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Republic trashes its old ways by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomJake

Of all the reasons people call their city councilors, garbage collection apparently sits high on the list. At the Morgantown City Council’s regular Tuesday meeting, the council learned how the local trash collection group plans to improve its service.

Republic Services brought in an expert at reforming dilapidated units into above average ones.

Steven Deveney, a general manager, plans to whip the company’s Morgantown, Fairmont and Wheeling lo-

cations into shape and improve their efficiency.

“I have never failed,” Deveney said. “I am here to help, and I am here to fix it.

I can understand all of your frustration.”

Councilors called on Deveney to show up at the meeting after a series of complaints from people about poor garbage collection in Morgantown. One man complained at a recent meeting that garbage collections only emptied one trashcan from his house, leaving several ignored full cans on the curb.

In councilwoman Nancy Ganz’s community, the Seventh Ward, there’s a running

joke—whose trash won’t get picked up today?

“I have a proven track record for turning things around,” Deveney said. “I want to let you know that Republic and myself are committed to giving you the best service you’ve had so far.”

Deveney has swooped into other communities—in Florida, Vermont and Boston—where Republic’s service was also scrutinized by its customers.

Though he’s only been in Morgantown for two months, he’s been busy making changes.

He fired the customer service manager—who he said

Alumni chapters abroad promote international networking by tessa iglesias correspondent @dailyathenaeum

A group of West Virginia University faculty and staff recently traveled to the Middle East - Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar - in a goodwill tour to celebrate global partnerships, meet with dignitaries and, most importantly, open the first WVU alumni chapter in the Gulf Region.

David Stewart, associate vice president of International Student Life and Global Services, planned the trip and organized all the events involved.

The new WVU alumni chapter will be in Kuwait, which has a longstanding partnership with the WVU School of Dentistry. “(Kuwait ’s alumni chapter) will help us, again, boost our reputation here as a global University, one with roots and connections

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“WVU is family, and being a Mountaineer has no boundaries across languages or culture.

Mountaineers are everywhere.”

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Executive Director of International Student Life and Global Services

in the Gulf region,” said Tom Sloane, executive director of International Student Life and Global Services. “Our friends and partners can help us recruit new students and provide opportunities for students on both campuses to study abroad and to learn about each other’s culture.”

The alumni chapter has no set physical location, except where the alumni choose to meet, such as hotels, restaurants and homes. The nature of meetings vary; members can casually meet to share memo-

ries from their time at WVU, hold dinner parties or host watch parties for WVU football games.

Alumni chapters abroad are meant to reconnect alumni living overseas with WVU, as well as connect them with each other. In many cases, these alumni groups were already meeting each other abroad, so it is important they get recognition and appreciation from WVU in some kind of formal way, Sloane said.

Members of alumni chapters abroad also represent WVU at recruiting fairs and recruiting events where alumni members travel to high schools and hotels to get students to look into the opportunity of studying abroad.

“I’m particularly looking forward to participating in the launch of the WVU Alumni chapter in Kuwait,” said Tom Borgia, dean of the WVU School of Dentistry to WVU Today. “The Kuwaiti students who have been a part of the School of Dentistry are proud Mountaineers, and we all benefit from their continued connections to the School and the University.”

There will be two alumni events during the trip, one for all Gulf Country alumni in Bahrain and one in Kuwait for the new alumni chapter.

“It’s really heart-warming and uplifting to see our alumni so successful and to be officially recognized as part of the WVU family. It goes to show that Mountaineers are everywhere,” Sloane said.

Sloane has worked with many international students over his 40 years of working at the University. “(We) all feel privileged to represent WVU abroad and to recognize the achievements of our loyal alumni,” Sloane said. “WVU is a family, and being a Mountaineer has no boundaries across languages or culture. Mountaineers are everywhere.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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about Deveney’s promises this time.

Also Tuesday, City Manager Jeff Mikorski unveiled two new projects to improve the city’s efficiency, which councilors heralded.

The first initiative involves installing GPS units into all vehicles in the Public Works, Engineering and Code Enforcement departments. Officials will then be able to track where vehicles are going.

“Initially, I was interested in tracking the efficiency and effectiveness of the City’s snow plows dur-

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DRIVE TO EDUCATE

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The West Virginia University Academic Innovation office inside the Jackson Kelly Building accepts donations for the WVU College of Education and Human Services book drive for children.

College of Education and Human Services book drive to help W. Va. youth

By Jordan Miller STaff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services is partnering with WVU Extension Services Energy Express program for the 5th annual children’s holiday book drive, which will collect new and used books until Dec. 18.

Books can be donated at drop boxes at 11 different locations in Morgantown, and will be distributed to rural and low-income areas all across West Virginia.

Mary Beth Sickles, alumni relations and special events coordinator in CEHS’s office of the dean, said in the past, the program has collected more than 1,000 books each year to be donated to West Virginia counties in need.

“Here in Morgantown, it’s a bit different, (and) we don’t realize how rural West Virginia struggles with education,” Sickles said. “So, if we can get the books out to the state, it will help those areas and those low-income children that may not have access to books (otherwise).”

CEHS holiday book drive program began in 2010 at a CEHS alumni holiday party, where members brought potluck dishes to share and celebrate the holiday season.

In the spirit of the holiday, the alumni decided they would each bring a children’s book to the party to

promote youth literacy, and the initiative soon grew into the annual book drive.

Sickles said since learning to read is the building block of all education, if children get a good foundation early they are more likely to do better in elementary and high school, and then go on to college. It’s important to start early, she said, which is why the drive is for children’s books in particular.

“I, personally, am a big fan of reading. It makes me feel good that we can make it possible for children to have access to books,” Sickles said.

“In my experience, my favorite, most memorable times with my children were reading to them at night. So I feel like a great way to share a moment with your children is reading a book.”

The books collected at the drive will be used on sites in library summer programs to combat the “summer slide” that affects many schoolaged children in West Virginia, according to Matthew Beatty, administrative assistant at Energy Express.

The “summer slide” is a pattern found in low-income elementary school aged children, where they fall behind during the summer due to a lack of opportunities for learning when school ends for the year.

Beatty said it’s important for people to donate what they can because books are the key to liter-

acy, and a good foundation in reading will determine a child’s future in academic accomplishment.

“People that have bookshelves full of books at home that their kids may have outgrown, these books definitely go to use during our summer program,” Beatty said, “and it’s invaluable to have a good, diverse library at these sites for the kids to pick through,” Isabella Alexandratos, CEHS student ambassador and graduate student in secondary English education, said the program gives people in Morgantown a way to get involved in the community during the holiday season.

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“It’s important for people to remember not only to buy for friends and family or what gifts they want, but it’s kind of about about paying it forward,” Alexandratos said.

Since West Virginia is lacking in education on a national level, Alexandratos said the push for better education has to be a community-wide effort.

“We’re trying to get everyone in the community to participate in this, not just WVU students,” she said. “Morgantown benefits a lot from the University being here, so it’s trying to redistribute (the benefits of education) throughout the state.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

CEHS Book Drive Locations • Morgantown Mall, Children’s Play Area • Black Bear’s Suncrest and Downtown locations • Suncrest Methodist Church • Healthworks’ Maple Drive location • 802 Allen Hall, WVU Evansdale Campus • United Bank’s Cheat Lake, Sabraton, and Wharf locations • The Morgantown Brewing Company, corner of University Ave. and Walnut Street • Morgantown High School • One Waterfront Place • Jackson Kelly building at the Wharf • St. Mary’s Church

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A giant globe displays a video animation during a conference about Antarctic mass change at the U.S. Pavillon during the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

In slap at Obama, GOP-led House moves to block climate rule WASHINGTON (AP)—As President Barack Obama worked to hammer out a global climate agreement in Paris, Republicans in Congress moved to block his plan to force steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants.

The House passed two resolutions Tuesday disapproving Obama’s powerplant rules and rendering them inoperative. A measure blocking an Environmental Protection Agency rule for existing power plants was approved 242-180, while a measure blocking a rule on future power plants was approved 235-188.

The votes come after the Senate approved identical motions last month under a little-used law that allows Congress to block executive

actions it considers onerous. The measures now go to the White House, where they face almost-certain vetoes. Just four Democrats sided with Republicans to support the measures, which fell far short of the numbers needed to override a veto in both the House and Senate.

Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., said GOP lawmakers were forcing a vote on the climate rule to “send a message to the climate conference in Paris that in America, there’s serious disagreement with the policies of this president.”

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Obama wants to reduce carbon emissions, but his policies will kill jobs, increase electricity costs and decrease the reliability of

the U.S. energy supply.

And Rep. Jeff Duncan, RS.C., said he wished Obama took the threat posed by “radical jihadists” such as the Islamic State as seriously as he takes what Duncan called a “pseudoscientific threat” posed by climate change.

Democrats countered that the power-plant rules were important steps to slow global climate change that is already causing real harm through increased droughts, wildfires, floods and more severe storms.

Rep. Frank Pallone, DN.J., said it was regrettable that Republicans were trying to block the powerplant rules even as officials from more than 190 nearly countries and many of the world’s largest private companies gathered in Paris to

work out details of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The global agreement “will prevent us from further overheating the earth and causing major disruptions to people’s lives, their property and to the global economy,” Pallone said. “We know that (climate change) will endanger our children’s future if we don’t act now.”

The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan requires states to cut carbon emissions by 32 percent by 2030, based on emissions in 2005. Each state has a customized target and is responsible for drawing up an effective plan to meet its goal.

The EPA says it has authority to enact the plan under the Clean Air Act. Twenty-five mostly Re-

publican states, led by Texas and West Virginia, are contesting the plan in court, calling it an unlawful power grab that will kill jobs and drive up electricity costs.

Several utilities, the National Mining Association and the nation’s largest privately owned coal company also are suing the EPA. GOP lawmakers challenged the administration’s action under the little-used Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to block executive actions with simple majority votes.

The maneuver is subject to a presidential veto and has rarely been successful.

The White House issued a veto threat last month, saying the resolutions undermine public health protections of the Clean Air Act and “stop critical U.S. efforts

to reduce dangerous carbon pollution from power plants.”

Speaking in Paris Tuesday, Obama said parts of a global climate agreement should be legally binding.

His declaration was both a boost to climate negotiators seeking a tough accord and a challenge to Republicans in Congress, many of whom reject the idea of global warming.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Republicans were in step with the American people, who want jobs and economic growth.

“I think when you weigh the costs and the benefits against these so-called legally binding obligations they don’t add up,” Ryan told reporters. “I think it’s very clear people want jobs.”

People of Central Appalachia grasp for hope as coal jobs fade

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Superintendent Jackie Ratliff, a coal miner of 25 years, walks towards a pile of coal waiting to be shipped at a processing plant Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, in Welch, W.Va. Central Appalachia’s struggle is familiar to many rural regions across the U.S., where middle-class jobs are disappearing or gone and young people have no other choice than to leave to find opportunity. But the problems are amplified in coal country, where these difficult economic and social conditions have gripped the region for decades and where there is hardly any flat land to build anything.

WELCH, W.Va. (AP)—The seams of coal in some of Eddie Asbury’s mines in McDowell County are so thin workers can barely squeeze down them. They enter on carts nearly flat on their backs, the roof of the mine coursing by just a few inches in front of their faces. They don’t stand up all day.

To keep his business operating with such a paltry amount of coal, Asbury has to do everything himself.

He has no use for the shiny, multimillion-dollar mining machines on display this fall at the biannual coal show nearby. His equipment is secondhand stuff that he repairs and refurbishes.

The coal he and his workers scrape out of the mountain is washed and prepared for sale in a plant Asbury and a

colleague built themselves.

“It’s how we survive,” says Asbury, 66, a miner since 1971.

Even coal is barely surviving in coal country - and coal is about the only thing Central Appalachia has.

West Virginia is the only state in the country where more than half of adults are not working, according to the Census Bureau. It is tied with Kentucky for the highest percentage of residents collecting disability payments from Social Security, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. And the death rate among workingage adults is highest in the nation, 55 percent higher the national average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Now, the one main source

for decent-paying work, the brutal life of coal, seems to be drying up for good. The thick, easy, cheap coal is gone, global competition is fierce, and clean air and water regulations are increasing costs and cutting into demand.

“There’s a reluctant realization that this is different,” says Keith Burdette, West Virginia’s commerce secretary and head of the state’s economic development office, of the latest coal bust.

Central Appalachia’s struggle is familiar to many rural regions across the U.S., where middle-class jobs are disappearing or gone and young people have no other choice than to leave to find opportunity. But the problems are amplified in coal country, where these dif-

ficult economic and social conditions have gripped the region for decades and where there is hardly any flat land to build anything.

Big federal and state programs and initiatives, some dating from the Lyndon Johnson administration, have failed to help the region diversify its economy much beyond digging or blasting coal out of mountains. If anything is going to help the people of Appalachia, poverty experts and residents of West Virginia now say, it’s themselves: local entrepreneurs who know their communities and customers well, and are committed to them.

“We need to have some urgency and look at other possibilities because coal may not be here,” says Dr.

Donovan “Dino” Beckett, CEO of the Williamson Health and Wellness Center.

Beckett, 46, started a free clinic under a federal program to encourage treatment of underserved populations to go along with his more traditional doctor’s office, a Diabetes Coalition, and a project called Sustainable Williamson that helped set up a farmer’s market to provide access to healthier food.

This summer, Sustainable Williamson opened a space for budding entrepreneurs in a converted old furniture store called The Hub, where people with ideas for businesses can get support and advice.

“We wanted to start a clinic, but we wanted to be an economic driver for the area, too,” Beckett says.

Coal employment in Central Appalachia has been declining for decades, a result of mechanization in the 1960s, the collapse of the U.S. steel industry in the 1980s, and now cheaper rivals at a time when the world is trying to turn away from coal. Coal is by far the biggest source of carbon dioxide and airborne pollutants among fuels used to make electricity.

As jobs disappeared from coal country people fled, leaving behind abandoned buildings and empty lots.

Brandon Dennison devised a business plan in graduate school that uses some of these disadvantages to create jobs.

His creation, Coalfield Development Corp., hires graduates of high school vocational programs to restore, repurpose or tear down old buildings, use old building materials to make furniture, or build new homes on reclaimed coalfield land.

Employees also are also required to take six hours of community college courses a week and three hours of life skills classes that help

them with things like money management and healthy eating.

The program is getting such a good response that Dennison plans to expand early next year to start similar businesses focused on agriculture, tourism and retail.

“We’re trying to change mindsets in coal country, from ‘the world is out to get me’ to ‘the world is full of opportunity,’” he says. “A huge focus of the training we do is around entrepreneurship and how to start a business.”

Globally, coal will not go completely away anytime soon - it’s the cheapest way to bring electricity to the 1.3 billion people who lack access to it, and even developed nations will still need to burn it as they transition to cleaner fuels.

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Continued from page 1 ing winter events,” Mikorski wrote in his report to the council. “Utilizing the GPS units, we would be able to review snow plow routes and track when salt is dispensed along the routes.”

The second project involves closer communication with West Virginia University.

The city owns and operates its own network, and so does WVU. Council approved the first reading of an ordinance establishing an agreement between the city and WVU to use fiber optic cables and connect the two networks.

The next Morgantown City Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15 in City Hall Council Chambers at 389 Spruce St. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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Protecting students’ mental health For most students in the public school system, mental health days were practically unheard of in high school. However, it’s highly likely that first-time college students will eventually become very familiar with the term as a result of their workloads.

A mental health day consists of taking a day of rest due to feeling stressed or being overworked. Being able to sleep in, catch up on favorite television shows and pamper oneself is usually enough to improve one’s overall demeanor and work ethic for the days ahead.

Critics of mental health days will say there’s a fine line between taking the day off and simply prolonging procrastination, but making relaxation a priority may be may be more necessary students’ lives.

According to the American Psychological Association, there has been a

Taking time to relax in college can stablize one’s mental health. steady increase in the percentage of students receiving university counseling services, being hospitalized due to mental health issues and seriously considering suicide since

2010.

Many experts have offered explanations for the increasing number of anxious and depressed students, but there are likely several factors simultane-

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ously influencing the problem. Competion among college-educated students seeking good-paying, entry-level, jobs drives wages down for those first entering the workforce, which

prolongs the amount of time graduated young adults stay financially dependent on their parents.

What’s more, liberal arts majors specifically face increasing stress due to the ever-growing amount of time needed to receive higher education degrees in their field. For example, it can take over nine years to complete a Ph.D., in literature. After spending so long on a degree, many doctoral students still aren’t guaranteed jobs in their field after graduation.

With these two explanations alone, it’s no wonder stress levels of students have risen in the past few years. Shaky job prospects and increasingly low starting salaries make focusing on the future most important in a student’s life.

When this happens, it can be easy to fall into a pattern of worrying, overthinking and imagining bleak outcomes that may not accu-

rately represent a situation.

As finals week approaches, ignoring the physical strain of staying up late, waking up early and ingesting an unhealthy amount of caffeine for the sake of studying may feel second nature to some.

However, lasting feelings of hopelessness or chronic worrying should not be taken lightly. The Carruth Center on the Evansdale campus can provide free counseling services to students feeling particularly overwhelmed with their situation.

This editorial board would like to remind students to prioritize their mental health just as much as their physical health. Doing so will not only improve the perception of one’s present circumstances, but may also benefit one’s total outlook on life. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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When satire becomes reality in political discourse Emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

A few weeks ago, I shared an article from The Onion on my Facebook page. It was titled “GOP Warns Syrian Refugees Likely to be Driven to Terrorism by Way Americans Would Treat Them.”

As you can probably imagine, the premise of the satirical piece was the idea that we shouldn’t allow Syrians displaced by war to take refuge in the United States. It facetiously argued that some Americans would treat refugees so poorly that they would commit acts of terrorism.

The piece featured a fabricated quote from presidential candidate Ted Cruz, claiming, “We absolutely cannot provide a safe haven to these Syrians due to the very real threat that the abusive and hateful conduct of Americans will push the refugees toward radicalization and recruitment by extremist militant groups.”

I personally thought the piece was funny, considering the more outlandish statements on the refugee dilemma made by GOP candidates like Donald Trump. “If I win (the election), they’re going back,” Trump claimed

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Satire is intended to be too ludicrous to be construed as real news. at a rally in New Hampshire.

Later, he warned that Syrian refugees could be “ISIS’s Trojan horse.”

However, a few of my more conservative friends took offense to the joke article. Some pointed out that they hoped I realized that it was intended to be satire and not actual news about the Republican presidential candidates’ stances on the Syrian refugee crisis. At the time, they were mostly right.

Earlier this week, GOP

presidential frontrunner Ben Carson gave an interview on Breitbart News Radio. When asked about his personal stance on the matter, Carson replied with an idea not far off from the claims made in the satirical Onion piece.

“You bring a lot of people here from another culture and what they will tend to do is congregate together, that’s a natural thing, which makes them much easier targets for radicalization, particularly if you bring them

into an environment where a lot of people are resentful of the fact that they are here.

That’s just going to create incidents that will increase further the likelihood of radicalization,” Carson claimed.

When satire so closely resembles actual events in the news, the time comes for some reflection about the direction we’re heading toward as a country. When the idea that a group of innocent people whose home country has been torn apart by war

will be “radicalized” into committing the same terrorist acts which displaced them in the first place becomes a threat, we should probably examine the way in which we speak of these people.

Some of the frontrunners in the 2016 presidential election have been hailed for their tendency to challenge politically correct speech in the name of honesty. Perhaps it makes candidates more transparent to the pub-

lic and more relatable to the average American, if nothing else.

However, when the candidates have gone so far as to become walking, talking Onion headlines, and to run, by their own admission, even possibly legitimate risk of “radicalizing” a group of ordinary men, women and children, the shirk of political correctness becomes a problem in itself. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Revolutionary achievements in transplants could redefine medicine kody goff columnist @retrosyk

Organ transplants are inarguably important for the advancement of humankind. Recent studies and experiments have made huge strides forward in this vital branch of medicine.

In just the past year, a firefighter who was injured on the job was given a new face, the first clinical trials of uterus transplantation started in the U.S., and chemically synthesized vocal cords were found compatible when grafted into the bodies of animals.

All of these advances and many more are making transplantation more useful and pragmatic than ever before. The applications for these great breakthroughs could shake the very foundations of medical treatment.

Patrick Hardison, a volunteer firefighter from Mississippi, lost his face while he was working to stop a fire. A blazing building collapsed onto him and the heat burned through his mask, which was gravely damaging to both his face and his entire wellbeing.

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Though he survived, his face was practically erased.

Fortunately, New York University stepped up to the challenge of undertaking the most extensive facial transplant ever attempted for Hardison. The operation, which gave Hardison the face of a brain-dead organ donor, lasted over 24 hours and was deemed a success.

Tissue or skin graft rejection is one of the major issues when discussing organ transplantation.

The human immune system does its job perhaps too well at times, and any foreign body, whether hostile or not, is often met with antibodies and leukocytes made specifically to rid the body of foreign cells. This is why synthesizing organs is becoming more important.

A recent noteworthy breakthrough has shown tissue synthesized in a laboratory setting can be successfully transferred into a living being. The experiment used chemistry and engineering to grow vocal cords from just a few cells.

Afterward, the researchers transferred the vocal organs into a mouse modified to have human immune cells. The graft stuck, and the tissue was not rejected in any noticeable

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Patrick Hardison became the recipient of the most extensive facial transplant in history. way.

When one thinks of a transplant, they typically imagine a heart or kidney transplant: vital processes but limited in scope.

As both aforementioned events clearly show, this is no longer the case. No matter the organ, transplantation therapies are springing up to solve medical problems which traditionally had no treatment at all.

At the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, 10 women lacking functioning uteruses were

selected to take part in the first trials of a uterine transplant: A surgery that could potentially be a cure for most forms of infertility in women. With this operation and other similar surgeries, physicians and surgeons can give patients new functioning organs and restore what was lost.

Current organ transplants are usually performed simply to save lives, but these cuttingedge transplants will allow people to significantly im-

prove the quality of their life overall.

I believe this wave of progress in the field of transplantation will revolutionize all of medicine.

With bacteria becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics and new strains of viruses arriving every day, it’s promising to see several areas of the medicine field in which great leaps and bounds are being made.

Transplantation could become a normal proce-

dure to treat cancer, diabetes and even neurological disorders in the not-too-distant future, and the building blocks are in place for organ synthesis to become a major part of future healthcare.

While organ donors will likely always be necessary, there may come a day when a genetically identical, fully compatible heart could be made for you the moment you need one. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Jersey Subs stands the test of time on the Mileground specializing in authentic Italian deli classics Ally Litten

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Over the years, many local businesses have come and gone in Morgantown. Things are constantly changing, but for the past 20 years, one restaurant has consistently thrived.

Located on the Mileground, Jersey Subs offers an authentic New Jersey deli experience.

Originally from Frenchtown, New Jersey, Jersey Subs owner Matthew Crimmel graduated from West Virginia University in 1995 with his undergraduate degree and saw an opportunity for a business that reminded him of home.

“At the time, there weren’t a lot of restaurants that were any good. There was a need for this,” Crimmel said. “There are a lot of New Jersey people that are from here and there are a lot of New York people that are from here, so we saw a need for it. I decided to stick around and do this.”

Jersey Subs opened its first location in Sunnyside. Located in the parking lot by Rusted Musket, the sandwich shop struggled to keep a constant stream of customers coming in. However, after moving to its current

Mileground location in 1999, Jersey Subs quickly became a Morgantown staple.

“We’ve been here since 1995.

A lot of places open with a big bang, last six months and then they don’t make it,” Crimmel said. “We deliver, we have a place in the stadium and we have a food truck that goes out at night sometimes.”

The sandwich shop offers a wide variety of food. From sandwiches to pizza to Italian desserts, the restaurant has whatever you’re looking for.

Traditional Italian subs, cold subs and cheesesteaks are just a few of the items offered. There is even a sandwich that puts a spin on a traditional Pittsburgh sandwich.

“The Philly cheesesteaks are definitely the most popular.

We sell a lot of those,” Crimmel said. “We freshly slice the steak - we never use frozen. We use really good cheese on there. A lot of places use steak-umms, but we really take the time to put it together and make it nice.”

Not only is the food affordable and fresh, but Jersey Subs only uses the best ingredients.

“First of all, we have Boar’s Head, which is the highest quality,” Crimmel said. “A lot of

The sign of Jersey Subs, located on the Mileground, as seen from the parking lot of the shopping plaza. places around town freeze and slice stuff ahead of time. We slice ours right in front of you.

It may take a little longer, but it’s a lot fresher and a lot better for you.”

Although New Jersey is hours away, Jersey Subs offers an authentic experience for anyone missing home. The food, the

decorations on the walls, all of it represents what New Jersey is really about.

“We want to be different,” Crimmel said. “We can have what the guy across the street has, but it doesn’t really set us apart.”

During the weekdays, Jersey Subs offer a daily special on a

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certain sandwich. If you buy one, you get another for $3. The most popular daily special is Philly Cheesesteaks on Tuesday.

Jersey Subs is a truly unique restaurant in the local community. As Crimmel said, “What you see is what you get.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Sweet stuff: Uncovering the season’s best stocking stuffers chelsea walker A&E WRiter @dailyathenaeum

Tis the season to stuff your stocking!

While you’re still searching the Internet trying to find the perfect gift for those most special to you, here’s a few stocking stuffer ideas made for anyone.

Mini Keyring Flask The mini flask keyring is perfect for friends who truly strive to stay warm all winter. The small portable flask provides a quick shot of booze for wherever you may travel. Made out of shiny, stainless steel chrome, the mini flask keychain adds a cute touch to a set of keys for only $6.

Portable iPhone Charger These days, cords and outlet chargers are overrated. Perfect for stuffing any stocking, a portable charger makes a great gift for friends who are always on the go. Standard chargers can be found on Amazon for around $10, while Urban Outfitters offers a charger for $19 dollars in an array of colors and styles.

Sriracha To-go Bottle Keychains For your friends who constantly remind you that hot sauce goes with anything, this is a must for their stockings.

Sriracha to-go bottle keychains are the perfect way to heat up your stocking this year.

Pick up the mini bottle, which is available in two separate sizes, for $8 online from Urban Outfitters. The easy-tofill bottles will never leave your friends without Sriracha again.

Mini Bluetooth Speaker A little more expensive than the average stocking stuffer, a mini Bluetooth speaker is a great gift for friends. Bed

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Bath & Beyond’s $20 disco speaker can blast any tune through high-definition speakers, while also projecting pulsating disco lights onto any wall or ceiling. The small speaker has a rechargeable battery, allowing friends to bring the party anywhere.

Texting Gloves There is nothing worse than having

to take off your thick, winter gloves just to send a text or change a song. Luckily, you can gift your friends these texting gloves, which keep your fingers warm while allowing you to maneuver your touchscreen devices. For $8-15, texting gloves make an awesome stocking stuffer.

USB Hub Sometimes we find ourselves surrounded by USB cords. Plugging a different one from the printer to your cell, tablet or other device can leave a ton of USB cords hanging around a desk. Keeping everything in one “hub,” the USB Hub offers a cute space to neatly plug all USB cords into one device. Pinterest offers a ton of cute USB Hub options, all for an affordable price.

Record Coasters These groovy coasters make a great stocking stuffer for any music-loving friend who might need a little more home decor. For $20, these cool record coasters give a vintage touch to any apartment or home. Check out Amazon or Crate and Barrel to order these nostalgic accents for any apartment. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Kevin Hamric to bring Americana, roots-rock sound to Black Bear jillian clemente A&e writer @dailyathenauem

Whether it’s by himself or with his band, Kevin Hamric plays at Black Bear Burritos frequently, and he’s gracing the Evansdale location’s stage once again.

Hamric has the light, soft style that Black Bear looks for during dinnertime entertainment, so he keeps coming back to play.

“He’s been a recurring musician for a long time for us,” said Tyler Baker, the general manager of Black Bear’s Evansdale location. “He’s been playing here as long as I’ve been here.”

That’s been about four years, and he keeps coming back.

In the past four months, he’s played at both locations eight times.

Hamric either plays by himself or with his band, Weary Space Wanderer, which is a fivepart band. Hamric is on vocals and guitar; Chis Baker, bass guitar; Jim Bidwell, lead guitar; and Mike Arbogast and Todd Stubblefield, percussion/drums.

Weary Space Wanderer is described on its website as “an eclectic ride into what modern mountain music can be.” The band is about “taking the stories built on an acoustic guitar and shaping them into mindbending trips of Americana and roots-rock exploration.”

The group is local and often performs in Morgantown and West Virginia. Weary Space Wanderer and Hamric himself have recently played at Mountain State Brewing Company and Morgantown Brewing Company.

And because these people are in this region, the Appalachian music has influenced the band’s sound. They have Appalachian rhythm rock and soul in their tracks, and which ideal for Black Bear because the eatery typically brings in classic rock and light acoustic musicians.

“We have local musicians, occasionally from Nashville or out of Pittsburgh, mostly within the region,” Baker said. “We’re not trying to have full-on bands in here. We try to keep it to one or

two-person acts that have a nice, light sound that go well with our guests.”

Baker prefers the softer bands to loud, vivacious ones because customers are eating and chatting, and extra background noise can interfere with the dining experience.

“We have music and singing in the background of people dining rather than people coming here for music. It’s more coffee shop-esque,” he said, noting that it’s very different than music venues such as 123 Pleasant Street or Mainstage Morgantown.

While there are no specials because of Hamric’s solo performance, there are weekly specials at Black Bear. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, a guest can purchase two West Virginia-brewed beers and any special guest menu item for $15.

Hamric is playing solo at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Evansdale Black Bear on 3119 University Ave. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Kevin Hamric will perform at Black Bear’s Evansdale location tomorrow evening.

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Vampires abound ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ recap woody pond

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Now that Thanksgiving is over, AHS fans have three more episodes before the holiday break to be thankful for. If you are not caught up on “American Horror Story: Hotel,” I suggest you refrain from reading on because spoilers will be present.

Viewers were given a lot of answers in episode seven, “Flicker,” including the origin of the ancient vampire blood virus and how it was spread and given to the Countess in the first place.

Finn Wittrock signed the best contract in the house as he returned to the show after the demise of the masculine model Tristan as handsome silent film actor Valentino, who plays a critical role in further plot embellishment. But as most AHS fans know, with answers come even more questions, and now we have only six more episodes until season five ends.

Most of “Flicker” was dedicated to revealing Lady Gaga’s character’s past, going as far back as showing her giving birth when she is not yet an immortal bloodsucker.

Instead she was a young actress, playing a small

role in a silent film starring the suave Valentino.

The Countess is led into a love affair with Valentino and his wife Natasha, until she learns of his death during the Hotel Cortez opening party. James March is there, who pulls her from a window as she contemplates suicide. He then becomes enamored with The Countess.

The two wed, as The Countess recounts her attraction to the darkness inside him and her attraction to his killing hab-

its. Later, she is visited by Valentino and Natasha at Valentino’s resting place, where the truth is revealed that he did not die at all.

He was given the gift of the ancient blood virus by legendary German director F.W. Murnau, who directed the movie “Nosferatu.” Murnau explained that he was exploring the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania when he stumbled upon a promiscuous tribe of young,

beautiful, immortal beings who shared a thirst for blood.

He gave the virus to Valentino in order to preserve his beauty, as Murnau had a looming feeling that talking pictures would overtake silent films soon. Leonardo then offered the virus to The Countess, although she was already married to March, which she accepted.

James March is not a

stupid man, and he found out about the two lovers in his wife’s life. He had them left in a room in the Cortez before putting up walls of steel and brick to leave them inside for eternity.

Unfortunately, 80 years later, the two escaped due to Will Drake’s extensive renovating and have regained their beauty by drinking from several hotel guests, including that awful real estate agent from season one. The last we see of

them, they are leaving the hotel to wreak even more havoc on the already endangered Los Angeles streets.

Our protagonist, John Lowe has been flying off the deep end thanks to his horrific visions in the hotel, new drinking habits and his obsession with the Ten Commandments Killer. He checked himself into a mental hospital that his partner had visited in order to track down a potential witness to the crime, who turns out to be a young girl who was made into a vampire by Gaga in the ‘80s. The girl promises to show Lowe where the killer lives if he helps her escape, but the episode ends with her apologizing before running in front of a truck.

With the killer still on the loose and multiple loose vampire children probably scheming their next meal, Donovan and Ramona Royale are still after The Countess and her baby. All of the secrets of the hotel are slowly starting to unravel as Will Drake’s renovations let more and more evil escape; it is only a matter of time before bodies begin to pile up and a shadow begins to cover LA. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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A conversation with Michael Caine on ‘Youth,’ old age and Hollywood NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Caine sits down for lunch at the St. Regis Hotel in midtown New York clutching a copy of the day’s Daily News given to him by the hotel doorman, who’s earmarked a photo of Caine and his “Youth” co-star Jane Fonda.

“You wonder why I stay here,” he chuckles. “I always remember the sort of joke thing in the British paper where the journalist said to the duchess, ‘What’s the best restaurant in London?’

And she said, ‘Where you’re known, dear.’ And I apply that to a lot of what I do.”

Caine, 82, is known just about everywhere. Some know him as the star of British classics like “Alfie,” ‘’The Italian Job” and “Get Carter.” Others know him as Batman’s butler (and a regular of just about every Christopher Nolan movie).

Some might even know him just by the ubiquitous impressions of his indelible cockney accent, like Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s dueling Michael Caines in “The Trip.”

In Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth,” which opens Friday, Caine puts a capstone on a career that has traveled from working-class upstart to cinema institution. Like most things in life, he’s enjoying it.

Working now and then, Caine lives relatively quietly, focused on his family; he and his wife, Shakira Baksh, are moving from their updated barn outside London, so their 25-minute drive to their grandchildren can be cut down to 5. But he’s also soaking up the adulation for his aged classical composer in “Youth,” which

some think could land him his sixth Oscar nomination.

“I’ve been nominated (for best actor) four times and I have never won,” he says, smiling. “I fly for 11 hours to clap another actor and then go home. It’s a long way! So I’m not exactly clearing shelves. I’ve got two Oscars, anyway.”

Sorrentino, the Italian director of the Oscar-winning “The Great Beauty,” wanted Caine for his combination of authority and levity -- a description that hits on Caine’s unique blend of good cheer and gravitas. Caine first struck Sorrentino in Woody Allen’s “Hannah and her Sisters”: “When I saw that, I thought: I would like to be like Michael Caine in life.”

Wouldn’t we all. Though Caine doesn’t share his character’s melancholy or regret he’s similarly reflective - a two-time memoirist and an eager, colorful storyteller. “They say I’m a raconteur but what are you going to do?” he said. “There are stories to tell.”

ON RETIREMENT “What am I going to do?

Sit around and watch soaps on television all day? That’s why I never retired. I retire mentally every time. I regard myself retired now. I don’t have another script to do, so I’m retired. I always had this phrase that I said many times to reporters: You don’t retire in movies. Movies retire you. (AP: Yet they’re not.) That’s the point. I retire and they say, “Oh, no you’re not.”

ON FIGHTING IN KOREA “In Korea, I got into a situation where I knew I was going to die. There were four of us. You always worry

that you may be a coward.

The four of us found out two things that night. One, that none of us were cowards.

And that our attitude to life was that we will make this as expensive as possible.”

O N H I S BREAKTHROUGH “’Alfie’ was a stage play which I auditioned for and never got. I was the last choice of anybody. I shared a flat with Terence Stamp and he was offered ‘Alfie.’ I spent two days trying to talk him into doing it. Laurence Harvey, Anthony Newley were offered it. Funny enough, everyone turned it down because there was an abortion sequence in it.

It was the first time I was nominated for an Oscar.

But I had seen Paul Scofield in ‘A Man for All Seasons,’ so I didn’t even bother to turn up.”

ON COMING TO HOLLYWOOD “The first party I went to in Hollywood, Shirley MacLaine gave to welcome me to Hollywood. The first people to walk in were Gloria Swanson and Frank Sinatra. I was dumbstruck. Then she took me to dinner at Danny Kaye’s house. There were only two other people there. One was Cary Grant and the other one was Prince Philip. I’m sitting there. I’ve been in Hollywood for three weeks. I took Shirley home. She lived in the Valley. As we got near to her home, I said, ‘Look!

Your house is on fire.’ She said, ‘Michael, that’s steam from the pool.’”

ON TURNING DOWN ALFRED HITCHCOCK “I knew Hitchcock. We were from the same area, Londoners. When I first went to Hollywood for

‘Gambit,’ my bungalow at Universal was next to his. We became friends.

Then when he offered me ‘Frenzy,’ he asked me to play a sadistic murderer of women and I wouldn’t do it. And he never spoke to me again.”

ON BATMAN AND HIS GRANDSON “We have very much a father-and-son relationship.

When he was about four, I was watching cartoons with him. And a commercial for “Batman” came on, and he looked at me and he went, ‘You know Batman?’ I said, ‘Yeah’ and he said, ‘Wow, that’s fantastic.’”

ON POOL SCENE OF ‘YOUTH’ WITH A NAKED BEAUTY MODEL “Paolo never told us about that, you know. He said to Harvey (Keitel) and me, ‘Get in the pool. There’s no dialogue.’ He said ‘Action!’ and Madalina (Ghenea) walked in. Well that’s the best acting you’ve ever seen on our faces because that’s absolute reality.”

ON IMPROVISING ON ‘YOUTH’ “I had this habit of saying

another funny line, which is just stupid. It’s not going to be in the movie, but just to get a laugh. I’ll do anything to get a laugh. But there was one where my daughter (Rachel Weisz) was sitting crying behind me and I couldn’t see her. I just said, ‘Stop crying.’ And he left it in the movie. I like relaxation on a set, so I’m always going for a laugh. I can’t act in a tense atmosphere.”

ON PLAYING OLDER PARTS “I had had great success i n

movies. I had done 61, 62.

And I got a script and I sent it back to the producer with a note saying I didn’t want to do it, the part was too small. And he sent it back with a note saying, ‘I didn’t want you to read the lover. I wanted you to read the father.’ That’s when, as I like to say, you stop getting the girl, but you get the part.”

ON ONE SIMILARITY WITH HIS ‘YOUTH’ CHARACTER “There’s a scene at the doctor’s where I go to see the results of my exam and he says to me: ‘What’s it like feeling old?’ And what struck me is the line I said to him, which is: ‘I don’t understand how I got here.’ Six years ago I was 35. How the hell have I gotten to be 82?

A reporter once said to me, ‘How do you feel about growing old?’ And I said to him, ‘Well, considering the alternative, fabulous.’”

The NBR names apocalyptic ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ best film of 2015 NEW YORK (AP) — The National Board of Review threw a fireball into Hollywood’s awards season, naming the rollicking apocalyptic adventure “Mad Max: Fury Road” the best film of 2015.

George Miller’s latest installment in the 1979born action franchise is an unconventional pick from the National Board of Review, one of the oldest awards bodies in movies. But the group, founded in 1909, has recently tried to shed its stodgy image, previously giving J.C. Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year” (in 2014) and Spike Jonze’s “Her” (in 2013) its top honor.

In the awards announced Tuesday, the science-fiction hit “The Martian” came away with the most wins, taking best actor for Matt Damon, best director for Ridley Scott and best adapted screenplay for Drew Goddard. In the early going of awards season, “The Martian” is seen as the popular, bigbudget contender likely to compete at the Academy Awards.

The National Board of Review, a collection of film enthusiasts and academics, eschewed several of the top independent contenders, like the journalism drama “Spotlight” (the big winner at Monday

night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards) and the 1950s romance “Carol.”

Instead, the NBRs gave Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Western, “The Hateful Eight,” awards for Tarantino’s screenplay and Jennifer Jason Leigh’s supporting actress performance. Sylvester Stallone was named best supporting actor for “Creed,” the acclaimed reboot of Stallone’s “Rocky” franchise.

Brie Larson won best actress for her performance as a captive mother in “Room.” The group also singled out Larson’s young co-star, Jacob Tremblay, for breakthrough performance, an award he shares

with another young actor, Abraham Attah, the child soldier of the Netflix release “Beasts of No Nation.”

The National Board of Review is known for spreading its awards around as much as possible, attracting a roomful of celebrities to its annual dinner in midtown New York. This year’s ceremony will be hosted by NBC’s Willie Geist on Jan. 5.

An award for best ensemble to Adam McKay’s “The Big Short” - featuring Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell and Brad Pitt - will surely add star power to the gala.

The group awarded best documentary to the Amy

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Facebook CEO, now a father, will give away most of his money

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say they’ll devote nearly all their wealth - roughly $45 billion - to solving the world’s problems in celebration of their new baby daughter, Max. Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth to a 7-pound, 8-ounce daughter last week. But the couple didn’t put out the news until Tuesday, when Zuckerberg posted it on Facebook, of course.

In the same post, Zuckerberg said he and Chan will, over time, commit 99 percent of their Facebook stockholdings to such causes as fighting disease, improving education and “building strong communities.” The couple had previously pledged to give away at least half their assets during their lifetime, but hadn’t provided specifics.

They are forming a new organization, called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, that will pursue those goals through a combination of charitable donations, private investment and promotion of government-policy reform.

“Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today,” the 31-year-old social media mogul and his wife wrote in a letter to their daughter, which they also posted on Facebook.

The announcement stunned the charity world.

“It’s incredibly impressive and an enormous commitment that really eclipses anything that we’ve seen in terms of size,” said Phil Buchanan, president of the nonprofit Center for Effective Philanthropy.

By comparison, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has an endowment of just over $41 billion, whichincludes wealth do-

Norman Lear says TV is still a place to talk about race ATLANTA (AP) -- Legendary TV producer Norman Lear believes there is still a place for shows to explore race relations issues in the same manner as his famed sitcoms “All in the Family” and “Good Times.”

Lear, a champion of television diversity, took part in a panel discussion about race and American culture on Monday night at Morehouse College to celebrate the 40th anniversary of another one of his classic sitcoms, “The Jeffersons.” The show’s 10-year run ended in 1985. It starred the late Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson, a feisty, bigoted owner of a chain of drycleaning businesses.

Several joined Lear in the discussion, from Marla Gibbs, who played the wisecracking maid Florence on the show, to actresses Kim Fields and Keisha KnightPulliam, as well with veteran casting director Reuben Cannon and Usher.

Usher wasn’t old enough to watch the “The Jeffersons,” ‘’Sanford and Sons” or “All in the Family” when they were on the air. But the singer said watching the reruns of those shows filled a major void for him.

“Realistic television and sitcoms became very valuable to me, because I was raised without a father,” Usher said. “So I looked to these shows for an idea of a family structure. ... I found a connection there with those shows.”

Throughout his career, Lear confronted war, sexuality, abortion and poverty with topical humor on many of his shows. The 93-year-old Lear, who also read from his memoir “Even This I Get to

Experience,” is working on a Hispanic version of his single-parent comedy “One Day at a Time.” But he said there are more stories that should be told by a new generation of writers and filmmakers to spark more conversations.

“The problems are still there to be talked about,” Lear said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“We still have problems.

We still have a long way to go. I kept hearing about my shows from people that ‘We watched as a family and talked when it was over. We always had conversations when it was over.’

“That’s what the whole American experiment is all about: Talking together.

Finding the solution to the problem, being helped by literature, theater and so forth.”

Lear said current shows like “Black-ish” have followed suit, commending the sitcom for tackling the N-word controversy head on. He said that one particular episode created a series of dialogue between many, which needs to happen more.

“We’re crazy not to talk about it, and get rid of it once and for all,” he said.

He recalled how “The Jeffersons” helped Russell Simmons at a young age before he became a well-known music mogul.

“He talked about how he saw George Jefferson writing a check,” Lear said. “At that time, he didn’t know a Black man could write a check.

It was a big moment in his young life. It wasn’t the glitz of a hit TV show. It was the moments that made them feel whole.”

nated by the Microsoft founder and his friend, the businessman Warren Buffett.

The new initiative will be organized as a limited liability company, however, rather than as a nonprofit foundation. “They want the most flexibility and they are going to use a wide variety of activities to achieve their mission,” Rachael Horwitz, a Facebook spokeswoman, said via email. “So in that way this is not a foundation nor is it entirely charitable.”

The notion of investing money in companies that tackle social issues isn’t new, but it has gained more currency among a younger generation of philanthropists, particularly in the tech world.

Zuckerberg has also shown a previous interest in influencing public policy. He led other prominent Silicon Valley figures in forming a group,

FWD.us, that lobbied and gave donations to congressional candidates in an unsuccessful effort to promote immigration reforms. Depending on how much of the new effort is devoted to lobbying, it could raise new questions about the influence of money in today’s politics, some experts said.

In the letter to their daughter, Zuckerberg and Chan described their goals as “advancing human potential and promoting equality.” They added: “We must make long term investments over 25, 50 or even 100 years. The greatest challenges require very long time horizons and cannot be solved by short term thinking.”

While Zuckerberg promised to release more details in the future, he said the couple will transfer most of their wealth to the initiative “during our lives.” The couple will be

in charge of the initiative, although Zuckerberg won’t be quitting his day job.

“I have a full time job running Facebook,” he told The Associated Press in an interview last month, during which he discussed the couple’s approach to philanthropy. Of his job at the social network, he added, “I’m going to be doing this for long time.”

The Facebook cofounder is one of the world’s wealthiest men.

He and Chan, a 30-yearold pediatrician, have previously donated $100 million to public schools in Newark, New Jersey, and pledged $120 million to schools in poor communities of the San Francisco Bay Area. They’ve also given $75 million to the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where Chan did her medical training.

In a statement, Face-

book said the couple’s plan to transfer their shares over time won’t affect his status as controlling shareholder of the company. The company said Zuckerberg has committed to dispose of no more than $1 billion of Facebook stock every year for the next three years.

Zuckerberg and Chan had announced on Facebook last July that they were expecting a daughter, after Chan had three previous miscarriages.

Horwitz said the baby was born early last week, but declined to say which day.

“Mom and baby are both healthy and doing well,” Horwitz added.

Zuckerberg has said he plans to take two months of paternity leave.

San Francisco approves $290,000 payout for journey wedding

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP)— The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $290,000 payout to settle a lawsuit by the guitarist of rock band Journey that claimed the city unfairly jacked up fees to use a city landmark for his lavish wedding.

The full board voted unanimously to approve the settlement with Neal Schon.

Schon married “Real Housewives of D.C.” star Michaele Salahi in Decem-

ber 2013 at the Palace of Fine Arts with a reception at an adjacent building that once housed the Exploratorium science museum.

Schon said he agreed to pay the city $58,000 for the use of the building, but he was surprised to learn days before the wedding that he would have to pay $240,000 for the opulent event to go on. He reluctantly paid, likening the price hike to “extortion.”

The couple sued in federal court in February,

claiming that the city unfairly jacked up the fee after learning the couple planned to broadcast the event on pay-per-view television.

City Attorney Dennis Herrera initially defended the higher charge as appropriate for a commercial event. “We’re grateful we were able to reach an amicable agreement to resolve the dispute, and we wish Neal and Michaele every happiness in married life,” Herrera’s office said in a

statement.

Journey is a band nearly synonymous with San Francisco in some circles. Two of its songs, “Don’t Stop Believin’ “ and “Lights,” are unofficial theme songs of the San Francisco Giants.

Before starring in the 2010 season of “Housewives,” Salahi made headlines when she and her then-husband crashed a state dinner at the White House in 2009.

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S U D O k U

Wednesday December 2, 2015

Difficulty Level Medium

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

Tuesday’s puzzle solved

Across 1 “Mamma Mia!” group 5 Tunes 10 Fundamentals 14 Talking iPhone feature 15 Destroyer destroyer 16 Messy stuff 17 __ smasher 18 “I’m innocent!”

19 Hindu deity 20 High-speed war plane maneuver 22 Hunter’s device 23 Gets close to 24 Cheat, in a way 25 Seasonal malady 27 Find work 30 Shakespearean fairy queen 33 Large-leafed tree 35 Batman portrayer Kilmer 36 Skating commentator Lipinski 37 Passionate 38 Dishes for company 40 Eagerly excited 41 Golfer Ballesteros 42 Furrow maker 43 Ruling period 45 Charlemagne’s realm: Abbr.

46 Avant-garde 48 Low or no follower 49 Insert for a 6-Down 51 Shoot well under par, in golf lingo 53 Syria’s Bashar al-__ 55 Focuses even harder ... and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues 59 Letters after phis 60 “The Planets” composer 61 Texter’s “If you ask me” 62 Adorable 63 Wipe off 64 Dismissed, with “off” 65 “Until next time,” in texts 66 Oscar’s roommate 67 Tolkien’s Treebeard et al.

Down 1 PDQ 2 __-Honey 3 *Rhode Island school 4 Pop singer Mann 5 *Like Southern California beaches 6 Duck player in “Peter and the Wolf” 7 Punishment with a grounding 8 Risk, e.g.

9 Canonized Mlle.

10 Feel the same way 11 *Title female “trying to make a devil out of me,” in a Santana hit 12 “À__ est‡?”

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31 Food court attraction 32 Something to pick lox for 34 Ô50s political monogram 36 Label 39 “__ so?”

44 Fish caught in pots 46 Author Buntline 47 Tennis great Andre 50 Studio piece 52 “Swan Lake” swan

53 Customer holding: Abbr.

54 Closed 55 Produced, as fruit 56 Tel Aviv airline 57 Smidgen 58 Quiet yeses 60 Celeb with a mansion

Tuesday’S puzzle solved

C R O S S W O R D

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Students dodge the rain to grab a hotdog Tuesday afternoon to support Phi Sigma Pi’s fundraiser | photo by garrett yurisko

HOROSCOPE

BY NANCY BLACK ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH Just when you thought it couldn’t get any busier, it does. Your work is in demand today and tomorrow. Gamble? Not today. Choose stability over illusion. Handle a problem. Stay in communication. Expect some emotional impact.

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Romance blossoms. Play with friends and family. Things don’t always go as planned. Keep practicing. True your aim, and try again. Work with someone who sees your blind spot.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Fix up your place today and tomorrow.

Your home and family require more attention. Personal comfort must be considered ... clean house, and beautify. Don’t strain the budget. Flowers brighten things. Create peaceful spaces. Use your practical resources.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Lucrative opportunities abound today and tomorrow. Your ideas are attracting attention. Focus on the goal.

You may be learning more than you wanted to know. Avoid tricks, distractions and silly arguments.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH The moon is in your sign today and tomorrow for extra energy and confidence. Take care of personal practicalities. As you gain strength, you also gain options. Don’t rush into anything. Pamper yourself. Consider a new style.

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Finish up old business today and to-

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and a professional status rise is pos- revisions. Join forces with another sible. Practice makes perfect. Relax for funding, with clear, strategic priwhen you can, especially with warm orities. Do what you said. water. Recharge batteries.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HH CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Provide support. Be more willing HHHH New opportunities arise to to share the load for the next two SCORPIO (Oc t. 23-Nov. 21) study a subject you love. Travel con- days. You’re building for your future.

HHHHH Friends come to your ditions improve today and tomor- Discover romance in the process. rescue. Team projects go well today row. Plan itineraries in detail before Work together for a shared dream. and tomorrow. Stifle rebellious ten- setting off. Replenish reserves, and It may not look like the pictures. dencies, and align with a group vi- resist the temptation to overspend. sion. Keep the objective in mind. It’s It’s not worth an upset. Follow the BORN TODAY Spread your wings easier to ride the horse in the direc- money trail. this year. Follow your studies where tion it’s going. they take you. Realize personal AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH dreams. September eclipses incite SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Revise plans to discover a win-win a career rise and more changes at HHH Work takes priority for the financial situation over the next few next few days. A challenge or test days. Review budgets, send invoices home. Pursue truth, goodness and requires focused attention. Pass it, and pay bills. Changes necessitate beauty.

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Wednesday December 2, 2015

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GREAT EIGHT

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Junior quarterback Skyler Howard runs through defenders in last week’s game at Kansas.

West Virginia aims to reach eight wins in season finale at Kansas State by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

West Virginia is one win away from setting the program record for the most successful season in the Big 12. The Mountaineers are on a four-game winning streak, bouncing back from a tough October schedule.

With one remaining regular season game at Kansas State this weekend, head coach Dana Holgorsen knows where the team stands and what a win this week means.

“It’s not surprising to me where the team is at contrary to some people’s beliefs,” he said. “There have

been some great teams at West Virginia, there is no question, but this would be the best Big 12 team that we have had. That’s what they want to get to.

We wanted to be remembered for something a little bit better than not being successful in the Big 12.”

According to Holgorsen, the team banded together following four straight losses and set a goal to achieve more than they were seemingly on pace to do.

This team has definitely faced adversity this season, from injuries to blowout losses, and they still have a test this week in Kansas State.

The Wildcats have always evaded WVU and are one game away from bowl eligibility, sitting on a 5-6 record. K-State hung in there against Oklahoma State and TCU, and only lost to Baylor by one touchdown.

Its worst loss, a 55-0 shutout, came against Oklahoma, followed by a 23-9 loss to Texas the following week.

Keeping in mind the Wildcats’ desire to make a bowl game and also their ability to keep up offensively and defensively with Baylor and TCU’s pre-injured teams, this is not a game the Mountaineers should walk into lightly.

“It starts with their quar-

terback. Hubener is a good player that keeps getting better and better,” Holgorsen said. “He knows how to score - he is responsible for 22 touchdowns.

He’s kind of what makes the team go.”

Junior quarterback Joe Hubener saw action last season in seven games as the primary backup; this year, as the starter, he is faring decently considering the opponents he’s seen.

So far this season, he is averaging 159.3 passing yards per game and 54.4 rushing yards, right behind lead rusher junior running back Charles Jones, who’s carrying 55.6 yards per game.

Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson described the K-State offense as bringing more formation-wise than all other teams in the Big 12 and emphasized that Hubener will be running the ball more often. The West Virginia defense has been holding its opponents to 169.5 rushing yards per game; considering Kansas State averages 170.3 rushing yards per game, followed by 174.5 passing yards per game, the defense has an opportunity to continue its success.

“They’re probably the most disciplined, well coached team in the country. They have guys that are going to work hard

for Coach Snyder and not make a lot of little mistakes,” said senior corner back Terrell Chestnut.

“We’ve got to do everything to prepare for them and execute everything perfectly to take them out. They’ve always been able to run the ball well, so it’s going to be a good challenge for us.”

Revenge has played a part in several matchups this year for the Mountaineers and continues to be a theme this week against the Wildcats. With motivation to finish the best WVU record in the Big 12, Holgorsen and crew have their work cut out for them. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

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Jessica Morton dribbles down the court in a game against Delaware State earlier this season.

Carey goes for all-time wins record tonight against Morehead St.

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team (4-2) will look to help head coach Mike Carey write his name in the WVU record books as the team takes on Morehead State tonight at 7 p.m.

Carey earned his 301st career win in Sunday’s matchup against Yale, which placed the Clarksburg native in a tie for first place in career wins at WVU. He is one win away from passing Kittie Blakemore from the all-time wins record.

“I’m happy for him,”

said senior forward Bria Holmes in an interview with WVUsports.com. “I’m happy for the team.”

However, Carey’s first shot at setting the record comes against a very offensive-minded Morehead State team that can easily run up the score.

Led by head coach Gregg Todd, the Eagles find themselves at 3-4, riding a two-game losing streak going into the matchup with the Mountaineers.

Morehead State, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, is fifth in the nation in scoring and leads its conference with 89.0 points per game, averaging 13.2 more points than

the next team in the OVC. The dual-threat of junior Shay Steele and sophomore Eriel McKee are a large reason for the offensive success of the Eagles.

Steele averages 15.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game, while McKee is arguably the most aggressive player in women’s basketball. She is second for the Eagles in scoring and has 35 steals on the year, which leads the NCAA. The current two-game slide is the perfect opportunity for the Mountaineers to take control of this game, but it will also come down to WVU’s still-de-

veloping defense to slow down the Eagles’ powerhouse offense.

On WVU’s four-game road trip this past week, Carey saw what needed to be worked on, especially after an overtime loss to USC. “At the end of a game situation, we didn’t execute,” he said. “It doesn’t surprise me because we’re a young team.”

Carey also noted the team has to improve on its rebounding. Six games into the season, the Mountaineers are seventh in the Big 12 in both offensive and defensive rebounds.

Morehead State is a team that dominates in

offensive rebounds, as it leads the OVC with 344, but is dead last in defensive rebounds.

After ending their first tournament of the season on a high note, the Mountaineers are simply glad to be back home after the coast-to-coast road trip. The Mountaineers start a home stand that will last until the middle of December.

“It will be good to be back home,” Carey said. “It seems like we’ve been all over the country for four games.”

Holmes will get the chance to continue her offensive dominance after taking home tournament

MVP honors in her home state of Connecticut this past week. She continues to consistently prove she is one of the most dynamic players in the Big 12, and the matchup against Morehead State’s defense will be enticing.

This game has the potential to become a shootout, not because of either team’s defensive tendencies, but because of the surplus of offense on the court. Either way, the West Virginia women’s basketball program could have a new all-time wins leader if everything goes as planned. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday December 2, 2015

swim & DIVE

WVU looks to take leap at Winter Nationals this week

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Senior swimmer Ross Glegg participates in the freestyle race against Marshall earlier this season.

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

Competitors representing the West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming teams will open the first day of competition in the USA Winter Nationals in Federal Way, Washington today, with a shot at qualifying for USA Olympic Trials in the spring.

Six Mountaineers will make the cross-country trip for the four-day event, which is conducted in long course meters. Seniors Andrew Marsh and Ross Glegg will compete

in the 200-meter freestyle, as well as junior Nate Carr.

CollegeSwimming.com named Marsh Swimmer of the Week for the second time this year following a solid performance in the Tennessee Invite in Knoxville on Nov. 20-22.

Senior Max Spencer and sophomore distance swimmer James Koval will also compete for the men’s team.

Spencer qualified for both the 100- and 200-meter backtstroke. Koval will swim the 1,500-meter freestyle, representing the only distance swimmer to make the trip for the

Mountaineers.

For the women’s team, senior Jaimee Gillmore inched her way into a qualifying spot in the 50-meter freestyle. Gillmore will round out the six WVU qualifiers, who are set to begin the prelims today at 8 a.m.

Last week, the WVU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams both finished fourth in the Tennessee Invite. The Mountaineers faced off against Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia Tech during the four-team, threeday meet. Marsh led the way for the men’s team,

finishing in the top five in all four individual events the senior swimmer competed in.

WVU head coach Vic Riggs has taken notice of Marsh’s stellar efforts and expects the results to show at the USA Winter Nationals.

“Andrew continues to raise his level of expectation for himself and our team, which is translating to some very strong performances for him,” Riggs said. “He has a good shot of making a qualifying run at Winter Nationals.”

This year’s USA Swimming Winter Nationals be-

gins today and concludes Saturday. The AT&T-sponsored meet previously was hosted in Greensboro, North Carolina but is making its way to Federal Way, Washington for 2015. Among the competitors for the men, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will make an appearance in this year’s Winter Nationals.

World champions Katie McLaughlin and Missy Franklin will also be in competition Thursday through Saturday.

While the swimming teams compete in the USA Swimming Winter Nation-

als, the WVU men’s and women’s diving squads have the week off. The divers resume competition on Dec. 15 for the five-day USA Diving Winter Nationals in Indianapolis. However, the program’s focus will be on the Mountaineers swimming in Federal Way over the next few days.

Today’s first round of prelims begins at 8 a.m.

Pacific time at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, and finals begin at 6 p.m. Pacific time. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

rifle

Hammond signs three promising commits for next season

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

The No. 1 West Virginia University rifle team signed three incoming freshmen for next season’s team last week, just

as the team concluded the first half of the season with a decisive win over No. 8 Ohio State.

The 4,711-4,684 win put the Mountaineers at 7-0 prior to the winter hiatus; an important spot considering the compe-

tition the Mountaineers will face following the break.

With the top spot in the polls, the Mountaineers were able to focus on signing three phenomenal recruits for next year’s class.

The trio, two Americans

and one Serbian, all have a plethora of world shooting experience.

Jack Anderson, a native of Franklin, Pennsylvania, has been a target for WVU head coach Jon Hammond ever since he shot alongside current Mountaineers Will Anti, Garrett Spurgeon and Jean-Pierre Louis at the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships last year. Anderson finished second, just behind Anti.

“We’ve known Jack (Anderson) for a while, and we’re looking forward to welcoming him on to the team,” Hammond said in an interview with WVUSports.com.

“He’s shot at a lot of Junior Olympic and National competitions, and those opportunities have allowed him to gain experience. We’re excited to see how he will improve once he joins a college team atmosphere.”

Anderson has qualified for five USA Shooting Junior Olympics and holds the J2 air rifle national record. He won the outdoor 3-positions rifle Pennsylvania state championship all four years of high school.

Morgan Phillips, a native of Salisbury, Maryland, is the second American to sign for the Mountaineers’ class of 2020. Phillips’ appeal is a variety of interna-

tional shooting experiences within the past 10 months, including competing in the 2015 ISSF World Cup in Azerbaijan.

She placed ninth overall in the 2015 World Cup Spring Selection and finished sixth in smallbore at the 2015 National Junior Olympics.

“Like Jack, we’ve known Morgan for a while. Morgan’s smallbore has really come on in the last year,” Hammond said. “Azerbaijan was a big match for her, and she shot a personal best, which speaks volumes to her character and her ability to compete in big matches.”

Completing the class is Milica Babic of Belgrade, Serbia. She is a member of the Serbian Youth National team despite never picking up a rifle until 2010. Babic brings with her perhaps one of the largest resumes an incoming freshman has ever brought to Morgantown.

Babic holds 15 national records, including 13 in the past year. She was one of just six European females to compete at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics. She has shooting experience in Spain, Germany, Russia, Holland and China.

She comes to WVU with four top-10 finishes at international competitions in the past two years, including back-to-back fifth-place finishes at the

2014 and 2015 European Championships.

Her experience will surely make for a quick t ra n s i t i o n i nt o o n e of the Mountaineers’ top scoring spots next season.

“I think the improvements she’s made recently will help her have a big impact right away, and she will challenge the NCAA field in both disciplines,” Hammond said.

“As with all international student-athletes, we’re excited to bring a different culture and motivation to our team.”

These three signees have big shoes to fill, with three of the country’s top shooters graduating in Michael Bamsey, Garrett Spurgeon and Meelis Kiisk. If the trio can have an impact similar to this year’s newcomers Ginny Thrasher and Will Anti have been near the top of the field in nearly every match - they will be able to contribute to yet another national title run.

For now, the team’s focus is on the second half of the season, with two of the nation’s top teams, No. 3 Alaska-Fairbanks and No. 7 Kentucky, coming to Morgantown after the break. Wins will be essential to the team’s quest for a fourth-consecutive national title. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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ICE HOCKEY

Sturges draws from past experience as WVU coach

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University men’s hockey team has hit a rough patch of ice, but head coach AJ Sturges remains optimistic about his young team.

As the Mountaineers have stumbled to a 9-15 record, Sturges hopes to draw on his past experiences to try to turn the team’s season around.

“My experiences as a player at Michigan State University, as well as at the U.S. National Team Development Program, have taught me to value the details that are required to play hockey at a high level,” Sturges said. “The difference between good and great in this game is doing the small things very well, and I was fortunate to play for a group of coaches who delivered that message.”

Despite his youth, Stur-

ges’ strong hockey background has provided him with a number of mentors and coaches who have showed him the ropes during his years on the ice.

“I have a number of coaching mentors who I have stayed in touch with through the years who I consider to be very influential in my way of thinking about hockey now,” Sturges said. “My dad, who was a very successful player, taught me how to play the game, but more importantly how to teach the game. He is a master of the basics. Also, I was fortunate to grow up in Madison, Wisconsin, surrounded by some amazing hockey players and families - Bobby Suter, Mark Johnson and many more affiliated with the UW Badgers and hockey in the state of Wisconsin.

“Another coach who had a big influence on my development was Ron

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WVU hockey players hunt for a goal at a game earlier this season with Mercyhurst.

Rolston, who is now coach- is straightforward. He plex, but they require a ing in the AHL (American preaches a style of play high level of execution so Hockey League). He was a based around mastering that everything else can master of running practices the fundamentals on the function. My hope for the and developing his teams ice. team is to generate a lot of and someone I really ben“My style of coaching is opportunities through crevery simple,” Sturges said. ative team play. But to do efited from playing for.”

St u r g e s’ a p p ro a c h “The systems are not com- so requires a high level of

discipline.”

After falling to Robert Morris and Pitt before Thanksgiving break by scores of 6-3 and 5-1, respectively, it has been clear WVU has issues putting the puck in the net. As evidenced by WVU’s 35-30 edge in number of shots against the Panthers, creating chances is not necessarily a problem for the Mountaineers - converting those chances into goals is. Sturges’ and the Mountaineers’ return to the basics could lead to more goals.

The Mountaineers hit the road for back-to-back games this weekend as they travel to Canisius College to take on the Golden Griffins at the Buffalo State College Arena in Buffalo, New York at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 and RIT on Saturday, Dec. 5 to face the Tigers at Scottsville Arena in Scottsville, New York. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Kobe begins farewell tour in hometown of Philly PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour begins in the city that loves and hates him.

Bryant will play his first road game since announcing he’ll retire after this season in his hometown Tuesday night against the winless Philadelphia 76ers (0-18).

The five-time NBA champion’s relationship with Philly fans has been turbulent throughout his 20-year NBA career in Los Angeles.

Some love him. Some hate him.

Regardless, nearly everyone respects his superstar talent.

With the 76ers, Eagles and Flyers all struggling, Bryant’s return was a hot topic on sports radio on Monday.

“I always enjoyed watching Kobe play and consider him one of the

greatest ever, but he didn’t want to play for the Sixers so I held that against him,” said longtime Philadelphia sports fan John Passero.

“But if the Sixers couldn’t win it all, I rooted for Kobe.”

No doubt, Bryant will get a rousing ovation in an arena where he’s heard mostly boos over the past two decades. People don’t come to watch the Sixers, who’ve lost an NBA record 28 straight games and are one defeat away from breaking the league record for most losses to start a season.

Fans come to see marquee opponents and nobody fills the seats like Kobe.

Born in Philadelphia, Bryant spent much of his childhood living in Italy where his father, Joe Bryant, played pro basketball for several years. When

his family moved back to the United States, Bryant went to Lower Merion High School, located in an affluent suburb about nine miles west of downtown Philadelphia.

He once said early in his career that he wasn’t from Philly because he didn’t live within the city limits.

That didn’t sit well with local fans.

“He was a spoiled rich kid who grew up in a fancy suburb,” said Louis Manitti, a former season ticketholder. “He was never one of us. He wasn’t a hard-working blue-collar guy.”

Local media were critical when Bryant decided to skip college and turn pro in 1996.

The Sixers had the first pick that year and chose Allen Iverson. Bryant went 13th to Charlotte, which traded him to Los Angeles.

World Cup sponsors demand “independent oversight” of reforms LONDON (AP) — Five World Cup sponsors have written to FIFA’s executive committee demanding “independent oversight” of the reform process in their latest intervention that highlights concerns about their links to soccer’s scandal-battered governing body.

Sponsors were originally promised places on the FIFA reform committee. But instead of being invited into meetings discussing the overhaul of the organization, they have been offered seats only on an advisory board which is yet to be appointed.

The sponsors’ letter was sent from Adidas, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Visa, and Budweiser brewer AB InBev to FIFA’s ruling body ahead of meetings this week when a final slate of reform proposals will be discussed.

The reform panel was established following the indictment of soccer officials by American authorities for bribery but the sponsors appear to have reservations about its independence.

“We want to stress that we are calling on you to embrace change, implement reforms, endorse a long-term independent oversight approach and initiate the cultural change because we all want to see football thrive,” the sponsors wrote to the FIFA executive committee in a letter seen

by The Associated Press.

The sponsors say “strengthening FIFA’s governance” is “just one step toward creating a credible future” of an organization currently under the temporary leadership of Issa Hayatou while Sepp Blatter is suspended.

“We want to emphasize to you the values and characteristics that we believe should be incorporated through the reforms,” the sponsors wrote.

“Transparency, accountability, respect for human rights, integrity, leadership, and gender equality are crucial to the future of FIFA. “Reforms can set the proper framework for these characteristics, but a cultural change is also needed. The culture change has to begin

FIFA president Sepp Blatter. within FIFA and filter through to the confederations and FIFA’s football associations.”

Despite seeming sidelined by the reform talks, sponsors were praised by FIFA for “their invaluable contributions and efforts.”

“Our commercial affiliates will continue to play an important role in the reform process as it moves forward, and will help ensure the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive package of reforms,” FIFA said in a statement.

Blatter launched the reform process on June in a speech announcing his intended resignation. It was seen as a key move to show critics, including U.S. federal prosecutors, that embattled FIFA could change its culture and behavior.

Former International Olympic Committee official Francois Carrard accepted FIFA’s invitation in August to lead a team that was to include two people picked by the sponsors to join 12 more nominated by FIFA’s six continental confederations.

That promise of two seats then became a pledge to give sponsors input in a fivemember advisory board Carrard said he would choose to

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review his panel’s work.

However, the advisory board - seen as a safety net to give oversight by experts from outside FIFA’s “football family” - has disappeared from the process.

Carrard has never announced appointments or scheduled meetings in almost four months of working with FIFA. Reform and anti-corruption ideas being agreed Thursday by the FIFA executive committee will be put to the congress of 209 member federations on Feb. 26, when the new president will also be elected. It is unclear what input sponsors had or will have before the congress.

“The actions you take with this first round of reform proposals will set the tone for the full Congress to get behind the reform process,” the sponsors wrote to the executive committee.

South Korean motor firm Hyundai Motor Group and Russian state-controlled gas company Gazprom are not signatories to the letter.

Sponsors and commercial partners contributed $1.6 billion of FIFA’s $5.7 billion windfall in 2011-2014, which encompassed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Bryant’s dad played four seasons with the Sixers, but he declared he grew up rooting for the Lakers. Of course, Sixers fans didn’t appreciate that slight.

But nothing turned fans against Bryant more than a bold statement he made during the 2001 NBA Finals when the Lakers played Philadelphia. Iverson led the Sixers to a victory on the road in Game 1 and the Lakers won Game 2.

Afterward, Bryant said he wanted to come home and “cut their hearts out” by winning the series in Philadelphia.

The Lakers did just that, winning three straight games to clinch the NBA championship.

“I liked Kobe until he said he wanted to rip our hearts out,” said Michael Rivers, a part-time season ticketholder. “He was too cocky, too arrogant and

that was too personal. Just say you want to win and that’s enough.”

Bryant has never apologized for that comment.

“I’m not apologizing for saying I’m going to come kick some (butt),” Bryant told reporters before a game in Philadelphia in 2012.

“I’m just not going to do it. But I certainly embrace the city and I love everything that it’s taught me.

So, I’m deeply appreciative of it.”

The folks at Bryant’s former high school certainly appreciate him.

Bryant often returned to Lower Merion High School when the Lakers came to Philly.

He’s given pep talks to the basketball team, worked out at the practice gym and also donated about $500,000 to the school.

His former high school coach, Gregg Downer, said Bryant still wears his Aces shorts under his Lakers shorts.

At a dedication ceremony for the Kobe Bryant Gymnasium five years ago, Bryant told the crowd at the high school: “This is where I came from. This is where I grew up. I didn’t go to college. This is my university. This is where my memories lie.”

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