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W.Va. receives failing tobacco grade by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The American Lung Association gave the state of West Virginia failing grades in nearly all areas of tobacco control. These areas include tobacco prevention, smokefree air, access to cessation services and tobacco tax prices.

According to the Vice President of Mission for the American Lung Association of the Mid-Atlantic, Chantel Centofanti-Fields, the grades are given to the

state’s legislature.

Centofanti-Fields said West Virginia receives approximately $1.8 million in funding for tobacco control, compared to the $28 million recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

“We are severely underfunded in the state, and we don’t have a state grade control for tobacco functions in West Virginia,” CentofantiFields said.

According to CentofantiFields, there have not been enough votes in the legislature for a state-wide tobacco

control program. In combination with the control program, Centofanti-Fields said she believes higher taxes on tobacco products, a statewide Smokefree Air Act and tobacco prevention education will help bring awareness to the seriousness of tobacco use.

“We have one of the lowest taxes on tobacco products and one of the highest smoking rates in the country,” she said. “We have an adult smoking rate of 27.3 percent, which is very, very high.”

According to Cento-

fanti-Fields, education has helped the youth smoking population drop by 4 percent. Centofanti-Fields said she believes through more education and the help of the legislature and private donations, the association can continue to make smoking populations drop in all demographics.

Centofanti-Fields said the ALA is hopeful taxes on tobacco products will soon increase, causing a decrease in smoking rates.

“We are looking for $1 extra per pack,” CentofantiFields said.

Currently, tobacco products cost $1.55 on average.

Centofanti-Fields has been with the association for 20 years and firmly believes the ALA’s work makes a difference in other people’s lives.

“Part of the reason I (work for the ALA) is because tobacco use has affected my family,” Centofanti-Fields said. “It is the No. 1 preventable disease in this country.”

Deliliah Ruebush, a junior student, stated her opinions on tobacco control and whether or not she considers it a serious issue.

‘I AM THE CHANGE’

by lauren caccamo

by alexa mcclennen

Last night, West Virginia University’s Festival of Ideas program and the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research hosted a panel of three distinguished guests, who not only exhibit passion in bringing change to the world but also rose from extraordinary backgrounds.

The event, entitled “I Am the Change,” was brought to campus to initiate Black History Month. The human rights trio featured in the discussion were Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela; Donisha RitaClaire Prendergast, granddaughter of Bob Marley; and Jasmine Rand, the family attorney for Trayvon Martin. Together, the three addressed WVU students on how “the power of one” can change the world.

While each guest brought their own perspectives and ideas to the discussion individually, a consistent element of encouragement existed throughout the conversation and a call to “be the change you want to see in the world”, insisting that “change” cannot happen without first getting involved.

Rand spoke briefly of the increasing issue behind human trafficking, telling the audience that within the entire history of the world, there are more persons held under slavery today than there have ever been before.

Recently, the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research initiated the Freedom Project, which will focus on the 30 million people across the world who are held in bondage. The Freedom Project, though fairly new, serves as an example

correspondent @dailyathenaeum

‘Everybody is healing and hurting. So, start loving yourselves a little more.’

It’s rare that a world champion is a college classmate, but West Virginia University sophomore Jeremiah Parsons just won his second consecutive world archery title.

Parsons, a computer engineering student and the WVU Archery Team president, won the 2015 International Bowhunting Organization World Championship on Jan. 10 in Parma, Ohio.

“There’s a huge sense of pride bringing these championships home,” Parsons said. “I have been a Mountaineer for as long as I can remember, and it was great bringing it back to WVU. Hopefully we can now expand and spread the word on the archery program here at WVU.” Parsons, who hit 32 bullseyes out of 40 attempts, scored an impressive 430 points out of 440 points to win the world title in the “Hunter Class” division. His 17-year-old brother, Nathaniel Parsons, won the world championship title in the youth division that same day.

Jeremiah Parsons credits his father for introducing him to archery and supporting the brothers’ sport.

“I have been shooting since I was about 6 years old. My dad brought me home a little bow one day, and when the opportunity arose at my high school team I jumped on it and joined the team,” Jeremiah Parsons said. “I have been shooting ever since.”

Winning championships is not new for Jeremiah Parsons. At Parkersburg High School, he was a two-time

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Bob Marley’s granddaughter, Donisha Rita-Claire Prendergast speaks during ‘I Am The Change’ tour. for the student body to act on the injustices and wrongs they see in the world.

“Silence is a luxury that I cannot afford and you cannot afford,” Rand said. “Slavery is not history. Oppres-

sion is not history. This is our story, and together we have the power to change it.”

Mandela continued the panel discussion in his acknowledgments that with positive change, there must

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Two-time world champ for bowhunting

Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Bob Marley’s granddaughter speak at WVU staff writer @dailyathenaeum

“I appreciate smokefree areas because of secondhand smoke, but I don’t think it’s a serious issue, because people are going to do what they want to do regardless,” Ruebush said. “I don’t think the government should have any say in what they do.”

For more information on The American Lung Association or statistics concerning tobacco use in West Virginia, visit http:// stateoftobaccocontrol.org/ state-grades/west-virginia/.

be a willingness to sacrifice for the cause.

“Today, more than ever, we have to stand up. We talk about freedom, equality and

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state championship winner and a four-time all-state championship member.

This has led him to be one of the most well-respected archers in the world.

Parsons also credits the support of the WVU Archery Team’s members for helping him win his two world titles.

“The positive influence from my teammates who also competed during the championship was very helpful. As much hard work and determination we have put into it, it is great that we had a win and nice that we can bring this back to the state and West Virginia University,” Jeremiah Parsons said.

Jeremiah Parsons and the WVU Archery Team encourage anyone interested in the sport to come out and join the team. Freshman member Jack Barnes said from the very first time he met the team’s members, he felt welcomed.

“They didn’t make me feel like a freshman at all.

They are always willing to go out of their way to help anybody,” Barnes said.

The archery team practices one day per week during the winter season and two days per week during the spring at The Emporium on Green Bag Road in Morgantown. There is a small fee to ensure participation throughout the year.

Barnes also credits Jeremiah Parsons for helping him to become a better shooter.

“I always enjoy shooting next to Jeremiah. He makes me shoot so much better. He has worked very hard to shoot at the level he does now, and he is willing to teach those who are will-

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Local Government

City moves forward in appeal process for large truck ban, 2 vote against by caitlin coyne correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown’s City Council met Tuesday to discuss an action to move forward in the appeal process of a court decision concerning the truck ban for downtown Morgantown.

The ban, which would prohibit commercial trucks weighing 13 tons or more from traveling on downtown roads such as Beechurst Avenue and Spruce Street, was ruled “unenforceable” by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit on Dec.

16, 2014.

“I think we have to keep pursuing what we think is right for our citizens,” said Sixth Ward Council member Mike Fike. “To do anything else would be circumventing what the citizens of Morgantown want us to do.”

Ultimately, council members voted 5 to 2 in moving forward with the appeal process, with First Ward Council Member Ron Bane and Third Ward Council Member Wes Nugent on the opposition.

“I’d like to see a sustainable, long-lasting solution, and I don’t think this path is that,” Nugent said.

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Bane and Nugent were both adamant in their stances concerning the poor relationship between the City of Morgantown and the West Virginia Department of Highways.

“I want to make myself clear that I don’t want the trucks downtown, but I want to do this the right way,” said Bane, who believes the negative relationship with the DOH as a result of the heavy truck ban is effecting its attentiveness toward the City of Morgantown and the roads.

All council members aside from Nugent and Bane shared similar views on the

issue, expressing in some way that they owed this attempt of an appeal to the citizens since it won’t cost the city anything.

Council members also voted unanimously for a change of the address of Beech View Place from 351 Beechurst Ave. to 331 Beechurst Ave. The Council approved the progression of a plan to place a traffic light at the intersection of Oakland and University Avenues on Evansdale to control the future influx of traffic as a consequence of the opening of University Park, the new housing unit being built near Field-

crest Hall. The final vote stood 6 to 1, with Bane on the opposition.

Bane believes the addition of a new traffic light on University Avenue will have a huge blowback on the city, leading to the implementation of several lights instead of just the one.

City manager Jeff Mikorski explained that studies done on predicted traffic after the opening of University Park could lead to almost an hour wait time at the intersection without the light.

Fike also voiced his support on the issue, saying the light will have a positive in-

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fluence on all pedestrians in the area.

Other issues discussed at the meeting centered on changing Morgantown ordinances to be in line with the new state standards, including a new policy that pushes bicyclists to act under the same regulations as motorists and an amendment that allows only administration to object to city projects instead of regular citizens.

The next City Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in City Hall. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Insomnia Cookies soon available in Morgantown by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Insomnia Cookies will soon be moving into University Place in Sunnyside.

Formerly known to some West Virginia Univeristy students as a food truck set up near campus, Insomnia Cookies’ new residence is proof of its growing popularity.

The late-night bakery, originally founded in 2003 by then University of Pennsylvania student Seth Berkowitz, was named one of the top businesses started in college by the Huffington Post alongside companies such as Google, Time Magazine and Facebook.

In his college dorm room, Berkowitz baked cookies with the help of his business partner, Jared Barnett, who delivered them to dorms nearby. Now, the company produces cookies all over the east coast.

Buyers can choose from a wide variety of cookies including snickerdoodle, chocolate peanut butter chunk and s’mores deluxe.

Other menu items include brownies and cookie cakes.

Also featured on the menu is a “cookiewich” that allows you to choose two cookies to slab a scoop of icecream in between.

Customers can also mix a variety of candies into the icecream to put between their cookiewich or to create an “a la mode” entree.

If you’re fresh out of milk, Insomnia Cookies thought of that too.

The bakery will deliver until 3 a.m. A “cookie tracker” on the website will allow customers to watch their order progress from closing the oven door to leaving the store.

As if Insomnia Cookies’ mission to deliver sweets to the needy, night owls of Morgantown wasn’t philanthropic enough, the company also supports local fundraising efforts.

Upon approval of an organization’s application, the bakery provides cookie donations or cookies at a discounted price for a charity’s efforts, which could ultimately benefit WVU student organizations who struggle to extract money from their thinly walleted classmates.

Meanwhile, WVU students eagerly await for the newest installation of latenight eateries.

Though Alissa Miranda, a junior WVU student, has never heard of Insomnia Cookies, the news of its coming to campus is thrilling to her.

“That actually sounds amazing,” Miranda said

upon receiving the news that such a place existed.

“I think students are going to love it, especially since it’s different from places like Casa or Pita Pit. It really gives a different spin to your typical late-night, greasy food.”

WVU student Jason Ehule reacted similarly to his introduction to Insomnia Cookies.

“That is an amazing idea,” Ehule said. “I think I would fall in love.”

Still, there are skeptics that see Insomnia Cookies as little more than a fad.

“This is a town of kids playing, pretending to be adults, so in theory, what could be more successful than a business that delivers milk and cookies to their doors at all hours of the night? But while it might have a sting of success for a brief time, as soon as the luster of delivered cookies wears off, the business isn’t going to thrive,” said Ashleigh Kman, a former WVU student and employee at Buffalo Wild Wings. “A lot of kids don’t have the money to spend $10 on processing and delivery fee and tip to get two cookies. They might as well just walk to the B.P. or Dairy Mart and get one for 99 cents.” uwosh.edu

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Jury: Toyota must pay $11M to victims of fatal crash MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury decided on Tuesday that the design of the 1996 Toyota Camry had a dangerous defect that was partly to blame for a fatal 2006 crash, and the automaker must pay nearly $11 million to victims.

Jurors said the company was 60 percent to blame for the accident, which left three people dead and two seriously injured. But they also found that Koua Fong Lee, who has long insisted he tried to stop his car before it slammed into another vehicle, was 40 percent at fault.

Lee, his family members, the family of a girl who died, and two people who were seriously injured sued Toyota Motor Corp. in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis. The lawsuit alleged the crash was caused by an acceleration defect in Lee’s vehicle, but Toyota argued there was no design defect and that Lee was negligent.

“No amount of money ... will bring my life back, my life is not the same anymore,” Lee said after the verdict, adding that he wanted the victims and their families to know: “I tried everything I could to stop my car.”

Toyota released a statement saying the company respects the jury’s decision but believes the evidence clearly showed the vehicle wasn’t the accident’s cause. The company said it will study the record and consider its legal options going forward.

After the 2006 wreck, Lee was convicted of vehicular homicide and sentenced to prison. He won a new trial after reports surfaced about sudden acceleration in some Toyotas, and questions were raised about the adequacy of his defense. Prosecutors opted against a retrial and he went free after spending 2½

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Koua Fong Lee stood with his wife Panghoua Moua, right, and attorney Bob Hilliard, left, following a verdict in the Toyota liability trial outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 3. years behind bars. He later be damaged under heat and defect in the design of the to the recalls of later-model sued.

1996 Camry. The company’s Toyotas. cause the throttle to stick.

The civil trial lasted three “This is what makes the car attorney, David Graves, sugHilliard said the verdict weeks, and jurors spent four go. This is what turns it into a gested that Lee was an inex- means that other 1996 Toytorpedo, a missile, a deadly perienced driver and mistook ota Camrys have defects, and full days deliberating. perhaps the National HighUnder Minnesota law, the weapon,” Hilliard said during the gas pedal for the brake. way the jury allocated fault his closing argument.

Toyota also noted that way Traffic Safety Adminismeans Toyota is responsible Toyota said there was no Lee’s car was never subject tration needs to take a look at for paying all damages, minus 40 percent of the amount providing a platform for Afawarded to Lee, said Lee’s ricans to create their own goals for the continent and attorney, Bob Hilliard. That Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 brings Toyota’s total liability to address issues, obstacles to $10.94 million. Lee will reand fears they see in their ing to learn,” Barnes said. justice. But what is freedom, own lives. ceive $750,000 of that total.

During the trial, Hilliard, “I can’t think of a guy who equality and justice? FreeAccording to the foundatold jurors there was a de- was more deserving of the dom comes with responsi- tion’s website, the organizabilities. Freedom does not tion is committed to pubfect in the car’s design. He win.” said the Camry’s auto-drive For more information come at an easy price. Many licizing a positive image of assembly could stick, and on the WVU Archery Team, people have died, many Africa around the world “in when tapped or pushed contact Jeremiah Parsons people were lost, and many order to change the mindwhile stuck, it could stick at jjparsons@mix.wvu.edu people were tortured, but set of young Africans” to again at a higher speed. He or visit the team’s Facebook still the struggle continues,” one that “instills and uplifts also accused Toyota of never page.

Mandela said. a heightened sense of pride conducting reliability tests on Mandela continued this and purpose.” nylon resin pulleys that could danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu sentiment by sharing words “I am the change befrom his legendary activ- cause I am fed up and I am ist grandfather, Nelson tired of hearing people talkMandela. ing about Africa as the bas“The old man, as I call ket case for charity. And so I him, said to cast off one’s thought, ‘No more.’ It is time chains is not enough, but to do something about it,” that we should live in a way Mandela said.

Prendergast, the third that enhances the freedom panelist to speak at the of others,” Mandela said.

Mandela began the Afri- event, advocated for the accan Rising Foundation af- ceptance of oneself and othVS ter his first trip to the U.S. in ers, arguing that these things 2001. During a much antic- must come first before any ipated trip to Disney World, strides can be made toward he said that he had been ap- bettering a community. proached by an employee “We must recognize ourthere about the size of lions selves before anybody can in South Africa. recognize us,” Prender“I told him I didn’t know gast said. “We’ve inherited how big they got because I so much: joys, pains, brudid not work at a zoo,” Man- tal histories. How do we dela said. “Even in London, move forward through that they asked us about the se- pain? Healing you is where curity and how dangerous we must start; healing each it was in my country. It was other. Everybody is healing then that I realized people and hurting. So, start loving had a very limited knowl- yourselves a little more.” edge of Africa based on stoPrendergast took a mories they were hearing in the ment to reflect on the upmedia.” coming birthday of her relThrough the Africa Rising ative on Feb. 6.

Foundation, Mandela said “He (Marley) was 36 that he aims to interview Af- years old when he died. I ricans across all industries am thirty. That means, in six and backgrounds about years now I would be gone, if how they would like to de- I was him,” Prendergast said. fine the “African dream,” The discussion ended

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the car, while owners of those vehicles need to make sure they are safe.

“I am 100 percent convinced in my heart and mind that there is a defect in this Camry, and that this defect caused this accident,” he said.

The crash killed the driver of the other vehicle, Javis Trice-Adams Sr., and his 9-year-old son, Javis Adams Jr. They were not part of this case.

Trice-Adams’ 6-year-old niece, Devyn Bolton, was paralyzed and died in October 2007. The jury awarded her estate $4 million.

Trice-Adams’ daughter, Jassmine Adams, who was 12 at the time, was seriously injured, as was his father, Quincy Ray Adams. Jassmine Adams was awarded $4 million, and Quincy Adams was awarded $1.25 million. Lesser damages were awarded to Lee and four family members who were in his car at the time.

Terrell Damar Adams, a cousin of Javis Adams Sr., called the verdict a blessing.

“I think it’s kind of amazing that they found Toyota at fault,” he said, but added that the monetary award “doesn’t bring back our family.” with a powerful question and answer session that brought about further discussions about terrorism and how Americans typically paint other cultures and religions as a threat to their way of life.

“It’s a shame that you see the media in America dehumanizing the Arab people, because we are all people at the end of the day. We are all people because of other people,” Mandela said. “We need to bridge the gap and show that there is nothing to be afraid of. Invite people from other countries and backgrounds to a cultural or family event you are having, so that they can see and learn from you.”

The panelists’ call for change has sounded, but the impression they want to leave most on students is that change does not only come from large numbers— it comes from within.

“There are injustices taking place everywhere all the time, but the power lies within you. You have to make the choice as to what kind of world will your children be living in. It is our duty to educate them and break down myths. We need to be the ones because we are in a privileged position of being in a place of higher learning. Let us not only benefit ourselves, but our community and the people that surround us,” Mandela said.

“Nothing will change without us being part of that change. If you want something done, you have to do it yourself.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

A&E Africa Week: ‘Beats of the Motherland’ 3

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AFRICA WEEK 2015 EVENTS

by Ally Litten

A&E COrrespondent @dailyathenaeum

WED: “Africa: the Growth Continent for the 21st Century” Discussion Panel 6 - 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room

The Gluck Theatre was filled with a diverse crowd for Beats of the Motherland, Tuesday night. Put on

by West Virginia University’s African Students Association, Beats of the Motherland incorporated music, poetry and dance in the program to celebrate African culture.

Students filled the seats of the theater and learned about the unique characteristics of African culture. Samuel Asante, host for the evening, presented students from many different African countries, who portrayed their culture through performing arts.

Rebecca Berhanu started off the program with an Ethiopian prayer. She then sang a song while the lively audience clapped along.

“It is all about the clapping in African music,” Berhanu said.

Teboho Mabuka, president of the African Students Association, , followed with an African poem. Although her work of art was a poem, she incorporated singing and shouting.

The audience was then entertained by Asante who had them repeat an African language back to h i m .

T h e audience w a s filled w i t h incredibly respectful and interactive participants.

THURS: ”Meet The Africans” 6 - 8 p.m. in 230 BUE FRI: “Taste of Africa Potluck” 7 - 9 p.m. in E. Moore Hall

Next on stage was Kimelle Ash, who rocked the house with two soulful songs reflecting on African culture and southern black history.

“My favorite part of the show was definitely Kimelle Ash,” said junior Austin Crouse. “She was a great singer and performer.”

Up next on stage was African Student Association Vice President Justina Debrah-Afful. Debrah-Afful graced the stage with charisma and charm by sharing a touching poem she wrote about her “African wounds”.

During a brief intermission, the African Students Association put out a nachos bar for the audience to enjoy.

Asante returned to the stage and gave away two Africa Night tickets to the participants who could correctly answer African culture questions.

After two lucky winners claimed their tickets, another ASA member performed an African song on a saxophone, accompanied by a keyboardist.

The final act of the evening was a tribal dance performed by the Rwandese Female Dance Group. The group consisted of four females in long, beautiful tribal dresses. Toward the end of the song, two men came on stage in long, cheetah print skirts and white button-up shirts. It was definitely a unique experience.

“The Rwandese Female Dance Group was by far my fav o r i t e,” s a i d s t u d e nt Ti a na Hall.

The Rwandese Female Dance Group seemed to be enjoyed by everyone in the audience. Much applause was heard ringing through the Gluck Theatre.

African Students Association PR director Stephany Nti also enjoyed the Rwandese dancing.

“The Rwandese dancing is my favorite part of the program,” Nti said.

“It is probably the most Africanesque component of the Beats of the Motherland production.”

Africa Night features a fashion show, music, dancing and food portraying African culture. It will be held Feb. 21 in the Mountainlair Ballroom.

The African Students Association will be selling early bird tickets for $12 in the Mountainlair today at 3:30 p.m.

After Feb. 4, tickets will be $15.

For more information on Africa Night or the African Students Association, visit asa.studen-torgs.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Workout Wednesday

After you exercise:

The importance of a good cool-down ness you may be experiencing. Overall, a relaxing cooldown will keep your energy A&e Writer elevated throughout the day for a stronger, healthier All those reps have most mindset. of your muscles burning up, 1. Walk a Lap: Walking so here’s something to cool a lap will help slowly ease them down!

After a tough routine, it’s your heart rate down and easy to throw in the towel reduce the strain on your and crash, but you could cardiovascular system. Idebe missing out on a vital ally, you want to return your part of your workout. Add- heart rate to somewhere ing a quick five-minute cool- around 100 to 120 beats per down to your normal routine minute. helps your body properly 2. Stretch: After your mustransition from working cles are warm, you have the to resting by incorporat- best chance of increasing ing small, gentle exercises. your flexibility. Grab a mat Cooling down can reduce and do a simple split-stretch, stress on your heart as it tries pulling firmly through the to return to a normal, resting backs of your legs and shoulrate. It can also help prevent ders for optimal resistance. that post-workout dizzi3. Grab Some Protein:

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About 30 minutes after your routine, have a protein shake to restore the nutrients to your muscles. Your body is at an ideal metabolizing period to continue building muscle even after you leave the gym.

4. Yoga: Grabbing a mat and doing some simple yoga poses can help your body wind down and your muscles stretch out. A cobra pose or a child’s pose can help your body ease into recovery mode and increase flexibility.

5. Hydrate: This definitely isn’t the first time you’ve heard this, but that’s be- Yoga is an excellent cool-down exercise. It stretches your tired muscles and improves flexibility. cause it’s crucial. A hard workout will drain your even help alleviate muscle body of proper hydration, soreness. so drinking water before and after is essential. It can daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

MAC Glee’s Hooray for Hollywood Through singing, dancing and dazzling onstage antics, the Monongalia Arts Center Glee is hosting rehearsals today for its annual spring Hooray for Hollywood concert.

The MAC Glee ensemble is composed of adults with a passion for singing and performing. Sponsored by MAC, the Glee program has been in establishment for more than two years, allowing teens, students and adults to participate in the fun. The program runs at zero expense for actors, providing binders to those involved, filled with the music of each performance and CDs featuring recordings of every song.

MAC Glee hosts concerts in the fall, winter and spring. With around 30 actors and actresses, each production sees its share of diverse performers. Michele Vidulich, member of MAC Glee chorus, said anyone can come out for rehearsals and join the fun, regardless of whether or not they are pursuing a music degree. Rehearsals are open to the public and potential performers can meet the director and showcase their singing abilities without the pressure of a formal audition.

“As long as you can hold a tune, sing on pitch and you like to sing, we’d love to have you,” Vidulich said.

This spring’s production has been coined Hooray for Hollywood and will officially be performed in the Tanner Theatre of the MAC Sunday, May 3. Directed

by Ken Godwin, Hooray for Hollywood is expected to feature Broadway songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein and MGM movie music. Admission into Hooray for Hollywood is free, but guests have the option to leave donations to the MAC at the door.

Vidulich said MAC Glee is a low-pressure way to have fun and share laughs with good people and encourages WVU students to partake in the fun in its backyard.

“We would love to get the students involved,” Vidulich said. “There’s a lot of talent in the WVU community and we’d like to tap into some of that.”

Rehearsals for MAC Glee’s Hooray for Hollywood concert will take place in the Tanner Theatre of the MAC today from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information on MAC Glee, visit facebook.com/macgleemorgantown.

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OPINION

Wednesday February 4, 2015

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W.Va. missing the mark on tobacco Since 2012, West Virginia University has been a tobacco free campus. Yet as many students will tell you, this has done little to change students’ attitudes toward tobacco use. While students are pressured to leave the immediate vicinity of the campus, the air quality on the perimeter of campus is extremely lacking.

In a recent scoring by the American Lung Association, West Virginia received a failing grade in almost all forms of tobacco control. As a news article in today’s edition of The Daily Athenaeum explains, West Virginia is underspending (based on a recommendation by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention) by more than $20 million when it comes to tobacco control.

As a state, we received an

“F” in tobacco prevention.

Our highest grade in the scoring was in smoke-free air; it was a “D.” We are failing in protecting the health of our citizens by having such lax regulations in regard to secondhand smoke.

It is important to keep in mind tobacco use is a personal choice. However, the choice is no longer personal once we are standing on the street corner and exposing those around us to second hand smoke.

While the University has made this effort to encourage and sway students away from tobacco use, it is clear the effort is still too little. As the flagship University for the state, many of the state’s residents look to WVU for news and trends in education. When we have a rule so poorly enforced, what does this say about the nature of change we promote?

Not only does the University need to enforce the ban it has put in place, but it also needs to hold those breaking the rules accountable and make it clear why bans such as these are necessary.

WVU should set an example for the state. We need to show residents how changing this scoring is critical to the University and should be critical to the entire state. Too often, West Virginia is associated with negative issues such as this and other major health downfalls. It is time for this to change.

Instead of being the punchline, let us all strive to make West Virginia the example of which other states should look up to and admire for innovation and progress. nbcnews.com

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Why your vote matters in the WVU SGA election elise cowgill guest columnist @cecowgill

Let’s face it—if you or a friend aren’t involved with West Virginia University’s Student Government Association, you probably couldn’t care less about it.

Sure, you may have stood before the board to receive grant money for your favorite student organization. Maybe you attended a meeting once on a whim or for extra credit or got a free hot dog or taco from freezing campaigners outside of Towers last year. Other than that, how much do you really know about SGA? SGA elections are looming again, which means walking through the Mountainlair is once again a giant game of “avoid eye contact at all costs,” so you won’t be harassed by people begging you to sign their clipboards.

But beyond the realm of bugging you for your John Hancock, what are these

people going to do? Why should it matter to you whether or not they get their signatures, or frankly, who wins? Why should food and product bribes not determine your vote—if, in fact, you can be bothered to approach the polls at all?

WVU SGA has a bit more power than most people realize. Other than involvement in SGA, the only real place from which to glean this information is the dry skeleton of the Constitution and Bylaws on the SGA website.

The person elected as the Student Body President does more than merely take control of the board and appointed officials. He or she also sits on the WVU Board of Governors as the representative of the student body. The President is your voice to the people who make huge decisions about everything you can imagine—construction projects, naming new colleges within the University, Fallfest, the rates of tuition—things about which you deserve to

have a say. just talk about the elephant listed as one of those who The governors vote on the doing the Macarena in the won. More than likely, you allocation of a large grant room—is some governors then never gave it a second budget for various student simply do nothing after be- thought. organizations. SGA takes ing elected. It’s hard to take There are two problems care of SALA—Student Ad- the election process seri- wrong with this scenario. vocates for Legislative Ad- ously when the results have When you vote, you need to vancement—which does not always been fruitful. select a President and Vice things like go to the capital However, this problem can President pair, 15 candito meet with legislators and be improved upon with the dates for the Board of Govadvocate ernors and two Athletic issues diThe President is your voice to the Councilrectly afors. If you fecting people who make huge decisions students. only knew about everything you can imagine— In adthe views of one candidition, construction projects, naming new date, there’s the BOG colleges within the University, Fallfest, the passes resa good rates of tuition—things about which you olutions chance you ra n d o m l y w h i c h deserve to have a say. selected c a r r y names for weight with the University’s involvement of the student the rest of your ballots— meaning your votes didn’t Board—if a resolution body in a couple of ways.

Let’s say you were co- necessarily reflect those unanimously passes on a certain issue, it’s pretty erced into visiting the polls candidates who may have clear the WVU Student Body last March—maybe the deserved them. is behind the idea. While it cute guy from your bio class Other than being fully may not seem like much, it’s asked you to walk with him educated before you vote, something that can make or you really believed in the what else can you do? or break a decision on the ideas of one candidate. You How about following up fence—a task that shouldn’t cast your vote, and you nod- with your favorite candibe taken lightly. ded at the newspaper when date who was elected? Do The other problem—let’s you saw his or her name you have any idea whether

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he or she fulfilled campaign promises? As the student body who elects your officials, you have the power to hold them accountable.

If your elected officials are held accountable, they’ll get much more accomplished.

They’ll be motivated by both fear of failure and the desire to prove to you they’re working.

This year, three full tickets have taken shape. This means 45 Governor-hopefuls and 6 would-be ACs are roaming the Mountainlair, hoping for your time. As someone who worked heavily on an SGA campaign last year, I promise you, you have no idea what kind of time commitment they’re willing to make to try to get elected—some of those people won’t sleep more than three hours per night until the results are in.

This is your student government—be a part of putting it to work for you. It’ll affect you more than you think. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Increased life expectancy presents host of new problems for future

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As a 21-year-old, I don’t dwell on mortality much. Of course it crosses my mind, but between dealing with the day-to-day drama, it typically doesn’t register on my radar. Last week I had an encounter which made me reflect on the topic. With the life expectancy increasing on a global scale, numerous unprecedented issues are beginning to arise. These issues affect us all, even if we’re still barely old enough to rent a car.

To briefly sum up my encounter, I was approached at work by a Jehovah’s Witness with a stack of pamphlets.

Seeing as how I was trapped behind a counter, I had little choice but to listen to a spiel

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about how unnatural it is for humans to die before 100 years old. The man talked about how in the Bible they lived for hundreds of years, and then asked “Wouldn’t you like to live hundreds of years?”

For selfish reasons—like not wanting to be trapped in an elderly body for longer than necessary— I said no. Living to be 300 is obviously not realistic, but by the same token, living to be 100 probably seemed miraculous to people hundreds of years ago. The life expectancy shows no sign of slowing down, and there are going to be worldwide implications. Until we find a way to improve the quality of life for senior citizens living longer than ever before, I don’t think a longer life is necessarily a great thing.

According to World

Crunch, there will be almost 800 million people over the age of 65 by 2025. In higherincome countries, women are now on average living to 82 and men to 76. Factors contributing to the lengthening life expectancy include lower rates of children dying before their fifth birthday, improvements in heart disease and stroke mortality, among many others.

The life expectancy continues to rise. Just since 1990, an average increase of nine years has been tacked on to a lifespan, according to WHO. That’s a pretty significant amount of extra time to be living; and of course it can be seen as more time to spend with loved ones, enjoy retirement and devote to hobbies. But that’s not what’s happening.

The largest-ever study of the global burden of disease

was published in the Lancet medical journal in 2013.

The study found humans are living longer, but in worse health. Illness and disability are taking a greater toll now compared to 20 years ago with problems such as sight and hearing loss, musculoskeletal pain and mental illness.

At the same time the elderly population is dramatically rising, the number of births per woman is dropping. This translates to less people being able to care for this burgeoning segment of society who are particularly vulnerable and dependent.

So although the life expectancy is growing, the quality of life has yet to catch up.

Many of us are too concerned with finding our first job to even think about retirement, but the increased life expectancy is making

a big impact on this arena.

The widely accepted age of retirement was 65 until very recently, but now it almost seems to be the exception to retire that young. It’s going to be much harder for us millennials to get our foot in the door, career-wise, when someone has been holding the position we want for 40 years and shows no sign of leaving.

However, it’s a doubleedged sword: If seniors do indeed retire at 65, then the length of retirement time has basically doubled. Along with that comes the doubling of costs in supporting these retirees. We don’t have a financial model in place to sustain this shift in the population simply because of the novelty of the situation.

Most young people have heard from at least one cynical adult that Social Secu-

rity won’t be around to support us, and it’s intimidating to think about how our 401k is going to last if we’re living far longer than expected.

I think humans living longer is an accomplishment of our society as a whole, and of course it’s wonderful our grandparents may be around longer than ever.

However, our existing society is not prepared for the increase of a vulnerable and dependent population who will be living with disabilities and health problems for years. As more energy and resources are expended toward caring for the old, the young will definitely feel the societal consequences of the burden. Personally, I would overwhelmingly prefer quality of life over quantity. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Birdman’ up for best picture at Oscars NEW YORK (AP) — And the winner is ... a mouthful.

Though the full wingspan of the best-picture favorite at the Academy Awards is usually clipped down to simply "Birdman," the movie many think is destined to fly highest at the Oscars is officially titled "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)." If it were to win, it would be the longest-titled best-picture winner, as well as the most grammatically dubious.

Oscar night may come down to not only what name is read from the night's final envelope, but also how the winning film is said. Should either name be called, writer-director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu isn't quibbling.

"Better the full title, but honestly I understand we have to be practical," said Inarritu of his preference in a recent interview. "It's more practical to say `Birdman.' That's fine by me."

The Academy of Mo-

tion Pictures Arts and Sciences recognizes the film's full title in all its colorful plumage, even if most multiplex marquees don't.

The film's distributor, Fox Searchlight, has regularly fostered the natural shorthand while still honoring the artistic intentions of its filmmaker.

Since lengthy, oddly punctuated dual titles aren't exactly what marketers dream of, "Birdman" is how it's generally been promoted. But Fox Searchlight also presents the complete title on movie posters (albeit with the second title in much smaller type) and it urged critics reviewing the film to use the full title on first reference. (Inarritu acknowledges Searchlight has been "very cool" about his unorthodox title.)

The redundant parentheses of the title have annoyed more grammatically sensitive moviegoers. But the phrasing, of course, has a tradition: it takes

after Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," a best-picture nominee in 1965.

Speaking by phone during a day off from shooting "The Revenant," an early 1800s frontier thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Inarritu said he loved "Dr. Strangelove," but that the title of "Birdman" isn't a direct ode to it. Instead, he called the title "a wink to the audience" that suggests the playfulness of his film, a comedy about an actor in paranoid crisis.

Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, a Hollywood star famed for playing a feathered superhero trying to shed his public image by mounting a serious play on Broadway.

"The title itself should reflect how conflicted his mind is," said Inarritu. "I wanted to express that this is the moment this character goes into a territory that is not his, basi-

cally that he surrenders to himself."

Though beset by all manner of fears - from a hotshot young actor (Edward Norton) to an embittered critic - Riggan eventually finds peace with his raging ego, his "Birdman."

The subtitle is uttered late in the film at a moment of serenity.

Just as his protagonist is attempting a transition, Inarritu was, too, in making his first comedy, one stitched together seamlessly by lengthy, flowing shots. It's another dimension of the movie's "meta-reality" to the 51-year-old Mexican director, who compares his own foolhardiness to Riggan's.

"For me, it was jumping into an unknown territory, which is the comedy and shooting it in an unprecedented way," says Inarritu.

"I was jumping into something that I was very ignorant about how difficult it was."

It's not the first film title Inarritu has played around with. His last movie, the much more somber drama, "Biutiful," was named from a scene in which Javier Bardem's Uxbal instructs his daughter while she does her homework that "beautiful" is spelled "just the way it sounds."

But by any name, "Birdman" has resounded with critics and moviegoers. After taking the top honors from the acting and producing guilds, the film is seen as the most likely best-picture winner, just ahead of Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."

Inarritu has said his own out-of-control ego helped inspire "Birdman." An effect of all of the acclaim and Oscar love for his film could ironically be the swelling of his own Birdman, his own ego.

"Yes, the temptation for the ego is great," he says, adding he's been happily removed from much of it, working on "The Rev-

enant." "I haven't really been able to read those things, and that's mostly kept my ego very good.

I'm very happy what's happened with the film, but in a way, I haven't been looking at my own belly."

If "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" does triumph at the Oscars on Feb. 22, it will usurp "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" as the lengthiest-titled best picture winner. ("Argo" and "Gigi" tie for the shortest.)

It's still, however, a very long way off the film frequently cited for longest title: "Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D." That 1991 film, you'll be shocked to learn, didn't make it to the Academy Awards.

‘Most Likely To Succeed’ resonates with students PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — For all the hand-wringing about the American education system, for most families, the problems only become evident when it hits the home. At least that was the case for director Greg Whiteley (“Mitt”) who saw his vivacious, bright and engaged daughter nearly give up on the system in fourth grade.

“She decided that was it.

She sat me down and had a very serious talk. She said: `Look Dad, I just don’t think I need to go to school anymore,’” Whiteley said.

He and his w ife shrugged it off as a typical phase of adolescence and kept their daughter in school, but then things worsened. “As I forced her to go to school and just complete these math worksheets, I could see that something was dying in her,” he said.

In a somewhat fortuitous coincidence, around this time, Whiteley met longtime venture capitalist Ted Dintersmith, who then introduced him to “The Global Achievement Gap” author Tony Wagner.

Whiteley’s mission became clear: The problem was in the system, not the student.

In his film “Most Likely to Succeed,” Whiteley focuses in on an arbitrarily antiquated American education system that was designed for a very different economy and workforce.

“We’re setting ourselves up for national disaster,” Dintersmith said.

“For all of human history, the primary focus of education has been about acquiring more knowledge,” said Wagner in the

‘90s actor Paulk arrested on DUI PHOENIX (AP) — A former child star on the 1990s sitcom "Moesha" was arrested in Arizona on Super Bowl Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of marijuana, authorities said Tuesday.

Marcus Paulk, 28, was pulled over early in the morning in Scottsdale after driving "dangerously close" to a fire truck and two police cars stopped on the side of the road with their emergency lights flashing, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.

He smelled of alcohol and had a bag of marijuana in his pocket, the arresting deputy reported.

Paulk is best known for his role on the UPN family comedy "Moesha," which ran from 1996 to 2001 and featured pop star Brandy. It's unclear if he was in the Phoenix area for Super Bowl festivities, where several celebrities made appearances.

Paulk, who lives in Woodland Hills, California, told the deputy he smoked pot earlier in the day and drank Hennessy cognac before driving, authorities said. His bloodalcohol content registered at

film. “Today, content is ubiquitous. It’s free. It’s on every Internet-connected device.”

Drawing on a combination of expert opinions and an examination of the history of U.S. education, Whiteley finds hope in one San Diego, Calif., high school: High Tech High, which focuses on project-based learning and not just content memorization.

At Sundance, Dintersmith and Whiteley attended a community screening of the film with

500 area students. Much to their surprise, all were engaged.

“We were worried they’d be bored. Documentaries don’t usually resonate with high school students.

But watching from the back, no cellphone ever came out, no kid left to go to the bathroom, no side conversations happened,” Dintersmith said.

When the film concluded, the audience then engaged in a 45-minute video conference Q&A with the High Tech High class that the film focuses

on. “It looked like every hand was up,” Dintersmith said.

“In talking to the kids after the screening, it’s clear they’re desperate for this film,” Whiteley said.

“Our strategy from the beginning has been to make a movie as viewed and as powerful as `An Inconvenient Truth’ but not botch the followup,” Dintersmith said.

The filmmakers are hoping to inspire community screenings and show the film throughout the country later this year.

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A judge set bail at $2,000.

The sheriff's office said Tuesday that Paulk had been released.

Shirley Wilson and Associates, which represents Paulk, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A Los Angeles native, Paulk made numerous TV appearances as a child actor before landing the role of Myles Mitchell on "Moesha," which was set in South Central Los

Angeles. Brandy played Moesha, and Myles was her smartmouthed kid brother.

The series was a hit for the UPN network, ending with a forever-to-beunresolved cliffhanger: Myles was the victim of a kidnapping.

Paulk's films include the 1997 "One Night Stand," starring Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey Jr., and the 2006 "Take the Lead," starring Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard.

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Senior guard Juwan Staten goes up for a layup during the Mountaineers’ first game against the Sooners this season in January.

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No. 15 West Virginia gets blasted in Norman, loses to No. 21 Oklahoma 71-52 by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Although junior guard Buddy Hield looked like the most prolific scorer in the Big 12 Conference, the No. 21 Oklahoma Sooners who dominated No. 15 West Virginia 71-52 at the Lloyd Noble Center Tuesday appeared to be a completely different team than the one that came to Morgantown and left with a 21-point loss last month.

The Sooners completely flipped the script on West Virginia during the sec-

ond meeting between the teams. Oklahoma handled the Mountaineers’ press with ease, knocked down high quality looks and refused to let West Virginia get out in transition.

When teams have been able to have success against the Mountaineers this season it has been using the formula Oklahoma exploited Tuesday: space the floor, move without the ball on offense and try to keep West Virginia in the half court on defense.

Shooting for a high percentage from the floor has been a persistent issue

for West Virginia all season. Coming into Tuesday night’s matchup with Oklahoma, the Mountaineers ranked No. 9 in the Big 12 in team field goal percentage.

That trend continued in Norman. West Virginia endured an ice cold shooting night, finishing 21-for-61 from the floor (34.4 percent) and 5-for-26 (19.2 percent) from beyond the arc. The Sooners forced the Mountaineers to work to create their own shots, and it paid off.

With a margin close to plus-10 coming into this

game, West Virginia has made a living off turnovers this season. The Mountaineers turned Oklahoma over 22 times in the teams’ first meeting this year, but the Sooners kept their poise much better in their home arena.

Oklahoma beat West Virginia at its own game Tuesday, ending up with a 15-13 advantage in turnovers.

Outside of senior guards Juwan Staten and Gary Browne, West Virginia struggled to find any kind of production. Staten and Browne scored 15 and 12 points respectively, but

were the only Mountaineers in double figures on the night.

The story was much different for Oklahoma. Four Sooners registered double digit scoring nights, including 21 points from Hield.

As a team, Oklahoma shot the lights out in its own gym. The Sooners were held to 42 percent shooting during their loss in Morgantown, but went 27-for-44 (61.4 percent) Tuesday. A lot of those shots were from pointblank range on the heels of breaking through West Virginia’s pressure.

With the loss, West Virginia’s three-game conference winning streak was snapped. The Mountaineers drop to 18-4 overall and 6-3 in the Big 12. The road ahead doesn’t get any easier as No. 19 Baylor comes to the WVU Coliseum Saturday for a noon tip-off.

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Sophomore forward Devin Williams puts back a rebound during a game earlier this season.

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All season long, West Virginia’s bench has been contributing to the team’s success, as head coach Bob Huggins’ team has shown solid depth.

Last night against No. 21 Oklahoma, Huggins’ bench was tested, specifically at the forward position.

Sophomore forward Devin Williams, a usual starter, did not start in Huggins’ normal five. Williams apparently fell ill prior to the start of the game.

Williams is the Moun-

taineers’ second leading scorer—he’s averaging 11.3 points and eight rebounds per game.

In West Virginia’s game last weekend against Texas Tech, Williams paved the way with 18 points.

During this recent stretch of games, Williams has begun to heat up and become a major factor inside the paint for West Virginia.

Redshirt freshman Elijah Macon started in Williams’ place against the Sooners.

Macon has seen sparse time over the course of the season and hasn’t been nearly as productive as Williams.

Macon copped two fouls

early and ended up on the bench in the first half, but did finish the game with eight points.

This left Huggins to play Brandon Watkins early on.

Watkins is another player who hasn’t seen significant playing time this season.

“Elijah and Brandon should be better because they’re bouncier, longer and have the ability to block shots—(abilities) that Devin doesn’t have,” Huggins said during his postgame radio interview.

Watkins contributed very little as well. He was often beat on defense, scored only one point and had no

rebounds.

Billydee Williams and sophomore Nathan Adrian were the other favorites to play the unlikely hero for the missing Devin Williams.

Adrian only scored three points, while Billydee Williams only muscled up two.

Billydee Williams, however, did manage to snag four rebounds.

Earlier in the season, West Virginia pummeled Oklahoma, but last night the Sooners returned the favor, stomping the Mountaineers 71-52.

Devin Williams saw no game action against the Sooners. His absence was

felt and his presence beneath the basket was sorely missed. “(Where) it really hurts us (not having Devin Williams) is at half court,” Huggins said on his postgame radio interview. “He can step out and make a 15-footer where other guys struggle at that.”

Huggins also noted that Devin Williams’ presence in the press was missed as well.

“It impacts our press because generally he’s our back guy,” Huggins said in his radio interview. “He’s generally the guy back there and he’s gotten better at not

letting guys shoot uncontested shots. He’s the best we got back there.”

West Virginia was outscored inside the paint, 3822, against the Sooners.

The entire loss cannot be pinned entirely on Devin Williams not playing. The Sooners shot 61.4 percent while West Virginia only shot 34.4 percent.

However, this blowout loss to Oklahoma without Devin Williams said a lot.

Devin Williams needs to be on the court if West Virginia wants to contend for a Big 12 title. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday February 4, 2015

women’s basketball

WVU takes on the Horned Frogs tonight SPECIAL NOTICES

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SPECIAL SERVICES WVU’s Linda Stepney fighting for the ball against Kansas State in a game earlier this season.

by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

On the heels of a crucial Big 12 win over Oklahoma, the West Virginia Mountaineers women’s basketball team will conclude their two-game home stand Wednesday night when they take on TCU at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum.

West Virginia’s win Sunday afternoon was its second over a ranked team, as Oklahoma was ranked No. 24 in the nation at the time of the game. The win furthered the Mountaineers’ effort to turn around their fortunes after a 0-4 start to Big 12 play, pushing them to 3-6 in the conference, with

nine games left to play in the regular season.

The season hasn’t quite gone according to plan for the defending Big 12 regular season champions but having finally put together a few wins in conference play, the team still feels they can make an NCAA push as they approach the end of the season.

“I know we can,” said Linda Stepney, senior point guard. “I tell the media all the time we have to pick it up soon. We have to start collecting wins soon. I still think we can win the (conference) tournament, we still can make the NCAA Tournament. We still can make a big run. This conference is so balanced, you

can’t pick a team and say that they’re going to win this.”

Having hit the midway point of the conference season, Wednesday’s game against TCU will mark the beginning of the home stretch of the Mountaineers’ season. A series of critical conference games that will decide whether West Virginia can sneak into the NCAA Tournament despite their earlier troubles will take place.

The Mountaineers will face off with TCU for the first time this season on Wednesday. West Virginia hasn’t lost to TCU since joining the Big 12 Conference two years ago, winning all four of their games by a

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combined 26 points.

This year’s TCU team owns one of the most porous defenses in the Big 12, and owing mainly to their striking lack of size, they’re the worst rebounding team in the conference. But they make up for their smaller stature with quickness, energy and 3-point shooting.

Led by 5-foot-6 point guard Zahna Medley, the Horned Frogs have gotten off to a surprising 5-4 start in conference play.

TCU has done it with a mainly veteran roster adjusting to an all-new coaching staff, after former Fresno State coach Raegan Pebley took over the program this offseason after head coach Jeff Mittie left to take the

head job at Kansas State. Pebley’s squad is coming off an upset victory over Texas on Saturday, and additionally holds conference victories over Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma State twice.

For the Horned Frogs, Medley is the key to everything. The junior leads TCU in points and assists, and she’s the most dangerous long-range threat on a team with three players shooting over 36 percent from beyond the arc. West Virginia has the size to control the game inside, so they’ll need to lock down the perimeter – or else TCU might bomb their way to a win in Morgantown. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Big 12 No. 1 conference in women’s basketball by nicole curtin

associate sports editor @nicolec_WVU

There are nine remaining games in the regular season for WVU’s women’s basketball team. With their record at 13-8 overall, 3-6 in the Big 12, the Mountaineers need to take advantage of their remaining schedule. Right now the Big 12 is the No. 1 in conference RPI and 60 percent of the league’s teams are in the top 62 NCAA RPI. TCU is not going to be an easy opponent by any means for them tonight.

Both teams are pretty evenly matched in terms of shooting and scoring. West Virginia did have a great win over Oklahoma who was ranked No. 24 over the weekend, which may give them a boost going into their upcoming matchups.

Following the Horned

Frogs, WVU travels to Ames this weekend for a rematch against the Iowa State Cyclones. Iowa State has posted some impressive wins along with close losses, but got demolished at Baylor in mid-January, 79-49. This week the Sooners are playing Iowa State in Norman, Okla., so they have a chance to bounce back after losing to West Virginia over the weekend.

Kansas is in almost the same boat as West Virginia with a record of 12-10 overall, 3-6 in the Big 12. Most recently they took a loss to Baylor but prior to that, the Jayhawks racked up their wins against Texas Tech, West Virginia and Iowa State.

Before the Jayhawks come to WVU for a rematch they will have played Texas Tech again and Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls join

Kansas and West Virginia in the club of only three conference wins thus far. Oklahoma State has lost to Kansas State, WVU, TCU and Oklahoma but dominated Texas Tech and K-State while at home.

On Feb. 15, the Mountaineers will have a tough challenge against Baylor in Waco. The Lady Bears hold the best record in the league with 20 wins and one loss, a perfect 8-0 in the Big 12. In their last game against West Virginia, they barely got away with a win of 66-62.

Although Baylor may be the highest ranked team WVU faces this regular season, it does not mean the test will end. After Waco, the Mountaineers will be at home for games against Oklahoma State and Iowa State and then will travel to TCU the following week.

Bringing up the end of

the regular season, West Virginia faces Texas in its last home game and Kansas State in the final game of the season.

Texas freshman Ariel Atkins is the national Freshman of the Week selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, and she earned the same award this week in the Big 12. The Longhorns are fairing well this season, with a 15-5 overall and 4-5 in the conference. With wins over Kansas, WVU, Iowa State and No. 24 Oklahoma, Texas is holding on to fourth place for the league.

Kansas State is also fighting for a sixth place position boasting a record of 13-7 and 3-6 in the Big 12. Their three conference wins came from Texas Tech, Oklahoma State and Kansas.

In Big 12 fashion, all of these teams have the power

to compete with each other and win if they play hard.

This is something West Virginia has been trying to accomplish since coming out of the winter break and has been successful with a few times.

This is the only conference where every team has at least three wins, a winning record and have all reached double digit wins.

The league standings are Baylor in first place, Oklahoma in second, Iowa State and TCU tied for third place, Texas in fourth, K-State, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Kansas are all tied for sixth place. With these next few weeks of play there will be some serious weeding out in the conference as the 10 teams begin to post more wins and move the rankings around a bit. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

club hockey

LaDuke continues to perform on the ice by dj deskins

correspondent @Dailyathenaeum

Growing up only hours from the Canadian border, Zachary LaDuke had a relationship with hockey from a very early age.

LaDuke started playing hockey when he was only 3 or 4, but likely picked up a stick long before that. His father was an NCAA Division 1 hockey referee and encouraged his sons to play the sport.

“He was my coach for about three-fourths of my playing career,” LaDuke said. “He was definitely a big influence.”

At the age of 12, the LaDukes moved to Latrobe,

Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Zack continued playing locally and on travel teams until he enrolled in his local high school.

He found much success there, winning three state championships in his first three seasons at the AA level. However, he and his fellow seniors were unable to complete a clean sweep during their high school careers.

When LaDuke became a senior, he decided to pursue a degree in pharmacy, but wanted to play hockey at the collegiate level at the same time.

“There’s only so many pharmacy s c h o o l s ,” LaDuke said. “I had to choose that first then nar-

row it down to places that had both.”

LaDuke has become an integral part of the Mountaineers’ game plan over the past few seasons, especially in the offensive zone.

“Relentless, extremely skilled and an absolute team competitor,” said Head Coach Kyle Richards on LaDuke’s style of play.

“He loves to compete and will do anything to help the team win.”

LaDuke currently ranks second on the team in points with 30 in just 28 games. Both he and Richards believe it’s due to a strong chemistry he’s developed with teammates, particularly line mate Trey Bracy who ranks first on

the team with 33 points.

“I’ve been on a line with Trey probably three out of four years,” LaDuke said.

“We’ve created a pretty good sense of where each other are on the ice and are playing really well together this year.”

“Any big situation during the game, Zack is usually one of the guys I’ll go to,” Richards said. “Whether it’s a goal or to stop a goal, score on a penalty shot, pretty much anything – he’s the first one I’m looking to. I think he’s arguably one of the top three players in our league. In terms of other top guys we’ve played throughout the country, skill wise, I think he’s right along with all of

them.”

As WVU enters its final stretch of the regular season, it faces arguably the toughest portion of the schedule. LaDuke is keeping the mentality to take it one game at a time.

“Every game is basically do or die at this point,” LaDuke said. “I think it’s really important to keep that mentality and use it as motivation.”

The Mountaineers will travel to Robert Morris University Friday, before coming back to Morgantown to face Mercyhurst in their final home game of the season at 4 p.m.

Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Judge removes juror from Aaron Hernandez trial FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez removed a juror Tuesday, saying there was evidence she had previously discussed evidence in the case and had an early interest in being seated on the panel.

Later, the girlfriend of the man Hernandez is accused of killing testified that the day after he was found dead, the former NFL star tried to reassure her that the pain of losing a loved one would get better with time.

Most of Tuesday’s court session was spent on the problem with the juror, who has not been identified except by her jury number, 96. Bristol County Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh dismissed her after questioning her individually and closing the

courtroom to hear evidence on the matter.

After a closed-door hearing that lasted more than 90 minutes, Garsh said there was credible evidence the juror specifically discussed an opinion about the case, including that it would be hard to convict Hernandez without the murder weapon, which has never been found. She said the juror also discussed several items of evidence that the court has ruled are inadmissible in this case.

“Over the last few years, the juror has expressed an interest in serving on this particular jury,” Garsh said.

“There is credible evidence that the juror has attended more Patriots games than were disclosed on the questionnaire.”

Hernandez listened as Garsh spoke and tapped his thigh with the palm of

his hand.

“Discharge of the juror is indeed in the best interest of justice,” Garsh said.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the juror issue came to light. When the 17 remaining members of the jury came back, Garsh told them that one juror had been dismissed for “purely personal reasons” unrelated to the case.

Twelve jurors will ultimately decide Hernandez’s fate. The alternates will be randomly selected from the pool of 17 immediately before deliberations begin.

The former Patriots standout is accused of the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a semipro football player who was dating his fiancée’s sister. Hernandez, 25, had a $40 million contract with the Patriots when he was arrested.

Also charged with murder are Hernandez’s

friends Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace. Prosecutors haven’t said who pulled the trigger but say Hernandez orchestrated the killing.

They have both pleaded not guilty and will be tried separately.

Lloyd’s girlfriend, Shaneah Jenkins, took the stand for a second day Tuesday. She is the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins. Shayanna Jenkins and Hernandez have a 2-year-old daughter together. She is charged with perjury for allegedly lying to a grand jury, including when she said she could not remember what she did with a box prosecutors believe she disposed of after getting what they called a coded message from Hernandez. She has pleaded not guilty.

Shaneah Jenkins testified Tuesday that she went to the home her sister and

Hernandez shared hours after being told by police that her boyfriend had been found dead. She began to cry on the witness stand and wiped away tears as she recounted that moment. She said she then saw Hernandez. “(He) asked me if I was OK, put his hand on my shoulder, told me he’d been through this death thing before,” she said, adding that he told her it would get better with time.

Then, he left.

She said after that, her sister kept getting text messages and phone calls and was acting secretive. She then went in the basement with a folded up trash bag, came back upstairs and asked her sister to let her borrow her car, Shaneah Jenkins said.

Shaneah Jenkins also testified about coming back to the home later to

find police searching it, and said she stayed at Hernandez’s home for a few more days. She said Hernandez seemed “a little stressed but normal” during that time.

Shayanna Jenkins has been seen frequently in court sitting behind Hernandez, but she was not there Tuesday. Shaneah Jenkins, who sits with Lloyd’s family, is expected to be back on the stand Wednesday.

In a separate murder case that has yet to go to trial, Hernandez was charged last year in Boston with killing two men in 2012 after someone spilled a drink on him at a nightclub. The judge has ruled that prosecutors in the Lloyd case cannot tell the jury about those slayings.

Hernandez faces life imprisonment if convicted of killing Lloyd.

Westbrook’s triple-double leads Thunder to win

Russell Westbrook looking across the court in Monday night’s game against the Orlando Magic.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — assists and 11 rebounds.

MVP and four-time scoring Russell Westbrook wasn’t “It was a special game champion, played in eight worried about individual for him,” Thunder coach of Westbrook’s previous accomplishments as he ap- Scott Brooks said. “He was nine triple-double games attacking, he was making and averaged 34.8 points in proached a triple-double.

When Oklahoma City’s plays, guys were making those games, giving a maAll-Star point guard was shots for him and he was jor boost to Westbrook’s assist numbers. Without him, asked if he knew he was rebounding the ball.”

Durant sat out with a Westbrook still found teamclosing in on the rare feat late in the third quarter sprained big toe on his left mates at will. against Orlando, he said: “I foot. He has played in just “For us to win, my job is 22 games this season, hav- to be able to make sure evknew we were winning.”

Westbrook’s second tri- ing missed time earlier in erybody is getting the ball ple-double of the sea- the season with a sprained and make sure everybody son and 10th of his career right ankle and a broken is in the position to score, helped the Thunder defeat bone in his right foot. and that was one of those the Magic 104-97 on MonDurant’s absence made nights,” Westbrook said. day night without the in- Westbrook’s accomplishDion Waiters scored jured Kevin Durant. West- ment more impressive. Du- 24 points and Serge Ibaka brook had 25 points, 14 rant, the reigning league added 16 for the Thunder,

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who snapped a two-game skid and evened their record at 24-24.

Victor Oladipo scored 22 points and Nikola Vucevic scored 20 points for the Magic, who lost their ninth straight.

Westbrook had 12 points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals in the first quarter to help the Thunder take a 29-22 lead at the end of the period. He had five more assists in the second quarter to help Oklahoma City take a 61-50 lead at halftime.

Westbrook stole the ball, then found Andre Rober-

son on the break for a dunk that gave the Thunder a 70-50 lead. Oklahoma City held the Magic scoreless for the first 5:19 of the third quarter.

“I thought we did a great job of knowing our personnel and getting some good stops,” Westbrook said.

Westbrook chased down his ninth rebound, then sped down the court for a layup that put the Thunder up 79-60. He snagged his 10th rebound in the final minute of the third quarter to clinch the triple-double, and the Thunder led 82-67 heading into the fourth.

Back-to-back 3-pointers

by Willie Green trimmed Oklahoma City’s lead to eight, but Westbrook calmly hit a jumper from near the free-throw line with just under a minute to play to keep the Thunder in control.

“Well, he’s a premier athlete,” Orlando coach Jacque Vaughn said of Westbrook, “and his ability just to change gears and get to the rim — we were focused on him, and that shows you his ability and athleticism — to still get to the rim, finish and get to the free-throw line.”

Days later, fans struggle with Seahawks’ loss SEATTLE (AP) — As shocking as it was, the Seattle Seahawks’ last-minute loss to the New England Patri-

ots in the Super Bowl SunSeattle did lose an en- City. At least the Seahawks day was probably not even tire NBA franchise, after will be playing again next the worst loss in the city’s all, when the SuperSonics season. sports history. up and moved to Oklahoma But the grief, anger and bewilderment felt by many Seahawks fans nevertheless shows only mild signs of abating, even days later.

Many say they’re certain the decision to pass from the 1-yard line — instead of handing off to bruising running back Marshawn Lynch — will forever haunt the Northwest the way preVS vious sporting gaffes defined other cities.

“I’ll be 90 years old and still thinking about this game,” said Norb Caoili, a longtime season-ticket holder from Renton. “The history of sports is defined by moments like this, where heroes rise and save the day, or where teams collapse on the biggest stages.

It’s always going to be a part of the fabric of Seattle, and that’s tough to swallow.”

Caoili, 45, is the force behind Norb-Cam, a YouTube channel that features videos of himself — wearing a green wig, Seahawks headband, and blue-andgreen face paint — reacting to the action during Seahawks games. The videos have been viewed an im-

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probable number of times, making him a prominent voice among Hawks fans.

For him, the way the Seahawks lost is what makes it so tough: Moments earlier, the team seemed on the brink of a miraculous victory, with receiver Jermaine Kearse making an inconceivable, bobbling, falling catch despite great coverage from Patriots rookie Malcolm Butler. It was a gift from the football gods, “divine intervention” that signaled a certain Seahawks victory, he said.

Lynch’s subsequent run, bringing the ball to the 1 with the clock ticking down, only fortified that impression.

Caoili’s video from the Super Bowl — tickets $2,700 apiece, airfare and lodging $1,400 — shows him chanting a mantra for Lynch to get the ball: “Give it to him again, give it to him again, give it to him again.”

The decision to pass, then, becomes not just “the worst play call I’ve seen in the history of football,” as Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith described it, but an affront to the gods, a sort of cardinal sin punished by instant karma:

Butler’s goal-line interception, and New England’s fourth championship of the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.

It was an epic failure, on par with the ground ball through Bill Buckner’s legs that helped sink the 1986 Red Sox or the “wide right” field goal attempt in 1991 that proved to be the first of four consecutive Super Bowl losses for the Buffalo Bills.

“Emotionally, it would have been better to lose 438,” Caoili said, referring to the score by which the Seahawks beat Denver in last year’s Super Bowl. “There’s nothing worse than having it in your hand and losing it all.”

Caoili and other fans said that even if the loss sticks with the team, and the region, a few more Super Bowl championships could take the edge off. Oddsmakers have Seattle 5-to-1 favorites to win it all next year. In the Seattle suburb of Renton, where the Seahawks are headquartered, fans left balloons and signs for the team in a memorial thanking them for a great season. “We still believe,” said one.