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Wednesday July 15, 2015
Volume 127, Issue 145
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WVU grad found dead in apartment by nicole curtin managing editor @nicolec_WVU
Granville police believe that drugs could have played a role in Paul Salisbury’s death. The recently graduated West Virginia University alum was found unconscious on his bathroom floor at the Domain Apartments near University Town Center Sunday afternoon after police responded to a call for cardiac arrest, according to a Tuesday press release. He was pronounced dead on the scene, the release said. His girlfriend, Jessica
John, was also in the apartment and was rushed to Ruby Memorial Hospital with him, though her condition was unknown as of Tuesday afternoon. Friends of the couple said she was in “OK” condition. Salisbury was a student in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and graduated in May with a Bachelor of Arts in multidisciplinary studies with focuses in business, Spanish and advertising, his friends said. During his time at WVU, he was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, and, according to his LinkedIn profile, was involved with raising funds for the Children’s Miracle Network
hospital with the chapter. Before he came to Morgantown, Salisbury spent his time in Cary, North Carolina, where he was born and raised. Emily Giangreco, a recent Reed College of Media graduate, said she was friends with Salisbury and spoke about how his friendship impacted her life. “Paul and I were always friends but we became extremely close my junior year when he and I had a class together,” Giangreco said. “He’s someone that was always there for you when you needed it. She remembered how he lit up a room when he
walked into it and how he brought “such a positive energy to everybody’s life that he was in.” “He was a huge jokester, but he was also someone you can vent to and he would really listen,” she said. “He was so caring, which is a hard thing to find from a guy in college.” Salisbury’s best friend, Paul Soudmand, created a GoFundMe page to help with the funeral expenses of the family which can be reached at http://www.gofundme.com/z9q4ya2. As of 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the page had already received $3,800 in donations. The investigation is on-
Paul Salisbury, left, poses with a friend at a WVU tailgate. going. Police have not not released any more identified the drug they information. believed to be involved with the incident and have ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu
University Town Center to add new business in final phase
READY, ICING, WAR!
by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum
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Participants in the Cupcake Wars enjoy different cupcakes during the battle.
WVU Dentistry School puts on second annual Cupcake Wars by corey WILLIAM mcdonald staff writer @dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University School of Dentistry gave students and residents of Morgantown a chance to showcase their baking skills this previous Saturday in an all-out competition of cake, icing and creativity at the second annual Cupcake Wars. “There’s always events for other food. There’s the wing cook-off, the chili cook-off, the rib cook-off; there’s never been a baking cook-off, so we thought it would be a fun idea,” said Kerri Simpson, president of the WVU School of Dentistry class of 2017. Simpson organized the first Cupcake War competition last summer and hosted the event again this year as part of her nonprofit fundraising organization “Hands for a Cause.” According to Simpson, “Hands for a Cause” was created as a way to organize the various fundraising efforts of the dental class of 2017. “We’ve been doing a good bit of fundraisers. Last year we helped a WVU student who was fighting Osteosarcoma of the knee and we raised money and were able to help him pay some of his medical bills,” Simpson said. “I’ve had a lot of dentists come up to me and help us back some of these programs so I thought why don’t we start a non-profit that’s purposely for den-
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Sierrah Blomquist competes in the cupcake competition with her own homemade creations. tists and dental students to give back Dentistry, the School of Fashion and Design and the Management Informato the community.” The friendly competition took place tion Systems program of the College of near the Health Sciences Center from Business and Economics. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and offered games, Teams competed for a first, second face painting and raffle prizes for the and third place award, judged by participants from Panera, Slight Indulcommunity members present. “Local businesses from around the gence and The Cupcakery evaluating community allowed us to have gifts for the baked goods based on taste, prethe raffles, and then there’s face paint- sentation, and creativity. ing for the kids, there’s beverages, and Teams also competed for The Peoit’s just a fun day to come out and try ple’s Choice Award, which gave the public the chance to cast a ballot vote some goodies,” Simpson said. The competition was composed of for their favorite cupcake. seven teams from different schools of see cupcakes on PAGE 2 the University including the School of
Monongalia County Commission members and developers recently announced new plans to enhance the community with a new 300,000 square foot development in University Town Center, as well as a 105,000 square foot distribution center in Westover. According to Monongalia County Commissioner Eldon Callen, after the development plans are completed the state of West Virginia and the local community of Monongalia County will receive $1 billion annually. Callen said the developments will provide a net increase of $30 million annually for the state of West Virginia and a net increase of $6 million annually in revenue for the county and local governments. “The ultimate goal is to provide opportunities for our children and grandchildren so that they do not have to leave our counties or West Virginia to support and raise their families,” Callen said. The property in Westover is planned to be a warehouse distribution facility and is expected to open in 2016. The facility has signed a letter of intent and is in negotiations to start development on property located west of the I-79 interstate in August, with an estimated construction cost of $13 million. The name of the company occupying the distribution facility was not made public during the announcement. Additions in the district located near the University Town Center include Morgantown’s first Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks, make-up retailer Ulta, arts and crafts store A.C. Moore as well
as many other retail and chain stores. It is believed that these projects will increase the size of the University Town Center by nearly 50 percent. Monongalia County C o m m i s s i o n e r, To m Bloom expressed his excitement for these projects. “(This is) the biggest development in years,” Bloom said. “It will change the face of Mon County.” Construction for the Chipotle and the Starbucks started in April and is planned to be complete in August, with an expected opening sometime between September and October of this year. All projects included in the development plans contain separate “grand opening” dates and will be ready for business as soon as they are completed. “We’re really excited to bring Chipotle to Morgantown,” said Jason Donahue, development consultant for Mon View LLC. Despite recent studies concerning the West Virginia economy, officials are confident that these projects will generate ample revenue and jobs in Monongalia County. “Morgantown is growing, which is different from other parts of West Virginia,” Donahue said. “We’ve had phenomenal growth in Mon County over the last 14 years.” Bloom said the projects will offer many jobs in the area. According to Bloom, the developments are projected to create approximately 8,000 positions to workers seeking employment in the next eight to 10 years. “There will be a range of all different types of jobs available,” Bloom said. “Mon County has been considered an oasis; we’re increasing.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
West Virginia’s Ecocar team is going for the gold by john mark shaver staff writer @dailyathenauem
After a successful showing in Seattle that earned them bragging rights and a five-figure check, West Virginia University’s Ecocar 3 team is setting their sights on year two of the nationwide competition. The team, tasked with turning a Chevrolet Camaro
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into a hybrid electric vehicle over the span of four years, is competing with 16 other schools in the nation, including Georgia Tech, Ohio State University and Pennsylvania State University. Chelsea Betts, the team’s communications manager, noted the team’s biggest focus as they shift into their second year of competition. “Each group of people that presented on a topic [at
the competition] really had to talk about what they focused on that year and what they excelled in and some challenges that they faced,” Betts said. “What we noticed was the presentations were judged really toughly, and our team needs to work on that aspect because in the competition, they want to see not only do you understand the material, but they want you to prove that you
know it well, so that was one of our biggest challenges this year.” While the first year of the competition was mostly planning, the team will finally get its car this December. This itself poses a new challenge to the team, as most of its members have no hands-on experience with hybrid electric cars, according to Betts. Betts said the lack of
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hands on experience is just one of the many obstacles in a competition of this caliber. “In this past year, we had about 43-45 people on our team, and undergraduate, graduate, and PhD. students in all disciplines,” Betts said. “There were some schools that had over 100 people on their team so there was a lot to live to with that expectation. We’re hoping with this year, as more engineer-
ing students knowing about the project and after we get the car, they’ll be more interested in it, we would like to see our team double if possible.” The team is also faced with a rotating roster, as many of last year’s team members have graduated. Because of this, Betts said this year’s team will consist
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