alexandria aren’t handed over to “The Saviors.”

Knowing they’re well out numbered, Rick’s group of heroes retract from the confrontation, hoping to find another route to Hilltop to save Maggie and her unborn child.

While the group searches for another way, drawing lines across the wrinkled and worn map in the RV, Carol is running for her life away from Alexandria and the man who seeks revenge for Carol’s slaying of his friends. With Daryl, Michonne and Glenn captured by members of “The Saviors” in an attempt to find Carol, it’s left to Morgan to save her. Finding Carol near death as her avenger shot at each of her limbs, Morgan stepped in, saving her and greeting a new group of living clad in body armor.

With the majority of the episode focused on the “road trippers,” this subplot will undoubtedly be making major waves next season.

Making multiple rounds in attempt to get Maggie to safety, the RV riders are unfortunately at a crossroads, both of which lead to Negan’s dead end. In a last ditch effort, the group decides to abandon the RV and Eugene and begins walking through the woods to Hilltop. Just as darkness surrounds the heroes, so does the sinister whistling of Negan’s posse. In a large circle, Rick finds himself and the friends he’s worked so hard to protect trapped and at the fate of “The Saviors.” Promising death to one of Rick’s members, Negan spends nearly 20 minutes of the episode discussing the group’s future.

Dragging on and stomping on the hearts of viewers, Negan takes his barbed wire-en-

Father Gabriel looks worried in the season 6 finale of ‘The Walking Dead.’ closed bat and begins a slow round of “eeny, meeny, miny, moe,” which ultimately decides which member greets their death day.

As viewers gasped and waited in suspense to see who ultimately got the bat, “The Walking Dead” flashed to a black screen, allowing fans to only hear the screams of the unfortunate victim.

Rather than leave viewers wanting more, the season six finale only did what the series does best, leaving us with no answers and more frustration. “The Walking Dead”

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has toyed with the idea of Negan throughout season six, and this finale only continued to drag out the villain’s plot. Writers of “The Walking Dead” continue to carry out stale storylines, rather than returning to the fast-paced world in which the clan was living throughout earlier seasons. If the series continues to roll with the same uninspired plots that have made an appearance in season six, viewers will surely turn into mindless, unengaged “walkers” as well. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Guns N’ Roses embark on reunion tour, fans thrilled by meg weissend A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

When friends formed a band in ‘80s Los Angeles, they never expected to become American rock legends.

The rebellious and iconic headbangers are taking the stage once more in a much anticipated reunion of Guns N’ Roses.

After years of baseless speculation, the latest round of rumors was initially easy to dismiss. When details continued to leak, with even the New York Times jumping on the Guns N’ Roses reunion bandwagon, it became clear to the world that something big was about to happen.

For the first time in 23 years, the band played together just like old times last Friday night in L.A. Fans discovered that Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, joined by keyboardist Dizzy Reed, guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer and new keyboardist Melissa Reese are scheduled to perform in Las Vegas, Mexico City and a pair of Coachella headlining shows. The Troubadour gig marks the first time Rose and Slash have shared the stage since

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Guns N’ Roses have reunited for one last tour. their infamous July 17, 1993 gig in Buenos Aires.

Not one member of the band has said a word to the press about the upcoming performances, and fans have mixed feelings about the mystery behind the reunion.

Although Guns N’ Roses is secretive about their setlist, the public knows at least two Chinese Democracy tracks will be featured in the tour, as well as the Use Your Illusion super rarity “Double Talkin’ Jive.”

Before the creation of Guns N’

Roses, high school dropout Axl Rose collected quite the police record. A fan of ELO and Queen, Rose became friends with guitarist Izzy Stradlin, and the two joined forces in L.A. Eventually forming Guns N’ Roses with English-born biracial guitarist Slash, bassist McKagan and drummer Steve Adler.

Quickly conjuring enough controversy to grab the attention of America, the referencing of the band’s drug and alcohol abuse was not at all subtle.

Guns N’ Roses released their debut album “Appetite for Destruction” in 1987. Opening for Aerosmith, the band built a live following.

In Sept. 1988, with wide MTV exposure given to “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Welcome to the Jungle,” the album reached No. 1, staying there for five weeks and on the charts for nearly three years.

“Sweet Child o’ Mine” was an instant hit and still remains one of the most popular rock songs ever made.

The song was created when Slash

was screwing around on the guitar. With a little bit of tweaking, that well-known electric guitar riff became the intro. Stradlin liked the riff and began playing along on his guitar, prompting Rose to immediately begin writing lyrics inspired by his girlfriend at the time after overhearing the spontaneous jam sesh. History was made.

“It was an interesting sort of pattern,” Slash said in an interview with Rolling Stone in the “Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time” issue. “I never thought it was going to become a song. I hated playing that song for years; it’s easy now, but it was very daunting in the early days. Especially because I drank exorbitant amounts of alcohol and had other chemical things going on.”

Over the years, it was a rare sight to see the original members standing in the same room, let alone playing one of their songs.

The “Not In This Lifetime” tour will run through major cities like Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle.

Tickets are currently on sale for nostalgic fans. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Grief gets weird in ‘Demolition’ ‘Unbroken Brain’ takes a look at addiction

Davis Mitchell, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, grieves a little differently than the average person in ‘Demolition.’

What if a young man who just lost his young wife in a car accident experienced none of the stages of grief? What if he felt nothing? What if he, instead, started writing letters to a vending machine company and dismantling every object in sight?

Perhaps that’s just a person coasting in denial, but, to buy that, you would have to believe that the person also had some sort of humanity in the first place. In the case of Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal) in director Jean-Marc Vallée’s ambitious, flawed and whimsically sinister “Demolition-” let’s just say that’s not entirely clear. Davis, for much of the movie, is like the Patrick Bateman of widowers. He is incredibly wealthy, cold, unfeeling and vaguely sociopathic. Instead of bodies, though, it’s objects he’s dissecting.

At first, it’s actually quite captivating as you drift with Davis in the aftermath of his wife Julia’s (Heather Lind) death. He was in the car with her when it got broadsided.

He came out without a

scratch. She died that night.

He can’t even muster up any emotion as her grieving father (Chris Cooper) breaks down. And then at the wake, instead of socializing, he goes into a study to compose a letter to the vending machine company whose hospital unit failed to give him the Peanut M&Ms he paid for. It’s in this handwritten complaint letter where Davis starts to really dish about how he only got this job at a $6 billion investment firm because of his father-in-law, about his daily routines in his magazine-ready glass and steel cube of a house, about the time he lied to a fellow passenger on the commuter train about what he did for a living, and about how he never really loved his wife.

Davis starts writing letters to the vending machine company on a regular basis, and, in his free time, decides to take everything apart including, but not limited to, a fridge, a bathroom stall, a bathroom light fixture and a random house. Of course his life falls apart with it.

Subtlety is not what this

movie is going for.

It’s quirky but also menacing and Vallée and Gyllenhaal find the dark humor in this man’s odd behavior. Davis might not be someone who exists in the real world, but Gyllenhaal wears his unconventionalities well.

We’ve seen this character type before in slightly different iterations - the man with the wild look in his eyes who is just disconnected enough from reality, as though he’s the only living person who can see the truth of our daily hypocrisies. Gyllenhaal elevates it, too, but that should be no surprise at this point from one of our most talented leading men.

Then the eccentric working class side characters arrive - Karen (Naomi Watts), a customer service rep at the vending machine company who was moved by his confessional letters, and her angst-ridden pre-teen son Chris (Judah Lewis).

Suddenly Davis is finding solace in this single mom stoner with a heart of gold and a young boy with glam rock predilec-

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tions, who is questioning his gender and sexuality.

It’s a bit much for something that had been so focused and streamlined at first.

The movie is infinitely more interesting when Davis is just an unredeemable sociopath, but it turns out the story has a different idea about that and things begin to unravel.

Cloying plot revelations aside, the film is a stimulating step forward for Vallée, who, with “Wild” and “Dallas Buyers Club,” has inadvertently become the go-to director for actors craving that Oscar nomination.

Perhaps “Demolition” should have stuck with its original premise until the bitter end, or made Davis just a little more human at the outset. As it stands, “Demolition” doesn’t quite come together, but it’s far from a wreck.

“Demolition,” a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “language, some sexual references, drug use and disturbing behavior.” Running time: 100 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

“Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction” (St. Martin’s Press),

by Maia Szalavitz Nancy Reagan’s death last month caused some to take stock of her mantra “Just Say No” and why it failed to prevent addiction or dissuade many young people in the 1980s from experimenting with dangerous drugs.

In “Unbroken Brain,” science writer Maia Szalavitz, a high school student in the Reagan years, describes her own drug odyssey - LSD, cocaine, heroin - and her first steps toward successful recovery at age 23 in 1988.

Since then, understanding addiction and treatment has been her life’s work. She’s now regarded as a leading authority, with articles in Time, The New York Times, Psychology Today and other major publications.

Her previous book, “Help at Any Cost,” examined programs for troubled teens. This time, she argues for a radical rethinking of addiction with a new emphasis on learning.

She writes that although addiction is a disease, a more nuanced analysis reveals it to be a learning disorder, more like dyslexia than diabetes, opening new possibilities for treatment, recovery and drug policy. This learning disorder framework takes into account genetic vulnerabilities, brain development and experience, she says, and helps explain why locking up addicted offenders largely

fails to rehabilitate them.

Addiction is a pattern of learned behavior defined by persistence despite negative consequences, she writes, and that is why punishment - because prison, after all, is just one more negative consequence doesn’t work and can be counterproductive.

Szalavitz finds some value in the Alcoholics Anonymous self-help movement, but objects to its elevated status in medical and criminal justice systems. In what other disease, she asks, would medical professionals recommend submission to a Higher Power as an essential part of treatment? A chapter on programs employing the learning disorder insight offers another way.

Szalavitz’s personal story complements her research without overshadowing it, including an unforgettable scene in which she does cocaine with Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. She writes movingly about the mental and emotional consequences of drug withdrawal, far worse than the physical symptoms, in her experience: “ ... what tormented me most as I shook through August of 1988 wasn’t the nausea and chills but the recurring fear that I’d never have lasting comfort or joy again.”

Anyone who has battled addiction or seen it harm a loved one will gain insights from “Unbroken Brain,” and if it influences policymakers, too, everyone will benefit.

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Nielsen’s weekly top 10: Zombie show’s ratings are not dead NEW YORK (AP) — A cliffhanger ending to its sixth season fascinated more than 14 million viewers of “The Walking Dead,” although AMC’s blockbuster hit continued to show some signs of erosion.

During the final episode on Sunday, new villain Negan killed someone with a barbed wire bat he named Lucille. Viewers will have to wait until next season to find out who he killed, however.

It was down from the 15.8 million who watched the fifth season finale on the night it aired, and didn’t approach the 17.3 million who watched the first episode of the fifth season in October 2014 - the show’s high point.

It’s not unusual for hit shows to begin to fade after they have been on the air for a couple of years. A more complete barometer of the show’s performance will come in a few weeks, when the number of people who watched it via delayed viewing are counted in.

In its first year on cable’s TBS on Monday night, an

estimated 17.8 million people watched Villanova’s lastsecond victory over North Carolina for the NCAA men’s basketball championship. That’s sharply down from the 28.3 million people who saw last year’s DukeWisconsin game on CBS, the Nielsen company said.

It shows that broadcast TV still has an advantage over cable networks although, to be fair, last year’s game was the most-watched NCAA final since 1997.

The Academy of Country Music awards saw its viewership take a steep drop from 16 million last year to 11.2 million Sunday night on CBS, Nielsen said.

CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 7.9 million viewers. NBC had 6 million viewers, ABC had 4.8 million, Fox had 4 million, Univision had 1.8 million, the CW had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.24 million and Telemundo had 1.23 million.

Buoyed by Saturday’s NCAA basketball semifinals, TBS was the week’s most

popular cable network, averaging 2.55 million viewers in prime time. AMC had 1.96 million viewers, Fox News Channel had 1.82 million, HGTV had 1.66 million and USA had 1.53 million.

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.6 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 8.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7 million viewers.

For the week of March 28-April 3, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.24 million; “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 14.19 million; “Empire,” Fox, 12.46 million; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 11.95 million; “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 11.36 million; “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 11.33 million; “Academy of Country Music Awards,” CBS, 11.2 million; “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.1 million; “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 10.4 million; “NCIS,” CBS, ‘The Walking Dead’ was the second most watched show this week, with 14.19 million viewers.

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Where are they now? Checking in with 5 former ‘American Idol’ contestants LOS ANGELES (AP) — “American Idol” brought pop stardom to just a handful of contestants, but others who competed over the years made an impression.

Many have faded from view, while others parlayed the talent show’s spotlight into ongoing music and other careers in show business. As “American Idol” wraps its 15-year run this Thursday, five former performers shared highlights of how “Entertainment Boot Camp 101” - as one fondly termed the “Idol” experience - helped lead them to today.

--MELINDA DOOLITTLE: A professional backup singer in Nashville, Tennessee, before she became a top-three finisher in season six, Doolittle remains loyal to the city and music. She’s traveling internationally

with her band and working on an upcoming project - an album and show that will “represent all the powerful soul songs that define the genre of soul.”

It’s a chance to collaborate with her favorite artists, she says, but isn’t ready to name names.

--DAVID HERNANDEZ: The seventh-season semifinalist will tour this summer in North America and head to the Middle East to perform for U.S. troops.

While describing himself as a committed balladeer, his new album (not yet titled), produced by Printz Board of the Black Eyed Peas, is pop-and-R&B influenced: “It’s like Cee Lo Green meets myself.” Board’s production team shot the video for “Beautiful,” the upcoming first single.

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BLAKE LEWIS: The Seattle beatboxer, who finished second to season-six winner Jordin Sparks, has parked himself in Los Angeles to pursue music and voice-over work, building on his credits in video games (“The Last Gremlin”) and anime. With his own record label, Lewis is producing other artists as well as music for commercials. He’s toured with fellow ex-”Idol” contestants as part of the cover band Postmodern Jukebox (“A super fun hang”) and is working on a new beatboxing album.

--KIMBERLEY LOCKE: After finishing third in season two, Locke had a hit single with “8th World Wonder” and dabbled in TV and modeling. She’s still singing, with a cover of “I Will Survive” out this week, but

she’s also building a diverse career portfolio: “I’ve rebranded myself as the artist, the coach, the cook.” She’s on the East Coast working with others on their music projects through her company, I AM Entertainment, teaches singing and has an online show, “Cooking with Kimberley.”

--DANNY NORIEGA: The flamboyant semifinalist from season eight, who was lauded by Simon Cowell as courageous, says his career went in “an unexpected direction - good unexpected” after he performed on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” He’s touring with RuPaul’s “Battle of the Seasons” as Adore, whom he calls his Hannah Montana-like alter ego, and has a new Adore album, “After Party.” Said Noriega: “If you play it smart, fans movpins.com will grow with you.”

Former contestant Kimberly Locke now has a diverse career portfolio.

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SPORTS

Wednesday April 6, 2016

For WVU football players, watching film is a skill of its own

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @dJSTATMAN77

Before a football player can step onto the field and make a big play, he first has to spend hours and hours preparing for weeks on end.

Part of that is practice and conditioning to develop the physical skills and techniques needed to compete on the field.

But just as important is the time spent in the film room, examining your own mistakes and the tendencies of your opponent.

And make no mistake – it’s not just sitting on a couch and watching a game on TV. For the West Virginia University football team, watching film is a skill of its own.

“It’s not just looking at plays and looking at people moving around,” said junior linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton. There are certain things you look for. For example, when you’re watching film, you want to see, ‘OK, I see when the tackle is cocked back, he’s pass-blocking or when he’s sitting right on his hand, he’s pulling.’

That helps you get an extra step. You want to learn those tendencies so you have the upper hand.”

There are two types of film sessions for West Virginia. The Mountaineers watch their own games to recognize their own mistakes, watching every play “about 20 times” according to senior cornerback Rasul Douglas.

But West Virginia also extensively and painstakingly scouts its opponents, searching for even the slightest tendency that could give it an advantage on game day.

It’s a process that’s often unfamiliar for new players, requiring veteran players to help teach the younger ones how to watch film the correct way.

“I went in there and I didn’t even know how to work the system,”

Douglas said. “(Thensenior cornerback Terrell) Chestnut came in there to watch film with us and said, ‘I’m going to show you how you’re supposed to watch film.’

They taught me how to look for everything.”

Douglas estimates that individual players have to spend at least seven hours a week on their own watching film, on top of the film work they spend with their position units.

It’s a lot of hard work, but it often results in a big pay-off. If a player learns to watch film the right way, he can sometimes read a play before it happens on the field and break a game open.

“It means you had a great film session,” Douglas said. “It feels lovely when you see it, and in your head you’re calling it out, ‘Oh, this is about to come.’ You’re telling your teammates, ‘It’s coming now!’ And then you get an interception. That’s what you watch film for.”

The Mountaine ers agree: Watching film the right way is one of the most important skills a player can develop.

And just as Douglas learned how to watch film from Chestnut and Benton learned from veteran linebackers Nick Kwiatkoski, Shaq Petteway and Jared Barber, the new leaders of West Virginia’s defense are trying to pass that knowledge on to the next generation of Mountaineers.

“That’s what I’m working on now, trying to work with some of those guys and make sure they know what to look at,” Benton said. “If you know what to look for at the beginning of the play, it can tell you what they’re about to run before the play starts, and you already have the upper hand. That’s one thing they helped me learn, and I’m trying to pass that on to the younger guys.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU third baseman Kyle Davis slides home safely against Old Dominion.

WVU tops in-state rival Marshall in Charleston

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

It seems as if the West Virginia University baseball team has held firm on its resilient attitude, as the Mountaineers found themselves in extra innings for the third time in six games last night.

While the Mountaineers had a walk-off celebration five days ago, WVU was not going to let the Marshall Thundering Herd have one of its own, beating its in-state rival 5-4 in 10 innings in Charleston.

Freshman Ivan Vera played the role of hero after his RBI single with two outs scored fellow freshman Braden Zarbnisky in the 10th inning.

“This is a great win for us,” WVU coach Randy Mazey said in an interview WIth WVUSports.com. “This is the first time we’ve beaten Marshall down here since I’ve been here. They play with so much confidence against us, trying to knock us off. It’s a big game for both teams. They’re just really hard to beat for us in this park. That’s a great win for three guys, Shaun Wood,

Braden Zarbnisky and Ivan Vera, who weren’t in the starting lineup and had a major hand in the outcome, it says a lot about your bench, which is a good feeling for a coach.”

In the first inning, Marshall got on the board first due to a wild pitch by WVU starter Michael Grove. Grove, another candidate for the Mountaineers mid-week pitcher, was making his first career start for the Mountaineers.

Grove made his way through five innings of work, allowed one run and struck out two.

Marshall’s Joshua Shapiro held a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Ray Guerrini’s triple ended that case. Shapiro was removed from the game after losing his shutout, finishing with a line of 5.2 innings pitched and nine strikeouts.

With the game tied at one, Conner Dotson came on in relief, and shortly after, Marshall’s DJ Gee and Tommy Lane scored for the Herd after an error by WVU third baseman Kyle Davis.

Errors are what propelled Marshall to many of its leads.

WVU has committed 28 er-

rors this season, second-fewest in the Big 12 Conference, but when the Mountaineers did make an error, Marshall turned it into runs.

Center fielder KC Huth led off the top of the eighth with a double that forced the Marshall bullpen to make a pitching replacement. However, after Jackson Cramer reached base in his 46th consecutive game, it was Shaun Wood who provided the Mountaineers with another two-out hit, clearing the bases.

The error bug came back to haunt Marshall later in the inning, scoring Wood in the process.

This matchup started off tedious, but as the game progressed both the Mountaineers and Herd exchanged offensive blows as if it were a heavyweight fight. Along with the Mountaineers, Marshall proved to be resilient­—especially second baseman Aaron Bossi, who scored in the bottom of the eighth to keep the Herd’s hopes alive.

Ultimately, it was the Mountaineers who outlasted Marshall in the 66th matchup between the state’s two largest

universities.

After the decision to start Grove last night, WVU will officially have freshman Tanner Campbell start against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (1215, 5-1) tonight at Monongalia County Ballpark.

Campbell has been head coach Randy Mazey’s go-to pitcher in midweek matchups and will be making his first appearance since he allowed four runs in 5.1 innings on March 30.

The Eagles are coming off their biggest win of the season last night after topping Michigan State, who leads the Big 10 with a 19-5 record.

EMU hasn’t yet returned to a top level since its last NCAA Tournament appearance in 2008, finishing either first or second in the Mid-American Conference only twice since.

But now, with a conference record of 5-1 early in the season, the Eagles are in a position to turn things around.

The Mountaineers are set to face the Eagles at 6:30 p.m., starting what will be a ninegame home stretch. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Despite injury, Karl Joseph proving his worth before NFL Draft

By Chris Jackson

Associate Sports Editor @CJacksonWVU

Everything seemed to be going right for Mountaineer star safety Karl Joseph through the first four games of 2015.

He had a nation-leading five interceptions through the first four games – including three in the seasonopening 44-0 rout of Georgia Southern – helping the team to a 3-1 start and a spot in the top 25.

Then Joseph tore his ACL during a non-contact drill in the days leading up to a soldout bout at home against No. 21 Oklahoma State, ending his days in the blue and gold uniform.

“It was hard just because it was my senior season,” Joseph said. “Not being able to go out there with my teammates is definitely hard. I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. God always has a plan for you. I definitely didn’t understand when it first happened. I was crying. It was heartbreaking, but I got over it. I just had to come back. It’s been done before.”

It’s been an uphill climb ever since. Joseph was likely developing into a definite first-round prospect in the 2016 NFL Draft from April 2830, but the ACL injury left his professional stock in doubt.

Except scouts have caught on to his uncanny abilities, specifically his turnover-forcing skills that showed themselves during the four games he appeared in during the 2015 season.

They not only became the focal point of his successes arisen from the his rampant beginning to a candid few games as a senior, but they added to the legend of one

WVU’s Karl Joseph lines up this past season against Liberty. of college football’s hardest the only one noticing his talhitters. ents. Some have him slated It’s one thing to crush of- as a first-round selection, fensive players at impact and while others project him to become a tackling machine; wait until the second day and it’s another to record five in- find his way into the second terceptions through the first or third round.

“Hopefully teams still take four games. He still earned a spot as a CBS Second Team a chance at me in the first All-American despite miss- round,” Joseph said. “I think ing the final nine games. it’s very possible. I have a lot Professional onlookers of film out there, that’s the noticed that, and that’s where most important thing. But it their eyes turned. Now, Jo- doesn’t matter. If I go second, seph is regarded again as one third round, as long as I get of the top prospects in this the opportunity I’m going to Draft class, a testament to all do my best with it.”

It’s a process Joseph unthe work he put in during his derstands. Thanks to the four years in Morgantown.

NFL Network’s Mike help of numerous NFL athMayock tabs Joseph as the letes, Joseph’s become familNo. 1 safety, and he’s not iar with how it all unfolds, es-

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pecially coming back from a major injury.

He’s kept in close contact with current Bears receiver Kevin White, a former Mountaineer star who missed his rookie season with a stress fracture in his right shin.

Rams running back Todd Gurley has also given Joseph advice as the days wind down until Draft day. Gurley continually battled injuries and faced limited time on the field at the University of Georgia before developing into the NFL’s Rookie of the Year last season.

White and Gurley know what Joseph’s going through, battling injuries that can halt a career. They’ve kept him

calm and collected through it all, no matter how difficult it may be to watch others compete on the football field while you’re standing on the sideline.

“He was one of those guys that gave me a lot of good advice early on with the injury,” Joseph said. “Spoke to him numerous times and he gave me some great advice about the whole process because he got injured around the same time as me. It was very close with the time we got hurt. His advice meant a lot because of the way he came back, the kind of season he had last year. I’m positive I’ll be able to do the same thing.”

Joseph remains committed to his statement that he’s the best player in the Draft, and he’ll be quick to justify it. There’s no shortage of confidence, a belief needed to make it against some of the NFL’s premier athletes.

“I believe it, and I’m reminding everybody that I want them to believe because I believe,” Joseph said.

“My film speaks for itself. I have three-plus years of film.

It’s not cocky because I’m a very humble guy. That’s what I believe. I don’t care who it is. I think that once you’re on the field with me, you have to prove that you’re better.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

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Rifle

WVU freshman becomes U.S. Olympian

By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Although the season is over, freshman rifle sensation Ginny Thrasher is still hard at work.

This past weekend, Thrasher, a Springfield, Virginia native, placed first in the women’s 50m 3-position competition Monday evening in Fort Benning, Georgia. The first-place finish means Thrasher has secured a spot on the U.S. Olympic team to compete in Rio this summer.

Thrasher most recently won both individual NCAA shooting titles as a true freshman, leading the Mountaineers to a fourth consecutive national title.

Thrasher is already one of the most decorated shooters in NCAA rifle and still has three years of eligibility remaining. The spot on the U.S. national team is just the most recent accomplishment for Thrasher.

Ann-Marie Pfiffner was the first WVU female to represent the United States in rifle in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and Jean Foster would do the same in 1996 and 2000. Thrasher is the third female shooter to represent team USA. Thrasher will likely be facing fellow teammates as seniors Meelis Kiisk and Garrett Spurgeon are vying for spots on the Estonian and Welsh national teams, respectively.

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Ginny Thrasher takes off her suit during the final round against NC State in January.

“I’m incredibly excited to have made the 2016 Olympic Team,” Thrasher said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “This year has been a whirlwind for me, and to end my freshman season with a trip to Rio is very gratifying.”

The field featured 16 of the country’s top shooters vying for one roster spot.

She finished the three-day event with a 1,781. Fellow Mountaineer Elizabeth Gratz shot a 1,705 to finish 15th overall.

“It’s been an incredible year for Ginny, and I knew she was certainly capable

of shooting the way she did this weekend,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond.

“I don’t think qualifying for the Olympics was something she thought about a whole lot – she just wanted to shoot her best. There were a lot of great athletes at this event. Given the year Ginny has had, I don’t think today is a surprise. She was not the favorite, but she earned this Olympic spot.”

It’s evident that Thrasher systematically approached the qualifying the same way she approached the individual championships – not focusing on the end result, but

just trying to shoot the best score that she could. As a freshman, nobody expected her to claim both individual titles, and that was what made it possible for her. The same stands true for Olympic qualifying. In a sport that features as much focus as rifle does, it will be interesting to see if Thrasher can maintain the same mindset as expectations for her rise over the next several years.

The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics will take place from Aug. 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia University gymnastics team finished its season in promising but disappointing fashion, placing fifth at the NCAA Regional Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama with a team score of 194.25, its third lowest total of the year.

While qualifying for the regional championships is a great accomplishment in its own right, this team felt it was bound for bigger things. Each gymnast was improving by the week, and the team was riding a huge wave of momentum heading into postseason play.

West Virginia opened up with a strong showing in the Big 12 Championship, earning a team score of 195.925.

However, this score was only good enough to earn third place and they didn’t come particularly close to earning one of the top two spots. No.1 Oklahoma finished first with a score of 198.05, and No.10 Denver followed with an equally impressive 196.725.

Oklahoma has been among the top 10 best teams for a decade, and Denver has been a program on the

rise for the past few years.

Losing to either of these teams is nothing to hang your head on.

The NCAA Regional Championships were a different story. The Mountaineers came out flat in their first two routines, earning some of the lowest team scores of the year on beam and uneven bars due to a few technical mistakes and slip-ups. They recovered on their last two routines with strong performances on vault and floor exercise, but it wasn’t enough to salvage their mistakes from earlier in the meet.

Though the season may not have ended the way West Virginia would’ve liked, the team has a tremendous amount of pieces to build on heading into the 2017 season.

The Mountaineers are only losing three members of the team due to graduation: Melissa Idell, Jaida Lawrence and Audrey Tolbert. Lawrence was a fixture on vault, Tolbert was essential for the team on balance beam and Idell was a two-event competitor, frequently contributing big scores on balance beam and floor exercise.

While this Mountaineer team will certainly miss the

high scores and leadership these seniors provided, they are loaded with young talent that’s only going to improve heading into next season.

The top two scorers this year were junior Alexa Goldberg and sophomore Zaakira Muhammad, putting up season totals of 447.9 and 421.35, respectively. The next two in line were a pair of freshmen, Kirah Koshinski and Tiara Wright.

Koshinski finished at No. 12 nationally on vault with a 9.9 regional qualifying score (RQS). She consistently proved she was one of the best gymnasts on the team on vault and floor exercise, finishing with the highest RQS on the team in both events. A hand injury kept her from being able to perform on the uneven bars this season, so expect to see her potentially compete in all events next season.

Wright was a godsend on the uneven bars for the Mountaineers, finishing with the second highest RQS on the team with 9.855. She also proved she can compete at a high level on beam and floor exercise, really coming alive at the end of the year.

A pair of freshmen in Jaquie Tun and Carly Galpin also showed prom-

ise over the course of the season. Tun was a big bolster for WVU on the uneven bars and floor exercise, while Galpin provided some much needed consistency on the balance beam.

With the incoming freshman class looking as talented if not more so than the class before it, the direction for this team appears to be nowhere but up.

“We have an incredible group of freshmen coming in, and the class that’s following that is even more incredible,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts. “I think we’ll continue to see our rankings climb and our success level climb as we continue to bring in new recruiting classes.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU finishes 14th at Old Waverly Collegiate Championship

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Playing two 56-hole tournaments back-to-back can be a daunting task for any golfer, and it certainly took its toll on the West Virginia University men’s golf team. After placing 11th this weekend at the Mason Rudolph Invitational, the Mountaineers succumbed to a 14th-place finish with a 48-over 912 at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship hosted by Mississippi State.

McNeese State managed to weather the storm

of the final round to claim a six-shot victory over Ole Miss with a team score of 2-over 866. The final round proved to be a trying occasion for all teams participating in the tournament, as no teams in the 16-team field shot under par for the round. Ole Miss’ Braden Thornberry was the individual medalist for the tournament, shooting a 7-under 209, while also being one of only three competitors with an under-par final score.

“After 126 holes of golf in just five days, our guys are worn out,” said head coach Sean Covich in an inter-

view with WVUSports.com.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have much time to rest as we leave for Ohio State on Thursday.”

For West Virginia, the team ended the first day in 13th place at 22-over 598. After showing positive signs in the first round, a second round collapse saw the Mountaineers plummet down the leaderboard. An influx of bogeys, especially on the early holes, hurt the team. In the final round, the Mountaineers were unable to get out of their own way.

Three triple bogeys, four double bogeys and numerous other bogeys sealed the

team’s fate.

Two juniors led the way for West Virginia. Chris Williams managed the team’s best finish, thanks to a strong first round 1-under 71. Williams was unable to maintain his success through the final two rounds but finished with a 9-over 225 that left him in a tie for 37th. Meanwhile, Alan Cooke had two solid rounds of 1-over 73 and 2-over 74 sandwiched around an abysmal 10-over 82 in the second round.

Cooke’s performance put him in a tie for 55th.

Individual competitor and freshman Tristan Nich-

olls put together a solid tournament for himself, finishing just one stroke behind Williams with a 10-over 226, good enough for 41st. Sophomore Avery Schneider finished in a tie for 65th place with a 17over 233.

Senior captain Easton Renwick and freshman Max Sear had been two of the Mountaineers’ best and most consistent performers on the golf course this season, but both greatly struggled with the trials and tribulations of Old Waverly.

The normally surehanded Sear saw his club and ball get away from him

as he stumbled to a 69th place finish with a 19-over 235, poor by his usual standards. Renwick got off to a decent start in the first round, thanks to a 2-over 74, but the bogeys snowballed for him, and he ended the tournament with a 16-over 232.

The Mountaineers will have a lot of work to do on the practice range this week, especially with a quick turnaround for their next tournament coming up this weekend with the Robert Kepler Invitational at Ohio State. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Glasses off, party on: A Philly bash for national champion Villanova VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — The calmest person in Houston, Jay Wright simply mouthed “Bang” when Kris Jenkins buried the winning 3-pointer.

That bang has turned into a bash in Philadelphia.

The NCAA champion Wildcats will get a championship parade Friday in Philadelphia. But for now, classes are off, and the party is on.

“It is still surreal,” Wright said Monday night. “I don’t think I’ve really digested this yet.”

Students and fans will welcome home the national champions Tuesday afternoon at the campus football stadium. The Wildcats are scheduled to arrive around 5 p.m.

Friday’s parade in Philadelphia will cover five blocks of Market Street and end outside City Hall, skipping the city’s traditional athletic celebration route down Broad Street. The Phillies were the last major championship team to have a parade, in 2008.

Police say six people were arrested and 25 people were injured after the Wildcats beat North Carolina in the NCAA championship. One of those arrested was ac-

cused of assaulting a police horse.

Jenkins’ 3-pointer in the final seconds gave Villanova its second national title, following the stunner over Georgetown in 1985. Villanova had lost three times in the first weekend as a No. 1 or 2 seed since a Final Four run in 2009.

Even the die-hards had little faith that the Big East champions could pull off a run all the way to the first weekend in April.

ESPN said Villanova was picked to win it all in only 2.56 percent of its NCAA brackets and that more users selected No. 16 Hampton to advance out of the first round than selected Villanova to win it all.

A city yearning for a title from its disappointing bigbankroll pro teams - Eagles, Phillies, 76ers, Flyers - will fete a bunch of amateurs who don’t even play within city limits.

The 76ers’ last title, in 1983, ended a golden age in Philly sports during which the city teams won six championships in 23 years - the Eagles in 1960, the Sixers in 1967 and ‘83, the Flyers in 1974 and ‘75 and the Phillies in 1980.

Since then, just the Phil-

lies in ‘08.

Consider the bleakness in Philly, the Wildcats won six games over the tournament; the 76ers have only nine wins all season.

Philly fans can rejoice that Jenkins, Ryan Arcidiacono, Daniel Ochefu, Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson all accomplished what Donovan McNabb, Allen Iverson and Eric Lindros never could - bring home a championship.

“That was one of the great college basketball games we’ve ever been a part of,” Wright said.

It was such a great game that even Crying Piccolo Girl turned into Smiling Piccolo Girl.

Right after Villanova lost by 3 points to North Carolina State in the third round of the 2015 tournament, TV cameras captured Roxanne Chalifoux playing her piccolo as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Shortly after Villanova won its first national title in 31 years on Monday night, she went to Twitter with her own reaction: “oh what a difference a year makes,” she wrote, with a “V’’ emoji, and a photo that proclaimed Villanova national champs.

Jenkins’ winner came on

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Villanova guard Josh Hart reacts during the second half of Monday’s national championship. a play Villanova works on every day in practice: Jenkins inbounds to Arcidiacono, who works the ball up court. Ochefu sets a pick near halfcourt to clutter things up. Then Arcidiacono creates.

This time, the senior

point guard made an underhanded flip to Jenkins, who spotted up a pace or two behind the arc and swished it with Carolina’s Isaiah Hicks running at him. Or, as Jenkins put it: “One, two step, shoot ‘em up, sleep in the streets.”

That was all it took.

Students rushed from Villanova’s arena, The Pavilion, onto a nearby commercial strip where pubs and restaurants festooned with balloons and banners were packed with revelers, ready to step things up.