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Apt. hunting made easier New website allows students to zero in across the country

by alexa mcclennen

by courtney gatto

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staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University students now have an easier and more efficient way to find housing instead of using numerous search engines and making countless phone calls.

Cribspot, a newly emerged website, has been created to help students at 15 college campuses across the country find apartments for rent.

Just recently, WVU was added to the list to aid in the search for housing in Morgantown. The website currently has over 800 Morgantown apartments all on a single, easy-to-use map, that offers plenty of information that is just a click away.

“We have made it a lot easier for students to search for housing so they don’t have to go door-todoor or website-to-website to find a place,” said Kevin Gardner, the Cribspot content manager.

The company started when a couple of recent college graduates took it upon themselves to change and simplify the way in which students shop for housing. It was a difficulty they faced all throughout their college years which they imagined countless other students also dealt with.

“When we were searching, it was obvious there should be a simpler way to do this instead of having

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Large apartment complexes, such as The Domain at Town Centre, are included on Cribspot’s listings. to jump around different find the perfect apartment search and make it a litwebsites and keep track that tailors to their specific tle bit easier to know what of conversations all over,” needs. you’re looking at.”

Gardner said.

“Students can log onto The company has also Now, their vision is a re- our website, search West worked hard to make the ality. The site was designed Virginia University and website helpful for firstfor easy and efficient shop- see a map of Morgantown time renters. They have ping by giving renters the where all the rentals are provided neighborhood opportunity guides and to s earch tips to make for exactly When we were searching, it was obvious the process what they a little bit there should be a simpler way to do easier. are looking this instead of having to jump around for. All of the Cribspot rentals for a also underdifferent websites and keep track of specific area stands the conversations all over. stress of rentare placed ing an aparton the same ment does map, so everything is right in front of around campus,” Gardner not stop after the initial the shopper and they don’t said. “You can filter your search. The website can have to search for it. There search by price, number also be used to help the is an option to simplify the of bedrooms and a lot of renters pay their rent. A search, so students can other things to refine the feature called “RentPay”

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is used so students can coordinate with roommates and parents, as well as submit payments to any landlord who accepts checks.

Hayley Lindsey, a freshman child development student, said she has been looking for an apartment, and it has been really difficult. She said she believes Cribspot would be a great alternative from going door-to-door and making countless calls.

“There’s so many different search engines, and you have to call a lot of places. It’s really timeconsuming,” Lindsey said.

“Cribspot would make it a lot easier.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Local airport sets 10k enplanements goal by rachel mcbride

airline companies, such as Morgantown Municipal, have not had enough pilots available to run the airThe Morgantown Munic- port efficiently. This has afipal Airport is hoping to in- fected how commuters crease the number of airline function and has resulted passengers, or enplane- in a decreasing number of ments, over the next few enplanements. years.

To reverse these effects, The goal of the local air- Morgantown Municipal will port is to be consistent in be providing several promo reaching 10,000 enplane- codes to customers wishments. In achieving this ing to book flights, allowgoal, the airport ing discounts will continue to Promotional codes on flight purreceive the Fedchases. The & discounts can eral Airline Asdiscounts be found at http:// and promo sociation’s $1 million fund. morgantownairport. codes are run This fund helps through Silcom ensure the airver Airways, port is operatthe airport’s ing to the best of its ability. carrier, and hope to attract “We’ve always had the more consumers into flying market, never had trouble out of the local airport. getting our 10,000,” said Glen If efforts to reach 10,000 Kelly, the Morgantown assis- enplanements do not suctant city manager. ceed, the airport will lose However, the problem of $850,000 from the FAA. This getting the 10,000 enplane- will alter the airport’s budments recently arose due to get, and the overall funcan increase in requirements tioning of the airport will be needed to be a licensed co- affected. pilot. The increase in re“(The budget) allows us to quirements has caused ma- take care of the airport and jor disadvantages for those the safety of the airport. We pursuing their dreams in want to ensure that we reach aviation. The impacts on 10,000 enplanements,” Kelly the airports have quickly said. occurred.

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Planes prepare to take off into clear, blue skies Thursday afternoon at the Morgantown Municipal Airport.

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At the Morgantown Municipal Airport, the baggage claim remains empty in the mid-afternoon hours on Thursday. aware of the airport’s exis- port, sophomore Destyne imity, Cresong said, “If I had tence or the possible benefits Cresong was unaware of the to use it, I would.” it could provide. When asked airport’s location. However, if she would ever use the air- once she learned of its proxdanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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A West Virginia University engineering team has been accepted into the 2015 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Exploration RoboOps Challenge for the fourth consecutive year. The competition, which is sponsored

by NASA, will involve eight universities across the country to propose, design, construct and control a robot.

The challenge requires each university to develop a rover for an interplanetary mission that can perform a series of challenging tasks while demonstrating its high-tech capabilities. Challenges will include a series of tasks such as having the robot move on upward and downward slopes, traveling through gravel and sand terrain, picking up and storing rocks on the rover and driving over large rocks.

The competition will be held in June 2015 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

At last year’s competition, WVU dominated with a 99 point score, the highest score ever received by a university, beating MIT and Virginia Tech.

“We are very confident this year with the new design that we proposed; it should be very competitive. We are using the lessons we learned as a team from last year and are applying it to this year’s competition. We believe we have the best robot again this year, but we will have to wait till June to see,” said Powsiri Klinkhachorn, the team adviser who is also a computer science and electrical engineering professor at WVU. This year’s prototype is expected to be lightweight but more powerful and faster than last year’s. A big difference from last year’s prototype is the team replaced wheels with an integy track system, which is an independently driven and controlled track configuration allowing highly adaptable control and mobility. With the new robot weighing around 100 pounds, the team believes it is a simplified design and will significantly improve performance while reducing complexity.

“By doing this, students and team members are getting hands-on experience not only in the engineering field but with NASA. It’s a great experience that requires hard work and dedication,” Klinkhachorn said.

“The team is doing very well this year by putting in a lot of work, and that will show when we present and control our robot.”

This year’s team members include Jason Battin, Adam Blakeman, Barrett Dietzius, Alexander Hypes, Brandon Johnston and John Lucas.

Up to three members plus the team adviser will travel to the Johnson Space Center for on-site testing, while the remaining team members will stay back at WVU

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Gay marriage ruling means high court review likely CINCINNATI (AP) — The rush toward gay marriage across the U.S. hit a roadblock Thursday when a federal appeals court upheld laws against the practice in four states, creating a split in the legal system that increases the chances the Supreme Court will step in to decide the issue once and for all.

The cases decided were from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Breaking ranks with other federal courts around the country, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that states have the right to set rules for marriage and that changing a definition that dates to “the earliest days of human history” is better done through the political process, not the courts.

“Surely the people should receive some deference in deciding when the time is ripe to move from one picture of marriage to another,” said Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton, writing for himself and a fellow George W. Bush appointee, while a Bill Clinton appointee dissented.

The ruling ran counter to a remarkably rapid string of victories for the gay rights movement over the past few months that have now made same-sex marriage legal in at least 30 states.

In fact, four other U.S. appeals courts in other regions of the country ruled in recent months that states cannot ban gay matrimony.

Cincinnati attorney Al Gerhardstein, who represented gay plaintiffs in two of the cases, said he was disappointed and will appeal to the nation’s highest court.

The president of pro-gay marriage group Freedom to Marry, Evan Wolfson, blasted the ruling as being “on the wrong side of history” and out of step with the courts and the majority of Americans.

“This anomalous ruling won’t stand the test of time or appeal,” he said in a statement.

In its ruling, the appeals court rejected one of the main arguments leveled against gay marriage, saying that same-sex couples are just as capable as heterosexual ones of effectively raising children.

Sutton also suggested that the same argument that says there is a constitutional right to gay marriage could be used in support of polygamy or some other combination.

“If it is constitutionally irrational to stand by the man-woman definition of marriage, it must be constitutionally irrational to stand by the monogamous definition of marriage,” he wrote.

Attorneys could seek a review of the panel’s decision by the full 6th Circuit.

But because it is made up mostly of Republican-appointed judges, they will probably try to move the case straight to the Supreme Court, for a definitive ruling on whether gays

have a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution to marry.

The dissenting judge suggested that might have been the goal of Sutton and Judge Deborah Cook in their ruling.

“Because the correct result is so obvious, one is tempted to speculate that the majority has purposefully taken the contrary position to create the circuit split,” Judge Martha Craig Daugherty wrote.

She said getting the case to the Supreme Court would put “an end to the uncertainty of status and the interstate chaos that the current discrepancy in state laws threaten.”

In October, the Supreme Court surprisingly turned away appeals from five states seeking to uphold their same-sex marriage bans. The ruling had the effect of expanding gay marriage across the U.S. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg later explained that the lack of a split in the appeals courts made Supreme Court review of the issue unnecessary.

Thursday’s ruling out of Cincinnati changes that dynamic.

The big question now is whether an appeal can be ready for the justices in time for consideration this term. Generally, the court would have to decide by mid-January whether to hear the case in time for a decision in June.

Otherwise, the case would be pushed back to the following term and probably not decided until June 2016.

The ruling followed more than 20 court victories for supporters of samesex marriage since the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act last year.

Michigan’s and Kentucky’s cases stemmed from rulings striking down each state’s gay marriage ban. Ohio’s two cases focused on the state’s refusal to recognize out-of-state gay marriages because of its own ban, while Tennessee’s was narrowly focused on the rights of three samesex couples.

Greg Bourke, one of the Kentucky plaintiffs, called the ruling the “ultimate disappointment.”

“We’re definitely going to fight this, one way or the other,” said Bourke, who married his partner, Michael DeLeon, in Canada.

Other plaintiffs include a Cincinnati man who wants his late husband listed as married on his death certificate so they can be buried next to each other in a family-only plot and a Tennessee couple who want to be listed on their newborn daughter’s birth certificate.

The 9th Circuit, based in San Francisco, the 10th Circuit in Denver, the 4th Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, and the 7th Circuit in Chicago have all overturned statewide gay marriage bans in the South, the Midwest and the West since the summer.

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TODAY’s NEWS BRIEFS An armed robber press release, officers re- press release the agreestole an undisclosed sponded to “a large crowd ment is an attempt for amount of money from of individuals running the University to “retain

Kroger on Patteson Drive Wednesday, according to a Morgantown Police Department press release.

The clerk gave the robber an undisclosed amount of money after the suspect threatened to use a firearm.

The suspect is reportedly a white male, has “dirty blonde hair,” approximately 5’10” and was seen wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hat and a black sweatshirt.

The suspect fled on foot.

through the neighborhood, screaming, yelling and engaging in disorderly conduct.”

Those not arrested were charged with underage possession and consumption.

MPD received 835 calls on Halloween

this year, according to a press release. Of these, 65 resulted in cases and 45 resulted in criminal citations in lieu of arrest.

Five WVU students were arrested for driving Three affiliates of under the influence.

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were issued criminal citations at 1:26 a.m. Wednesday morning after Morgantown Police responded to calls from the South Park neighborhood.

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versity, Equity and Inclusion is sponsoring the event with the Division of human resources, Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC and the Division of Student Life.

Monongalia Arts Center hosts a reception for its sixth annual Bare Form exhibition 5:30-8 p.m.

Friday.

Artists were allowed to submit all forms of visual and literay art, except video and erotica.

Sen. John Rockefeller makes a trip

to Morgantown, W.Va., 1 p.m. Saturday in the Milano Reading Room of the Downtown Library.

This will be Rockefeller’s last trip as a U.S. Senator.

Veterans will be celebrated with a breakfast

7-9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Erickson Alumni Center.

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Warner seeks pivot from campaign to governing

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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., waves to the crowd with his wife, Lisa Collis during an election party in Arlington, Va., Wednesday. Warner is locked in a tight race with Republican Ed Gillespie.

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — With the final votes still being counted, Sen. Mark Warner said Thursday he’s eager to return to the Senate for a second term and push harder for a centrist agenda.

The Virginia Democrat said Thursday that he is confident his narrow lead over Republican Ed Gillespie will hold up, even though Gillespie has not conceded defeat. Warner said the message he takes away from the race is the importance of bipartisanship and cooperation.

“My first task is to be more of a disruptor to show that we can get the Senate to actually work,” Warner said.

Warner made no apologies for the way he ran his campaign, which appealed more to the political center than the Democratic base.

He had been expected to win handily, but holds a lead of less than a percentage point over Gillespie.

“I know there have been some who have argued for me to be more of a redmeat issue guy. You know,

I’m going to stay focused on the issues I think are terribly important to this country,” he said, citing the budget deficit as a top priority.

Virginia is one of three Senate races that remain uncalled after Tuesday’s midterm elections. All three incumbents are Democrats.

In addition to Warner, Sen. Mark Begich in Alaska is defending his seat against Republican Dan Sullivan in a state that doesn’t begin counting absentee ballots until next week. And in Louisiana, neither Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu nor Republican Bill Cassidy won a majority in Tuesday’s all-parties balloting, forcing the pair into a Dec. 6 runoff.

None of the outcomes will change the balance of the Senate. Republicans on Tuesday gained seven seats in the 100-member chamber, more than enough to grab the majority next year.

Warner has been a leader in bipartisan efforts to reach budget deals that could be tolerated by Democrats and Republicans. He said he believes his colleagues

still have a desire for bipartisanship, and he thinks he has a better feel for turning some of those discussions into tangible gains.

The Associated Press has not declared Warner victorious, but Warner has claimed victory and said it would be unprecedented for a lead of 15,000 or 16,000 votes — out of about 2 million cast — to evaporate in the wrap- up of the official count or during a recount.

Gillespie has not spoken publicly since Election Night, but his spokesman, Paul Logan, says Gillespie and the rest of the campaign team are waiting for the final tally to be reported.

Logan said no decision has been made on whether to seek a recount.

“There’s not even a decision that can be made at this point” on a recount, Logan said, noting that the State Board of Elections doesn’t even certify an official count until Nov. 24.

If the totals don’t change significantly, Gillespie would be entitled to demand a recount at that

ROBOTICS

Science have committed $17,500 to support the project. The total funding for this project will amount to $27,500.

“This experience has been fantastic for me and my college education. I probably gained more knowledge doing this than I have sitting in all my classes,” Lucas said. “Not only have I learned how to work with a team in this competition but also how to lead a team. We are all really excited to go in June and show off what we have been working on.”

Other universities competing in the 2015 challenge include MIT, University at Buffalo, University of Maryland, University of Utah, Virginia Tech, California State University at Long Beach and San Jose State University.

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Continued from page 1 to control the tele-operated mission-type tasks.

“We’re hoping to increase our points from last year by creating a more versatile robot. Last year we broke the record for highest points earned, but every year you have to come up with something different and we hope we are able to win again this year,” said John Lucas, the team leader for the third year in a row and a graduate student studying electrical engineering.

NASA will grant the team a $10,000 stipend to help travel and building costs.

The Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, NASA Space Grant Consortium and Lane Department of Computer

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point, but would be required to pay for it.

Warner spoke just a few blocks from where elections officials are conducting their vote count in Fairfax County, by far the state’s largest jurisdiction with a population of more than 1 million. Fairfax County vote totals represent nearly 15 percent of all ballots cast statewide.

Brian Schoeneman, secretary of the county elections board, said he hopes the county to complete its canvass by late Friday, ahead of the state’s Tuesday deadline.

So far, the canvass has found a few minor computational errors — one precinct, for instance, accidentally recorded 351 votes for the Libertarian candidate, Robert Sarvis, when it should have been 35.

Still ahead, the board must decide whether to count about 500 provisional ballots. Schoeneman said that, based on past experience, more than half of those ballots will be added to the count.

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Jet Set Vapour Trails set to play at 123 Pleasant St.

By Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown-native Jeff Goodwin has a wife, three kids and is self-employed.

But, at night, he turns into a rock ‘n’ roll machine on the drums with his band, Jet Set Vapour Trails.

Originally a self-taught guitar player, Goodwin was in a few bands before JSVT. After about a five-year gap of not being in one, his old buddy Orville Weale called him up, looking for a drummer.

“Tom (Moore, the vocalist) already had songs written, and he was looking for a band to play the songs with him,” Goodwin said.

The only problem was he wasn’t looking for a guitarist.

“O u t of necessity, I switched instruments,” Goodwin said.

Even so, he loves it and said it is one of his biggest

accomplishments.

“I’d say (my biggest accomplishment is) finally becoming comfortable as a drummer, finding my niche as a drummer and having a good time while I’m doing it,” Goodwin said.

While learning, he admitted to the video game Rock Band helping him practice the timing and beat of the new instrument.

“I’m not the greatest on (the drums), but I sure as hell have fun playing it,” he said.

Goodwin said he just had to keep playing music, especially while in a band, as it is necI like being on stage. Just when essary for him to you look out and watch people go be“Ialive. went three or crazy, it’s a lot of fun. four years without playing in a band, and I was -Jeff Goodwin really grunky,” Jet Set Vapour Trail Goodwin said. “If drummer I quit music, it’d be equivalent to “I miss the guitar dearly, me cutting off a part of my and I’m definitely more body. If I didn’t have mucomfortable with a guitar sic, I wouldn’t really have on my shoulder, jumping much to go on other than around on stage. I also like the fact that I have three the drums because I get to great kids and a wonderful sit and beat the crap out of wife.”

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music is the outlet that keeps him sane. However, he goes insane on his drums while playing live shows.

“I like being on stage.

Just when you look out and watch people go crazy, it’s a lot of fun,” he said.

As for JSVT’s type of music, Goodwin had some trouble relating it to wellknown bands and genres.

“I could subcategorize all day long,” he said. “Generally, it’s just rock and roll.

It’s not punk. It’s not indie. It’s straight-forward rock.”

“This rock band is truly a blast to play in,” Goodwin said. “We have a lot of fun writing stuff. We’re getting ready to throw out our new EP.” That new EP, titled “Silence Explodes,” has five songs. In fact, JSVT is promoting this new EP with a show at 123 Pleasant Street Saturday. The band is already thinking into the fu-

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Album art for Jet Set Vapour Trails’ album titled ‘Cellophane Vampire.’ ture beyond this 20-minute sample.

“We already have new stuff that we’re working on,” Goodwin said.

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Superheroes, ‘Star Wars’ and more drive Disney’s profits NEW YORK (AP) — Movie heroines and superheros were the stars of The Walt Disney Cos. fourth-quarter results on Thursday, as the success of animated tale “Frozen” and Marvel movie “Guardians of the Galaxy” helped revenue surpass expectations.

Disney Studios has had a string of hits that is likely to continue with the first of its annual “Star Wars” movie launching next year, titled “The Force Awakens.” The company also announced Thursday that Toy Story 4 will hit theaters in 2017, directed by John Lasseter, who created the blockbuster fran-

chise and directed the first two movies.

In a call with analysts, CEO Bob Iger said Disney’s movie and TV offerings help it compete in the “new golden age for content.”

“The studio business has been a tremendous content engine driving opportunities across the country,” he said.

He said the five Marvel movies that Disney has released since acquiring the brand in 2009 have averaged $1 billion in global box office receipts.

Movie studios, TV networks and cable and satellite providers alike are grappling with a changing media industry as more people watch

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ is one film that has driven Disney’s profits.

TV and movies online and via streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. HBO made waves recently by saying it would offer a standalone streaming service late next year.

There has been some speculation that Disney’s ESPN network might do something similar since it is one of the most popular channels. In a call with investors, however, Iger said that cable channel bundles are still the best choice for consumers. He said there are 101 million households with a cable or satellite subscription in the U.S., down only slightly from 101.5 million a year ago.

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“While clearly the economy has had some impact over the last few years and we do see the millennials seem to be becoming subscribers a little bit later than perhaps they used to, we just feel that when you look at the quality of what’s offered, meaning the number channels in the programming across those channels, and you consider the price, that is likely to remain dominant for a long time,” he said.

He added that he didn’t think there is a need to create a standalone ESPN streaming service since that might erode the popularity of cable bundles.

“To do it at a point where you are endangering your own business model which is already facing a fair amount of challenge because of all the changing dynamics of the media landscape, it doesn’t make sense to us right now,” he said.

Disney Studios had the strongest results among the media company’s divisions.

Revenue in that unit climbed 18 percent to $1.78 billion, with growth both in theatrical distribution due to “Maleficent” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” and home entertainment due to the continuing popularity of “Frozen” and “Captain America.”

‘Frozen’ is a mega-hit with young people across the nation.

Other segments reported higher revenue as well. The Burbank, California company said revenue from media and cable networks rose 5 percent to $5.22 billion. Revenue from parks and resorts rose 7 percent to $4 billion.

Consumer product revenue rose 7 percent to $1.07 billion.

Overall revenue rose 7 percent to $12.39 billion, ahead of expectations of $12.36 billion.

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Fourth-quarter net income rose 8 percent to $1.5 billion, or 87 cents per share.

Excluding one-time items, net income matched analyst expectations of 89 cents per share.

The stock dipped less than 2 percent after-hours, having closed at an all-time high of $92 before the report. The stock has been on a dramatic run, nearly doubling in the last two years.

Being shook all night long...in jail WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australian rock band AC/DC says the arrest of its drummer in an alleged murder-for-hire plot won’t affect its upcoming tour or album release.

Phil Rudd, a band member off-and-on for nearly three decades, was accused Thursday of trying to arrange

had “only become aware of Phil’s arrest as the news was breaking.”

“We have no further comment. Phil’s absence will not affect the release of our new album `Rock or Bust’ and upcoming tour next year.”

“Rock or Bust” is due to be released on Dec. 2 and will be the band’s first new

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Phil Rudd, drummer of AC/DC, allegedly attempted to arrange two killings. two killings as well as possession of drugs.

AC/DC released a statement through publicist Benny Tarantini on Thursday saying band members

studio album in six years.

The band plans to promote it during a world tour next year.

Rudd, 60, appeared briefly at the Tauranga District

Court in his adopted home of New Zealand and was charged with attempting to procure murder, which carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. Rudd, who was released on bail, has also been charged with threatening to kill and possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. One of the conditions is that he must not have any contact with anyone involved in the alleged plot.

A judge suppressed the names of the alleged intended victims and wouldbe hit man, the newspaper said.

The court declined to release further details.

Rudd’s lawyer Paul Mabey said he was still getting up to speed on the case and had no comment. Mabey was out of town attending a trial when he heard about the charges, he said.

The Bay of Plenty Times newspaper reported that the Australian-born Rudd was accused of trying to hire a hit man to carry out the two killings. Police raided Rudd’s home Thursday morning, according to the paper, and held him in custody until his court appearance.

Court staff said Rudd was due to make a second appearance Nov. 27, although that date could change. He has yet to enter a plea.

Rudd and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

“Featuring guitarist Angus Young as their visual symbol and musical firebrand, they grew from humble origins in Australia to become an arena-filling phenomenon with world-

wide popularity. They did so without gimmickry, except for Angus’s schoolboy uniform, which became mandatory stage attire,” said the Hall of Fame’s biography.

According to the biography, Rudd first joined AC/ DC in 1974, the year after it was started. Other reports indicate he left the band in 1983 but rejoined again in 1994. The Bay of Plenty Times reported that Rudd first moved to New Zealand in 1983, during the period when he had left the band, and in 2011 bought a Tau-

ranga restaurant he named Phil’s Place.

Tauranga is a tranquil coastal city of 110,000. Its warm climate has made it popular with retirees, although it now has a fastgrowing younger population too; The restaurant’s website says it represents Rudd’s long-held vision to “offer you fresh local food at affordable prices delivered by warm and friendly staff.”

AC/DC’s albums include “Highway to Hell,” “Back in Black,” and “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.”

The U.S. military has used the band’s music for martial purposes. In 2004, U.S. troops blasted AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells” and other rock music full volume in Fallujah, Iraq, hoping to grate on the nerves of insurgents.

AC/DC had been one of the few acts that refused to allow its music to be released digitally on iTunes.

It relented in late 2012. This year, the band announced that founding member Malcolm Young, brother of Angus, was leaving due to unspecified health reasons.

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The end is near. Not the end of the world or anything quite so dramatic, but the end of the Fall 2014 semester.

With only two weeks until Thanksgiving break, followed by dead week and then the dreaded week of finals, students are starting to hit a wall of work. In many classes, professors will have students complete big end-of-semester

projects before break under the assumption this will cause students less stress. In many majors and programs, final papers and projects are more popular than exams, and students are bound to be in the beginning stages of those assignments.

The Daily Athenaeum wants to encourage students to take a step back and find the time to enjoy

themselves and our beautiful campus.

For many of us as students, we run here or there every day trying to get everything done that needs to be. We spend little time truly engaging in everything the campus has to offer. As it gets colder, more and more booths are moving inside the Mountainlair to escape the cold. Stop by a table and check out what

is going on.

Being engaged on campus is a proven way to feel more connected to your university. Checking out the calendar events may just lead you to a new interest to distract you from your 10 page paper.

As we spend time preparing for the final few weeks of work, find somewhere on campus you feel productive and enjoy. Locking yourself

away in your apartment or dorm room is bound to drive anyone a little crazy.

Stop by the Downtown Library and visit their deep quiet rooms or multiple study rooms you can reserve for several hours at a time.

Wherever your space may be, be sure you have the option to take a break and detach from everything every once in a while.

As we wrap up another semester, for many the first semester at WVU, remember why you chose this place as your home away from home in the first place.

Not everything about college needs to be stressful. Be sure to remember to enjoy your time while it is here. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The beauty in body art, tattoos’ effect on body image chris kyer guest columnist @chriskyerda

Last week, one of my fellow columnists wrote an article on tattoos. Long story short, she does not like them. I, however, do, and it should be known that even individuals within a workplace can have differences in opinion. Tattoos are something, I’m afraid, we will not end up agreeing upon.

That’s fine. The world would be quite a boring place if everyone agreed on everything. We can handle ourselves from both sides of the debate maturely and still smile at the end of the day.

I have a few tattoos myself so perhaps I am a bit biased, but I tend to think they can be beautiful, meaningful assets on a person’s body.

I used to hate myself. I used to look in a mirror and pick out everything that was wrong. I don’t do it much anymore because I know how important it is to love myself.

This is of basic importance to anyone who wants to lead a happy, healthy life.

So I got a heart tattoo on my throat. Something I would see every time I looked in the mirror. I got it as a reminder to love myself. And I do (at least

more than I used to.)

Do people know any of that when they see it? Of course not, and not everyone asks. I forget it’s even there most of the time.

The point is that I got the tattoo for me. It meant a lot to me with my history of struggling self-image. I didn’t get it for anyone else but me. I think that is where a lot of people go wrong.

Still, Robinson hit a few key points that reigned true for me.

“Many claim being turned down for a job because of body art or even piercings is discrimination, which I suppose it is,” she said.

I agree with this. We cannot help promote positive thinking if we ignore the fact that body discrimination exists.

Though it is close-minded and simple thinking, some people are still turned down for the way they look.

“It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a single individual in possession of a noticeable tattoo will face some issues getting into the work force,” she said.

Though this is not entirely true, it definitely can be, especially with less established jobs. I knew when I was getting tattooed it was something I may have to deal with later. I

still made the decision to get marked.

All of my tattoos can be covered with a tight-collared shirt in the business world.

I still have not been marked outside the boundaries coverage. It is something I can use to my advantage in the future and is something one must be aware of when it comes to permanent ink.

Then there were other things she said that I didn’t agree with.

“There’s something about them that screams immature,” she said.

Did her article hurt me?

No. Of course not. If I am so sure about this ink that I’ve gotten, then why would I be?

Robinson and others don’t have to like tattoos. They are entitled to their opinions.

Likewise, I am entitled to a contrary opinion.

Not everyone is so sure about the permanent markings they get. Some go out, get one in the spur of the moment and end up regretting their decision deeply. Though I am not one of those people, my advice to anyone who is wanting a new tattoo would be to carefully consider it.

Make sure this is something you’re going to want for the rest of your life. You could be sorry later on if you don’t

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think it through.

For my last tattoo, I drew it on first in pen for months before I got the real thing. This is something a friend suggested from another friend, and it proved to be pretty useful for me. Make sure you really like the way it looks before the needle hits the surface of your skin.

Take note if people around you treat you differently for it.

Though unlikely, it’s plausible that you’re surrounded by ste-

reotyping maniacs.

Can you handle having a visible tattoo and the small percentage of people who will begin to stereotype you for it?

Does it mean enough to you that you will want it there forever? If you answered yes and are sure, even knowing the potential discrimination you may or may not face in the work force, then I’d say you’re ready for your new addition.

Of course, some people will disagree with me. They

will say no one should get tattoos. Hell, most of us haven’t even lived half our lives yet.

I knew. And you will know, too, if you want it enough.

And if you already have tattoos and want to prove a few bigots wrong by being a decent, intelligent, wellrounded person, then I say all the power to you. We will fight these stereotypes for the rest of our lives, so let us fight well. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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A world of possibilities: Students find new home in Morgantown hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

It is common to hear stories of American students and the adventures of their studies abroad.

However, it is rare we hear the other side of the story, what it’s like to be an international student here in Morgantown.

I always marvel at the fact that Morgantown is a place completely unlike any other. It’s fascinating to think about how foreign students perceive our people, customs and society in general here.

The 2013-2014 school year saw 1,600 students arrive to West Virginia University from over 113 nations. While we have so many international students here in Morgantown, little is heard about their experience. I believe most students don’t make any sort of effort to get to know these foreign exchange students, help them get acquainted or learn about their culture.

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You don’t have to personally travel around the world to learn about other parts of the world. Just a simple conversation can be eye-opening.

I spoke to students from the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to find out what it’s like to come to Morgantown from the Middle East.

One unique aspect of coming to America is all of the students have already been exposed to our culture beforehand. They are taught at least some English in school and had been exposed to American movies, TV shows and music.

Three male students from Saudi Arabia explained that nothing was “too shocking” due to this prior exposure, and it gave them “a simple idea of American culture.”

“I was surprised at how smiley everyone was when I came here,” said Naheen, a student from Bahrain.

“People have been very friendly.”

I had a long conversation with Syrian-born Noor, who has lived in nine

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cities in her 18 years. Noor hasn’t observed the same friendliness so far and also believes that we all have some brushing up to do when it comes to our geographical knowledge.

She has noticed anti-social behavior, which she thinks is related to technology; so many people walking around with

headphones surprised her.

When I asked Noor if she believed people in America have misconceptions about Middle Eastern people, she was very quick to say yes.

She said the Americans she has met have a general ignorance about other countries, not just the Middle East.

“Americans are quick to believe everything they hear and don’t read enough or look into what is going on in other countries,” she said.

I was ver y curious about what our foreign exchange students think of Morgantown nightlife.

Personally, I realize what a playground Morgantown is whenever I’m home for break; after just a few days away, I appreciate that there’s no place like it.

However, things are especially different in the Middle East. The drinking age is 18 years old, but the students said many people don’t partake in alcohol consumption due to religion. They are, however, considerate of those who do. Bars are not so much on the street, but in hotels.

Noor said partying in the United Arab Emirates is about “good people, good music and food and good times.” They stay out until three or four in the morning, and there are taxis everywhere to get them home safely.

The majority of the students claimed the hardest transition was missing their friends and family.

A student from Saudi Arabia believes the program at WVU did a nice job of helping them get acclimated, especially with the English language.

“It’s really up to you, how much you engage,” he said.

Even if you don’t choose to study abroad, you can learn so much from the people who do. For instance, I was surprised to hear Noor’s observation that Americans are very reliant on microwaves for food; I can’t say that I had ever thought twice about that.

Not being able to travel to a different country doesn’t have to limit your knowledge of other cultures. I would encourage all students to make our international students feel as comfortable as possible and take the time to learn a little more about a different culture. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The High St. Pasta Co. is now open. Owner Todd Perry saw Morgantown’s need for a pasta-themed restaurant and filled it.

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House-made and locally sourced meatballs sit on a bed of marinara and spaghetti.

High Street Pasta Co. among rush of new local businesses Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Downtown is in for a big taste of Italy with the opening of High Street Pasta Co. High Street Pasta Co. officially began greeting customers Oct. 22 and has seen a multitude of student and local traffic.

“Business has been pretty steady,” said Ryan Rudolph, a Morgantown, W.Va., local and High Street Pasta Co. waiter.

“Everyday it picks up.”

Located next to Chico’s Fat, High Street Pasta Co. provides a modern and sleek dining experience. With exposed brick and a polished combination of black and white accents, costumers seated at High Street Pasta Co. will experience a five-star atmosphere at an affordable price. With house-made dressings and sauce, diners have the option to build their own dish. Salads are prepared in-house with fresh, crisp vegetables and drizzled in High Street

Pasta Co.’s homemade dressings. With a variety of different pastas, sauce and salad selections, High Street Pasta Co. allows customers to choose between all-you-can-eat, a la carte and to-go dining.

“This is a great spot for lunch,” Rudolph said. “Our

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fettuccine alfredo is one of the best-selling items.”

Customers enjoy the option of selecting angel hair, spaghetti, fettuccine or penne with a flavorful sauce such as meat, marinara, alfredo or pesto.

Meatballs can also be added for $1 each or three for $2.50. All pasta is made in the kitchen of Chico’s Fat since both restaurants are owned by Shaun Goldman. High Street Pasta Co. also features a gluten-

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High St. Pasta Co. offers a variety of all-you-can-eat pastas, house-made sauces and house-made salad dressings. free pasta, fusilli, which is known for its corkscrew appearance.

“There really wasn’t a n y t h i n g d ow nt ow n ,

pasta-wise, that was quick, easy and affordable for students and the business people of High Street,” said Todd Perry, co-owner of

High Street Pasta Co. and Chico’s Fat. “We do everything in-house. We try to be as locally resourceful as we can.”

One of High Street Pasta Co.’s most notable elements is their dedication to going green. In a study by the Environmental Protection Agency, United States restaurants generated about 229.2 million tons of municipal solid waste in 2001. Food-packing materials such as paper towels, cups and plastic were shown to take up 32 percent of overall solid waste from the EPA’s study.

High Street Pasta Co. takes the initiative by serving take-out to customers in paper bags, cutting down on their use of plastic.

“We use all recycled materials for our to-go’s,” Perry said. “We’re basically just going for an affordable price point for students and business people.”

With the choice to order a meal to go at $8 for a single serving, customers enjoy generous portions of pasta for their penny.

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Diners looking for even more affordable options can enjoy the all-you-caneat pasta in-house, while taking a meal to go for an extra $2.

High Street Pasta Co. is a restaurant especially suited for the WVU student body with reasonable prices, delicious meals and in a prime spot near the downtown campus.

“There’s definitely a surge of more students,” Rudolph said. “Especially as word gets around.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Blackjack Billy will perform up-and-coming country music for fans

By Caitlin Worrell A&e Writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown, W.Va. will welcome up-and-coming country music group Blackjack Billy to the stage as it offers up some of its biggest breakout hits for fans.

Blackjack Billy, a Nashville-based band, is comprised of four multi-talented artists. Rob Blackledge, one of the group’s vocalist and guitarists, got his start in the industry touring during his college years as a solo artist. The Mississippi native went on to co-write Love and Theft’s first top-10 single, “Runaway,” before embarking on his current music venture with the band.

Noll Billings, originally from Missouri, also caught his first taste of fame while pursuing a solo career writing music. He signed a publishing contract with EMI Music Group before becoming a vocalist in Blackjack Billy. Jeff Coplan, the band’s electric guitarist, had an extensive resume before making his way to the band in 2012. A native of Canada, Coplan produced projects for groups including Bowling

for Soup, Love and Theft and Tim Hicks. Brad Cummings, the final member of the group, also has an impressive history playing drums for Randy Houser and Bobby Bare, Jr. The guys finally crossed paths after playing in an adult softball league together in Nashville. Blackjack Billy became official in the fall of 2013 after the band signed to the Bigger Picture Group.

The band uses influences of both traditional country and southern rock to create its uniquely rowdy persona. Its self-described sound of “red-

neck rock” combines wailing electric guitars and high-energy vocals to get the crowd on its feet.

“Booze Cruise”, the band’s first big hit, was first played on Sirius XM’s country music station The Highway as an exclusive “Highway Find”. “Highway Finds” are new, catchy songs selected from up and coming musicians looking to make it on a national stage.

“Booze Cruise” was also recognized as the best-selling song on iTunes by an unsigned group in the beginning of 2013. The song sold more

100,000 copies in the U.S. and over 150,000 worldwide, making gold status in Canada.

This will be the band’s first time to both Morgantown and Schmitt’s Saloon, which is setting up Saturday to be a sold -out show.

“We have sold 100 tickets so far and are expecting more ticket sales this week, along with walk-ups the day of the show,” said Troy Koon, entertainment director for Schmitt’s. “This is the first time they have played at the Saloon, so it’s always tough to judge turnout.”

Dunn, Craig Morgan, Phil Vassar, Uncle Kracker, Colt Ford, Corey Smith and many more,” Koon said. “It’s sometimes awe-inspiring of how connected they remain with its fans and the level of performance they give playing in front of thousands of fans or a small intimate crowd of 400 that the Saloon provides.”

Rob Lightner and Frank Viera will open the show at 8 p.m. and Blackjack Billy will take the stage at 10 p.m. Tickets for the show are $12. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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World Music Concert West Virginia University will host its fall World Music Concert Showcase today.

Music will be featured by WVU African Music and Dance Ensemble, the WVU Steel Band, WVU Brazilian Ensemble and WVU’s newest Bluegrass Band.

Graduate assistants Jamie Sunshine and Mitch Greco, along with the director, Michael Vercelli, wanted to focus the concert on arrangements from traditional places such as Trinidad, Ghana, Guinea, Brazil and Appalachia.

Vercelli has studied the traditional music of other countries and has also done field-

With a potentially packed house, Blackjack Billy will not only have to win the crowd with its catchy country party jams, but also with its wild stage presence. Its work is undoubtedly cut out for the group as they join the likes of many established artists to grace the Davisson Brothers Music Hall Stage. Schmitt’s has recently been booking big artists to its intimate venue, making a Schmitt’s ticket more exclusive than ever.

“We’ve had the privilege of working with a lot of great national talent like Ronnie

work in Bali, Cuba, Brazil and Ghana.

During the concert, there will be a new special feature by the WVU Bluegrass Band.

The newest WVU Bluegrass Band is directed by an assistant professor of music history, Travis Stimeling.

The band will feature the best in traditional and contemporary bluegrass music.

The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Creative Arts Center tonight.

Admission for the public will be $10 and student tickets will cost $5.

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Kevin Steele, a nursing student, dresses up to represent his fraternity.

“Most cases if I look good, I feel good,” Steele said.

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SPORTS

Friday November 7, 2014

anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

WVU needs to keep motivation going into Austin With all the momentum in the world heading into then-No. 20 West Virginia’s matchup against then-No. 7 Texas Christian University, and as the Mountaineers were going for their fifth-straight victory, the life was sucked out of them after falling apart in nearly every aspect when the game was on the line at the end of the fourth quarter.

However, the resiliency shown throughout the first nine games of the season for the Mountaineers gives me faith they will come back Saturday at Texas.

The Longhorns, who have been banged around physically and mentally all season under first-year head coach Charlie Strong, may be the perfect opponent for West Virginia right now.

I say that because after a heartbreaking loss like the one we suffered against TCU Saturday, knowing that a win against the Horned Frogs would make the chances of the Mountaineers being a top-two team contending for the Big 12 title extremely likely, that mentality still needs to continue, which I believe it will.

For one, the Longhorns are not a team to take lightly.

By understanding your opponent may not be the TCUs, Oklahomas or Baylors of the Big 12, Texas knows its college football, especially when playing at home.

However, that’s exactly what the Mountaineers need: A challenge, but a game which I view as a victory coming for the Mountaineers to get them back to their winning ways.

The Longhorns have had their fair share of struggles this season, but after earning a victory against Texas Tech last Saturday, they were able to rebound from a shutout loss to then-No. 11 Kansas State.

With the number of potential players to make a difference between the Longhorns’ passing and rushing game, the Mountaineers need to prepare for this game just as they did for TCU. They cannot let the fact that Texas isn’t a TCU-caliber team take any motivation from Saturday’s game.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen said he’s using the mindset of putting the devastating TCU loss behind him and plans to have his squad ready for Saturday. “(Texas is a) very good quality team that’s improving on a week-to-week basis.

We’re going to have our work cut out for us,” Holgorsen said. “I think our guys are going to be in the appropriate frame of mind to prepare hard for this game and to be able to go play a good Big 12 football team.”

WVU is still a team that may have three losses, but they are all against top-10 teams - perhaps a reason why West Virginia is the only team to currently be ranked with at least three losses in the College Football Playoff rankings.

This team has shown me the extensive growth they’ve made since last year. But completing that growth entails finishing the regular season on the strongest note possible, which would be a 9-3 season, and going into bowl season with that extra momentum.

Though a victory seems like an extremely feasible outcome for Saturday’s game, a loss for the Mountaineers would be nothing short of detrimental considering their next opponent is No. 7 Kansas State. The room for mistakes is dwindling away. apecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

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Holgorsen, No. 23 West Virginia heads to Austin, takes on Texas Saturday

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Looking to bounce back from a last-second home loss to TCU last week, No. 23 West Virginia travels to Austin, Texas to take on the Longhorns Saturday afternoon.

After losing in gutwrenching fashion and missing a chance at a second top-10 upset against TCU, the Mountaineers will have to avoid an emotional letdown going into what is sure to be a raucous environment at Darrell K. Royal Stadium.

Despite the obvious frustration that comes along with losing in that fashion, head coach Dana Holgorsen said his team has moved on and is chomp-

ing at the bit to get back on track with another conference tilt.

“The sun came up on Sunday, and we came to work. We got back to work and had some good meetings with our guys. Yeah, they were disappointed and all that, but their entire focus was about getting this game over with and moving on to Texas,” Holgorsen said.

“They know that we’re going to have many, many opportunities like we did last Saturday. Our job is to work, prepare hard and put ourselves in position to be able to try to win a few more of those Big 12 games like we didn’t do on Saturday.”

While playing in a hostile environment like the one the Mountaineers will face in Austin is a daunt-

ing task, West Virginia has proven that its game travels this year. The Mountaineers are 3-0 in true road games in 2014, and will be looking for their third-straight win in Austin.

“It’s going to be a great road game. We’ve played well on the road this year.

We anticipate playing on the road again this year and look forward to the opportunity against Texas,” Holgorsen said.

West Virginia has matched up quite well with Texas since joining the Big 12. The Mountaineers stole a 48-45 victory in Austin in 2012, and the Longhorns returned the favor in Morgantown in 2013 with a 4740 overtime win.

“We have no reason to think that this game is going to be any different than

those games. Just like TCU, the last three games have come down to the last play of the game. That’s exciting, Big 12 football,” Holgorsen said.

After an inept performance by its offense in a 23-0 road loss to Kansas State two weeks ago, Texas bounced back in a big way last week, trouncing Texas Tech 34-13 on the road.

Sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes is in the process of developing into a steady starting option for head coach Charlie Strong. The Texas native led the Longhorns to 469 yards of total offense in their win over the Red Raiders.

“The Swoopes kid is a big, physical quarterback who is hard to get on the ground.

They will use him in the run game some. The thing that

he has really improved on is getting the ball downfield to a couple of their receivers,” Holgorsen said.

Swoopes has been inconsistent at times this year, showing signs of progress one week and then regressing the next. Despite that, Holgorsen said the Longhorns are headed in the right direction and will provide a stiff test for his team this weekend.

“It’s a very good, quality team that’s improving on a week-to-week basis. We’re going to have our work cut out for us. I think our guys are going to be in the appropriate frame of mind to prepare hard for this game and to be able to go play a good Big 12 football team,” he said. connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU prepares for talented Longhorn defense

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West Virginia’s defense rallies before a game in 2013.

by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Since Saturday’s heartbreaking 31-30 loss to thenNo. 7 TCU, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen said his team’s focus has been “100 percent on Texas.”

In the two games West Virginia and Texas played since the Mountaineers relocated to the Big 12 prior to the 2012 season, defense has not been common.

The Mountaineers edged the Longhorns in Austin, Texas in 2012, 48-45. Texas found redemption last year in Morgantown when the Longhorns escaped a late West Virginia rally, 47-40.

However, with Texas under first-year head coach Charlie Strong and West Virginia under first-year defensive coordinator Tony Gibson, both defenses have improved from lackluster 2013 seasons. Under Strong, who is notorious as

a defensive-minded coach, Texas has been improving defensively all season. After an ugly 41-7 loss to BYU in Week 2, the Longhorns have hit their stride defensively, allowing 19.5 points a game since.

Texas also owns the No. 9 pass defense in the nation, allowing just 177.3 passing yards per game.

“Defensively, they’re good. They have good players. Their schemes are tricky,” Holgorsen said.

“They do a lot of different things on the front – a lot of different things in coverage.

“Their d-line is big and physical. They do a great job of stopping the run.

They’ve got active linebackers who seem like they’ve been there for a decade.”

Since transforming a struggling Louisville program into a title contender, Strong has been implementing his same style of physical defense at Texas.

Strong utilizes the same 3-3 base defense that Gib-

son installed this season at West Virginia, but Holgorsen said Texas has been mixing up its looks to confuse offenses.

“The different fronts – they go three down, four down. With the same personnel, they have a fourdown front,” he said.

“They’ll kick one of those backers up and stand him as one of linebackers to make it looks like it’s a 3-3 stack.”

Holgorsen said the different looks will change blocking schemes, among other things, but that the Mountaineers shouldn’t have much trouble with the Longhorns’ defensive line.

“It’s just a matter of ID’ing the front,” he said. “(Sophomore center) Tyler Orlosky does a great job of that. He’s a very, very smart kid who can ID the fronts and get us pointed the right direction.”

Texas features a good amount of experience at linebacker and in the sec-

ondary. Redshirt seniors Steve Edmond and Jordan Hicks lead a deep group of linebackers, while veterans Quandre Diggs, Mykkele Thompson and Duke Thomas lead a talented group of defensive backs.

The Longhorns’ secondary will likely follow Oklahoma State and TCU’s lead and provide safety help over top of receiver Kevin White most of the game, leaving inside receivers such as Jordan Thompson to possibly be targeted more.

“It’s a good feeling, but never the less it’s football.

If they take away the outside, then the inside is going to be open,” Thompson said. “They can’t take away both, but if they try, then the run game is going to open up too.”

“I think our guys are going to be in the appropriate frame of mind to prepare hard for this game and to be able to go play a good Big 12 football team,” Holgorsen said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia needs win to host MAC title game by ryan minnigh sports writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia has played a lot of big games this season; however, none is bigger than the one they will play tomorrow in Kalamazoo, Mich.

The West Virginia men’s team will travel to Western Michigan in what has become a huge game for both teams.

Both the Mountaineers and Broncos enter Saturday’s matchup with a 2-1-1 record in the MAC conference. Both teams trail the

conference-leading Akron Zips by only one game, and will be looking for a victory to heighten their chances at hosting the MAC title.

The only thing separating these two squads is their overall record. The Mountaineers have put together a four-game win streak that has boosted their record to 10-6-1. The Broncos have had an up and down season that puts their overall record at 8-5-4. The overall records are the separation factor that puts the Mountaineers in second place in the conference.

The Broncos and Moun-

taineers are very different in who they have beat and lost to in the MAC this year.

Western Michigan was able to beat Akron in late October to give the Zips their only conference loss of the season to date.

One of the biggest deciding factors in the Broncos’ conference standing right now is their most recent matchup against Bowling Green. The Mountaineers were able to defeat the Falcons 2-1, but the Broncos fell to the Falcons by the same score in overtime.

Both teams scored their first goal of the game in

the second half, and Western Michigan nearly won the game in the 91st minute. However, they were unable to capitalize on their chances and allowed the Falcons to get the final shot of overtime. In the 100th minute, the Falcons ended the thrilling match and dashed the Broncos’ hopes of leading the MAC conference heading into the final week.

The Broncos have not had one standout scorer this season. Three players are tied on the team with four goals each, and two more have three goals

apiece. Leading the team in scoring is Nick Wysong who is one of the three players tied at four goals.

He has also added three assists on the season.

The Broncos also have a prolific passer in Sean Conerty, who leads the team and is tied for third in the nation in assists with 10.

The Broncos are very efficient in not allowing their opponents to get corner kicks. Western Michigan has totaled 112 corners this season, but their opponents have been held to an underwhelming 46 in 2014.

The Mountaineers will

be looking to match their 11-win seasons from 2010 and 2011 with a win Saturday.

The game in Kalamazoo holds major conference implications for both teams, seeing as the winner still has a chance to host the MAC title game. Either team would get this chance by winning the game and having Akron lose against Buffalo.

The game will kick off at 1 p.m. Saturday at the WMU Soccer Complex. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU opens season with Shepherd exhibition game by ryan petrovich sports writer @Dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia men’s basketball team is still working out the kinks as the regular season nears.

The team hopes to continue to improve as they take on Shepherd in an exhibition game Sunday.

One of the main areas of concern for head coach Bob Huggins is getting his players in front of a crowd and playing in a game-like atmosphere. He said he is hoping the crowd for Sunday’s exhibition matchup will provide that type of

environment.

“We’ve got so many guys who’ve never played in the Coliseum before,” Huggins said. “I think it’ll help with the nerves before we start playing real games.”

Huggins’ team bolsters a crop of new faces, which is another emphasis of his – getting to know his team and what each player is capable of doing.

Huggins said he hasn’t nailed down a starting five but has an idea of what it may look like when the season comes around.

Guards Juwan Staten and Gary Browne seem poised to be starters, while

Nathan Adrian, Jonathan Holton and Devin Williams may round out the rest of the lot.

This lineup isn’t set in stone, and Huggins also said guard Daxter Miles Jr. has been “putting himself in the starting lineup” during practices.

“Daxter Miles has kind of just put himself into the lineup,” Huggins said. “I haven’t said a word, and I’ll say, ‘Give me five guys,’ and he’s always in the five.

I guess he’s decided he’s going to start, and I guess they (his teammates) decided to let him.”

Huggins praised his

team’s work ethic and said the enthusiasm is top-notch while practicing. Staten mimicked his coach’s emotions, saying practices this year are heads and shoulders over what they were last season.

“Practices are the biggest thing to compare right now,” Staten said.

“It’s a lot harder than the games. This year they’re definitely a lot harder than the games. We have a lot of athleticism on the court, our bigs bring a presence we didn’t have in the paint last year and everybody is excited and eager.”

While the enthusiasm

remains high, it doesn’t necessarily mean the team is ready to chug along full steam ahead. The new faces on the team are still learning plays and trying to grasp just what Huggins wants out of them, but Huggins said it will come with time.

“I thought their intensity level and their work ethic and focus was terrific,” Huggins said about a recent practice. “They’re playing, they’re starting to get to the point where they’re thinking less and playing more.”

There will be high expectations for Staten this

season, as the senior was voted the Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, but he is recovering from an injury and hasn’t seen a whole lot of action this preseason.

Huggins admits his guard is a bit rusty.

“He needs to play,” Huggins said. “He needs to condition and just get back in sync. He’s a little bit out of sync.”

Huggins will hope that all his players can get into the groove of things come Sunday as WVU faces Shepherd at 4 p.m. at the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia faces Iowa State Cyclones in rematch by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Big 12 play continues this weekend for the West Virginia volleyball team as they host No. 23 Iowa State, who they lost to earlier this season.

The Mountaineers (1311, 3-7 Big 12) faced the Cyclones (12-9, 4-6 Big 12) in Ames, Iowa, in the beginning of October and dropped the match, 3-1.

After coming out strong in the first set and defeating Iowa State 25-21, WVU lost the next three sets 1825, 17-25 and 16-25. The Cyclones took advantage of their hitters in the front row, hitting a .500 clip in the third set.

Wednesday, Iowa State swept their match against then-No. 22 Kansas State.

Leading the Cyclones at the net is Ciara Capezio with 205 kills this season, followed by Victoria Hurtt with 192, including 12 kills against K-State contributing to the victory.

Sophomore Jordan Anderson is continuing to dominate the offensive effort from West Virginia and is leading the Big 12 in kills with 410, averaging 4.71 per set. Her performance against Oklahoma last weekend with only eight kills was the lowest she has hit since Nov. 2013.

Blocking wise, WVU and Iowa State are pretty evenly matched as the Mountaineers have 30 team blocks

this season and the Cyclones have 36, something that either team can use to overcome the strong hitting presence they both have.

Coming off their loss against the Sooners, Coach Jill Kramer and her team have had a whole week to prepare for the Cyclones, and she said they would do exactly that.

“We’re going to train, we’re going to get in the gym early and really work on some things they need to improve upon and then come back in the afternoon and really practice,” Kramer said in an interview Monday.

Although No. 25 Oklahoma gave WVU its seventh loss in the Big 12, keeping

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“I think this group is up for the challenge, and just because we haven’t always won matches we like to win doesn’t mean we’re not up for the challenge,” she said.

“We’ve gone through some tough circumstances, but they have bounced back really well and that’s what we’re looking forward to this weekend, bouncing back.”

Against the Sooners, WVU hit for a .244 clip on the match compared to Oklahoma’s .438, and while they had six team blocks, it wasn’t enough. Like their first matchup against Iowa State, West Virginia won

the first set in Norman, Okla., Saturday evening before slowly falling through the last three sets.

“One thing that we did really well, we came out really strong just playing very good volleyball and that was a great set,” Kramer said. “Both teams were playing really well.”

“Then (we) kind of let our foot off the gas a little bit in that second and third set, really were just not defending well we didn’t hit for a high clip so we’ve got to pick it up defensively.”

Going into the home stretch, there are only six matches left of Big 12 regular season play before the NCAA Tournament begins.

Having an idea of what Iowa State will do, Kramer

said they just have to keep their heads in the game.

“We’ve got to slow them down a little bit and play our game,” she said. “If we play our game we can compete with anybody. It’s really about what is going on, on our side of the net. I think we’re as physical and as athletic as the majority of the teams.”

Tomorrow’s match is set to begin at 4 p.m. at the Coliseum and is also “Superhero Day.” After tomorrow’s matchup there are only two home games left this season for Mountaineer volleyball fans: Nov. 15 against Texas Tech and Nov. 22 against the Baylor Bears. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Big 12, national implications for No. 6 TCU vs. No. 7 Kansas State Things to watch in Week 11 of the Big 12 Conference season, when two huge games Saturday will impact the upper half of the standings.

GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 9 Kansas State at No. 6 TCU. The game matching Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson against his alma mater will have huge implications in the Big 12 race -- and the College Football Playoff rankings. While KState (7-1, 5-0) tops the league standings ahead of TCU (7-1, 4-1), the Frogs are sixth in the latest playoff rankings, a slot above the Wildcats. This will be TCU’s fifth ranked opponent in its last six games, and their only loss was 6158 loss at Baylor four weeks ago when they blew a 21-point lead in the fourth

quarter. K-State beat TCU 33-31 last year after a field goal with 3 seconds left -just more than 2 minutes after the Frogs kicked a goahead field goal. This is the first of three road games against ranked teams for the Wildcats to end the regular season. They also have to go to No. 24 West Virginia and No. 10 Baylor, with a home game against Kansas.

BEST MATCHUP (OK, the other big game in the Big 12): No. 10 Baylor at No. 16 Oklahoma. The defending Big 12 champion Bears (7-1, 4-1, No. 12 CFP) have won two of the last three games against the Sooners (6-2, 3-2, No. 15 CFP), the eight-time league champion who before that had won all previous 20 games in the series. Baylor has

never won at Oklahoma, and can’t afford another loss if the Bears want to stay in playoff contention. The game features the league’s top two rushers -- Baylor’s Shock Linwood (97.1 yards per game) and Oklahoma’s Samaje Perine (95.9 ypg) -against two of the league’s best rushing defenses. The Bears allow only 99.9 yards per game, while Oklahoma is third, giving up 117.9 a game.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Since opening the season with seven consecutive 100-yard games and being the first receiver in the nation over 1,000 yards, West Virginia senior Kevin White has only six catches for 55 yards the past two games. ... Five of the league’s 10 teams have already reached bowl eligibility.

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No. 23 Marshall Thundering Herd winning big with little attention

Marshall has rolled through its schedule this season in impressive fashion, winning eight games by an average of nearly 30 points and scoring the third-most points in the country.

National respect has proven much harder to obtain.

No. 23 Marshall (8-0, 4-0 Conference USA) is one of three remaining undefeated teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision — along with No. 1 Mississippi State and No. 2 Florida State — yet wasn’t even listed in the top 25 in the

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“Undefeated is undefeated,” Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato said. “That’s a hard thing to do in any sport against any competition.”

The College Football Playoff committee apparently doesn’t agree.

The main problem is Marshall’s schedule, especially in a weakened Conference USA. Victories over programs like Old Dominion and Florida International have been greeted with a collective yawn, and

there are no high-quality opponents on the horizon to change the soft-schedule narrative.

The Thundering Herd travel to face Southern Mississippi (3-6, 1-4) on Saturday.

Mississippi State, the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff rankings, will be playing a few hours down the road in Starkville, hosting UT Martin. It will probably be the closest Marshall gets to a chance at knocking off one of college football’s titans all season.

Even so, Marshall coach

Doc Holliday insists the program’s apparent glass ceiling isn’t frustrating.

“We just worry about what we can control,” Holliday said.

“And the one thing we can control is becoming a better football team. All those teams that won championships, they got better every week as a football team. We try to eliminate the noise and become a better team.

“If you start worrying about what other people think, your goals can go out the window really fast.”

Holliday, who is in his fifth

season at Marshall, has managed to keep his team focused even against lesser opponents. Marshall faced a rare deficit two weeks ago, down 16-14 to Florida Atlantic at halftime, but roared back with 21 unanswered points in the second half for a 35-16 victory.

It all starts with Cato, a 6-foot-1 senior from Miami who has thrown for 2,130 yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. He’s also run for 255 yards and five touchdowns.

Holliday said Cato is typical of Marshall’s overhauled

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Friday November 7, 2014

da sports staff picks DANA HOLGORSEN QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We are incredibly excited to be relevant in college football and have opportunities to play against such great programs. We’re no different than them. We feel like we’re a great program.

We feel like we’re a great team. We look forward to the next opportunity to be able to go out there and play.”

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Marshall has rolled through its schedule this season in impressive fashion, winning eight games by an average of nearly 30 points and scoring the third-most points in the country.

National respect has proven much harder to obtain.

No. 23 Marshall (8-0, 4-0 Conference USA) is one of three remaining undefeated teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision – along with No. 1 Mississippi State and No. 2 Florida State – yet wasn’t even listed in the top 25 in the latest edition of the College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday.

“Undefeated is undefeated,” Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato said.

“That’s a hard thing to do in any sport against any competition.”

The College Football Playoff committee apparently doesn’t agree.

The main problem is Marshall’s schedule, especially in a weakened Conference USA. Victories over programs like Old Dominion and Florida International have been greeted with a collective yawn, and there are no high-quality opponents on the horizon to change the soft-schedule narrative.

The Thundering Herd travel to face Southern Mississippi (3-6, 1-4) on Saturday.

Mississippi State, the No. 1 team in the College Football Playoff rankings, will be playing a few hours down the road in Starkville, hosting UT Martin. It will probably be the closest Marshall gets to a chance at knocking off one of college football’s titans all season.

Even so, Marshall coach Doc Holliday insists the program’s apparent glass ceiling isn’t frustrating.

“We just worry about what we can control,” Holliday said. “And the one thing we can control is becoming a better football team. All those teams that

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won championships, they got better every week as a football team. We try to eliminate the noise and become a better team.

“If you start worrying about what other people think, your goals can go out the window really fast.”

Holliday, who is in his fifth season at Marshall, has managed to keep his team focused even against lesser opponents. Marshall faced a rare deficit two weeks ago, down 1614 to Florida Atlantic at halftime, but roared back with 21 unanswered points in the second half for a 3516 victory.

It all starts with Cato, a 6-foot-1 senior from Miami who has thrown for 2,130 yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. He’s also run for 255 yards and five touchdowns.

Holliday said Cato is typical of Marshall’s overhauled roster since he arrived in 2009. He says he obviously looks for talented players during recruiting, but equally as important are “guys with big hearts who love football.”

The coach believes Cato fits that description perfectly.

“It’s his competitive nature,” Holliday said. “He loves to play the game and competes in practice on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the same way he plays on Saturdays. That’s what makes him special. Intangibles are so critical when you’re a quarterback.”

The offense isn’t all about Cato.

Devon Johnson, a 6-foot1, 243-pound junior, has run for 1,203 yards, which ranks seventh in the country. He’s also averaging 8.8 yards per carry.

After three decent seasons, the 57-year-old Holliday has built Marshall into a C-USA power the past two years. The Herd finished with a 10-4 record last season, beating Maryland in the Military Bowl.

This year, they haven’t been seriously challenged.