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Food Recovery Network gives back by cameron gleason staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Food Recovery Network has only been active at West Virginia University for one year, but Hilary Kinney believes the organization has made strides in the right direction.

The group is a national organization striving to eliminate food waste across the country. At WVU’s campus, members of the organization take leftover food from numer-

ous locations across campus and donate the uneaten food to those who can’t afford it.

“Charity and giving back to a community is a huge part of my life because I believe it’s what I owe for my time on earth,” Kinney, the primary leader of WVU’s chapter, said. “My desire to give back isn’t necessarily driven by a higher being, but by my fortunate living situation.

I believe anyone can give back, and I believe everyone should.”

Although the organiza-

tion has only been active in the Mountaineer community for about a year now, Kinney believes the group has already started an important dialogue among students.

“We haven’t been able to recover thousands and thousands of pounds of food, but we have been able to reach out to organizations and to a number of students. I see the FRN becoming huge in the future,” Kinney said. “We are focusing more efforts on awareness events this year in hopes of gathering more

interest in the problem.”

Last year, the group was primarily concerned with learning about food insecurity in Morgantown and the ins and outs of effectively running a student organization.

The organization donated more than 1,000 pounds of food last year, food that would have otherwise been wasted.

But Kinney wants this year to be an even bigger, more successful year for the organization. This year, FRN plans to partner with restaurants in the area to

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expand its efforts and further lessen food waste in Morgantown.

Kinney said the organization is still looking for restaurants that want to participate.

“The FRN is a very new organization, and although we’ve been at WVU for a year, there is plenty of room to make a significant impact with us. If you just want to volunteer a couple of hours a week, we have something for you, too,” Kinney said. “We are always open to new members who want to fight

hunger and food waste in Morgantown.”

If interested in joining the WVU chapter of the Food Recovery Network, contact wvufrn@gmail. com.

The WVU chapter of the organization has only 15 volunteers and is always looking for more to help the cause.

“I think what we’ve learned the most,” Kinney said, “is the importance of sticking to something you believe in.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Ultimate frisbee team looks forward to 2015 by amy pratt

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Ruth Williams, a mechanical and aerospace engineering student, initiates a flight simulator in a computer lab.

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WVU student hopes to become an astronaut, enters ‘Student Astronaut Contest’ by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Ruth Williams wants to accomplish things out of this world - literally.

Williams is a senior mechanical and aerospace engineering student at West Virginia University. For as long as she can remember, she’s been in love with space.

“I think it’s in human nature to explore, and there’s this whole crazy universe that we haven’t fully explored yet,” Williams said.

“I think space exploration represents the best of mankind’s achievements.”

This fascination with space and the unknown recently inspired her to enter the “Student Astronaut Con-

test,” hosted by the television show Xploration Outer Space and its partner, Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere.

Williams is competing with other students from across the country for a chance to take part in a five-day astronaut training program in October. There, she’ll learn what it takes to become an astronaut.

Xploration Outer Space is an internationally syndicated program that airs on FOX, Hulu and Amazon Prime. It is hosted by former WVU and MIT Graduate Emily Calandrelli, who takes viewers on “incredible journeys through the space industry by showing off the most exciting projects that are going on today.”

Williams is a female vy-

ing to make a living in a heavily male-dominated profession. She admits that being a woman in a “man’s world” made her first couple years at WVU difficult, but instead of feeling intimidated by the unequal representation of women in her classes, she used it to motivate herself to succeed in the classroom.

“There were a lot of times it was hard to be taken seriously by my peers,” Williams said. “I feel like I have something to prove.”

While women hold close to half of all jobs in the United States workforce, they hold less than 25 percent of all jobs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics field, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

These statistics also show that women hold a disproportionately low share of STEM undergraduate degrees, particularly in engineering.

Williams is a member of WVU’s Society of Women Engineers. She’s also a proud feminist determined to break through the glass ceiling and change the U.S. Department of Commerce’s statistics.

“I’m looking forward to the day when being a female engineer isn’t a big deal,” she said.

Aside from listening to music and staying active, Williams enjoys volunteering and giving back to the local community. She’s deeply involved in WVU’s

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Tom Sanders stumbled across ultimate frisbee almost by accident.

Now, four years later, he is serving as the team captain and president.

“I was just looking for something to do,” Sanders said. “I saw a MIX announcement the night of FallFest about (an) Ultimate Frisbee practice that was happening, and I went to my first practice the night of FallFest my freshman year, instead of going to FallFest. It was an interesting start, that was for sure.”

While some players came to ultimate frisbee like Sanders, not knowing what to expect, others made a point to include the sport in their college experience.

Glen Smithberger, another player on the team, took ultimate frisbee into serious consideration when he was applying to colleges a few years ago.

“When I was looking at schools I kind of was like, ‘I want to play ultimate frisbee on a club team in college,’ so I made sure all the schools I was looking at had one, and then when I showed up to WVU, I made sure to join the ultimate team.

I’ve been playing for the past five years, after this year, on the WVU team,” Smithberger said.

In the 1960’s, ultimate frisbee was introduced to the world as a gag sport.

Alex Panger, former player and current coach for the club, said the first appearance of a frisbee team at WVU was in 1972. He has an old photo of two of the original players standing out on the green wearing burgundy shirts with gold piping on the collar and sleeves with the words ‘WVU Frisbee’ printed across their chests.

“Gold short shirts, big afros—the whole nine yards. That was a freestyle team doing tricks with the disk,” Panger said.

But what started as a gag sport is beginning to gain international recognition. As of 2015, the International Olympic Committee officially recognized the World Flying Disc Federation, and in extension, ultimate frisbee.

While the IOC’s recognition will not have much of an impact on ultimate at WVU currently, Panger is confident it will still be beneficial to the ultimate frisbee community in the future.

“In general, the more recognition (there is), the more people recognize that ultimate is a serious business for a lot of people,” Panger said. “We play to have fun, but we also play because we love it. That can only be good because more people will realize, ‘Hey, these guys are out here playing, they’re out here having a good time.’ The more people you can expose this to the better. The recognition is great. It’s good to see my sport getting some traction- wherever it comes from.”

Last year, WVU made it to regionals, the second highest level of competition for ultimate frisbee in college, for the first time. While they didn’t win then, Sanders hopes this year will be even better for the team.

“Coming off (of regionals), we’re hoping to get better and better and take our program to the next step, which is nationals,” Sanders said.

The first tournament for WVU Men’s Ultimate Frisbee team will be Sept. 19 and 20, with the location still to be determined. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Clinton finally issues an apology for email controversy WASHINGTON (AP)—It took three interviews and five days for Hillary Rodham Clinton to say “I’m sorry.”

After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Clinton shifted course Tuesday.

“That was a mistake,” she said of her email practice. “I’m sorry about that.

I take responsibility,” the

front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination said in an interview with ABC News.

Clinton’s late-arriving mea culpa came just 24 hours after she insisted in an interview with The Associated Press she didn’t need to apologize because “what I did was allowed.”

That comment came after a sit-down with NBC News on Friday, in which Clinton said only that she was sorry if her actions

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The apology evolution is the latest chapter for an issue that has dogged Clinton’s presidential campaign for months. Despite a big fundraising advantage and a slew of endorsements from party leaders, Clinton’s standing with voters has slipped - multiple polls show a majority of Americans don’t find her honest and trustworthy.

After the shaky summer, Clinton’s advisers say she’ll more fully address the email saga as the campaign presses into the fall. Top campaign officials have started emailing memos to anxious supporters and convening late-night conference calls with prominent Democrats.

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Kentucky clerk who fought gay marriage is released from jail GRAYSON, Ky. (AP)—The Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was released Tuesday after five days behind bars, emerging to a tumultuous hero’s welcome from thousands of supporters waving large white crosses.

“I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people,” Kim Davis told the crowd after stepping outside, her arms raised like a victorious boxer, to the blaring “Rocky”-sequel theme song “Eye of the Tiger.”

Her lawyer refused to say whether she would defy the courts again.

“Kim cannot and will not violate her conscience,” said Mat Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel, the Christian law firm representing Davis. As for whether she will issue licenses, Staver said only: “You’ll find out in the near future.”

The Rowan County clerk whose defiance has made her a hero to many on the religious right walked free after the federal judge who ordered her locked up lifted the contempt ruling against her, saying he was satisfied that her deputies were fulfilling their obligation to grant licenses to same-sex couples in her absence.

But U.S. District Judge David Bunning also warned Davis not to interfere again, or else she could wind up back in jail.

Davis, 49, has refused to resign her $80,000-a-year job. As an elected official, she can lose her post only if she is defeated for re-election or is impeached by the state General Assembly. The latter is unlikely, given the legislature’s conservative slant.

As the surprise news

of her impending release spread, a crowd of dozens of supporters who had gathered on the jailhouse lawn for a previously scheduled rally swelled to thousands.

They broke into “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” and waved signs, flags and crosses.

Cries of thanks to Jesus echoed through the crowd as Davis emerged next to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and her husband, Joe, who was in overalls and a straw hat. Huckabee and fellow GOP White House candidate Sen. Ted Cruz visited her at the jail just after the decision came down.

“If somebody has to go to jail, I’m willing to go in her place,” said Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and Arkansas governor. “She has shown more courage than any politician I know.”

Natalie Ferguson, who came to the rally from Elora, Tennessee, said: “We have to stand because if we sit back and be quiet, you know then as a Christian community we’re going to get run over.”

Davis was locked up on Thursday for the boldest act of resistance by a public official yet to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that effectively legalized same-sex marriage across the nation.

Citing “God’s authority” and her belief that gay marriage is a sin, Davis, an Apostolic Christian, stopped issuing all marriage licenses.

Two gay couples and two heterosexual ones sued her. Bunning ordered Davis to issue the licenses, and the Supreme Court backed him. But she still refused and was held in contempt of court and hauled off to jail in handcuffs, igniting protests from religious conser-

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis cries out after being released from the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released Tuesday after five days behind bars. vatives. They rallied for days the Kentucky attorney gen- Christian wing, which op- forward now. We need to at her office, at the jail and eral’s office said it believes poses gay marriage and has be thinking about so many otherwise. cast her jailing as an issue of things about the future of outside the judge’s home.

Dan Canon, an attor- religious freedom.

Kentucky,” he said.

The timing of her release Casey County Clerk Casey On Monday, her lawyers after just five days came as ney for the couples who something of a surprise. sued, said they will ask the took their case to a federal Davis, who recently bicycled Last week, Bunning said judge to again hold Davis appeals court, asking that more than 400 miles across that he might reconsider in contempt if she returns she be allowed to remove Kentucky in solidarity with his decision to jail her in a to work and blocks her her name and title from Kim Davis, called her jailing week. deputies from dispensing marriage certificates issued a “total injustice.” He is not Five of Davis’ six deputy licenses. in Rowan County so that related to her. clerks - all except her son, “We are hoping she is she would not have to act He said he is not issuing Nathan - agreed to issue li- going to comply with it. against her conscience. any marriage licenses, and censes to gay couples with We’ll have to see,” Canon Gov. Steve Beshear, a suspects the conflict could Davis behind bars. In lifting said. “But if experience is Democrat like Davis, reiter- come to his county next. He the contempt order, Bun- a teacher, Ms. Davis just ated Tuesday that he will not said only one same-sex couning asked for updates on doesn’t believe that court call a special session of the ple has inquired about a lilegislature to overhaul the cense in his county and was the clerks’ compliance ev- orders apply to her.” ery two weeks.

Davis’ dispute has offered marriage-licensing process told there were no licenses On Tuesday, Staver, Da- some of the GOP presiden- by taking it out of the hands being issued, and that’s the vis’ lawyer, maintained that tial candidates an oppor- of county officials and mak- last Davis heard from them. the licenses issued by her tunity to appeal to many ing it a state function.

He said he, too, would be deputies are invalid. But on the party’s evangelical “Hopefully we can move willing to go to jail.

Freddie Gray’s family settles with city of Baltimore for $6.4 million

BALTIMORE (AP)—The parents of Freddie Gray reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore, nearly five months after their 25-year-old son was critically injured in police custody, sparking days of protests and rioting.

The deal announced Tuesday appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just two days before a judge is set to hear

arguments on whether to move the trials for six officers charged in Gray’s death from Baltimore.

Gray’s spine was injured April 12 in the back of a transport van after he was arrested. Gray, who was black, died at the hospital a week later. In the aftermath, Gray became a symbol of the contentious relationship between the police and the public in Baltimore, as well as the treatment of black men by police in America.

The city’s Board of Estimates is expected to approve the settlement Wednesday.

“The proposed settlement agreement going before the Board of Estimates should not be interpreted as a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the officers facing trial,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a news release. “This settlement is being proposed solely because it is in the best interest of the city, and avoids costly and

protracted litigation that would only make it more difficult for our city to heal and potentially cost taxpayers many millions more in damages.”

The settlement does not resolve any factual disputes, and expressly does not constitute an admission of liability on the part of the city, its police department or any of the officers. The settlement has nothing whatsoever to do with the criminal proceedings, the news release said.

An attorney for Gray’s family declined to comment.

The proposed payment in the Gray case is more than the $5.7 million the city of Baltimore paid in total for 102 court judgments and settlements for alleged police misconduct between 2011 and last fall, according to an investigation by The Baltimore Sun. The city paid another $5.8 million for legal fees to outside lawyers who represented officers, the newspaper reported.

The amount of the settlement exceeds what the family could have won in state court; Maryland has a $400,000 cap on damages for those who win judgments over police misconduct. However, cases that involve grave injury or death - and the possibility of civil rights violations frequently wind up in fed-

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an apology, the fact that she did suggests an acceptance that it was untenable to continue avoiding saying the words “I’m sorry.”

Clinton isn’t the first politician take their time reaching that conclusion.

It took 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney weeks to disavow his comments suggesting 47 percent of Americans believed they were victims and entitled to government services. President Barack Obama at first resisted apologizing to Americans who lost their existing health insurance after adoption of the Affordable Care Act despite his promises they would not. He, too, ultimately said he was sorry.

While Clinton’s apology may ease the anxiety among some Democrats, it’s unlikely to end the political fallout.

Republican National Committee spokeswoman Allison Moore suggested Tuesday that Clinton was

only apologizing because “she got caught and is dropping in the polls.”

Republican presidential candidates see the issue as a way to discredit Clinton for the general election. And GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill are using questions about whether Clinton withheld pertinent emails to bolster a congressional investigation into the deadly 2012 terror attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

At the State Department’s request, Clinton did turn over 55,000 pages of work-related emails last year. The FBI has also taken possession of the server, which Clinton resisted giving up until last month.

For months, Clinton’s advisers insisted the email saga was little more than a Washington obsession, meaningless to voters. After a testy news conference last month, Clinton told reporters, “Nobody talks to me about it other than you guys.”

Clinton’s defense has largely centered on the argument that she wasn’t violating any rules by exclusively using a private email account run via a server located at her New York area home. And, in fact, it wasn’t until after she left the State Department that Obama signed changes to the Federal Records Act asserting that government officials could use personal email only if copies were also sent to their official accounts.

Still, the White House and agencies including the State Department had previously issued guidelines to employees making clear that government email should be used for official business.

Clinton’s campaign now says it’s clear their strategy of arguing technicalities hasn’t worked. Early polling shows her losing ground in key early states to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent running for the Demo-

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In this April 27, 2015, file photo, family members of Freddie Gray, sister Fredricka Gray, left, mother Gloria Darden, center, and stepfather Richard Shipley listen during a news conference after a day of unrest following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Gray’s parents reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the city of Baltimore. The deal, announced Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, appeared to be among the largest settlements in police death cases in recent years and happened just days before a judge is set to decide whether to move a trial for six officers charged in Gray’s death.

Continued from page 1 the Labor Day weekend was supposed to be part of that process - a signal that the candidate herself was on board with the idea of being more forthcoming. Or, as Clinton told AP, to take responsibility and “be as transparent as possible.”

Yet in that same inter view, while offering a more contrite tone when pressed about her decision to work outside the State Department’s email system, Clinton also rejected the idea that an apology was necessary.

“What I did was allowed,” she said. “It was allowed by the State Department. The State Department has confirmed that.”

While Clinton’s campaign offered no immediate explanation for why she changed her mind on

eral court, where the cap does not apply.

Even more unusual than the monetary amount, experts say, is the timeline: the city agreed to a settlement before the family filed a lawsuit.

Experts say the city’s willingness to pre-empt a lawsuit could have an impact on the officers’ ability to receive a fair trial in Baltimore.

“Damages would have been paid if the city went to trial and they’re willing to settle it. But they tell us it’s by no way an admission of fault by the police officers,” said David Harris, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh.

“There’s no doubt that this will figure in to the hearing for change of venue. If I was an attorney for a defendant I’d be revising my motion right now to say the settlement was made to persuade the jury pool that the officers did something wrong.”

Douglas Colbert, a professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey Law School, said the settlement is a step in restoring the public’s faith in local government and mending the relationship between the citizens of Baltimore and elected officials.

“It’s a big step toward a different type of policing,” Colbert said, “and

cratic nomination. The opening has also sparked speculation that Vice President Joe Biden could be a late entry into the Democratic contest.

But it’s the surveys showing voters have questions about Clinton’s integrity that are the most troubling for her campaign.

In a recent Quinnipiac University poll, 61 percent of voters said they did not consider Clinton honest and trustworthy compared to 34 percent who did ascribe those qualities to her. Similarly, an Associated Press-GfK poll from July found 66 percent of Americans said the word “honest” described Clinton only slightly well or not well at all.

With an apology that was a long time coming for some of her allies now behind her, Clinton said Tuesday she has no doubt she can survive the email controversy.

“Of course I can,” she said.

a relationship with the community that deters misconduct.”

In July, New York City settled for $5.9 million with the family of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after being put in a white police officer’s chokehold. The city of Chicago settled in 2001 a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of LaTanya Haggerty, a black woman who was shot to death by a black officer who mistook her cellphone for a weapon, for $18 million.

But Eugene O’Donnell, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said such settlements are damaging for communities and self-serving for governments. By paying off family members, O’Donnell said, cities can prevent real scrutiny of political and social ills that allowed misconduct to occur.

“It’s all too easy to take public money and hand it over to people and say, `Well, this is a big aberrational mistake and we’re going to make it good,’ and it generally absolves the policymakers and the people in power of responsibility, when in fact the mistakes are systemic and reflective of a lack of leadership,” he said.

The head of Baltimore’s police union condemned the agreement.

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Continued from page 1 Space Public Outreach Team, where she gives presentations across the state to increase awareness of astronomy and space-related research, programs and careers in West Virginia.

Williams will graduate in May and plans to attend graduate school. After graduation, she wants to become an aerospace engineer and build anything that flies.

Whether she’s creating planes for this planet or rockets for the next, Williams is excited to put her engineering skills to work.

Xploration Outer Space will select three finalists after the Sept. 1 deadline. Those finalists will then be interviewed by the program’s producers and a winner will be selected. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineer Idol contestant profiles

West Virginia University’s 12th annual singing competition, Mountaineer Idol, returns to the Mountainlair Ballrooms Friday, Sept. 11 at 8 p.m. The event will take place in the Mountainlair Ballrooms and is free and open to the public. Contestants will be eliminated at the end of the show after strong evaluation from the judges’ panel.

Like the internationally known television series “American Idol,” Mountaineer Idol gives students the opportunity to showcase their vocal talents. More than 60 students showed up for preliminary auditions this year. After strong consideration, the judges narrowed the competition down to 16 contestants who will move forward to the next round. The event is free and open to the public.

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Marissa Bailey

Matthew Stanley

Jessie Ford

Marissa Bailey, a Clarksburg, West Virginia native, is a freshman musical theatre student at the College of Creative Arts. Upon graduation, Bailey plans to work as a performer and attend law school.

“Outside of school, my interests and hobbies vary. I really enjoy singing, dancing, spending time with family and cooking with my Nunnie,” Bailey said.

Bailey found a love for the Marissa Bailey creative arts at a young age. With the move from Clarksburg to Morgantown, Bailey wanted to ensure she made time to do what she truly loved: Performing. While joining something so early in the school year might overwhelm many freshmen, Bailey decided to audition for Mountaineer Idol to return to the stage.

“Growing up in West Virginia, I always had a ton of Mountaineer pride. Mountaineer Idol combined the two things I love most: Performing and the West Virginia University Mountaineers,” Bailey said.

At the preliminary auditions, Bailey performed the song, “Zing Went the Strings of my Heart” by Judy Garland. The performance truly represented Bailey’s musical interests and tastes, giving way to a more classical, oldies-style sound unlike many other contestants who performed 21st century tunes.

“A great overall performance is what I strive for, one in which the audience enjoys themselves and can sing along,” Bailey said.

Bailey’s favorite music genres include 1940s, Broadway and Patriotic music, and her favorite music inspirations are female icons Judy Garland, Barbara Streisand and Sutton Foster.

That being said, Bailey is most excited for the Broadwaythemed week, although she’s excited for all the challenges each week brings.

“I love putting unique spins on my performances, whether it can be a certain outfit or something special that just makes the number pop,” she said.

Although Bailey is a freshman, she is certain she has what it takes to be a tough competitor.

“I am confident that I have a unique performance quality that is perfect for this competition,” Bailey said. “I can bring different and new spins to songs that make for a wonderful overall performance for my fellow Mountaineers.”

Huntington, West Virginia native Matthew Stanley is a freshman student at West Virginia University. While his major is currently undecided, Stanley has a strong interest in pursuing a career in journalism.

Upon graduation, Stanley hopes to work toward a career in a field of his choice, but hopes to continue singing as well.

When Stanley is not Matthew Stanley focusing on his studies, he enjoys taking part in extracurricular activities to relax.

Being involved throughout campus at WVU is something he looks forward to. “I recently joined a swing dance class here in Morgantown, and I really enjoy going to that. I also love to play golf, sing and listen to vinyl records,” Stanley said.

Stanley first found his love for music singing at small gatherings with family and at church, but it wasn’t until his senior year of high school that he officially started singing by himself.

Stanley decided to put his musical abilities to the test when he signed up to audition to become the next Mountaineer Idol. While he is not as familiar with competing in competitions of this nature like other contestants, it is something he really looks forward to.

“I thought it would be a fun experience not only to showcase my singing style, but to hear other people showcase their talents as well,” Stanley said.

Stanley auditioned in the preliminary round with the song, “They Can’t Take that Away From Me” by George and Ira Gershwin. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, Ray Charles and Duke Ellington are some of Stanley’s biggest musical inspirations.

“I’ve never seen myself perform before, but a friend close to me described me as getting into a mode or character of a jazz lounge singer from the ‘40s,” Stanley said.

Stanley is most excited to perform during “oldies” week because he feels most prepared for the music genre. He’s least excited for the “‘80s” theme week, not because he dislikes it, but because he’s least familiar with that style of music.

“I always love to sing jazz or any ‘50s doo-wop music,” Stanley said.

While Stanley isn’t sure why he should be the next Mountaineer Idol, he feels if he wins it would be a pretty great experience.

“I would guess my style of singing and stage presence are the two things that will set me apart from other contestants. Each artist will bring different talents, styles and charisma to the stage and I think that’s great because it allows for variety,” Stanley said.

Jessie Ford, a Lewisburg, West Virginia native, is a senior exercise physiology student at West Virginia University’s School of Medicine. Upon graduating this December, Ford plans to pursue a doctorate in physical therapy or chiropractic medicine.

“Lewisburg is a pretty small town. It’s a town where everyone that you see there, is probably someone you’ve already seen before. jessie ford There are about two stoplights,” Ford said.

Outside of all the time she spends in classes or on her schoolwork, Ford enjoys playing basketball and working in the family business when she’s home for weekends or breaks.

“My family owns a farm, so most of the time when I’m home I’m helping my dad and brother out with that. We have cattle, sheep, a donkey and a horse. I just help out where I’m needed at the time,” Ford said.

Ford is a returning competitor in the Mountaineer Idol competition. Ford competed for the first time as a junior in 2014, and made it to the top 10, but was eliminated on Country Night. Ford gained attention last year with her powerful vocals and heartfelt performances. Her most notable performances include her renditions of Christina Aguilera’s “Hurt” and Rachel Farley’s “Ain’t Easy.”

“I auditioned last year and made it to the third week. It was a really fun experience and it gives you the opportunity to perform outside of your shower, car and other random places that you start singing,” Ford said.

Ford’s a capella performance of “House of the Rising Sun,”

by The Animals during the preliminary round gave her the ability to advance in the competition after the judges named her one of the 16 top contestants.

Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato are two of Ford’s biggest music inspirations.

“I really like Christina Aguilera, her style of music and all of the riffs that she adds into it. I also really like Demi Lovato, just because of her backstory and how much soul and heart she puts into performing,” Ford said.

Ford’s favorite genres of music vary in sound. Blues, jazz and country music are her favorite.

“The best way I could describe the way I perform is that it’s soulful. I like to believe what I’m singing. A lot of the time I’m not into be peppy and bouncing around on the stage. I like the soulful, in your heart kind of songs,” Ford said.

Ford is most excited for the “oldies” theme week and least excited for “80s” week.

“I hate the ‘80s. They always have super long, awkward instrumentals in them, and they can get pretty repetitive,” Ford said.

Ford feels the style of music she sings will set her apart from other contestants. Performing with a 1950s sound is something she really enjoys.

“I’d like to stay in the competition as long as possible so I can share my musical abilities,” Ford said.

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Rebecca Berhanu Rebecca Berhanu, a Morgantown, West Virginia native, is a first year pharmacy student at West Virginia University. Upon graduation, Berhanu has dreams of moving to a big city and working as a pharmacy benefit manager. Currently, Berhanu enjoys volunteering at Christian Help and is looking to join pharmacy organizations around the area.

“When I’m not working on things for school or for my rebecca berhanu career, I really enjoy playing the piano, singing solo or with my sisters, writing and running, when I’m motivated that is,” Berhanu said.

Berhanu found her love for music at a young age when she began to sing at the age of 5. Soon after, she learned to play the piano and began writing her own music.

Berhanu first competed in the Mountaineer Idol competition in 2012 as a freshman. Berhanu made it as a finalist in the top 13 her first time in the competition.

“The first time I auditioned, I definitely lacked confidence in myself. Over the last few years, I’ve had a chance to perform other places, grow up a little bit and find a confidence in myself,” Berhanu said.

Since then, Berhanu has performed at various locations around the Morgantown area at open mic nights at local music venues, the Coliseum and the Metropolitan Theatre. Performing at these venues has helped her gain confidence and music experience and has allowed to come into her own as a performer.

Berhanu attended preliminary auditions in late August and was chosen to advance to the first elimination round after the judges heard her performance of “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” by John Mayer.

Berhanu’s favorite music genres are R&B and pop. Her greatest music inspirations are music icons Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera and Usher.

“I really enjoy soulful music, music that really means something and music that everyone can feel connected to. This is what I try to base my performances off of,” Berhanu said.

While R&B and pop might be her favorite music genres, Berhanu is most looking forward to performing during country week.

“I think the country-theme week would push me out of my comfort zone the most and would be fun to see what I can do with it,” Berhanu said.

During her first year competing in Mountaineer Idol, Berhanu became known for her unique renditions of popular songs. Berhanu likes to take well-known songs and make them her own by changing up the original sound with a bit of her own twist.

“I’m an innovator and can use music as an outlet,” Berhanu said. “I’m really good at coming up with songs on the spot.”

Berhanu’s passion and dedication to music is one of the biggest reasons she feels that she could be the next Mountaineer Idol.

“I am so very passionate about music. I listen to it when I wake up and before I go to sleep. But most importantly, I love to make or watch other people love it,” Berhanu said. “Even if you don’t like the same music as me or idolize the same icons, when I’m performing I want others to love and feel the music the same way I do, even if it is just for a few minutes.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Schultz hosts signing for local children’s book jillian clemente a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

In the middle of a sleepless night, Mary Louise “Cookie” Schultz went downstairs to grab her usual cup of tea. This routine event turned out to be the moment an idea for a book would hit her.

That moment produced a children’s book, “Tobias: The Mouse in the Old Stone House.” Schultz held a book signing at the Old Stone House, located at 313 Chestnut St., the setting of her book.

One of her old neighbors, Judy Hiergeist, came to get her book signed.

“We’re going to get three so I can have one, too,” Hiergeist said.

The other two copies are going to her daughter and daughter-in-law; her daughter used to babysit Schultz’s children when they lived nearby each other in Pittsburgh.

Schultz has been around kids her whole life. She previously worked as a director for Morgantown Day School and has taught many classes through the Honors College at West Virginia University.

“There was that whole piece in my life when I was director of an elementary day school, so I loved working with elementary school children,” Schultz said.

The main spark for this book came from those experiences with children, specifically ones within her family.

“Five grandchildren can inform you about kids.”

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Mary Louise “Cookie” Soldo Schultz signs her book for longtime friend Frank Hiergeist.

Schultz said with a laugh. voice of the mice, and, most ors College.

One grandchild, Mat- particular, a cat named Fat “The history in this thew, wrote a book with Charlie,” Schultz said. house is what really her about a mouse named Her husband, Bernie spurned me on,” she said.

Beanie, and that experi- Schultz, a faculty member Even though Cookie ence helped her stick with of the College of Creative stepped down from the Arts, took on the characters historian position, she the mouse theme.

After selcting the spe- of various mice and even continues to be involved cies of the main charac- a cat to help her develop by being a member of the ter, she began writing with the three books. Fat Char- Service League, which pera strict three-month time lie makes his debut in the forms community service limit in place. The pub- next installment. for Morgantown. Its headlisher wanted all parts in “We would sit at dinner quarters are located at the her series - “Tobias” is the time and talk to each other Old Stone House. first of many - so she used as if we were the mice,” Members of the Service her vacation and dinner Schultz said.

League are currently handSchultz used to bring crafting Tobias the Mouse time wisely to write this book. her students on walk- stuffed animals, which are “It evolved over vaca- ing tours to the Old Stone available for purchase at tions when I could really House, where she used to the Old Stone House along focus on it, and it evolved work as a historian, as part with the book itself. over dinner time with my of the “City as Text” class husband who took on the offered through the Hondaa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Finding environmental solutions With climate change becoming an increasing concern around the world, countries are making new strides in improving the existing technology surrounding renewable energy. The Netherlands, whose citizens made headlines in April when they sued their own government because it wouldn’t sufficiently reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, has succeeded in powering half of its train and railway systems with wind power. What’s more, the country vows to switch its electric trains to completely run on wind power by 2018.

America is falling behind the Dutch and many other European nations in regard to making advancements in renewable energy technology. America’s population and territory is much larger than the Netherlands, but this shouldn’t stop researchers from exploring alternatives to fossil fuels and implementing them wher-

ever possible.

American culture thrives on industry and individual luxury, which is highly unlike that of other countries. Instead of using public transportation, most American adults own their own cars and prefer to drive themselves instead of taking more eco-friendly options like a bus or train.

Americans also generate the most trash unable to be recycled per day than any other country. These attitudes about waste and convenience may work to our advantage today but can’t go on forever without serious environmental consequences.

A campaign called the Solutions Project has created a plan for each state in order to fully eradicate its carbon footprint by 2050. According to the campaign’s website, West Virginia’s plan involves a combination of rooftop solar panels, solar power plants and wind turbines to keep the lights

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Half of the railway system in the Netherlands already runs on wind power. on instead of relying on harmful activities like strip mining and mountaintop removal.

Though the mining industry is deeply embedded in this state’s culture, its continuation endangers both miners’ safety

and that of the environment, as well. In southern West Virginia, miners have to do their job to put food on the table. However, the continuation of an industry responsible for emitting billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

each year can only be temporary at best before severe climate concerns arise.

Shifting individual and cultural habits to be more environmentally responsible might be uncomfortable, but for the sake of a fu-

ture without severe weather, rapid polar ice melt or mass extinctions, turning to renewable energy sources like the Dutch is our only real option in the upcoming decades. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Why West Virginia needs Bernie Sanders for president Emily torbett columnist @EmilytorbsDA

With the primaries for the 2016 presidential election upon us, Americans are beginning to hear more from (and about) the many Oval Office hopefuls.

From the ceaseless investigation into Hillary Clinton’s alleged email scandal to the latest antics of Donald Trump and his “cotton candy” hair, the news surrounding the candidates has thus far proven itself to be less of a serious discussion about who should lead us into the future and more of a bizarre variety show-style spectacle.

Some of this is expected in the primaries. Everyone running shares the common goal of trying to get the attention of the American people by shouting at the top of their lungs and earning a coveted spot in the actual presidential election.

However, quietly lost in the noise is Bernie Sanders, the “anti-politician.”

He’s not littering the news with sensationalist remarks or schmoozing corporate interests, but he is definitely getting attention. According to CNN, he’s drawing huge crowds wherever he goes, with numbers as high as 28,000 in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles. He’s a senator from liberal Vermont, and although his famously unkempt hair probably makes him look a bit like your grandfather, he’s definitely not your grandfather’s candidate.

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Bernie Sanders is a popular presidential candidate among college students. ing called a troublemaker.

When he visits high schools, he urges every student to question authority with voracity. He’s a self-described “democratic socialist” with a platform aimed at taking on wealth inequality and global warming. Clearly, he’s not the candidate we’re used to in West Virginia, but he is the candidate we desperately need.

His campaign is centered on a 12-step agenda for America called “12 Steps Forward.” It includes several economic measures, such as tax reform aimed at assisting the lower and middle classes while simul-

taneously cracking down on corporate greed, busting up the “too big to fail” banks, raising minimum wage, expanding social security programs to benefit the poorest Americans and making college affordable for everyone who wishes to go.

The plan prioritizes investing in the future by fixing our country’s crumbling infrastructure (which includes creating 13 million well-paying jobs in the process), encouraging the establishment of workerowned cooperatives, introducing trade policies that directly benefit American

workers and addressing climate change on a large scale.

If you look at a list of Bernie Sanders’ top campaign contributors, you’re not going to find big money names like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup or JP Morgan. Instead, you’ll see the American Federation of Teachers, United Auto Workers, United Steelworkers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the American Postal Workers Union. He’s funded entirely by the people he promises to fight for.

Despite all of this, a Bernie Sanders’ victory in West Virginia is a long shot. Our

state continues to favor the right-wing agenda. In recent decades, we have voted in favor of the Republican Party on Election Day. All in all, that vote hasn’t gotten us very far.

Economically, West Virginia has little to boast. Currently, we rank second-tolast in income by state.

According to the Labor Department, West Virginia’s employment-to-population rate fell to 49.1 percent this year, meaning less than half of all adult civilians have a job. Certainly, the death of the fossil fuel industry, driven by a lack

of demand for coal in favor of clean and abundant natural gas, has taken its toll on the Mountain State.

With West Virginia currently ranking 48th out of all states in higher education attainment, we have been left with little to no options for our future.

West Virginia needs someone who answers to the middle class instead of the 1 percent. West Virginia needs someone who prioritizes the upward mobility of the economically disadvantaged. West Virginia needs someone who will make higher education more affordable and accessible.

West Virginia needs Bernie Sanders.

His minimum wage increase will bolster our median household income and help lift our poorest citizens out of poverty. His medical marijuana legalization plan could drastically reduce the number of opioid deaths, which have reached epidemic proportions in our state. His plans to fix our infrastructure could mean a beneficial, job-creating investment for our future.

We have to reach across the rigid party lines that have kept us from voting in our state’s best interest. We have to look toward the future and attempt to build a promising one instead of trying to reclaim a long-dead past. We as West Virginians have to use our voting power to elect the candidate who is most suited to fight for people like us, and I firmly believe that candidate is Bernie Sanders. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Ways to success: Forming healthy habits to ensure academic achievement timothy hayes ohio state university

School’s in full swing again, but unfortunately not all of us are. Many students are still longing for the fun, long summer days and hoping for some reprieve after Labor Day. Alas, we are in school and now is the time for work.

Your mind and body, however, might not be so keen to follow. We’re all just not in the habit of school yet.

Habits are an interesting psychological phenomenon. They are like a natural saved file on the “computer” of our brains. These naturally repetitive cycles in our neurological pathways allow us to fulfill tasks taking up much-needed time in our lives.

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how to complete your habits every day, you’d probably take a little longer to do each of your rituals. Habits let your brain perform tasks without processing them in the rational regions of the brain, like the prefrontal cortex.

Bypassing conscious thought, the necessary process is sped up. This helped early humans thousands of years ago. However, nowaday habits can have negative implications, too. Your summer wake-up schedule was likely much more lax compared to what you have to adjust to now for school.

Sleeping habits and others like them can be detrimental to social life, grades, and even health. Some research has suggested habit formation may actually be like early-stage addiction, or better put, that addiction is simply our brain forming very intense habits.

Since habits form like ad-

dictions in some respects, they will take time to break or pick up. Ritual habits, for some, are actually quite difficult to produce. According to research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology, the average length of time it takes for people to form a habit is 66 days. The study did make note that the range of data acquired was enormous, from as little as 18 days to 254. So habit forming must first be a conscience process, and only then can automatic responses begin to take place in most healthy humans.

While habit forming is largely about positive reinforcement and time, there are ways to make the process simpler for one to adjust to. Reminders posted everywhere are one of the best ways to artificially form habits. These reminders allow us to easily coast into a habit. Post-it notes on the

fridge or door of a dorm room or apartment are excellent ways to ensure people don’t forget things.

Phone reminders are even better, as they are active ways to ensure remembering to go study for an hour.

An even better active reminder to help people form habits is simply a nagging friend or family member. Do you have homework every day for a particular class?

Ask your significant other to ask you when you talk if you’ve done your homework. Need to ensure you study at least once a day?

Ask your friend to set up a time with you. This process will allow for better accountability for yourself throughout the semester.

So this semester, what habits should students be forming?

The first and most important habit is getting enough sleep. Students everywhere self-report chroically under-

sleeping during the school year. This is detrimental to young adults’ physical health, mental health, alertness, comprehension and academics. Tired students have trouble regulating emotions, and according to several studies, have trouble recognizing it. Getting to bed on time is crucial. Set hard bedtimes and get in bed by them or earlier.

The next habit to form is getting to class on time.

There is a secret some students choose to share with each other: If you don’t go to class, you won’t pass.

Shocking, right? Even if the class does not take attendance, it details the test material. It makes no sense not to attend class when the answers are literally given to the students who attend.

Of course, this habit is harder to form if classes start at 8 a.m. and not in the afternoon. This is where the

above habit comes in. If students are in bed by at least midnight, they’ll get between six and seven hours of sleep, which is considered an adequate amount of time. Set an alarm, lay out material you need the night before and streamline your morning routine, but above all, make it to class.

Remember to get into a habit of studying. This is something needing to happen every day. Every time you get an hour or so off from class, go sit somewhere quiet and work on something due in the near future. This can be anything from going over notes, reading the class textbook, doing a reading assignment or completing homework. My father passed on some wisdom to me before the start of my college career that I’ve never forgotten: “if you do all the homework and go to all the classes, you’ll at least get a C in the course.”

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Campus Movie Fest returns Artists mix visuals, sound at CAC by brittany osteen a&E correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Campus Moviefest, the largest student film festival, is back in Morgantown for the third time. Students will have one week to create a five-minute video.

Applicants will be provided with a camera, sound equipment, a laptop with Adobe Creative Cloud and training.

“I was a participant at my school, so I get to see it from both sides of the curtain,” said Alex Mcgill, promotion manager. “Being in it at first can be kind of intimidating.

It’s a movie. I am a biology major, I’m psych, I’m sports medicine, you think, ‘how could I do a movie?’ but then you do it for fun and it is exciting. You are goofing off with your friends, and, next thing you know, you make it to the top sixteen or top four. That is a super awesome experience to feel that.”

The program will turn any student into a professional director, actor and editor for a week. Anything that you can imagine and create in five minutes or less will be accepted.

The winner of last year’s WD Fan Choice Award and $10,000 was a WVU student, Lauren Schiefelbein.

“It’s an adrenaline rush,” said senior theatre student and a top-four win-

ner, Max Gould. “You get super busy and ask yourself ‘how do you do this?’ and then you do it.” Max Gould was able to attend the CMF Grand Finale in Hollywood and travel to France for the Cannes Film Festival.

The festival was created at Emory University when four students gave their peers everything they would need to create a movie in a week. Since the start in 2001, the program has given more than one million students around the world the opportunity to learn and share their stories. The festival has touched all over the United States, the United Kingdom and Mexico, as well as sent students to the Cannes Film Festival in France.

WVU students, staff and faculty will judge movies.

The top four will be Jury Award winners and receive a year-long subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud (retail value of $600) as well as advance to the CMF Grand Finale. Top movies will be played as the only form of free entertainment on Virgin American Airlines, which gives movies the opportunity to be viewed thousands of times. At the movie premier there will be door prizes such as a batman Snuggie, tablet, Chromecast and many others.

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‘Just Like You’ won Campus Movie Fest in 2013 at Georgia Tech. cally win a prize.

“From my side now, it’s super awesome to see those kids who didn’t think they could do it make it into the top and get to advance,” said Alex Mcgill. “You see their lives change in a positive way. Something that they didn’t think they could do, they now believe that they can.”

The competition officially starts today. Equipment can be picked up in the Vandalia lounge of the Mountainlair from 12-5 p.m. All videos are due on Sept. 15 from 2-6 p.m., in the Greenbrier room, and top videos will be shown on Sept. 18 at a Red Carpet event in the Large Blue Ballroom at 8 p.m.

For more information, visit http://www.campusmoviefest.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

It is always an intriguing and curious moment of wonder for people passing through the lobby of the Creative Arts Center to see what Paul and Laura Mesaros are debuting as their first exhibits of the fall semester.

West Virginia University has a knack for finding innovative artists, escaping the stereotype that art must be drawn or sculpted, and putting them on display for anybody passing through the front doors of the CAC. On Sept. 1, the galleries finally opened their doors to the public, unveiling brand new exhibits from Donna Legault and Dylan Collins.

Legault is an experimental artist from Ottawa, Canada, who works with sound, electronics, sculpture and performance. The main link between all of these is the use of sound as an extension of basic actions and ideas in everyday human life. She is also a part-time professor of Electronic Arts at the University of Ottawa.

Collins is the coordinator of the sculpture program at WVU, and after seeing his exhibit, I see how fortunate the sculpting students at this school are. Collins likes to look at objects that are icons of educational, governmental and scientific concepts that are prevalent in our cul-

ture and then flip them on their head by manipulating them physically and visually to represent more than their general image.

Legault’s exhibition, which is entitled “Transformations,” is a unique and new form of art that is very user-friendly. Two of the three exhibits actually react to sounds that you make, which causes you to spend more time with the art trying to change it and play with it to see what all it could be.

The largest piece, “Audio Horizon,” is made up of 11 small flat-screen monitors that connect one continuous moving image of a white sound frequency. Snapping your fingers, jumping up and down and even singing or whistling would cause the fluid strands of the frequency to fluctuate and move in rapid, slow, jumbled or balanced patterns.

It was actually quite riveting to watch, as the image never did the same thing twice.

Some of the ambient noise included in the other two pieces came from sensitive microphones picking up imperceptible sounds in the environment and in the artist’s own body This was actually somewhat unsettling and displacing during my observations. I think this stemmed from how interactive the whole exhibit was, as I felt like my personal choices and movements are what led to the strange

sounds.

Collins’s exhibit “Match Cut,” on the other hand, was a bit more intellectually provoking than the cognitive effect of Legault’s art. A lot of the work is a symbiotic relationship between spasticity and precision, which is a metaphor for the expressions and drastic differences between human beings and their world.

The most profound piece is a collection of three collage sculptures titled “Bottle Service,” which is supposed to show the vast cultural identity of alcohol and social drinking through random objects glued together in a bottle shape painted gold. Some examples of the objects are a toy pig and a flip phone, used in juxtaposition to make your mind interpret many little things at once and connect them subconsciously.

I was amazed and perplexed by the creativity and impact that all the pieces have on the eye as well as on your mind, and walking around the exhibit multiple times is the only way to catch half of the detail that Dylan Collins puts into his art.

Both the Paul and Laura Mesaros galleries are open from 12-9:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday in the WVU Creative Arts Center.

The galleries are free to all. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

NYFW kicks off with new head sponsor and new designer faces chelsea Walker a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

New York City is swapping its tourist hub reputation for a more eloquent, highfashion scene, as Thursday marks the start of New York Fashion Week.

While the catwalk will feature many of the same models and designers, this year’s shows are facing some serious changes. Key sponsor Mercedes-Benz has been replaced by Lexus, causing the popular fashion show to debut in an all-new venue with new times, new collections and even some upcoming faces expected to rival some of the world’s top supermodels. While the changes are sure to make a big splash in the fashion world, rumored appearances by Caitlyn Jenner as well as a debut Givenchy collection set to hit stateside has the highfashion scene buzzing.

The fashion week makeover has left the event with a new name-New York Fashion Week: The Shows.

The name change came as global fashion show production leader WME-IMG took

over the lineup of events.

The week-long spectacle will now take place in venues spanning Manhattan and Brooklyn rather than the small, inconvenient space at the Lincoln Center where NYFW has been held since 2010, with vendors and private events being housed under several white tents.

“The collective move downtown and across several venues levels the playing field,” said Rebecca Strong, a backstage manager for Nolcha Fashion Week, in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

“When the majority of the shows were in tents, it was more of a struggle to get buyers and the media to go offsite to a different venue.”

The move to the lower Manhattan area puts shows closer to the fashion scene, where media offices and downtown venues have a history of hosting sartorial events. The Meatpacking and Garment Districts, as well as locations at Chelsea Piers will also hold fashion functions.

Predictions for this year’s trends include a variety of

gender-fluid styles, from slouchy trousers to buttondown blouses and denim ensembles. Designer Lauren Conrad, famous for her time on MTV’s reality show, “The Hills” and for her clothing line, LC, is set to make her first ever runway appearance. Her pretty and polished collection, which sells at department store Kohl’s, will rival eclectic fashion icons such as Betsey Johnson and Jeremy Scott.

NYFW: The Shows will also provide a chance for brands like Coach and J.Crew to recover from plummeting sales. With a need for re-branding, Coach is hosting its first ever full-runway show. With new designer Stuart Vevers on board, the fashion-girl favorite is expected to showcase some serious new styles to save the company from its marketable decline.

Under scrutiny for its lacking, hit-or-miss products, J.Crew is in the hot seat with designers attempting to revamp the brand known for its preppy style. This year, J.Crew will debut an entirely new ensemble, donning vintage denim and cashmere

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pieces on the runway.

As inspiring as the pieces flaunted down the catwalk, model Madeline Stuart will take the runway by storm during this year’s fashion week. The 18-year-old Australian teen who was born with Down Syndrome will visit New York City to break model stereotypes and inspire those living with disabilities. Her gorgeous photos and inspiring messages have gained her an impressive following on social media, leading her to star as an advocate in multiple disability campaigns.

“I am so excited that society is taking so much interest in the disability sector and our belief of inclusion is getting so much media coverage,” Stuart said in an interview with The Today Show.

“I think that the message of inclusion is something a lot of people believe in and want to see succeed.”

New York Fashion Week: The Shows will take place Sept. 10-17. For more information, visit http://nyfw. com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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If you are looking for an experience unlike any other, Lockn’ Music Festival is the place to be. Held at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington, Virginia, the festival will run from Sept.

10-13.

Lockn’ is not just a festival; Lockn’ represents a way of life. After the Grateful Dead’s Fare Thee Well Concert this past July, hippies of all different quirks and colors refused to say goodbye to the beloved band. These sad souls were saved by Lockn’.

Grateful Dead members Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart will all play sets at the festival. However, this time the former members will be playing individual sets with their own bands and guests.

Lockn’ kicks off on Thursday with appearances by Mickey Hart, The Doobie Incident, Billy & The Kids, Moogatu, Galactic and more.

Friday will be a day of tributes. The day will start off with a celebration of Joe Cocker by the Mad Dogs & Englishmen. Mad Dogs & Englishmen started as a project created by Leon Russell and Joe Cocker. After Cocker’s death in 2014, Mad Dogs & Englishmen carried on Cocker’s legacy and ideas.

Later in the afternoon, former Jefferson Airplane members, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, will cele-

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Spectators gather at the festival’s mainstage for last year’s Lockn’ Festival. brate the 50th anniversary going all afternoon. of the infamous classic With this legendary rock band. Known for their lineup, it is hard to imaghits “Somebody to Love” ine how this weekend and “White Rabbit,” this is could end. Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel will finish truly a must-see event.

Not only did Jefferson up the amazing weekend.

Airplane play at Wood- Last year at Lockn’, Wilstock, but the band has liams got together a group been influencing rock mu- of talented musicians and sic for half a century. Many performed classic Grateful other legendary musicians Dead songs. The fans absuch as Phil Lesh, Mickey solutely loved the tribute Hart and Chris Robinson so Williams decided to finwill grace the stage until ish off the festival with the Melvin Seals and JGB with Grateful Gospel one more John Kadlecik kick off the time. final set of the night.

Recently playing at On Saturday, Bob Weir Mainstage Morgantown, will kick off the day. Fol- Williams is known for his lowing Weir’s set, former fast fingers and live perforGrateful Dead bandmate mances. After all the goodPhil Lesh will take the stage byes and final shows this with special guest Car- summer, Williams’ tribute los Santana. Widespread is the perfect way to end Panic, Robert Plant and the not only a festival, but a Sensational Space Shifters, memorable and historical Mickey Hart, Gov’t Mule summer.

Although the festiand others will continue the day-long stream of mu- val is less than a week a sical bliss. way, tickets and camping On Sunday, the final day passes are still available to of the festival, Robert Plant purchase. For more inforand the Sensational Space mation about the Lockn’ Shifters will start. Slightly Festival, visit http://lockStoopid, Fishbone, The nfestival.com.

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College football returns, expectations are set by dj deskins

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With the first weekend of college football in the books, fans and coaches got to see their teams in live action for the first time in nearly eight months.

For some, the wait was well worth it as teams like Ohio State made Buckeye nation more confident that their team will repeat last year’s success.

Other programs, like Stanford, expected a bit more from their team and subsequently dropped from the preseason rankings after a loss to Northwestern.

While some teams may have been upset over a disappointing loss or reveling in an opening weekend victory, a handful of schools were left wondering how to replace key players on their depth chart after they went down with an injury.

Some of the nation’s top teams saw key position players go down with season-ending injuries in a year where they were saying, “Why not us?”

One such injury was to UCLA defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes.

The Bruins, ranked at No. 13, are 1-0 after a win against Virginia at home and relied heavily on Vanderdoes’ team-leading eight tackles.

Vanderdoes, who was named a top 100 college football player by ESPN, tore his ACL in the third quarter against the Cavaliers.

The Bruins will miss his presence, but should be fine with players like preseason Pac-12 All-Americans Kenny Clark and Myles Jack on defense.

Another Pac-12 team, the Arizona Wildcats, lost star defender Scooby Wright III for the beginning of the season due to a tear in his meniscus.

Arizona fans are remaining optimistic, as he should only miss around a month of action, although he likely won’t be available to play in the Pac-12 opener against UCLA. Pittsburgh’s James Conner tore his MCL against Youngstown State, which is a crushing blow to the Panthers offense after he rushed for nearly 1,800 yards last season and added 26 touchdowns.

Freshman running back Qadree Ollison performed admirably in relief, rushing for 207 yards, but the odds he is talented enough to carry Pitt’s offense is something a player like Conner is only capable of.

Notre Dame, now No. 9 in the AP poll, will have to fight for its place in the postseason without starting running back Tarean Folston.

Arguably the only thing that didn’t go as planned for the Irish in a 38-3 rout over Texas, Folston’s ACL tear puts a heavy burden on quarterback Malik Zaire, as Folston was ranked as one of college football’s top running backs by NFL.com.

At the quarterback position, BYU’s Taysom Hill broke his foot and will miss his senior season.

After missing the 2012 and 2014 seasons with knee injuries, this is the most heartbreaking injury of the weekend.

BYU has a more-thancapable backup in the form of Tanner Mangum, who threw the winning Hail Mary pass as time expired against Nebraska. But it’s always tough to replace a quarterback considered to be a Heisman trophy candidate. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Shelton Gibson catches a pass from Skyler Howard in Saturday’s game against Georgia Southern.

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Holgorsen, team prepares for second game against Liberty by nicole curtin sports editor @dailyathenauem

Spirits are high for the West Virginia football team following its huge win Saturday. Safety Karl Joseph received Big 12 accolades as well as the AutoNation National Player of the Week for his defensive accomplishments, and the coaching staff seemed to still be riding that high in press conferences Tuesday.

“Obviously we are back to work. I thought last week’s game environment was awesome,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen.

“The guys were fired up.

Mountaineer Field was

pretty energetic. This one will be a little different with it being a 3 p.m. game.”

Even with a dominating performance on all sides of the football, there are still areas that can improve going into the second week of the season.

Holgorsen said he wants to see better production on blocking and tackling, specifically on special teams.

Tackling on defense was fine according to him, but that’s where he wants the improvements to start.

Consistency on offense is something he specified, as well.

“Before we can talk about consistency, we have to talk about im-

provement. What was impressive about those young guys at receiver is that they made catches; those catches weren’t easy,” Holgorsen said.

“It is still about improving with the offense.

It’s about timing, and it’s about improving.”

In preparation for this weekend’s matchup aga i n st t h e L i b e r t y Flames, the team is taking a break in practice on Thursday and going harder Friday to get things going.

“Tuesday is rusty - we have to get them back in the swing of things.

Wednesday is a huge grind, so we try to rest and recover on Thursday and

rev them back up on Friday,” Holgorsen said.

“Liberty will be a challenge for us. They are a good team. It happens every year - if you take them lightly and don’t respect your opponent, then it will come back to get you.”

When West Virginia was prepping to take on Georgia Southern, the defensive practice was slightly different because of the offense the Eagles run.Holgorsen said switching back to preparing for a conventional offense isn’t much of a task.

“We practiced against each other so much, we took at least 900 snaps against our defense.”

“What we do offen-

sively is a lot more similar to Liberty than what Georgia Southern presents,” he said.

“They are good up front, they have a great quarterback that can make the throws. They have one great receiver, with some quality receivers and running backs, as well.”

Liberty comes into this weekend’s matchup after defeating Delaware State over the weekend and moving up to No. 13 in the FCS Coaches Poll.

West Virginia is the only Big 12 team they will face this season, and it’s the first time they have played a team in this conference. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

women’s soccer

Gordon shines in first games as Mountaineer, wins awards by connor hicks

sports correspondent @dailyathenauem

When Nia Gordon committed to playing for head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and the Mountaineers her sophomore year of high school, she could not have expected the level of success she has achieved in her first month in Morgantown.

Behind all this success, there is a modest freshman forward who has a background worth telling.

Gordon’s hometown is listed on the WVU women’s soccer roster as Ocklawaha, Florida, but she hasn’t lived there for five years.

“My hometown is listed in Florida just because I was born there. I’ve moved so many different places.”

“But I was born there, and that’s where all my family is,” Gordon said.

Gordon was born to two military parents and has lived in several places since leaving Florida.

When coach IzzoBrown started recruiting Gordon, she was playing at a tournament in Texas, where she was living at the time.

Shortly after committing to play for the Mountaineers her sophomore year, she moved to Georgia.

Gordon finished her high school career as the school record holder with 59 goals her senior year.

She was named both Savannah Female Athlete of the Year and Savannah Magazine’s Most Athletic.

Gordon left Richmond Hills High as the No. 52 player in the country according to TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Through her first six games in the gold and blue, Gordon has three goals and two assists, including a team-leading two game-winning goals.

With a goal in her first college game, she earned a Big 12 rookie of the week award.

Gordon is the sole freshman on a Mountaineer attack that ranks 11th in the country with 18 goals in six games.

Behind her early success along with returners Michaela Abam, Ashley Lawrence and Kailey Utley, the Mountaineers (5-1-0) are ranked No. 5 in the country, the second highest in program history.

Despite her early success, Gordon hasn’t lost her head and displays a remarkable level of modesty.

“I didn’t even expect to start. I expected to come in and play my best and if I played, then I played, but I did not expect this at all,” Gordon said.

Gordon claims she was able to adjust to the college level quickly and doesn’t feel any nerves before games.

Coach Izzo-Brown has been a big part of this process.

“Before every game coach always tells me to say to myself that I’m the best right forward in the country and that gives me the confidence to play how I play and just not be nervous,” Gordon said.

Her relationship with junior Ashley Lawrence has become the staple in the Mountaineers’ attack.

Lawrence amd WVU teammate Kadeisha Buchanan represented their home country of Canada in the Women’s World Cup this summer and are expected to be selected for the 2016 Olympic team. Both Buchanan and Lawrence have much to offer Gordon in the form of experience and advice.

“Keish and Ashley, they have so much experience with the World Cup, and they’re about to go to the

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West Virginia’s Nia Gordon races down the sideline last weekend against Villanova.

Olympics,” Gordon said. that relates to the field.

“They’re just always giv- And Nikki keeps us close ing me little tips for things on and off the field,” GorI can work on.” don said.

Gordon and Lawrence Following an upset of have combined for nearly No. 5 Penn State and a a third of the team’s goals program record-setting and have been involved in 8-0 win over Villanova, the every goal that the other Mountaineers are sitting has scored. high. Their No. 5 rankGordon attributes this ing in the most recent poll chemistry to Izzo-Brown’s is the second highest in focus on building the re- school history. lationship both on and off Texas Tech is the sole ranked team remaining on the field.

“Off the field, we’re such the Mountaineers’ schedgood friends and we con- ule. Gordon and the rest nect so well, and I think of the team made it clear

that they are still taking the season one game at a time.

“After these two wins, we just want to keep fighting. We’re gonna try our hardest and play how we play, and hopefully good things will come,” Gordon said.

The No. 5 Mountaineers take on Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, Friday night at 7 p.m. They will return home to play Longwood at 1 p.m. on Sunday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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LeBlanc goes with two-goalie system to start season by alec gearty

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After the departure of goalkeeper Lee Johnston this past offseason, West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc was left to find someone to fill the void for the 2015 season.

LeBlanc could either go with Daniel Diaz, a junior transfer from Nevada, or Alec Boerner, who is in his second year with the Mountaineers. LeBlanc chose to go with them both.

“In years past, we probably had a number one who was clearly number one and better than the number two,” LeBlanc said

to Todd Murray of the Dominion Post.

Diaz is a transfer from Las Vegas, where he played for Yavapai College, a part of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Diaz started in 11 games, recording 850 minutes and only allowing three goals in that span.

He finished 8-0-1, propelling him to top statistical categories for goalkeepers in Division I NJCAA. Boerner is coming into his second year for WVU after redshirting his freshman year. He came to Morgantown right after high school, where he was named two-time all-district first team and a two-time MVP. He was

also named captain of his Richmond FC squad.

It is a rare instance where a West Virginia team would have a twoheaded monster in goal.

In the past three years, the starting goalkeeper started in at least 15 games, while the backup started in less than three games.

“You can’t sleep on your position,” Diaz said. “It’s not just with the two goalkeeper system, you have to constantly be working to get better.”

It was Diaz who opened the regular season for the Mountaineers against Navy. WVU lost the game 1-0, but in his one game with the Mountaineers, Diaz recorded more saves

in the season opener than he did in any game with Yavapai.

LeBlanc gave Diaz another nod against San Francisco. However, he was pulled in the 72nd minute in favor of Boerner.

The substitution wasn’t made because of bad play. “(Diaz) didn’t have to do much,” LeBlanc said.

It was a light workload, as Boerner did not face a single shot in his 19 minutes of relief, mainly because San Francisco only generated one shot in the second half.

When the team made the trip to Michigan, it was Diaz who made the start. However, Boerner replaced him at halftime.

Michigan only recorded six shots in the second half but Boerner allowed one goal while Diaz allowed two in the first half.

Diaz isn’t letting the competition threaten their camaraderie.

“Alec is a great goalkeeper, and I’m happy to have him on my side,” Diaz said.

Going into a matchup with the No. 22 Michigan State Spartans, Diaz was once again was called on to start.

It was probably Diaz’s best start as a Mountaineer as he made six saves including a three on one breakaway.

He appeared calm and collected as he opposed

MSU’s all-time winningest goalkeeper.

The season is still young for the Mountaineers, but having two goalies capable of playing top-caliber will pay off for WVU in the end. Going forward, it seems that whoever has the hot hand will take the net.

Whoever gets the nod, Diaz will be in Boerner’s corner. “If he’s in, I’m supporting him. If I’m in, he’s supporting me, 100 percent,” Diaz said.

The tandem look to focus ahead to the James Madison Dukes, who come to Dick Dlesk Stadium at 7 p.m. Friday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

CROSS COUNTRY

Cashin comes to WVU cross country team from Australia

BY JOEL NORMAN

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

Going off to college is something that scares every teenager, and leaving home for the unknown is an unsettling thought.

Imagine how Amy Cashin felt when she came to Morgantown, West Virginia from Werribee, Australia.

“I had never been to America,” said Cashin, a sophomore on the women’s cross country team.

“I was scared; I had my midlife crisis on the plane.”

Cashin first learned about West Virginia University while running at the World Junior Cross Country Championships, where she placed 50th with a 6-kilometer time of 20:48. At the time, Cashin had already been contacted by 15 American colleges.

“One of my Australian teammates dragged me over to this American lady who was a team manager of the WVU cross country team, and so I basically spoke to her during the night, just about American college in general and whether I’d like the gist of it,” Cashin said.

After the Championships, Cashin was contacted by head coach Sean Cleary, who said he was interested in having her join the team. Cashin was interested but not completely willing to commit to somewhere she had never been.

“My dad is a teacher and he went very indepth,” Cashin said.

“We had a table with pollution, crime rates, etc.

It had every single thing you could think of about each college that had contacted me. So although I hadn’t visited (WVU), I felt I knew a bit about the area.”

Despite all her research, Cashin still had cold feet about coming to America.

Her coach in Australia, Peter Burke, convinced her that leaving home was the right choice.

“I absolutely love my coach back home. I’ve been with him since I was 12,” Cashin said.

“He encouraged me to come and try something new.”

One of the biggest adjustments for Cashin in the United States was her teammates. In Australia, she had never trained with girls, only with boys. Regardless, she went on to have a successful freshman year.

Cashin’s achievements include being named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team and finishing 63rd at the Mid-Atlantic Regional with her best time of the year, 21:35, in 2013.

Cashin did not compete in 2014 because of a concussion she suffered just before the season began.

Cashin redshirted and retained her status as a sophomore for 2015.

“It was a frustrating time because there were times that I felt great, then there were other days that I had a headache and felt sick,” Cashin said.

“I wasn’t allowed to do any sort of cross-training or anything. It was give or take a month (of not running). Some days I’d run for 15 minutes, and that’d be it.”

Cashin began running competitively when she was 10. In Australia, schools have primary school races in grade two, which is when students are 7-8 years old.

Cashin said she performed well enough that her teachers recommended her to run cross country.

“It’s funny because my mother said, ‘No, run-

ning is a stupid sport, and you’re not doing that,’ and was very adamant against it, but we somehow convinced her, and I’ve been running competitively since,” Cashin said.

Sept. 1 marked the beginning of the Mountaineers’ 2015 cross country season, but it also marked Cashin’s return.

She ran in the WVU Alumni Open, her first race in two years. For the 4-kilometer race, runners split into two-person teams and ran in a relay format. Cashin did not have a partner but still took pride in her performance.

“I claim my team won because I was the one that finished first, even though I only did half of it and it was just me running,” Cashin said. “The girls said that didn’t count.”

Regardless, Cashin is just happy to be back and doing what she loves most.

She has high expectations for herself and her teammates this season.

“I just love putting on the uniform and going out there and running,” Cashin said.

“We have tremendous history with the program, and we’d like to continue that tradition of finishing in the top 10 with AllAmericans. I’d love to be a part of it.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

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Wednesday September 9, 2015

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Vinci wins at U.S. Open, first major semi at 32 NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Vinci plans to watch the Williams sisters play in the U.S. Open quarterfinals Tuesday night. She won’t be rooting for one or the other.

“Doesn’t matter,” she said with a wide grin. “I am in the semifinal.”

For the first time in a major, at the age of 32.

Facing an opponent a decade younger, the Italian outlasted Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon. Her ranking down to 43rd, Vinci never expected this.

This is her 44th Grand Slam tournament. Only Elena Likhovtseva had played in more (46) before making her semifinal debut at the 2005 French Open.

Vinci recognizes she’s had a favorable draw - she has yet to meet a seeded opponent. Two top-10 players she could have faced - Ana Ivanovic and Carla Suarez Navarro were upset; another, Maria Sharapova, pulled out

because of injury.

In the fourth round Sunday, Vinci was scheduled to take on 25th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard, but the Canadian withdrew after sustaining a concussion when she slipped and fell in the locker room two days earlier.

“Maybe this was my tournament,” Vinci said.

That left her plenty rested for Tuesday’s match on a steamy afternoon.

Mladenovic, in contrast, didn’t wrap up her fourthround win until 1 a.m.

Monday, and then she played doubles later that day. She struggled with cramping Tuesday, when trainers rubbed ice on her legs during changeovers in the final two sets.

Still, the 40th-ranked Frenchwoman rallied from down a break in the second to force a third. At 3-3 in the decisive set, the two played a 15-minute game with 10 deuces. Mladenovic had six game points she failed to convert.

“That was a mental mas-

sacre for both of us,” Vinci said.

After getting broken, Mladenovic asked for a medical timeout. Not eligible under the rules to receive more treatment for cramping, she said it was a different injury. Vinci protested to the chair umpire as Mladenovic had her left thigh wrapped.

It wouldn’t make a difference. Mladenovic repeatedly bent over in discomfort between points, and Vinci won her last two service games to clinch victory after 2 hours, 32 minutes.

Mladenovic, who had never been past the third round at a major before now, had 64 unforced errors, including 11 doublefaults - many of them at key moments.

“Of course a lot of positives for me with entire tournament,” she said.

“Even today if I lost, it was quite a great and big battle out there with Roberta.”

Vinci has played on the biggest stages before, win-

Roberta Vinci focuses on her hit during the U.S. Open.

“Of course I think I’m at ning five major doubles titles with former partner the end of my career, so my Sara Errani. She had been semifinal, first semifinal, 0-2 in Grand Slam singles it’s incredible,” she said. quarterfinals, both at the “When you work hard for a U.S. Open. long time and every single

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day, sometimes you have some periods down and try to come back. It’s not always easy.

“But it’s nice. I’m very proud of myself.”

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