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CPASS unveils office of student success by corey mcdonald staff writer @coreymacc

West Virginia University has set an ambitious goal to increase the student retention rate to 90 percent as the institution moves forward. The College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences took steps to achieve this goal by creating an Office of Student Success.

In conjunction with the University’s 2020 Strategic Plan for the Future, CPASS unveiled its Office of Stu-

dent Success Thursday to ensure a strong advising presence in the school. Students and faculty members gathered around the newly centralized advising center.

“It’s wonderful to see CPASS with its flag in the ground and having the wonderful facilities that are here,” said Sue Day-Perroots, associate provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

CPASS has taken part in a nine-month process to align with the University’s advising and retention

goals.

“This office represents CPASS’s commitment to recruiting the best and the brightest students here to WVU,” said Dr. James C. Hannon, assistant dean of academic affairs and research.

Hannon introduced both old and new members of their advising system, all of whom are working toward ensuring student success.

The college added a retention specialist, a new student recruiter, as well as new assistant professors,

all while retaining experienced advisors who know the ins and outs of the college.

“A lot of this is new to us,” Hannon said. “Moving towards a new centralized advising model is new to us; retention specific initiatives to the college is new. There is a lot of new here but I feel very optimistic that we have put together a great staff.”

The opening of this new office provides a central-

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A TALK WITH THE TIMES

Askar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM TOP: Michael Walsh, the Chair and Associate Professor in the WVU Department of Marketing, asks Liz McDonnell a question regarding Journalism and marketing. LEFT: Lydia Owens picks up the mic at the Q&A session following a presentation from the New York Times Director of Creative Strategy, Liz McDonnell on Thursday evening. RIGHT: Liz McDonnell, the Director of Creative Strategy from The New York Times, prepares her Powerpoint presentation on the subject of advertising and marketing in 2016.

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Killen Schlegel and Theresa Scafella listen to others tell stories during the CPASS unveiling of the Office of Student Success.

Buffalo Wild Wings president speaks at WVU by kayla asbury associate city editor @kaylaasbury_

Judy Shoulak took 13 years to receive her bachelor’s degree, but it didn’t prevent her from being successful.

Shoulak, the president of North America Buffalo Wild Wings spoke Tuesday morning as part of West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics’ Distinguished Speaker Series.

A Milkwaukee, Wisconsin native, she climbed the ladder at different companies by performing various operations and human resources positions at JC Penny, The Original Cookie Company and Office Max, Inc. before she received her bachelors in business administration from Capital University in Ohio.

“I consider that to be one of the most significant accomplishments in my life...” Shoulak said.

“It really boosted my confidence... I knew I could accomplish anything I set my mind to.”

She became the president of BWW, a $3.6 billion organization, in 2014.

Her favorite part of the job is “definitely the people part.”

“Watching people develop themselves personally and professionally­— it really changes their lives,” Shoulak said. “It’s just endless opportunities for people.”

And the most difficult part? Facilitating change within the

company.

“It’s hard for all of us to change, but at Buffalo Wild Wings, we are very future focused...” Shoulak said. “We never want to be in a situation where we didn’t change and now our brand is stale.”

Shoulak gave real-life examples of BWW employees and franchisees overcoming obstacles to emphasize the importance of ceasing opportunities in the workplace.

“Opportunity by itself is not an action word,” she said. “Opportunity requires action.”

Shoulak shared how she seized opportunities: by taking positions that took her out of her comfort zone. Shoulak said taking these positions helped to shape her success.

“Every time you take on a new challenge, your view of what’s possible changes,” she said.

Shoulak encouraged students to look at their own jobs through a lens of opportunity.

“Maybe you work parttime, or you work fulltime while you’re going to school,” Shoulak said.

“This is an opportunity to learn things to held you in your future career.”

The best advice Shoulak could give to the business students present at the event was to find a good company to work for.

“My best advice is get your degree, and then look for a good company... I think one of the

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Center for Women and Gender Studies recognizes students, faculty by amy pratt

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Center for Women and Gender Studies held an awards and recognition ceremony on Thursday evening.

Undergraduate students receiving a major or minor in women and gender studies were recognized and received stoles to wear at graduation. Graduate students were also recognized.

The seniors in women and gender studies presented their capstone collo quium b et w e en recognitions.

Students made audio ethnographies. An ethnography exposes students to a culture in order to experience its beliefs and ideas.

The students then looked at them from a feminist perspective to see biases or voices that were not represented.

“These students who are doing these audio ethnographies were asked to go internal to a find a formative moment in their life in which they identified with some culture and then help

us understand that cultural identity…It’s been a very heartfelt, informative process,” said Nina Riivald, instructor of the capstone class.

Zhoe Lesher shared her “Orbra Jean the MatriarchAn Appalachian Oral History” about her grandmother. Lesher explored the experiences of West Virginia through her grandmother’s life.

“My goal for this oral history is to reframe the idea of what a traditional Appalachian woman is and to showcase the resistance of feminism of my grandmother even though she didn’t acknowledge it,” Lesher said.

Lesher shared her stories of the abuse her grandmother suffered from her husband and her power to overcome it.

Meredith Ramella talked about experiences from her childhood in poor, rural, Williamson, West Virginia. She explained her call to action is improving life for the residents in Mingo County.

Inna Zudilina talked about growing up in Rus-

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sia with her Babushka, or grandmother, and her memories of watching Babushka cook in the kitchen. Zudilina recalled the sadness she felt when she moved to Canada and had to learn a new language away from her grandmother.

Effy Fachruddin also talked about her experiences growing up in a religious family and as a foreigner. She came to the United States from Indonesia to continue her education. In Indonesia, Fachruddin felt pressured by her peers to wear a hijab; in America, she felt pressured to not wear it. Fachruddin said this made having her own identity difficult.

Alexandra Mullins talked about her religious father’s negative reaction when she came out as bisexual.

Emily Zadjura shared her brother, Rick’s, suffering from depression and PTSD after his time as a Marine.

Rick took his own life a year and a half ago. “(Rick) couldn’t find the help he needed and was afraid to ask because we live in a culture that deems

mental illness as a defect, something to hide and be ashamed of, especially for men. Military culture only makes it worse,” Zadjura said.

Rebecca Rohn talked about white feminist privilege, and Michael Brennen shared how he realized men also had a place in feminism. Heaven Hunter shared poetry she wrote.

Auriana Fabricatore talked about the problem of “lazy language” in femiKristen Uppercue/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM nism. She explained “feminine hygiene products” During the Center or Women’s and Gender Studies’ Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, many speakers present their own Capstone Calloquium about personal was a misleading phrase for struggles that happened in their lives. pads and tampons because not all women menstruate and some men do.

“Lazy language hurts all women, and more often and more severely, it hurts women who are in the margins,” Fabricatore said.

The ceremony ended with inductions into the Iota Iota Iota, Eta Chapter, know as Triota. It is the WVU honors society for women and gender studies.

Triota maintains feminists values, central to women and gender studies.

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FIELD DAY

Ready to be president?

Clinton Sanders dispute each other

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DJ Dollar provides his music styles to students on the Mountainlair Green for Field Day held by WVU NAACP, WVU Center for Black Culture and Research, and WVU Up All Night.

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Eric Jordan hosts Field Day on the Mountainlair Green and announces a play-by- Students watch two teams compete in a cross over pick-up basketball game held on the Mountainlair Green for Field Day, held by WVU NAACP, WVU Center for Black play of a pick-up basketball game.

Culture and Research, and WVU Up All Night.

CPASS

Continued from page 1 ized advising location where both major and premajor students of the college can go to plan their path to graduation. Premajor students can now see advisors in the same location where major students of the college visit their assigned faculty professors for their advising.

“I believe it reduces the possibility for mistakes or errors within the advising

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Continued from page 1 best indicators is their website...” Shoulak said.

“You would see tenure, you would see diversity and they would talk about values on their website.

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process,” Hannon said. “If you think about it, if you see three or four people along the way, that opens the door for error. So we’re reducing that possibility by centralizing and having everyone come to one place.”

A centralized advising location also improves the goal of retention for the College and the University as well, according to Hannon.

“There are some things that are key points of success, and that’s communication and partnerships,” Day-Perroots said. “That’s

the benefit of having a student success office.”

This is the next stage of the college’s student success strategy with more to come. Along with the opening of the new student success office, the college also approved the remodeling of the CPASS to add additional office space in the Student Health Building. Construction begins next week, according to Hannon. “(Our plan) links to the institutional strategic plan,” Hannon said.

While the overall strate-

gic plan for 2020 revolves around research, education, internationalization, diversity and community outreach, CPASS’ focus is on improving their research and education.

“The core of WVU is education,” Hannon said. “The other three areas we are strong in; this college has a very strong history of community outreach, internationalization activities and diversity. We have a very diverse group in this college and we’re proud of that.”

You deserve to work for a great place.”

She also recommended students find good company to work in.

“The people I work with at Buffalo Wild Wings, they love our organization,” Shoulak said.

The distinguished speakers series privides

role models for students, according to Nancy McIntyre, the interim dean of the college.

“They bring a wealth of experience,” McIntyre siad. “A lot of them will have 20, 30, 40 years of experience. They’re so anxious to come back and talk to you. They need to con-

nect with your generation as much as you need to connect with them, I think it’s a two-way street.”

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NEW YORK (AP)—Deepening their increasingly bitter feud, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders aggressively challenged each other’s judgment to be president in Thursday night’s Democratic debate, wrangling over Wall Street banks, the minimum wage and gun control.

The showdown in Brooklyn came at a pivotal moment in the party’s primary campaign, with Clinton leading in the delegate count but Sanders generating huge enthusiasm for his surprising candidacy.

The Vermont senator took a biting and often sarcastic tone as he sought to chip away at Clinton’s credibility. He cited her support for the unpopular Iraq war and for free trade agreements, as well as her willingness to accept money through a super PAC, as evidence that she lacks the needed judgment to lead the nation.

Still, Sanders backed away from previous statements questioning Clinton’s qualifications, saying the former secretary of state does have the “experience and intelligence” to be president.

Clinton made little effort to hide her irritation with Sanders’ challenging of her qualifications, saying that while she has been “called a lot of things in my life, that was a first.” She also cast Sanders as unprepared to implement even his signature policy proposals, including breaking up big banks.

“I think you need to have the judgment on day one to be commander in chief,” she said.

The debate was the first for the Democratic candidates in five weeks. It came ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New York, a high-stakes contest with a huge cache of delegates at stake.

For Clinton, a win in her adopted home state would blunt Sanders’ recent momentum and put his pursuit of the nomination further out of reach. A Sanders upset over Clinton would shake up the race, raising fresh concerns about her candidacy and breathing new life into the Vermont senator’s campaign.

The Democratic primary has been fought for months on familiar terrain. Clinton has cast Sanders’ proposals for breaking up banks and offering free tuition at public colleges and universities as unrealistic. Sanders has accused Clinton of being part of a rigged eco-

nomic and political system, hammering her repeatedly for giving paid speeches to Wall Street banks and refusing to release the transcripts.

Clinton continued to struggle to explain why she has not released the transcripts, saying only that she’ll do so when other candidates are required to do the same thing. She tried to raise questions about Sanders’ own openness for not releasing his income taxes.

The senator pledged to release his most recent tax returns on Friday, and said there would be “no big money from speeches, no major investments” in the disclosures.

The candidates also sparred over raising the federal minimum wage, with Sanders expressing surprise as Clinton voiced support for efforts to set the hourly pay rate at $15, the level he has long backed.

“I don’t know how you’re there for the fight for 15 when you say you want a $12 minimum wage,” he said. Clinton then clarified that while she does support a $12 hourly minimum wage, she would sign legislation raising that level to $15.

Sanders has won a string of recent primary contests, including a big victory earlier this month in Wisconsin. But because Democrats award their delegates proportionally, he’s struggled to cut into the lead Clinton took earlier in the voting. He’s also failed to persuade superdelegates the party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice regardless of how their states vote - to switch their loyalties from Clinton.

Clinton has accumulated 1,289 pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses while Sanders has 1,038. Her lead grows significantly when the superdelegates are added in: 1,758 for Clinton and 1,069 for Sanders.

It takes 2,383 to clinch the Democratic nomination. Sanders would need to win 68 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates to reach that figure.

Despite his long mathematical odds, Sanders has vowed to stay in the race through the party’s convention in July. Backed by legions of loyal supporters, he’s amassed impressive fundraising totals that give him the financial wherewithal to do just that.

Peabody Chapter 11, helps draw attention to coal reclamation CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP)— The bankruptcy of yet another major coal company helps draws attention to plans for financially troubled coal companies to cover the potentially huge costs of filling and restoring to a natural state mines that sooner or later might permanently close amid the industry’s downturn.

St. Louis-based Peabody filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday. Peabody’s mines include the top-producing coal mine in the U.S., the huge North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

The mine produced 118 million tons in 2014, some 12 percent of production nationwide. So far, recent coal-mine closures have beset the industry in the east, not out west.

Bankruptcy reorganiza-

tion doesn’t change Peabody’s commitment to ongoing reclamation as a routine part of surface mining or to ongoing talks with states and the federal government about longterm bonding obligations, spokeswoman Beth Sutton said.

“We see our land restoration as an essential part of the mining process, take great pride in the work that we do and have been routinely recognized for these programs,” Sutton said by email.

Advocacy groups, however, warn the recent bankruptcy of several companies including St. Louis-based Arch Coal and Bristol, Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources could leave taxpayers responsible for billions in reclamation costs should a wave of coal-mine closures come to pass.

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OPINION Solving child poverty in W. Va. 3

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The issue of child poverty should be given more attention by West Virginia legislators. This state isn’t lauded for the exceptional quality of life of its residents. In fact, West Virginia ranks 43rd in the nation in the area of overall child well-being, according to an article in the Charleston Gazette-Mail from Wednesday.

In order to lead this state in a more positive direction, greater headway should be made in bringing impoverished families out from below the poverty line for the sake of their children’s futures.

The Kids Count Data Book gives annual reports of child well-being in West Virginia, and the results of its most recent edition are detailed in the Gazette-Mail article “WV child well-being improved, but not enough, says advocacy group.” The state’s ranking is measured by statistics like rates of teen pregnancy, pre-Kindergarten enrollment and number of children living below the poverty line.

Though the state has seen slight improvement in most areas like the teen dropout rate since 2005, West Virginia is still well below the

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Children growing up in poverty have few chances to escape it as they grow older. national average in academic areas like language arts and math. Also, the teen birth rate is 13.9 percent higher than the national average, and the child and teen death rate is 8.8 percent higher.

The issue of child poverty may be the most troubling. From 2005-14, the number of children born into poverty increased from 25.5 percent to 26.3 percent, which means one in four

West Virginia children live in poverty.

Though this is just 4 percent higher than the national average, growing up impoverished leads to a number of disadvantages that can affect West Virginia in unique ways. A study titled “The Effects of Poverty on Children” by professors from Columbia University and Northwestern University indicate children living in poverty often suffer

from poorer physical health, greater instances of behavioral or emotional problems and often drop out of high school before graduation.

A Huffington Post article titled “New Data Shows Poor Students Are Still Struggling to Graduate College” from 2015 also showed low-income students who do attend college have greater dropout rates than their wealthier peers.

The cause isn’t difficult to

understand: Children from low-income families simply do not have the same resources available to them in order to pursue higher education degrees.

Even costs to attend West Virginia University, a school known for its cheaper tuition, can still cost thousands of dollars each semester when expenses like food, lodging and textbooks are taken into consideration. This is money chil-

dren from impoverished situations aren’t able to spare.

Children who aren’t able to receive college degrees aren’t able to increase their salary potential when they enter the workforce, thus perpetuating a generational cycle of poverty with no opportunity for advancement.

This is a tragedy, but it’s especially important in West Virginia since large numbers of college graduates decide to leave each year in order to pursue higher-paying career options in other states.

Because those unable to attend college don’t have the skills necessary to shorten the gap graduates leave in their wake, this leads to devastating effects like teacher shortages, which only further add to the cycle.

The clock is ticking, and legislators should make this problem a priority by brainstorming a solution to secure the futures of children who seek to move beyond poverty, but lack the means and resources to do so. If they wait any longer, West Virginia’s slow decline will only continue. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Campaign finance reform needed for American democracy robby ralston columnist @robbyralstonda

On Monday, more than 400 protesters, including at least one from Morgantown, were arrested in Washington D.C. as part of the Democracy Spring movement. A recent CNN article reported many of these individuals marched from Philadelphia to D.C. and planned acts of civil disobedience throughout the week. Though their actions seem troublesome on the surface, their voices are worth listening to if we value democracy as a political goal.

In a democracy, everyone is supposed to have an equal voice in government.

This is how it differs from oligarchy (rule by the few) and plutocracy (rule by the wealthy). Since childhood, we are told America is the flagship democracy, where everyone gets an equal vote in elections. However, is this enough to ensure everyone has an equal voice?

According to the Democracy Spring website, “American elections are dominated by billionaires and big money interests who can spend unlimited sums of money on political campaigns to protect their special interests at the general expense.” The movement demands for Congress to “take immediate action to end the

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Democracy Spring attempts to end the practice of giving significant monetary contributions to politicans. corruption of big money in politics and ensure free and fair elections in which every American has an equal voice.”

While the story is a bit more complicated than the Democracy Spring website claims, the current campaign finance system is in conflict with everyone having an equal voice in government.

In 2014, Princeton and Northwestern University professors Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page published an article titled “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens.” This study analyzed more than

1,700 policy decisions, as well as public opinion surveys, business interests and interest group actions in order to test different theories as to who controls American political action.

They conclude by stating business interests tend to influence public policy much more than public opinion. In their words, “When the preferences of economic elites and the stands of organized interest groups are controlled for, the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”

Many, including these re-

searchers, attribute this influence by the businessclass partially to their ability to spend a great amount of money in elections. This is what Democracy Spring protesters are trying to end.

They claim candidates must receive money from wealthy donors in order to win elections, so it is no surprise they tend to support the interests of wealthy individuals and businesses. If candidates would oppose these interests, they would not be able to compete against their well-funded opponents.

The American campaign finance system is complex and deserves study in its own right, but there are

two basic ways to influence elections: direct and indirect contributions. A 2015 report from the Bennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law states direct contributions to politicians are limited to relatively small amounts by law.

However, the report, titled “Beyond Coordination: Defining Indirect Campaign Contributions for the Super PAC Era,” claims indirect contributions are much more complicated. It says at least some types of indirect spending, such as funding some political advertisements without communication with a candidate’s campaign, are not

able to be limited by law.

This is one of the major impacts of the so-called “Citizens United” Supreme Court Decision in 2010.

Thus, wealthy individuals and business interests are able to propagate information and give a larger platform to some candidates than others through indirect contributions, and they are able to do this to a larger extent than poorer people simply because they have more money to distribute. Even if everyone has an equal vote in elections, wealthy individuals and business interests have more sway over the actions of candidates and elected officials who hope to win again in the future.

As indicated in the Gilens and Page study, this means America is, in fact, not a democracy.

Some may object to these contributions being protected as free speech under the law, but this argument should be taken seriously, and we need to understand it is fundamentally undemocratic. If the argument is correct, it is an argument against a democratic system and against groups being able to influence policies more readily than others.

Those who believe in democracy must side with the Democracy Spring protestors. If everyone deserves an equal say, we must get money out of politics. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Seeing green: Caring for houseplants provides physical, mental benefits thomas mcquain columnist @thomasmcquainda

Taking care of oneself in college can be a hassle during this time of year, with final exams and impending papers hanging over the upcoming weeks like judgment day. It’s a time marked by stress, and the last thing students want to worry about is taking care of others. However, caretaking can be mutually beneficial even when the going gets tough—especially if the fellow in need happens to be a houseplant.

When it comes to plants, science is overwhelmingly positive about the benefits of having a plant in the bedroom or living space can be. They provide a host of physical and mental benefits and pay us back for their good care more efficiently than many of our human roommates.

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Caring for a houseplant can relieve stress and purify indoor air.

The biggest benefit plants offer involves reducing an issue we often overlook—indoor air-pollution. According to a 2013 HealthLine article titled “Importance of Plants in the Home,” “Indoor air can be as much as 12 times more polluted than outside air in some ar-

eas, due to compounds in paints, furnishings, clothing, and building materials.”

Given the amount of time we spend indoors, this can be an issue in poorly-ventilated spaces such as dorm rooms during the cold winter months. By removing indoor toxins from our con-

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fined and often contained space by owning houseplants, the risk of illness is also greatly reduced.

The same HealthLine article also details a study from the University of Agriculture in Norway, which found that having a healthy plant in your home “de-

creased coughs, sore throats, fatigue, and other cold-related symptoms by more than 30 percent.” The researchers attribute this to higher humidity levels and reduced amount of dust plants provide.

Houseplants make surprisingly good study buddies as well. The American Horticultural Therapy Association states the presence of plants “increases self-esteem, improves mood, reduces stress and depression, and increases concentration” in its “Benefits of Horticultural Therapy” web page.

The added optimism, and therefore better performance, we receive from plants isn’t the most outlandish of claims when we consider how we’ve appropriated plants culturally, as psychology Ph.D. Jonathan S. Kaplan points out in “Plants Make You Feel Better,” a Psychology Today article from 2009.

Think about it: Plants ap-

pear at our weddings, holidays and even at our funerals as a way of spreading joy or dulling pain. We build parks within our cities for that tranquility and “breath of fresh air” that doesn’t necessarily come with being outside in our denser urban environments. These plants and green spaces literally stop us from suffocating while simultaneously bringing us back to our more natural roots.

Giving a loving home to a potted plant won’t guarantee an A on your next exam, but it certainly increases the likelihood that you’ll be able to think more clearly when the time comes to hit the books. Urban legend has it that green is the most creative color, so why not add a little to the dorm and breathe a little easier?

Plants don’t ask for much, just a little water, sunlight and room to breathe—the same as any of us. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Clare Dunn to perform at Schmitt’s Saloon by chelsea walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Bringing her farm girl ways from the west to West Virginia, country crooner Clare Dunn will take the stage this Friday at Schmitt’s Saloon to showcase one of her newest tracks, “Tuxedo.

With roots deeply embedded in southeast Colorado, just miles from the Oklahoma panhandle, Dunn envisioned her life as an artist. Working on her family’s farm, Dunn was always busy working cattle, hauling water and operating farm equipment. But, between those trips into those dusty, barren fields, Dunn dreamt up lyrics and melodies, hoping to someday pursue a career in the music industry.

Driving 45 minutes to school and graduating with only eight classmates, Dunn left high school aiming to chase her dreams in the big city. After leaving her small college in Texas, Dunn transferred to Belmont University in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee to continue her career. Learning to play both the electric and acoustic guitar, Dunn was determined to make her way into the country music industry. When she wasn’t mastering the guitar or stuck in the library with course work, Dunn was driving a silage truck through Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to pay for her education.

Finally graduating with honors, Dunn officially transitioned from life in the Dust Bowl to life in the big city.

After years of working from the bottom up to establish herself as a country music singer, Dunn began writing music with any and all Nashville artists.

In an interview with Whiskey Riff, Dunn said she began laying the groundwork for her first publishing deal with Luke Bryan’s producer, Jeff Stevens. Working with Stevens, Dunn sang backups in Bryan’s famous country single “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”

“It’s all built on a song, the song drives the train in

this town. I was lucky to realize that early,” Dunn said in her interview with Whiskey Riff.

“I would write with anybody that was willing to write with me. It’s what I lived, ate, slept and breathed.”

Determined to build her reputation in a town full of country star hopefuls, Dunn continued to pave her road to success. Landing a publishing deal with co-writer and producer, Ben West, Dunn began drafting the lyrics for her debut single “Get Out,” that released in December of 2013.

Gaining publicity and popularity, “Get Out” finally made it to the charts after it aired as a “Highway Find” on SiriusXM’s channel “The Highway.” Continuing to forge friendships with country music moguls, Dunn carried her strong work ethic with her.

From the creative process to recording, Dunn played a role in every aspect of recording her songs, “Cowboy Side of You,” “Move On” and “Tuxedo.”

Since then, the artist has toured with notable country acts such as Florida Georgia Line, Keith Urban and Hank Williams, as well as headlining her own tour promoting singles from her debut EP. This spring and summer, Dunn will hit the road to promote her tracks as well as a guest star on stage with Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Easton Corbin and Jerrod Niemann. “No matter who you are, music is an art and you have to love it and be passionate about it,” Dunn said in her interview with Whiskey Riff.

“There’s a lot of work that goes into it. In the end, people that work the hardest and make the most sacrifices are going to come out on top, guy or girl. If the music is good, it will find its way.”

Clare Dunn will take the stage at 8:30 p.m. Friday night at Schmitt’s Saloon.

For more information, visit http://claredunn.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Lil’ Jsean and Aesia will host WVU’s Spring Fling event tomorrow.

WVU gears up for outdoor concert, Lil’ Jsean and Aesia to host by brittany osteen A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Relax, listen to some music and enjoy the rush of competition in the Mountainlair plaza before the stress of finals kicks in. Tomorrow afternoon, all students can come support their favorite bands in the Spring Fling’s main event, the sixth annual Battle of the Bands. This event is sponsored by Schmitts Saloon, the Daily Athenaeum, WVU Student Government Association, Coca-Cola and WVUp All Night.

Only the top five bands were chosen to compete for the chance to win $1,000 presented by Coca-Cola and a one-year recording contract presented

by Mon Hills Records. The runner up also gets the opportunity to headline at Schmitt’s Saloon. The bands fighting for these prizes are Floor Door consisting of Matt Sorrells, Marshal Amores, Megan Oniel and Nick Kirby; the next band features Chris Allen and Joshua Ash; The Manor and Friends band members are Ivan Gonzalez, Nicholas Adams, and James Darragh; What’s Missing, made up of Zane Miller, Aaron New, and Molly Ranhart; and, finally, Riviera, featuring

Mike Higinbotham, Sam Hartiens, Nathan Pipes, and Zac Anderson.

Lil’ Jsean and Aesia will host tomorrow’s outdoor music event. The two are not only solo artists who have made their way on Billboard for their song “Trust ‘Em,” but they are also brother and sister. They have opened for acts including rappers Waka Flocka Flame and Riff Raff. There will be a DJ, Renzo Diaz, five different food vendors and two inflatables to make the day even more enjoyable for everyone.

The bands will have to impress the judges with only three songs each.

Bands have to perform at least two original songs and only one cover is allowed.

Scoring is based on originality, musicality, showmanship, audience response, band dynamic and overall performance.

The first two judges are two members of the Davisson Brothers, Donnie Davisson and Chris Davisson. Donnie Davisson is the lead singer, while Chris Davisson is the lead guitarist. They will also play three songs for the show.

The next judge is Demetrius Greer.

He currently serves as an academic advisor in the WVU Reed College of Media.

Previously, he was a music counselor where he worked with music therapy.

He was able to help clients rewrite their stories through music.

Carlton Smith is the next judge. He was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, but moved to Morgantown, West Virginia for West Virginia University.

During his freshman year, he won the school’s Mountaineer Idol competition.

In 2013 Carlton competed in the American Idol competition, where he made it to the group round in Hollywood before elimination.

The last judge is Hannah Harless. She is currently a junior strategic communications student with an emphasis in public relations. She is the public relations and marketing intern at Schmitt’s Saloon and the public relations manager for Mon Hills Records. After she graduates in December, she plans to move to Nashville to pursue a career in music public relations.

Spring Fling is from 1-5 p.m. tomorrow on the Mountainlair plaza. The event is free to all students.

For more information, visit http:// mountainlair.wvu.edu/springfling.

Editor’s note: The Daily Athenaeum is a sponsor of this event. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Morgantown prepares for the Larry Keel Experience by corey elliott A&E writer @dailyathenaum

Your chance to dabble with a bluegrass sensation arrives at 123 Pleasant Street tonight.

The Larry Keel experience takes listeners on an unforgettable soundscape of bluegrass hits, both uniquely written pieces of music and classic songs.

Growing up in Virginia, Keel began playing the guitar at a very young age. He was taught by his older brother and father, and shortly thereafter, he started playing local shows, which lasted throughout his youth. Keel got his first taste of real musical success with the offer to work for Disney Corporation at Disney’s Tokyo theme park at the tender age of 18.

Keel has now established himself as a well-known and successful musician.

He travels around the country, performing at various music fests and individual shows alike.

“He’s recognized as one of the best flatpickers and guitarists performing today,” said LJ Giuliani, owner of 123 Pleasant Street. “He’s an unbelievable talent, and as a result, he’s performed with a lot of other great acts, one being Kevin Williams.”

Before venturing off to become the

prosperous guitarist he is today, Keel was a part of two bands in the mid 90’s: Farmer’s Trust and Magraw Gap. Magraw Gap had the lengthiest run of the two bands with six years of music. Keel, Daniel Knicely, Will Lee and John Flower comprised Magraw Gap and during their tenure, the group released a studio album and traveled to play many shows together.

His next big move was teaming up with Natural Bridge in 2005. Mark Schimick and Will Lee joined Keel and his wife Jenny, who plays the bass. The merger proved to be a success as they went on to curate original bluegrass music, including their 2009 album release, “Backwoods.”

Over the years, it’s evident Keel and his laundry list of collaborators have made names for themselves in the flatpicking bluegrass scene. Tonight, Larry Keel is accompanied by his wife, Jenny, and Will Lee in The Keel Experience.

Keel is somewhat of a regular to Morgantown. The majority of his performances have been at 123 Pleasant Street with a few other venues mixed in throughout the past 10+ years of making trips to Morgantown.

“It’s interesting just to see how much more recognized he is,” Giuliani said.

“He’s about the most down to earth guy

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Larry Keel jams out during a previous performance at 123 Pleasant St. that there is out there.”

Unlike some musicians in certain genres, The Keel Experience doesn’t captivate just one age group or demographic.

Giuliani said it’s a mixture of people who come to check out their classic bluegrass tunes.

“You’ll have as young as 18 years old and as old as 57 years old,” Giuliani said.

“It’s a broad spectrum.”

The Keel Experience is sure to be an

entertaining show for all ages.

After their show at 123 Pleasant Street, they’ll take on a schedule of tour dates spanning across the east coast.

Local acoustic band, 18 Strings, will open for The Keel Experience at 9 p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasant Street.

For more information, visit http:// www.123pleasantstreet.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Big Bear XC Bike Classic to be held in Hazelton this weekend by rayla claypool A&E Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Bikers from all over are heading to Hazleton for the Big Bear XC Classic bike race this weekend.

The Big Bear XC Classic is a crosscountry mountain bike race, which has been around for more than 20 years. This weekend’s race is the third in the West Virginia Mountain Bike Association’s state series. With various trails and levels of difficulty, all riders are welcome.

Registration is at 9 a.m., and there’s a beginner, sport and pro or expert trail to suit riders of all skill levels. The beginning trail is 6.5 miles, the sport trail is 13 miles and the pro/expert trail is 17 miles.

Start times are staggered throughout the early afternoon, with the pro/expert race

beginning at noon.

Jeff Simcoe, event organizer and land and trail manager for the race, discussed what it takes to participate in a mountain bike race.

“Mountain bikers race over very rugged terrain on trails built though the woods,” Simcoe said. “It is a test of fitness and bike handling skills.”

Anyone is welcome to try his or her hand at a WVMBA race. Paying members of the WVMBA can race for no extra charge, and non-members have to pay a one-day license fee at the race. All participants who sign up for the race can choose the trail they want to try.

In addition to a competition for experienced bikers, the event includes a free race for kids’. The kids race begins at 10 a.m., and is a more instruction-focused race to garner interest in mountain bik-

ing among younger riders.

“The kids’ races provide a good introduction to mountain biking without too much emphasis on competition,” Simcoe said. “We focus on having fun on bikes and being active.”

The event will take place at the Big Bear Lake Camplands and Trail Center near Hazelton, West Virginia. The area encompasses thousands of acres of forested land and close to 50 miles of biking trails.

“There is a long history of racing here dating back to the ‘80s when they hosted 100 mile motorcycle races,” Simcoe said.

Simcoe and the rest of his crew host between five and seven events every year to continue developing their venue and recreation opportunities. Simcoe added he’s excited to share the trails they work to maintain.

“West Virginia is the Mountain State but it should really be called the Mountain Biking State.” Simcoe said. “The West Virginia racing scene brings people from many different states who all share a passion for riding bikes but have very different backgrounds.”

At the end of the race, the organizers provide free pizza. It is an opportunity to have a rest and share tales from the trail. Bike washes will also be provided.

According to the event website, there are cash prizes for the expert classes, and the top three finishers will receive a handmade piece of art from a local artist.

The Big Bear XC Classic opens at 9 a.m.

Sunday at the Mountain Top Venue. For more information about the race, visit http://www.bigbearwv.com/ daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Jon Stewart-produced film gives refugee close-up NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Before the Syrian refugee crisis spilled across Europe, first-time feature filmmakers Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching were in Jordan’s Zaatari Refugee Camp with their cameras.

There at the camp where more than 80,000 live, Martinez and Ching found a more intimate portrait of the people displaced by civil war than usually found in news reports. Their documentary, “After Spring,” which premieres Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival, shows the simple humanity of the refugees, most of them middle-class families just looking for safety.

“It felt even more relevant while (the European migration) was happening, to put a human face to the crisis,” says Martinez. “It’s a motivation to get these stories out there.”

Jon Stewart is the executive producer of “After Spring.” When the former “Daily Show” host was in Jordan shooting his 2014 directorial debut “Rosewater,” he visited the camp and later had its manager, the United Nations’ Kilian Kleinschmidt, as a guest on his program. When Martinez and Ching arrived at the camp in 2014, they learned that their local “fixer” and driver had also driven Stewart.

They reached out to Stewart, who agreed to help them make their film based on the quality of their first batch of footage from the camp.

“So much of it is spoken of but so little of it is witnessed,” Stewart says of the refugee experience. “Steph and Ellen did an amazing job of capturing it in a way that allows you to stand back and let the stories speak for themselves. It’s not judgmental. It’s not propagandized. It’s not polemic. It’s just existential.”

Though Zaatari has been regularly visited by news organizations, “After Spring” offers a more observational document of life in the camp. It focuses largely on a pair of families, as well as the refugees’ industrious improvising of regular life - the camp’s shop-lined main drag (dubbed the Champs Elysees), and a taekwondo academy run by Charles Lee. Their stories, Ching said, hit home. Her grandmother fled Japan-controlled Hong Kong during World War II and later emigrated from China to the U.S. “This isn’t something that’s happening on the other side of the world to people that are so unlike us. This is happening with every generation for regular people,” says Ching. “I’m a direct product of people welcoming refugees.”

For Stewart, the film is an example of the kind of

Sean Penn competes at Cannes Film Festival PARIS (AP) ‑ Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” about aid workers in Africa will compete at the Cannes Film Festival this year - along with movies about interracial marriage in 1950s America, illness and poverty in working class Britain and cannibal fashion models in Los Angeles.

The festival’s high glamour yet socially conscious lineup, announced Thursday by organizers, features 49 films harking from 28 countries, including Iran, Brazil, Egypt, Israel and South Korea. Twenty of the entries will be running for the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the French Riviera festival, which is being held under heightened security after deadly Islamic extremist attacks on France and Belgium.

“Even though the festival takes place in France, it is not a French festival. It is an international festival,” said Cannes director Thierry Fremaux, who said the festival sifted through a record-breaking 1,869 feature entries this year.

Top stars expected to grace the famed red carpet from May 11-22 include Marion Cotillard, Shia LaBeouf, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster and George Clooney. This edition - the festival’s 69th year - will also see the return of old Cannes favorites such as directors Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Jim Jarmusch and the Dardenne brothers.

Like previous years, the 2016 Cannes festival has a markedly American flavor, and opens with Woody Allen’s 14th picture, the 1930s Hollywood film “Cafe Society,” starring Stewart and Eisenberg. It’s showing out of competition.

Penn’s latest directorial effort, featuring his expartner Theron and Javier Bardem, is likely to get top attention, alongside the festival’s wackiest entry, the Danish horror film “The Neon Demon” by Nicolas Winding Refn about beauty-obsessed flesh-eating models.

American director Jeff Nichols is showing “Loving,” the powerful true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and an African-American woman who married in June 1958 and were subsequently arrested, thrown into jail and exiled from Virginia.

The interracial couple, played by Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, took their civil rights case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and won - affirming their right to marry.

Veteran British director Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake” looks at a working-class man in northern England struggling with poverty and injury. Festival Director Thierry Fremaux joked that Loach had backtracked on his announcement that the 2014 film “Jimmy’s Hall” would be his last and called Loach’s 2016 entry his “final, final movie.”

Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s new entry, “It’s Only the End of the World,” about a dying author is the second time the rising star has been selected for the Palme d’Or shortlist. It stars Cotillard and Lea Seydoux.

American auteur Jarmusch returns to the Rivera with “Paterson” - a yarn about a bus driver and a poet set in New Jersey. It stars Adam Driver, who’s moving back to a smaller film after his breakout role as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars blockbuster “The Force Awakens.”

“Basic Instinct” director Paul Verhoeven is in the lineup with his first Frenchlanguage film “Elle,” a psychological thriller starring actress Isabelle Huppert. Spanish director Almodovar’s “Julieta” is also competing.

In a mysterious reference to the Panama Papers offshore accounts leak, Fremaux said there might be a late entry from Panama “for those who follow current affairs.” He did not elaborate.

Of the 20 films running for the top prize, three were made by women: Germany’s Maren Ade with “Toni Erdmann”; the U.K.’s Andrea Arnold with “American Honey,” starring LaBeouf; and France’s Nicole Garcia with “From the Land of the Moon,” starring Cotillard alongside Louis Garrel.

The festival has previously been criticized for its limited offerings of films by female directors.

For the first time there will be no closing film. Instead the festival will rescreen the winning film as an “experiment,” Fremaux said.

The Cannes jury is led this year by “Mad Max” director George Miller. Other jurors will be announced later.

Festival president Pierre Lescure said 500 security personnel were assigned to the festival and would be working with France’s national security authorities.

“The maximum has been done” to strike a balance between security and “ensuring that the festival remains a place of freedom,” Lescure said.

Jon Stewart films his new documentary in Jordan. project he finds himself drawn to after his exit from “The Daily Show.” ‘’I don’t miss it,” he says of the election year, where his absence has been often lamented.

He’s prepping a short-form digital content project for HBO, and, with his wife, Tracey Stewart, working to open a farm sanctuary in New Jersey. He recently helped save a runaway bull in Jamaica, New York.

“Man, it’s something,” he says. “Once you’re driving a 1,000 pound bull down Ninth Avenue, you go, ‘Wait, what? How did I get here?’”

Stewart, sounding happily unburdened, says he’s enjoying his newfound flexibility and compares his

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creative work to “squeezing fruit in a supermarket and going, ‘Oh, that looks interesting.’”

Ching and Martinez’s “After Spring,” with its gentle focus on shared humanity, was one of those things.

“The easiest thing to do in these instances is focus on the extremities of a situation and the toughest thing to do is show patience,” says Stewart. “Like most situations of urgency, it exposes the flaws and crevasses within the system, but also the strength and foundation of Team Civilization. We’re all on Team Civilization and they are the casualties of that battle.”

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West Virginia set for two spring tests tomorrow at George Mason

By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Just a week after its first win of the spring, the West Virginia women’s soccer team will have a tough Saturday afternoon slate at George Mason University. The Mountaineers will play a doubleheader against Maryland and American.

West Virginia escaped College Park, Maryland last year with a 1-0 win, which, at the time, was thought to be a win that would be very important. In the long run, it wasn’t.

The Terrapins, who in the preseason were expected to be a team who could make a serious postseason run, collapsed following the loss to the then-ranked No. 11 Mountaineers.

Although the team entered the game 2-0, the Terps would continue to finish their season 3-131, including 1-9-1 record in the Big 12. The season was very much a disappointment for Maryland and would result in the termination of their head coach.

The team the Mountaineers see on Saturday will feature an entirely new coaching staff, headed by Ray Leone, who was hired in January from Harvard University. Leone will be the ninth head coach in Maryland women’s soccer program history, compared to WVU head coach Nikki IzzoBrown, who will be entering her 21st year as the Mountaineer head coach and still remains the only coach in program history.

Despite a coaching staff overhaul and a disappointing 2015 season, the Terrapins will be a tough opponent for West Virginia, who is 1-2 through the first half of their spring schedule.

Following a 1 p.m. matchup with Maryland, the Mountaineers will immediately take on American University.

The Eagles, like Maryland, posted a losing record last season, finishing the season 5-113. American’s largest difficulty last year was scoring, posting only 15 goals in 19 games.

This should make for an interesting matchup against a young Mountaineer defense in the absence of Kadeisha Buchanan.

The doubleheader should be a good chance for every member of the team to see playing time, which is exactly what spring exhibitions are meant for. Izzo-Brown is using the games to evaluate talent as the team heads into summer training, and players who might not have seen much playing time last year are looking to make contributions to secure a starting spot for the fall.

This was made clear by sophomore Heather Kaleiohi, who scored both of the team’s goals in last weekend’s win over Georgetown. Kaleiohi played nearly the entire game and took nine of the team’s 17 shots, despite only scoring two goals and seeing limited playing time last fall.

The Mountaineers will conclude the spring schedule with a matchup against Ohio State next Saturday in Morgantown.

West Virginia will face Maryland at 1:30 p.m. and American at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both matches will be played at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Virginia. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU’s Braden Zarbnisky meets with head coach Randy Mazey at third base against Pitt Tuesday.

WVU’s makeup uncertain heading into Kansas State series

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @djstatman77

With 23 games left in the season, the West Virginia University baseball team is past due to arrest its freefall and begin its battle back up the Big 12 standings.

Right now, however, the Mountaineers (17-14, 4-4 Big 12) don’t even know who’s going to play every day.

With a must-win home conference series against last-place Kansas State (1419, 1-8 Big 12) starting today, head coach Randy Mazey is still experimenting. After employing an almost entirely freshmanfilled lineup in a win against Furman last Sunday, Mazey ran the rookies out there again Tuesday against Pitt,

only for the Mountaineers to scratch out a paltry five hits in a 4-1 loss.

Mazey made the move to fill the lineup with freshmen partially as a message to his upperclassmen. Instead, it was a hustle play by senior outfielder Shaun Wood that energized the Mountaineer coach and further clouded WVU’s lineup plans.

“We have to think about that and talk about that,” Mazey said. “With two outs in the ninth inning, down by four runs, Shaun Wood was running as hard as I’ve ever seen him run from first to third. For him to come out and play hard in that situation when we haven’t played well, hopefully other guys will feed off that and say, ‘Man, as tough as the year has gone for him, if that guy can play hard, then

why can’t I?’ Hopefully that will give us a lift going into the weekend that everyone needs to pick this thing up and start playing a little harder.”

With 31 games this season, Mazey has used 26 different lineup combinations. The constant shuffling has allowed some relatively unheralded players to make impacts: Four of WVU’s five hits against Pitt came from Braden Zarbnisky, Andrew Zitel and Ivan Vera, three freshmen who weren’t expected to sniff the starting lineup heading into the season.

The result: Not even WVU’s players know who’s going to play this weekend against Kansas State.

“It kind of keeps everyone on their toes,” said freshman outfielder and

second baseman Kyle Gray.

“You never really know when you’re going to go in, when you’re going to start, when you’re going to play or whether you’re going to get one at-bat or all nine innings.”

While the makeup of the offense facing the Wildcats is a mystery, West Virginia’s starting pitching rotation will be no surprise.

The Mountaineers are once again set to field a threesome of Chad Donato (1-3, 3.81 ERA) on Friday, Ross Vance (4-1, 4.23 ERA) on Saturday and BJ Myers (3-3, 2.86 ERA) on Sunday, providing favorable matchups against the team with the second-worst total ERA in the Big 12.

Kansas State will attempt to match WVU with southpaw Parker Rigler (2-3, 4.69

ERA) throwing Friday, followed by righties Levi MaVorhis (3-3, 4.60 ERA) and Corey Fischer (1-3, 5.60 ERA).

The Wildcats also head into the weekend on a cold stretch after dropping two of three to a disappointing Texas squad last week, but differ from West Virginia with a much more consistent offense ranking third in the conference in total runs scored.

This weekend’s series will be held at Monongalia County Ballpark. Friday’s game is set for 6:30 p.m. and Saturday’s is set for 4:00 p.m. First pitch on Sunday has been moved up an hour to noon to accommodate Kansas State’s travel schedule. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

Holmes goes 11th in WNBA Draft to Atlanta Dream

WVU’s Bria Holmes walks to the bench last season during a game against TCU.

BY ALEC GEARTY marked the earliest that a sports writer Mountaineer has ever been @dailyathenaeum drafted, beating Asya Bussie, who was selected 15th overWest Virginia women’s all in the 2014 draft. In doing basketball star Bria Holmes so, she is the first Connecticut did not have to wait long for high school player to be taken WNBA President Lisa Bor- in the first round. ders to announce her name, For Atlanta head coach as the Atlanta Dream drafted Michael Cooper, Holmes was Holmes with the 11th overall one of the top targets for the pick in Wednesday’s draft in organization that is trying to Uncasville, Connecticut. establish a strong support“It’s always been a dream ing cast behind veteran Angel of mine to play in the WNBA,” McCoughtry.

Holmes said via teleconfer“We’ve been crossing our ence call. “I wasn’t expecting fingers all season long that to go in the first round, but Bria would be there,” Cooper my dream came true, and I said. “She fell right into our couldn’t be any happier. It’s lap. We have a list of the top sejust a blessing.” niors, and (Holmes) was right It was a historic night for up there, so we had her in our Holmes, as her selection scopes for a while, and we’re

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finally able to get her.”

Holmes goes to an Atlanta team that missed the postseason for the first time after seven appearances last season.

However, the Dream is an organization that has a defense-first mindset that is similar to what Holmes is used to in Morgantown.

While the Dream finished the season allowing a leagueworst 79.8 points-per-game, Cooper wasted no time introducing his defensive mindset to the newest member of his team.

The Dream’s Ariel Massengale, who just finished her rookie year in Atlanta, was the first player to call Holmes.

From there, it was Cooper

who quickly introduced himself to Holmes with one simple question: “Are you ready to play defense?” Holmes replied, “Of course I’m ready.”

In her career at WVU, Holmes finished with 2,001 points and became the first Mountaineer to record 500 or more points in three consecutive seasons. If one were to look at every statistical category in West Virginia women’s basketball, one would find Holmes sitting amidst the top 10 in 14 of those areas.

Holmes feels that having such a successful collegiate career under WVU head coach Mike Carey is what will help her easily adjust to the professional style. “(Atlanta’s) style of play al-

most fits West Virginia’s style.

I think they put defense first and that’s how it was here (at WVU),” Holmes said. “I feel like I got better at defense over the last few years, so I’m just going to take that over to the Atlanta Dream.”

The future is extremely bright for Holmes, who consistently found herself one of the most elite players in the Big 12 Conference. Now she moves onto the biggest league in women’s basketball, keeping her dream alive.

“We filled our needs tonight, and I think Bria will have an excellent career here and a great opportunity,” Cooper said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Men’s Soccer

WVU looks to develop, extend win streak

By Roger Turner Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

After a pair of road wins to open the spring exhibition season, the West Virginia men’s soccer team returns home to host Bucknell on Saturday.

So far this spring the WVU men’s soccer team has played its opening two matches with a chip on their shoulder. Coming off a 7-12 record, the spring exhibition slate provides the program with a chance to bounce back and gear up for the upcoming fall season. After traveling for the first two games, WVU looks to add to its two-game winning streak when Bucknell comes to town this weekend.

The Mountaineers opened the spring on April 2 against Pitt in a backyard brawl matchup in the Panther’s den, and prevailed with a 2-1 victory.

WVU would capture its second win on the campus of VCU last Saturday. Sophomore goalkeeper Stephen Banick led the way for the Mountaineers with a 2-0 shutout in the final road contest of the spring.

Now head coach Marlon LeBlanc’s West Virginia team shifts its focus to Saturday’s matchup versus the Bucknell Bison. While the players have their sights set on a third-straight victory, LeBlanc is more concerned about his team improving from last season than results in the spring.

“This is the time of year where results don’t matter,” LeBlanc said. “We’ve won

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WVU freshman Tucker Stephenson centers the ball in an October matchup with Western Michigan. both games that we played, but for me, it’s far more important that we see the development of our players at this time of year.”

Stepping up for the Mountaineers in April has been junior midfielder Joey Piatczyc. Selected as MAC Freshman of the Year in his debut season as a Mountaineer, Piatczyc has recorded goals in both road wins.

This year Piatczyc will be a big piece to a Mountaineer team that lost a solid group of seniors to graduation.

“We have 16 players after a large graduating class and all 16 guys have worked very hard,” LeBlanc said. “I want to see us getting better

and see us making improvements from where we were in the fall.”

Representing the Patriot League Conference, Bucknell will make the trip from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania to Morgantown as the Mountaineers’ next opponent.

The Bison have faced only Lock Haven University this spring, after exhibitions between Rutgers and LIU Brooklyn were cancelled earlier this month due to weather conditions. Bucknell dominated Lock Haven in its previous match, winning the exhibition contest 4-1 in front of a home crowd.

Head coach Brendan Nash leads the Bucknell men’s soccer team in his

17th season at the helm. In 2015, Nash’s team entered the spring having compiled a 7-7-5 overall record, and faired seventh in the Patriot League going 3-3-2. The Bison return 21 players for the spring, including last season’s Patriot League Tournament MVP junior midfielder Sebastian Blickman.

Saturday’s game between WVU and Bucknell will be played at the men’s soccer practice field, which is near Hawley Field and the Mountaineer Tennis Courts. Admission is free, but seating will be limited and fans are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Dificult schedule continues for Mountaineers

By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenauem

In its final conference road trip of the Big 12 season, the West Virginia University women’s tennis team heads to the Lone Star state

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for two matchups against No. 25 Texas (12-6, 4-2 Big 12) and No. 45 Baylor (14-13, 3-3 Big 12).

After a pair of losses last weekend to Kansas and Kansas State, the schedule isn’t giving the Mountaineers (610, 0-5 Big 12) any favors.

“That’s how the Big 12 is,” said WVU head coach Miha Lisac. “We don’t get weeks off, regardless of if it’s someone at the top of the conference right now or someone who maybe hasn’t done that well in recent weeks. It doesn’t matter; even if they’ve won the last couple

matches or maybe they’ve come short in some of those battles. That’s what we expect.

That’s what we expect every week when we come to play in the Big 12.”

Leading the way for West Virginia will be sophomore Habiba Shaker, who has a 12-2 overall singles record this season. Shaker has performed admirably since being thrust into the No. 1 singles position after senior Hailey Barrett went out with an injury a month ago.

Freshman Paula Goetz is also playing well at the right time of the year for the Mountaineers, as she comes into this weekend’s matchups fresh off a big singles win against Kansas State. The rest of the squad is in need of victories, but those might be hard to come by against Texas and Baylor this weekend.

Although both are behind Oklahoma State in the conference standings right now, Texas and Baylor are the traditional bluebloods of women’s tennis in the Big 12. The Bears are the three time defending conference champions, while also winning the league tournament each of the past two seasons.

Since the league’s inception in 1996-1997, Texas and Baylor have combined to win at least a share of 18 of 19 regular season conference titles, and 17 of 19 league tournament titles. Based on how their respective seasons have gone, that streak looks set to end this year, with the Longhorns sitting third in the conference standings, and the Bears in sixth.

“Baylor, traditionally, have been a team that’s been in contention for the Big 12 championship year in and year out,” Lisac said.

The Longhorns boast the highest ranked player in the Big 12 with No. 11 Breaunna Addison. Addison is a two time ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) All-American and a former Big 12 Conference Player of the Year.

With a 16-1 singles record this year, Addison is expected to be one of the top contenders for the national championship.

“If you look at Texas this season, they actually, resultswise, haven’t been playing necessarily well the whole year,” Lisac said. “They had some very close losses early in the year. But, they seem to be rebounding in a major way right now.”

The Mountaineers will face the Longhorns at 1 p.m. tomorrow and will face the Bears at 2 p.m. Sunday in Waco, Texas. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State this weekend will mark the last tournament of the regular season for the West Virginia University men’s golf team, two weeks before the Big 12 Championships.

After head coach Sean Covich decided to change things up for last weekend’s tournament at Ohio State, WVU returns to the main lineup they have used for most tournaments this spring, consisting of senior captain Easton Renwick, juniors Chris Williams and Alan Cooke and freshmen Max Sear and Tristan Nicholls, with sophomore Avery Schneider also competing as an individual.

“Chris, Alan and Easton should be rested up,” Covich said. “Tristan’s playing well.

He’s got some confidence, played well all spring and it’s kind of our final tune-up be-

Despite being just a freshman, Nicholls has maintained great consistency this spring after struggling to crack into the team’s starting lineup in the fall. Williams had a solid performance in his last tournament at Mississippi State, where he led the team with a 37th place finish.

“I hope to play well,” Williams said. “Two weekends ago at Mississippi, I figured out something with my putting. It’s kind of been how my season’s going. I’m hitting the ball well. I just haven’t been able to capitalize on my short game. But, hoping to have a good tournament.”

The Rutherford Intercollegiate begins play tomorrow with two rounds consisting of 36 holes and will close with the final 18 on Sunday. A frost delay is possible that can shorten the tournament from 54 to 36 holes, meaning the teams would play 18 on Saturday and Sunday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The par-72 Blue Course measures out at 7,172 yards.

With the exception of being a little more flat and open, the course lays out very similarly to one of the Mountaineers’ home courses, the Pines Country Club.

“It’s just a classic, traditional, tree lined course,” Covich said. “There’s not a lot of elevation. No tricks about it.

Just have to tee it up, and get it in the hole. There’s nothing too crazy about it.”

The Mountaineers have struggled the past couple of tournaments in the midst of a jam-packed April schedule.

Sear and Renwick lead the team in scoring with a stroke average of 73.80 and 74.46 respectively.

With the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championship a month away, the West Virginia University women’s track and field team has the postseason on its mind.

However, the Mountaineers must complete the regular season. This weekend, West Virginia travels to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for the two-day Bison Outdoor Classic, hosted by Bucknell.

The Mountaineers have five events remaining in their regular season schedule, including the Bison Outdoor Classic. West Virginia has not won any of its previous four events and will need a strong finish this weekend in hopes of staying in the hunt for a NCAA team qualification.

Last weekend, the Mountaineers finished in seventh place at the Mason Spring Invitational where three of their pole vaulters took home top five finishes. Senior Tori Bertrand won the event by jump-

ing a career-best 3.91 meters.

Sophomores Madelin Gardner and Sara Finfrock finished in third and fifth place, respectively. Gardner jumped 3.81 meters and Finfrock leaped 3.55 meters.

Three other Mountaineers recorded top-five finishes. In the 1,500-meter run, junior Megan Yuan placed third in a time of 4:40.31. Freshman Faith Penny jumped 1.65 meters to earn a fifth-place finish in the high jump. Finally, the relay team of senior Kelly Williams, junior Brianna Kerekes and sophomores Bria Welker and Rebecca Wendt finished fourth in the 4x400 relay in an overall time of 4:10.18.

“This was an interesting day,” said WVU head coach Sean Cleary in an interview with WVUsports.com. “Temperatures in the 30s with winds up to 25-30 miles per hour at times. One of these weekends we are bound to get good track weather. I was pleased for the most part with those who stayed mentally strong throughout the day.”

Bertrand’s victory at the

pole vault was the first individual category win by the Mountaineers this season.

Cleary has mentioned multiple times this season that his goal is to send as many qualifiers to the NCAA Championship as possible. In his career, he has been successful at getting his athletes to realize and maximize their abilities; in six of his eight seasons as outdoor track and field head coach, Cleary has sent at least one athlete to the NCAA Championship.

In this week’s rankings, WVU appeared 165th on the 194 school ranking list. Nearly halfway through the season, making it to the NCAA Championship as a team seems unlikely, the Mountaineers still have a shot at qualifying individually.

West Virginia did not participate in the Bison Outdoor Classic last year, nor has it ever participated in the Classic. Events this weekend begin at 9 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu