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WVU to launch state’s first satellite by taylor jobin staff writer @dailyathenaeum

In a little over a year, West Virginia University will launch the state’s first satellite into orbit. The satellite, known as a CubeSat because its size and shape are close to that of a shoebox, is still in early stages of development.

The project will be a collaborative effort between

WVU, NASA Independent Variation and Validation Facility, TMC Technologies and NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium.

WVU and these organizations have teamed up before, but never for something of this magnitude.

“The University is going to perform their experimentation on our satellite software and satellite,” said Scott Zemerick, a systems engineer for TMC Tech-

Amendment moves forward, BOG confirms executives by jake jarvis city editor @newsroomJake

The Student Government Association met for the last time of the spring semester last night. The Board of Governors approved a proposed amendment to the constitution, a resolution supporting a change to the price of laundry in residence halls and confirmed 15 executive positions.

Student Body President George Capel said in his weekly address that he has no doubts members of SGA will continue to work on their individual platforms over summer break.

“I think it’s about staying in contact with them, and making sure we’re keeping up with their platforms and working with them,” said Vice President Ashley Morgan. “Because the summer is a great opportunity to get things done at this University.”

At last week’s meeting, the BOG read a proposed amendment to its constitution which would alter Article 11, Section 2, Subsection B of the constitution.

The amendment, if approved by the student body during the Homecoming Court election, will alter the way a seat on the BOG and

Athletic Council is filled.

If a BOG or Athletic Councilor resigns or is impeached, the next highest vote-getter will be installed into office without a confirmation vote from the BOG. “I went back and I did research on the topic,” said Governor Blake Humphrey.

“I looked at our system in comparison to a lot of other student government associations and I realized that we’re different in a lot of ways.”

At last week’s meeting, Humphrey suggested members of the BOG should invest time into researching alternatives to filling a vacant seat, such as presidential appointments or special elections, but felt the proposed amendment is the most “common sense.”

The proposed amendm e nt wa s p a ss e d unanimously.

Governor Trevor Kiess presented a resolution on behalf of Governor Sam Richardson since he was absent.

The proposed plan would allow paying for laundry in residence halls to resemble meal plans whereas students can prepay for 15 cycles at $18.50, 25 cycles at $30.75 and 40

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Morgantown elects Redmond as only new face to City Council by cameron gleason staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown’s City Council has only one new face: Jay Redmond of the Sixth Ward. He defeated Noel Hoffman in Tuesday night’s election, where residents re-elected every council member except Mike Fike, who didn’t run for his seat.

Candidates spent months vigorously campaigning to gain support from the community to earn a seat on the Council.

Nancy Ganz, the councilor of the Seventh Ward, ran for re-election for her second term against writein opponent Bill Graham.

Ganz earned 524 more votes than Graham, according to unofficial election results.

“I feel like we’re making good progress on doing some positive things in the city, and I wanted to continue them,” Ganz said. “I think I have a positive approach. I have a can-do attitude, and we’ve been working on a comprehensive plan addressing issues that the citizens want us to address.”

Ganz’s campaign focused largely on raising revenue for the City through various

improvements to the area.

She hopes to have a community recreation center open to the public in the near future.

“We’re leaning toward a community recreation center. You may not be aware, but residents do not have access to the University recreation facility. You have access to the City, but the City does not have access to theirs,” Ganz said. “They’re very popular and very desired by the community.”

First Ward candidate Ron Bane and Second Ward candidate Bill Kawecki will continue to sit on the Council, winning by a large sum of votes against their opponents. Bane earned 611 votes compared to newcomer George Papandreas, who earned 370 votes, and write-in candidate Rachel Lee Fetty, who earned 479.

Kawecki received 830 votes compared to write-in Al Bonner, who earned 463.

Candidates in the Third, Fourth and Fifth Wards, Wes Nugent, Jenny Selin and Marti Shamberger, ran unopposed, inevitably keeping their seats.

City Council meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays in the City Hall Council Chambers. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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nologies. “They’re going to give us data, and we’re (going to) pass it back to them through the satellite.

They’re going to post-analyze it and figure out whatever they need.”

WVU will research and collect data on four different topics while the CubeSat is in orbit.

The CubeSat will try to advance IMU (inertial measurement unit) technology with micro-mechanical sys-

tems. According to Zemerick, this means the satellite will “have some small IMU chips that can approximate to give tactical IMU measurements.”

The CubeSat will test a new GPS that is spacerated, and the team hopes it will provide better GPS mapping than what is currently used in space.

The CubeSat will also test new LEDs and photodiodes, a semiconductor that con-

verts light into an electrical current, that will come from WVU’s Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

Lastly, there will also be plasma physics experiments coming from the physics department that will measure space weather.

“The data they get should tell them that their IMU technology is just as good as expensive IMUs, that their GPS technology gives them

location data that’s just as good as big satellites,” Zemerick said. “And hopefully the physics and computer science and electrical engineering (departments) prove that their small sensors and these new materials work in space.”

Along with the four data points of research, University researchers want to study how radiation affects

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CHANGING THE CONVERSATION

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T.J. Jourian speaks to a student after finishing his public talk on what it is like to be transgender.

Transgender activist T.J. Jourian visits WVU, talks culture change by corey mcdonald staff writer @Dailyathenaeum

A presentation was given Wednesday night by LGBTQ activist T.J. Jourian. The presentation, “Being Brown About It: An Intersectional Trans*formation,” was hosted by various West Virginia University organizations such as the Commission for LGBTQ Equity, the WELLWVU HelpWELL program and others.

Jourian gave his presentation in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theatre, where he discussed oppression and how we can transform not only our universities, but our entire society to be a site for justice.

Jourian arrived in the United States from Cyprus in 1999 as an international student at Michigan State University. His passport at the time classified him as female, but he began to explore his gender identity during his stay in college, eventually coming out as a female-to-male transgender individual.

During his tenure at Michigan State University Jourian signed up to be featured in a documentary, TransGeneration, which followed four students through an academic year, offering insight into the lives of two male-to-

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Students and activists applaud T.J. Jourian following the public talk on being transgender Wednesday in the Gluck Theatre. female transgender people and two female-to-male people. This is what cultivated his idea of being a role model and an activist.

Jourian believes his background gives him a strong perspective not only on LGBTQ rights, but on oppression and social justice worldwide. His varying life experiences regarding ethnicity, sexuality and gender pushed

Jourian to question related issues of activism on a philosophical level.

Jourian emphasized the idea that activism should not be driven by single individuals, but rather by grassroots methods. He referred to the models of activism displayed by Martin Luther King Jr. and Al Sharpton as

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Dining services to match meal swipes for charity by jake jarvis city editor @newsroomjake

Dining Services has pledged to donate hot meals to local Morgantown charities, matching the number of meal swipes students opt to donate today at Towers’ Brew n’ Gold and Summit’s Grab n’ Go. Governors Julie Merow and Amber Kaska of West Virginia University’s Student Government Association worked with Dining Services to expand the project which was previously founded by students in the Honors College.

“Obviously the swipes are going to go unused by the

students,” Merow said. “You might have 30 swipes left, but there’s someone who is worried about if they’re going to get their next meal or not.”

In the fall, Merow started the “Share a Swipe” awareness campaign to try and let students know not to let their meal swipes go to waste but to share them with a friend.

In this campaign, the students will share their meal swipes with the greater Morgantown community.

Merow said some WVU freshmen don’t use their entire meal plan and aren’t aware the swipes don’t carry over to the next semester.

Members of SGA and other volunteers will travel to the

Salvation Army, Rosenbaum House and the Bartlett House to serve meals on Friday and Sunday.

Lieutenant Trish Adkins of Morgantown’s Salvation Army said her organization has a greater need for food during the summer months since families with school-age children can’t rely on the education system to provide two meals a day.

“It’s not just homeless people who come here,” Adkins said. “Some of them tell me they just can’t afford to buy groceries. So they come here and they can get a hot meal, no questions asked.”

Kathy Curtin, assistant director for residential din-

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ing at WVU, said students in the Honors College started the project last year and collected items from Grab n’ Go after students swiped an extra time. She said the items collected were difficult for the charities to manage because the food was kept in coolers and hard to distribute.

This year, cashiers at the donation locations will keep copies of receipts of the swipes donated by students.

At the end of the day, the receipts will be totaled and given to the Evansdale Cafe which will then create a large, hot meal buffet to transport to the charities.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officers march past the Collier Memorial during a ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, April 29. MIT has dedicated the permanent memorial in honor of campus police Officer Sean Collier, who was slain by the Boston Marathon bombers.

Bomber’s teacher: He ‘always wanted to do the right thing’ BOSTON (AP) — As a child, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was quiet, hardworking and “always wanted to do the right thing,” his third-grade teacher testified Wednesday to jurors who will decide whether he spends the rest of his life in prison or is sentenced to death.

Catheryn Charner-Laird testified on the third day of the defense case in the penalty phase of Tsarnaev’s trial as his lawyers shifted the focus away from his older brother, Tamerlan.

The defense has portrayed Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died days after the bombing, as the mastermind of the attack.

Three people were killed and more than 260 were wounded when twin pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the marathon on April 15, 2013.

Tsarnaev, 21, was con-

victed of all 30 charges against him, including 17 that carry the possibility of the death penalty. The same jury must now decide his punishment.

The defense team has focused heavily on Tamerlan, arguing he was a domineering influence on Dzhokhar and led him down the path to terrorism. Prosecutors have said the brothers were partners in the bombing, which was designed to retaliate against the U.S. for its actions in Muslim lands.

On Wednesday, Tsarnaev’s lawyers called witnesses to testify about what he was like as a child, years before he became the Boston Marathon bomber.

“He was just learning English at that time,” Charner-Laird said, referring to Tsarnaev’s recent move to the U.S. from Russia with his family.

Tsarnaev was 9 in the fall of 2002 when he was one of her students in a combi-

nation class for third- and fourth-graders at the Cambridgeport School.

“He was incredibly hardworking,” she said. “He cared a lot about his studies; he tried very hard.”

Many times, he didn’t know what to do because of the language barrier, she said. But he “always wanted to do the right thing,” she said.

Prosecutor Aloke Chakravarty cross-examined her briefly, asking if she knew Dzhokhar to be disciplined and smart. She said he was. The question appeared designed to rebut the defense claim that Dzhokhar was under Tamerlan’s influence when he participated in the bombings.

Charner-Laird was one of several teachers who described him in glowing terms.

Rebecca Norris, one of Tsarnaev’s teachers in seventh- and eighth-grade,

called him “really bright,” ‘’well-behaved,’ “pretty much an A student.”

“He wasn’t a rebel. Basically, if you asked him to do something, he would do it,” she said.

Norris said Tsarnaev was one of the school’s best students and soccer players.

“I thought we would get him into a really good college with a full ride, and he would be very successful,” she said.

The defense also showed the jury two photographs of a cherubic-looking Tsarnaev from about the same time. In one photo, he is sitting on a bench next to Tamerlan, who is about 16. Tamerlan has his arm around him, while Dzhokhar rests his arm on his older brother’s leg.

In the other, Dzhokhar is smiling with his mother, two sisters and the landlady who owned the Cambridge apartment building where they lived.

Jurors also heard from two paramedics who treated the Tsarnaev brothers after a firefight with police in Watertown days after the bombings.

Paramedic Michael Sullivan said Tamerlan Tsarnaev was combative after being shot by police and run over by Dzhokhar during a chaotic getaway attempt. Sullivan said Tamerlan “would lift himself off the stretcher and yell and scream and try to resist us touching him.”

He said sometimes people in shock react that way. Tamerlan was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Paramedic Laura Lee said Dzhokhar was awake and alert when he was put into an ambulance after being captured hiding in a boat in Watertown. He had a gunshot wound to his jaw, a leg wound and other injuries.

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who owns the laundry machines will expire by the beginning of the school year, according to Kiess.

Governors Tori Moneyhun and Blake Humphrey expressed their concerns about voting to support a resolution without knowing the exact details of the contract. Since Richardson and Syed Ahktar, former attorney general who helped Richardson with the plan,

were not in attendance, they could not produce the contract.

The entire BOG voted in favor of the resolution — except Governor Tori Moneyhun.

“I feel as though it is very uneducated to vote on a contract that we haven’t seen,” Moneyhun said.

During the vote, Moneyhun said someone offered to send a copy of the

contract to the BOG but since Morgan had started the vote, she had to finish it.

The following students were confirmed for executive positions within SGA: Noah McDill as director of academics; Karen Laska as director of accessibility; Daniel Eby as director of athletics; Ahmed Shammaa as director of health and wellness; Eric Finch as di-

rector of neighborhood association; Haley Quigley as director of student connections; Destiny Harrison as director of student connections; JP Crandall as director of transportation and parking; Christopher Morlock as director of alumni relations; Vincent Bondi as Greek Life liaison; Anna Gilpin as director or recruitment and retention; Elizabeth Sabatino as director of safety; Ji-

had Dixon as director of residential affairs; Morgan Goff as administrative director to the vice president; Charlie Hagenbo as administrative director to the president; Joseph McGuire as director of academic innovation; Rebecca Lawson for the public relations team; and Lane Horter for the communications team.

on the methods of grassroots movements to enact change, leaving the power in the hands of the communities instead of singular leaders or organizations.

Jourian cited many activists of varying backgrounds in his presentation. One of which included Kimberle Crenshaw, who first named the concept of intersectionality.

Intersectionality is the study of the intersection between forms of oppression, domination or discrimina-

tion. This study originally focused around black feminism, which in this case argues that the issues of racial discrimination and sexual discrimination must be independently focused on.

Crenshaw’s study takes into account the various biological, social and cultural categories that make up an individual’s identity.

Jourian said he identifies well with Crenshaw’s research on intersectionality due to coming from a diverse ethnic background

as well as identifying as transgender.

“My identity and experiences as a man cannot be separated from my identity and experience as a trans person anymore than it can be separated from my identity and experiences as a middle eastern person,” Jourian said. “I am none of those things one at a time, I am rather a complex interwoven compilation all of the time.”

Jourian argued that these issues, coupled with clas-

sism, are the basis for oppression and social injustice around the globe.

“Progress isn’t about individual people moving up in the income brackets and doing better for themselves,” Jourian said. “Currently, in order for any one person to become richer, many have to become poorer. It is a mentality of limited and scarce resources rather than the creation of abundance.”

Jourian ended his presentation by sharing how indi-

viduals can make change, relaying the knowledge of Grace Lee Boggs, an American social activist and philosopher. He emphasized the importance of taking responsibility for a community before enacting change, and stressed the role locallevel change plays by working from within a system, not above it.

“We are the leaders that we are looking for,” Jourian said.

puter science and electrical engineering. “All electronics in space are shielded, and we are sending those unshielded and want to see how their performance will change over time.”

TMC Technologies, an information technology service company located in Fairmont, W.Va., will develop the CubeSat’s

software.

“TMC’s piece in the satellite will be simulating the satellite’s orbit power generation software and all the functional pieces that the satellite’s flight software will need,” Zemerick said. “We’re going to simulate that on the ground so we don’t have to have the satellite hardware for every

group that’s working on this project.”

The CubeSat will be powered by solar cells, which the team expects to be the biggest challenge once the satellite is in orbit.

“Most important is the power management and how to design the experiment in such a way that we can get the most information out of it,” Korakakis said. “How much power can dissipate and how much power we can collect because we use solar cells? We need to have it set up in a way that will get the maximum out of the experiment.”

Another challenge for the CubeSat will be space debris, which has no known solution. Researchers hope the mission will be short enough that they don’t encounter any.

This is a program-changing opportunity for the University. Not only does it

bring notoriety to the program, it puts the University on an exclusive list of schools with a satellite in space.

“We want to get the program (to be) a nationally recognized program …

Testing different systems, testing several different instruments,” Karakakis said.

“We broaden the impact of the research done here at WVU, and that is always important. The most important (part of the project) is that we heavily involve undergraduate students; for example, for our set-up we will have undergraduate (students) working on the custom project to help build the satellite.”

This is also an enormous opportunity for TMC. “For us, the goal is to see how long we can stay in orbit, how long we can communicate and basically get (an) idea for future projects about what needs to change

and how we can make our simulations better and how we can make the space craft better,” Zemerick said.

The mission should only last about three months, but it could last as long as a year depending on how much the CubeSat decays, which Zemerick said should happen slowly.

A launch date has not yet been set by NASA. The NASA IV&V Facility and the NASA WV Space Grant Consortium are providing individuals or teams in the community an opportunity to conduct an art and design competition to create a mission patch for this mission.

The deadline to submit artwork is June 12.

For more information on the mission or mission patch competition, visit http://wvspacegrant.org/ programs/cubesat/.

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Kiess said since this is a pilot program, the discounts students receive for prepaying for laundry would be greater after the program was fully initiated.

The University’s contract with the current business

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Continued from page 1 the “old model of activism.”

“When we only conceive leadership as something that is driven by a central charismatic figure, we are limiting ourselves and also limiting the countless people out there that are doing the work every single day,” Jourian said.

According to Jourian, activists today rely

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“We want to measure how their performance is affected in space with all the radiation,” said Dimitris Korakakis, a professor of com-

Celebrating 31 Years in Same Location!

tourniquet-like bandage on his leg, “apparently it was very tight and he was mad and it got loud,” Lee said.

“He said, ‘Where’s my brother?’” Lee said. She said someone else in the ambulance told him, “You’ll find out soon.”

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Continued from page 1 Curtin said one meal will be a vegetarian lasagna and the other a combination of stuffed cabbage, vegetables and chicken tenders.

“I think it will be a better product for the homeless shelters, and it’ll be easier for the volunteers,” Curtin said.

Students can donate a swipe from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at Towers Brew n’ Gold and from 7 a.m.-9 p.m. at Summit’s Grab n’ Go. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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OPINION Repairing before fall semester 3

Thursday April 30, 2015

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Editorial

Potholes have been on the minds of Morgantown residents throughout the majority of the school year. Whether it took nearly losing a tire on University Avenue or swerving off-road while driving to Campus Evolution, their depth and prevalence around the city haven’t gone unnoticed.

Unfortunately, much of the state is in the same situation. In nearly every county, both countr y roads and major highways alike have experienced similar issues.

Potholes can cause problems ranging from superficial pockmarks on bumpers to broken axles, and residents across the state have started suing their respective towns and cities for monetary compensation after receiving damage to their vehicles.

Few news sources explain the cause of potholes and what it takes to repair them, leaving locals with no choice but to blame city administration for shoddy patch-up jobs

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Potholes left unattended on McLane Avenue. cracking just weeks after their installment. However, this editorial board believes this mindset creates unnecessary rifts between citizens and city officials.

The constant freezing and melting of snow and

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ice are usually the main causes of potholes emerging in early spring. With the harsh and lengthy winters West Virginia has experienced these past two years, Morgantown and other cities have been forced to spend consider-

able amounts of money on snow removal, leaving less funds for road repair once winter has passed. What’s more, h e av i e r- d u t y a s p ha l t patches aren’t effective when implemented in colder temperatures, so

no long-term solutions are actually available until wintry weather completely subsides.

While this fact is understandable, leaving hightraffic roads like Beechurst Avenue unrepaired is dangerous to both driv-

ers and pedestrians. They reflect poorly on both the city and the University, and may even negatively affect future students’ first impressions of the school.

We believe local lawmakers and Division of Highways officials should take the patterns of these winters into account when planning their budget for next year. Whether it takes rearranging the distribution of funds or even an increase in taxes, the roads in this condition are simply unacceptable.

The poor state of Morgantown’s roads isn’t something students should blame on the city, but at the same time, it would be a true disappointment to return in August and find the roads in the same condition as they are today. The upcoming summer break should leave city officials plenty of time to work on repairing them before the next harsh winter has a chance to wreak its havoc. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Honest Obituaries:

Disrespecting Deceased or Teaching a Lesson?

A father’s wish to end drug addiction after losing his daughter to a heroin overdose led to the publication of her shockingly honest obituary. In a very untraditional fashion, her true cause of death is revealed to readers, followed by a loving commentary celebrating her life.

The obituary reads, “If you have any loved ones who are fighting addiction, Molly’s family asks that you do everything possible to be supportive and guide them to rehabilitation before it is too late.”

While this statement may have had good intentions, some have spoken out against its honesty, claiming Molly herself might have not wanted to be remembered solely for her addiction. Her obituary attempts to empower the families of addicts on the surface, but also undoubtedly influences obituary readers’ perception of a girl they did not know personally—perhaps in a more negative light than intended.

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Molly Parks passed away on April 16, 2015.

Tradition of respecting deceased Finding valuable meaning in unfortunate circumstances important to maintain Hannah Chenoweth Columnist @Hannahchen2

The brutally honest obituary of a young woman’s heroin overdose has made recent headlines for, well, the sheer brutal honesty of its content. Obituaries typically focus on the lives of the deceased and do not include details of tragedies such as drug overdoses or cases of suicide.

“Molly Alice Parks, age 24, who most currently resided in Manchester, N.H., passed away in Manchester on April 16, 2015, as the result of a heroin overdose,” the obituary begins. Molly’s uniquely fearless personality, quirks, trademark lipstick and love of Harry Potter are discussed before any mention of her addiction again. It reads, “She made a lot of bad decisions, including experimenting with drugs,” and goes on to explain how her battle with heroin lasted five

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The family of Molly Parks spoke to the media in an attempt to raise awareness and help others see the consequences of addiction. While I respect the family for their decision, I think it would be best to stick to the traditional route of telling the life story of the deceased, who don’t get to represent themselves in the obituary.

The Internet and social media are tools capable of spreading great change; but at the same time, our society is definitely leaning toward a pattern of over-sharing. I think the person should be remembered for the full life they lived, not the fact that they succumbed to addiction.

Including details can also become a source of strife among loved ones.

While a sibling may believe everyone should know addiction was the cause of death, a parent may feel extremely differently. The last thing the deceased would want is family members hav-

ing hard feelings over the way the death was portrayed.

We live in an increasingly honest and open society, and social media makes it easier than ever to share stories with the world.

These stories are used to facilitate change and raise awareness, which is not a bad thing. I commend the family of Molly Parks for having the bravery to share the story of their daughter’s death in hopes of helping someone else. It was a good decision for the Parks, but in general I believe the best thing for the obituary is to tell the world about the life they lived and why they are so loved. The cause of their death will be known to those who knew them and will still make an impact by the sharing of the story just by those who loved and truly knew them, instead of opening them up to the whole world’s judgment. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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In a re cent turn of events, an unfortunate girl died of a drug overdose. While something like this happens ever y single day, it was her father ’s reaction that turned heads. He took a more pragmatic look at the death of his daughter. He asked not for sympathy or grieving, but for others to think about their choices more carefully.

Some have said this man’s matter-of-fact look at his daughter’s untimely death is insensitive and in bad taste. It’s quite the opposite, in fact, as this father is simply using this tragic e v e nt t o s p re a d a message about the d e t r i m e nt a l e f f e c t s of drug use and what addiction can do to a person.

Had this girl died

of something totally out of her control - a car accident, cancer or organ failure - then this would be a different story altogether. While addiction is a horrible mental and physical affliction, it is not untreatable, and those that seek to rise above it can certainly find help in doing so. While this may seem insensitive or unsympathetic to say, it i s i mp o r t a nt to n o te that this is a death that could have been avoided through better choices o n t h e d a u g h t e r ’s part.

When it comes to death, it’s best to be realistic and honest. I don’t mean to get philosophical or nihilistic, but it is an inevitable part of life. It is the common denominator, the one thing that all humans are going to experience. With that being said, it is important to hold some semblance of reverence for something so innate to our existence. However, having respect for something doesn’t mean

we should indulge others with falsehoods about the causes of one’s death.

Coming back to the father who penned his daughter’s obituary, he did so in the most respectful way possible w h i l e ma k i n g k n ow n her death was unnecessary. He talked about the things she liked: Fashion, reading and theater. He talked about how her family loved her and had desperately tried to help her avoid this tragedy, but he also talked about choices. He stated life was composed entirely of choices, and his daughter regrettably made a series of poor ones.

Ultimately, it is important to respect the dearly departed. It is, however, just as important to respect the living and to make certain lives can be lived to the fullest. One cannot do so if they deny the truth for the sake of sensitivity. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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This July 25, 2014 file photo shows bottles of the sedative midazolam at a hospital pharmacy in Oklahoma City. Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate on April 29, 2015, about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions.

Supreme Court debates challenge execution drug WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court justices engaged in an impassioned debate Wednesday about capital punishment, trading unusually combative words in a case involving a drug used in several botched executions.

The justices are considering the plea of death row inmates in Oklahoma to outlaw the sedative midazolam.

The inmates say it is ineffective in preventing searing pain from other drugs used in lethal injections.

But Wednesday’s session, lasting just over an hour, featured broader complaints from conservative justices that death penalty opponents are waging what Justice Samuel Alito called a “guerrilla war” against executions by working to limit the supply of more effective drugs.

On the other side, among the court’s liberals, Justice Elena Kagan contended that the way states carry out most executions amounts to having prisoners “burned alive from the inside.”

The debate came on the

court’s last argument day until fall, and a year to the day after a problematic execution in Oklahoma gave rise to a lawsuit from death row inmates over the use of midazolam.

The outcome of the case could turn on a rather narrow question involving the discretion of the federal trial judge who initially heard the lawsuit. He ruled against the inmates, and a unanimous three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in Denver affirmed that ruling.

But justices on both sides gave voice to larger concerns.

“There are other ways to kill people, regrettably, that are painless,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.

Justice Stephen Breyer said it’s not the inmates’ fault if the state can’t find drugs that work painlessly.

He said, “Perhaps there is that larger question, that ... if there is no method of executing a person that does not cause unacceptable pain, that, in addition to other things, might show that the death penalty is not

consistent with the Eighth Amendment,” which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.

But the conservative justices said the court already has upheld the use of capital punishment and there must be ways of carrying out executions.

“And yet you put us in a position with your argument that he can’t be executed,” Chief Justice John Roberts told Robin Konrad, who represents the inmates.

Justice Antonin Scalia said drugs that have not been challenged as ineffective or likely to cause pain have been “rendered unavailable by the abolitionist movement.”

The Supreme Court’s involvement in the case began in January with an unusually public disagreement among the justices over executions.

Then, the court refused to block Oklahoma inmate Charles Warner’s execution over the objection of the four liberal justices. In a strongly worded dissent for the four, Sotomayor said, “The questions before us are

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especially important now, given states’ increasing reliance on new and scientifically untested methods of execution.”

Eight days later, the justices agreed to hear the case of the three other Oklahoma prisoners. It takes just four votes among the nine justices to agree to hear a case, but five votes to place a hold on an execution.

Since the January decision to hear the three prisoners’ case, the justices have not prevented other executions from moving forward. Sotomayor, Breyer, Kagan and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have voted to stop some but not all of those nine executions, which have been carried out in Texas, Missouri and Georgia.

Argument sessions often are rough-and-tumble affairs with justices cutting off lawyers with abandon. But on Wednesday the conservative justices complained about interruptions from liberal colleagues.

In pointed language, Sotomayor accused Oklahoma Solicitor General

Patrick Wyrick of misrepresentations in his written argument. “Nothing you say or read to me I’m going to believe, frankly, until I see it with my own eyes,” Sotomayor said.

Her questioning of Wyrick was so aggressive that she drew a rebuke of sorts from Chief Justice John Roberts.

“To an extent that’s unusual even in this court, you have been listening rather than talking,” Roberts said in granting Wyrick five additional minutes to present his argument.

In 2008, the court upheld Kentucky’s use of a threedrug execution method that employed a barbiturate as the first drug, intended to render the inmate unconscious.

But because of problems obtaining drugs, no state uses the precise combination at issue in that earlier Supreme Court case.

Four states have used midazolam in executions: Arizona, Florida, Ohio and Oklahoma. Also, Alabama, Louisiana and Virginia allow for midazolam, but

they have not used it in executions, said Megan McCracken, a death penalty expert at the University of California at Berkeley law school.

Last April’s execution of Clayton Lockett was the first time Oklahoma used midazolam. Lockett writhed on the gurney, moaned and clenched his teeth for several minutes before prison officials tried to halt the process. Lockett died after 43 minutes.

Executions in Arizona and Ohio that used midazolam also went on for longer than expected as the inmates gasped and made other noises before dying.

Meanwhile, the court challenge has prompted Oklahoma to approve nitrogen gas as an alternative death penalty method if lethal injections aren’t possible, either because of a court ruling or a drug shortage.

There are no reports of nitrogen gas ever being used to execute humans, and critics say that one concern is that the method is untested.

Some states ban its use to put animals to sleep.

US stocks fall as economy grows at meager pace NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dropped Wednesday following news that the economy skidded to a near halt in the first three months of the year, battered by harsh weather, plunging exports and sharp cutbacks in oil and gas drilling. Stocks stayed lower after the Federal Reserve downgraded its assessment of the economy and kept its key interest rate unchanged.

KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell eight points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,107, as of 3:14 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 76 points, or 0.4 percent, or 18,034 points. The Nasdaq fell 25 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,030.

US ECONOMY: The overall economy grew at a barely discernible annual rate of 0.2 percent in the January-March quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. That is the poorest showing in a year and down from 2.2 percent growth in the fourth quarter. Plummeting exports pulled growth down by nearly a full percentage point.

FED STATEMENT: The Fed gave no indication that it is any closer to raising a key rate from its sixyear low near zero. Policymakers noted that growth had slowed, business investment softened and exports declined. In a statement after their two-day meeting, they repeated language that they need to be “reasonably confident” that low inflation will move back to its 2 percent target.

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So far, the S&P 500 index has gained only 2.4 percent in the first four months of the year after fluctuating between small gains and losses. That trend may continue for a while, says said Katrina Lamb, head of investment strategy and research at MV Financial, a wealth management firm.

“We’re in a period of indecisiveness, where things could stay muddled for a while, without any really compelling case to either drive things back up ... or, on the other hand, to send things back into a major pullback,” Lamb said.

EARNINGS: U.S. corporate earnings were mixed.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts surged after the company reported earnings that surpassed analysts’ expectations and its board of

directors said that it would explore a “full range” of strategic and financial options for the company. The company’s stock climbed $6.31, or 7.8 percent, to $87.08.

Buffalo Wild Wings slumped $24.52, or 13.3 percent, to $159.22 after the company reported disappointing first-quarter results. The company said its net income and revenue grew. But the price of chicken wings surged and Buffalo Wild Wings’ costs were also boosted by the chain’s expansion.

THE THIRD DIMENSION: Stratasys, a maker of 3-D printers, plunged after the company warned investors late Tuesday that its profit and revenues would fall short of analysts’ estimates. The company blamed a decline in capital spending and the strengthening dollar for a weaker-than-expected performance. Stratasys dropped $10.22, or 20 percent, to $41.07.

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Bungie plans to atone for misteps in newest DLC LOS ANGELES (AP) — The creators of “Destiny” are ready to unleash the wolves.

When the latest expansion to the hugely ambitious but frequently maligned video game “Destiny” is released next month, it won’t merely feature a new social area, multiplayer mode and maps. “House of Wolves” will also aim to right several wrongs as developer Bungie, publisher Activision and the sci-fi shooter’s Guardian protagonists look to the future.

Despite its popularity, many players have become frustrated with the game’s lack of content and unpredictable nature. “Destiny” randomly rewards players with new gear, guns and parts, similar to a roleplaying title. Following the game’s much-anticipated

release last year, the designers have sought to tweak as much as possible without alienating fans.

Just how much have they changed?

“The short answer is everything,” said multiplayer design lead Lars Bakken.

“We put out the game we thought `Destiny’ would be, and then it took on a life of its own once it was in the wild. We probably touched every system in the game. We’ve already done so many enhancements to `Destiny.’ I can’t even keep them straight in my head at this point.”

Unlike similar sci-fi shooters, such as “Gears of War” and “Killzone,” most of the gorgeously detailed worlds found in “Destiny” are persistent realms that can only be accessed on-

line by players, who portray one of the gun-toting, super-powered Guardians that must defend the last city on Earth from oblivion. Simply put, it’s “World of Warcraft” meets “Halo.”

Critically, “Destiny” was met with mixed reviews when the shared-world shooter went online in September. The New York Times’ Chris Sullentrop said it was “monotonous and poorly paced,” while Lou Kesten of The Associated Press dubbed it “unimaginative.” “Destiny” currently has a 76 out of 100 rating on the review aggregator site Metacritic.com.

The so-so word of mouth didn’t stop virtual sharpshooters from digging into “Destiny.” It was the third best-selling retail game in

the U.S. last year, behind “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” and “Madden NFL 15,” according to industry tracker NPD Group. Activision said during a February earnings call that 16 million players have registered for the game.

Bungie should know a thing or two about sci-fi shooters. They created the original trilogy of “Halo” games. However, even they weren’t prepared for how complicated “Destiny” had become or just how much time players would invest in it. Bungie was also caught off guard by data-miners, players who managed to unearth details embedded within the code.

The developers now regularly toss in phony bits to throw off the sleuths, but not before the data-miners

were able to discover that the three-versus-three multiplayer mode called “Trials of Osiris,” arguably the most substantial part of the “House of Wolves” expansion coming May 19, was originally slated to be a big part of the game from the outset.

“When we were getting close to launch, we knew we weren’t going to have something that was compelling,” said Bakken. “I had a conversation with some of the other leads, and we came to the conclusion that it just wasn’t ready yet. The data was still there, but what `Trials of Osiris’ has become is very different than what it would have been.”

Other updates coming to “Destiny” in “House of Wolves” include daily rewards for players who par-

ticipate in “Crucible” multiplayer matches and free access to the new maps from “The Dark Below,” the game’s previous expansion, regardless whether players purchase “The Dark Below” or “House of Wolves” for $19.99, or $34.99 for a bundle of both.

“They’re going to be available for everybody as soon as `House of Wolves’ comes out,” said Bakken.

“That’s our way of not only enriching the game and continually making the experience that people bought into last September better, but it also helps us to not continually fracture the matchmaking population going forward.”

For the visionaries at Bungie, “House of Wolves” could very well redefine their “Destiny.”

Rare film displays Native American culture Bach pic returns home DALLAS (AP) — A longlost silent film admired by historians as a rare visual account of Native American customs is being released after a private detective in North Carolina stumbled across a damaged copy. “ The Daughter of Dawn” - first screened in Los Angeles in 1920 - features a large cast of Comanche and Kiowa people and shows scenes of buffalo hunting and ceremonial dances obscured by time. The copy, discovered more than a decade ago, has been restored and was screened in Texas this week, ahead of its commercial release later this year.

“We were just so stunned that it existed,” said Jeff Moore, a project director for the Oklahoma Historical Society, which purchased reels of the film from the detective in 2007.

The delicate restoration work took years, and an orchestral score was completed in 2012. A year later the Library of Congress added the movie to its National Film Registry, describing the work as “a fascinating example of the daringly unexpected topics and scope showcased by the best regional, independent filmmaking during the silent era. ...”

The year after the movie was first screened, a fire destroyed the Dallas warehouse where the small Texas Film Co., which produced “The Daughter of Dawn, stored most of its work.

Somehow, a copy later ended up in the care of a North Carolina resident, who offered five nitrate celluloid reels to the private detective as payment in an unrelated matter, Milestone Film owner Dennis Doros said.

The detective then sold the reels of the movie shot in the Wichita Mountains in southwestern Oklahoma - to the Oklahoma Historical Society for more than $5,000

before Milestone was recruited as the distributor. The historical society retains ownership of the original nitrate film, which is being stored at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Los Angeles.

“It’s a really compelling story for film restoration,” Doros said.

“There’s still hope for lost films. How many times do you get to premiere a film 95 years after its production?”

An initial screening of the 87-minute, blackand-white film was held this week at an Amarillo library.

“The village scenes, the hunting scenes all look very accurate,” Michael Grauer with the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum told the Amarillo Globe-News. “It’s a little bit Hollywood-ed up. ...

But the fact that they used native actors was groundbreaking, really quite astonishing.”

Two of the approx-

imately 300 Comanche and Kiowa people in the film, which portrays a fictional love story that also serves as a record of Native-American traditions, are children of legendary Comanche chief Quanah Parker, whose exploits were widely recounted on the frontier.

Author S.C. Gwynne, whose book “Empire of the Summer Moon” accounted the rise and fall of the Comanche, said during his research he came across only one film germane to the tribe, a tworeeler western from 1911 called “The Bank Robbery” in which Parker had a role.

“I would think that a film featuring only Native Americans would possibly be unique,” he said.

“Who at that time only made a film featuring Native Americans? That, to me, is something of great rarity.”

Moore said the Oklahoma Historical Society

had known about the film because years ago it had obtained the works of a photographer who was on the movie set, but it was thought the film was lost.

“This is so visually interesting and it is very much an Oklahoma story because you have two of the premier tribes in the state, and then you have the horse culture,” he said.

“It’s so indicative of the southern plains.”

Bryan Vizzini, an associate professor of history at West Texas A&M University, said “The Daughter of Dawn” was a striking departure from the racial stereotypes found in films from that time, such as D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation.”

“And here’s this small independent film company that gets it right,” Vizzini said. “It’s a very un-Hollywood kind of experience.”

The film will be released on DVD and Blue-ray, and made available through online outlets.

BERLIN (AP) — A portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach considered one of the most important paintings in the classical music world is being returned to his home city after a 250-year odyssey that took it as far as the United States, the Bach Archive in Leipzig said Wednesday.

The painting is a bequest from late American philanthropist William H. Scheide, a lifelong collector of the Ba ro q u e c o mp o s e r ’s music.

It was previously owned for more than a century by the Jewish family Jenke from what is now the Polish city of Wroclaw, who fled Nazi persecution to England in the 1930s. There it was entrusted for some years to the family of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, now a leading Bach expert and president of the Leipzig archive.

“Leipzig is where the portrait was painted in

1748 and where Bach spent the majority of his working life,” Gardiner said in a statement. “It is gratifying to see the portrait’s journey coming full circle.”

Painted by Elias Gottlob Haussmann in 1748, the portrait is a well-preserved copy of a 1746 original that has suffered damage over time.

It shows Bach in his early sixties, dressed in formal clothing and a whig as was customary at the time, holding a sheet of music. Bach died in 1750.

Leipzig’s mayor Burkhard Jung, who attended the handover ceremony in Princeton, called the bequest a “great gift” that reflected Europe and its cultural history.

The painting will go on display at the Leipzig Bach Museum from June 12, when the city begins a festival celebrating the composer’s music.

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Cancer center to satisfy sweet tooth for a cause Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The 4th Annual Just Desserts fundraiser will take place this Saturday, benefitting West Virginia University’s innovative brain cancer research and quality patient comfort.

The event, hosted by the Let the Journey Begin Fund Committee at the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, hopes to bring awareness to WVU’s extensive fundraising efforts and also inspire guests to help others.

The Let the Journey Begin Fund was created

by Erin “Poppy” Polak in 2011. Polak organized the fund after learning her aunt, Erin Dunmire, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadliest form of malignant primary brain tumors in adults.

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Due to the nature of the disease, my niece, Erin, started selling $1 rubber bracelets with ‘Let the Journey Begin’ printed on them. She wanted to make something good out of something horrific. I always taught my nieces that life is a journey, so naming the fund was easy. From there, our grassroot effort took off,” Dunmire said.

Let the Journey Begin Fund was created through the WVU Foundation. The goal of the organization is to raise money for adult brain cancer research and to comfort those in need at the Mary Babb Randoph Cancer Center.

“Brain cancer is not a cancer that typically gets large funding for research, nor is there a cure for this horrific disease at the cur-

rent time. Our goal is to help make this a chronic disease versus the deadly disease that it is currently,” Dunmire said.

Saturday’s event will feature a multitude of desserts from local eateries, raffles, Let the Journey Begin merchandise, silent and live auctions, guest speakers and music.

Silent auction items include an Art Beck oil

painting, a Longaberger basket and a Pandora bracelet. Live auction items will feature a variety of items, including a 48-inch LED television, a golf package for four and a handmade quilt by the Harrison County Quilter Guild.

“We’ve received many donations for desserts, raffles, silent and live auctions. The local commu-

nity is very giving,” Dunmire said.

Thus far, funds raised by the Let the Journey Begin Fund have gone to different needs for the cause. The organization has given $25,000 for adult brain cancer research and over $4,000 for comfort to those in need at Mary Babb Randoph Cancer Center.

“In the last four years we are proud to say that we have raised over $170,000,” Dunmire said.

The Annual Just Desserts Bash will be held at St. John the Baptist Parish Hall in Morgantown and begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $30 per person when purchased prior to the event, and $35 per person at the door.

The event is open to the public. For more information regarding the Just Desserts event and the Let the Journey Begin Fund Committee, visit the Let the Journey Begin website and Facebook page. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Local Fire Department gets creative with fundraising raffle Bash The Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department will raffle off guns and cash prizes in order to help sustain the organization.

Leticia Lambert, a secretary and volunteer firefighter, organized the event to help the group of firefighters who welcomed her to the department eight years ago.

“Once you get in the

fire department, it’s like a family,” Lambert said. “It’s something you don’t quit doing. You get to help the community and help out others.”

By day, Lambert is a physical therapist. The transition to firefighter seemed like a bit of a reach.

“I wanted to do it when I was in high school, but I had issues with claus-

trophobia,” Lambert said.

“Then I met my husband.”

He’s a firefighter and helped Lambert break into the field years ago.

“I was always interested in doing it, I just never did it,” Lambert said. “When we got married, he was really good about getting me in there.”

The other Reedsville

VFD members were helpful and welcoming, too. This is what inspired Lambert to help keep the department running.

Putting on a fundraiser seemed like a great way to support the cause, so organizers incorporated the department’s love of guns with their desire to raise money.

“All the money raised

goes to the fire department,” Lambert said. “We need the money to purchase new equipment, pay regular bills that you have to pay and training.”

The Gun-Cash Bash will fetaure a raffle every 15 minutes for a plethora of types of guns, ranging from handguns to an AR15. Guests have the chance to test their luck at the de-

partment’s many cash prizes, and there are options to buy tickets for different guns on the floor.

The Gun-Cash Bash’s doors open at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2 at the Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department. The first raffle will be pulled at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25 and include food and refreshments.

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Childhood Flashback Nickelodeon was one of many staples in every ‘90s kid’s life. What ‘90s kid didn’t dream of being covered in slime on live TV? In its prime, Nickelodeon decided to design a time capsule filled with what was most important to kids in 1992. Working with the Kids World Council to decide what would be included in this preserved piece of history, Nickelodeon asked what gadgets couldn’t be excluded. The responses they received could make any nostalgic ‘90s child drool.

Buried in a bright orange capsule were a Nintendo Game Boy, rollerblades and even Reebok pump sneakers (although those still make appearances on campus today). Indicating how essential, relevant and regal Hostess once was, the Kids World Council even called for Twinkies to be placed in the time capsule. Nickelodeon vowed 23 years ago the anticipated date for the capsule opening would occur 50 years later on April 30, 2042.

Out and Proud Ellen DeGeneres is one of the most celebrated comedic talk show hosts of all time. Known for her hilarious segments with famous celebrities and her goofy dance moves, DeGeneres has become a comedic all-star. The start of DeGeneres’ career began on the sitcom series, “Ellen,” where the comedian played Ellen Morgan, a neurotic 30-something bookstore

owner whose life centered on dealing with outlandish friends and family. In a twopart episode donned “The Puppy Episode,” which aired April 30, 1997, DeGeneres was the epicenter of speculation, when character Morgan came out to friends on set, admitting her true sexuality. Although DeGeneres received threats and negative criticism for her role, “The Puppy Episode” received an outstanding rating. The iconic and inspirational episode is claimed to have paved the way for LGBT shows such as “Will and Grace” and “Ugly Betty.”

Demarco’s Big Day Happy birthday to Mac DeMarco, as the Canadian singer-songwriter turns 24 years old today! DeMarco is known best for his indierock style, which features laid-back beats and lyrics.

DeMarco’s style has been coined “jizz-jazz,” due to his array of musical influences from rock, to R&B and pop.

DeMarco has graced the stage at Coachella, Austin City Limits and Pitchfork.

The artist has also collaborated with Odd Future’s rap genius, Tyler, the Creator, where the two created a bizarre music video, “Granny.”

The nearly two-minute long video is basically a crude and uncomfortable skit about how to pick up elderly ladies. DeMarco said in an interview with Pitchfork that the video was, “probably extremely offensive.” ‑cmw

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Last Year’s Model, a local musical worship group, plans to wow listeners with their retro inspired set at the URM Coffee House this evening.

“We were named after a drum,” said Brendan Gallagher, lead singer of Last Year’s Model.

He was in Pittsburgh, perusing the shelves for some new drum equipment, and found a great snare drum for a low price. When fellow band members asked how Gallagher got it so cheap, he responded, “Oh, it was last year’s model!”

Everyone looked at each other and instantly settled on the name. Beforehand, the band was named Face Down, which turned out to be a record company, a song title and other popular items. This simple, laidback situation perfectly describes Last Year’s Model as a band.

“We’re gonna do this as long as we can just because,” Gallagher said. “It’s not our goal (to get signed).

It’s cool if it happens, but that’s not our goal. We just do it because we like to do it.”

Gallagher and the bass player, Tim Shrout, met at church 11 years ago. The other one to three members have normally been transient just because different opportunities pop up. One drummer moved to Seattle to pursue his dreams out there, with Gallagher promising there were no hard feelings between the old members.

The current guitarist and drummer, Jarrod and Jordan Stire respectively, have been in the band for four years now and are a worship team for some churches in the area.

“Honestly, our main commonality was very similar band styles that we’ve enjoyed,” Gallagher said.

“While all are Christian, the songs are not faith-based.”

The sound of Last Year’s Model claims to have a new ‘80s pop vibe, but Gallagher defends it as more common music.

“That sound, even though they call it an ‘older sound,’ it’s very constant.

It’s never gone away,” Gallagher said. “You look at bands like The Killers - their music could’ve been played in 1981 and played now.”

Gallagher said that style of music never died.

“We like the music and it’s relevant. U2 put out music in the 1980s and it sounds like it could be put out today.”

They continue to play this type of music simply because they love to do it, although most of their tunes are originals now.

Gallagher’s journey to becoming lead singer wasn’t the most glorious, but it obviously worked out.

In middle school, Gallagher’s choir teacher strongly disliked him and said he wouldn’t amount to anything, so he didn’t try much musically from that point on until he got to college. While taking a piano elective, Gallagher hit a wrong note. It was his teacher who helped him understand that he had a natural ear for music.

It wasn’t out of bitterness that he kept playing he just loved music.

“I always thought I was a background guy,” Gallagher said. “One night, the band I was playing in, the lead singer quit and I was thrust into the spotlight. I realized I was good at it.”

He’s been playing guitar for 24 years now and even toured with Bleach since then. However, getting a label isn’t a priority because he and Shrout have families.

“We’re not wanting to go out on the road,” Gallagher said. “It’s a matter of what’s right for us in our lives.”

For now, he said it’s just an outlet to have fun with his buddies.

“It’s not to get famous,” Gallagher said. “If it happens, cool. If not, oh well.”

Gallagher just likes to have fun playing music, and being a part of Last Year’s Model is a way for him to do so.

“We like to make music, it’s that simple,” he said.

“We like to make music, and we have fun doing it.”

Last Year’s Model will be making music tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the URM Coffee House. The set is located on the third floor next to Dairy Queen on High Street. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. Snacks are also provided. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Model & chef Padma Lakshmi says to eat vegetables MIAMI (AP) — It’s easy to want to hate Padma Lakshmi. The “Top Chef” host and former model is so effortlessly beautiful it hurts.

On top of that, she’s not afraid of going up a few dress sizes while filming her Bravo television show. And she counts some of Hollywood’s top celebrities as regular dinner party guests.

But her Instagram account, filled with pictures of herself laughing in a white T-shirt and chowing down on greasy barbecue and other taboo diet foods, reveals a woman who believes that life and food are all about balance. Because obsessing about your diet is so not sexy, she says.

Her laid-back approach guides everything from entertaining (she likes to serve simple meals like spaghetti, salad and vanilla ice cream) to losing weight after giving birth (it took 13 months).

Lakshmi, 44, has had a few unexpected flops at dinner parties, but says she simply rolls with it. The ice cream maker stopped working at a party she was hosting for Vanity Fair magazine a few years ago, so she served the ice cream base as chocolate soup. “It was delicious,” she said in a recent phone interview.

Through trial and tribulation, she’s accumulated

some basic entertaining advice. For example, don’t experiment with new recipes, she warns. People are coming over for the company, not the food.

For the guest list, try to strike a balance between people with matching and contrasting interests. And no matter who else you invite, director Joel Schumacher and actress Susan Sarandon “are always good for a hoot.”

“They will liven up any dinner party. Joel is a fan-

tastic storyteller, which is why he’s such a great director,” Lakshmi said. “But he’s also a good talker and Susan is fun and irreverent and unpredictable and has a great wildness about her and a great sense of humor, so she’s good at pulling other people out of their shell. And who doesn’t want to have dinner with Susan Sarandon.”

Though Lakshmi loves exploring exotic foods on her show and in her travels, she grew up a strict vegetar-

ian in India and follows a mostly vegetarian diet when she’s not filming.

“It’s probably why I understand better that there are so many great plantbased sources out there, so you don’t have to feel deprived,” she said. “We have had a disconnect in our generation of how to eat well and how to eat a varied and abundant diet. I’m not espousing total vegetarianism or veganism. I personally and politically believe that a varied diet with a little

bit of everything is the right path for most Americans.”

At home, she still mostly cooks the Indian foods she grew up eating, which are heavy on beans, including lentils and beans of every color. And she and 5-yearold daughter Krishna eat lots of dairy products, including milk, cheese and homemade yogurt. In fact, the single mom recently partnered with MorningStar Farms to encourage others to go meatless a few meals a month for a Veg of Alle-

giance challenge.

“The best thing you can do for your children is to cultivate an interest and appreciation in food, because a child who has a hand in making their own foods is more likely to eat that food because they have ownership of what they make.”

Lakshmi also doesn’t worry what her own inherent curiosity for food will do to her bombshell figure, admitting she typically goes up two dress sizes while filming.

“In Chicago, I went up three dress sizes. It was that damn deep dish pizza challenge that threw me off in the first episode,” she said.

She follows a strict diet when not filming, but it takes her 12 weeks to lose what she gained in six weeks because she wants to do it the right way.

“If you were in my closet you would see things in a size 2 and you would see things in a size 12,” she said.

It took her 13 months to lose her baby weight through a healthy diet and lots of boxing; she’s addicted to the mental clarity and focus it brings.

“I didn’t want to just have a crash diet,” she said.

“I don’t want to live my life scared of food or what I’m putting in my mouth because that’s not sexy either.”

Mobile platforms rule in news media Meet Broadway’s main shoemaker NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on the state of the media has some simple terms for how we learn about the world: mobile and social media.

More visitors to Yahoo, NBC and other top Internet sites are getting their news from mobile devices than from desktop computers, according to “State of the News Media 2015,” published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project. Pew also found that nearly half of Web users learn about politics and government from Facebook, roughly the same percentage as those who seek the news through local television and double those who visit Yahoo or Google News.

“News is becoming more diverse in the ways that people connect with it,” said Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research at the Pew center. Mitchell added that finding “new ways of connecting with and challenging” the audience is increasingly important for news outlets.

It’s unclear whether the majority status of mobile users on Yahoo and elsewhere is new. Numerous studies in recent years have tracked the rise of handheld devices, but Mitchell said that Pew did not have immediate information from previous years on the ratio between mobile and desktop users for online sites.

A trend toward mobile could be troubling for the future of longer stories, because the Pew report shows that people are more impatient on small screens than on desktops. On Yahoo, desktop readers in January 2015 averaged 3.9 minutes per visit, compared to 2.3 minutes for mobile. For NBC News Digital, the ratio is nearly 2 to 1, with 5.1 minutes for desktop and 2.6 minutes for mobile.

Yahoo/ABC is by far the most popular Internet news provider, with nearly 128 million unique visitors, according to Pew. CNN Network was second with just over 101 million visitors, closely followed by NBC News Digital. Other top online sources for news included the Huffington Post, CBS News and USA Today.

Mitchell said that it was still too early to draw any definitive conclusions on reading habits. She noted that desk top users were hardly in danger of becoming obsolete, as millions use both home computers and portable screens, and that earlier studies showed that “many consumers do read long-form on their phones and tablet devices.”

“It doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t do longform content,” she said. “It means that the ways people connect are different.”

Pew had some good news

Mobile technology has taken over the news world. for network television news, for which the audience grew by 5 percent in 2014, and local TV news stations, which had a 3 percent increase for evening news. Meanwhile, cable news primetime viewership dropped by 8 percent and newspaper circulation fell by 3 percent. Digital ad revenues were up slightly for newspapers, but not enough to offset a 4 percent drop for print ads, an ongoing problem for papers.

Other findings in the annual report: Podcast fever: The “Serial” phenomenon was not a fluke. Podcast monthly listenership has nearly doubled since 2008, from 9 percent of Americans to 17 percent. One-third of

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Americans have listened to at least one podcast, compared to just 10 percent in 2006. More than half of those surveyed listened to online radio in the previous month, nearly double from 2010.

All-news decline: The number of all-news radio stations fell to 31, a drop of six since 2012. Ten of those stations are owned by CBS. Fair and balanced: Average circulation remained largely unchanged for most of the leading news magazines, from Time to Rolling Stone. But, as if abiding by some greater law of political balance, significant drops were reported for a leading conservative publication, National Review, and a top liberal weekly, The Nation.

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway likes to say it has plenty of soul, but only one man has its sole.

Gino Bifulco, who runs the Time Square-area custom shoe company T.O. Dey, makes the footwear for 80 percent of Broadway’s musicals.

“No one does it the way we do it,” he said. “That’s not to pat ourselves on the back.

It’s just a fact. We go to the extreme.”

He and his staff of 14 make each shoe or boot by hand after measuring each performer’s foot, whether it’s a decorated diva or a member of the ensemble.

Sets and costumes may be nice, but dancers will tell you the proper footwear makes the magic happen.

“If they have to think about the next move they’re going to do because the shoe isn’t working, it’s a problem,” he said. “If they have to worry about the zipper opening or a heel falling off, it’s a problem.”

His shop and factory on 46th Street has churned out custom-made footwear for Broadway shows since making red-and-white tap shoes for the “The Tap Dance Kid” in 1983. “From there, we just kept going,” he said.

His clients have included “Chicago,” “The Lion King,” “Matilda,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Wicked,” “Rent” and 100 different boots, some with toes curled up, for “Aladdin.”

One of the most challenging jobs was a show about footwear - “Kinky Boots,” for which T.O. Dey made 150 pairs of boots - some costing as much as $2,000 - for the show’s 20 performers.

“Kinky Boots” costume designer Gregg Barnes needed them to be beautiful - some were 32 inches tall in red and black leather with accents - but sturdy enough for grown men to dance in eight times a week.

This spring, the factory, noisy with the whir of sewing machines and the smell of leather and polish, made footwear for “Finding Neverland,” “Doctor Zhivago” and 95 boots for the Tonynominated “Something Rotten!” Bifulco’s staff also made the shoes for the Broadway-bound “First Wives Club” and the tour of “Matilda.”

For all of his work behind-the-scenes, Bifulco and T.O. Dey are being honored May 1 with the Irene Sharaff Artisan Award by the Theatre Development Fund, a nonprofit that provides access to live theater.

The staff of T.O. Dey cut leather but not corners.

Their heels are usually attached with a brace in addition to being screwed in for extra security. Their footwear is reinforced in ways that off-the-shelf shoes are not. Heels are balanced to the sole in a

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Bifulco’s company T.O. Dey makes 80 percent of Broadway’s shoes. way you can’t get at Payless ShoeSource.

Bifulco is a third-generation shoemaker whose father bought T.O. Dey in the early 1970s, at first making custom orthopedic shoes, then turning to custom fitted shoes.

Bifulco stitches some of that old knowledge into each pair of footwear for the stage hoofers. “We try to incorporate the orthopedic end of it with the theatrical end of it,” he said.

These days, 60 percent of his business is spent on Broadway shows and 40 percent are for individual customers, including Keith Urban, Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey.

“Most people will say, `Not only are they beautiful to look at but they’re extraordinarily comfortable,’” said Stephen Cabral, director of the Theatre Development Fund’s costume collection. Cabral recently got tickets in the second row to see “Something Rotten!” and was impressed by the beautiful boots. “I’m a fan,” he said.

Customers arrive at T.O. Dey to have detailed measurements taken of their feet, then wooden molds are sculpted, the shoe is built,

sewn, treated and decorated. It takes weeks to fill an order.

“It’s a dying trade,” Bifulco said. In an era when most custom-made shoes are built far away, T.O. Dey has stayed in the city, a few blocks from most Broadway theaters.

When making stage shoes, the costume designer sits with Bifulco to work out details for each boot and shoe. Can the sketch actually translate to a workable shoe onstage? Is alligator skin necessary? Is it a tap shoe? Where should the zipper go to make costume changes easier?

Prices start at about $1,000 but go higher as details are added. The designer is responsible for sourcing all the material and there are carefully folded piles of leather in all colors and textures all over T.O. Dey’s offices. Most dancers’ molds are kept in the back to ease the process the next time they get cast again.

Bifulco often gets free tickets to see the shows for which he has supplied the footwear and happily spends much of the time looking at his fancy shoes.

“When I go, I look for the details,” he said, laughing.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You will be more subtle and practical in the morning; however, by the afternoon you’ll be quick-witted and direct. Nevertheless, communication will soar way beyond your expectations. Be careful about how you display your humor. Tonight: Have a long-overdue conversation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Express your caring to others. A partner might be very serious and withdrawn.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Applying your thoughts could be challenging, but it will be worthwhile. You are overly serious and directed. Take time to focus your attention on the immediate issues; you do not need to discuss them yet. Your finances need to

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Express your thoughts, and count on being heard. Your focus might be on a domestic matter, regardless of whether you want it to be. You’ll need to clear up this matter quickly, as it has become a source of tremendous stress. Tonight: Homeward bound.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH No matter what you do, you will get ahead and accomplish your fair share of the work. You need to maintain your focus.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Be aware of how much you have to offer. You often want to back away and do a project your way. At those moments, you might not feel like a team player, as your concerns will be elsewhere. Consider spending some time with a family member. Tonight: Make it your treat.

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Conner Dotson throws a pitch during the home opener against Butler this season.

West Virginia drops second game this week to Radford Highlanders, 9-4 by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Led by a three-hit day from designated hitter Patrick Marshall, the Radford Highlanders won their sixth game out of their last seven with a 9-4 victory over West Virginia Tuesday afternoon at RU Baseball Stadium.

The Highlanders struck first blood in the bottom of the second when Marshall smacked a solo home run on a 1-1 pitch from West Virginia starting pitcher Conner Dotson.

Keeping with his often used mid-week strategy, West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey had a relatively quick hook with his starter, who was yanked after two innings of work. Dotson gave up the one run on Marshall’s homer and allowed three hits.

The Mountaineer bullpen settled things down after the second inning, but Radford’s offense kept plugging away and was rewarded for its efforts when a two-run double by center fielder Brad Keen pushed the Highlanders’ lead to

3-0.

West Virginia responded with a run of its own in the top of the sixth when second baseman Kyle Davis scored on a passed ball to bring the Mountaineers within 3-1.

Radford got that run back in its half of the sixth after Marshall led off the inning with a double, his second extra base hit of the day, and came around to score on a one-out single by Danny Hrbek.

KC Huth roped an RBI double in the top of the seventh that scored Tucker Cascadden and tightened

the margin to 4-2, but that would be the closest West Virginia would get the rest of the way.

The Highlanders scored five hits on five runs in the seventh and eighth innings, widening their lead to 9-3 and ending West Virginia’s hopes of making a comeback.

With the loss, West Virginia’s record drops to 24-19. The Mountaineers have gone just 4-6 in their last 10 games and have all but eliminated themselves from contention for an at-large bid for an NCAA Regional.

After beating Kansas in the series finale at Monongalia County Ballpark, pitcher Chad Donato said his team held a players-only discussion about what it would take for the Mountaineers to make a run in the last month of the season.

Now saddled with backto-back losses against Marshall and Radford, that prospect is growing increasingly unlikely. A win against the Highlanders, who came into the week ranked No. 18 in RPI, would have been a big step in the right direction, but

the Mountaineers missed their chance.

However, another one is waiting right around the corner, as No. 7 TCU comes to Morgantown for a critical three-game series this weekend.

The Mountaineers are 6-9 in conference this season and just a game and a half ahead of eighth-place Kansas State.

Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the Big 12 Championship in Oklahoma City. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Averee Fields goes up for a shot in West Virginia’s home game against Texas last season.

Fields’ departure to leave hole in rotation

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ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

For four years, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team could almost always count on one thing: Forward Averee Fields was going to have a good night.

Fields established herself as one of the most consistent and multi-talented players since Mike Carey took over the Mountaineer program in 2001, a power forward with the ability to control the game with her ballhandling, passing and defense. Now Fields is graduating, and, alongside point guard Linda Stepney and forward Crystal Leary, she’s leaving as part of one

of the most successful senior classes in program history.

“The three of us have gone through it together since freshman year when we walked through the doors,” Fields said. “Now we’re walking out as seniors, and I think we’ve all worked hard every day.

Sometimes it’s hard, it’s very tough and you wonder, ‘Is this the career I want to take?’

“We’ve all stayed with it and got a championship and got to do a lot of great things in our career, and I think we’re very proud to leave this program.”

Combined, Fields, Stepney and Leary won 94 games in four years, making three NCAA Tournament appearances, win-

ning a Big 12 title in 2014 and making a run to the finals of the Women’s NIT this past season.

Fields’ departure, along with the graduation of Leary and the transfer of starting forward Bre McDonald, is set to leave a huge vacancy in the Mountaineer frontcourt. Starting center Lanay Montgomery, one of the top shotblockers in the nation, is returning and Fields said her continued improvement will be key for West Virginia’s future as several freshman forwards appear to be ticketed for playing time next season.

“I think it’ll be a good mix and people are going to be fighting for spots,” Fields said.

“Hopefully Coach Carey

can pick out the ones that he feels like are going to be able to lead the team next year and help out.

“I definitely think Lanay will continue to improve and do awesome things, and Bria (Holmes) the same way. I feel like if the returners keep working hard and grow and pull along these younger ones, I think we’ll be in great shape.”

Meanwhile, the core of West Virginia’s leadership is moving on, and it slips to players like Montgomery, top scorer Holmes and sophomore forward Teana Muldrow to guide their squad moving forward.

“We’re going to have a big transition for next year because we have a lot of new recruits coming in,

so I think it will take the leadership of Bria, Lanay and Teana just to bring everyone together and make sure that they’re all on the same page,” Fields said.

“They’re going to have to expect a lot from the new people coming in and they have to all be ready to work hard and be ready to change the program. I think it’s a great opportunity to make big waves in the Big 12.”

With eight newcomers set to begin play in the blue and gold next season—seven freshmen and one transfer—the next era of Mountaineer women’s basketball is about to begin. djstatman@mix.wvu.edu

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Mets, Astros, A-Rod highlight first month by rob maaddi

month in the majors.

The Astros are surprise division leaders while the From the Amazin’ Mets defending champion Gito A-Rod smacking hom- ants and underachievers, it’s been a wacky first ing Nationals are last. The ap sports writer

Brewers - not the Phillies or Twins - have the worst record.

A former MVP already has been traded. Star pitchers got hurt at the plate.

And, those pesky paceof-play rules really did cut down average time of games.

All this before the Baltimore Orioles hosted the Chicago White Sox in what is believed to be the first game closed to the public in the 145-year history of the major leagues.

Here’s a look at some of the most interesting things around baseball in April: SIMPLY AMAZIN’: The Mets tied a franchise record with 11 straight wins and equaled the best start (13-3) in club history by the 1986 team, which won the World Series. Matt Harvey (4-0) is back to All-Star

form after Tommy John surgery and 41-year-old Bartolo Colon goes for 5-0 Wednesday night in Miami.

New York has done most of its winning with David Wright on the disabled list and Daniel Murphy struggling at the plate.

A-ROD’S REVENGE: Alex Rodriguez certainly didn’t lose his swing during his year in exile. Rodriguez hit his way up in New York’s batting order from seventh to the three-hole and is on pace for 35 homers and 100 RBIs. He’s one homer away from tying Willie May for fourth on the all-time list with 660. But will the Yankees celebrate the milestone and pay him a $6 million bonus for doing it?

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A WINNER: The Astros finally broke a streak of three straight 100-loss seasons

by going 70-92 last year.

Now, they’re off to a 13-7 start that has most observers shaking their heads in wonder.

“If people are surprised that’s great, but that is now how we think in the clubhouse,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “I try to get the guys to not think about any of that stuff. We’re playing good baseball and we haven’t played our best yet.

That’s the thing I love: we are winning without playing our best. We have good camaraderie, a good culture on our team. We play hard and compete.”

BREW CREW BLUES: Milwaukee is off to a 4-17 start, the worst by an NL team since the Cubs did the same in 1997. The Brewers have lost each of their seven series and haven’t won consecutive games yet.

They’re tied for the secondworst batting average and have the fourth-worst ERA. JOSH’S JOURNEY: After a self-reported relapse for cocaine and alcohol use, Josh Hamilton was dumped by the Los Angeles Angels.

The 2010 AL MVP returns to the Texas Rangers where he resurrected his career the first time around and became a perennial All-Star who earned a $125 million deal from the Angels.

“It’s been tough the past 11 weeks or so, not knowing what’s going to happen, where I was going to be, and everything that was transpiring was tough,” Hamilton said.

DH TO THE RESCUE: Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright tore his left Achilles while batting and will miss the rest of the season. Nationals ace Max Scherzer will miss at least one start after injuring his thumb while batting. Both injuries fueled the long-time debate over bringing the designated hitter to the NL. “I wish both leagues would convert to National League baseball,” Wainwright said. “You can’t point to another instance that the pitcher has hurt an Achilles (batting). The game in the National League is just a better game.”

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304-599-6376 www.morgantownapartments.com 225/227 JONES AVE. 2BR. for price of 1BR. $465/one person! 2-3-4BR $395/per person each. All plus utilities. Ex. condition.

Free-Off-street parking, NO PETS! 304-685-3457 2BR 1BTH. No pets. Family oriented. First Ward area $500/month. Year lease.

304-292-8117 2BR APARTMENTS on Prospect and Spruce St. Also 5BR house across Walnut Street Bridge. Call Nick at 304-292-1792.

2BR/1.5BA High Street- $600 per person. W/D, DW, Wooden Floors. Open Concept Liv/Kitchen. Jacuzzi. Parking Available. 2BR/1BA Spruce Street- $350 per person. Parking Available. W/D Facility. Cat Considered. Available 5/16 304-296-7400

Affordable Luxury Bon Vista & The Villas Now Leasing 2015 1 & 2 Bedroom 2 Bath Apts

Prices starting at $540 Security Deposit $200 Walk in Closets, Jacuzzi Balcony, Elevators W/D, DW Garages, Storage Units Sparkling Heated Pool Minutes to Hospitals, Downtown and Shopping Center

NO PETS

24 Hr Maintenance / Security

304-599-1880

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1BR AVAILABLE MAY 15th. 5/minute walk to downtown-campus, 261 East Prospect. Large porch. Parking Available. $450/mth. W/D, DW. 304-288-2499 or sjikic@yahoo.com 1BD, 1BTH. RECENTLY BUILT. 3 Glenn St. Dedicated Parking. Walk to campus.

W/D, DW. Free tanning and WiFi. $695+electric. 304-692-9296 1-3 BR. South Walnut Street. Gas, heat, garbage included. Walk to PRT station.

304-288-2740.

304-296-7400

3BR/2.5BA @ JONES PLACE- $625 per person. W/D, DW, AC. Free Parking.

City & River Views. 5BR/2.5BA @ JONES PLACE- $600 per person. W/D, DW, AC, Garage, 2 study areas, full kitchen w/dining area. Available 5/16 scottpropertiesllc.com 304-296-7400

VERY NICE, MODERN, SPACIOUS, NEWLY RENOVATED, EFFICIENT 2BR apt and 3BR House. Private, quiet, adult neighborhood near University Avenue and North Street. $600/each/month+utilities. No pets. No parties. 304-288-0919

EFF: 1BR : 2BR:

NOW LEASING FOR MAY 2015

UNFURNISHED / FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER & GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED MOUNTAIN LINE BUS SERVICE EVERY 10 MINUTES MINUTES FROM PRT

304-599-4407 ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM

SMITH RENTALS, LLC

304-322-1112

â—? Houses â—? 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments

Check out:

www.smithrentalsllc.com

Now Leasing May 2015

STADIUM VIEW APARTMENTS Affordable Rent, Great Location Rent starting at $350 Eff, 1 &2/BR Close to Ruby Health Complex Leasing for May, June, July & August **No Pets** 304-598-7368 stadiumviewwv.com TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. New 1BR available in May on Glenn St. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free parking. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-288-0387. www.rentalswv.com

BEL-CROSS PROPERTIES, LLC Sunnyside South Park Downtown South Park

$500 $525 $550 $650

2BD

Downtown Sunnyside Evansdale Med Center

3BD

$650 $700 $700 $800

Wiles Hill Med Center Evansdale Sunnyside

$800 $855 $1200 $1500

Prices are for the total unit

2/BR SOUTH PARK. W/D. No Pets, $650/mo. 304-288-6374

3/BR, 2 BATH OFF PRICE STREET. AC, W/D, Pets Discussed. $475 includes utilities and parking. ‘ Call 304-594-1200 ‘

Parking. Available 5/16 Pets Considered

PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS

2BD, 1BTH. Recently Remodeled. 410 Stewart St. off-street parking. Walk to campus. $750+electric. 304-692-9296

Large 3BR available in May. 5/minute walk to downtown-campus. 261 East Prospect. Large porch.

Parking Available.

W/D, DW. 304-288-2499 or sjikic@yahoo.com

$350 per person. W/D Facility. Free

UNFURNISHED HOUSES

1BD

LARGE 3BR APTS. TOP OF HIGH ST. All utilities included. 304-292-7233.

DW, AC. Free Parking. 2BR FIRST ST-

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

1BR $550 and 2BR $750 Apts Available.

W/D. No pets. Call Ron: 304-692-6380.

Sec. Dep. Required.

2BR, 2BTH. Bonita Apartments. 850 Idlewood Dr. W/D, DW. $850+electric.

304-692-9296

3BR FIRST ST- $400 per person. W/D

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LARGE, MODERN, 2BR. University Ave/Star City. W/D, Off-street parking. No pets. $650/plus utilities. 304-692-1821 NEW CONSTRUCTION RENTALS IN WESTOVER. Within walking distance to downtown. 1-4 bedroom units available ranging from $650-$1,800/month. No Pets.

Call 304-376-1005.

NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $625-$825+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

NOW SHOWING FOR MAY/JUNE. 1-4 BR. Downtown and South Park. No Pets.

304-296-5931 STUDENT FRIENDLY. 2/BR, blocks from downtown. Large Deck, View, Hardwood Floors, W/D. $750, Electric included. Pet ok. Contact Steve: 304-685-1631 1 BED PLUS $650 & ELEC, WATER. 452 Stewart St. Free off street parking. AC, WD, walk to downtown campus. Rice Rentals.

304-598-7368.

No Pets. www.ricerentals.com 1 or 2 BR APARTMENT, available in May. Parking, Washer/Dryer, AC, no pets. Some utilities included. 304-288-6374 101 MCLANE AVE. (One block from both Life Sciences Building and Honors Dorm) Available now. 1BR, AC, W/D and separate storage space on premises. $650/month with all utilities, base cable and marked personal parking space included. No pets. Call 304-376-1894 or 304-288-0626.

1-4BR APARTMENTS AND HOUSES available in May Downtown, W/D, parking available www.geeapt.com.

Call: M-F 8am-4pm: 304-365-2787 1/BR SPACIOUS clean apt. Parking, no pets. $625 + elec. Call Dave or Barb.

304-292-7272 or 304-376-7282. No text messages.

4BD

Star City $1200 + util Now Leasing for Spring 2015 and Now

(304) 296 - 7930

1,2,3,4,5, and 6 Bedrooms Sunnyside, South Park, Suncrest, Wiles Hill Woodburn, Evansdale and Downtown Complete rental list on

belcross.com Arthur G. Trusler III - Broker

HIGHLAND HOUSE PROPERTIES BETWEEN CAMPUSES 1 & 2 Bedroom Furnished & Unfurnished Bath and 1/2 Water & Parking included Laundry on site A/C & DW Lease & Deposit No Pets Wifi Access

304-296-3919 1BR WESTOVER. $475/mth. Most utilities included. No pets. W/D. Available January.

304-288-6374

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972 512 GRANT AVE. 4BR, 1BTH. $1300/mth + utilities lease/deposit. No Pets, W/D. Available 6-1-15.

Max Rentals.

304-291-8423 542 Brockway Avenue. Large 4 B/R brick house. 2 car garage. $350 per person plus utilities. No pets. 304-692-1821 4/BR BETWEEN CAMPUSES. New appliances, W/D, Off-street Parking, Pet friendly. 12-month lease / deposit. Starts June 1. 304-292-5714

4/BR Glendon St. Above Arnold Hall.

New Appliances, W/D, Full Basement, Off-Street Parking, Pet-Friendly.

12-month lease/deposit. Starts June 1st.

304-292-5714 4/5 BEDROOM HOUSE. 9 month lease.

Free parking, W/D, 1 minute walk to lair, $425+utilities/person. Pets discussed.

304-284-9634 AVAILABLE 5/8/15. 3 BR house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 296-8801.

MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 1-6BR and 2 & 3BATH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 282-7572 website JEWELMANLLC.COM

HOUSES FOR SALE CONDO FOR SALE. 2BD, 2BTH. SS. appls. New front loading W/D. Close to hospitals and Mylan. $108,500. Call 304-212-8365

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

304-282-2560

HELP WANTED ASSISTANT CUSTODIAN POSITION: Duties during Saturday (afternoon/evening) and Sunday (morning) times of worship.

Help prepare for services, after services clean-up, provide custodial assistance during services, close and secure church building after services. Estimated time of 10 hours per weekend. All interested candidates need to contact the church office at 304-292-9485 or mail resume to Wesley UMC 503 N. High Street, Morgantown, WV. CSR POSITION. Local company handling inbound and outbound weekday calls to businesses. Must be detailed-oriented. Accurate data-entry skills and proper phone etiquette necessary. Extensive Credit & Background Check. Entry-Level, 40/hr Monday-Friday, Relaxed atmosphere, Work in small groups. Excellent Benefits including: Paid leave, Medical/Dental ins., Vision/Supplemental Life, Paid Training, 401K & Possible Bonus. EOE M/F/D/V. Apply http://wwwaocsolutions.com/careers and note DA as the source!

EXPRESSWAY CAR-WASH now hiring. $9/hr, plus tips. Apply in person next to Sheets by University Town Center or text 304-282-4321.

FREE FOOD, $10/hour, and helping out your community! Sound too good to be true? It’s not! WV FREE is now hiring canvassing organizers for our Get Out The Vote efforts for the Charleston municipal election. Please contact Rachelle@wvfree or 304-342-9188 HIRING STAFF at Sunset Beach Marina.

Boat experience a plus. E-mail resume to ftssos@aol.com or call 724-557-6660 for information MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING Full or part-time cooks, servers and bartenders: Also hiring for Summer Full & Part-time. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave./3117 University Ave. or e-mail resume to fishbowl@mountain.net NEED YARD MAN with own mulching mower, weed eater, & vehicle now thru October. Contact: osage@mail.wvnet.edu SUMMER JOB AVAILABLE to help a 20 y/o meet mobility, intellectual, vision and hearing challenges. Training for this position will be provided and is ideal for those interested in future audiology, physical therapy or special education careers. Employment is through Rem. Additional information from his family 304-319-1857 THE HILTON GARDEN INN will be taking applications for the following positions: Line Cook, part-time & full-time, open availability preferred. Part-time AM server, 5a-1p & PM server/bartender, 4p-11p, open availability preferred. Housekeeping: Room attendants & part-time lobby attendant. Full time maintenance (must have valid driver’s license).

Full time & part time morning front desk 7a-3p (weekends included). Please apply in person at the hotel’s front desk.

THE LAKEHOUSE NOW HIRING for summer jobs. Busy lake front restaurant. Great summer atmosphere! Hiring bartenders, servers, cooks, hosts, and dishwashers.

Apply in person. 304-594-0088.

WANTED. Gymnastics instructors and coaches wanted for an expanding program.

304-292-5559.

YARD WORK HELP NEEDED. Grass cutting. Trimming. All tools and equipment provided. Must have drivers license. $11 per hour. 304-292-6672.

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

12 | SPORTS

thursday april 30, 2015

wrestling

WVU’s Henson wins national coaching award

BY DILLON DURST SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

When West Virginia University wrestling head coach Sammie Henson, a successful and longtime assistant coach, was hired in May 2014, he promised to change the culture of the program and build it into a national power.

After producing four Big 12 Conference finalists and four NCAA Division I National Championship q u a l i f i e r s, including a national runner-up this past season, Henson was named National Rookie Coach of the Year by Amateur Wrestling News.

“I’m honored to receive this accolade and am fortunate to have a great team of coaches, wrestlers and support staff,” Henson said. “With the backing of an elite administration, we can look to build Mountaineer nation into a

national powerhouse.”

West Virginia (9-9, 0-3 Big 12) experienced some growing pains early in the season under Henson, dropping its first four dual meets.

The Mountaineers lost close matches against Arizona State, Northern Illinois and Rutgers by a combined seven points before falling to then-No. 3 Cornell.

However, Henson’s motto, “consistency wins,” held true as West Virginia went on to win six of its next seven dual meets, including two wins over Arizona State and a victory against then-No. 25 Bucknell.

Afterwards, the Mountaineers cracked the polls at No. 25 heading into Big 12 competition.

The Mountaineers eventually dropped matches against perennial powers Oklahoma State, Iowa State and Oklahoma, but posted wins over Clarion, Ohio and then-No. 18

Pittsburgh to close out the regular season.

“They’re a tougher team than we’ve ever wrestled from West Virginia, and a lot of that’s because of their coach,” said longtime Oklahoma State head coach John Smith to Intermat.

At the Big 12 Championships, senior Roman Perryman (149), junior A.J. Vizcarrondo (HWT), sophomore Jake A. Smith (197) and freshman Zeke Moisey (125) each wrestled for conference titles.

Smith, Moisey, senior Mike Morales and junior Bubba Scheffel went on to qualify for the NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Moisey, a true freshman who was scheduled to redshirt, used an impressive string of upsets to finish No. 2 in the nation at 125.

Henson, who is widely known for his ability as an ace recruiter, is also bringing in a recruiting class that ranked No. 5 during

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Junior heavyweight wrestler A.J. Vizcarrondo attempts to pin his opponent in a match against Ohio State. the early signing period.

The class features three wrestlers ranked No. 3 nationally in their respective weight classes, and two more ranked in the top

10. The group boasts 12 wrestlers.

With a returning roster chock-full of potential and a Top 5 incoming recruiting class, expect Henson

and West Virginia to take the next step in becoming a national power next season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

track & field

Healthy Gillespie nears end of time at West Virginia

BY DJ DESkins

SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

As the West Virginia University women’s track and field team approaches the end of its outdoor season, senior Kaitlyn Gillespie is nearing her final days as a student-athlete at WVU. Starting off as a kid in Ohio, Gillespie was always interested in running, but mainly played soccer. She played all the way through grade school before transferring to Cuyahoga Falls Christian Academy.

“My best abilities on the soccer field came in just running around,” Gillespie said.

“My father is a lifelong runner and really urged me to look at the cross country and track team.”

Gillespie fell in love with the sport and found success with it. Not only did her team win the Ohio State Championship in 2008, but she also won the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in the same year.

Out of high school, she signed a National Letter of Intent to Miami University in Ohio, but due to coaching issues she was granted a release.

“I ended up at Cedarville University for the first semester of my freshman year,” Gillespie said.

“They’re NAIA, so I knew if I wanted to transfer I wouldn’t face any NCAA penalties.”

After her fall semester at Cedarville, she returned home believing she wasn’t cut out for college. Over the next few weeks she

discovered the program at WVU and was very impressed with it.

After an unofficial visit in the summer, she decided Morgantown was for her and was a Mountaineer from then on.

Gillespie has always been a distance-oriented runner, even in high school when she did the mile and two-mile runs.

She believes the longer the distance, the better she performs.

“I’d say the two-mile is my pride and joy,” Gillespie said. “So moving up to a 5k and a 10k in college was kind of a no-brainer for me.”

Gillespie is competing this season for the first time since the spring of 2012.

She had battled multiple injuries and couldn’t seem

to buy her way back onto the track.

“There was a lot of uncertainty and frustration,” Gillespie said.

“God was really faithful to me during that time, and I learned a lot about my body. I made myself stronger mentally and physically, so it was awesome to be able to come back and have a redemption run.”

Gillespie has stressed the importance of faith in her life on and off the track.

Raised in a Christian family, the role of God is of paramount importance in her life.

“I’ve been able to strengthen my faith in college,” Gillespie said.

“One of the biggest things being injured has taught me is that running

is something that I do, but it doesn’t define me.

God is very much the center, and if it wasn’t for him and his grace, I wouldn’t be able to do the things I can today.”

Gillespie is now in her first year of graduate school after obtaining her degree in exercise physiology.

During her time as a Mountaineer, she was a Big East Academic AllStar, Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll member and the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll honoree.

Gillespie will sit out this weekend at the Jesse Owens Track Classic at Ohio State University, but feels she is prepared for the Big 12 Finals and NCAA Qualifiers.

“I will be running the

10k,” Gillespie said.

“I’m hoping to hit my qualifier for regionals and NCAAs, so that’s obviously a very high-priority, highfocus meet for me.”

Gillespie will need to finish with a time in the top 48 positions to qualify for regionals. If she is able to qualify, she’ll need to finish in the top 12 to earn a bid to the NCAA Preliminary Round.

As her immediate future holds the pressure of qualifying, she looks down the road to obtaining her master’s degree and her wedding this summer to her boyfriend of the last few years. Regardless, she remains one of her team’s most aspiring student-athletes. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Today, April 30th is the last day to withdraw from all your courses for the spring semester

The Office of the University Registrar registrar.wvu.edu registrar@mail.wvu.edu 304-293-5355