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University prepares for SGA elections by caity coyne city editor @dailyathenaeum

In two weeks, student hubs like the Mountainlair and the Free Speech Zone will be bursting with noise and activity as those vying for a position in the West Virginia University Student Government Association will start actively campaigning for the March 1 election.

Those interested in running for president, vice president, board of governors or athletic council must turn in their signature packets by noon today at the Office of Student Engagement and Leadership. “(The signature packets) are what qualifies them for running,” said Emma Harrison, SGA elections chair. “(They) kind of show us that the student body sup-

ports them.”

Presidential and vice presidential candidates must turn in 1,000 signatures, while those running for the board of governors or athletic council only need 500. As of Tuesday evening, Harrison said about 25-30 students had picked up signature packets.

The students who turn in the packets with the right amount of signatures, and who have a GPA above a 2.0 will be eligible to run for SGA office as long as they follow all University rules.

As opposed to last year’s election, there will be no straight-ticket voting this year, meaning that candidates will belong to a party, but will be elected on an individual basis instead of by party ticket.

The separation from single-ticket voting happened

in concurrence with a West Virginia state law that banned the practice, and Harrison hopes the change will engourage more paticipation with SGA. “This will make people have to listen more, they can’t just decide, ‘Oh, I like this president and vice president,’” Harrison said.

On Thursday, after official candidates are announced, Harrison will randomly select positions on the ballot by drawing.

On Friday, Feb. 19, there will be a candidates meeting for all those running to come together and ask any questions they have about campaigning. Harrison said she will be outlining the election schedule and laying out the rules and regulations for candidates.

On Sunday, Feb. 21, candidates are allowed to start campaigning for the elec-

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Candidates meeting

6 P.M. FEB. 29 Active campaigning begins

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tion, passing out t-shirts, water bottles, candy and other goods while sharing their platforms for anyone around to hear.

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Kansas guard Wayne Selden and WVU guard Tarik Phillip go down during the No. 10 Mountaineers’ game against the No. 6 Jayhawks last night.

West Virginia falls to Kansas, 75-65, creates three-way tie for first

By Chris Jackson

Nobody wins in Phog Allen Fieldhouse no matter their ranking.

No. 10 West Virginia (195, 8-3) learned that lesson the hard way, suffering a 75-65 defeat at the hands of the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks (20-4, 8-3) on Tuesday evening and extending the Jayhawks home winning streak to 37 games.

WVU’s spot alone atop the Big 12 standings lasted

all of three days following its 80-69 victory over Baylor on Saturday. They struggled offensively and few could convert anything from long range, falling back to a three-way tie for first place with Kansas and Oklahoma.

They hit just 5-of-20 from three-point range.

Daxter Miles followed up his season-high 20-point effort with just two points on the road, going 1-of-8 from the field and failing to convert anything from deep.

Devin Williams was the lone starter to score in double figures, finishing the night with 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds. But Nathan Adrian appeared to be the team’s only hope down the stretch.

The eight points and three steals from Adrian kept them within striking distance throughout the game. Adrian hit a three and trimmed the Kansas lead to 40-38 with 14:05 left. But Kansas answered with an 8-0 run of its own,

one of its many answers in the latter part of the contest.

It was just another one of those nights for away teams in Kansas.

After Adrian hit another three to cut the deficit to 54-50, Kansas went on a 16-8 run of its own.

Perry Ellis topped off the rally with a three, making it 70-58 and propelling the Jayhawks to the top of the conference.

Ellis’ 21 points was

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by corey mcdonald Staff writer @coreymacc

West Virginia University may soon feel the heat of the alarming budget shortfall the state is experiencing, largely due to market forces at work in the energy sector coupled with tax cuts made nearly a decade ago.

In October of last year, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin announced a 4 percent budget cut acrossthe-board for all state agencies—which includes West Virginia University— due to an unexpected drop in the state’s severance tax collections.

A severance tax is a tax imposed on the removal of nonrenewable resources and is imposed on the producer of the operations in the imposing state. Both the coal industry and natural gas industry pay a 5 percent rate in the state of West Virginia.

While it’s widely known that the southern coalfields of West Virginia are in an economic free fall— and are a large contributor to the state’s financial woes—the hidden economic downfall at work comes from the rising production of natural gas, coupled with its low price.

“A lot of what has happened—not just in West Virginia, but other states, and of course what’s going on globally with the oil market—it does seem to be an over-abundance of natural gas produced, which is grinding prices down and resulting in these budgetary problems,” said Sean O’Leary, senior policy analyst for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

One of the main reasons behind the past year’s budget shortfall was the miscalculation of severance tax revenues that would flow from the natural gas industry.

“The price of natural gas has declined, and the severance tax that we get from natural gas is based on the price,” said Rob Alsop, vice president of legal, governmental and entrepreneurial engagement for WVU. “So while the amount of gas that has been produced has grown, the price has sort of gone down so it’s intersected - the amount of revenue has not increased to outpace the decline in coal production.”

However for West Virginia, this is nothing new.

The budget has seen a shortfall for several years now, but according to O’Leary this repeated occurrence is the result of a series of tax cuts made about a decade ago.

“We’ve had budget shortfalls for several years now and those can be tied directly to a series of tax cuts that we passed back in 2006 and 2007,” O’Leary said.

From 2007-14, the Corporate Net Income tax rate was cut from 9 percent to 6.5 percent. From 2007-15 the business franchise tax rate was cut from 0.7 percent to 0 percent, which resulted in $219 million per year in lost revenue, according to O’Leary.

During the same time period, the sales tax on groceries was cut from 6 percent to 0 percent, which cost the state $162 million a year once it was fully phased out in 2015, and there were also a number of smaller reductions to business and personal income taxes which cost the state roughly $44 million per year.

“When you add all those tax cuts up, that’s $400-425 million per year in lost revenue, and that’s directly tied to our recent budget problems,” O’Leary said.

Around the same time these tax cuts were made, the natural gas industry began to soar. The state began seeing a surplus of severance tax revenue from the industry, which hid the loss of revenue from the imposed tax cuts.

The more recent decline in price in natural gas prices has revealed their weight on the budget.

“When the price of natural gas collapsed, it blew a huge hole in the budget and we had nothing to fall back on since we were relying heavily on the severance tax,” O’Leary said.

“When that happens, you make yourself very vulnerable to the swings of the energy market.”

This budget shortfall is expected to affect the University, yet it remains to be seen how the financial division will cope.

The upcoming West Virginia University Board of Governors meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 18.

It is anticipated that they will discuss ways to handle the state agencies cut being imposed for this budget year. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday February 10, 2016

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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a primary night rally, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. At his side are his wife Melania Trump, left, and daughter Ivanka Trump, right.

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Trump, Sanders big winners, riding voter frustration

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP)—Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders rode a wave of voter frustration with American politics to commanding victories in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, adding crucial credibility to their upstart candidacies.

Sanders swept majorities of men, women, independents and young people in his win over Hillary Clinton, but faces challenges in the more diverse states that come next on the primary calendar. Trump, appealing to voters seeking a political outsider, could benefit from the persistent lack of clarity among the more mainstream Republicans struggling to challenge him.

“We are going to do something so good and so fast and so strong and the world is going to respect us again, believe me,” Trump said at a victory rally.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich grabbed second in New Hampshire after pouring nearly all of his campaign resources into the state.

Jeb Bush and Marco Ru-

bio vied for third along with Ted Cruz, the Iowa caucus winner, ensuring all would press on to the next voting contest in South Carolina.

Sanders, at his own raucous rally, said his victory sent a message “that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California. And that is that the government of our great country belongs to all of the people and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super PACs.” The enthusiasm behind Trump, a real estate mogul who has never held political office, and Vermont Sen. Sanders, who says he is a democratic socialist, underscores the public’s anger with the current political and economic system.

Even if neither candidate ultimately becomes his party’s nominee, whoever wins that nomination will have to reckon with the voter frustration they’ve tapped into.

Clinton appeared to recognize that reality in her concession speech, echoing Sanders’ calls for taking on

Wall Street banks and tackling income inequality. But she cast herself as more prepared to make good on her pledges.

“People have every right to be angry. But they’re also hungry, they’re hungry for solutions,” she said after congratulating Sanders on his win.

New Hampshire did little to clarify the crowded contest among more mainstream GOP candidates fighting to emerge as a challenger to Trump and Texas Sen. Cruz. Florida Sen. Rubio, former Florida Gov. Bush and Cruz battled for third behind Kasich.

Throughout the heated primary campaign, Kasich has prided himself on not attacking his rivals. A more moderate Republican from a politically important state, Kasich told supporters Tuesday night that his second-place finish could be an indication that “we’re turning the page on a dark part of American politics.”

The day was a blow for Rubio, who had appeared to be breaking away from

the second-tier Republican pack after a stronger-thanexpected showing in Iowa.

But he stumbled in Saturday’s debate under intense pressure from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has relentlessly cast the young senator as too inexperienced and too reliant on memorized talking points to become president.

Rubio conceded that the debate may have hurt him in Tuesday’s contest and pledged to supporters that his poor performance “will never happen again.”

Christie, however, didn’t benefit from roughing up Rubio. He lagged behind the pack as votes were being tallied and said he planned to return home to New Jersey to “make a decision on our next step forward.”

Bush was pressing on, declaring that New Hampshire voters had “reset the race.”

Republican voters were more negative about their politicians than Democrats, with about half of GOP voters saying they felt betrayed by party officials.

Trump carried a majority of those who said they wanted an outsider to win, according to exit polls conducted

by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.

More than half of voters in the Republican primary made up their minds in the past week. However, Trump’s support appeared more sustained, with his supporters saying they made up their minds some time ago.

In a sign of Trump’s impact on the race, two-thirds of GOP voters said they supported a temporary ban on non-citizen Muslims entering the U.S., a position the billionaire outlined last year amid rising fears of terrorism emanating from the Middle East.

Sanders pulled from a broad coalition of New Hampshire voters, gathering a majority of votes from both men and women, independents and voters under 45. Hillary Clinton won the majority of those over 65.

Clinton’s campaign ar-

gues she will perform better as the race heads to more racially diverse states, including Nevada and South Carolina. Both New Hampshire and Iowa are overwhelmingly white states that are far less diverse than the nation as a whole.

As polls closed, her campaign manager Robby Mook blasted out a memo touting Clinton’s strength with Hispanics and black voters and arguing that a Democrat cannot win the presidency without support from those constituencies.

The distinctions between what motivated Sanders and Clinton voters were sharp. The Vermont senator was backed by 9 in 10 voters for whom honesty was important and 8 in 10 who wanted a candidate who “cares about people like me.” Clinton, meanwhile, won support from nearly 90 percent of those who considered the “right” experience important in their decision and about 80 percent of those regarding electability as the most important factor.

Ferguson City Council seeks changes to DOJ reform agreement FERGUSON, Mo. (AP)— The Ferguson City Council agreed Tuesday to most proposals in a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department that would reform the city’s courts and policing systems but also asked for several changes, including some limiting the city’s cost.

The changes announced before a crowd of about 300 at the Ferguson Community Center angered many who supported the original consent decree. Several protesters began chanting, “No justice, no peace,” and other refrains common during protests in the St. Louis suburb after 18-year-

old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in 2014.

The settlement was meant to correct problems identified in a Justice Department report last year, including unconstitutional and discriminatory practices across the police force and municipal court system. The deal had been reached following seven months of negotiations, but a city analysis over the past few days determined the city’s cost would be up to $3.7 million for the first year alone. That prompted concern from some residents and city officials that it would bank-

rupt Ferguson.

Councilman Wesley Bell, who proposed the changes, said he was confident the Justice Department would agree.

“I don’t think there’s anything unreasonable,” Bell said.

If the Justice Department doesn’t go along with the changes, a civil rights lawsuit is possible, potentially costing Ferguson millions of dollars in legal fees.

Messages left late Tuesday seeking comment from the department were not immediately returned.

The biggest change removes a requirement that police salaries be raised.

City officials believe meeting that provision would also require fire department salaries to rise, potentially costing $1 million annually.

Another provision states parts of the agreement won’t apply to any other governmental entity that could potentially take over duties currently provided

by Ferguson. That means, for example, that St. Louis County would not be beholden to the agreement if it eventually takes over policing in Ferguson.

The amended agreement was announced and approved in a unanimous vote at the end of an often-

boisterous meeting that had been moved to the Ferguson Community Center because of the crowd size.

The vast majority of speakers supported the original agreement.

Karl Tricamo, 32, shouted out as the council approved the amended deal, wondering why it wasn’t announced until the end of the meeting.

“I don’t think the DOJ is going to go for this,” he said.

Ferguson has been under scrutiny since the fatal police shooting of Brown, whose father stood quietly at the back of the meeting Tuesday night. The black, unarmed 18-year-old was

fatally shot Aug. 9, 2014, by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson during a confrontation on a street. A St. Louis County grand jury declined to charge Wilson, who later resigned. He was cleared of wrongdoing by the Justice Department.

The shooting was a catalyst in the Black Lives Matter movement and helped prompt a national dialogue about police use of force.

The agreement requires hiring a monitor, instituting police diversity training, and buying software and hiring staff to analyze records on arrests, use of force and other police matters.

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Frank Mason and Wayne Selden combined for 25 points.

The Mountaineers never had the answer to keep themselves alone in the Big 12’s upper-tier. Few have had the chance since 2014 in the Phog Allen Fieldhouse, highlighted

by Buddy Hield’s careerhigh 46 points earlier this year that still resulted in a loss for then No. 2 Oklahoma.

Jaysean Paige’s 14 points off the bench was one of the few highlights offensively at times for WVU. He drilled a three to close out

the first half and cut the Jayhawks advantage to single-digits, but his 5-of-16 outing wasn’t the performance coach Huggins was hoping for throughout the contest.

Tarik Phillip added 11 points, except committed a late technical foul

that halted any hopes of them regaining momentum. He was one of just three Mountaineers to convert from three-point range, joining alongside the likes of Adrian and Paige.

Tuesday’s setback in Kansas was WVU’s first

loss since an 88-71 loss at Florida in the first game since Jonathan Holton’s suspension. They host TCU on Saturday, a team they haven’t fallen to since joining the Big 12.

in three SGA elections, running for athletic council in 2013 and 2014, and for vice president in 2015. Her advice for those running was to appreciate the opportunity, but work hard.

“This is an experience that you’re going to remember for the rest of your life, and you want to enjoy every minute of it,” Morgan said. “Work hard and have fun along the way.”

A debate for candidates will be held at 6 p.m. on

Feb. 29 in the Mountainlair food court, and all students are welcome to attend.

For those running for the Board of Governors, the debate will be simple. They will introduce themselves and their platform and field a few questions about why they are running.

For president and vice president, the debate will work much like the presidential debates seen on TV in the last few months. Candidates will sit down and

talk about their stances on issues and what they want to change at WVU, as well as answer questions about how they would handle situations they could face if they were to take office.

The debate process is more rigorous for the presidential and vice presidential candidates, but so are the stakes of their election. Unlike those on the Board of Governors or athletic council, both student body president and vice

president receive a tuition waiver from the University, as well as an annual stipend, which this year was $6,500, according to Morgan.

Voting will be held on March 1 and 2, with an emergency voting day on March 3, in case there is an unexpected University closure, which happened last year and was criticized by some for possibly affecting the voting process.

Voting will take place

from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., each day at the Mountainlair, the Evansdale Crossing and University Park, in order to give each campus (Downtown, Evansdale and Health Sciences) a convenient place for students to vote.

Any questions about the SGA election process or voting can be directed to Emma Harrison at emharrison@mix.wvu.edu.

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Continued from page 1 sion comes in,” said Ashley Morgan, current student body vice president.

“You’re excited to get out there and meet students, and you’re excited to make a difference on the campus, and you’re excited to learn and experience WVU in a whole new way.”

Morgan has participated

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Welfare drug testing discriminatory, inefficient Yesterday morning, the West Virginia Senate approved a bill that will implement a three-year pilot program to drug test applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

President Barack Obama’s visit to the state capital in October 2015 brought national attention to West Virginia’s opioid drug addiction issues, and the legislature has made this concern a priority this session. However, it seems the legislature is pointing fingers at low-income families for the state’s drug abuse.

Senate Bill 6 requires applicants who pose a “reasonable suspicion” of drug use, as determined by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources employees, to undergo drug testing. While this may be preferable to harsher standards of drug test requirements, the bill relies on stereotypes of lowincome individuals and discriminates against the demographic.

The bill, which senators

approved in a 32-2 vote, relies on a three-strike system in which those who test positive a first time can complete a substance abuse program and a job skills class to be paid for by the state’s Medicaid program. Upon a second failed test, the applicant gets a one-year suspension from receiving benefits, while a third failed test results in a lifetime ban from welfare benefits.

What’s more is, under the bill, those welfare recipients who give DHHR “reasonable suspicion” are required to pay for their mandated drug test.

State legislators in favor of the bill are convinced that it will significantly reduce the high levels of drug abuse in West Virginia, but other states with similar programs have not had overwhelming results.

Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, pioneered the legislation and made efforts as early as 2009 to raise awareness. At the time, his bill was ridiculed as the “most ridiculous” of the legislative

Requiring West Virginians on welfare to submit to drug testing unfairly places judgment on those with low income. session. Now, as the state’s political landscape has changed from a Democratic to now Republican majority, the proposal doesn’t seem so ridiculous. It allows lawmakers to use low-income families as a scapegoat for the state’s drug abuse problem.

According to data collected in 2015, seven states with similar drug-testing

programs showed that applicants tested positive for drug use at a lower rate than that of the general public.

Tennessee, which has a similar program to the one proposed in Senate Bill 6, tested 468 of the 28,559 welfare applicants because their answers on a questionnaire were suggestive of drug abuse. Of those tested, 55

tested positive.

These results are seen across the board in states with welfare drug testing programs, yet elected officials in certain states continue to push for this legislation.

West Virginia has roughly 2,000 adults receiving welfare benefits through TANF, and they should not be sub-

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ject to invasive drug testing simply because of their economic demographic. With the state’s dwindling budget and evidence that welfare drug testing programs are not cost-effective, West Virginia lawmakers should seek more efficient ways to spend taxpayer dollars. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Beyonce video celebrates black culture in art form

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Beyonce’s music video for “Formation” celebrates southern black culture.

emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

The day before Beyonce took to the stage for a performance alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, she released a brand-new single called “Formation.”

With almost no publicity surrounding the song or accompanying music video beforehand, the release came as a surprise to fans.

The lyrics of “Formation” immediately invoked some controversy

among listeners. One of the song’s verses praises commonly black physical features: “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana/You mix that negro with that Creole, make a Texas ‘bama/I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros/I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils.”

Controversy quickly surrounded the video, which was set primarily in New Orleans and features distinct elements of black southern culture and themes of black pride.

Other imagery in the video clearly alludes to the issue of police brutality against minorities.

At one point, a young black boy is seen dancing in front of a shoulderto-shoulder line of officers in full riot gear. When he finishes, he throws his arms out to his sides and the officers put their hands in the air. The camera immediately pans across a wall of graffiti that reads, “Stop shooting us.” In the final shot, Beyonce lays atop a New Orleans Police cruiser as it becomes submerged in floodwater.

Several media outlets have criticized the video, labeling it both anti-white and anti-police. Some viewers are even calling for a full-scale boy-

cott of Beyonce’s music and products, believing her video’s criticism of police is shameful and that its black-centered themes alienate white audiences.

Others, however, are praising the video for its unapologetic blackness in a time when black Americans are constantly reminded of their skin color but simultaneously told not to draw attention to the unique challenges it presents to them. It is an outright celebration of black women and physical features that have been mocked through many different periods of history. It also spotlights the issue of

police brutality that continues to contribute to political unrest among African Americans.

“Formation” continues to spark hot debates on social media amongst a largely divided audience. Regardless of where you stand on the video, one truth remains undeniable: It is clearly visual and auditory art. When the screen goes black at the end, regardless of what you’re thinking, at least you’re thinking something.

In a time when it seems hip-hop music videos are increasingly sticking to the cookie-cutter format of a club setting charac-

terized by scantily clad dancers and bottles of champagne, Beyonce has created something different. She has drawn upon both traditional black culture and contemporary issues of race in America to create a video that exists for more than just vapid entertainment and a catchy beat.

Whether positive or negative, “Formation” clearly invokes thought and feeling in its audience, which is a primary tenant of art. Efforts such as this ought to be celebrated rather than bashed. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Mainstage to bring GIANT PANDA TAKES MAINSTAGE Borgore, Machine Gun Kelly

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Rapper Machine Gun Kelly is to perform at Mainstage Morgantown this May.

by Corey Elliott A&E Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Mainstage Morgantown is proud to announce the addition of two performers to its calendar. EDM DJ Borgore will come to Morgantown April 22, and rapper Machine Gun Kelly, also known as MGK, will perform May 21.

Borgore’s birth name is Asaf Borger, and he was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. The 28-year-old DJ is one of the more well-known EDM artists in the game.

He has worked alongside Diplo, as well as with Miley Cyrus on a track titled “Decisions” in 2012. In 2007, Borgore and Waka Flocka Flame mixed a track called “Wild Out.” Borgore’s debut album, titled “#NEWGOREORDER,” dropped in 2014 under the label of Dim Mak Records, which was founded by iconic artist Steve Aoki in 1996. More recently, in 2015, Borgore collaborated with G-Eazy on “Forbes.”

The tour features stops all around the globe, making Mainstage Morgantown a surprising stop along the way. Before hitting Morgantown, Borgore will have visited cities in the United States, Canada, Italy, China, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. His tour will conclude at a musica festival in Zamardi, Hungary.

Bringing DJs to Mainstage is less of a hassle than bringing typical artists.

“Most DJs require us to provide turntables, so they only need to fly in with a laptop and/or a jump drive, as bands usually come in with a trailer full of gear,” said Adam Payne, production manager of Mainstage Morgantown.

Bailo, a DJ from New York, will also be performing on April 22.

Richard Colson Baker, who goes by the stage name Machine Gun Kelly, was born in Houston but has lived all over the globe due to his parents’ military

background. Despite living in multiple cities, MGK calls Cleveland home.

The hard-hitting lyricist made a name for himself through self-dropped mixtapes which ultimately helped him sign to Bad Boy Records in 2011. Shortly after, he was nominated and victorious for MTV Music Awards’ Hottest Breakthrough MC. The Cleveland native has released eight mixtapes, a single EP and two studio albums.

His most recent project, titled “General Admission,” released in Oct. 2015 and reached the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200. MGK and Waka Flocka Flame’s 2012 single “Wild Boy” had over 500,000 sales and reached gold in the U.S. Some other artists MGK has worked with include Wiz Khalifa, Tech N9ne and Cleveland’s own Bone Thugz-N-Harmony.

His approach has been all but typical. Though he has a true and clear talent in his lyricism, not all of his instrumentals match that stereotype. Arguably MGK’s most unique and interesting collaboration comes from “General Admission,” where he did a track with Kid Rock.

MGK is one of the larger names Mainstage Morgantown has hosted. Rising rappers Lil Dicky and Mike Stud both sold their shows out, respectively.

The spring semester ends May 6 at WVU; however, Adam Payne has no doubts this show will do just fine as it’s close to already selling out. Less than 100 tickets remain.

“There are a lot of small towns in West Virginia with nothing to do, and providing a big-city-concert atmosphere now gives an entertainment option worth driving to town for,” Payne said.

For more information on the shows, visit http:// mainstagewv.tunestub. com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

With multiple guitarists, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad brings a new, edgy feeling to Morgantown.

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An eight-person group, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad mixes guitars and drums with brass and keyboards, giving it a catchy, lively sound.

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Judge, not armchair ‘Serial’ detectives to decide retrial BALTIMORE (AP) — Prompted by a podcast that turned millions of listeners into armchair detectives, a judge will now decide whether to grant a new trial to a man convicted as a teenager of murdering his high school girlfriend.

A defense lawyer argued Tuesday that the evidence brought to light by the “Serial” podcast and now presented in court proves that Adnan Syed had an unfair trial after the 1999 strangling death of Hae Min Lee. “We proved our case. We did exactly what we said we would. I believe we met our burden and that Mr. Syed deserves a new trial,” said defense attorney Justin Brown, urging Judge Martin Welch to reverse Syed’s conviction.

He cited numerous issues raised by the podcast and presented during this hearing, including the facts that a key alibi witness was never called, and that some cell phone data was misrepresented as reliably linking his client to the crime.

Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah countered that the evidence remains “overwhelming” that Syed

was properly convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

“This is not a popular position, but the state’s role is to do justice,” the prosecutor said, acknowledging the interest generated by “Serial,” a public radio podcast that extensively re-examined the long-closed case.

Syed, now 35, was found guilty of killing Lee and burying her body in a wooded park on the northwestern edge of Baltimore.

Brown said cell tower data linking Syed to Lee’s burial site was misleading because prosecutors presented it without a cover sheet warning that the information about incoming calls was unreliable.

Moreover, Brown said Syed’s trial lawyer was ineffective because she didn’t contact Asia McClain, now Asia Chapman, who said Syed was with her at a public library during the time Lee was killed.

“A mistake was made not to talk to an alibi witness who could have turned this trial around,” Brown said, calling Chapman “earnest,” ‘’compelling” and “extremely credible.”

Brown said, “If Mr. Syed

was with Ms. McClain at the library on Jan. 12, 1999, he didn’t kill Hae Min Lee. He couldn’t have.”

She wasn’t the only defense witness ignored at trial, Syed’s attorneys said.

Investigator Sean Gordon testified that he managed to locate 41 of 83 potential alibi witnesses, and only four said they had been contacted by the original defense team for the 2000 trial.

Of those, none were asked to testify.

Brown blamed personal problems plaguing Syed’s trial attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, who was later disbarred and then died.

“At the time of the Syed case (Gutierrez) was unable to handle her cases,” he said.

“Her health was failing, her family was in turmoil ... her business, it was becoming unwound. As a result of the wheels coming off the bus, the single most important piece of evidence, an alibi witness, slipped through the cracks.”

The case had been closed for years when producer Sarah Koenig, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, began examining it in 2014, drawing millions of listeners to

her weekly podcast. Koenig sat in the courtroom last week, taking notes for updates to her podcast, as witness after witness was asked if they too had listened to “Serial” or spoken with the reporter.

Despite this renewed attention, the prosecutor said, Syed wasn’t convicted because of ineffective counsel or faulty evidence, but because “he did it.”

Vignarajah said Gutierrez put on a “passionate, vigorous defense,” and “poured every ounce of her great talents into Mr. Syed.”

Syed himself wrote to the trial judge during his original proceedings saying that Gutierrez’s “hard work, determination and belief in my innocence assures me I’m in the best hands,” he noted.

The victim’s relatives insist he’s guilty.

“Unlike those who learn about this case on the Internet, we sat and watched every day of both trials - so many witnesses, so much evidence,” their statement read. The defense’s key alibi witness, they said, “did ew.com not know Hae, and because Adnan Syed was convicted of murder in 1999. The podcast ‘Serial’ may have unof Adnan she never will.” covered information that can lead to a retrial.

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New Orleans marks Fat Tuesday with costumes NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing to the beat of brass bands and clamoring for beads from passing floats, thousands of people gathered in the streets of New Orleans to mark the culmination of the famous Mardi Gras celebration Tuesday.

The last day of parades rolled along St. Charles Avenue and Canal Street, float riders throwing beads to bystanders as revelers in other parts of the city like the French Quarter and the Marigny partied in the streets in elaborate costumes.

Fat Tuesday is the last day of the Carnival season before Lent, a period of penance and spiritual renewal, begins Wednesday.

“It’s fun. You see all the people. You see everybody dressed up, and you have a good time. I love New Orleans,” said Barbara Tate, who came down from Maryland for the holiday.

--THE COSTUMES When it comes to Mardi Gras, anything goes for costumes. Caroline Thomas, from New Orleans, spent weeks creating her elaborate costume featuring a massive feathered headdress so striking that bystanders wanted to take photos with her. “I’m not anything specific because

I think the beauty of Mardi Gras is that you don’t have to be a thing. You just have to look cool,” she said.

“I just wanted to be my own Mardi Gras priestess.” Others costumes included an man wearing a Steve Harvey mask standing with two women wearing beauty queen sashes that read “Miss Colombia” and “Miss Philippines,” in homage to Harvey’s blunder at the Miss Universe contest. One woman dressed as a jellyfish while others dressed as dragons.

-THE PARADES The Krewe of Zulu parade is put on by the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, a historically black organization in New Orleans.

Their parade dates back to roughly 1910, and is followed by the Rex Organization’s parade, which dates back to 1872. Rex’s history is closely tied with Mardi Gras traditions. For example, Rex’s colors - purple, green and gold - have become the symbolic colors of Mardi Gras as well. The two truck parades that follow Rex mark the end of the major parades in the city until 2017.

After the parades, the street party generally moves to the French Quarter, where revelers pack Bourbon Street and the celebration gets a bit

more risque. The festivities come to an end at the stroke of midnight when a wedge of mounted police officers rides down Bourbon to clear it of revelers and declare the party over.

--THE “THROWS” Riders on the floats generally wear masks and throw beads or other specially made trinkets to people along the parade route. One especially prized “throw” is the coconuts given out by members of Zulu. The coconuts have been hollowed out, and the outside hair is removed; they’re then decorated with glitter or elaborate designs. Riders in the Zulu parade also threw out small stuffed animals, specially decorated beads and hats with the words “Zulu” emblazoned in yellow.

-THE FAMILY Despite Mardi Gras’ reputation as being a raucous, adults-only party, much of the celebration is actually family-friendly. Families lined up early along the side of the streets or on the median - called the neutral ground in New Orleans - to get a good seat, often bringing ladders with specially designed seats on top for kids to sit in and catch beads or throws. Naomi Shows, from Covington, Louisiana, came to the

People parade in New Orleans in celebration of Fat Tuesday.

French Quarter with her three children, their blackand-white faces painted like skeletons inspired by Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead: “It’s been a tradition here for so long. They grow up with it, and they love it.

--THE MORNING Before sunrise Tuesday, about 100 people turned out at the Backstreet Cultural Museum to see the North Side Skull & Bone Gang come out. The gang is a longtime Mardi Gras

tradition. Members wear costumes resembling skeletons with papier-mache masks covering their heads. They go through the neighborhood waking people up on Fat Tuesday.

Dabne Whitemore came to the door in her white bathrobe after hearing the gang and its drums coming from down the street: “I was laying in my bed upstairs in the back, and I heard the drums coming and I knew it was time. ...

They come and wake me up every morning for 15

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--THE WEATHER Cold. Winds gusting up to 30 mph made mid-40s temperatures feel lower.

People along the parade route wore thick jackets and hats, and wrapped themselves under layers of blankets as they watched the floats roll by.

Tate, from Maryland, said it was fun but a little chilly: “I was hoping it would be a bit warmer. I didn’t know I needed to bring long underwear.”

YouTube rolls out original programming TV viewers choose LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael “Burnie” Burns hears a discrepancy.

Before greeting moviegoers at the debut of his film, the writer-actor is eavesdropping on all the big-budget movie trailers playing ahead of his much smaller crowdfunded concoction, “Lazer Team.”

Suddenly, a roar from a monster in one of the previews literally rattles the theater’s walls.

“I bet the sound budget for that was bigger than the whole budget for my movie,” the bearded Internet personality says with a grin.

Despite its modest price tag, there’s a hefty amount of enthusiasm for the $2.5 million sci-fi comedy about a group of dolts bestowed with alien technology.

“Lazer Team” was the most funded original film in Indiegogo’s history, and it’s been selling out hundreds of theaters for fan screenings since Jan. 27. However, many more devotees of Burns and his Rooster Teeth production company will be able to watch the movie beginning Wednesday on YouTube.

The streaming site is attempting to make some noise of its own with a crop of films and shows that will be exclusively available with YouTube Red, a subscription service the San Bruno, California-based company launched last October.

Unlike the millions of other videos posted on the streaming site, “Lazer Team” and the other YouTube Originals will only be available with a YouTube Red subscription, which also provides adfree access to the site and a music service for $10 a month.

For their leap into premium programming, YouTube isn’t attempting to imitate Netflix, Hulu or Amazon, which offer films and shows rivaling traditional Hollywood content.

While its first crop of movies and series don’t look like they were filmed with a webcam in someone’s basement, YouTube Originals also don’t have the scope of a Marvel movie or an episode of “Game of Thrones” either.

“They’re not trying to do something entirely different,” said Burns, an online video pioneer who first went viral with “Red vs.

Blue,” a digital series inspired by the “Halo” video game franchise. “They’re just taking YouTube to the next level.”

In addition to “Lazer Team,” YouTube Originals is launching with a documentary profiling YouTube comedienne Lilly

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‘Lazer Team’ is an example of one movie that will only be available on YouTube Red, the popular video site’s new subscription service.

“Superwoman” Singh embarking on a world tour, the dance flick “Dance Camp” starring young Internet personalities and a reality series centering on top YouTuber Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg living out his nightmares.

“We’re fishing where there’s fish,” said Susanne Daniels, the former president of MTV who now serves as the global head of original content at YouTube. “We’re working with top creators to do something they normally wouldn’t do on their channel.”

For its first show for YouTube Red, the site enlisted Kjellberg to swap playing scary video games on his channel to instead be dropped into frightening scenarios conceived by “The Walking Dead” creator Skybound Entertainment.

“It is very different, but it’s also very similar to what I do,” said Kjellberg, who has more than 42 million subscribers. “I play horror games, and this is basically just taking that into the real world. It felt like a natural extension.”

Meanwhile, “A Trip to Unicorn Island” profiles

Singh’s highs and lows as she stages a world tour showcasing her actingand-dancing abilities all while keeping up with her YouTube channel. The documentary doesn’t shy away from showing the emotional tolls it took on Singh.

“It was such a different process for me,” said Singh, who has more than 7.8 million subscribers.

“I’m used to shooting and editing all my videos. It was very difficult for me to let go of that control and allow a director and editor capture me, but that’s the beauty of it. You get to see me from a different point of view.”

Besides selling $10 subscriptions, the move into premium content is also an opportunity for YouTube to keep top talent from straying. Several high-profile YouTubers, such as Colleen “MirandaSings” Ballinger-Evans, Freddie Wong and “Awkward Black Girl” creator Issa Rae have recently been tapped by the likes of Netflix, Hulu and HBO for projects.

“It speaks to the power of YouTube to build these stars to a certain level that these other networks and platforms are interested in

working with them,” said Daniels. “It remains to be seen whether the fans will go find them on the other platforms.”

YouTube currently has dozens of original programming projects in development for YouTube Red, and Daniels said they plan to roll out between 15 and 20 shows and films in 2016. They’re also looking to stream films licensed from other outlets.

Will millennials - YouTube’s biggest audience - want to fork over $10 to watch content on a site that’s been giving it away for over a decade?

The streaming site declined to specify how many users have already signed up for YouTube Red or how much its spending on the original programming effort. However, Daniels is optimistic viewers won’t click the dislike button.

“The hope is that it’ll be like any subscription service,” said Daniels. “It’s a great value. I think viewers might first try it out because they’re interested in what ‘PewDiePie’ is up to with his series, but then they’ll stick around to see other creators’ projects and movies.”

NEW YORK (AP) — In a television competition between notorious criminals, O.J. Simpson topped Bernard Madoff.

The first part of FX’s starstudded miniseries on the former football star’s murder case and trial became the most-watched scripted series premiere in the network’s history, the Nielsen company said.

The “American Crime Story” opener, which stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as Simpson and John Travolta as attorney Robert Shapiro, was seen by 12 million people within three days of its premiere. More people watched it either on a time-delayed basis or in one of its two reruns than in its premiere time slot last Tuesday.

It beat “The Shield,” which was FX’s previous record-setter for an original series.

ABC’s two-part movie on Madoff, which starred Richard Dreyfuss as the swindler, had more viewers watching when it originally aired than the Simpson premiere, but far fewer who caught it later. With time-delayed viewing within three days added in, the first part of the Madoff movie had 8.3 million viewers with the second part getting 7.9 million, Nielsen said.

Perhaps because the crime hit home, viewers of the Madoff movie were richer than those for a typical TV show. Among people who make more than $100,000 a year, the movie’s viewership beat the average by 25 percent, and for those making more than $200,000, it was up 33 percent, Nielsen said.

Typically the year’s mostwatched event, the Super Bowl had just under 111.9 million viewers for CBS. The audience was down from the last two games but it still

represented the third mostwatched event in U.S. television history.

Shortly after NBC signed a new deal with prolific producer Dick Wolf, he proved his worth. Four of Wolf’s dramas - “Chicago Fire,” Chicago Med,” Chicago P.D.” and “Law & Order: SVU” - landed among Nielsen’s top 20 shows for the week.

CBS averaged 25.2 million viewers in prime time during the week, primarily because of the Super Bowl. ABC averaged 6 million viewers, NBC had 4.5 million, Fox had 4.2 million, Univision had 1.74 million, the CW had 1.73 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and Telemundo had 1.25 million.

Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.19 million viewers in prime time. USA had 1.6 million, HGTV had 1.56 million and the Disney Channel and ESPN tied with 1.39 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.3 million viewers.

NBC’s “Nightly News” had 9.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.7 million viewers.

For the week of Feb. 1-7, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: Super Bowl: Carolina vs. Denver, CBS, 111.86 million; “Super Bowl Post-Game” (Sunday, 10:22 p.m.), CBS, 101.93 million; “Super Bowl Post-Game” (Sunday, 10:29 p.m.), CBS, 70.01 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 15.29 million; Republican Presidential Debate, ABC, 13.34 million; “Super Bowl’s Greatest Commercials,” CBS, 11.45 million; “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 9.18 million; “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 9.09 million; “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 8.94 million; “The X-Files,” Fox, 8.37 million.

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304-598-BEER Across 1 Roasting bird 6 Kennel racket 10 Doze, with “out” 14 How writers often work 15 NATO alphabet ender 16 Ancient Andean 17 Lift 20 Bar sing-along 21 Quasi-convertible option 22 Rock gp. with winds and strings 23 Mil. training site 25 Pizzeria attractions 29 Nervous giggle 32 “Cure Ignorance” online reader 34 Glamorous Gardner 35 Windy-day window noise 37 Strummed strings 38 Lift 42 Linen fiber source 43 Newspaper space measurement 44 So last week 45 Take in the wrong way?

47 Split with the band 51 Pet shelter mission 53 Apt name for a cook?

55 Put the cuffs on 56 Does one’s part?

58 Elves, at times 61 Lift 65 Curved entrance adornment 66 Drop 67 Nautical table listing 68 “Okay, granted” 69 “Bossypants” memoirist Fey 70 Mail-order-only company until 1925 Down 1 Small jewelry box 2 Acid neutralizer 3 “Little grey cells” detective 4 Draft category 5 “Quo Vadis” emperor 6 Tenochtitl‡n native 7 Play about automatons 8 Like much desert 9 Acquisition on a blanket, perhaps 10 Brand with a flame over the “i” in its logo 11 Artist Yoko 12 Big name in bar code scanners 13 Dennings of “2 Broke Girls”

18 Hybrid tennis attire 19 Ticked off 24 Besmirches 26 Powerful shark 27 Say with certainty 28 Carrier to Oslo 30 Cereal “for kids” 31 Work on a course 33 Many a “Hunger Games” fan 36 Bluffer’s giveaway 37 Colorado natives 38 Cobalt __ 39 “Aw, shucks!”

40 Harder to see, as shapes 41 Have-at link 42 Voting yes on 45 “That stings!”

46 Hit a winning streak 48 New York lake near Utica 49 Pantry 50 Dominate the thoughts of 52 Hidden stockpile

54 Iota preceder 57 California’s __ Valley 59 D-Day transports 60 __-dieu: kneeler 61 New Year’s party handout 62 Clearance rack abbr.

63 Fort Worth sch.

64 Many holiday guests

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No. 24 WVU tries to keep conference winning streak alive vs. Iowa State

By ROGEr Turner Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will close out a two-game home stretch tonight versus Iowa State, as the Mountaineers look to capture another conference win.

The Mountaineers enter tonight’s home contest ranked No. 24 in the latest AP polls, looking to build momentum heading into the final part of the regular season.

We s t V i r g i n i a ’s matchup versus Iowa State marks the first meeting between the two Big 12 programs this season. In their last contest, West Virginia defeated Kansas State 64-44 in the Play 4Kay pink game at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday.

Senior Bria Holmes continued to carry the Mountaineers in their last game, posting her second double-double of the season.

The New Haven, Connecticut native racked up 17 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas State as the Mountaineers shot their highest field goal percentage in Big 12 play this year. WVU currently ranks second in the Big 12 and 23rd in the nation in field goal percentage, shooting 44.9 percent on the season.

As the Mountaineers get set to play host to the Cyclones, Holmes remains the Big 12’s active career scoring leader and leads the Mountaineers in points and assists per game. Sophomore Teana Muldrow is just behind Holmes in scoring on the team, averaging 10.7 points per game.

Coming off the bench, freshman Tynice Martin ranks third, scoring 9.5 points per contest, while senior Arielle Roberson has also been a factor on the boards for the Mountaineers. Roberson collected a season-high 13 rebounds on Saturday versus Kansas State in the

Mountaineer win.

Iowa State comes to Morgantown looking to right the ship by notching a conference win.

The Cyclones ended a five-game losing streak on Feb. 2, winning 63-53 in Lawrence against Kansas. Iowa State’s strength on the offensive end lies behind the three-point line, as the Cyclones are third in the Big 12, averaging 6.8 3-pointers per game. Seanna Johnson leads the Cyclones in scoring, putting up 17 points per game which ranks second in the Big 12.

WVU leads the series 5-2 all-time and won last year’s contest in Morgantown, climbing back from a 10-point halftime deficit to win 54-52. All signs point to the Mountaineers having an upper hand in momentum, aiming for conference win No. 8 after winning two straight. Iowa State fell to No. 6 Texas on Saturday, putting the Cyclones at 4-7 in conference play this season.

A strong defensive showing for WVU will be key as the Mountaineer defense is holding opponents to 33.7 percent shooting from the field, which ranks eighth nationally. Even though the Cyclones have struggled in recent conference play, Iowa State leads the conference in fewest turnovers per game and has three players averaging double-figures in scoring.

A tough Big 12 slate awaits the Mountaineers after tonight’s game as West Virginia will face ranked opponents Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas.

For now, the Mountaineers will focus on getting their win total to 19 on the season. Wednesday’s game versus Iowa State will award the first 500 fans with a WVU Big 12 t-shirt, with tipoff commencing at 7 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Despite loss at Kansas, WVU still well-positioned

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @djstatman77

The No. 10 West Virginia University men’s basketball team went into Lawrence, Kansas last night hoping to accomplish a nearly impossible feat: trying to knock off the No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks at Phog Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas hasn’t lost a game at home since a four-point defeat to San Diego State in January of 2014. You have to go back even further to find the last conference game they lost at the Phog – back to Feb. 2, 2013, when a Kansas team featuring Ben McLemore and a freshman Perry Ellis lost to Oklahoma State, 85-80.

Not even Wooden Award contender Buddy Hield could overcome the incredible homecourt advantage offered by Allen Fieldhouse. Last month, Hield scored 46 points in an epic triple-overtime encounter between his then-No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners and

then-No. 1 Kansas, but even that wasn’t enough, as Kansas won again.

So while West Virginia came up short in its effort to end Kansas’ vaunted home winning streak – which now stands at 38 games – they have nothing to hang their heads low about. There are greater forces at work in the Phog.

With the loss, the Mountaineers (19-5, 8-3 Big 12) drop out of sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Conference, pulling level with Kansas (20-4, 8-3) and Oklahoma (20-3, 8-3) in a three-way tie at the top of the pack.

Kansas and Oklahoma have hovered around the very top of the national standings all season long, and the two are headed for a massive clash in Norman, Oklahoma Saturday afternoon. One of those teams is destined to drop out of the tie, while the winner will be anointed as the Big 12’s presumptive regular season champion – but the Mountaineers are as well-

positioned as any team to still come out with at least a share of the Big 12 title.

With seven conference games remaining, West Virginia has proven that it belongs with the big boys of the Big 12. West Virginia holds a win over Kansas last month, and just a few days later went down to Norman and came within a Khadeem Lattin tip-in of knocking off Oklahoma as well.

The two toughest games in West Virginia’s conference slate – away at Kansas and Oklahoma – have already passed, and the Mountaineers are still joint leaders of the Big 12. While Oklahoma and Kansas battle it out Sunday, West Virginia has perhaps its easiest game of the schedule, a home game with last place TCU. Of the seven games left, West Virginia has four tough challenges remaining, two on the road. Next Tuesday, the Mountaineers will have to face surging Texas, whom they lost 56-

49 to in a listless home performance on Jan. 21. WVU also has to face old foil Baylor in Waco, Texas, but West Virginia already has a win in hand against the Bears.

WVU also has major home clashes with Oklahoma and Iowa State left to play. The Mountaineers proved their mettle against the Cyclones with a comeback win at Hilton Coliseum last week, and have to feel confident against Hield and the Sooners, after they took Oklahoma to the brink last month.

If West Virginia can emerge from those four tough games with two or three wins, they should be able to clinch their bestever Big 12 performance and a decent shot at taking home at least a share of the regular season conference title.

A lot will hinge on the result of the OklahomaKansas game, which is set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Newcomers could factor into position battles right away

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @djstatman77

With the losses of nine defensive starters and star running back Wendell Smallwood, head coach Dana Holgorsen and the West Virginia University football team had work to do on Signing Day. The Mountaineers won a few key battles for the signatures of players who could step into starting competitions right away, and may see the field as soon as the season opener on Sep. 3 against Missouri.

While the battles for playing time still remain to be fought and won, there’s one newcomer who looks more poised than anyone else to hold down a starting job on day one: Safety Kyzir White.

The brother of WVU receivers Kevin and Ka’Raun White, Kyzir White became one of the best junior college safeties in the country at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

West Virginia got his commitment in June but had to fend off a late charge from USC to ensure White would wear blue and gold this fall.

Now, Kyzir White, whom coaches have compared to the departed KJ Dillon – who embodied the versatile linebacker/safety hybrid “spur” position in Tony Gibson’s 3-3-5 defense – appears to be ready to step directly into Dillon’s shoes.

“I’ve said numerous times that the spur position is the most important

position to what we do defensively,” Gibson said. “We had to get a guy that can come in and play right now, so we’re very excited about Kyzir and what he can bring to the table.”

Kyzir White isn’t the only junior college star who could play immediately for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia had already gotten commitments from talented high school running backs Kennedy McKoy and Martell Pettaway, but Wendell Smallwood declaring for the NFL Draft last month forced the Mountaineers to dip back into the market at that position.

They came up with National Junior College Offensive Player of the Year Justin Crawford, a 6-foot-1 tailback from Northwest Mississippi Community College.

After rushing for more than 1,600 yards and 16 touchdowns last season, Crawford’s recruitment was slow taking off. While he committed to West Virginia several days before Signing Day, a late challenge from future opponent Missouri ensured that the process would go down to the wire.

But Crawford is a Mountaineer, and his junior college tape has reminded coaches of Smallwood – all the more reason Crawford could share carries with senior Rushel Shell this fall.

“If you look at Crawford, he has a lot of Wendell qualities from our point of view,” Holgorsen said. “He has great vision. He can hit the hole quick. He can

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WVU’s Wendell Smallwood hits the hole against Texas last year. Smallwood’s early departure pushed the Mountaineers to sign running back Justin Crawford. make people miss, and he’s Edward Muldrow. type is very similar.”

Daniels, along with Miami Rising junior Al-Rasheed a good receiver as well.”

Those aren’t the only in- transfer Antonio Crawford Another recruitment that Benton is the presumed coming Mountaineers who and three freshmen, will all went down to the end was starter at middle linebacker, could be in line for imme- join a unit hurt by the losses that of linebacker Brendan along with fellow junior diate playing time. Tight of corners Terrell Chestnut, Ferns, a four-star prospect Xavier Preston at one of the end Trevon Wesco, a ju- Daryl Worley and Ricky from Ohio who chose West outside spots. That leaves at nior college teammate of Rumph.

Virginia over Penn State last least one starting role up for Kyzir White’s, could see With spring practice still week. grabs, and Ferns will be in time right away, as well weeks away, the MountainFerns’ arrival couldn’t the race; Ferns has drawn as punter Jonn Young and eers still have a while to come at a better time. West comparison to Kwiatkoski safeties Toyous Avery and wait to get their first looks Virginia’s linebacker corps for his size and athleticism. Jovanni Stewart. at these players in blue and was decimated by the de“Ferns is probably more A wide-open cornerback gold and begin to see how parture of senior start- athletic than Kwiatkoski race could also see new these critical competitions ers Nick Kwiatkoski, Jared coming out of high school,” faces in key roles. Incom- will shape up.

Barber and Shaq Petteway, Holgorsen said. “That guy ing junior college transdjstatman@mail.wvu.edu along with primary backup does everything. The body fers Elijah Battle and Mike

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Bubba Scheffel wrestles against an Iowa State opponent last season.

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Staying consistent for an entire season is key for many athletes. However, it is not as simple as it sounds.

West Virginia University senior wrestler Bubba Scheffel appears to have found steady, positive results. Scheffel defeated Pitt’s Zach Bruce on Sunday to pick up his second consecutive victory after three straight losses.

Scheffel improved to 16-11 in the 2015-16 sea-

son, but the 184-pound Oakland, Maryland native strives to be even better. He is not satisfied with what he has done this season.

“There’s been matches where I feel like I’ve done well, and there’s been a lot where I feel like I’ve done not so well,” Scheffel said.

“You’d think by your senior year you’d have it all figured out, but for me that’s not the case. At least I know that deep down, I’m going out and fighting my hardest and putting it all out there. It’s something that I can keep my head up and

stay positive and just keep fighting.”

Prior to the 2015-16 season, Scheffel boasted a 6234 record. However, it is those losses that motivate Scheffel.

“Anytime I lose a match, no matter who it’s against or at what point in the season, I’m disappointed because no one wants to lose,” Scheffel said. “There’s a bunch of things that could be improved, but I’m just going to keep battling and hopefully build off of that last match.”

As mentioned previ-

ously, the losses have been more frequent this season.

Scheffel said that comes from his struggles getting out from the bottom position.

“I’ve escaped well against some of the best guys in the country, and then other times, even the last match against NC State, I gave up almost two minutes of riding time,” Scheffel said. “In that sense I felt that I’ve had the time to fix it and have not yet. I’m working on it, trying to figure it out, but it hasn’t come easily.”

Despite Scheffel’s opin-

ion, he has improved.

Thanks in part to his last few wins, the Mountaineers ended their six-duel losing streak.

West Virginia won six of its 10 matches against Pitt on Sunday to defeat the No. 17 Panthers.

With his victory on Sunday, Scheffel is six wins away from last season’s total. Don’t expect him to be counting each win, though.

“We get a different number of matches every year. I remember my sophomore year I was 29-9, and we had a lot weaker of a sched-

ule,” Scheffel said. “Record doesn’t reflect much of anything because you’ll be facing a different number of opponents, so I don’t look at that very much. It would be nice to be something and zero, but so long as I’m getting to the national tournament, I will surpass last year’s mark.”

Should Scheffel surpass that total, the Mountaineers will likely continue racking up victories.

Both are seeking to regain consistency. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers continue to improve during winter hiatus

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As evidenced by the cold, white stuff on the ground outside, it can be difficult to play golf during winter in the northern states. The West Virginia University golf team went on hiatus during the winter months but will return to the links next week for the President’s Day Challenge in Houston, Texas.

Despite being relegated to the indoors, the Mountaineers stayed active, tak-

ing advantage of WVU’s excellent weight room and workout facilities in order to stay in shape. A new stateof-the-art indoor golf practice facility also saw a lot of usage during the winter as well, with players taking advantage of the indoor putting surface and swing simulator in the facility.

But West Virginia didn’t stay inside the whole winter.

During the holiday break, as players went home for the holidays, most of the players played in amateur tournaments, close to home and in the southern states,

against college-level competition in order to stay in good form.

“What is really key was the guys getting out in December and early January and getting down to Florida, Texas or Alabama and playing some amateur events,” said head coach Sean Covich. “College kids really need to do that. If you don’t, it is going to be three or four months before you play in something. So, that is key, and something I preach to the guys like, ‘Make sure you get down and play in something down in Florida

or Texas.’”

Covich is also a strong proponent of his players becoming acclimated to playing in unsavory weather conditions so that they’re prepared for anything.

“It’s wet. It’s cold. It’s college golf in the spring! Find out a lot about your game in less than ideal conditions.

Anyone can play in 70 degs,” Covich tweeted.

Covich also utilized the winter months effectively, as he hit the recruiting trail to bring in new talent to his budding program. In November, the Mountaineers

signed two new players for the 2016-17 season: Ty Olinger of Blacksburg, Virginia and Etienne Papineau from Quebec.

This past fall was the first time in more than 30 years that WVU has fielded a competitive collegiate golf team. The Mountaineers faced some growing pains, but all-in-all, they managed to hold their own against some tough competition.

Freshman phenom Max Sear and senior captain Easton Renwick are proving to be the stars of the team so far during their inaugu-

ral season.

Sear turned in the best individual performance of the fall, finishing as the runnerup in a 90-plus man field at the Wolfpack Intercollegiate in October in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wolfpack Intercollegiate also happened to be where the Mountaineers had their highest team finish, as they placed sixth in a 16-team field.

The Mountaineers tee off for the President’s Day Challenge with Rice and Houston on Monday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Louisville’s Rick Pitino awaits NCAA interview regarding scandal Coach Rick Pitino said Tuesday morning that he is still waiting to be interviewed by the NCAA about an escort’s book allegations that a former Louisville staffer hired her and other dancers for sex parties at the team’s dormitory.

Pitino has said repeatedly that he did not know about the incidents, and Tuesday took that a step further, saying that athletic director Tom Jurich does not believe he was aware of the activities.

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The coach said he has been kept in the dark about the investigation because he has not been interviewed by the NCAA. The university investigation is ongoing and it’s unclear if more self-imposed penalties are possible.

Pitino also has stated that he has no plans to step down, and Tuesday he indicated he position has not changed.

“My future is really irrelevant and unimportant, it’s the University of Louisville that I care about,” Pitino said. “I do the same thing every single year. I go away, I take my time and say, ‘Did you have fun? Do you still have great passion?’

“I have more passion today with coaching, I love teaching more than ever.”

Powell alleged in the book “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen” that Andre McGee paid her $10,000 for 22 shows from 2010-14 with many taking place in the Cardinals’ Billy Minardi Hall dormitory. The allegations led to several investigations: one by the athletic department; the University of Louisville Foundation; the NCAA; and university and Louisville Metro Po-

lice in cooperation with the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

She also spoke out on Tuesday.

Powell wouldn’t say how she felt about Pitino being disciplined in a radio interview, but did say that the school should be punished because it tried to damage her reputation after the book’s release in October.

During an appearance on Kentucky Sports Radio, she also said she didn’t think much of Louisville’s selfimposed penalty and suggested it was the school’s way of heading off possible NCAA sanctions.

The No. 13 Cardinals (195, 8-3 ACC) are 1-1 since the ban but would have been a lock for the NCAA Tournament without winning the conference title.

Asked if she felt vindicated by Louisville’s action, she added, “I knew all along I was telling the truth.”

Powell was interviewed by the NCAA last fall. A Jefferson County grand jury is looking into her allegations.

A message left with the NCAA was not immediately returned.

Powell’s attorney, Larry Wilder of Jeffersonville, Indiana, said Louisville’s decision vindicates his client’s allegations and added, “a 19-5 team wouldn’t selfban itself if any part she had

mentioned was just a broken fingernail.”

Pitino said on ESPN Tuesday that he talked to McGee after being made aware of the allegations and was told only that parties took place.

The coach said McGee misled him about what went on.

“He said it was just women coming over and listening to music,” Pitino said. “Then, he got a lawyer and that was the last I spoke to Andre McGee.” The coach added that since that exchange, he has sent McGee a text asking that he “just tell the truth.”

Pitino has described the decision not to play in postseason “as harsh as anything” he has experienced and criticized the NCAA for a system he said unfairly penalizes people unconnected to any infractions. He has been particularly outspoken in support of leading scorers Damion Lee and Trey Lewis, graduate transfers who came to Louisville this season with hopes of playing in the NCAA Tournament.

Powell said she regrets that Lee and Lewis are being punished for something they weren’t part of and even feels bad about the allegations impact on McGee’s career. She initially wouldn’t say if she feels bad for Pitino, pausing before eventually saying she did not.