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Thursday October 29, 2015

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University housing rates to rise

By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @NewsroomJake

A West Virginia University student who left University housing because of rising rent rates is now fighting back against what pushed him to move off campus.

Mac McIntyre, a member of the Student Government Association, has a growing petition of students asking the University to freeze a student’s rent if they resign their lease for a University-owned apartment.

“It’s something I’ve (experienced) personally,” he said. “It’s something I really want to do something about.”

McIntyre, now a senior, started living in Vandalia Hall his second year as a Mountaineer. It wasn’t his first choice, but it allowed him to live along Falling Run Road—only steps from the Downtown campus.

Then, as he was considering living in the same place his junior year, he learned his rent would increase.

“I had to find a less ex-

pensive option after that,” he said. “To me, it didn’t seem feasible. I was in a one-bedroom room and it was already pretty expensive… My parents weren’t very happy with paying that much.”

If the University would implement what McIntyre and dozens of other students are petitioning for, students who live in any of the University’s apartments would be exempt from having their rents increased next year if they sign a lease before the end of the school year.

Whatever rate the stu-

dent paid their first year in a University apartment, they would continue to pay until they move out.

Several of the apartments buildings the University operates have many empty rooms, according to documents The Daily Athenaeum obtained last month through the state’s Freedom of Information Act. The apartments at University Park, which opened at the beginning of the semester, are 34 percent full; University Place—which was criticized for delaying its opening—is 54 per-

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cent full; and Vandalia Hall, where McIntyre use to live, is 80 percent full, documents show.

College Park is the only apartment that is nearly full with only five of the complex’s 567 apartments not leased.

“This (petition) creates a win-win for the students and the University,” McIntyre said. “The University will have more students living in the apartments because they know they’ll have financial security, and students will continue to live there because they know their rent

won’t increase.”

At a recent meeting of the University’s Board of Governors, rental rates for University apartments were raised once again.

The price of rent at every University-owned apartment—all but the four bedroom studios in University Place and apartments at University Park— were increased by $15-41.

The price to rent a two bedroom town home behind University Place actually decreased, however, by $15, according to infor-

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SGA discusses student org budget at meeting by caity coyne city editor @caitycoyne

Wednesday night’s Student Government Association meeting revealed concerns held by some governors regarding the organization’s finances.

During the grant allocation portion of the meeting, governors debated the danger in awarding student organizations more money than what the SGA Bureau of Finance suggests based on their algorithm.

“I would love to give every single club here $1,500...,” said Governor Shurman Riggins, “but we can’t keep doing that.”

The Board of Governors was discussing the Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Club Team’s application for a $1,500 grant— the maximum amount SGA can award to an organization.

Last week, the club was awarded a $1,270.15 grant, but chose to deny the grant, saying the club didn’t understand the application process, and learned after submitting that it could apply for more money to cover different fees.

While the club asked for more money this time, the amount suggested by the Bureau of Finance stayed at $1,270.15. This number comes from the algorithm used to determine how much money an organization should be allotted based on its University impact, the amount of memASKAR SALIKHOV/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM bers in the organization and what the grant money will go Dr. Bill Reger-Nash, a retired professor, speaks about the benefits of walking to places for one’s health. toward, among other things.

This number is just a suggestion, and the Board is allowed to award more or less money to each organization as it sees fit.

Some governors seemed wary of awarding more money by amy pratt according to Mathew Cross, chairman of the Pedestrian than the algorithm suggests because of the threat of runstaff writer Safety Board. ning out of student organization funding before the end @dailyathenaeum of the year. However others, like Governor Amber Kaska, “One of the biggest problems I hear about is lack of didn’t seem as worried. good sidewalks…” Cross said. “We’re working on fundArmed with umbrellas and raincoats, West Virginia ing mechanisms to complete better sidewalks and de“If we do happen to go over budget this year, I think next University students, faculty and Morgantown commu- velop a connecting network at some point.” year that will sort of show (University) administration that nity members walked through the city as part of the Former mayor of Morgantown and current city counSGA needs more money to give students grants...” Kaska Heads Up! WV Pedestrian Safety Campaign on Wednes- cilor Jennifer Selin participated in the walk. said. “If our budget isn’t sufficient for our students, there day afternoon.

“This Heads Up! campaign is really important to all of needs to be something looked at.”

Governor Mac McIntyre disagreed. “I really don’t A student-led campaign, Heads Up! aims to reduce us because it promotes safety, it promotes people being aware when they’re in the street about what’s going on think thats the right way to do it,” McIntyre said. pedestrian injuries and deaths in Morgantown.

The campaign targets and engages young adults and also, I would say, it promotes some courtesy,” Selin “To run out of money to send a message that we need more through social media and community events. The walk said. “If you’re Heads Up! and aware of what’s going on money... I don’t think that’s the best way to look at it, that’s was one mile long and went down and around High around you, you’re able to interact with the car or vejust my opinion.”

Street.

SGA started the school year with about $80,000 in its stuhicle and promote overall safety and life-long habits.”

“Our main goal for this short campaign—it was a fourHeads Up! also encouraged students to remember the dent organization fund, but Student Body President George week campaign—was to encourage pedestrians to be health benefits of walking instead of driving.

Capel told the Daily Athenaeum earlier this semester that more vigilant on crosswalks and to encourage drivers Dr. Bill Reger-Nash, a faculty mentor for the project it was possible the Office of Student Life could allocate an to be vigilant,” said Saba Ashfaq, a public health gradu- and the vice president of the Pedestrian Safety Board, additional $20,000 to the budget.

“We have about $64,000 left... but we need to know ate student leading the project. “It’s a two-way street.” said that an extra 15 minutes of walking a day can burn if we’re going to get that money, because that’s a major From 2008 to 2012, Morgantown saw 149 pedestri- five pounds of fat a year.

“I’ve been a regular exerciser since 1967,” Reger-Nash part of how we’re allocating grants,” said Governor Blake ans hit by motor vehicles and in the United States, there see WALKERS on PAGE 2 Humphrey. were 4,735 pedestrians killed by motor vehicles in 2013, McIntyre said waiting on money that may not come makes SGA look “illogical,” and if the money ends up not being available, the organization will “look like idiots.”

After discussion, Governor Tori Moneyhun moved to raise the grant to $1,500 and vote. Moneyhun and Kaska were the only governors to vote yes.

By Corey McDonald the forum was originally push to increase education efits Program, a program The Women’s Ultimate Frisbee Club team was ultimately Staff Writer created as a way for Marsh in the state. that provides children with awarded $1,270.15, its original grant, with Governor Josh @DailyAthenaeum to connect with the public “The only way that we health insurance benefits see sga on PAGE 2 and share his vision for the could compete was to have many families don’t know The former governor of University, Marsh has intro- more productive, better are available.

Mississippi visited West Vir- duced guests more recently, workers that were better ed“We had less than a thouginia University on Wednes- like Musgrove. ucated,” Musgrove said. “In sand children that were on day afternoon to join Vice “We really want to talk my opinion, education was the children’s health inPresident and Executive about the state of West Vir- the most important thing surance program that was Due to a reporting error in the Oct. 28, 2015 edition Dean of Health Sciences ginia compared to other that we could do.” passed by congress,” MusClay Marsh for a “Connect places (Musgrove’s) been,” In addition to raising grove said. “When I became of The Daily Athenaeum, we misrepresented the exwith Clay” forum in Health Marsh said.

Mississippi’s education ac- governor, within one year, tent to which University administrators are discussMusgrove is known in countability from 50th to we increased that numSciences. ing the city’s recently passed weekly $3 user fee. “The Ronnie Musgrove, who Mississippi for developing 11th in the country, Mus- ber from a little less than fact is that while guidelines are still being worked out with the city and procedures developed at the Universerved as governor from a large economic project grove’s administration sig- a thousand to over 60,000 2000-04, led the discussion, called the Advantage Mis- nificantly increased teach- children.” sity, there is currently no plan being discussed that inas well as a question and sissippi Initiative, which ers’ salaries and made During the opening segcludes paying the fee for student workers,” wrote WVU spokesman John Bolt in an email. Bolt said that WVU answer session regarding brought a $1.4 billion Nissan Mississippi the first state ment of the forum, Muspotential opportunities for Motor Company production to have Internet accessi- grove discussed how his paying the fee for all of its student workers is only a statewide growth. plant to the state, generating ble computers in every early childhood experirumor, though a source interviewed for the article did “Connect with Clay” is a more than 30,000 jobs and classroom, according to ences affected his governnot portray it as a rumor. We apologize for any inconpublic discussion series that decreasing the unemploy- Musgrove. ing policies. venience this may have caused. began in January shortly af- ment rate significantly.

Musgrove is also acNeither of Musgrove’s He attributes this eco- knowledged for revitalizing ter the start of Marsh’s ten— jaj ure as executive dean. While nomic growth directly to his the Mississippi Health Bensee CLAY PAGE 2

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Thursday October 29, 2015

‘Sexperts’ talk sex, love, healthy relationships

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WELLWVU’s ‘Spook the Sexperts’ panelists, Dr. Pam and Dr. Teresa, answer the audience’s questions about life, sex and relationships.

By Madeleine Hall Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

We d n e s d ay n ig ht, West Virginia University’s LoveWellWVU hosted “Spook the Sexperts Panel,” a discussion to raise awareness about sexual and romantic health.

The tag line of the Halloween-themed event was “No tricks, just treats,” and expert panelists aimed to answer anonymous audience questions in a relaxed and fun manner.

“I think that talking about sex and sexuality can be difficult, and (through media) people get a lot of mixed messages,” said Alison Tart-

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Continued from page 1 Watson abstaining from the vote.

Also Wednesday, the Board of Governors approved: - $950 for the WVU Club Quidditch team to be used for hotels at one of their tournaments.

- $1,472.84 for the Muslim Student Association’s “FastA-Thon” for catering and two banners for the event.

The event, and the food, will be open and free to all WVU students.

Afsheen Misaghi, former SGA governor, was unanimously appointed as Fine Arts Director at Wednesday night’s meeting, as well. crcoyne@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 said. “The reason I do that is I feel better. People have to realize that small changes make a huge difference in their health. And so, I like to remind people of the benefits of that.”

Before the walk, Heads Up! held a social media campaign about pedestrian safety to raise awareness.

They sent out surveys to gauge the community’s knowledge about pedestrian safety and conducted observations of intersections and crosswalks to assess the safety of pedestrians in the community.

At the end of the fourweek campaign, Heads Up! will perform another round of observations and surveys to see if pedestrian safety awareness increased, according to Dr. Ranjita Misra, a faculty mentor from WVU’s School of Public Health.

“We focused on young adults because that’s the group that has the most injures from accidents and a lot of deaths,” Misra said, “so we wanted to focus on safety for this age group.”

While the rain may have prevented more people from participating, Ashfaq still considered the walk a success.

“It didn’t matter how many people came, the point was starting a conversation,” Ashfaq said. “Even if we get to start a conversation with two or three people, I think we accomplished something. That was the goal of the walk— to bring awareness that there is a pedestrian safety issue.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

aglia, WellWVU health educator. “We want to make sure that people understand that sex is a natural part of life.”

The panel consisted of Dr. Pam Murray, vice chair of the department of pediatrics and adolescent medicine, and Dr. Teresa B. Stire, a psychologist and sexual assault response specialist.

They covered a range of topics, including abusive relationships, contraception, STIs, partner communication and even average penis size.

Murray answered questions regarding medical sexual health, such as what women should expect from a gynecological examination and how emergency contra-

ception works.

Stire responded to questions involving romantic health and communication.

“Talking to your partner (about sex) should seem easy,” Stire said, “but it can be very difficult.”

During the discussion, Stire worked through certain stereotypes and tackled sensitive issues, like abuse, and questions, such as whether men can be emotionally abused by female partners.

“We have been cultured for men to not express their feelings,” Stire said. “But any relationship where there is physical abuse, coercion or use of power to influence your partner is abuse—men can be the victims of abuse.”

Rape and sexual assault on campus were also addressed.

Sexual assaults are reported around one-third— or one-fourth— of the time they occur, Stire said. On WVU’s campus this year, there have been 21 rape kits, she added, while 10 cases went on to be legally reported.

“I think rape and sexual assault are a huge problem on all college campuses, and there are a lot of colleges that are less likely to report sexual assault or categorize them in ways that make their campuses look more appealing,” Stire said.

Although sexual assault remains a problem, Stire

believes WVU is headed in a good direction, particularly because of preventative efforts made by student first responders and WellWVU: The Students’ Center of Health.

Also present at the event was “Students for Reproductive Justice,” an on campus student organization that raises awareness about sexual health, issues of consent and the services offered by Planned Parenthood.

Eric Arbet and Natasha Belcher, two WVU students who attended the panel, agreed audience involvement was the best way to present information on sexual health.

“A lot of people aren’t re-

ally educated on sexual health,” Belcher said, “so it’s great to let students ask questions and be given accurate information from experts.”

One out of every 2 students will develop an STI without knowing by the age of 25, said Hannah Wigal, a communications student and first-year graduate assistant with WellWVU. “Sometimes sexual health can be embarrassing for some students,” she said. “So we really want to foster an atmosphere where students can ask questions…and get the message of sexual health out there.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Insurgents vs mainstream: Debate highlights GOP’s 2 tracks BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Marco Rubio bid forcefully for control of the Republican Party’s establishment wing in Wednesday night’s third GOP debate, deflecting jabs from Jeb Bush, who desperately sought to right his floundering campaign.

Insurgent outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson defended the seriousness of their White House efforts, underscoring the two-track fight for the party’s presidential nomination. But in an economic policy focused debate, both at times faded to the background during the two-hour contest.

Rubio tangled early with Bush, his friend and fellow Floridian, who entered the debate in need of a strong performance to soothe his supporters’ anxiety. Bush targeted Rubio for his spotty voting record on Capitol Hill, signaling that he sees the Florida senator as the candidate most likely to block his political path.

“Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a 6-year term and you should be showing up for work,” said Bush, who was forced to slash campaign spending in response to slower fundraising. “You can campaign, or just resign and let someone else take the job.”

Rubio sharply dismissed Bush’s critique as a political ploy by a struggling candidate.

“The only reason you’re doing it is that we’re running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me will help you,” he said.

Three months before primary voting begins, the Republican contest remains crowded and unwieldly. Yet the contours of the race have been clarified, with outsiders capitalizing on voter frustration with Washington and candidates with political experience hoping the race ultimately turns their way.

Trump, the brash real estate mogul, has dominated the Republican race for months, but was a less of a factor Wednesday night than in the previous two debates.

He largely refrained from personal attacks on his rivals, which has been a signature of his campaign, even taking a light touch with Carson, who has overtaken him in recent Iowa polls.

Carson, the soft-spoken retired neurosurgeon who came into the debate with a burst of momentum, stuck to his low-key style. He sought to explain his vague tax policy, which he has compared to tithing, in which families donate the same portion of their income to their church regardless of how much they make. And he insisted he had no involvement with supplement maker Mannatech, although he acknowledged using its product and

giving paid speeches for the company, which has faced a legal challenge over health claims for its products.

Carson said it was absurd to allege he’s connected to the company. “If someone put me on their home page, they did it without permission,” he said.

Trump bristled when asked by a debate moderator if his policy proposals, including building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and deporting everyone who is in the U.S. illegally, amounted to a “comic book” campaign.

And he defended his record in the private sector despite having to declare bankruptcy, casting it as a business technique.

“I’ve used that to my advantage as a businessman,” Trump said. “I used the laws of the country to my benefit.”

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been circling Trump for months, seeking to position himself as the heir to the businessman’s supporters if he fades. While Cruz holds office in the U.S. Senate, he’s cast himself as anti-establishment and a thorn in the side of GOP leaders.

Cruz garnered enthusiastic applause when he criticized debate moderators for trying to stir up fights among the candidates, casting it as a sign of media bias against Republicans — a popular line with GOP voters.

The jumbled GOP field is

a stark contrast to the Democratic contest, where Hillary Rodham Clinton is strengthening her front-runner status over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Campaigning in New Hampshire ahead of the GOP debate, Clinton said the Republican contests are like a “reality TV show but the cast of characters are out of touch with actual reality.”

Wednesday’s debate in Colorado, an important general election state, focused on economic policy, including taxes and job growth.

Rubio turned questions about his personal financial struggles, including recently liquidating his retirement account, into an opportunity to tout his compelling personal story. The son of Cuban immigrants, Rubio said he didn’t inherit money from his family and knows what it’s like to struggle to pay loans and afford to raise a family.

“I know what it’s like to owe that money,” Rubio said.

“I’m not worried about my finances. I’m worried about the finances of everyday Americans.”

The feud between Bush and Rubio has been simmering for months, driven by the former Florida governor’s concern that his talented protege could eclipse him.

Rubio is among the Republican field’s most talented politicians, and at age 44 he could represent the future in

a way the son and brother of presidents cannot.

Bush has cast himself as a policy wonk and delivered measured answers to questions on tax policy and the nation’s budget. But other than his sharp critique of Rubio, Bush had few of the standout moments his supporters were seeking.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have each sought to break through with more mainstream voters. Kasich in particular was aggressive from the start in bemoaning the unexpected strength of unorthodox candidates.

“We are on the verge of perhaps picking someone who cannot do this job,” Kasich said.

Christie, whose campaign has so far failed to meet expectations, cast himself as best qualified to defeat Clinton in the general election.

“You put me on the stage with her next September and she won’t get within 10 miles of the White House,” he said.

Also on stage were former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former technology executive Carly Fiorina, the star of the second GOP debate. Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO, has struggled to capitalize on that strong performance and has faded toward the back of the pack.

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something that has been with me all of my life,” he said.

Audience members asked questions regarding rural healthcare, the state of the coal industry and its future, and how to develop a successful economic strategy.

Concerning the coal industry, Musgrove gave an example of Mississippi’s agricultural workforce, which has decreased from 95 percent to 3 percent over the course of the century.

“You have to figure out and realize that your market will change,” he said.

“The answer to that is to give hope that there’s another possibility, and you do that through a plan—seeing some wins and achievements that say not we’re there, but we’re heading in the right direction.”

While Musgrove answered specifics, his driving point was that all these issues intersect. One economic plan cannot be successful without addressing other aspects of the state’s

economic development.

“You can’t go out and try to develop an economic development plan, or you can’t try to improve healthcare without thinking in terms of having better job opportunities and having a more educated society,” Musgrove said. “They are inextricably tied to each other.”

Marsh and Musgrove both emphasized the importance a large University, such as WVU, has on a state’s economic development, as well.

Musgrove said West Virginia needs to progress into a new area of “economic and job opportunity” to keep natives in the state instead of finding work elsewhere in the country. “… Our goal is to serve the state of West Virginia and elevate it,” Marsh said, “to create a connected, aligned network throughout the state so that we can provide the best care for anybody in the state.”

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friend group and at SGA meetings so far.

What if University administrators don’t act on the petition?

McIntyre isn’t afraid to try and mobilize the lobbying power of other members of SGA. “Judging by the students who’ve signed the petition already, it’s not just students who live in University apartments signing the petition,” he said. “A lot of them are freshmen and sophomores… I think that shows that people might not live there now, but they’re looking into their options later.”

McIntyre plans to start sitting in the Mountainlair to ask people to sign the petition.

To reach McIntyre to sign the petition or to help with his project, email him at rwmcintyre@mix.wvu. edu. An online petition should circulate on social media soon.

Continued from page 1 parents graduated from high school, pushing both his mother and father into hard labor jobs. His father, who worked in road crews on infrastructure, died at the age of 42 from pneumonia after working through a record snowstorm.

Musgrove said he’s thought extensively about his father’s death.

“My entire life, I have had a personal connection with things like not having a family that was educated,” he said. “I also recognize the significance of healthcare, or lack thereof.”

Such personal connections are what motivated Musgrove to improve his state’s policies of education and healthcare. He said refining these areas were “absolutely important.”

“I have a passion about education; I have a passion about healthcare. That’s

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Continued from page 2 mation from the BOG’s Sept. 25 meeting.

Most University-owned apartments will offer a special rent rate for students renewing their leases 2016-17 school year, but this would often mean a rent increase by about $10.

Even though the rent will only increase $10 for people renewing their leases this year, it’s impossible to predict how it could increase in years following.

“I would like it (the petition) to take effect by 2016,” McIntyre said, hoping that current residents of University apartments won’t have the price of their rent increased next year if they choose to stay.

McIntyre is impressed with how many people have already signed the petition, considering it has only circulated around his

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Thursday October 29, 2015

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Eliminating racist costumes in stores The question of ethical Halloween costumes comes up nearly every year around this time. Common costumes with accessories like Native American headdresses, Indian saris or even gypsy outfits have caused offense in the past, with many stores now taking the culturally appropriated items off their shelves to meet consumers’ wishes.

Walmart, however, is apparently the exception to this new movement. A children’s Israeli soldier costume was shown as being for sale on the store’s website, complete with a toy gun and Hebrew writing on the front of the outfit. Walmart also reportedly sold offensive body modification pieces like fake noses to complete “Arab” costumes, which featured

Halloween costumes today can range from innocent to insulting. cheaply-made traditional outfits from the Middle East.

The fake noses in question were originally titled

“Sheikh/Fagin’s Nose” in reference to the Jewish character Fagin in Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist.” Fagin is an an-

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tagonistic character who teaches children to pickpocket, and his name has long been associated with anti-Semitic stereotypes.

Walmart’s choice to put these culturally insensitive objects on its shelves goes beyond causing simple offense. It hearkens back to the racist propaganda of the early 20th century, when Jewish men and women were depicted with large noses and rat-like features and African Americans were given large lips and ears by early cartoonists.

Every race has been subjected to some form of physical stereotype in drawings and cartoons throughout history, but in an era that seeks to celebrate diversity instead of condemn it, Walmart’s choice to supply the Israeli costume is incredibly disappointing.

What may be most disconcerting is that the cos-

tume was meant for children. As children are very impressionable and usually adopt the mindset of their parents until a certain age, the costume could potentially reinforce lifelong prejudices surrounding those from the Middle East long after American involvement there has ended.

This editorial board urges Walmart’s management to consider the longterm effects the products they supply may have on people of all ages and races.

Encouraging creativity by providing unique costume ideas to consumers is one thing, but to profit from racist and offensive ensembles and outfits is another thing entirely. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Overcrowding from event attendance needs remedy kayla asbury columnist @kaylaasbury_

I went to the Mountainlair for a showing of “The Rocky Horror Show” put on by WVUp All Night for a class assignment on Oct. 2. I was surprised when I got to the top of the stairs to enter the Gluck Theatre and was immediately met with the end of the line. I didn’t end up getting a seat that night and had to show up two hours early to get in the following night. I heard someone say nearly 800 people were turned away from seeing the performance during the weekend.

In contrast, I attended a lecture on study abroad last week in the Gluck Theatre that had a total of just 10 or 15 people in attendance.

Although these two events attracted vastly different audiences, I believe the mass attendance of “The Rocky Horror Show” was caused by University professors assigning students to attend the show for a grade. The lecture on study abroad obviously wasn’t assigned to a class, given its low turnout.

I understand University events can stimulate

interest in new topics and help educate students on current issues, but I don’t believe professors should be able to assign University events for a grade, especially if there are only so many seats available to begin with. Making an event an assignment takes away from those who truly want to attend it by overcrowding them, and it isn’t fair to events that would otherwise not draw a crowd.

Students who attend an event as an assignment may be more interested in the event’s topic by the end of it, but more often than not, attending an event for a class is a chore that students don’t want to do.

If an event is overcrowded, the students who truly wanted to see it aren’t able to. Students who are attending the event for classes unnecessarily fill events that otherwise wouldn’t be crowded.

It isn’t fair to students who have been excited about an event for days or weeks just to be turned down at the door due to lack of seating.

Sign-in sheets at events are easy ways for students to be at the event for a few moments and leave. Professors often don’t attend the events they assign, so it is difficult for them to grade

WVU’s production of ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ left many disappointed when students were turned away due to lack of seating. or discuss the event with students, which renders attending them pointless.

This system of assigning events to students is unfair to quality events that barely draw a crowd. Events held that have sparse attendance demonstrate a lack of interest to the guest speakers or performers.

One major thing the University can do to prevent

these event- and performance-related problems is to plan ahead. If students were to get tickets for the event in advance, there would be no waiting in lines or disappointment at being turned away. Tickets would be sold out after all of the seats were filled, so unexpected overcrowding would not be a problem.

Another way to over-

come the problem is for professors to take students as a group to events. If the professor calls ahead and reserves seats for interested students, it would solve the overcrowding issue and prevent dishonesty enabled by sign-in sheets.

Professors attending the event with their students will also allow for more discussions and assignments

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pertaining to the event to occur.

WVU hosts a variety of interesting and educational events. With a few changes in the system of hosting events, the University could cater to more people and accommodate large crowds more effectively. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Fish population saved from overfishing highlights human ingenuity kody goff columnist @retrosyk

As a staple of many Canadian and eastern American diets, cod was overfished for decades until their numbers were extremely diminished in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s.

However, the cod population seems to be making a comeback, with the success primarily attributed to a 1992 suspension on fishing of the species. I believe this comeback not only illuminates nature’s ability to snap back from adversity, but it also demonstrates how humankind can learn to harvest natural resources without causing ecological disaster.

Cod has historically been a significant supply of cheap and plentiful food.

Old records and accounts from elderly fishermen and sailors alike claimed the fish could get so large, one could walk on it. Combine their large size with their abundance and it’s easy to see why cod was overfished for so many years.

However, having access to large quantities of natural resources does not excuse pillaging those resources to depletion.

It took decades to realize and rectify the problem, but steps taken years ago to help get cod populations back up and running are finally starting to pay off. To

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Cod can grow to incredible lengths and are able to feed many, which historically led to its population decline through overfishing. be clear, the suspensions on cod fishing did not outright ban their capture and sale. Instead, these regulations only limited how much cod can be fished at a given time without negatively impacting the species’ ecology. For roughly 7 years now, the biomass of these commercially important fish has been increasing all because the fish were given some room to reproduce. This fishy success story is a good example of how to have your cake and eat it too.

In his book, “Abun-

dance: The Future is Better than You Think,” Peter H. Diamandis shines light on a particularly good example of scarcity becoming plenty. In his exmaple, aluminum was once considered a very precious metal. This was not due to its distinct properties or visual beauty, but because of its sheer rarity. It was so rare, lords and nobles of old would use aluminum in their finest sets of cutlery. These days, people everywhere wrap leftover food in sheets of aluminum and don’t think

twice about throwing it in the garbage later. Aluminum today is far more than commonplace and is sold at low prices both across the country and abroad.

This change in value didn’t occur because some large vein of aluminum was found. Rather, it arose because of a revolutionary technique which allowed miners to obtain more aluminum from the earth, thereby increasing its abundance. It was human ingenuity, not luck, that turned this rarity into regularity.

There’s no doubt something has to change if the environment is to be saved.

Conservation and preservation are vital to the survival of cod and every other species on the planet, and it’s extremely important to maintain these efforts even when prospects seem to be getting better.

Mankind has made miracles happen through technology and careful planning, and there are surely more to come. As current surging cod numbers have demonstrated, humanity can live comfortably with

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its technology while still not harming the Earth. The key, as with all things, is balance.

With news of declining animal populations and melting ice caps becoming increasingly common, it is certainly refreshing to hear some good news about the environment. The sharply declining cod population may have started as a manmade problem, but human intervention and a simple waiting period allowed nature to regain its lost assets. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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REGGAE, FUNK AND FRIENDSHIP

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Local band The Manor and Friends have some fun in Morgantown.

WVU-born jam band, The Manor and Friends, grows from group of dormmates to popular band Meg Weissend A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

A self-proclaimed jamrock genre, The Manor and Friends incorporates many styles of music, including a fusion of reggae and funk.

Now West Virginia University seniors, the band reminisces about their first college jam sessions, attributing their humble beginnings to a few dorm room collaborations.

The Manor and Friends consists of guitarist Nick Adams, bassist Ivan Gonzalez, drummer Cassidy Brown, guitarist James Darragh, keyboard player Jason Leech and lead singer Nate Morgan.

All band members are currently WVU seniors, with the exception of Leech.

After spontaneous latenight guitar strumming on the steps of Dadisman Hall, the group of friends began to realize they sounded good together.

“We all realized when we played together that we had a sound that really clicked,” Brown said. “We figured, why stop now when we could just keep playing, and having fun while becoming better musicians? We started playing house parties in the smallest rooms, but everyone was having such a great time and there

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Local band The Manor and Friends walk across High Street. was no pressure. Then we started pushing to play in more venues, and that’s really where we’re at now; having fun, making music, and gettin’ down with our friends.”

Although their music is influenced by bands such as the Grateful Dead and

Pink Floyd, The Manor and Friends adopted a unique, individual style.

“On the Spot,” an improvisational instrumental recorded by the band, is a true display of the group’s musical chemistry and talent, and has been proven a popular hit when per-

Hand lettering gallery mel smith

A&E writer @dailyathenauem

If hand lettering is one of your interests, the new exhibition at West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center’s Mesaros Galleries is right up your alley.

Freelance graphic designer Jen Mussari will be featured in a new exhibition in the Mesaros Galleries at The Creative Arts Center. The exhibition of her works opened on Oct. 26 and will be displayed until Dec. 9. Jen Mussari is influencing the world by being part of the new generation of hand-lettering artists and illustrators.

Mussari will also speak about her art on Thursday Nov. 12 as part of the School of Art and Design’s 2015-2016 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The lecture will be in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall of the Creative Arts Center at 5 p.m. An opening reception for her art exhibition will follow at 6 p.m. at the site of the Mesaros Gallery in the lobby of the CAC. Jen Mussari is a freelance artist in Brooklyn, New York and a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. Mussari has always specialized in custom

handmade lettering.

She works with traditional calligraphy practices along with experimental methods of lettering. Clients of Jen include famous companies like Capitol Records, Patagonia, Target, West Elm, Squarespace and Kickstarter.

The Mesaros Galleries were part of the original design of the Creative Arts Center, which opened in 1968. In 1995, the galleries were named for the donors Dr. Paul and Laura Mesaros. One gallery is the Paul Mesaros Gallery and the other is the Laura Mesaros Gallery. Both were medical doctors and art collectors who lived in Steubenville, Ohio. Kristina Olson, associate director of the School of Art and Design, is knowledgeable about the history of how the Mesaros Galleries came to be.

“Over the couple’s lifetime, they amassed an impressive collection that was particularly strong in modern and contemporary prints,” Olson said.

“After they passed, the bulk of their collection was donated to the WVU Art Collection which is now housed in the new WVU Art Museum.”

The exhibit features Jen Mussari’s self-described “super fresh let-

tering” style emblazoned onto motorcycle helmets, leather and denim jackets, and hand-embroidered banners. Dylan Collins, an assistant professor and sculpture program coordinator, describes Jen’s text statements as covering a broad range of sentiments, from quizzical, philosophical musings to phrases that feel like an inspiring call to action. Collins believes Mussari’s exhibit will give art students insight on drawing and encourage them to follow in Jen’s footsteps as they view her thought process and labor via her drawings.

“Jen is a testament to the fact that a great deal of hard work goes into having a creative career,” Collins said. “The notion is backed up not only by the gallery being filled to the brim with her amazing artwork, but also by her decision to devote an entire wall of the gallery to her preparatory drawings.”

All Mesaros Galleries events, including art lectures, exhibitions, and receptions are free to the public. The hours and schedule of the gallery can be found online at http://artmuseum.wvu.edu/about-us/ mesaros-galleries. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

formed. The band’s mutual appreciation of music has majorly contributed to the success.

“There’s nothing I’d rather be doing than playing music with my friends,” Adams said. “I love the musical conversations we all have with each other. Some-

times, we make each other laugh just by playing. We have a great fan base, and when I see them dancing in the crowd it really makes me remember why music is so important to me.”

A dream came true for The Manor and Friends on Oct. 22, when the band took

the stage at Morgantown’s premier music venue, 123 Pleasant Street. When discussing their goals in the past, performing there was always near the top of the list.

The Manor and Friends believes they could not have come this far without the continued support of their friends. The first part of the band’s name, “Manor,” refers to a residential complex a few members lived in during the formation of the band, while the second part, “and friends,” alludes to the substantial role fans have played in the band’s career.

“The fans are as much of the experience as the band is,” Gonzalez said. “When seeing us (perform) live, we try to create an atmosphere where we incorporate the fans. The band is the Manor and our fans are the Friends, and together we create a live experience that brings everyone together. It’s like being at a big party with 100 of your closest friends.”

The band encourages fans to vote for The Manor and Friends online at morgantownmag.com for a chance to be featured in “The Best of Morgantown 2016.”

Visit The Manor and Friends’ Facebook page to view upcoming shows. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Album to celebrate Appalachia Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Bluegrass music runs through the veins of Appalachia, and its long-etched history in West Virginia has always been a staple piece of the state’s culture.

Preserving, protecting and promoting the sounds of traditional Appalachian bluegrass music, the WVU Bluegrass Band and Mon Hills Records have teamed together to record the group’s debut album “West Virginia Hills.”

“This music is part of our history as a state,” said Cody Kerns, general manager of Mon Hills Records.

“When you hear bluegrass, you think of Appalachia and West Virginia, and this area. That’s part of our state history and we should really be proud of it. It’s an honor to preserve all of this recorded history and to keep that tradition alive.”

Since the 1800s, bluegrass music has always been the way of Appalachian storytelling. Through ballads that tell tales of tough times, to the beauty of the state’s landscape, traditional bluegrass music has stood the test of time here in the Mountain State.

From the strings of a banjo,

fiddle and guitar, bluegrass music remains the universal language of Appalachia.

Today, students at WVU are adding their own flair to the classic sounds of Appalachian bluegrass. With the assistance of Mon Hills Records, the WVU Bluegrass Band was able to select classic, Appalachian bluegrass pieces that spoke to the group, as well as choose pieces that accurately reflected the history of bluegrass in the state. The title of the album, “West Virginia Hills,” is named after one of the tracks featured on the record.

“The bluegrass band is trying to revive the old traditional way of performing Appalachian music,” said Eftihia Arkoudis, an associate manager with Mon Hills Records.

“So it takes you back to the basics.”

As a member of the Mon Hills Records team and a musician herself, Arkoudis said working with the band has been a great experience. Arkoudis said the WVU Bluegrass Band truly harnesses the traditional sounds of Appalachia through every lyric and in every performance.

Today, the band is working on promoting their album across the state, with

a goal to perform in all 55 West Virginia counties in an attempt to better connect the traditional styles of the state to the people.

“We’re trying to keep this as organic and traditional as we can, but we do bring a certain liveliness about it,” Kerns said.

“It’s not just for the entertainment like it used to be, now it’s incorporated in our history and it’s really a celebration of our history as a state.”

Friday night, the WVU Bluegrass Band will perform in the Mountainlair for the Celebration of Appalachian Women, where Mon Hills Records will have a booth stocked with physical copies of the “West Virginia Hills” album.

“For us at Mon Hills Records, our idea is to preserve and promote all the traditional styles of music,” Kerns said.

“The WVU Bluegrass Band reflects us very well in that regard, so it has really been a privilege and an honor to capture it.”

For more information on Mon Hills Records or the WVU Bluegrass band, visit http://monhillsrecords. com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Fun, creative uses for apples to help celebrate fall jillian clemente A&e writer @Dailyathenaeum

Goodbye pumpkins, hello apples.

Typically forgotten and certainly not forbidden, apples are another staple of fall.

Apples are in season, come in a variety of shapes and colors and can open a whole new door of possibilities, possibly even more than the pumpkin.

Sweet Cinnamon Apples Peel and cut the apples into eight slices. Cut the cores out. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter and put the apples in the pan. Add your desired amount of brown sugar – about 3 tablespoons should suffice, but if you want more, go for it – and cinnamon to taste.

Another way to make these is to bake those peeled apples until soft, about 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Then, pour the warm mixture over the apples and drizzle warmed caramel sauce on top, just to add that extra layer of flavor.

Apple Bobbing It’s simple: fill a bowl up with water and put apples on top. Add different elements like contests, races or blindfolds covering the contestant’s eyes or hands.

To make this more adult, incorporate apple-flavored beer. Examples can be the loser must drink or the bowl can be filled with the beer.

Art In the midst of decorating, add some apples into the mix. Or, while painting a new canvas, incorporate the apple. Cut out a slice, cover one side in paint and use it like a stamp. Cut various shapes from the slices because all will have the apple’s texture. Keep the seeds separate and glue them on top to create a 3D effect - they won’t rot or smell bad after two weeks like a pumpkin’s would.

Halloween Costumes Having an apple (or a bushel) leads to many possible Halloween costumes. Put a few apples in a basket and be Red Riding Hood. The basket can hold your wallet and purse as well. For a couple’s costume, one person can be a doctor and the other, the apple that can’t keep him away (because it’s rotten).

Paired with a black turtleneck and an apple, become Steve Jobs. If you want to be extra-innovative, stab a pencil in the apple and call it “iPencil.” Be William Tell, but don’t shoot the apple off of someone’s head. Just put the arrow in the apple. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Across 1 Mall entrance features 5 Bandstand boosters 9 Big zoo attraction 14 Bee’s relative 15 Empty 16 Dot in the ocean 17 Investment return for a New York basketball player?

19 Grind to __ 20 “Messiah,” e.g.

21 Gershwin title river 22 Reception room for a Texas hockey player?

24 Capital on the Gulf of Guinea 28 Panama, for one 29 Bush Labor secretary Elaine 30 High anxiety?

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39 Conversations 40 Grab (onto) 41 Nintendo’s __ Sports 42 Big name in transmission repair 43 Serious lapse for a Missouri baseball player?

50 Wine city north of Lisbon 51 Forced to leave home 56 All-nighter pill 57 Luggage for an Ohio football player?

58 “The L Word” co-creator Chaiken 59 Alien-seeking agcy.

60 Fox hit since 2002, familiarly 61 One whispering sweet nothings 62 Part of AMA: Abbr.

63 Get smart with Down 1 Like early Elvis albums 2 Mimic 3 Gyro bread 4 Equinox mo.

5 Scrub 6 Group at some crime scenes 7 Old conviction 8 Spike preceder, in volleyball 9 Longfellow hero 10 Trumpeter/film composer Mark 11 Backup strategy 12 Point __: southernmost point of mainland Canada 13 Aquatic frolicker 18 Activist Parks

21 Cookie cutter assortment 23 Fail under pressure 24 Nailed, as an exam 25 Starbucks offering 26 Train units 27 Campus recruiting gp.

30 Marcos’ successor 31 Vatican administrative body 32 Dorm mgrs.

33 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 34 Soothing ointment 35 __-Z: classic Camaro 36 Magazine insert 38 Field artillery weapon 42 Erelong 43 Like volcanoes 44 Speed skater __ Anton Ohno 45 Cowboy contest 46 High-tech surveillance tool 47 Worms and flies, at times 48 Ladybug features 49 “The Poseidon Adventure” producer Allen

52 Asian sashes 53 Triumphant cry 54 They may clash in Hollywood 55 Fast PC connections 57 “Be Prepared” org.

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WVU and TCU have led opposite paths after joining Big 12 in 2012 by dj deskins

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Junior running back Rushel Shell carries the ball in last season’s game against TCU.

West Virginia faces No. 5 TCU tonight by david statman associate sports editor @djstatman77

39-38. 30-27. 31-30.

Three games in the Big 12 era, decided by a combined five points. West Virginia University and No. 5 TCU occupy different parts of the Big 12 pecking order, but whenever these two teams meet, there are always fireworks.

As the Mountaineers try to crawl out of the hole created by an 0-3 start to Big 12 play, they’ll have the opportunity to deal an upset to a team they know well, one that has caused them no end of heartbreak in recent years.

“It definitely motivates us,” said wide receiver Shelton Gibson. “I was telling everybody that we were winning the entire game until the end last season.

This year, I think it’s going to be the other way around, and somebody is going to make a play for us.”

2014’s 31-30 loss was one of the most heartbreaking in recent WVU history, as the Mountaineers did everything they needed to knock the Horned Frogs off – but five turnovers and a last-second TCU field goal ended their run at the top of the Big 12 food chain.

TCU was very good then, and may be even better now. West Virginia faces the tall task of marching into Fort Worth, Texas and facing a 7-0 Horned Frogs team that, after a season-ending injury to Baylor starting quarterback Seth Russell sees an opening to a Big 12 title and a College Football Playoff spot.

The Horned Frogs have been tested this season – they had to squeeze out close wins over Minnesota, Texas Tech and Kansas State – but their offense is as dynamic as any in the country, which in turn puts greater pressure on a flagging Mountaineer offense to put points on the board.

“These guys are averaging 50 points and 600 yards a game,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “We knew we weren’t going to stop Baylor either. Last year, we did a good job of doing that against both of those schools. When you go to their place, they have a little bit more motivation due to the fact that we played decent against them a year ago.

That means offensively we have to do a better job of matching the scores.”

There will be major pressure on embattled West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard to produce, as he returns to his hometown of Fort Worth for the first time as the Mountaineer signal-caller.

Howard ranks eighth among Big 12 quarterbacks in passing efficiency in conference games this season, and he’s looked shaky under pressure in recent weeks. Howard rebounded with four touchdown passes against Baylor the last time out, but completed less than half his passes – and he turned in two subpar performances against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.

Holgorsen has tried to creatively jump-start his team on offense, deploying backup quarterbacks William Crest and David Sills at different posi-

tions, with varying amounts of success.

Sills looked natural at receiver against Baylor, hauling in a 35-yard touchdown pass.

But against a TCU offense ranking second in the nation in both points and yards per game, West Virginia will have to provide even more. The defense will be tasked with containing TCU’s dynamite senior quarterback, Trevone Boykin, one of college football’s best.

Every time TCU has been in trouble, it’s been Boykin who’s gotten them out of it. Just as big a threat with his legs as he is with his arm, the Dallas native has sliced up opposing defenses for 30 total touchdowns in seven games – in his last time out, he torched an outmatched Iowa State team, completing 27 of 32 passes for 436 yards and four touchdowns.

“He’s a guy who is all over the field and makes plays,” said linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski. “We have to know where he is at, and we have to have an idea of what they’re doing at all times. Overall, you can’t take your eyes off of him.

He can extend plays, run the ball and pass the ball. You have to know where he’s at.”

If West Virginia can harry Boykin and exploit some of the injuries on TCU’s defense, we may be in for another tight game in this conference series. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. tonight at TCU’s Amon G. Carter Stadium. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

With the exception of TCU and West Virginia University, all eight other programs in the Big 12 have been conference opponents since 1996.

WVU and TCU both joined in 2012, but have experienced different levels of success in a somewhat shocking way.

West Virginia ranks 14th all time in wins with a near .600 winning percentage and has produced some of college football’s most exciting teams and players ever. Although TCU is above .500 in its history, it fails to crack the top 40 in wins.

Their first two Big 12 seasons were identical, 7-6, 4-5 in conference play and a loss in their bowl game, followed by 4-8 seasons that kept them out of the postseason.

Last season separates the two programs. West Virginia continued with their mediocrity on the national scale with a 7-6 record while TCU narrowly missed the first ever college football playoff with a 12-1 record.

So why did TCU make the jump while West Virginia stalled?

First, recruiting grounds.

TCU sits in the center of one of the Meccas of college football recruiting. The Horned Frogs always made noise in recruiting against the Texas powerhouses of the University of Texas and Texas A&M, but always took a backseat as members of Conference USA and the Mountain West.

Head coach Gary Patterson has been at the helm since 2000-2001 and used his team’s new conference prestige and relationships he had built with high school programs for more than a decade to finally take some of the big names in Texas high school football away from the historic juggernauts.

West Virginia sits more than 850 miles from its closest conference rival and more than 1,000 from the Texas border, so becoming a recruiting force in that state, despite Holgorsen’s Big 12

past, is a long shot. Instead, the Mountaineers have continued delving into the well that has produced players like Pat White, Steve Slaton, Tavon Austin, Geno Smith and Karl Joseph in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and Florida.

Florida is another recruiting Mecca for college football. West Virginia has found success, particularly in the Miami area, with players like Smith, Stedman Bailey and newcomers Jovon Durante and Yodny Cajuste. Continuing to bring in high-level talent from there should ensure improvement in WVU football, as long as players are developed properly.

Second, quarterbacks.

Trevone Boykin has basically been the only quarterback TCU has had as a member of the Big 12. Boykin took snaps as a freshman, but moved to wide receiver in 2013 as Casey Pachall took over quarterbacking duties. The following season Boykin established himself as a premier Heisman candidate and has done so again this year.

WVU has used Smith, Paul Millard, Ford Childress, Clint Trickett and Skyler Howard since joining the Big 12. Besides Smith, the remainder have been a hodgepodge of average, power five conference quarterbacks.

The Mountaineers are hoping Howard finds his niche soon, or that William Crest or David Sills will be ready to take the reigns.

Finally, finishing ability.

TCU is 5-1 since joining the Big 12 in games decided by a touchdown or less. West Virginia is 1-3.

TCU and WVU have played three times since 2012, with TCU holding a 2-1 edge. However, all three games have been decided by three points or less, including two overtime games, and a last-second field goal.

The big question this year is if we’ll see another close, down-to-the-wire game between these two programs and if WVU has the ability to spoil TCU’s playoff hopes. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

men’s soccer

West Virginia dominated by No. 5 Akron, lose 2-0 by alec gearty sports writer @dailyathenaeum

When the rain held off last night, it was time for the West Virginia University men’s soccer team to take on No. 5 Akron. However, at the end of the night, it was the Zips who left Dick Dlesk Stadium with three conference points.

Akron (12-2-2, 3-0-1) defeated the Mountaineers (610, 1-3), 2-0 behind goals

by Brad Ruhaak and Sam Gainford.

“Credit Akron, they’re a really good team,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc.

Ruhaak got the Zips on the board just three minutes after first touch, their quickest goal of this season.

“It was such a cheap goal to give up. It’s like we have to spot a team a goal to get going,” LeBlanc said.

After a small threat by the WVU offense, Akron dominated possession for the next

several minutes. The control of possession time is something that has made the Zips a very difficult team to beat.

In the 12th minute, tensions began to heat up after a controversial call on Akron’s Richie Laryea; which led to a yellow card on both Laryea for diving, and the Akron bench.

Jamie Merriam recorded the first shot for the Mountaineers, in the 17th minute.

It was a back and forth affair throughout the rest of the first half as opportunities kept rising. However, Akron couldn’t seem to find a way to convert as Sam Gainford sent a shot wide with the Mountaineer defense standing tall.

Akron’s Adam Najem had to be helped off the field after a scary collision in the 37th minute. Najem was named First Team All-MAC in his freshman and sophomore years.

Since Merriam’s attempt

in the 17th minute, the Mountaineers couldn’t find any way to break through Akron’s defense as WVU recorded zero shots. Akron had five shots, with one on goal.

It didn’t take long for WVU to match its shot total in the first half as Jad Arslan missed high. The Mountaineers found a way to shift the momentum in their favor.

Joey Piatczyc provided the best scoring chance early for West Virginia, as he tried to equalize on Louis Thomas’ cross; however, Akron’s Jake Fenlason was there for the stop at point blank range.

Fenlason stood on his head, doing something that the Zips’ didn’t necessarily need this season, bailing his team out.

After a breakout transition

by Victor Souto, he fed Gainford who put the Zips up 2-0 in the 67th minute; taking advantage of a misplaced Daniel Diaz, who slipped on the play, leaving the net

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Jamie Merriam dribbles around an Akron defender Wednesday night. vacant. shut out three times, but Diaz started in his first LeBlanc saw things improve match since Oct. 16. He this time out.

“Our soccer has been started in place of Alec Boerner, who was ineligible good,” LeBlanc said. “Our to play due to the fact that competitiveness was good he earned a red card in the for 87 minutes tonight. I teams’ last outing, which re- think the thing we have to quires the player to miss the improve on is starting that way. We started slow and it next game.

The Mountaineers have cost us.”

It looked like a different lost three of their last four matches, including being WVU that came out for the

second half, as the offense outshot Akron 7-4, but the team simply could not convert on the opportunities.

“We missed some really great chances to even the game up,” LeBlanc said.

“I think we are ruing missing those chances to pull the game even; tonight was an example where we played very well, we just didn’t do a good job finishing and getting back the goal we gave up so early in the game.”

Next up for WVU is a date with the Penn Quakers. The matchup could provide the needed spark for the Mountaineers, with hopes of a conference playoff berth still on their minds.

“I think Tuesday is almost secondary for us,” LeBlanc said. “We can still get into the conference tournament with a win and a little bit of help with NIU next weekend.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

volleyball

Mountaineers on 10-game losing streak following 3-0 loss to K-State by johnna herbig sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Last night, the West Virginia University volleyball team was defeated by the Kansas State Wildcats, extending its losing streak to 10 straight games. K-State overtook WVU in a 3-0 shutout, with set scores of 25-17, 2520 and 25-22.

This pushes WVU’s overall record back to 5-16 for the season, and 0-8 for conference play.

“K-State is a good team, they are well coached and

they have some tradition going on there,” said head coach Reed Sunahara. “I thought we did a much better job in the third set, we just didn’t capitalize (on) opportunities.”

The Mountaineers were led by junior Dzeni Hadzisehovic, who posted a team high 11 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery followed with nine, and junior setter Haley Roe supported the girls on the net with 33 assists on 41 of the team’s kills. Sophomore libero Gianna Gotterba led the Mountaineer defense, grabbing 18 digs, which was

the highest amount for both teams.

Junior libero MaTia Hughes made her first start last night, she contributed nine digs, scored two kills and added two assists.

The Wildcats now sit at 13-8 on the season and 5-4 in the Big 12.

Freshman middle blocker Macy Flowers and junior outside hitter Brooke Sassin led the K-State scoring attack with 11 kills each. Junior middle blocker Katie Reininger was also a big help, posting 10 herself. Sassin was also the team’s leading defender, getting 13

digs, while junior libero Kersten Kober tallied 11.

WVU started the first set off strong, and managed to get the lead early on 4-3. K-State got a blocking error, but still managed to bring its points up. A kill by Talia brought the score to a tie of 8-8, but that wasn’t the first tie of the set.

Both teams were playing neck and neck, which resulted in them knotting the score two more times. The Wildcats broke the streak by getting a 4-0 run, putting them in a 19-15 lead. Holding nothing back and continuing to score, Kansas State took the

set 25-17.

The second set went similar to the first. WVU was leading the match until the score was 7-5, but the Mountaineers were left behind when the Wildcats had another 4-0 run, bringing the score to 1310. Once again, K-State was leaving no one behind and hit another 3-0 run, extending the score to 17-11 Even with WVU blocking and scoring a few more points, West Virginia wasn’t able to keep up and lost the set, 25-20.

Both teams began the third set motivated and en-

ergetic. Hitting another early tie at 5-5, K-State was ready to push ahead going on a run, resulting in a 6-11 Wildcat lead. WVU began getting kills and blocks and was able to bring its score up, and even tied up the match again at 2222. In the last few points exchanged, Kansas State made the last statement taking the set 25-22.

West Virginia hits the court again next week after a break this weekend, traveling to Texas for matches against No. 2 Texas and Baylor. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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golf

International players contribute in first season by neel madhavan sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Golf is one of the few sports that is played all over the world. After originating in Great Britain in the 15th century, golf spread throughout the globe. In addition to being popular in the United States and Britain, the game has exploded in popularity in Japan, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Germany and South Africa.

As a result, young and talented golfers often end up coming to the United States to compete and get better, due to the resources and competition that exist here.

Of the West Virginia University men’s golf team 10

man roster, three are foreign-born players. Freshman Max Sear is from Ontario, freshman Tristan Nicholls is from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and sophomore Tae Wan Lee is from Seoul.

WVU head coach Sean Covich is no stranger to coaching international players.

“I have coached players from probably 10 to 12 different countries and almost every continent out there,” Covich said. “I have only been here for a year, but we have Canada, Korea and Australia (on our roster) right now. They have all adjusted well.”

“We have a strong support system around these

kids that helps them adjust.

You also have instant friends and brotherhood because you have your team.”

Covich estimates that 20 percent of the players in Division I college golf are born outside the United States.

“On a typical roster, everyone starts five guys, and more than likely, at least one or two are going to be international,” Covich said.

Sear has been one of the stars of this young team. The Ontario native is the only player on the team to have started in every tournament so far this season.

“For a true freshman, I couldn’t be more pleased for (Sear),” Covich said. “He’s a competitor. He doesn’t care what it looks like, as long as

he gets the ball in the hole.

He is just one of those guys that if he hits a shot way off line, he is not worried about his swing, he just wants to find it again, and get it close to the hole. That is just his attitude, and it has really helped him.”

Nicholls has struggled in the couple of events that he’s played this season, but Covich feels he’s got great potential and is looking forward to helping him get better.

“Tristan is very quiet, very methodical, and that is how he plays golf,” Covich said. “He doesn’t show a lot of emotion. You don’t know if he is shooting 8-under, or 8-over, which, as a coach, I really like. You don’t want

someone who is really dramatic out there. The more reps he gets, and the more he is around players like Max and (senior captain) Easton (Renwick), it is going to come to him. He probably has the best fundamentals, best technique of anyone on the team. But, unfortunately that does not always translate into lower scores.”

Lee transferred to WVU from the University of Florida. The Korea native is coming off his best performance of the season last week at the inaugural Mountaineer Intercollegiate, where he finished tied for 43rd.

“Tae Wan moved to Orlando from Korea when he was in high school,” Covich said. “He became one

of the best junior golfers in the country. I think he was number three in the country. He had offers from everyone, and then he lost his game a little bit. I met Tae Wan while I was coaching at Mississippi State. His college coach was let go, and he was looking to transfer.”

After wrapping up the fall season with an 11th place finish earlier this week at Quail Valley, Sear, Nicholls, Lee and the rest of the Mountaineers are off for the next couple months until the spring season begins Feb. 15 at the President’s Day Challenge in Houston, Texas. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

swimming & diving

Marsh awarded weekly accolades following dominating performance by roger turner sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Andrew Marsh, swimmer on the West Virginia University men’s swimming team, has been presented Student-Athlete of the Week by University Apartments for his winning performances in the pool last weekend.

Marsh, a senior from Jamestown, New York, started his final season as a Mountaineer on a good note. Just four meets into the season, Marsh has already set two new WVU pool records and placed top three in individual and relay events.

Last weekend, Marsh and the Mountaineers ran away with first place in the first Big 12 vs. Big East weekend hosted at the WVU Natatorium.

Marsh led both the men and women’s swimming and diving teams, winning seven races to help lift the men’s team to victory. In his seven first place finishes, Marsh won by a margin of 1.4 seconds or more.

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Andrew Marsh and his teammate Ross Glegg hit the water in this season’s meet against the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Week is awarded each nized this season. Colleg- tured Marsh as the Mounweek by University Apart- eSwimming.com named taineers’ first leg. Marsh ments to the student ath- junior swimmer Nate Carr, touched the wall with an lete that stands out in the and senior Jaimee Gill- individual time of 22.51, classroom and in compe- more of the women’s team the fastest individual tition. Marsh is the first Swimmer of the Week last backstroke time by more than two seconds. In the swimmer to receive the week.

Dur ing the w e ek- 200 freestyle relay, WVU honor for the fall sports season, but not the first end meet, the men’s 200 won with a time of 1:23.73 Mountaineer to be recog- medley relay event fea- to give Marsh another tally

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in the win column. Marsh led the pack, touching the wall in 20.91 to finish his leg of the race.

Since the preseason, Marsh has proven to be a contender in the backstroke and freestyle events, and this week’s meet silenced any doubt-

ers. In the 100 backstroke, Marsh came away with another victory, finishing with a time of 48.45.

Marsh also finished first in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle, which were solo events. In the 100 butterfly, Marsh won with a time of 49.39, and in 45.58 to claim victory in the 100 freestyle.

To end the two-day meet, Marsh helped the men’s 400-yard medley relay team to first place Saturday. The relay team finished with a winning time of 3:24 to secure first place for the men’s squad. Both the West Virginia men’s and women’s teams won by a landslide, finishing with more than 100 total team points than secondplace Xavier.

Marsh has about a month to dwell on being named Student-Athlete of the Week, as the Mountaineer swimming and diving teams head to Tennessee for the Tennessee Invite in late November which will be the team’s first road trip of the season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Injuries impact Big 12, and now No. 2 Baylor is hurting too

aineer t n u o M Week

Online Student Ticketing Ticketing begins at 4:01 p.m. Friday, October 30.

Request tickets at wvugame.com

The Mountaineers kickoff at 12:00 p.m. against Texas Tech on November 7 Here’s The “Game Plan”

Bring your student ticket (paper or digital) and WVU ID to the stadium for admittance; enter through East gates of stadium; gates open 1 1⁄2 hours before kickoff.

If you want to take advantage of the new mobile ticket option on game day, follow these steps. Claim your ticket, then, login to your account on your smart phone, select ‘Your Tickets’ then ‘Print’ to have your ticket displayed on the phone screen.

Next, take a screenshot of that image and save it on your phone so that you can show it with your student ID on Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium. No paper ticket needed!

Guest tickets - if available after the initial request period - will be located in the Upper Deck and Spirit Section 121; be sure to select one of these sections when requesting guest seats.

Tickets are nontransferable. Any attempt at fraudulent ticket reproduction will result in disciplinary action, including loss of athletic privileges and possible expulsion. If you do not have BOTH your ticket and student ID, you WILL NOT be admitted to the game.

Have Fun. Be Safe.

Be Respectful.

Questions on ticket procedure? wvu.edu/football_tickets

Remember the “High Five Rules”

1. No excessive drinking - intoxicated fans are not allowed inside or outside the stadium.

2. No foul or abusive language 3. No smoking in the seating or concourse areas.

4. No throwing stuff (anything) onto the field.

5. No ignoring of the instructions of Event/Security personnel.

Support the Pride

Get to the game 45 minutes before kickoff to see the WVU Mountaineer Marching Band!

West Virginia, Kansas State and Kansas have lost more than just every one of their Big 12 Conference games. All have lost key players to injuries.

Senior safety Karl Joseph suffered a season-ending right knee injury in practice after the Mountaineers had played only one conference game. The Wildcats and Jayhawks both have been forced to use multiple quarterbacks after injuries to the expected starters and backups.

And now second-ranked Baylor, the two-time defending Big 12 champion and one of the league’s three undefeated teams, will have to move forward without the quarterback tied for the Bowl Subdivision lead with 29 touchdown passes.

Seth Russell fractured a bone in his neck on a running play when the Bears beat Iowa State last week.

The junior quarterback faces season-ending surgery to repair damage to his cervical vertebra.

With Russell out, highly touted freshman Jarrett Stidham takes over as the starter for playoff-contending Baylor (7-0, 4-0 Big 12).

He has played at the end of every game (24 of 28 passing for 331 yards with six TDs, no interceptions), but his first start will come after this week’s open date, on Nov. 5 at Kansas State (3-4, 0-4).

The Wildcats? They have been using a receiver at quarterback. K-State lost starter Jesse Ertz on the first series of the season with a knee injury. One of the backups, Alex Delton, has a knee injury. Current starter Joe Hubener has also been banged up, forcing them to use receiver Kody Cook at quarterback, a position he played a bit in junior college.

K-State, 0-4 in the Big 12 for the first time since 2001, has also played all season without injured senior Dante Barnett, its best de-

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Quarterback Seth Russell breaks his neck in last weekend’s game. fensive back. Then fellow taking over for Joseph, but starting defensive backs the Mountaineers (3-3, Danzel McDaniel and Kaleb 0-3) allowed 62 points in Prewett missed last week’s their last game at secondgame at Texas. ranked Baylor. They have Even Wildcats coach Bill lost three in a row going Snyder has been knocked into Thursday night’s game down, getting wiped out at fourth-ranked TCU, when when the K-State’s Morgan cornerbacks Terrell ChestBurns was pushed out of nut (shoulder) and Ricky bounds on a kickoff return Rumph (death in family) last weekend. Snyder went are both expected to be out. toppling over, lost his headThe Horned Frogs (7-0, set, but the spry 76-year-old 4-0) have stayed undefeated hopped up and rejoined the even while plagued by injuries on defense. They are still offensive huddle.

“What were my other op- without five expected starters, but got defensive tackle tions?” he said.

With an open date this Davion Pierson back for the week before hosting Baylor, past three games. the coach and his players all Kansas (0-7, 0-4) lost prehave extra time to heal. sumptive starting quarterJoseph, who had five in- back Michael Cummings in terceptions in four games the spring game to a torn before getting hurt in a non- knee ligament, and starter contact drill at practice, was Montell Cozart sprained West Virginia’s second-lead- his shoulder four weeks ago ing tackler and inspirational and now may switch posileader on defense and was tions. Third-string quarterknown for his punishing back Deondre Ford tore lighits. aments in his thumb and “It’s tough from the expe- now the Jayhawks are down rience point of view,” WVU to freshman Ryan Willis, coach Dana Holgorsen said. their No. 4 quarterback in “You’re relying on guys like the spring who is about to that who have been in the start his fourth consecutive heat of the battle to be able game. to handle that and be able And the Jayhawks could to make the plays you need also be without starting left them to make, especially tackle Jordan Shelley-Smith, when it counts. ... You’re al- who sustained a concusways going to replace good sion in last week’s game at players, but you kind of wish Oklahoma State. If Shelleyyou had the whole offseason Smith doesn’t play, Kansas to do that.” could be starting freshmen Jarrod Harper has nine at both tackle spots against tackles in two games since Oklahoma.

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The Funky Mudbugs bring onstage personas to life Caitlin worrell A&E editor @caitlinwo7

The Funky Mudbugs bring more than just a sweet song to the stage.

The Mudbugs are made up of eight ultra-eclectic musicians playing an array of rock and jazz instruments.

“The Funky Mudbugs are a collective of musicians playing a music we refer to as ‘transgenre,’ in that it encompasses essentially every sound you could possibly imagine,” said Louis Falbo, guitarist and keyboardist for the band. “We do a heavy metal arrangement of ‘Helter Skelter,’ a really soulful arrangement of ‘Valerie’... some Michael Jackson and everything in between that.”

The Mudbugs haven’t always been an ensemble, however. Falbo evolved the band from a much smaller group.

“We started out as an avant-garde jazz trio that I started a year ago and then I met our Singer Remy Black (Derrick Ward).”

With a style as unique as their set list, this big musical unit goes above and beyond the usual song and dance. Each member of the Mudbugs take on a dramatic stage persona dur-

ing their live performance.

The idea of performance characters is more than just another theatrical element for these farout artists. “(Using onstage personas) was a decision that I made a long time ago when we had a trombonist named Rob, and he was a big fan of theatrics. And our singer Derrick is also a huge fan of theatrics,” Falbo said. “He actually used to go around, when he lived in New York, as his character Remy Black. He brought this up to me and Rob and we completely embraced it and encouraged everyone including ourselves to take on personas as well. We have naturally gravitated towards exaggerations of who we feel ourselves to be when we don’t have to put on a mask around other people.”

The eight-man group currently consists of Remy Black (Derrick Ward) on lead vocals, The Mad Scientist (Falbo) on guitar and keyboard, The Fearsome Hippopotamus (David Haley) on drums, The Gate Keeper (Chris Jones) on vocals and various instruments, The Friar of Funk (Cody Barcroft) on bass, Clairvoyant (Claire Wayne) on saxophone and bassoon, Sherlock Horns (Max Swallow) on saxo-

phone and Andy Tuck from The Greens on guitar and vocals.

This unique group of characters uses their onstage looks to have ultimate creative freedom and to add another element of excitement for fans.

“We want to be an audio-visual piece for the eyes,” Falbo said. “We are up on stage so we might as well make that part of the show interesting.”

With so many interesting characters performing, it’s surprising The Funky Mudbugs can settle on one cohesive sound.

“One of us will usually write a song and then bring in the lyrics and the chords and then say ‘alright guys, write your individual parts.

Here is the basis, now write your individual parts and let’s create some Mudbug sound,’” Falbo said. “We come up with a piece of ourselves and everyone puts their own piece in, then we have that collective idea.”

Though their “transgenre” motto makes them versatile, it’s apparent that jazz has a huge influence on their ever-changing sound.

“The fundamental core (members) of the band that is me, the drummer and the bassist - we are huge jazz musicians,” Falbo

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The Funky Mudbugs perform ‘Valerie’ live. said. “Cody earned his undergraduate degree in jazz performance onstage, and I have just been fascinated with the music ever since I came to study at music school and the possibilities of sounds that weren’t available in the context of pop.”

But not all members have their roots invested in jazz. Claire Wayne, a senior music student at West Virginia University, and Chris Jones, a doctoral music composition student at WVU, both hold a strong background in classical music.

“I think the special thing about the Mudbugs is that we are all independent musicians and we all have our own sources of inspirations and our own different characters,” Wayne said. “I think that what makes us special is that we don’t sacrifice our uniqueness for a specific genre or a specific look or a specific sound– we are a melting pot.”

The Funky Mudbugs’ wild personas will blend right in this Halloween weekend as they prepare to open for Dangermuffin at 123 Pleasant Street.

Their special showcase

will feature all-new original songs from the band, who will have Tuck stand in for lead vocalist Ward. It will also feature a special guest performance from a local Morgantown rap act.

The Halloween showcase at 123 will also boast a costume contest. First place winner wins a bar tab worth $50 and the second place winner wins a tab worth $25.

The Funky Mudbugs take the stage at 9 p.m. this Saturday at 123 Pleasant Street. Tickets are $10. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Sandra Bullock takes on brave male role in ‘Our Brand is Crisis’ LOS ANGELES (AP) ‑ Is she going to be hot?

That’s the question a studio executive asked Sandra Bullock about the lead character in a project she was pitching well into her Hollywood career “I looked at him and I go, ‘Well, it is me, so you get what you get. You do realize that I’m pitching this for me?’” recalled Bullock in a recent interview. “He goes, ‘Yeah, but I want to know, like, what is she going to wear?’”

Things have gotten a little better since then. In “Our Brand is Crisis,” out Friday, Bullock plays a role originally written for a man, and no one checked in to see whether or not the savvy political consultant character was going to be a bombshell, too.

But this is the exception. Bullock’s conversation with the studio executive remains an all too familiar scene for actresses in Hollywood, where sexist presumptions are engrained in the culture.

Then there’s the matter of substance with roles for women. Bullock can’t remember how many times she’s had to listen to a writer try to explain how the “the wife” is really the heart of the movie.

“I know what that means. That means you’re going to be underwritten and you’re just going to be the wife waking up in bed with the husband and making the coffee,” she said. “If you say that I’m the heart of the piece, I’m going to (expletive) clock you.”

That’s why Bullock and her agent started looking at roles for men. After all, male characters don’t always have to be likable. Their comedies don’t have to be of the romantic variety. And the first question from studio executives probably isn’t going to be “Is he hot?”

When Bullock read the unproduced screenplay for “Our Brand is Crisis,” she decided to call longtime friends George Clooney and producer Grant Heslov to see if there was any chance they might consider her for the lead - an amoral, Sun Tzu-quoting political consultant who’s come out of retirement for a showdown with an old rival. They said yes.

To adapt the part, they changed

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Sandra Bullock stars as ‘Calamity’ Jane Bodine. around some pronouns, they gave the character a woman’s name, and they added some sexual innuendos with her foe (Billy Bob Thornton).

But overall, it remained as originally written.

Part of that is the strength of screenwriter Peter Straughan’s script, said Thornton. The transition from male to female was easy because it was never a type to begin with - the gender was almost incidental.

“I tend as a writer to not identify characters unless there’s a reason for it,” said Thornton. “(Straughan) wrote it as a

person.”

From there, director David Gordon Green and his actors could focus on the big ideas in this satirical story about a failing Bolivian presidential candidate and the American lackeys hired to try to manipulate his image and a country for the win.

As someone whose father worked in the Pentagon, Bullock understands the allure of stories about the underbelly of politics. The do-anything candidates and unscrupulous mercenaries in “Our Brand is Crisis” are especially resonant now, she notes.

“You watch a debate and you watch these people doing their thing - even if it’s a candidate you like - you watch them just (expletive) people. You see it so clearly,” said Thornton. “When Donald Trump says, ‘First of all, I respect women, I love women.’ It’s like, you start with that? That means you don’t!”

But for Bullock, it wasn’t simply about politics.

“It’s about selling. It’s about how we as a culture have become so obsessed about what the win is for us. It’s about how lost in the win we may have gotten, even to the detriment of our own soul and to the detriment of, in this case, an entire body of people. And who would be willing to step off that carousel and sacrifice your own creature comforts for the greater good?” said Bullock.

“That had been on my mind for a couple of years and then this story came along. It was echoing what I was feeling - have we lost that? We as a people, we’re such a beautiful, strong, opinionated country. I want to see people gather together from different, diverse environments to go ‘this is our job to help each other. Period.’”

“Our Brand is Crisis” is one of those films that seems perfectly attuned to this moment. While the producers knew they wanted to release it during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, they couldn’t have imagined how prescient the gender swapping choice would have been to the ongoing conversation about equal opportunities for women - from roles to wages.

“Hopefully, while I’m still alive, we get to see women just treated better. My question is, wage equality, yes, that should be obvious. But the bigger picture to me is why are we thought of as less than in general,” said Bullock.

“I don’t know where my roads are going, but all I can say is it’s my responsibility to make it easier for someone else because so many women made it easier for me,” said Bullock, one of the highest-paid actresses in the industry. “As a group, a unified group, I hope the change is coming. And it’s not just Hollywood.

It’s everywhere.”

Wyoming partners with Pixar on new film, ‘The Good Dinosaur’ CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP)‑ The state of Wyoming is looking to boost tourism through an animated film that will be released nationwide next month.

“The Good Dinosaur,” which will be released Thanksgiving week, is about a dinosaur named Arlo and his human friend as they travel a harsh and scenic land. Valleys and mountains depicted in the film were inspired by the Wyoming landscape, such as the Teton Range.

Under an agreement between the state Office of Tourism and Pixar, Wyoming will invest $1.2 million of its advertising budget on a media campaign promoting both the film and the state.

In addition, the state will pay Pixar $100,000 to help sponsor the film’s world premiere Nov. 17 in Los Angeles. In return, Wyoming will be able to promote the state, such as displaying its buck-

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Pixar presents its new animated film, ‘The Good Dinosaur.’ ing horse and rider logo on the red carpet at the premiere.

Tourism Office spokesman Chris Mickey said that Wyoming will be able to use images from the film in commercials mar-

keting the state to potential visitors.

“One of the things we love about this partnership is we can directly tie the dinosaurs to Wyoming in the movie,” Mickey said.

The commercials will

run from mid-November to mid-December, but probably won’t be aired in Wyoming, he said.

“But they will be seen in select markets all over the country,” Mickey said.

Diane Shober, executive

director of the Wyoming Office of Tourism, said arrangement with Pixar provides the state the opportunity to increase interest in and visitation to Wyoming.

“The film is visually

stunning and the setting is very characteristic of the Wyoming scenery we know and love,” Shober said in a statement. “’The Good Dinosaur’ is a perfect fit for Wyoming with the mountain backdrops, sweeping landscapes and ties to paleontology and culture of the American West.”

While the Office of Tourism has worked with film studios before, Mickey said this is the first time the state has ever partnered with a film via an advertising campaign.

“What we really hope is that this will move the needle on young families, people who have younger kids but are still in the adventure stage of their lives,” Mickey said. “Even though it’s an animated film, because of how well the Disney Pixar team did, the locations and backgrounds of this film, it almost looks like you could be there.”

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Thursday October 29, 2015