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Local businesses wary of tobacco tax by john mark shaver and rachel mcbride da staff @dailyathenaeum

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has proposed a tax hike on West Virginia cigarettes and vaping fluid, leaving Morgantown officials and business owners split on the matter.

The tax increase, which Tomblin proposes to start on April 1, is estimated by West Virginia Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss to make the state $78 million a year. The proposal calls for each pack

of cigarettes to be taxed an extra 45 cents.

Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom made a similar proposal several months ago to help take care of Mon County roads and potholes.

“Do I think (Tomblin’s proposal) is a legitimate tax to be looked at? Yes,” Bloom said. “Do I think 45 cents is enough? No.” Bloom said the extra tax should be increased from the proposed 45 cents to $1.

“I do not understand why there’s that much animosity and backlash (toward) put-

ting a tax on cigarettes,” he said. “There are health situations that go with it, so I don’t see any problem with it.”

This tobacco tax is better than raising state income tax, and the tobacco tax can reduce the number of West Virginia smokers, according to John Deskins, the assistant dean of outreach and engagement director of the WVU College of Business and Economics, “West Virginia has the highest cigarette purchase per capita, more than double the national average,”

WELLWVU promotes safe sex with Condom Caravan by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health’s Condom Caravan is trying to eliminate the practice of unsafe sex among students at West Virginia University by offering a variety of condoms at an affordable price for students.

With sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies on the rise, hooking up isn’t quite as simple as it used to be.

While people between the ages of 15 and 24 are only about a quarter of the sexually active population in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they account for half of the 20 million new STIs contracted annually.

Alison Tartaglia, health education specialist for WELLWVU said even with all this information, students still aren’t the safest when engaging in all types of sexual acts, particularly oral and anal sex.

“If there’s some type of body fluid exchanged, then there’s a risk for infe ction,” Tar taglia said.

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Deskins said. “If we actually get people to smoke less, then that’s good for society.”

While taxes aren’t favorable, Deskins said they’re a necessity.

“It’s probably the best way to go,” Deskins said. “No one wants to pay taxes, but at the same time, we have to have revenues for roads and education.”

Deskin noted if the tax gets too high, out-of-state shoppers might avoid coming to West Virginia, and the tax may make in-state shoppers look elsewhere for their tobacco.

This would result in less state income through local business.

One such business is eVapor in Morgantown, West Virginia. The business’s owner, Shawn Dunn, said the proposal is unfair to those who vape rather than smoke.

“There’s no reason to penalize people who use electronic cigarettes,” Dunn said. “It helps them stop smoking… They might as well tax bubble gum, in my opinion.”

Dunn’s frustration with the proposal stems from

how the tax is laid out.

While cigarettes are set to be taxed by the pack, vaping liquid is proposed to be charged 7.5 cents per milliliter, which is akin to taxing tobacco by each individual cigarette.

Dunn said the tax on eliquid, which is his highestselling item by far, would raise the price of each individual bottle from anywhere between $1.25 and $13, depending on the size of the bottle.

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STEERED WRONG “We have to take our time and slow down. We have to get back in rhythm, slow down, stop rushing and start making shots.”

—Jonathan Holton

ing risk among sexually active students, current students at West Virginia University have an affordable, convenient option if they choose to practice safer sex.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to have access to condoms,” said Jill Dishion, graduate assistant for WEllWVU. The Condom Caravan, a venue for WVU students to buy condoms around campus, sells more than 30 varieties of condoms for 25 cents each, or five for $1.

WELLWVU intends to inform students about sexual health and encourage sexually active students to make responsible decisions.

The Condom Caravan happens at least once every month, with increased availability during holidays like Valentine’s Day. In addition to the Caravan, many WVU Resident Assistants have taken it upon themselves to have smaller Condom Caravans on their dorm floors. Giving RAs access to distributing condoms among their residents increases the chances of student residents

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TEXAS 56 WEST VIRGINIA 49 WVU senior forward Jonathan Holton stands in disbelief during the Mountaineers’ game against Texas last night.

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WVU Young Democrats host Right-to-Work Teach-In event by amy pratt

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University Young Democrats hosted a Rightto-Work Teach-In at the Mountainlair on Wednesday.

Right-to-work is a proposed bill in the West Virginia State Legislature that will limit the power of unions to require members to pay dues, explained Justin Click, parliamentarian of WVU Young Democrats. The bill will be read on the House floor today at 11 a.m. “(People) hear right to work and think ‘Yeah everyone has the right to work,’ but it’s kind of a misnomer,” Click said. “It’s a label that’s very good, but you’re hiding something very dangerous.”

A common misconception regarding right-towork, according to Click, is many people think it would make joining a union mandatory for workers. In reality, the bill would allow workers to opt out of unions while still requiring the unions to cover the workers.

“The union has no leverage against the CEOs, and

the CEOs can lower the wages or cut the benefits,” Click said.

Sean O’Leary, senior policy analyst from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, came to give a presentation about right-to-Work. He explained right-to-work does not mean being forced to join a union or a political cause, but understanding how state policy directly affects lives. Federal law prevents workers from being forced to join a union.

O’Leary explained those in support of the right-towork bill claim it will attract businesses with lower labor costs to the state, and those opposed to right-towork laws claim it lowers wages in the state and hurts unions.

“By hurting unions and hampering their financial liability, it hurts wages for disproportionately moderate and lower wage workers, these workers who are covered by unions,” O’Leary said.

O’Leary cited one study

by WVU Bureau of Business and Economics Research concluding rightto-work laws would reduce union membership and boost overall employment in the state. The study was

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done in Idaho and Oklahoma. However, it had numerous errors and did not account for unobserved variables affecting the state’s economy.

This study is what many who support right-to-work laws use as evidence of their success.

West Virginia already has low wages, and its median wage is lower now than it was in 1973.

What West Virginia needs is investments in education, not right-to-work laws, according to O’Leary.

“West Virginia has the lowest share of population with a bachelor’s degree compared to any other state in the nation,” O’Leary said. “(West Virginia) needs investments in education and infrastructure for job growth.”

An educated workforce is what will attract businesses to West Virginia, according to O’Leary.

O’Leary believes unions are important to the survival of the middle class and right-to-work laws would affect this.

“Unions are what makes it possible for normal people to make a living. As union membership shrinks, the middle class has suffered,” O’Leary said.

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The Right-to-Work Teach-In was held in the Monogahela Room in the Mountainlair from 3:45-5:15 p.m.

“The middle class’ total share of income has decreased as union membership was reduced.”

O’Leary said this presentation was meant to share the facts with the public to promote understanding of right-to-work laws.

“In a state like West Virginia with the incredibly high poverty rates,” O’Leary said, “this is not the way to go.”

Kristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM West Virginia University’s Young Democrats held a “teach-in” discussing why they danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu believe Right-to-Work is wrong.

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Thursday January 21, 2016

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In this Dec. 27, 2013 file photo, an employee trims away unneeded leaves from pot plants, harvesting the plant’s buds to be packaged and sold at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary, in Denver. States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the pot industry’s ongoing difficulty banking means they need new options to finance expansion.

Pot states take fresh look at out-of-state investment DENVER (AP)—States that have legalized pot are taking a fresh look at making it easier for out-of-state investors to get in the weed business, saying the industry’s ongoing difficulty in banking means they need new options to finance expansion.

The four states that allow recreational pot sales - Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington - have another big reason to take a new look at pot investment.

That’s California, the nation’s most populous state and largest marijuana producer, though it allows the drug only for people with certain medical ailments.

California voters could approve recreational pot this fall, giving the nascent pot industries in the other states reason to want to attract investment now, before a giant enters the picture. California has no ban on out-of-state owners, pressuring other pot states to loosen the rules before California opens for

business.

“There’s only so many people willing to invest in this risky and new industry, so allowing people from out of state to become investors in this business ... seems like a good idea,” said Colorado Sen. Chris Holbert, R-Parker, and sponsor of a bill to allow out-of-state ownership of marijuana businesses.

The head of the Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce was more blunt.

“We can’t go get a loan from the bank to grow our business to help us accelerate,” Tyler Henson said. “We are susceptible to falling behind other states.”

But the prospect of big out-of-state money flowing into legal pot states still gives regulators pause.

Pot-business residency ownership requirements generally date to the early days of regulated pot as a safeguard against investment by foreign drug cartels. Those fears have largely

dissipated, but public officials have hung onto the residency requirements because they believe it keeps the industry small and easier to manage.

Pot regulators also cite the U.S. Department of Justice, which has repeatedly warned pot states they must keep drug money out of interstate commerce or face a crackdown.

“The regulators will say, ‘Do we have money flying cross-country to be deposited in the pot industry?

Let’s just keep it local,’” said Chris Lindsey, legislative analyst for the Marijuana Policy Project, which oversees legalization campaigns in many states.

Alaska’s pot regulators voted last year to ease residency requirements for pot industry investment, then backtracked in December.

The regulators ended up using the more stringent standards needed to qualify to receive a yearly check from Alaska’s oil wealth fund.

Residency requirements range from six months in Washington to two years in the other states.

In Washington and Colorado, those requirements apply to business applicants and investors. But Washington’s Liquor and Cannabis Board announced this month that it intends to drop the ban on out-of-state investment to make it easier for marijuana businesses to raise money. The change would take effect in March if it’s approved as expected.

In Oregon, majority ownership must rest with Oregon residents. Outside investment is allowed there, but non-resident owners can’t be directly involved in a business’ operation or management. A bill currently pending in the Oregon Legislature would change that.

Marijuana businesses and activists believe that marijuana residency requirements are an endangered breed, though.

Linsley argued that state marijuana protections will one day be as illegal as any other kind of business protectionism.

And residency requirement can simply invite shadowy financing “schemes,” said another sponsor of Colorado’s residency bill. In Colorado, for example, some investors pour money into ancillary pot businesses, such as warehouses or lighting companies, then exact heavy kickbacks from the in-state pot growers.

“I want to make sure that we have background checks on those investors,” Pabon said. “To me, this is a transparency measure to allow what is already happening in Colorado but to do it above-board.”

One prominent Denver marijuana attorney called the removal of marijuana ownership requirements a logical next step in the industry’s maturation. As long as interested pot investors

can’t have a say in how a company is run, they’re unlikely to pour much money into it, Brian Vicente said.

“Residents of other states are already allowed to loan money to these businesses.

Given the risk they are assuming in this uncertain industry, they should be able to hold equity in the companies as well,” Vicente said.

But the change won’t be easy, neither for regulators nor the existing marijuana businesses in legal states.

“I think the industry has always liked the idea of being a homegrown industry,” said Jason Warf of the Southern Colorado Cannabis Council. “This definitely opens the door for your larger out-of-state venture capitalists to walk right in.

If we have folks with much more capital than our owners who are able to walk in, when our owners have had to meet these requirements for many years, it would just be an unfair advantage.”

More than 1,000 tested for tuberculosis in rural Alabama MARION, Ala. (AP)— Tuberculosis, a global scourge, has mostly been eradicated in the United States, but minorities and poor people who lack regular health care remain vulnerable.

Marion, the town where Coretta Scott King was raised, is just that kind of community: the seat of Alabama’s poorest county, where 47 percent live in poverty and the per-capita annual income is just $13,000.

Spurred by two tuberculosis deaths last year, Alabama public health officials tried reaching out in Marion, and were mostly ignored or turned away.

Many people seemed suspicious and unenthusiastic about providing blood samples to the government. Efforts in late 2014 to trace the contacts of people who did test positive were stymied; few in the town of 3,600 seemed eager to tell on their neighbors.

“We had a very, very poor turnout. Our turnout was so bad, we actu-

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Continued from page 1 practicing safer sex, Tartaglia said.

The more opportunities students have to learn about the importance of safe sex. The better off they will be in their sexual relationships.

“I think that’s one of the real, important challenges,” Tartaglia said. “To

ally had people throwing beer bottles at us,” said Pam Barrett, director of the Alabama Department of Public Health division for tuberculosis control.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long called for targeting the fight against tuberculosis where the disease remains most prevalent, among poor and minority populations.

The airborne bacterial infection spreads when people live in unhealthy conditions in close proximity and get little health care.

Blacks and Hispanics are eight times more likely to carry it than whites are, according to the CDC. “While most people think of TB as a disease that does not affect the U.S., Marion, Alabama is experiencing a TB outbreak that is worse than in many developing countries,” the UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, Eric P. Goosby, said in a statement Wednesday. “Unfortunately, in many areas of the country, funding for community education expand on those teachable moments.”

Dishion said at times, those in need of purchasing condoms can feel intimidated by buying the condoms in a public place, around many people. For those wanting to buy condoms in private, a variety of condoms can also be bought at discounted prices during business hours at the WELLWVU Office of Wellness and Health Promotion office

and outreach on TB by local health departments is scarce or non-existent.”

The deaths in 2015 and another in 2011 justified a more proactive response.

Using grant money from the CDC, the local health department decided to pay $20 to anyone who comes in for a blood test, another $20 for returning three days later to get the result, an additional $20 for keeping an appointment for a chest X-ray if necessary, and $100 if a patient told to take medication completes the treatment.

The cash made all the difference: In the last two weeks, more than 1,000 people - a tenth of Perry County’s residents - have gotten tested, and public health officials found what they feared: an outbreak at a scale unseen in years. The tests showed that 20 people have had the disease since 2014, and 47 others have latent infections. All will now get treatment to reduce the likelihood of spreading the bacteria.

Confirmed cases of tulocated in the Health and Education Building on Evansdale Campus adjacent to the Student Rec Center.

The next Condom Caravan will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 3 in the Mountainlair.

The Condom Caravan schedule is available online at http://well.wvu. edu/wellness. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

berculosis disease reached a national low of 9,421 cases in 2014, or 2.96 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The tests in Marion uncovered an infection rate much higher than state and national norms, said Alabama state health officer Tom Miller.

“We’ve had TB throughout the state here and there, it’s always been very restricted - one or two cases,” Miller said. “But to this magnitude? Not that I’m familiar with.”

Tuberculosis typically attacks the lungs and spreads when a person carrying the bacteria coughs, sneezes, speaks or sings and people nearby inhale the bacteria, according to the CDC. Symptoms include a persistent cough, chest pain, fatigue, weight loss and night sweats. But tuberculosis can live in the body without immediately making a person sick, and people with latent infections can’t spread tuberculosis unless their immune systems fail to control the bacteria.

All the cases in Perry County involve black people, said Barrett, who sought to assuage concerns during a meeting at a local church Tuesday night.

Mary Moore, 47, said she, her relatives and co-workers had been screened by their doctors, but others remain reluctant - a problem she blamed on “people living secret lives, private lives and privacy issues as well.”

Barrett stressed that any results will remain confidential.

“We don’t care if you’re doing illegal activities, we don’t care if you’re having an affair on your husband. We don’t tell any of that to anybody,” Barrett said. “We just need to know who you’ve been around. And the people that we were running across just would not tell us that information.”

The federal grant, which enables the county to keep paying for tests through Jan. 29, has made a big difference, Barrett said.

“I think it has brought a

lot of people to be tested that otherwise would not have been tested because they just wanted the money,” Bar rett said.

The money is nice, but some said the education people are getting about disease prevention is more valuable.

“I think it’s a gift from God. Because awareness - it’s opening our eyes,” said Rosie Kynard, who tested negative. “We say 47 now but look, they got to test tomorrow. They got to test Friday. How do we know that everyone who comes tomorrow or that comes Friday won’t be positive?”

Despite uncertainty surrounding this outbreak, Kynard and others said that with these tests and their faith, they see little reason to worry.

“No I’m not, not at all,” Maggie Tubbs, 71, said as she left the health department building. “’Cause we all have something, but we don’t know what we got.”

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go…,” Bloom said. “That’s where my concern is always, with the state.”

Bloom agreed with Tomblin’s plan to use the tax money to offset the $120 million PEIA coverage cut, but thinks the money should be used smarter in the long term.

“I think there needs to be more money and I think there needs to be a better plan of how to resolve the budget situation rather than just putting a finger in the

hole of a dyke,” Bloom said.

Dunn fears if Tomblin’s proposal were to be put in motion, his store and others like it would be put out of business.

“Unless I go into another business, there’s no way to make that up,” Dunn said.

“If we are forced to close, the thousands of dollars we contribute in state and local sales tax and B&O taxes each year will go to zero.”

Continued from page 1 will drive a lot of customers away from my store,” Dunn said. “They’ll just buy the liquid online where it can be delivered to their door.”

While Bloom said the tax on e-liquid should be amended, he believes it should still exist.

“It depends on where the money is actually going to

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Fighting against legal discrimination In a rare example of bipartisan support, Republican senator Mark Kirk of Illinois has cosponsored and openly demonstrated support for the Equality Act, a bill that would prevent discrimination nationwide against people who identify as non-heterosexual.

The bill, initially introduced by Democrats in 2015, would add onto the Civil Rights Act, which already legally defends citizens from discrimination against religion, race and nationality. If the bill is passed, non-heterosexuals would be protected in areas like employment, housing, federal funding and education.

Earlier this month, Congressman Bob Dold, also from Illinois, was the first

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Discrimination against members of the LGBT community would become illegal under the Equality Act. Republican to cosponsor the bill. Illinois already has anti-discrimination laws in place, but Senator Kirk said, “Discrimination

on the basis of being gay is against the law in Illinois and is should be against the law nationwide.”

Kirk is one of few Re-

publican politicians nationwide to support gay marriage and anti-discrimination laws. Though data from the Pew Research

Center in 2014 indicated a majority of younger Republicans supported marriage equality, older adults did not feel the same. Only 22 percent of Republican adults over 65 supported non-traditional marriage.

However, in a survey conducted days before the Supreme Court ruled that state-level bans on samesex marriages were unconstitutional in June, 57 percent of Americans supported gay marriage.

Support for equality and fair treatment should not be exclusive to a particular political party. Congressman Charlie Dent from Pennsylvania demonstrated this by saying, “As a Republican, I value equality, personal freedom and a more limited

role for government in our lives. I believe this philosophy should apply to marriage as well.”

Human issues concerning quality of life will always transcend party boundar ies. Denying someone the opportunity to own a home or receive an education based on who they are attracted to is simply barbaric.

Without Republican support, protecting the rights of LGBT individuals through national law will not be possible. This editorial board hopes more lawmakers can represent their constituents and join the fight to protect the LGBT community from both legal and social discrimination. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Right-to-work laws hidden by Orwellian language

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Hundreds of workers protest Right-to-Work legislation in West Virginia.

Robby ralston correspondant @dailyathenaeum

In his novel “1984,” George Orwell famously warns against what he calls doublespeak, or the use of loaded words to cover up uncomfortable facts. To him, this is a cornerstone of the propaganda that exists in every society. Are there examples in our own political system?

Last Wednesday, the West Virginia State Legislature began its 2016 session to the sight of hundreds of protesters at the Capitol. These individuals were united against right-to-work legislation, which is expected to reach the Senate floor in the upcoming days.

As it stands, when a ma-

jority of workers in a firm vote to unionize, a union has the right to negotiate with its employer on behalf of all employees. In exchange, all workers must either join the union or pay a fee for this service. RTW would make this requirement illegal, instead allowing only voluntary membership in the organization.

RTW laws are often said to increase the freedom of workers by allowing them to choose how they spend their money and to reduce “rigidity” and “inflexibility” in “the labor market,” which leads to claims about economic prosperity for states.

I think we should examine the meaning of each of these phrases in order to fully understand what this bill might mean for West Virginia workers.

What does it mean to

increase the flexibility of a labor market? As Gerry Rodgers, director of the International Institute for Labor Studies, claims, “…the flexibility of a labor market might be defined as its ability to adapt and respond to change.” This also includes lower “employment protections” and higher “wage flexibility.”

Thus, in layman’s terms, a market is more flexible if employees are easier to fire and there is no minimum wage. Since labor unions have historically opposed groundless firing and low wages, these institutions are seen as a major obstacle to flexible labor markets.

It is unsurprising, then, that just about the only point of agreement in the RTW debate is that RTW laws decrease union membership.

If we accept that no good

economic system would allow workers to be fired on a whim and that having a minimum wage is generally a good thing, we must then oppose increasing flexibility and advocate rigidity by definition. Regardless of one’s position in the debate, this is a case of Orwellian language: simply using loaded terms to disguise their true meaning.

The term “right-to-work” itself is similarly unclear. No one wants to forbid individuals from working, and to do so would be simply absurd. What opponents of RTW challenge is that, under the law, unions would be required to negotiate on behalf of all employees and handle all workers’ grievances regardless of whether they contributed to the union or not.

Thus, RTW legislation

would require unions to work for individuals who do not pay them. In this way, right-to-work could be called just another Orwellian term and really means something like the ability to receive services without contributing.

In today’s America, corporations and large businesses are incredibly powerful and can have a huge negative effect on our lives.

In just one example, the 2014 Elk River chemical spill impacted the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents.

In light of this, it seems wise to have institutions that express the interests of everyday people over those of companies. One example could be the government, although through campaign-finance law and other

mechanisms companies also have a huge amount of influence here. Therefore, our best candidate seems to be labor unions, which are by-and-large more democratic than either companies or the government.

Here, the conjuring trick is revealed. It seems that despite the claims of “increasing freedom” associated with RTW laws, they actually imply reducing the ability of everyday people to advocate their interests against the interests of large companies.

Regardless of one’s opinion about RTW legislation, Orwell’s lesson is that we must learn to decode our political language. When we do so, perhaps the best choice for West Virginia becomes a bit more obvious. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Twitter’s absence reminds us of the value of face-to-face interaction thomas mcquain columnist @dailyathenaeum

Early Tuesday, Twitter experienced some technical difficulties that caused the social media outlet to shut down on a nearly global level, most notably across much of Europe and Africa. According to Discovery News, the shutdown only lasted about an hour in London and Paris, but some users, such as those in Russia, continued to have problems throughout the day.

Tw i tt e r ’s ab s e n c e, though very brief, was enough for British television channel E4 to jokingly claim in a Facebook post, “Twitter is down. Work productivity hits record levels.

U.K. is out of recession!!!”

While E4’s comment is not to be taken sincerely, the network raised an interesting question. Are social media outlets such as Twitter drawing our eyes and minds away from the world long enough to really make an impact?

Frankly, the answer to that question is subjective.

However, it goes without saying that a great many

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of us spend a vast amount of time looking at the tiny phone screens constantly at our sides. In a recent study by Baylor University, researchers found that women in college spend an average of 10 hours per day on their cell phones, while male college students tend to spend roughly eight hours each day.

Eight to 10 hours per day on the Internet is pretty staggering at first glimpse.

However, for the modern college student, multitasking is second only to procrastination in level of importance. Considering how much of our day is spent with our phones in hand or social media on our minds, the study’s results begin to not look so outlandish.

In the same study, 60 percent of college students admitted to feeling addicted to their phones. With our phones and Internet personas becoming such a fundamental part of modern life, an hour or two without access to our favorite social networks can induce quite a lot of panic.

Unfortunately, cell phone use doesn’t come without a cost. Our focus is spread thin when our attention is too divided, so the

lack of focus that comes complementary with multitasking is why texting and driving is extremely dangerous. When we’re on social networks, a part of our mind is, too.

Social media use can also take away valuable facetime with others. For some, being disconnected altogether from social media is like being stranded on an island devoid of human contact. Extreme though it may seem, being able to talk to anyone on Facebook or Twitter typically means talking to fewer people in person.

Think, for instance, of how many people we may pass on our way to class.

For the most part, we probably walk by the same people every day, yet we never even speak to the overwhelming majority of them.

When any aspect of the digital world we frequent is down, we invariably tend to stress over it, even if it will be back in just a few hours.

Jokingly, many people will say that they’ll just have to go out to talk to people while their favorite websites are down. Perhaps that isn’t such a bad thing.

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Spending time on one’s cell phone can negatively affect the quality of social interaction.

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CELEBRATING ALL FACETS OF FACES

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A photograph titled “Ruth”, by Laura Beduz, is clipped to the wall inside the Benedum Gallery of Monongalia Arts Center.

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Ricardo Di Ceglia’s untitled work hangs inside of Monongalia Arts Center’s Benedum Gallery as part of the “Tracing Faces” art exhibition.

MAC hosts ‘Tracing Faces’ exhibit featuring art from across the world Woody Pond

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A study of the diverse ways a face can be examined and reproduced through art is a good idea.

Choosing artists from a vast variety of cultural backgrounds to submit that idea through portrait is a great one.

Monongalia Arts Center has done just that in its current exhibit “Tracing Faces.” The gallery holds a collection of oil and acrylic paintings as well as photography and other mediums. The artwork ranges in size, shape and textures just like the human face.

Eight artists and photographers contributed work to the exhibit, from more than five different countries.

The Benedum Gallery opened “Tracing Faces” on ASKAR SALIKHOV/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Dec. 4 but opted to wait unA painting on canvas by Ricardo Di Ceglio appears at the “Tracing Faces” art exhi- til well into the new year to bition inside of Monongalia Arts Center. hold the official opening.

On Jan. 15, some of the artists made appearances at the public reception to talk about their work. Visiting artists included: Constantine P. Anjulatos, Dafni Bampanioti, Laura Beduz, Ricardo Di Ceglia, Christos Markou and Ben Kolb.

Their backgrounds range from the U.K., to Italy, to Chile and Greece. The international influences float around the room, leaving traces across many of the works. Both through color and form, there are more than 20 portraits hung around the room—whether they adhere to the style or not.

The oil paintings were interesting and dominated much of the eye during a general scan of the walls.

Most of them done by Italian painter Ricardo Di Ceglia, his portraits emerged in a rugged style of realism that implemented bold colors as a complement to its dynamic. One piece I really enjoyed of his, although

untitled, was of a woman’s upper torso surrounded by a vibrant crimson made up of broad, yet deliberate brush strokes. The woman’s face was clear, the look in her eyes seemed to be searching for something, clutching at her chest with loose concern. The reality of her eyes contrasted with the fantastical red attempting to overpower the piece gave it a strong presence in the room.

Another oil painting that stood out in the Benedum was “Tying One On” by Ben Kolb. Kolb is a friend of nature, and likes to bring out the “wild” in art. He does so in this work—an up close and personal portrait of a middle-aged fisherman peering over his glasses as he ties his line to his fishing rod. The painting as a whole is precise, but the artist’s style and technique looks rudimentary and rough as I looked closer. Colors are smudged here and there— patterns on his shirt, the

leaves on the trees behind him—but all for a creative purpose that is easy to see when it is out in the open.

“Tying One On” is also set within a thick, wooden frame which adds another level of authenticity to appreciate.

Dafni Bampanioti did some interesting abstract portrait work of her own.

Drawn on a pur white foam board, Bampanioti used pen to draw long, squiggly lines that intersect or run parallel to one another to create humanoid shapes.

The pieces are also labeled with strange titles adding to the mystery—for example, “The Girl Who Could Not See The World” and “My Brain Was So Confused, So I Made A Few Mistakes.”

“Tracing Faces” will be open in the Monongalea Art Center’s Benedum Gallery until Jan. 30. Admission is free during business hours. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Cirque Du Soleil jumps into fantasy A look at Andy Tuck Melanie Smith A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Kurios is Cirque Du Soleil’s newest show and features a fantastical steam-punk theme.

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Through acrobats, absurd machines and aerodynamic antics, Cirque Du Soleil Kurios recreates an onstage wonderland plucked straight from the wildest depths of imagination.

As one of the largest theatrical producers in the world, Cirque Du Soleil has transformed the entertainment industry for years through music and dancing. Founded in 1984 by street performers, Guy Lalibertè and Gilles SteCroiz, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, their productions feature continuous music and performers actively change scenes on stage before the audience rather than employ stagehands.

Set in a world full of ticking clocks, winding gears and wacky gadgets, Cirque Du Soleil Kurios, is one of the show’s newest productions. Set in the nineteenth century, Cirque Du Soleil Kurios takes the audience on an adventure, where reality is not so vastly different from fantasy, as eager

and peculiar characters explore the world known as the Seeker’s Cabinet of Curiosities. With new and unique scenes, Kurios is full of innovative entertainment. Human actors featured in Cirque Du Soleil Kurios are not glided by machines and flying contraptions but from rather natural forces.

In his first tour working with Cirque Du Soleil, writer and director Michael Laprise said in an interview with AXS that Kurios is the production’s 30-year anniversary show, where a crew of genuine creators came together.

Laprise said the story features a seeker, who traveled the world collecting fascinating objects he refers to as “curiosities.”

“He lives in his laboratory transformed into a cabinet of curiosities,” Laprise said. “There, he is visited by characters coming from another dimension that will bring these curiosities to life.”

In Cirque Du Soleil Kurios, the act known as “The Invisible Circus,” gives the audience a visual of the stage without performers at all. Bringing art to life

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through circling curtains, twirling trapezes and floating figures all without the aid of human forces. The main theme of Kurios derives from the lack of technology and manmade machines.

“We gathered the best team of creators to create a show that would allow us to reinvent ourselves as the same time as staying true to our rules,” Laprise said in his interview with AXS. “What I’m most proud of is that all of the acts are interconnected in one world.”

The show’s most notable act could quite possibly be the “steampunk” scene, where the power of steam was utilized rather than a high-tech machine, fueling the true theme behind Cirque Du Soleil Kurios.

“The whole principle of steampunk is, what would have happened if electricity would not have been discovered, we would probably still use the power of steam,” Laprise said in an interview with Daily Xtra reporter Drew Rowsome. “But it’s also because it has the sort of futuristic element. So, we’re in the past but also, we’re in the place of profound

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Performers balance ontop of a giant robotic hand. inventions in every single moment.”

Cirque Du Soleil Kurios is now on a four-date US tour, with a fifth Washington, D.C. date set to be announced in the near future. For more information on Cirque Du Soleil Kurios, visit https://cirquedusoleil.com/shows. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Imagine working nineto-five days, being a father and maintaining a solid fan base after years of performing music at local Morgantown venues and restaurants. It sounds challenging, but Andy Tuck pulls it off.

The name may ring a bell to Morgantown locals.

Tuck has performed around Morgantown for the last 10 years, as part of the band The Greens and solo. He is known for his energetic, upbeat attitude and soulful tunes that blare out of his amp. Tuck has performed at venues of all types, followed by the reputation of always providing a good time.

Tuck began his journey as a musician as a founder of the Morgantown-based band, The Greens in 2002.

Tuck founded the band with his former co-worker, Nathan Yoke, while working in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

The band was named The Greens due to the band’s original spinoff of the blues genre. Tuck joined drummer, Yoke, and bass player Ben Sweeney as the band’s guitarist and lead singer.

The band was well known for their songwriting abilities and creation of a melting pot of genres.

Within the past several years, Parkersburg native Tuck began performing solo at Morgantown restaurants.

At a time in his life, Tuck used to perform full-time professionally in a different pub every evening. Now, he currently works in Morgantown as a paralegal in a law office. Tuck’s family grew within the past decade, causing him to take on the responsibility of supporting his two children. This notso-average father still finds time to perform throughout the month while balancing a full time job.

Tuck performs daily at the popular Morgantown chain, Black Bear Burritos.

The restaurant offers live music by local bands and solo artists on select evenings every week at both the Downtown and Evansdale locations. Tuck first performed at Black Bear in the winter of 2005 and has been a regular performer every since.

Jason Coffman, coowner of Black Bear Burritos, shares how valuable the restaurant believes Tuck’s music is. The employees of Black Bear respect Tuck’s unique sound and originality.

“We think his style is unique because you cannot exactly pin him to a particular genre. He creates an original interpretation of the great musical traditions of many styles,” Coffman said. “His music perhaps may be described as folksy funk. He seems to mix some Appalachian heritage with classic rock as well.”

Not only do students and adults enjoy Tuck’s performances, but children usually dance in front of the stage along to his songs.

Tuck recognizes his audience and the mood of the customers and adjusts to cater to the given meeting.

Black Bear employees appreciate how down to earth Tuck is, especially towards the customers of the restaurant that come to enjoy the food and his music.

“He is a happy-go-lucky professional as a musician and we are happy to call him a friend on and off the stage,” Coffman said. “The icing on the cake is that he is from Parkersburg, the same hometown as the two owners of Black Bear.”

Music lovers can find Andy Tuck performing at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Evansdale location of Black Bear Burritos. For more information about his performances in the future at Black Bear, visit http:// www.blackbearburritos. com/ daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Reform with Oscars starts with studios, Academy NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Change at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, where membership is for life, does not come easily. As Spike Lee said on Tuesday, its 6,000plus membership can’t be changed “hocus pocus, presto chango” overnight.

Efforts have been made.

Since becoming the academy’s first African-American president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs has worked to induct a higher rate of minorities and unveiled a five-year initiative to promote diversity in the industry. But after the Academy’s second-straight year of all-white acting nominees, Boone Isaacs is now promising even bigger changes: “We need to do more, and better and more quickly,” she said.

Just how much she can do to alter the democratic voting of the academy’s membership is unclear; Boone Isaacs declined interview requests from The Associated Press. But here are some of the measures available to her and the Board of Governors of the academy.

PRESS THE INDUSTRY The academy can ultimately only vote for the films that get made. This year, there were several notable contenders that feature strong minority performances (including “Creed,” ‘’Beasts of No Nation” and “Sicario”) but they remain the exceptions. Studies have repeatedly found that the movie industry lags in movies featuring black, Hispanic and Asian protagonists; that movie directors are overwhelming white and male; and that executives with the power to greenlight are almost entirely white.

“We’re not in the room when it happens,” said Lee, who advocates that

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The 88th Academy Awards will air on Sunday February 28. studios follow some version of the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which stipulates that minority coaches be interviewed for head coaching vacancies.

The academy doesn’t have the power to make such changes, but as the industry’s most prestigious body and the producer of the Oscars, it holds considerable sway.

The academy could seek to direct criticism toward the studios, and work with them to effect progress. “ The industr y has been building up over a very long time, starting with white men running the studios who hire other people who look like them,” Dawn Hudson, chief executive of the academy, wrote in an oped in the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. “It just hasn’t changed that

much, and it won’t until there’s a concerted effort on every single front: talent, the executives in the studios, the people we mentor.”

MORE MINORITY MEMBERS The precise racial makeup of the academy isn’t publicly known, but a 2012 survey by the Los Angeles Times found that the academy was 94 percent white and 77 percent male. More diverse member classes in the last three years have improved on those percentages, but many don’t think enough of a dent has been made.

“The lack of diversity among the nominees signals, perhaps, that these voters are selecting actors and narratives in their own image,” says Robin Means Coleman, a profes-

sor of communication studios and Afro-American and African studies at the University of Michigan.

Membership to the academy, conducted once a year, is limited to those who have “achieved distinction” in the industry, with various standards for each branch. Candidates don’t apply, but are sponsored by academy members.

“Perhaps the ratio of new diverse members could be based on either the population of diverse theatergoers or the dollars spent by diverse theatergoers,” recommends Robert Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television.

“The goal here is not to dilute an individual’s unique perspective as an academy voter, whether they are diverse or not, but

simply to increase diversity of voices and therefore choices,” he said.

CHANGE THE BALLOTING In 2009, the Oscars went from five to 10 best picture nominees. Two years later, it revised to a preferential voting system that can yield anywhere between five to 10 nominees.

The system is geared to reward films that receive first-place votes, reasoning that best picture nominees should be only of the highest of merit.

But exactly what effect this has on the resulting nominees is a matter of constant conjecture.

Tyler Perry, who helped produce the best picturenominated “Precious” (2009), believes more transparency could help.

“If we saw the numbers of how many peo-

ple voted for what movie, I think a lot of this would go away,” Perry said at a Television Critics Association event. “If ‘The Revenant’ had 10,000 votes and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ had 9,999 votes, that one vote made the difference. That’s what my interest would be. What are the votes? I don’t think it’s racism.”

Another possibility would be to return to 10 nominees. In such a scenario, “Straight Outta Compton” may well have joined the nominees, along with either Todd Haynes’ acclaimed lesbian romance “Carol” or a popular blockbuster like “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

More nominees means more moviegoers, from more walks of life, would see their favorite films represented at the Oscars, and tune-in to watch.

B O OT OUT S OME MEMBERS A more controversial tactic would be for Boone Isaacs to sift through the academy’s membership and jettison older members who are no longer active in the industry. Such a move would surely be met by resistance, though there is some precedent for it.

Faced with charges of being out-of-touch with American society in the late ‘60s, then-academy president Gregory Peck led a purge of the academy in an effort to lower the average age of the membership. Following a two-year study of membership to various academy branches, Peck and the Board of Governors took away the right to vote for the Oscars from many retired members, and brought in classes of younger members. In all, he changed the status of nearly 500 members.

John Legend, Colombian star Juanes perform outside jail ELOY, Ariz. (AP) ‑ Colombian musician Juanes and singer John Legend met immigrants at a jail in Arizona on Wednesday before performing for a small crowd outside the facility to draw attention to immigration.

The Grammy winners each played two songs separately and one together - Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” - as dozens of people sang along in Eloy, about 60 miles southeast of Phoenix.

“The reason why we’re here, one, is because we want to bear witness to what’s happening so we could tell the world about it,” Legend said to the cheering crowd.

Juanes played the guitar and Legend the piano atop a flatbed truck parked across the street from the federal detention center. An empty desert field served as the backdrop while people in the crowd held large signs and chanted “Not one more deportation” and “Si se puede,” meaning “Yes we can.”

The concert was staged for an audience made up primarily of activists brought there by an advocacy group, along with some relatives of detainees. The concert was also filmed by a camera crew for a documentary and a broadcast of the performance on “Good Morning America.”

The performers’ original intention was for the detainees to hear the music. But organizers were told the inmates were not let out of their cells to hear the concert.

Earlier, Juanes and Legend took a tour of the detention center and spoke to detainees inside.

Juanes said in Spanish that he was “heartbroken” by what he saw.

“It’s very hard to understand that someone is deprived of their freedom unjustly, and that’s why we’re here with our music, with our culture, which is the strongest tool to bring attention and give a voice to those who don’t have one,” he said.

Maria Gomez, of Phoenix, said the singers’ visit will let immigrants know that people care about them. The 16-year-old said her brother and other relatives are being

held in Eloy after traveling from Mexico City to Nogales, Arizona, where they sought asylum. Gomez said her family had been victims of kidnappings for ransom.

“It’s something very special because not any artist would do this,” Gomez said.

Francisca Porchas, of Puente Arizona, which helped organize the event, said her group’s goal was for the singers to meet the detainees and families who have been fighting against strict immigration policies and raids. She said she hoped the visit would give detainees hope.

“For them it’s something very important that they know they’re not forgotten,” Porchas said.

The organization transported about 60 people to the event in vans, while others drove on their own. Puente has been a vocal critic of the Eloy Detention Center over the deaths of several inmates because of suicide and medical problems. The group says immigration authorities aren’t transparent about what goes on inside the jail.

There are nearly 1,500 detainees being held in Eloy. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement it was “committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of all those in its custody.”

“This afternoon, residents of the Eloy Detention Facility’s south side were confined to their cells and residence pods for approximately one hour after concerns arose that an unsanctioned concert being conducted within view of the center’s south recreation yard might provoke a disturbance. The decision to briefly restrict residents’ movement was made out of an abundance of caution for both detainees’ and employees’ safety,” the agency said.

Juanes is a Latin American mega-star who has sold millions of albums and topped the Billboard Latin chart in the U.S. for a record 92 consecutive weeks with his breakthrough “Un Dia Normal” in 2002. Legend has won nine Grammys, and he won an Oscar last year with the rapper Common John Legend and Juanes team up for a performance outside of the Eloy Detention Facility. for the song “Glory” from the film “Selma.

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‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ release delayed to December 2017 NEW YORK (AP) -- There is a disturbance in the force.

The release of “Star Wars: Episode VIII” has been delayed from May 2017 to Dec. 15, 2017, the Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday. The date change postpones the next “Star Wars” installment set to follow the box-office hit “The Force Awakens.”

Though “Star Wars” was once synonymous with the summer blockbuster, the date change means that the franchise will again look to dominate movie theaters in the holiday season. It has proven a lucrative match for “The Force Awakens,” which has made a record $861 million domestically and $1.88 billion globally in five weeks of release.

Disney offered no reason for the delay, but rumors have recently

swirled that writer-director Rian Johnson (“Looper”), who is taking over for J.J. Abrams, is rewriting the script. Production is set to begin next month in London.

In the interim, Gareth Edwards’ “Star Wars” spin-off “Rogue One” is due out Dec. 16 this year.

With prominent release dates now staked out by studios years in advance for their largest franchises, the impact of the switch immediately caused ripples.

The new date sets up a potential but unlikely head-to-head between “Star Wars” and “Avatar.” James Cameron’s “Avatar 2” had been planned for Christmas 2017, though few expect 20th Century Fox to hit that date with the much-delayed “Avatar” sequel.

A spokesman for Fox didn’t immediately respond to an email

Wednesday.

One movie definitely affected is Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One,” a science-fiction release for Warner Bros. It’s scheduled for the same Dec. 15 weekend in 2017.

Disney moved one of its other billion-dollar franchises, “Pirates of the Caribbean,” to May 26, 2017. The Johnny Depp series returns with “Dead Men Tell No Tales.”

At the same time, Sony Pictures moved two of its biggest movies into summer 2017.

The next “Spider-Man,” starring Tom Holland and directed

by Jon Watts, shifted up three weeks to July 28, 2017. Jake Kasdan’s “Jumanji” remake shifted dorksideoftheforce.com from Christmas 2016 to July 28, ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ has been delayed until December of 2017.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

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15 Tool with teeth 16 Loud cheering consequence 18 Informed about 19 *Whopper alternative (1969-1986) 21 Help for a breakdown 22 Affaire de coeur 23 Star followers 26 Webby Award candidate 29 Wrap maker 32 Lot size 33 WWII lander 34 Author Greene 35 Feel sorry about 36 *Former MLB mascot BJ Birdy was one (1789-1795) 38 From __ Z 39 Barely moves 41 Roker and Rosen 42 Tiny time meas.

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Thursday January 21, 2016

OUTSMARTED

David Statman Sports Editor @djstatman77

Free throw shooting costs West Virginia yet again With three of the five teams ahead of No. 6 West Virginia in the polls losing over the past two days, the Mountaineers were better positioned than ever to make a run at the top.

Instead, the Mountaineers (15-3, 4-2 Big 12) threw it away at the line for the second straight time, missing 15 of their 23 free throw attempts in their 56-49 loss against the Texas Longhorns.

Free throw shooting has been one of the major bugaboos in West Virginia’s three losses this season – they shot 13-22 in a two-point loss last Saturday to Oklahoma and 12-21 against Virginia on Dec. 8 – and once again foul line struggles jumped up to bite the home side.

In their three losses this season, the Mountaineers are shooting exactly 50 percent from the free throw line.

“That’s the biggest concern,” junior Devin Williams said. “That was the game right there.”

Plenty of teams have had trouble hitting free throws, and it’s often a fatal error.

But for the Mountaineers, it goes beyond just a mechanical issue – for WVU head coach Bob Huggins, it’s a symptom of a lack of energy and engagement.

“I h av e always thought, as long as I’ve done this, when you miss easy shots and you can’t make a free throw, you’re not mentally into what you’re doing,” Huggins said. “We were not mentally into what we were doing.”

A lack of mental engagement was one of the chief complaints from Huggins’ players as well after Wednesday night’s loss, which saw the Mountaineers fail to assert their defensive press and shoot just 31 percent from the field.

West Virginia could have taken a commanding lead during a sloppy first few opening minutes, but made only one of its first nine foul shots.

Two of the chief culprits were their big men: Williams finished 3-6 from the line, and backup Elijah Macon was just 2-7.

The Mountaineers’ mighty struggles at the free throw line are made even more frustrating considering the work that they devote in practice to hitting foul shots.

West Virginia’s players are required to make at least 100 free throws every day in practice.

But while a consistent regimen of free throws can never hurt, making a foul shot in front of an arena full of people is a whole different ballgame.

“It’s different, playing in a environment full of people instead of just sitting there, yourself and the basket,” Macon said. “It’s all mental. You just need to keep the same motion.”

The ball wasn’t going in all night for West Virginia, whether it was from the field or at the line, but West Virginia can’t get antsy when points aren’t getting on the board. When the going gets tough, the Mountaineers have no choice but to keep their cool.

“We have to take our time and slow down,” said forward Jonathan Holton. “We have to get back in rhythm. Slow down, stop rushing, start making them.”

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Devin Williams attempts to defend the paint against Texas Wednesday night.

Lack of intensity dooms West Virginia against Texas, 56-49

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After reaching their highest ranking since 2010, the No. 6 Mountaineers recent rise came to a screeching halt.

They came out struggling, unable to find their usual rhythm and identity in Wednesday’s 56-49 defeat to the hands of the Texas Longhorns.

“It was just lack of effort,” said WVU junior Devin Williams. “We just came out flat. We turned them over eight times and we turned the ball over 11. That’s not our identity.”

West Virginia (15-3, 4-2)

converted a mere 34 percent from the free throw line, following up a 59 percent effort in Saturday’s 7068 loss at No. 1 Oklahoma.

No WVU players made more than 50 percent at the line, an ongoing problem for the team all season long.

“I have always thought when you miss easy shots and you can’t make a free throw, you’re not mentally into what you’re doing and we weren’t mentally into what we were doing,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

All it took for Texas was a 16-for-41 mark from the field and 60 percent effort at the line. Star guard Isaiah Taylor was contained to

a four points, his secondlowest total of the season and the least since conference play began.

But it was WVU’s lack of effort that plagued the team’s performance. They had miscues on inbounds passes, a lack of success in the heralded press defense and the inability to convert anything on the offensive side of the ball.

Only two players reached double-figures in scoring, led by Devin Williams (11) and Jonathan Holton (10). Williams recorded his eighth double-double of the season, yet it was one of the few positives from the loss.

WVU mustered out just a trio of its 21 shots from long

range. They forced a seasonlow eight turnovers, and they couldn’t find a way to get the basketball into the net.

Jaysean Paige went 2-of-12 from the field and scored all of four points. It was one of those nights in Morgantown.

“If our energy and effort isn’t there, we really don’t have a chance to win unless we’re shooting the ball 80 percent,” Williams said.

Daxter Miles sent a glimmer of hope into the Mountaineer faithful, hitting the teams second three of the evening and tying it at 42 with 6: 13 remaining. But Texas had an answer of its own, scoring five straight

points and ensuring a WVU comeback wasn’t in the picture Despite just the third defeat of the season, WVU remains in second place in the Big 12. They travel to Texas Tech, who’s coming off a near upset at Baylor and a 76-69 win over TCU. “This is a league where you can’t relax at all, it’s just how the league is,” Williams said. “We’ll be back. We just got a little too comfortable.

We’ve just got to get back to how we started, get back to how it all came together: preparing the right way and getting ready for Texas Tech.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Roberson becomes an interior force for West Virginia

Arielle Roberson puts up a shot in the lane this season against Coppin State.

BY ALEC GEARTY With the Mountaineers SPORTS WRITER already through more than @DAILYATHENAEUM half the schedule, Roberson has become the player While the West Virginia WVU head coach Mike University women’s basket- Carey needed during the ball team has a core group long stretch. Earlier in the of freshmen making noise year, Carey pleaded for a around the Big 12 Confer- player other than junior ence, senior Arielle Rober- center Lanay Montgomson is a another newcomer ery to step up and rebound who has silently made more, as a crucial stretch a name for herself since of conference games coming to Morgantown. approached.

In 2012-13, Roberson led Since then, Roberson the Colorado Buffaloes in has recorded 30 rebounds scoring with 12 points per in the past three games game and rebounding with while also taking the pres8.3 per game. sure off Montgomery.

However, after a freak In conference games ACL injury that forced her this year, Roberson leads to miss the 2014-15 year, the Mountaineers in reshe used the final year of bounding and steals; she eligibility to play at WVU, in answered Carey’s call when a move that ended up be- he needed a leader to step ing beneficial to the team up. as well as Roberson.

After watching Rober-

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son’s play over the past few games, Carey appreciates the style of play that the San Antonio native has brought to the team this year.

“She does all the little things for us,” Carey said.

“She gets the big rebounds, she denies defensively, she talks really well, and she talks to other people.”

On a larger scale, Roberson is sitting second on the team in playing time, logging 467 minutes. She also is ranked 12th in the conference in offensive rebounds and 15th in blocks.

Bouncing back from any injury is difficult for an athlete but the output by Roberson after a season-ending ACL injury is remarkable.

In an interview with wvusports.com, Roberson credited the injuries for

helping shape her into the person she is.

“After the injuries, I think I drew a lot of strength for myself when it came to dayto-day life,” Roberson said.

“Not everything is smooth sailing, and I learned that.”

According to Carey, Roberson’s ability is something more than meets the untrained eye.

“She does a lot of things for us that a normal person doesn’t see, but I do, as a coach, that’s why we love having her on the floor,” Carey said. She is such a leader on the floor and does stuff some of the other players won’t do. She’s very coachable and she does the things we ask her to do. “ In the year Roberson led Colorado in scoring, the Buffaloes hit their highest position on the AP Top 25

list, at No. 11. She brings the experience of being in a highly ranked program to a team that is roughly 50 percent freshmen.

“I know that we are a young team, so I can’t wait to prove so many critics wrong,” Roberson said in late October.

Well, behind the leadership of Roberson, Montgomery and Bria Holmes, along the abundance of depth on the bench, the Mountaineers find themselves in the AP Top 25 for the first time since Dec. 22, 2014.

Up next for the Mountaineers is a crucial conference matchup against the TCU Horned Frogs, at a venue four hours away from Roberson’s hometown. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Thursday January 21, 2016

Tennis

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WVU tennis players play in the shadow of the WVU Coliseum in September.

WVU earns classroom honors ahead of spring opener by neel madhavan sports writer @dailyathenaeum

In recent years, the West Virginia University women’s tennis team has received many accolades for their team GPA and overall academic accomplishments. The emphasis placed on academics by head coach Miha Lisac has made his team one of the best academically performing athletic teams at WVU. “Academics are equally

important (to athletic success). One is never an excuse for the other. Even if we have a player that is a top ranked player in college, that is not just an excuse to not take care of the academic part. To us, it is equally important,” Lisac said.

Senior captain Hailey Barrett was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team during her first three years competing for the Mountaineers and is on track to retain that honor this year. Sophomores Lyn

Yuen Choo, Yvon Martinez, Carolina Lewis and Habiba Shaker were all named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team as freshmen.

All of the Mountaineers are also on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.

“We focus on developing an overall student athlete from what we do on the courts, academically, and personally,” Lisac said.

“All three areas are important for us. We focus on that on a daily basis. I be-

lieve that the players and the team have bought into that mentality. Their academic result and accolades is a result of the effort they have been putting in daily. They have been doing very well and have been dedicated toward their academic progress and success.”

In addition to winning the Big 12 Championship, Lisac said one of the team’s goals every year is to maintain at least a team wide 3.5 GPA. That high team-GPA is reflected in

the Mountaineers’ annual high scores in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate reports. According to the NCAA, the APR is calculated based on eligibility and retention of studentathletes each semester to gauge the academic success in a school’s athletic department.

The Mo u nt a i n e e r s played five tournaments during the fall season to get ready for the non-conference and Big 12 dualmatches of the spring season. Shaker came through

the fall with an impressive 9-1 singles record, and looks to continue that success into the spring. While the doubles duos of Barrett and Martinez, and Lewis and Choo posted winning records as well.

After a three-month hiatus after the conclusion of the fall season, the Mountaineers return to action, with the start of non-conference play, this Saturday in a tough rivalry matchup at Pitt. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Gymnastics

Koshinski begins collegiate career with a bang by johnna herbig sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Kirah Koshinski is off to more than a solid start after her first two meets.

The freshman Mountaineer gymnast has received awards and achieved careerhigh scores in just a matter of weeks. In this short time, she has been accomplishing feats that haven’t been achieved in years for the gymnastics team.

“Personally, I love competing, and I kind of like the atmosphere we all have,” Koshinski said. “We all just have so much excitement and everything, so even though some of the equipment might not be how we like it, we are behind each other and are there for each other so we can get through. It makes everything easier.”

Koshinski is not only extremely talented, but her coaches have seen her continue to gain confidence.

“I can see her confidence growing all fall,” said West Vir-

ginia University gymnastics team head coach Jason Butts.

“For her to go two weekends in a row and get personal bests in the all-around, and in some of the events, it’s incredible. She just needs to keep believing in herself. She puts in the work in the gym and her consistency is shining through and she can just keep going from there.”

Before Koshinski was a Mountaineer, she nationally qualified four times for the Junior Olympics.

In 2015, she earned the title of Junior Olympics National floor champion. Also, during that competition, she was awarded second in vault, as well as getting second in the all around.

“Personally, I have been coming to WVU for a while because I watched my old teammate Amy Bieski,” Koshinski said. “So I have been coming here for awhile and I love the atmosphere.”

Koshinski said even though she toured many colleges, WVU always stood out to her and always held a spe-

The WVU gymnastics team huddles up before a meet last season. score of 9.875. She also came cial place.

“People just say when you in third place on her floor exknow when you get that feel- ercise with a score of 9.825, ing when you’re there,” Ko- along with a 9.8 final score for shinski said. “Every time I third on the balance beam.

From the scores of that was here, I got that feeling that this is for me.” match, she earned the No. 1 During her first match as a ranking on vault for the Big Mountaineer, Koshinski won 12, and No. 6 on beam and first place on vault, with a floor both.

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“She exudes a confidence on all three events,” Butts said. “It’s a very calming confidence she has when she is competing.”

Koshinski has been honored by the Big 12 twice, in just the short time she has been at WVU. She has been named Big

12 Newcomer of the Week back-to-back.

“My dream has always been to compete in college,” Koshinski said., “So now it’s finally here, I’m just trying to enjoy it and do what I know I can do, and just have fun.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Steven Jackson chasing unlikely Super Bowl appearance FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Steven Jackson wasn’t waiting by the phone late last month when the Patriots called looking for a running back to plug the holes of their battered backfield.

He didn’t even hear it ring as he sat in a meeting with some of his St. Louis business partners, going over some legal documents for his restaurant there.

“I had a missed call.

My agent called me back and asked if the Patriots reached out to me,” he said.

“It kind of went from there.”

Six weeks later, the three-time Pro Bowl selection - who last appeared in the playoffs as a St. Louis Rams rookie in 2004 - is in the unlikely position of being just a game away from a Super Bowl berth that he once accepted would never come.

“That was the largest factor to be honest with you,” Jackson said. “I haven’t been in the postseason in quite some time.

It had to be the right situation. It wasn’t one where I couldn’t move on with life or I couldn’t move from the

game. It had to be one that benefited both sides. And I think this is one of the few opportunities that allow that to happen.”

After appearing in 15 games with Atlanta in 2014, Jackson was released shortly after the season and was without an NFL job. At 30 years old, an age when most running backs are considered well past their prime, Jackson was content to enter post-football life.

But when a franchise with four Super Bowl rings calls, it’s worth hearing the pitch.

“Of course, you didn’t think 15 or 16 weeks into the season it would come...

Nothing happens perfect,” Jackson, 32, said in the locker room on Wednesday as he prepared to play the Denver Broncos in the AFC championship game.

“But this time it seemed to work out the best for both parties,” he said.

Forget playing, Jackson barely watched football after his last NFL game. He debuted with the Patriots on Dec. 27 and said that

Steven Jackson during his days as an Atlanta Falcon. before signing with New the Rams all-time leading England, the only time he rusher (10,138 yards), and watched a game this sea- he had more than 1,200 son was on Thanksgiving. yards and 12 touchdowns He finds himself in in his brief stint in Atlanta.

It was the kind of resume a largely unfamiliar situation. that attracted the Patriots After 2004, Jackson went following injuries to run10 consecutive seasons ning backs Dion Lewis and without a winning season LeGarrette Blount. or playoff appearance with “I think his career speaks for itself,” coach Bill BelichSt. Louis or Atlanta.

It didn’t stop his produc- ick said after signing Jacktivity, though. He remains son in December.

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Jackson said the “by committee” approach with James White and Brandon Bolden that was described to him in his initial conversations with New England helped him visualize a situation he felt he could succeed in.

It also helped that he had previously played under Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels when McDaniels was in the

same role for the Rams in 2011. Jackson ran for 1,145 yards that season - at the time, his seventh consecutive season of at least 1,000 yards.

“It just makes the transition a little smoother, once you’re affiliated and exposed to the offense,” Jackson said. “Because it is quite complicated.”

In his two regular-season appearances for New England, he rushed 21 times for 50 yards and a touchdown. The Patriots only ran the ball 14 times in their win over Kansas City last week, but Jackson had six of those carries for 16 yards.

Though he never thought he’d be in this position two months ago, Jackson said the most important thing to him right now is the support he’s getting at home from his family.

“I think it made it a lot easier as far as them allowing me to come back and get back into the game of football,” he said. “They understand this is just an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.”

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Djokovic again faces match-fixing questions after win MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — For the second time in three days, Novak Djokovic won a match at the Australian Open and was confronted by questions about match-fixing in the sport.

The five-time champion had just beaten 19-yearold French wild-card entry Quentin Halys 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the second round on Wednesday night - his 34th win in his last 35 matches at Melbourne Park - when his news conference veered to questions about the issue that has overshadowed the start of the season’s first major.

After his first-round win, on the day when the BBC and BuzzFeed News published reports alleging match-fixing had gone unchecked in tennis, the No. 1-ranked Djokovic recalled when a member of his support team was approached with an offer to throw a match in Russia in 2007.

That approach didn’t reach him directly, he said, and was rejected immediately.

After his second-round win, he was asked about an Italian newspaper report casting doubt over his performance in a match against Fabrice Santoro in Paris in 2007.

Djokovic said the speculation was getting out of

Novak Djokovic celebrates after a victory at the Australian Open this week. control. allegations,” Djokovic said.

“What (is there) to say? “I said everything I needed I’ve lost that match. I don’t to say two days ago. Until know if you’re trying to cre- somebody comes out with ate a story about that match the real proof and evidence, or for that matter any of the it’s only a speculation for matches of the top players me.” losing in the early rounds.

Djokovic lost to SanI think it’s just absurd,” toro 6-3, 6-2 in the second Djokovic said. “It’s not true. round of the Paris Masters “My response is that indoor tournament in Octhere’s always going to be, tober 2007. Djokovic, who especially these days when had two wisdom teeth rethere is a lot of speculation moved after the Madrid - this is now the main story Masters earlier that month, in tennis, in sports world - said after the loss to Santhere’s going to be a lot of toro that he was not fully fit

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because he was still taking medication.

The BBC and BuzzFeed reports said 16 players had been repeatedly flagged to tennis authorities for suspicious performances, including a Grand Slam winner, and half of them were at this year’s Australian Open.

Djokovic has said he didn’t believe any elite players were involved. Roger Federer agreed, and said people making the accusations should name names.

On Wednesday, Federer extended his streak of reaching the third round at the Australian Open to 17 consecutive years. The four-time Australian Open champion, playing his 65th consecutive major, advanced 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 over Alexandr Dolgopolov. It was Federer’s 299th match win at a major.

He lost in the third round in his first two trips to Melbourne Park in 2000 and ‘01 and again last year - in between he won the title four times and lost one final during a run of reaching the semifinals or better in 11 straight years.

“It’s the least I expect to be in the third round of a Slam, obviously, so I’m pumped up, playing well, feeling good,” Federer said.

“But there’s always a danger, you know. Like last year the third round was the end for me, so I hope to go further this time.”

Federer will next play Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Marco Trungelliti 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga went to the aid of a ball girl in his match, gently helping her off the court in the third set when she became ill before finishing off a 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 win over Omar Jasika.

Other seeded players advancing included No. 6 To-

mas Berdych, No. 7 Kei Nishikori and 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic.

Serena Williams set a record when she played her 79th main draw match at the Australian Open, and beat No. 90-ranked Hsieh Su-wei 6-1, 6-2.

“It all started here. This is where I played my first Grand Slam right on this court and I’m still going, it’s such an honor,” said Williams, a six-time champion who has a 70-9 record at Melbourne Park. “I love it every time I come here.”

In the biggest upset of the day, two-time Wimbledon champion and sixth-seeded Petra Kvitova was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Russian-born Australian Daria Gavrilova.

Williams’ next opponent will be 18-year-old Russian Daria Kasatkina, who beat Croatia’s Ana Konjuh 6-4, 6-3, and she faces a potential quarterfinal match against 2015 finalist Maria Sharapova, who reached the third round with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

No. 13 Roberta Vinci beat Irina Falconi 6-2, 6-3 to advance, and is a potential fourth-round rival for No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 6-2 in a match featuring two former Wimbledon finalists.

Once dominant, Lady Vols backsliding sans Summitt KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a season that began with Tennessee looking to reclaim its status as one of the nation’s elite women’s basketball teams, the Lady Volunteers instead are going backward.

Tennessee is in danger of its first three-game losing streak in three decades.

A third straight loss could knock the 18th-ranked Lady Vols out of the Top 25 for the first time since February 1985. An unranked Lady Vols team, under .500 in Southeastern Conference play - that would raise eyebrows among women’s basketball fans.

“We’re hearing a lot of negativity from our fans and from people,” Tennessee coach Holly Warlick said Monday after a 79-66 loss at No. 3 Notre Dame.

“Hey, guys, give this group a break. They’re playing as hard as they can. Are they playing great? Absolutely not, but they’re putting it all out there.”

But results have defined Tennessee when players have put it out there in the past.

Injuries, inexperience and even coaching have contributed to Tennessee’s struggles.

“Certainly they’re not in their glory years anymore,” said Gail Goestenkors, an ESPN analyst and former Duke and Texas coach. “South Carolina has risen to the top (of the SEC).

Tennessee was always the cream of the crop in the SEC and nationally.

“Now they’ve taken a step

back.”

The Lady Vols (11-6, 2-2 SEC), who haven’t lost three consecutive games since February 1986, try to end a two-game skid Thursday when they host Vanderbilt (13-4, 2-2). The Commodores have a chance to do something they’ve never done - beat Tennessee in Knoxville.

Goestenkors said the Lady Vols have several issues they need to address, including chemistry and shot selection problems.

“They were always going to be very physical and very tough and they were going to outwork most teams,” she said. “You don’t see that on a consistent basis anymore.”

Tennessee won eight national titles under coach Pat Summitt, who stepped down in 2012. But the Lady Vols haven’t reached a Final Four or produced an Associated Press first-team or second-team All-American since Candace Parker led them to consecutive championships in 2007 and 2008.

Tennessee seemed primed to take a big step this season back to its glory days.

The Lady Vols were ranked fourth to start the season, had added North Carolina transfer Diamond DeShields and returned center Mercedes Russell, who missed the 2014-15 season recovering from surgeries on both feet.

But after starting 5-0, the Lady Vols have split their last 12 games.

Their 64-59 setback at Arkansas last week marked

Tennessee head coach Holly Warlick during a game. their first defeat to a team Warlick also remains with a losing record since confident this team can turn 1979. They also had trou- things around.

“My message has been, ble executing, committing at least 20 turnovers in each ‘Let’s carry on, let’s play of their last three losses. hard like we did in the “We’re very capable. Ev- fourth quarter,’” said erybody knows that. You Warlick, referring to Moncan say what you want. day’s game when the Lady There are doubters. There’s Vols outscored the Fighting this, there’s that,” DeShields Irish 27-22. “We are trying said after the Notre Dame to simplify things for them. game. “But we’re very ca- We want them to have conpable and we’re still here. fidence in their ability to We’re going to come back score and to relax. I think tomorrow and we’re going now they are pressing a litto fight back harder than we tle bit.” did today. That’s just going Warlick has also drawn to be our mindset moving the ire of some disgruntled forward.” fans. She received a one-

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year extension and $100,000 raise before the season to improve her annual pay to $665,000. Her contract runs through the 2018-19 season.

But Tennessee’s Final Four drought began well before Warlick took over.

The Lady Vols went 11526 with two losses in NCAA regional finals, one regional semifinal exit and one firstround defeat in Summitt’s final four seasons. The Lady Vols are 97-26 under Warlick and had two regional final appearances and one regional semifinal loss in her first three seasons.

“I think Holly’s done a

good job,” Goestenkors said.

“This is probably her greatest challenge this year because of the talent level she has and the expectations that were there and the injuries she’s had to deal with.”

Goestenkors said Tennessee has enough talent to reach the Final Four but adds that “it’s trying to get the pieces in place and to play together the way they need to (in order) to make that happen.”

The Lady Vols must find those solutions soon. Tennessee visits No. 9 Kentucky and No. 10 Mississippi State next week.

Patriots LB Fleming saves woman after accident FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — New England Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming didn’t hesitate when he saw a woman trapped in a smoking car: He kicked out the window, enabling her to escape, and cut his right leg in the process.

Then he began to worry about how coach Bill Belichick would react.

“The first concern was, like, ‘Man, Bill’s going to be pissed about my leg,’” Fleming said in the Patriots locker room on Wednesday after word of his rescue filtered out. “I explained the story to him and he said, ‘That was pretty cool. I’m glad you were able to help her.’”

Fleming, 26, said he was on his way home from practice on Thursday when a truck up ahead slowed down to turn, causing a three-car collision behind it. The fifthround draft pick from Notre Dame was behind the third car and pulled over to see if he could help.

What he saw was a woman unable to open her doors or windows as her car began to fill with smoke.

Darius Fleming with teammate Devin McCourty this season.

“I saw her panic on car. The woman climbed out her face,” Fleming told safely. reporters.

“My adrenaline was goThe 6-foot-2, 250-pound ing up and I wasn’t thinkChicagoan needed a few ing much about it. I was kicks to break the passen- just thinking about whether ger side window, cutting she was safe,” Fleming said. his right leg on the glass as “Once I got her out of the he pulled it back out of the car, she said ‘Thank you,’ I

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said ‘You’re welcome,’ and I saw my leg and I got out of there.”

Fleming needed 22 stitches to close the gash. He played with the injury Saturday in New England’s 27-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, filling in when start-

ers Jamie Collins and Jerod Mayo were injured.

“I was more worried about just getting out there and playing. I’m glad it didn’t affect my play much,” Fleming said. “The worst thing that could happen is that I would tear them

(stitches) open and get restitched. It wasn’t like it was a life-threatening injury or anything like that.”

Patriots safety Devin McCourty said on Wednesday that when the players learned about Fleming’s rescue, they asked him to address the team. His story was greeted by cheers and applause.

“I think it represents his character,” linebacker Rob Ninkovich said. “It’s definitely someone you want in a situation like that.”

Roadside heroism is becoming a bit of a playoff tradition for the Patriots.

Last year, defensive lineman Vince Wilfork pulled a woman from a car that had flipped on its side after New England won the AFC championship game.

Like Wilfork, Fleming said he didn’t think he did anything special.

“I’m just glad I was there, and I didn’t pull off and I was able to help,” Fleming said. “I don’t need any accolades for anything for doing what I did. Anyone would have done the same thing in my position.”