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WRITHING IN WACO “With the experience they have on offense, we can’t outscore them. We’ve got to get them on a bad day, miss some throws and create some turnovers.”

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WVU History Dept. hosts Civil War conference

By Jordan Miller Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University’s Department of History hosted a United States Civil War conference on Saturday called “Objects as Subjects: Material Cultures of the Civil War Era,” bringing together historians and scholars from across the country.

As part of the University’s celebration of 50 years of the arts and humanities, presenters discussed and debated each other’s findings and writings to further explore the role of Civil War artifacts in continued research.

“This conference is designed to showcase the intersection of two important scholarly fields…”

said Brian Luskey, associate professor of history at WVU. “… civil war studies and material culture studies. Which, heretofore, have largely been distinct and not intersected.”

Scholars spoke about the necessity of artifacts when studying history, as well as how these objects are essential for bringing the past back to life.

Throughout the event, presenters touched on a variety of objects, including weapons, old-fashioned means of communication and era clothing, all of which were historically significant in civil war studies.

“These scholars are bringing these two fields together in really new and rich ways, whether they’re

talking about a cane that was used to beat a political antagonist or clothing that was thought to transit disease,” Luskey said.

As some pointed out, however, there are certain obstacles with using material objects as primary sources.

L. Bao Bui of the University of Illinois department of history presented about the evolving worth of Civil War-era writing materials.

Bui said it’s difficult studying letter correspondence during this time period because not only was the postal service unreliable, but many letters were burned for the sake of privacy, making it rare to find a complete set of letters.

Despite this issue, such letters from soldiers to loved ones served as physical tokens of affection, according to Bui, something not often experienced in today’s world with electronic communication.

Bui discussed the differences between communication forms— evolving from letters to smar tphones—relating artifacts to today’s society and the perception and understanding of history.

“I think this conference is really encouraging people to think about the Civil War in new and different ways,” said Megan Kate Nelson, freelance writer and historian from Boston. “I think we’re very used to talking about battles and generals, and

these scholars are accessing a lot of those histories through very untraditional sources.”

Nelson said anyone who has a smartphone knows how an object can shape your life. She believes an examination of physical history helps people better relate the past to the present. “(We’re) thinking about something we use a lot, like letters, as sources, but (also) as objects, as things that circulated, that people held in their hands and tucked in their pockets,” Nelson said. “… and I think you get a history of the war that’s more personal and closer to the experience of Civil War Americans.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Respectful Mountaineer celebrates one-year anniversary

By James Mason Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

When Morgantown was nearly demolished last year in “celebration” of West Virginia University’s victory over Baylor, concerned students decided something needed to be done. With a single tweet and a catchy hashtag, the #RespectfulMountaineer campaign was born in response to the havoc.

Now a student organization, Respectful Mountaineer celebrates its oneyear anniversary, noting both original success and evolvement into physical action. “(The campaign was a) social media hashtag that my friend and I started organically…” said Chris

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Hickey, senior business student and co-founder of the organization. “(I never thought it would have actually led to people getting involved and starting to actually create a movement as opposed to just being some trend online.”

Hickey, along with Deonna Gandy, originally formed the student-run initiative in October 2014 to promote a respectful spirit within the WVU community and to enforce that destructive behavior and rioting is unacceptable.

Hickey said more than 35 students and faculty have now “emerged,” prepared to make a “physical difference as opposed to just (taking) an advocacy role.”

Hickey is pleasantly surprised with the outcome of

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his tweet and said the most rewarding part of the organization is seeing so many people assume leadership positions and help develop a true community.

“There haven’t been any physical riots after the respectful mountaineer movement has happened,” Hickey said. “The fact that we can provide (members) a home is so much greater than what I thought a hashtag could become.”

With Hickey graduating in December, however, new leadership was required.

This semester, animal and nutritional sciences student Sabrina Manley was named the new president of Respectful Mountaineer.

While she is excited and “hopeful,” Manley

also has many plans in mind.

“I think the major part I want to do is spread awareness about it and what we’re actually doing,” Manley said.

Manley said, like Hickey, she has noticed a difference in students and in the community, believing the group has made “an impact.” Even faculty members are joining the organization to show support for the culture change.

“The major thing about Respectful Mountaineer is it’s a motion,” she said.

“I’ve seen multiple people join this and know that it’s okay to be respectful, you don’t have to fall into the riots, you don’t have to fall into that crew.”

In the future, Hickey would like to spread Respectful Mountaineer to

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other large student organizations, as well. Hickey mentioned he would eventually like to see a Respectful Greek movement occur.

“I think if Respectful Greek became a thing, it would be very popular,” said Eric Arroyo, criminology student in Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. “Many Greeks feel that they always get a bad reputation because of the way the media portrays us, but Respectful Greek could change that.”

Hicke y and Manley both trust Respectful Mountaineer will remain successful for the future.

Learn more and view upcoming events at http:// respectfulmountaineer. sandbox.wvu.edu/. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

For some West Virginia University students, scheduling classes can be considered time consuming and confusing. By the end of the fall semester, however, a new system will make the process a little easier.

Schedule Builder is a new program selected by the University’s Registrar Office to assist students with creating their class rosters. A customizable tool, Schedule Builder improves student’s chances of graduating on time and generating an effective timetable.

“We’re excited,” said Michael Gaines, associate registrar of technology. “We think that this tool will definitely help students and act as a great time saver.”

Previously, students searched for individual courses and CRN numbers through a separate schedule of courses, all while referring back to DegreeWorks to ensure the selected classes satisfied missing graduation requirements.

Gaines said the new program, which eliminates the use of CRN numbers, allows students to simply choose a course and drop it into a “shopping cart” when making a schedule.

Gaines believes this elimination of steps will not only save students time but will help with overall stress as well.

Melissa Hughart, junior biology student, said a new method of scheduling classes is a much-needed change at WVU. “If you mess up your schedule, you basically mess up your chances of graduating on time,” she said. “I know plenty of seniors who aren’t going to graduate on time because of scheduling problems. I know I’m not.”

Hughart said WVU’s scheduling issues occur primarily because of confusion during the schedule-making process and a lack of guidance from some University advisors.

The University Registrar’s Office website described how the Schedule Builder will improve this overall scheduling experience for students, being “faster and easier, with less guesswork and risk of making a mistake.”

“The Schedule Builder tool will also allow students to generate a personalized schedule that will accommodate for any specific needs that might have,” Gaines said.

Schedule Builder is designed to permit students to plug in practice times, work hours and any other arranged plans they may wish to schedule classes around.

Gaines said a number of different possible options will be gen-

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Schools across U.S. find alternatives to suspending students DALLAS (AP)—The recent arrest of a 14-year-old Muslim boy whose teacher mistook his homemade clock for a possible bomb led to widespread ridicule of school officials and accusations that Islamophobia may have played a part.

It earned Ahmed Mohamed an invitation to the White House, where the Irving teen will attend astronomy night Monday.

But it also got him a threeday suspension, which he says the district insisted he serve even after it was clear it was just a clock.

Ahmed’s suspension - his parents have since withdrawn him from the school - reflects the rigid disciplinary policies that many U.S. schools adopted in the 1990s. But many districts, including some of the nation’s largest, have been softening their approach, foregoing automatic suspensions, expulsions and calls to the police for one-on-one counseling and less severe forms of punishment.

“When we can’t tell the difference between a serious problem and a non-serious problem with a kid in school, the problem is not the kid: It is us,” said Michael Gilbert, who heads the San Antonio-based National Association of Community and Restorative Justice, which advocates a focus on dialogue instead of punishments.

The school districts in New York, Los Angeles and Denver are just some of those that have moved away from discipline policies that relied heavily on suspensions. State governments have also been taking action: This year, Connecticut limited outof-school suspensions and expulsions for students up through the second grade,

Texas decriminalized truancy and Oregon limited when suspensions and expulsions can be applied to students up through the fifth grade.

Last year, the Obama administration asked schools to abandon policies that send kids to court, issuing guidelines encouraging training school personnel in conflict resolution.

“We’re seeing a lot of change at the federal, state and local level that I think is moving us in a new direction,” said Russell Skiba, director of The Equity Project at Indiana University. But, he added, “There are still a lot of schools that don’t have the resources or are afraid to move to something else.”

Denver Public Schools started implementing a so-called restorative discipline program in 2008.

District leaders were concerned about the high number of suspensions and expulsions, which the grassroots group Padres & Jovenes Unidos pointed out were being disproportionately used to punish minority students.

One such student, Margarita Atencio, said her Denver school suspended her in seventh grade before the new policies were fully in place - after other girls beat her up and blamed her for the incident. When she returned, she couldn’t concentrate on her studies because she was afraid it would happen again. It did, and this time she was expelled, she said.

“I was just done. I thought since nobody was on my side that nobody cared about me really,” said Atencio, who

had to repeat the seventh grade. Now 19 and a recent high school graduate, she has volunteered as a youth leader for Padres & Jovenes Unidos for three years.

Eldridge Greer, who runs the Denver district’s Whole Child Supports program, said the school year before the policy changes began taking effect, there were about 11,500 outof-school suspensions and 167 expulsions. He said last school year, those figures were down significantly, to about 5,400 suspensions and 55 expulsions.

Before the change, students involved in incidents like shouting matches would receive out-ofschool suspensions, but nothing would be done to address their behavior, Greer said. Now, such students might meet with a school official instead to discuss the reasons for the spat and to try to address them.

Daniel Kim, director of youth organizing for Padres & Jovenes Unidos, said that while the change in school discipline policies is benefiting all students, there are still disparities in the punishment rates for minorities when compared to whites - especially for blacks.

Outgoing U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said last month that suspensions and expulsions “track too closely with race and class.”

“This is not just about explicit, obvious bias. Indeed, sometimes, when a genuinely transparent moment of bias arises, the whole country stops and takes a break. A child holds a clock. And we see a bomb,” he said. “But more

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, Ahmed Mohamed, 14, thanks supporters during a news conference at his home, in Irving, Texas. The recent arrest and three-day suspension of Mohamed, whose teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb, led to widespread ridicule of school officials and accusations that Islamophobia may have played a part.

Ahmed’s suspension reflects the rigid disciplinary policies that many U.S. schools adopted in the 1990s. But many districts, including some of the nation’s largest, have been softening their approach, foregoing automatic suspensions, expulsions and calls to the police for one-on-one counseling and less severe forms of punishment. often, it’s far subtler stuff.”

After Ahmed’s arrest, the police chief said there was no evidence that he meant to cause alarm. But the school district has declined to explain its handling of the incident, citing student privacy laws.

A spokeswoman has said the district could provide “a different viewpoint” if given permission by the family to release his school

records.

Dan Losen, director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA’s Civil Rights Project, said his group’s report looking at the most recent U.S. numbers found out-of-school suspension rates leveling off and racial gaps narrowing slightly.

Philip Carney said that three years after starting a restorative discipline pro-

gram as principal of Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, out-of-school suspensions have dropped by 72 percent.

“We even got to the point where students are handling their own conflicts, now with us just observing and setting up the process,” said Carney, now the restorative discipline coordinator for his school district.

Thousands stranded on new migrant route through Europe

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Police officers organize groups of migrants after they arrive from Croatia in Sredisce ob Dravi, Slovenia, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to the free flow of migrants, prompting Croatia to redirect thousands of people toward its border with Slovenia.

OPATOVAC, Croatia (AP)— stuck in the country as well they can’t accept 5,000 mi- Some 5,000 other migrants ugee agency warned that “There will be challenges if Tension was building among as in neighboring Serbia on grants per day as asked by will have to spend a cold Hungary’s decision to close the process becomes slow or thousands of migrants as Sunday- and thousands kept Croatia, which is likely to night in a camp in Opatovac, its border for migrants has we have a backlog of people.”

The Hungarian border they remained stranded in on arriving. cause a further backlog in eastern Croatia, before they increased their suffering fog and cold weather in the On the Serbian-Croatian the flow. Interior Ministry of- can head toward Slovenia, and could lead to a backlog closure is the latest demonBalkans on Sunday in their border, tensions flared and ficial Bostjan Sefic said Slo- the next step on their jour- down the so-called Balkan stration of EU’s uncoordiquest to reach a better life scuffles erupted as hundreds venia can’t take more than ney toward richer EU states, route that goes from Turkey nated response to the surge in Western Europe, a day af- of irritated migrants faced a neighboring Austria, which such as Germany or Sweden. through Greece, Macedonia, of people reaching its borter Hungary closed its bor- cordon of Croatian police- said it can accept 1,500 per Across the border in Ser- Serbia and Croatia. ders. More than 600,000 der with Croatia and the flow men preventing them from day. bia, thousands of people Babar Baloch, regional people, mostly Syrians, have of people was redirected to entry.

“If we would accept 5,000 have been sitting in some 50 spokesman for Central Eu- reached Europe since the bea much slower route via The Balkan migrant migrants per day that would buses since early hours Sun- rope for the U.N. High Com- ginning of this year.

Slovenia. route switched to Slovenia mean 35,000 would be in Slo- day waiting to cross to Croa- missioner for Refugees, Hungary decided to close Tiny Slovenia has said it early Saturday after Hunga- venia in 10 days,” Sefic said, tia. More are expected to ar- said the new migrant route the border with Croatia after will only take in 2,500 peo- ry’s right-wing government taking into account those rive during the day. through Slovenia has signif- EU leaders last week failed ple a day, significantly stall- closed its border to Croa- who leave for Austria. “That “We are waiting here 4 icantly prolonged their al- to agree on a plan backed by hours on the bus,” said Mu- ready weeks-long journey.

Hungary to send EU forces to ing the movement of people tia for the influx, citing se- would be unacceptable.” as they fled their countries in curity concerns and saying Slovenia said Sunday it hammad Samin from Af“The decision by Hungary block migrants from reachthe Middle East, Asia and Af- it wants to protect the Euro- won’t allow entry to about ghanistan. “The weather to close its border has cer- ing Greece from Turkey. It rica. On Saturday, more than pean Union from an uncon- 1,800 migrants on a train is too cold. We wear lots of tainly added to the suffering did the same on Sept. 15 on 6,000 people reached Croa- trolled flow of people. from Croatia after more shirts. The children are also and misery and the length the border with Serbia after tia, but most of them were Slovenian officials said than 2,000 people have al- in the cold. No food.” of the journey for these des- erecting a razor wire fence on The United Nations ref- perate people,” Baloch said. both frontiers. ready entered in one day.

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erated based on the student’s needs and preferences.

“It can be confusing trying to create a class schedule around all of the other schedules I have like clubs and work,” Hughart said. “I think any system that will

incorporate something like that will be a positive change.”

Students can learn more about Schedule Builder at http://registrar.wvu.edu/ schedule-builder or send general feedback, as well as questions, comments or concerns, to WVU’s Office of the University Registrar at registrar.mail.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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OPINION

Monday October 19, 2015

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Ensuring ethical business practices The documentary “Blackfish” brought the secret lives of orcas in captivity to the public eye. The film focused on Tilikum, a male whale first featured at Sealand of the Pacific in British Columbia and later at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida.

Tilikum was responsible for the deaths of three people, which the film claims is due to aggression caused by mistreatment at the park.

SeaWorld is now combatting a proposed ban on breeding killer whales in captivity at their San Diego location, which would allow whales already captured from the wild to continue to reproduce and avoid the capture of more whales from the wild. However, many believe killer whales should not reside in captivity to begin with, as their lifespans decrease drastically once in a tank.

Orcas are among the most intelligent creatures on the planet. The National Wildlife Foundation lists them as the seventh-smartest animal in the world and are only preceded by different species of apes and monkeys.

They are incredibly social creatures and their behavior has yielded evidence of culture and teamwork.

However, once in captivity, killer whales are often kept alone or with just one or two other whales.

With no area to hunt, the whales aren’t able to exercise their skills and work with one another in social settings.

Physical evidence has also demonstrated whales suffer from being held in tanks, as their dorsal fins famously collapse once in captivity. SeaWorld claims there is no health risk associated with dorsal fin collapse, but as the phenom-

enon rarely occurs in the wild, it’s clearly indicative of a flaw in recreating their natural environment in captivity. Killer whales are built to swim more quickly and at depths much greater than what their tanks can provide.

As consumers, the ethics and morals behind the organizations and companies we spend our money on concerns us. Boycotts of companies outsourcing the production of goods like Tshirts to other countries have occurred in the past, and a recent societal fixation on locally-produced food is now spurring restaurants to spend the extra dollar to purchasing products with labels such as “grass-fed” and “organic.” As SeaWorld and other locations where killer whales are held in captivity are ultimately businesses, shouldn’t people have a say in their practices as well?

Tilikum is pictured with his trainer Dawn Brancheau, whom he killed in 2010.

The practice of making money by exploiting wild animals for entertainment purposes has been going on for centuries. However, SeaWorld and other similar companies should not

continue to profit from animals forced to live in a subpar environment their entire lives. In a world where Internet petitions and public outcry have the power to enact change over long-

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standing traditions, putting an end to ethicallyquestionable businesses is more possible than ever before. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Helpful, not horrifying: the case for modern clowns kaitlin licause columnist @kaitlinlicauseda

While playing publisher Devolver Digital’s new video game, “Dropsy,” I realized what I should have realized a long time ago: nearly everyone I know is probably terrified of clowns.

“Dropsy” is the tale of a clown looking to improve his public image. The titular character does this by helping and hugging his way through a nearby city, with the only game objective being to make as many people happy as possible.

It does not shy away from the creepy reputation of clowns; in fact, it uses this to its advantage, as the player is often left feeling guilty for expecting Dropsy to do something terrible when he instead does something nice.

This game probably would have been scary to me, had I not grown up on a first-name basis with a clown named Jellybean.

When I was young, I went to see Jellybean once a week at a local diner, where she dealt in balloon animals, bad puns and being genuinely sweet. Maybe this worked as a sort of exposure therapy in my case.

To others, my childhood Tuesdays could be considered something close to a nightmare.

Today’s clowns aren’t looking so good, and I don’t mean in the quality of their makeup. The media has placed them in the

Modern clowns in Israel help children and adults feel better about their illnesses instead of inspiring terror. role of “monster” in nearly every film, television show or video game they appear in just to add that extra creep factor. In fact, in the online edition of British newspaper “The Daily Mirror,” clowns were voted the overall scariest Halloween monster last October and earned more votes than vampires, ghosts, zombies and all other traditional scary beings.

It’s ironic that clowns (or at least real clowns) are considered scarier to most people than fantasy

creatures capable of doing actual harm. While we may have romanticized vampires and werewolves in modern media, it seems like a long shot to ever imagine clowns gaining similar levels of sympathy.

Even when clowns aren’t supernatural killers, they still receive a largely negative reputation. From Heath Ledger’s Joker to the Insane Clown Posse, it’s hard to imagine a clownish character with a positive public image in the

21st century.

Why, if our current media continues to portray clowns as the bad guy, do people continue to become clowns? The answer probably differs from person to person, but the general sentiment would probably be the same: clowns still want to make people happy, even if the way they go about doing it needs a modern facelift in the light of all this negativity.

Take Israeli “medical clowns” who are present at

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nearly one out of five operations in one major Jerusalem medical center.

Shedding the caked-on makeup and obnoxious honking laughs, these simply-dressed clowns attend to child patients while they’re in the operating room in an attempt to distract them from upcoming surgeries. Research has shown their presence is a beneficial addition to the otherwise scary experience of undergoing a medical procedure.

Their presence does not

only work for children, but for adults too. For example, another Israeli study sent a “bumbling chef ”type clown to visit women before in-vitro fertilization procedures and reported 16 percent increase in subsequent successful pregnancies. Scientists speculate the reduction of stress that occurs when the patient is laughing may lead to a more effective procedure, suggesting that while laughter might not be the best medicine, it can surely help.

A quick Internet search shows just how many modern clowns are ditching their old ways and jumping into a new form of clowning, hopefully to help combat the stereotypes currently ostracizing them from the public entertainment scene. Entertainers such as Ekaterina Pirogovskaya and even the Blue Man Group are all modern types of clowns. Though they deviate from the usual blood-red grin and rainbow wigs, they still stay true to the nature of humor and fun that defines clowning.

While we may be far away from a day when clowns aren’t an instant cause of cringing, it’s important for us to recognize that unlike the monsters in movies, real clowns are genuinely trying to be entertaining and fun. Maybe I’m biased, but if there’s one thing Jellybean taught me, it was this: if you can make one person smile, that’s all the reason you need to keep trying. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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It can wait: Texting while driving needs harsher consequences kayla asbury columnist @kaylaasbury_

If you have ever driven behind someone clearly texting at the wheel, you know how dangerous texting and driving can be. Companies like AT&T, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Suddenlink have employed memorable anti-texting and driving campaigns to combat phone use behind the wheel.

“You text. You drive. You die.”

“It can wait.”

“Stop the texts. Stop the wrecks.”

These tactics, unfortunately, seem to be useless.

No matter how compelling the campaign, people still continue to text and drive.

I attribute this to an unhealthy societal obsession with technology, especially with cellphones.

Texting while driving causes 1.6 million accidents

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Tetxing while driving causes more than one million deaths per year. per year, 3.3 million injuries per year and 11 deaths per day. Additionally, texting while driving is six times more likely to cause an accident than drunken driving and creates the same amount of impairment as drinking four beers.

Do people really think they are able to drive well while distracted? Do people truly believe they are immune to becoming a part of these statis-

tics? These numbers are the appalling proof of our society’s obsession with cellphones.

These statistics are also proof of our society’s selfishness as well. Every time someone texts and drives, they put their life at risk.

While it could be considered someone else’s responsibility to keep themselves safe on the road by ignoring texts and calls, cellphone use while driving unfortu-

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nately endangers others on the road as well.

There are many ways to resolve the texting and driving epidemic in the United States. One easy option to combat this is to start implementing anti-texting technology in cars and creating heavier laws to combat technology use while driving.

According to the Huffington Post, many car manufacturers are starting to apply anti-texting technology into

their latest models. For example, Ford has an operating system that reads texts to the driver instead of forcing the driver to read their messages and take their eyes off the road.

While these technologies have great potential, I believe they still provide a lot of room for distraction while driving. For example, the AT&T DriveMode application rejects incoming calls, text messages and emails and sends an automatic text message saying you are driving instead. However, it still requires the driver to start it before they drive, which many won’t always remember to do. An ideal technology would be similar to this application, but automatically applied to drivers anytime they sit in the driver’s seat.

West Virginia’s current texting and driving laws prohibit text messaging and the use of hand-held cellphones. Consequences include a fine of $100 on the first offense, $200 on the second offense and $300

and three points from drivers’ licenses on the third offense. Though it’s good that some consequences are in place, they are simply not harsh enough. I rarely hear of people being pulled over for just texting and driving. Police should be more aware of people texting and driving and look for people with their eyes off the road when patrolling. Additionally, I believe texting and driving should have similar repercussions to drinking and driving. This would ensure that people are faced with serious consequences for breaking distracted driving laws.

The frustrating truth is people will always text and drive. However, in order to lower the number of deaths and injuries caused by technology use while driving, this nation should implement new technologies and harsher laws. At the end of the day, a text message is never worth a life. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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A&E

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Music Monday: Demi’s bold aesthetic, MGK’s sophomore sound

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“Happiness in Self Destruction” by The Plot in You

««««« Fans have been waiting for the return of The Plot in You since their second album in 2013, and finally their hopes have been realized. Plot is back as of Oct. 16, and their new album “Happiness in Self Destruction” is fifteen tracks of twisted metalcore and lamentful rock.

The band just signed under Stay Sick Recordings, after taking a departure from their previous work and encroaching on a more post-hardcore sound than their original heavy metal. The notorious anger of lead vocalist Landon Tewers is still there—the album is full of his scream-sung anguish and his incessant psychotic muttering below the heavy instrumentation.

“Happiness in Self Destruction” has a more fragile exoskeleton than the last album, with moments of very soft, relaxing instrumentals and Tewers’ strong pop-punk voice releasing a flood of emotions through deep lyrics. But, there are still extremely heavy moments of screeching riffs and breakdowns, as well as some deep guttural screams to balance out the Brand New style singing and whispering that appears on a lot of the softer songs like “Take Me Away.”

These songs still know how to kick it up a notch when necessary, and the whole album stays in the hardcore rock spectrum. It is a creative use of the talent and innovation of The Plot in You, and it is executed expertly.

“General Admission” by MGK

««««« Machine Gun Kelly is back with his second official studio album “General Admission,” which has been delayed since the summer and was finally released on Oct. 16. Now going more often by MGK, the Cleveland rapper took to some very hard beats to reintroduce himself to the world.

Full of a lot of skits opening or closing out songs as the instrumental plays, the album comes from a very real place for MGK. He raps about his struggles, his questionable behaviors, his dreams and the true nature of his city over the 16 tracks that make up “General Admission.”

The song opens with a very deep and angry song called “Spotlight” which features guest vocals on the hook by Lizzy Hale, and the train continues on full steam ahead from there. The album’s organization is solid, with a lot of catchy hooks and some incredible production on the album’s instrumentals. MGK still fires off round after round in his lyrics, with his signature speedy flow and his hard hitting punchlines, but there is something secure about his verses on this record.

MGK had a bumpy start to his career after the success of “Wild Boy,” and it’s nice to see him regaining confidence and really nailing one on the head with “General Admission.” I hope the critical reception to the album is as favorable as my own, because I think MGK earned it with this one. After all, you really have to respect a rapper with the nerve to feature Kid Rock.

“Confident” by Demi Lovato

««««« Last week it was her best friend Selena, this week Demi Lovato is on the chopping block. I have always found her to be a better vocalist, although her emotional instability prevented her career from taking off a few years ago when she first became a star. So her return to pop has a lot of eyes on it, and I think she showed them what they were looking for on her new album “Confident.”

Lovato is one of the leading members of the new label Safehouse records, along with her manager and Nick Jonas, and this has allowed her to make the music she wants to make. That music is very dance driven EDM-pop, and Lovato flaunts her sexuality in her lyrics, singing style and even her appearance. The album is 11 songs, two of which feature artists Iggy Azalea and Sirah, and Lovato lets her voice open itself up and take flight on all of these songs.

A lot of the beats have drops worked into them, and Lovato lets these ride out after nailing extraordinary notes in her gorgeous high register. The album is definitely cut from a similar cloth as was Selena’s “Revival,” but I think Lovato edged her a bit out of the picture with the sound of “Confident,” which Lovato claims is the most authentic thing we have ever heard from her. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Jessica Nardo, left, and Traci Lough, right, dress the part for the zombie walk.

Annual Morgantown Zombie Walk attracts apocalypse fans Meg Weissend A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The living dead shuffled down the streets of Morgantown last Saturday night, causing spectators to jump out of the way in avoidance of a possible feeding frenzy.

WVU’s Downtown Campus Library hosted the 9th Annual Morgantown Zombie Walk. The cosplay and live reading performance of the apocalyptic horror novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War,” by Max Brooks began at 5:30 p.m. in the Robinson Reading Room.

At 8:00 p.m., those dressed for the occasion hobbled down High Street, doing their best zombie impressions.

With fake blood, scrapes, gashes and rotting flesh covering the bodies of participants, the horde took on quite a gruesome appearance as they moaned and groaned through the cold.

Many WVU students went all out for this event, spending hours applying special effects makeup.

Liquid Latex, tissues and foundation created convincing wounds on the face, and homemade fake blood smeared over pale

skin and tattered clothes made the image even more realistic.

A few participants received help with their special effect makeup from the WVU Forensic Club.

With a certain spooky holiday approaching, some students joined the walk due to their festive personalities.

“I’m just really into Halloween,” said WVU sophomore Grace Milliken. “It’s my favorite holiday, and I celebrate it all month. I’m actually terrified of zombies and won’t watch or read anything about them, but dressing up is fun because it’s not real.”

Familiar to thousands of students who read “World War Z” over the summer, the book has been incorporated into class curriculum. Narrated by an agent of the United Nations Postwar Commission, the novel shares a collection of personal accounts following the devastating global conflict against the zombie plague.

Today’s society seems to enjoy the gory fantasy, even if the outcome may be a tad unrealistic. Alex Ries, a WVU graduate student, believes the morbid epidemic attracts people in a

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Jessica Rockwell puts time and effort into a great costume for the zombie walk. certain way.

“I think that everyone has a dark side,” Ries said.

“A zombie apocalypse is a socially acceptable way to explore that darkness.

It’s also fascinating thinking about how our society would handle something like that.”

Shows like AMC’s “The Walking Dead” depict the drama as an international crisis would accumulate after a widespread zombie infection invades the world. Winning multiple awards and nominations, the series proves to be one of the most popular television phenomenons in history.

Events such as Morgantown’s Zombie Walk are becoming more common across the nation, as

the idea of an apocalypse grows.

The event was sponsored by Four Horsemen Comics and Gaming, and The Illusive Skull Costume Castle. Although the walk was free, zombies were asked to bring a canned food donation for the Salvation Army in Morgantown.

To top off the unique e x p e r i e n c e, zo mb i e s were encouraged to take part in a Twinkie eating contest.

Despite the frigid fall weather and the dropping temperature, there was still a large turnout ready to raid the campus streets and strike fear into those passing by. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Best Halloween Costumes for Couples Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Halloween is in the air, which means you’re probably starting to scrounge the Internet looking for creative and original costume ideas. If you’re not into trick or treating solo, check out some of these couple costume ideas that are so good, they’re scary.

Jenny & Forrest Gump Forrest Gump’s tale of the courageous southern boy growing up through the trials and tribulations of accidents is a classic and timeless movie. Forrest’s adventures wouldn’t have been as amusing without his lady lover, neighbor and psychedelic sweetheart Jenny Curran. This couples costume is simple, easy and you most likely have everything you need hanging in your closet.

Jenny’s costume is complete with a white flowy, ‘70s-inspired dress, vest and flower crown. For Forrest’s getup, a pair of sneakers, khaki slacks, flannel button down and a baseball cap is needed. Be sure to carry a box of chocolates, because mama always said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”

Ariel & Prince Eric Disney couples make cute and cheap costumes for two, and the deepsea love story of Ariel and Prince Eric is an ideal last minute idea. Ariel’s cos-

tume can be completed with a green skirt, a purple crop-top, bathing suit top or shell bikini top. For the iconic red hair, pick up a can of the red-dye costume spray in any Halloween section at your local party store to give a temporary red tint to your hair. Just like Ariel’s mermaid garb, Eric’s costume is just as simple. A white button down, denim jeans and black dress shoes completes Eric’s entire outfit. Tie a red ribbon around the outside of the denim jeans and place a fork in the pocket of the button down. The small utensil in the pocket details the scene in the movie where Ariel misinterprets the use of the fork and uses it to brush her hair.

The Times Square Kiss This adorable, highly recognized costume is cute for any couple looking for an excuse to randomly burst into a kissing pose. The idea spawns from the V-J Day in Times Square photograph from 1945, where a young sailor is seen planting a smooch on a young girl dressed in all white. For this costume, ladies need any all white dress or skirt and blouse combo. Adding nude or white shoes, and sheer stockings, the costume is completed with tight curls as a final touch. Guys need a dark blue button down, dark denim and a sailors cap. Don’t forget to capture some snapshots of you and your date posing as the iconic photo!

Firefighter & Dalmatian This cute, for-two costume is simple and guaranteed to bring the heat to any Halloween themed outing. For guys, be sure to grab yellow or red suspenders and a firefighters cap from any party store to sling over your shoulders.

Denim, boots and a white muscle tank can affordably complete the outfit.

No firefighter is complete without his dandy Dalmatian sidekick. For gals, a white dress or skirt and top combination can be worn, but be sure to attach black dots cut from construction paper to represent the dots. Take eyeliner, a black marker or black face paint to draw a puppy snout and whiskers.

Wayne & Garth For fans of “Wayne’s World” or the 90s in general, this couples costume idea is just for you. Simple and hilarious, Wayne and Garth’s can most likely be found wrinkled up in the bottom of your dresser, or at your local thrift store. For guys, Wayne’s costume requires a simple black t-shirt, distressed jeans and a black ball cap reading “Wayne’s World.” Girls going for Garth can wear any white graphic or plain t-shirt under a flannel with distressed jeans, tennis shoes and blackrimmed glasses. Be sure to tease your hair extra messy ladies, to create Garth’s just-rolled-out-of-bed-look. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

WV Public Theater hosts annual Oktoberfest

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Alpen Glow performs for an excited audience at Oktoberfest.

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West Virginia University students, Jamie Culpepper, Michael Hayes, Luca Tori, Josh Anders, and alumnus, Tanner Dalton, enjoy themsleves at Oktoberfest.

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Craft beer for the good of nature Viola Day:

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Beer fans packed into Morgantown Brewing Company’s cozy, newlyrenovated basement to escape the chill and enjoy local craft beers last Saturday.

Friends of Deckers Creek partnered with Morgantown Brewing Co. to put on the Drafts on Deckers Beer Tasting event. The event was open to anyone 21 and older, and tickets were $20 if preordered or $25 at the door. All proceeds from the event went to support Friends of Deckers Creek.

Friends of Deckers Creek, or FODC, is a local non-profit organization dedicated to cleaning up and restoring Deckers Creek and its surrounding watershed. Deckers Creek is polluted by acid mine drainage and other pollutants. FODC has made it their mission to have the creek fishable by 2015 and swimmable by 2020.

FODC has also made it their mission to educate the Morgantown community on pollution, why it’s a problem and how it can be fixed.

Doors opened at 4 p.m. and the event immediately kicked off with an hour and a half long trivia competition.

The competition was based on the honor system and teams were encouraged to not use their smartphones or cheat in any way.

The trivia sheet consisted of 20 questions.

Ten questions were about Deckers Creek. These questions focused on

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Sean Elliot, a sophomore music student, checks out the selection of violins and violas on display from New England Violins, Inc. at Viola Day on Saturday.

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Joey James serves guests at the beer tasting event at the Morgantown Brewing Company. things such as which mine is the largest polluter of the creek and what type of animals can be found living in the creek. The other ten questions focused on beer trivia, such as what does IPA stand for, and how long prohibition lasted.

The trivia game served a clever purpose. Not only did it engage the guests in a fun way, but it also brought focus to Deckers Creek, what it provides and the problems it faces.

After trivia ended, two bands provided live entertainment. Kevin Hemric and the Weary Space Wanderers performed from 6-7:30 p.m. and

again from 9:30-11 p.m.

The High Street Jazz Band played from 8-9 p.m.

Of course the star of any beer tasting event is the local breweries who show up and offer craft to the public. Four local breweries were at the event and offered a total of 13 different beers for guests to try: Morgantown Brewing Company, Chestnut Brew Works, Mountain State Brewing Company and Big Timber Brewing Company.

Guests enjoyed all of the beers offered, but a few particular ones were mentioned as favorites. Morgantown Brewing Company’s 80 Shilling Scotch Ale and Winey Blonde were fa-

vorites, as were Chestnut Brew Works’ Halleck Pale Ale and Mountain State Brewing Company’s Miner’s Daughter Oatmeal Stout.

Drafts on Deckers Beer Tasting was successful with approximately 60 tickets pre-sold. According to volunteers from FODC, a lot of walk-ins were expected too.

Guests said they enjoyed the event because it was a fun way to support repairing the local environment.

Enjoying craft beer while learning about Deckers Creek was a big draw for many of the guests. wethompson@mail.wvu.edu

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Patrick Higgins, owner of Higgins Violin Company, holds a violin he made. Each handmade violin takes more than 200 hours to create.

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Sean Elliot, a sophomore music student, tries out a violin made by New England Violins Inc. at Viola Day on Saturday morning.

GOLF

WVU set for first-ever Mountaineer Intercollegiate

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Fall foliage and cool temperatures is not what most people would associate with a golf tournament, but that’s exactly what the setting will be when the West Virginia University men’s golf team hosts their inaugural home tournament, the Mountaineer Intercollegiate, at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia this week.

Pete Dye Golf Club is one of the best golf courses the state of West Virginia has to offer. It was named No. 45 on Golf Digest’s list of America’s 100 Greatest Golf

Courses, as well as Golf Digest’s No. 1 Best Golf Course in West Virginia.

The Mountaineers are excited to welcome 14 teams to Pete Dye, including Penn State, Miami (OH), Bowling Green, Missouri, UConn, Cincinnati, Toledo, Mississippi State, St. John’s, Marshall, Seton Hall, Akron; and Towson.

WVU has already competed against Missouri, Mississippi State and Marshall at other events earlier this season, so the Mountaineers should be familiar with some of their competition this week.

With the cool fall temperatures dipping into the

30s in the nights leading up to the tournament, head coach Sean Covich is aware of how the frost and dew on the grass can affect how the course plays. However, Covich isn’t worried about how it might affect his players because of how often they’ve played Pete Dye to prepare, and most of his players are from places where they had to grow accustomed to playing through those kinds of course conditions.

“The main thing is just the temperature,” Covich said.

“We have played enough golf in the morning that we are used to having some dew on the ground and stuff. Our guys are used to

that. We have Canada, West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania represented so they should be able to handle it pretty well.”

The Mountaineers’ starting-five lineup has started to solidify over the past couple tournaments, with freshman Max Sear starting in every event thus far this season, and senior captain Easton Renwick, junior Chris Williams and sophomore Avery Schneider becoming mainstays in lineup the past couple of events.

For the Mountaineer Intercollegiate, WVU’s lineup, starting from the first position, will be Sear, Schneider, Renwick, Williams and

junior Alan Cooke. Thanks to the tournament being at home, the rest of the Mountaineers on the roster will also be competing, but only as individualists.

Covich wants to make sure his players put the upand-down performance at NC State last week behind them and use it as a learning experience and as an opportunity to build positively from it.

“The first day, I felt like everything that could go right went right for us. The last day, we actually played pretty good until the back nine. I think we were in the lead until the turn,” Covich said. “But the more times

you put yourselves in that position the better off you will be. Until NC State, we hadn’t been in a position to win yet this season. If you win, you win, if not, at least you learned from it. I think we definitely learned, and gained respect from our opponents, too.”

Due to the aforementioned frost and freeze concerns, the Mountaineer Intercollegiate has shortened its format from 54 holes to 36 holes, and will tee off for the first round at 11:30 this morning. It will conclude tomorrow with the final 18 holes. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Dispute over 1999 hit ‘Big Pimpin’ an ongoing problem for rapper Jay Z LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s no dispute that Jay Z’s 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’” includes elements of a 1950s Egyptian love ballad, yet the flute notes taken from “Khosara Khosara” have created a lingering problem for the rapper and a hit-making producer.

For two days last week, Jay Z and producer Timbaland sat in a courtroom in downtown Los Angeles, listening as lawyers and witnesses picked apart their song and the actions that led to its creation.

The men, who have a combined 25 Grammy Awards between them, are being sued by the nephew of the late Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdi, who wrote the distinctive flute notes that ended up in “Big Pimpin’.”

An attorney for Hamdi’s heir contends the artists and their labels never obtained the proper permission from Hamdi’s heirs to use “Khosara Khosara.” Lawyers for the pair, however, say proper permission to use the flute notes was obtained in 2001, Hamdi’s nephew has been paid for its usage and the case should be decided in Jay Z and Timbaland’s favor.

Testimony in the case will draw to a close on Tuesday, and then it will be up to an eight-person jury to wade through a complicated series of contracts, correspondence and agreements that span three continents.

They’ve heard directly from Jay Z and Timbaland, who explained how “Big

Jay Z and producer Timbaland are in court for sampling distinctive flute notes from an Egyptian love ballad in ‘Big Pimpin.’

Pimpin’” came together and why they believe they have the right to use the “Khosara Khosara” notes.

Timbaland, whose real name is Timothy Mosley, paid $100,000 in 2001 to settle an out-of-court claim from a record company with rights to distribute Hamdi’s music outside Egypt. It would be another six years before Hamdi’s nephew, Osama Ahmed Fahmy, sued Mosley and Jay Z for copyright infringement. Fahmy also asserts the raunchy lyrics of “Big Pimpin’” violate the “moral rights” of his uncle’s work, although that le-

gal concept is enforceable only in Egypt and Jay Z’s lyrics are not an issue in the case.

Toward the end of his testimony Wednesday, Mosley told jurors his reaction to Fahmy’s lawsuit when it emerged so many years after “Big Pimpin’” was created: “So, who did I pay 100 grand to?”

Paying other artists to sample their work is commonplace, especially in the rap and hip-hop genres.

Mosley’s payment is how the system should work, said Jonathan Steinsapir, an intellectual property lawyer with

the firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert.

“It sure seems like Jay Z, Timabaland and their legal team in good faith thought they had a license,” he said.

“They were doing what we want people to do.”

He added, “That’s not an insignificant fee at all,” Steinsapir said. “That’s a big fee.

They paid it.”

Jay Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, also said he believed they had all the appropriate rights for “Big Pimpin’.”

“We have the rights as you can see on the bottom of the CD,” Carter testified

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Wednesday, referencing liner notes that credit “Khosara Khosara.”

Whether jurors will see the claim in such simple terms remains to be seen.

Trials over song copyrights are rare, yet the “Big Pimpin’” case is the second major case to get argued to a jury in Los Angeles this year.

In March, a jury awarded Marvin Gaye’s children $7.4 million from Pharrell and Robin Thicke after determining their 2013 hit, “Blurred Lines” copied Gaye’s hit “Got to Give It Up.” A judge later trimmed the verdict to $5.3 million, but

the case remains mired in post-trial motions and will likely face years of appeals.

The cases are different.

While there’s no dispute that “Khosara Khosara” is sampled on the Jay Z song, Pharrell denied he copied Gaye’s music. He acknowledged he was influenced by Gaye’s music and trying to recreate its feel, but said he didn’t copy it outright.

On Friday, a defense music expert testified that in his opinion the “Khosara Khosara” notes included on “Big Pimpin’” were not an essential element of the song despite their repetition throughout. Fahmy’s expert, however, told jurors early in the trial that Hamdi’s notes are a significant part of “Big Pimpin’,” and moreover they would be instantly recognizable to an Egyptian audience.

“They light up because they’re lively,” said Scott Marcus, a professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has studied Arab music extensively.

No matter the verdict, the case won’t be the last one musicians face when their hit songs share elements with other music whether they’re licensed or not. But Steinsapir said the case could have implications for future sampling claims, which are already pricey.

“It makes the costs of making hip hop music and other related music go up considerably,” Steinsapir said.

“There are whole genres of music that are priced out.”

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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.

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Across 1 Rifle filler 5 Campus bigwigs 10 Ending for brides, chamber or milk 14 Teller of fibs 15 Humanlike machine of sci-fi 16 Edit menu option 17 Presidency’s last days, e.g.

19 ‘90s TV title toon teen 20 Attaches with string 21 Prefix with deed or lead 23 Quaint lodging 24 Six-pack muscles 25 Pre-cable reception aid 29 Stop for a moment 31 Abolish 32 Leading the field 33 Three: Pref.

34 Rapper __ Kim 35 PC key near Ctrl 36 Anonymous writer, maybe, and a hint to the devotee hidden in 17-, 25-, 50- and 60-Across 41 Kit__: candy bar 42 “Bossypants” memoirist Tina 43 “__ you ready?”

44 Fire-setting crime 47 Boxing count 48 Gets a glimpse of 50 Commentator dissecting chips and putts 53 Bro or sis 54 Expected landing hr.

55 Wobbly walker 56 Green film on bronze 58 Clear liquors 60 Usual sitcom length (including ads) 63 First chip in a pot 64 “In other words ... “ 65 Cabinet dept. concerned with nukes 66 Leaning Tower city 67 Stadium levels 68 __ buco: veal dish Down 1 Brewpub fixture 2 Typically 18-inch-long baseball collectibles 3 Double-checked 4 Gold medals, to Spaniards 5 Pipe clog dissolver 6 Scads of centuries 7 Prez on a penny 8 Painter Rockwell

9 A red wine one is hard to get out 10 Stick-in-the-__ 11 Consecrate using oil 12 “Beats me” 13 Steal a pup 18 Links warning 22 Vodka order, familiarly 26 Memorial column, for short 27 Pita filling 28 Catch in a sting 30 Bored with 34 Permit 35 “Trainwreck” actress/screenwriter Schumer 37 Attacked on foot 38 Reject as false 39 Causes of disappearing beaches 40 Entourages 44 Issue in May-December romances 45 Spiral pasta 46 Slopes 47 Japanese floor mat 48 Laurel of Laurel and Hardy 49 “Handmade fresh all day” pizza chain

Pet pal of the week

51 Like three Cy Young games 52 Bridge measures 57 “The Cosby Show” son 59 Baltic or Aegean 61 Sara whom “nobody doesn’t like” 62 At a distance

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HHH A breakthrough leads to new Friends bail you out. Your team is resources. Share acknowledgments. hot. Success comes through diversity Postpone a financial discussion until of talents and views. One friend has you have all the facts. Read contracts the right contacts. The more tasks before signing. Establishing an effi- completed, the more gained.

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Convince others to participate. Talk about finances another day. Avoid gossip. Find time for love after work is done. Take extra care with sharp tools. Have a backup plan.

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COMMUNICATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP

It’s Monday morning. You have two exams on Wednesday, a group project due on Friday, and work every day after class this week. Not to mention your car has a flat, there’s no money in your account, and your food reserves are running dangerously low. Stress is synonymous with college. They come together as a package deal, and no matter how on point your time management is, a lot of times it can seem like you’re never quite on top of it all. Factor in a romantic relationship, and things can even get more complicated.

Ask questions! Talk to them! Tell them how you feel! Believe it or not, communication is the most effective tool for discovering if a relationship is worth pursuing or not. If you’ve had something on your mind for a while – and it feels like the right time – open up to your significant other. This isn’t easy, and the fear of their answer often stops us from taking that leap. What if they don’t feel the same way? What if they want to cut everything off? These possibilities can be paralyzing, especially if things have been going so well.

For some, being in a relationship is natural and easy. There are people out there lucky enough to have already found the perfect match to complement each other’s personalities and lifestyles. For others, the search for this match can bring extra turmoil and stress into one’s lives. Relationships, or the prospect of a relationship, can impact people to the point of affecting performance in class and even mental health.

The sooner you know where you stand, the sooner you can decide if the relationship is worth working for, or if it’s time to move on.

Perhaps you work better as friends, or perhaps you’re both head over heels for each other. The only way to get through the unknown and onto something better is communication.

Unfortunately, life doesn’t come with a manual to tell you how to go about a potential romance. Love is something best learned through experience. However, techniques and strategies exist to help prevent unnecessary strife when it comes to relationships and commitment.

The beginning of any relationship is often the scariest, and can lead to some pretty overwhelming anxiety. This is the exploratory period before any true commitment is made. You might find yourself constantly thinking about the state of the relationship. “Does he like me as much as I like him?” “Is this relationship going anywhere?”

“Does she even want a real relationship?” Anybody who’s ever been in a relationship can agree that these thoughts are common in the beginning. So how should you go about easing your worry?

Relationships are exciting, fun, and fulfilling. Finding the right person, however, can be challenging. The important thing is to remember to not let previous negative experiences influence your future experiences. Be open with your partner, and never be ashamed of how you feel.

For more relationship information visit well.wvu.edu/relationships.

WELLWVU provides resources for all types of relationships, and if you’re currently struggling, could give you some insight on what to do.

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West Virginia completes play at ITA Regionals

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

Facing some of the toughest competition it will see this season, the West Virginia University women’s tennis team wrapped up play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals in Lynchburg, Virginia this weekend.

Teams from all over the Atlantic region gathered at Liberty University’s tennis facility for the ITA Regionals, including national powerhouses Virginia and Virginia Tech. Both the Cavaliers and the Hokies have a number of players ranked in the top 100 of the Division I Women’s National Singles Rankings.

Some of the Mountaineers had to make it through the qualifying singles bracket in order to get into the main draw. On the first day of competition, sophomore Lyn Yuen Choo fell to Virginia’s Victoria Olivarez in straight sets, while junior Kaja Mrgole and sophomore Carolina Lewis defeated their opponents in hard-fought three-set battles to advance in the qualifying bracket.

Unfortunately, Mrgole and Lewis were defeated in the next round of qualifying by George Washington’s Marie-Louise Decamps and Maryland’s Ca s s a n d re T h e b au l t, respectively.

The Mountaineers fared much better in doubles play this week with the duos of Lewis and Choo, and Mrgole and sophomore Habiba Shaker both advancing in the doubles main draw thanks to victories over Howard’s Jessica Josiah and Stacey Roheman and Maryland’s Nataliya Bredikhina and Caroline Williams, respectively.

“We played better in doubles matches than in previous tournaments,” said head coach Miha Lisac in an interview with WVUSports.com. “I think they are starting to improve their doubles game overall, and we saw some progress.

I thought the girls were aggressive, and they played good matches.”

Day two was tough for the Mountaineers. Shaker and senior Hailey Barrett did not have to play through the singles qualifying bracket and qualified directly into the main draw but both fell in the Round of 64.

It was Shaker’s first singles loss of the season as she was beaten in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, by Virginia Tech’s Francesca Fusinato.

Barrett lost a very up-anddown three set match to Virginia Tech’s Kelly Williford, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

After advancing in the doubles main draw, the duos of Lewis and Choo, and Shaker and Mrgole both fell to duos from highly ranked Virginia.

On the final day of play, in the main draw’s consolation bracket, Shaker got back to her winning ways, as she easily defeated Norfolk State’s Dajana Cvjetkovic, 6-1, 6-1. Also in the consolation bracket, Barrett lost to Pitt’s Callie Frey, 6-2, 6-4.

“Overall, I think we’ve seen some good things this weekend, and we continue to see progress in everyone,” Lisac said to WVUSports.com. “It is important for us to learn from our experiences throughout the fall semester, including the matches from this weekend.”

The Mountaineers conclude the fall season at home as they host the Martha Thorn Invitational Oct. 23-25. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU’s Jovon Durante lies in pain in the end zone after being injured on an incomplete pass from Skyler Howard.

Baylor drops 62 on West Virginia in the Mountaineers’ third straight loss by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

No one thought the October road schedule for West Virginia was going to be easy, but Saturday solidified those opinions as the Mountaineers lost to No. 2 Baylor 6238. In the Bears’ Big 12 home opener, which kicked off at 11 a.m. central time, West Virginia did not look ready to play.

Baylor came out striking quickly, scoring its first touchdown 58 seconds into the game and ended up tying the series 2-2 after losing to West Virginia in Morgantown last year.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen, while hoping for a win, seemed as if he expected a loss.

“With the experience they have on offense, we can’t outscore them,” he said. “We’ve

got to get them on a bad day, miss some throws and create some turnovers. Our game plan offensively, (was) try to control the ball a little bit. I thought we did that decently in the first half.”

The first quarter started fairly even. After Baylor’s first touchdown, West Virginia put points on the board a couple of minutes after on a 70-yard pass from junior quarterback Skyler Howard to sophomore wide receiver Shelton Gibson. When the quarter ended the Bears were up 17-7, which didn’t seem too out of reach.

By the end of the first half, junior wide receiver Corey Coleman had three touchdown receptions and broke the Baylor single season record for touchdowns received, which was previously set in 2011.

“Number one is the best player in college football,” Holgorsen said. “Corey Cole-

man, he’s the best player in college football. Seth Russell didn’t miss any throws.”

Russell is Baylor’s junior quarterback who is averaging 305.4 passing yards per game.

Saturday he threw for 380 yards and five touchdowns, as well as a career-high 160 rushing yards. He marked the second time in program history for a quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards and run more than 100 yards, after Robert Griffin III did so in 2011 against Kansas.

Coming into this game, West Virginia knew it would have to keep up the entire time because playing catch up against Baylor just won’t win the game.

“You’ve got to score points, we scored 38, that’s pretty similar to what we scored last year I guess,” Holgorsen said.

“I knew we couldn’t outscore these guys. We’re not there offensively yet, we’re going to

continue to improve. I think we took a step in the right direction.”

Howard’s performance against the Bears was average. He threw four touchdown passes for the second time in his career. However, going 18-37 for 289 yards does not get close enough to Russell’s dominating pass game.

In the beginning of the second half, Baylor was once again ready to roll. West Virginia started the half with the ball but was forced to punt, giving the Bears the ball on their own 18, and to no one’s surprise, they scored about three minutes later. Howard returned with a touchdown pass to redshirted freshman quarterback David Sills about two and a half minutes later.

Sills went in for several series as a receiver, not unlike quarterback William Crest going in for a few plays last week against Oklahoma State.

“It was great, he stepped up, that’s something that we’ve been looking for,” Howard said. “Someone on the outside to step up and make a play, and for him to make the change from quarterback to receiver, and make a play like this in his first career game says a lot about him and the work he puts in.”

Even with the touchdown from Sills and a few other scores, the Mountaineers were never able to gain solid ground against the Bears. In the last quarter of the game it seemed like every Baylor drive ended in a touchdown or a field goal, putting up points to where West Virginia would not be able to tie the game, let alone win.

Junior running back Wendell Smallwood led the WVU run game with 89 yards on 12 carries; partner running back Rushel Shell followed with 15 carries and 46 yards. How-

ard’s run game was held back Saturday; he ran just 14 times gaining 41 yards.

While the matchup against the Bears was never going to be an easy one, West Virginia never seemed to lose the energy to finish the game, scoring one last touchdown with 1:05 left on the clock, as Gibson returned a kickoff to the end zone.

“A lot of guys on this team care, and we know we can play with teams a lot,” Smallwood said. “We’re never just going to lay down and not keep fighting. That’s what I liked today, that we never laid down. We kept pushing and kept making plays towards the end and just never gave up.”

The Mountaineers have a bye this week and head back to the heart of Texas for a matchup against top-five ranked TCU in two weeks. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

WVU honors seniors with two weekend wins

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s soccer team honored its six seniors this weekend, during their final regular season homestand at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. This group of seniors has never been a part of a home conference loss in their four years, and that didn’t change this weekend, with two definitive wins over Kansas and Iowa State.

The six seniors, Amanda Hill, Kailey Utley, Hannah Steadman, Leah Emaus, Maggie Bedillion and Kelsie Maloney are responsible for 291 career starts, 129 points and 33 shutouts in their four years. In addition, Steadman, a 2014 transfer who has started all 37 games of her West Virginia career, is currently No. 1 in the WVU record books with a 0.52 career goals allowed average. The group has posted a 55-12-12 career record as Mountaineers, with three regular season and two postseason Big 12 conference titles, and a NCAA tournament bid each of their first three years.

Following their rise to their highest national ranking in program history, the No. 2 Mountaineers (12-11, 3-0-1) opened up their final homestand of the 2015 slate against Kansas. The Mountaineer seniors had their way, with four of six seniors scoring in a dominant 6-0 win.

“This team wants to separate itself and be special,” said Mountaineer head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“Our seniors earned points in critical moments. They all worked so hard, as they’ve done for four years.”

Senior forward Kailey Utley put the Mountaineers ahead early with a goal in the fourth minute on an assist from senior Amanda

Hill, who had a career-high five point game to start off her final homestand in a Mountaineer uniform.

Ashley Lawrence scored on a lead pass from Carla Portillo less than 15 minutes later, giving the Mountaineers a 2-0 lead over the Jayhawks (8-5-1, 3-2) going into the half.

The Mountaine ers weren’t finished, coming out of the half to score four second-half goals, a program record for one half.

Amanda Hill scored twice within a 10-minute span to extend the lead to 4-0, and seniors Kelsie Maloney and Maggie Bedillion both scored unassisted goals, their first of their senior season, to cap the six-goal performance.

“This was absolutely awesome. You can’t really paint a better start to our senior weekend,” Hill said.

The Mountaineers’ six goals marked the first time they’ve achieved that feat in conference play since joining the Big 12. The shutout was the 12th of the season, which leads the nation and is just two short of a program record.

“Everyone on this team wants a shutout,” IzzoBrown said. “It’s so important. You can just see how hard everyone is working for (it).”

The Mountaineers were back in action on Sunday, officially honoring the seniors prior to kickoff against Iowa State (6-10, 0-6), who had not yet defeated a Big 12 opponent.

Play began quickly, with Ashley Lawrence taking a shot just 44 seconds in that nearly bounced out of goalkeeper Lindsey Hendon’s hands, but Hendon was able to stop it just on the goal-line. Nia Gordon took another shot seconds later from the right of the post that looked as if it would give the Mountaineers the

WVU’s Leah Emaus and Amanda Hill embrace Friday after Hill’s goal against Kansas. lead, but it went to the left goal was Utley’s 22nd point the length of the field that of the year, which is first on was perfectly placed to give of the far post.

Bianca St. Georges car- the team and tied for 37th in Abam an open net. Abam ried the ball from the back- the country. Utley missed a left a shot just over the divfield at the 10-minute mark header just several minutes ing goalie’s arms to extend and let off a beautiful cross later that would have added the Mountaineer lead. to a group of Mountain- to the lead.

Abam gathered the ball eer forwards, but Michaela Inside the final five min- seconds after the goal and Abam’s header attempt utes of the first half, Heather dribbled a lead pass to Kaisailed over the net. West Kaleiohi took a shot from ley Utley, who was chargVirginia’s attack continued outside the box, and found ing down the center of the relentlessly but was contin- the back of the net for her field, but Iowa State’s Henuously thwarted by the Cy- first goal of the season. The don was able to gather it beshot was the Mountaineers’ fore Utley could attempt a clone defense.

It looked as if Bedillion 18th of the half, as they out- shot. would have her second goal shot the Cyclones 18-1 in Play continued evenly of the weekend when she the first half and carried for the next 20 minutes uncarried a ball up the left side a 2-0 lead into the locker til the Mountaineers found of the field and rocketed a room. another opportunity with 16 shot from 10 feet outside the As the second half be- minutes remaining, but Kelbox that ricocheted off the gan, both teams had trou- sie Maloney hit the post, untop post. Michaela Abam’s ble mustering an offensive able to find her second goal shot seconds later was de- opportunity. Possession of the weekend. flected by Cyclone defender primarily stayed near midKaleiohi then nearly netKourtney Camy just before field for the first ten min- ted her second of the game, it reached the net. utes, until Carla Portillo taking a shot from 20 yards Finally, in the 25th min- forced a corner kick in the out that Hendon had to ute, the seniors took the 56th minute, which resulted sprawl out to save. Yulie Lolead again, with Kailey Utley in a Kailey Utley shot sail- pez fired a shot from the top finding the far post off a pass ing left of the net. Just min- of the box seconds later that from Hill, bouncing it off the utes later, Michaela Abam caught Hendon off guard, inside and into the net to was able to get an edge on but she was able to make give the Mountaineers the her defender and Kadeisha the save, giving the Moun1-0 lead they deserved. The Buchanan sailed a pass half taineers their ninth corner

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kick of the match. Nothing came of it, and play wound into the final 12 minutes.

Maloney got her third opportunity of the half, breaking through two Cyclone defenders, but had her shot deflected by Iowa State defender Sasha Stinson. As it appeared play was coming to a close, Hannah Abraham fired a shot from the top of the box that found the back of the net for her third goal of the year. The Mountaineers’ 4-0 lead carried to the final horn, concluding West Virginia’s 2015 home slate.

“There’s a high standard here and today was just icing on the cake for the seniors,” Izzo-Brown said. “It’s just incredible and I’m so proud of them.”

The No. 2 Mountaineers (14-1-1, 5-0-1) take to the road to conclude their regular season at Oklahoma State on Oct. 23 and at Baylor on Oct. 30, before going to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Men’s soccer

West Virginia falls to Buffalo, drops back below .500

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University men’s soccer team’s recent string of success came to a sudden halt Friday evening.

Buffalo’s (6-5-3, 1-1 MAC) two goals in the last 20 minutes paved the way to a 2-0 victory over WVU (6-7, 1-1 MAC), ending the Mountaineers’ winning streak at two and sending them below .500.

“We didn’t play well enough to win tonight,” said WVU head coach Marlon

LeBlanc in an interview with WVUSports.com. “We gave up two poor goals, and we got what we deserved.”

Russell Cicerone tallied the first goal of the evening, putting Buffalo up 1-0 in the 71st minute and scoring his Mid-American Conference-leading 10th goal of the season.

Marcus Hanson followed up Cicerone five minutes later, extending the Bulls’ advantage to 2-0 and effectively putting the Mountaineers’ comeback hopes out of reach. Hanson’s goal was also assisted by Cicerone, his

NCAA-leading 27th point of the year.

The loss for WVU is its second in the last six contests, following up one of the team’s best performances in Tuesday’s 3-0 shutout of Penn State. Before Friday’s defeat, it was outscoring opponents 8-2 during its last four victories.

Junior goalie Daniel Diaz started for the first time since Sept. 15, recording five saves in place of the injured Alec Boerner. Diaz replaced Boerner in the second half of Tuesday’s game as Boerner is currently harboring a groin

injury.

Buffalo goalie Joseph Kuta outdueled Diaz, finishing with eight saves and stopping multiple scoring opportunities from Jamie Merriam and Joey Piatczyc. Merriam nearly created a goal in the 68th minute, but Francio Henry was unable to convert.

Piatczyc and Tucker Stephenson each led the way with two shots on goal apiece, totaling four of the team’s eight shots on goal.

Ryan Cain, Jack Elliott and Piatczyc topped WVU with three shots.

WVU outshot Buffalo 16-

15, but struggled to capitalize on any scoring opportunities. The trend continues to plague the Mountaineers in the majority of their losses this season, a pivotal factor in their record dipping below .500 again.

In their seven losses, the Mountaineers have been outscored by opponents 15-3 and shut out four times.

However, the losses have come at the hands of teams that are among the best in their respective conferences.

A matchup at Princeton continues WVU’s three-game road trip on Tuesday, the

first-ever meeting between the two schools. Princeton enters with a 5-2-3 record, coming off a 2-0 loss to Ivy League foe Columbia.

If WVU musters a victory and gets back to its winning ways in October, that could bode well with a conference affair at Bowling Green awaiting three days later. Bowling Green hasn’t fared well in MAC play with a 0-2 record, but both defeats have come to second-place Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Football

Baylor may have shot at Big 12, national championships this season david statman associate sports editor @djstatman77

With Baylor, TCU and Oklahoma State all still running undefeated, the Big 12 is hurtling toward a monumental November, when those three teams all go up against once another and determine once and for all who will seize this year’s conference crown. Here are the Big 12 power rankings heading into Week 8.

1. Baylor West Virginia fans finally got a taste of Baylor’s Death Star offense on Saturday, as the Bears hung 62 points on a strong defense and rolled to a win. Receiver Corey

Coleman has already broken the Baylor single-season receiving touchdown record in just six games, and he could be on pace to shatter Stedman Bailey’s Big 12 record. Once Big 12 doormats, Baylor might just end up national champions.

2. TCU After one quarter in Ames, TCU trailed Iowa State 21-14, and everyone was asking, ‘What gives?’

Then Trevone Boykin Trevone Boykined, and TCU wiped the Cyclones off the face of the Earth. One of the leading candidates for the Heisman, Boykin was nearly perfect Saturday, and the Horned Frogs stayed undefeated. Next up, West Virginia on a Thursday night in Fort Worth.

3. Oklahoma State Inactive this weekend, the Cowboys face Kansas and Texas Tech in the coming weeks, meaning they could very well be 8-0 when they take on TCU on Nov. 7.

Oklahoma State has one of the most powerful and productive defensive fronts in the country, and they could give Boykin hell. Keep an eye out for that game, which could end up being one of the biggest regular season games this year in college football.

4. Oklahoma After their embarrassing loss to Texas last time out, Oklahoma took out all of their frustrations on a hapless Kansas State team, obliterating the Wildcats in Manhattan 55-0. It was as

total a domination as we’ve seen all year in the Big 12, and it didn’t even involve the Kansas Jayhawks.

5. Texas Tech Speaking of Kansas, Texas Tech had a surprisingly difficult time putting the Jayhawks away on Saturday, as an offense that had been putting up 50-60 points a night only scored 30 and let Kansas sneak into the game at the very end. The Red Raiders got it done, however, and they could give Oklahoma and Oklahoma State some real trouble in the next two weeks.

6. Texas Texas is only 2-4 this year overall, but they’re a couple of brutal, fluky special teams mistakes from wins over strong Cal and Okla-

homa State teams, and they just pulled off a stunning win over Oklahoma.

They’re young, talented and not nearly as bad as their record.

7. West Virginia A very tough break for West Virginia on Saturday, as they fought valiantly in a doomed cause trying to take out Baylor in Waco.

Using fourth-string quarterback David Sills as a wide receiver was a revelation, but it likely won’t be enough to turn the Mountaineers’ season around.

8. Kansas State Kansas State is one of three teams in the Big 12 still lacking a conference win, and while they looked surprisingly tough against Oklahoma State and TCU,

their 55-0 loss against Oklahoma should destroy any talk of them being conference trouble. The Wildcats were outgained 568-110 in their crushing loss at home.

9. Iowa State Iowa State can at least move forward with a conference win on their ledger, despite the fact that that one win came against a dreadful Kansas team. The Cyclones were powerless to stop TCU’s dynamic offense on Saturday, allowing Trevone Boykin to go 27-32 with 436 passing yards and five total touchdowns.

10. Kansas I said it before, and I’ll say it again: they’re not winning a game this year. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

swimming & diving

WVU comes up short against ACC competition this weekend

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Following the Mountaineers’ first night of competition in the Big 12 vs. ACC Weekend meet, Virginia Tech defeated the West Virginia University swimming and diving teams on the meet’s final day of events this past Saturday.

The West Virginia women’s team entered Saturday’s action after defeating

Georgia Tech on Friday. The WVU men lost the night before, and met that unfortunate fate once again in front of a home crowd at the WVU Natatorium.

Although both teams were defeated on Saturday, Mountaineer head coach Vic Riggs was pleased with the performance displayed by his athletes early in the season.

“I talked to them after about defining moments, which they had today,” Riggs

said.

The WVU men’s team was defeated by only a 10-point margin on Saturday, losing by a final score of 155-145.

“We talked to the men’s team about how we responded to last week’s close loss,” Riggs said. “We got a little fractured during last night’s meet, and some of the things we felt were important, we needed to do today. I like how they responded.”

The men’s team came

away with victories in nine of the 16 events against the Hokies, and also set two new WVU pool records.

“To be breaking pool records this early in the season is great for us,” Riggs said. “We need to continue doing what we’ve been working on, and that’s taking things week by week, day by day.”

Senior Nate Carr finished with his second record-setting performance in the WVU Natatorium pool, winning the men’s 200 individual medley with a time of 1:49.81. Carr was also a member of the Mountaineers’ 400-yard freestyle relay team, which featured seniors Andrew Marsh and Ross Glegg and junior Frank Csonka. The team won the men’s event in a final time of 3:01.62.

The final day of competition for the women’s team ended with the Mountaineers finishing behind Virginia Tech, and receiving their first loss of the season, as they were defeated by a score of 173.5 to 118.5. Following a victory the previous day against Georgia Tech, the West Virginia women’s team placed second through fifth in the majority of events on Saturday.

WVU’s Emma Mitchell finished second in the women’s

1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:27.63. In the 200yard freestyle, the women’s team saw sophomore Amelie Currat finish in second place, and freshman Sydnee Karam in fifth. Currat touched the wall in 1:54.55, and Karam claimed fifth with a time of 1:56.07.

The women’s team also claimed three of the top five finishes in the 200 fly, as Natalie Johnsen took second in the event with a time of 2:06.08. Freshman Georgia Baldus came in fourth with a time of 2:08.57, followed by Mackenzie Braden, who finished in fifth with a time of 2:09.72.

Both the VT men and women’s diving teams, who set two WVU pool records in the 1-meter and 3-meter board events, dominated the Mountaineers on the springboard to close out the meet.

VT diver Logan Stevens won the 3-meter event, setting a pool record with a score of 397.40.

For the VT women, Ashlynn Peters scored 312.45 on the women’s 1-meter board to set a WVU pool record.

Lindsay Schmidt finished with the high mark for the Mountaineers in the 1-meter event, placing second with a score of 265.60. Julia Cal-

cut came in third with a total score of 242.55.

The Mountaineers finished their second meet of the year on the losing side, but turn to this week’s competition, the Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend, as they host their fourth meet of the season. With quality effort coming from last week’s opponents, both the men and women’s teams will focus to ensure every swimmer and diver is building and learning as the season moves on.

“Overall, this team has an incredible amount of fight in them right now,” Riggs said.

“We’ll get the opportunity next week to see where we are again, and we’ll get ready for that.”

With the Mountaineers getting a taste of competition similar to the quality they will see throughout the season, this week’s Big 12 vs.

Big East Weekend gives WVU a chance to fit the pieces together.

West Virginia hosts Seton Hall, Butler, and Xavier in the WVU Natatorium for Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend events, with the meet getting under way at 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday for Big 12 vs.

Big East Weekend action. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

cross country

WVU disappoints at end of regular season

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

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At the event, there will be face painting, and pumpkin carving. There will also be several raffles and a corn hole tournament.

In hopes of making a direct impact on the homeless community, all participants entering the event will be required to stop at the lunch making station to make a bagged lunch that will later be donated to the homeless in the city of Morgantown.

With each wristband, the guest will have a chance to sample chili and have one full sized bowl. A portion of the profit from the event will be awarded to the winning organization’s philanthropy of choice. The rest of the proceeds will go the Morgantown Bartlett House.

After a weekend of mixed results, the No. 20 West Virginia University women’s cross country team has completed the regular season.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s competed in two races in as many days. The first was the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Friday in Madison, Wisconsin, where West Virginia finished 27th out of 36 teams at the six-kilometer Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course with a score of 601.

New Mexico won the Invitational with a score of 32.

West Virginia sent Brynn Harshbarger, Maggie Drazba, Millie Paladino, Amy Cashin, Savanna Plombon, Amy Cashin, Anna French, and Kelly Williams to Wisconsin. Harshbarger led the Mountaineers with a 97th place finish and a time of 20:57.6.

Head coach Sean Cleary was not satisfied with the team’s performance Friday.

“This was obviously not the performance that we were hoping for today,” Cleary said in an interview with WVUsports. com. “For some reason we are not running the way we are capable of. I did see some good things out there today, but it just wasn’t enough.”

However, the next day’s race, the Penn State Open, went much better. While West Virginia did not compete for a team score, several runners had impressive performances.

Sophomores C o rrine Kule and Allie Diehl buoyed the Mountaineers in the six-kilometer race at Penn State’s Blue-White Golf Course. Kule finished sixth overall with a time of 22:41 and Diehl finished 11th in 23:07.

In an unattached race, the Mountaineers claimed four of the first five spots.

Alum Kayla Gillespie won with a time of 20:46, freshman Peyton Panger took third in 22:17, freshman Olivia Hill claimed fourth in 22:17 and freshman Candace Jones placed fifth in 22:31.

Host Penn State won the Open with a team score of

37.

Earlier last week, Cleary talked about the importance of this race for the younger runners. After the race, he expressed pleasure with the results.

“I am pleased with today ’s p e r f o r ma n c e s,” Cleary said. “We had a lot of lifetime bests on this course. It’s a great confidence booster for the future.”

Despite the impressive showing on Saturday, West Virginia’s ranking could take a hit after the disappointing performance at Wisconsin on Friday.

“We have two weeks to find 15-20 seconds per girl,” Cleary said. “We fully understand that we have to improve in order to return back to the NCAA meet.”

With the regular season complete, the postseason is here. The Mountaineers have two weeks to prepare for the Big 12 Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Oct. 31. After that is the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Nov. 13th and then the NCAA Championship on Nov. 21. dasports@mail.wvu.edu