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WVU provides safe spaces for LGBTQ members by kayla asbury associate city editor @kaylaasbury_

Whether it be on a laptop, a window or a professor’s door, a Safe Zone sticker invites LGBTQ students into a safe environment to talk about themselves and their problems openly with someone certified to listen. The goal of the Safe Zone program at West Virginia University is to “foster an atmosphere of support and celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning individuals on the WVU campus,” according to its website. There are hundreds of students, faculty and staff at WVU who are Safe Zone certified, according to Sean Fitzwater, a Safe Zone certified student. “I would hope that people look at it as a way to kind of show that the University as a whole is more inclusive,” Fitzwater said. “The more stickers that show up, the more people that come for tours see that this place might be a little better than what West Virginia as a whole is stigmatized as.” Making WVU a safe space is one of the biggest missions for the Safe Zone program. “I think that one of the things that Safe Zone has extraordinarily done, particularly for students is, a lot of LGBTQ students recognize they may not necessarily have the safest place,” said Daniel Brewster, an instructor at WVU. “They may not have parents that they can go to, they may not necessarily be able to go to their friends, they may not even necessarily be able to go to their therapist because they don’t trust their therapist to keep their privacy from their family.” However, creating a “safe space” is not the only goal of the program. “Particularly on a campus like this, it gives that individual someone that they can turn to; whether it’s private conversations, whether it’s questions. It’s also educational for the allies. One of the biggest reason why I want to (have a safe zone program) is to increase that alliance, but also let a lot of allies on campus, in academia, which is supposed to be inclusive,” Brewster said. “Let them understand the role that they play in this as well. It doesn’t just have to be the LGBTQ faculty, staff and administration, we want everyone to be involved.” Safe Zone stickers are a starting point to building relationships between allies and those in the LGBTQ communities. “I guess it’s subjective, right? You know, to some people (the Safe Zone sticker) probably does (make them feel comfortable). To others, they’re like, ‘I don’t know that person, so can I really trust them?’ So you have to develop some type of rapport,” Brewster said. Although all students, faculty and administrators are welcome to participate, the Safe Zone program isn’t exclusive to people that are knowledgeable about LG-

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Alumna starts local clothing line by tessa iglesias correspondent @dailyathenaeum

A West Virginia University alumna recently launched her own clothing line, featuring a Wild and Wonderful Morgantown collection. Nicole Molinaro graduated from WVU in 2014 with a degree in agribusiness management and rural development with minors in public relations and equine studies. Now she is the proud founder of Welsh

near and dear to the hearts of many WVU students and alumni alike, including Blue Hole, High Street and Los Mariachis, as well as the brand’s Corgi logo wearing a coonskin cap. By choosing a Welsh Corgi as the brand’s logo, Molinaro was able to take advantage of a popular trend that held ties to her experiences at horse shows. Through social media, she saw the world was falling in love with the breed, and from being in the equestrian

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Amanda Potts performs as the lead dancer in “Serenade”, a Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School performance, which was given at the Creative Arts Center on Thursday evening.

WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents annual ‘Dance Now!’ concert by meg weissend A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Annual concert “Dance Now!” gives students a chance to explore individual creativity work alongside professionals and perform in front of a large audience. Thursday night, the West Virginia University School of Theatre and Dance presented this year’s show, premiering in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre of the Creative Arts Center.

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Additional performances of “Dance Now!” will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight and at 2 p.m. Saturday. The show is mostly comprised of students with dance majors and minors. Featuring new choreography by WVU dance students, WVU dance faculty members and prestigious guest artists, the concert showcases 50 students. The original lighting and costumes are created by Theatre and Dance design faculty and graduate students. It was all hands on deck for the WVU Dance Pro-

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gantown line was inspired by her experiences in the equestrian industry, as well as her time as a student at WVU. “It was the greatest four years, and I don’t think anyone else who has gone there or is there now would feel any differently,” she said. The Wild and Wonderful line embodies everything Morgantown is about, Molinaro said, and she wants this line to really mean something to students. Designs feature places

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Wear, a preppy clothing company targeted toward college students and those involved in the equestrian world. “I want to produce something that not only caters to just the preppy lifestyle trend that’s really gotten popular,” Molinaro said, “but also can touch on equestrians, too, because it all really is just the same style, and actually, the preppy style really originated from (the equestrian style) in a sense.” Molinaro’s new Mor-

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gram. Yoav Kaddar, director of the WVU Dance Program, says all participating parties have been practicing for the production of “Dance Now!” for around eight weeks “There’s a lot of preparation,” Kaddar said. “We’re in the theater at least 10 hours a day. The end product is the result of hard work.” Students in the WVU Dance Program have the opportunity to audition for industry professionals and workshop their pieces for the annual dance concert performances each year. Eight dancers were chosen this year to dance in Masterworks Guest Choreographer Adam Barruch’s compass themed piece. “I look for dancers who have a natural sense of the way I move and an emotional connection to their bodies,” Barruch said in an interview with WVU Today. “They may not immediately grasp the complexities of the coordinations perfectly, but I can usually tell very quickly if someone will be able to grasp it. People who are committed to what they do without imposing anything artificial onto the work also catch my eye.” “Dance Now!” allows students to experience working on a close-toprofessional production. Dancers from the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School traveled to WVU to perform the legendary George Balanchine’s “Serenade” in the beginning of the show. Set to Tchaikovsky’s 1880 “Serenade for Strings in C,” the number is a popular classical piece.

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“Serenade”, a ballet dance, is performed by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School at the Dance Now! event inside the Creative Arts Center.

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Dancers bow to the audience after performing “Ophidia” at the Dance Now! event hosted by the Creative Arts Center. Also making an ap- really made each perforpearance is the Pizazz mance stand out from Dance Academy from one another. Nothing Morgantown, dancing to was the same, so it kept Nouela’s cover of “Sound me on my toes. It’s also of Silence” by Simon & cool to think that some Garfunkel. The dance of these dancers are peois a tribute for those af- ple we pass on campus fected by Alzheimer’s everyday.” disease. WVU students and the Many styles of dance surrounding community are featured throughout are encouraged to see the performance. Each one of the “Dance Now!” routine is unique, incor- performances. Tickets can be purporating a diverse selecchased at ticketmaster. tion of music. “All in all, it was a very com, the CAC Box Office, unique experience,” said and the Mountainlair Madison Sterne, a fresh- Box Office. To learn more man at WVU. “Although about upcoming events the dancing was enter- in the CAC, visit ccarts. taining and special in it- wvu.edu. self, the costumes, lighting and different music daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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industry and seeing how strong the following for the dog was, she knew the corgi would be the perfect logo for her clothing line. “These dogs are different,” Molinaro said. “They’re so much like a person. It’s amazing.” Molinaro did not intend to start a clothing line after graduation. It was an idea that popped into her head, and because of the tremendous support she got from

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‘Conversations with Cops’ works to break down community barrier by jamie mason staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Thursday night, West Virginia University students and Morgantown residents were able to have “Conversations with Cops.” Seven police officers and attorneys from around West Virginia sat down with residents from WVU and Morgantown for an open forum discussion, giving community members the chance to openly ask questions and share their opinion on law enforcement. “It means a lot to me to have members of the community, specifically the WVU student community, interested in what we do, interested in our perspective,” said Officer James Smith of the Morgantown Police Department. “It’s given me a great opportunity to listen and hear from the students and hear their perspective, they’ve gotten to hear mine, and I think we have a better understanding of one another.” In addition to the Morgantown Police Department, representatives from the University Police Department, the Monongalia County Police Department, the Morgantown City Police Department, West Virginia State Police and the U.S. Attorney’s Office took part in the forum. Many in attendance were pleased that there were different agencies voicing their opinion at the discussion. “Morgantown is a mixed community, you have the University, it is a college town and then on top of that it is an actual town,” said Terina McDowell, a WVU alumna. “(By having different agencies in attendance) I just felt like you got different perspectives within the officer community.” Two similar discussions were held last semester, and there will be one more forum this semester on April 7. The attendance at last night’s discussion was disappointing to some that participated. “We wanted a little more, but the dialogue and the conversation is exactly what we are looking for,” said Eric Jordan, the moderator for the discussion. “I felt like we could’ve went a little longer, but I think from the first time we started this last semester, we’re going in the right direction.” Jordan said that each time they have this event, the discussions are getting better. He hopes that

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Members of Morgantown police and surrounding ares answer questions from the crowd of studentd and citizens.

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Continued from page 1 these discussions allow community members to feel they are being heard and learn more about the police perspectives. “I think if more people

attended, that would give a lot of people a very good opportunity to hear from the police in their neighborhood,” Smith said. “I think (this is) one of the most important things we can be doing as police officers right now.” Other attendees who deal with safety and the wellbeing of students

were pleased with the discussion. “I work really closely with the some of the UPD officers in my position, and I’ve always had very positive interactions with them,” said Sarah Haugh, the resident hall coordinator at Arnold Hall. “I’ve been hearing about the conversations with Cops,

Massive L.A.-area gas leak could be capped in a week LOS ANGELES (AP)—A California official outlined a plan Thursday to cap the massive Los Angeles-area gas leak by the end of next week. Wade Crowfoot, an adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown, told residents of Porter Ranch that the final phase to intercept the ruptured well should start Monday. It is then expected to take another five days to permanently seal the Southern California Gas Co. well that began leaking in October.

The announcement at a public meeting is ahead of the company’s worst-case prediction that it would be plugged by the end of the month. The well has been leaking for 15 weeks. The blowout at the largest natural gas-storage facility in the West has uprooted thousands of residents and spewed more than 2 million tons of climate-changing methane. Residents have complained of headaches, nausea, nosebleeds and other

symptoms. Public health officials blame the woes on an odorant added to the gas and said there shouldn’t be longterm health problems. SoCalGas said it paid $50 million to try to cap the leak and relocate people through December, but it hasn’t given an update since on the costs. The number of relocated families has since soared to 4,400 residents, and the company is facing more than two dozen lawsuits from residents and several public agencies.

and I just wanted to finally come down and hear what it was about.” The officers in attendance stressed that they are not out to get the students. Many officers encouraged students to do ride alongs and be more interactive with the cops. Whenever any question was asked, the officers tried

to clear up misconceptions. “Out of the discussion, the officers were very open to the questions that were asked by the audience,” McDowell said. “They also made it be more personal that they were open to everybody asking questions and getting to know them.” danewsroom@mail.com

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Continued from page 1 BTQ issues. “I want Safe Zone to feel more inclusive to everyone. You don’t have to be an expert on the issues to come to Safe Zone. It’s a place to learn and to grow and to understand more things about the LGBTQ community,” Fitzwater said. “I hope that knowing that information, people will be more willing to

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her family she decided to pursue it. In February 2015, Molinaro left her job as a marketing director at the Devon Horse Show to start her own media business, Gianni Equi Media, LLC, which she still operates. The business focuses on managing social media, creating promotional strategies, marketing and photography focused on the agricultural and equine industry. Because of Molinaro’s work and connections in the media business, Welsh Wear has grown a lot in the equestrian world. However, Molinaro really hopes to tar-

come. Allies would definitely come, LGBTQ community would definitely come. Hopefully from there, we can move forward to change the politics at WVU.” The next Safe Zone training will be from 9-10 a.m. on Monday in the Mountainlair Bluestone Room. For more information on Safe Zone at WVU, visit https ://well.wvu.edu/ sexhealth/safe_zone/. kaasbury@mail.wvu.edu

get college students next, especially those at WVU. Molinaro is in the process of selecting a nonprofit to receive donations from the sale of certain items in her line. While she hopes to find a nonprofit in West Virginia, preferably one dealing with animal rescue, she is open to anything. Though Welsh Wear is not yet being carried in stores, items can be purchased online at http://welshwear. com. Molinaro hopes to soon get her products into Morgantown stores to make it more convenient for students to purchase. For any suggestions or more information about Welsh Wear, email Info@ WelshWear.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu

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NEW YORK (AP)—The Latest on two police officers shot in a New York public housing complex (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Two police officers shot and wounded while patrolling a New York housing project apparently were attacked by a gunman who later killed himself a few miles from where Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) was delivering his State of the City address. Police say the officers encountered two people in a stairwell Thursday evening when one of them pulled a gun and opened fire. Both officers were struck. Police say the shooter fled into an apartment. Officers responding to the scene say they found him in the apartment dead of an apparently selfinflicted gunshot wound. Police say a handgun and a shotgun were inside the apartment. A suspect is in custody. Some people in the apartment are being questioned. The officers have nonlife-threatening injuries and are awake and alert at a hospital. The Democratic mayor raced to the hospital after being told about the shooting when he finished his speech. This item has been corrected to show the officer was shot in the abdomen, not an arm, according to new information police. 10 p.m. Two police officers shot while on patrol in a New York housing project had stopped to question a group of people before getting into an exchange of gunfire. A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press the officers were on patrol in the Bronx on Thursday night when they encountered a group of people in a hallway. The official says someone in the group pulled out a gun and exchanged fire with the officers. The official isn’t authorized to speak publicly about the developing investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity. A spokeswoman for the mayor says one of the officers was shot in the face and the other was shot in an arm. The officers are awake and alert at a hospital. Several people are being questioned. - AP writer Colleen Long contributed to this item. 9:15 p.m. Authorities say two New York Police Department officers shot while on patrol in a housing project suffered non-lifethreatening injuries. Police say a suspect is in custody. The shooting happened Thursday night in the Bronx. A spokeswoman for Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’zee-oh) says one of the officers was shot in the face and the other was shot in an arm. De Blasio was delivering his State of the City speech about 5 miles away when the shooting happened. His spokeswoman says he was briefed as soon as he left the stage and raced to the hospital. 8:40 p.m. Two New York Police Department officers have been shot in a public housing complex. A spokeswoman for Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH’-zee-oh) says it happened Thursday night in the Bronx. Spokeswoman Karen Hinton says one of the officers was shot in the face and the other was shot in an arm. She doesn’t have any more details. The officers have been hospitalized. Their conditions are unknown. De Blasio was delivering his State of the City speech about 5 miles away when the shooting happened. His spokeswoman says he was briefed as soon as he left the stage and was headed to the hospital.

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Ensuring living wages for waitstaff Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter are often used as platforms to share stories about the plights of service workers. Appalling stories of rude guests, little to no tips and nasty notes written on receipts often go viral and attract the sympathy of thousands of people on a daily basis. Service workers depend upon their customers in order to pay their bills. Many restaurants and other service professions are legally allowed to pay their employees several dollars below minimum wage because the rest of their income is assumed to be supplemented by tips. In the United States, one in 10 salaries of waiters and waitresses are less than the national minimum wage. Minimum pay for waitstaff in 19 states is $2.13 per

hour. Much of this money is taken away by taxes, so tips are typically all a waiter or waitress lives on. Only seven states pay their service workers the national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. When a customer is allowed to decide how much money their waiter or waitress makes, it forces service workers to go above and beyond their job description just to make roughly the same salary as workers from non-tipping professions. Though tipping is considered optional by many people, leaving no tip whatsoever is never acceptable for this reason. Danny Meyer, a restaurant owner in New York City, is calling for the end of tipping and is now including hospitality charges in his customers’ bills. While some have expressed discontent

over the decision, the new charge gives his restaurants a hiring advantage by adjusting to fit New York’s new $9 minimum wage for workers in jobs like fast food. By implementing the charge, Meyer is also ensuring that his workers are able to live off their salaries alone. This editorial board is in agreement with Meyer and believes that being able to afford groceries or other payments should not be determined by tips based on quality of service alone. Employers know that happy employees make for a better and more successful work environment, and treating waiters and waitresses fairly by ensuring livable wages is the first step to improving both business and worker morale. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Genetic Engineering:

DANGEROUS SCIENCE or LIFESAVING TECHNOLOGY? The United Kingdom’s fertility regulator has approved for researchers to edit the genetic codes of human embryos. The embryos will be donated from in vitro fertilization patients. Over the course of seven days, researchers will attempt to delete specific genes in order to understand more about human biology.

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The embryos will be destroyed after use, but many people are concerned about the ethics of genetic engineering and what direction science will take as a result of the research.

Is genetic engineering a blessing or a threat to society?

Risks aren’t fully understood, could Has the potential to cure many change society as we know it congenital diseases thomas mcquain columnist @dailyathenaeum

The speed at which human progress moves in the modern day is quite staggering. In just the last 20 years, enough technological advancements have come about to make talking to one another from thousands of miles away possible with just the press of a button. In some cases, however, we tend to advance before we’re ready to handle what we create, such as with genetic engineering. Being able to alter the genes of an unborn child can serve as a potential treatment for hereditary disorders. However, for the time being, genetic science is still in its infancy. While we may in theory be able to alter the genetic code of a human being just enough to cure a specific ailment, there is no way to tell whether the baby will be perfectly healthy with this alteration and stay that way throughout its life. The human body is an extremely complex organism, and tweaking the very blueprints from which the body develops is down-

right dangerous. Given the complexity of genetic coding, the possibility of error is quite large, and any mistakes would likely do terrible damage to the child. No matter how much testing we do on donated embryos, we won’t be able to study and treat the shortcomings of genetic engineering until a real person has already been harmed. The most common argument against the genetic engineering movement is the slippery slope leading to genetically altered, made-to-order human beings. Science could theoretically create a more advanced or more “perfected” human being by working with their genetic code. The concept of a more perfect person being made through science is what sparks fear and controversy in genetic engineering. Despite being a slippery slope, is it really that hard to believe that this would may one day be possible, given all of humanity’s other scientific feats? If science were to accomplish such a task, it may someday even be required by law for parents to have their children become genetically modified in order to reach their fullest

potential. Imagine, for instance, that a child was born without the help of science and grew up around modified children who, through their genetic traits, were designed to go beyond their natural unaltered capacity in areas such as intelligence or athleticism. How could that child, or anyone who has never been genetically modified, ever compete in the world with those who have? Simply put, they could not for long. Paula Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute, believes research into genetic modification will “enhance our understanding of (in vitro fertilization) success rates by looking at the very earliest stage of human development.” The edited embryos are not to be implanted in women, but rather serve as donated test subjects. This is not to say that edited embryos will never be implanted in women, but errors at that stage may be damaging for the mother and child. Due to the extreme risk, hopefully science will proceed with caution in this relatively new area of research. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Science seeks to push beyond what is currently known in an effort to improve global knowledge and health. As technology continues to advance, the ways and depths to which researchers can study all parts of life grow as well. These improvements have given us advancements in pasteurization, mobility, vaccination and communication in order for us to maintain healthier and more efficient lives. However, what we take for granted today was at one point just an idea in someone’s head, which may have even been viewed as radical or even blasphemous by the masses at its first suggestion. Genetic engineering is no different, and many people do not realize just how many innovations we have already seen because of it. Gene engineering and editing is almost as integrated into our lives as cell phones or laptops, yet many people are not aware of how much these genetically modified products influence daily life. Gene editing has been practiced since 1973, when scientists were able to ge-

netically modify bacteria. Since then, genetic engineering has played a part in many medical advancements, like vaccine production, disease modeling and agricultural improvements. In 2012, science saw the next step in genetic engineering: Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats. CRISPR, a structure inside DNA, allows researchers to target specific genes and either remove, activate or silence them. The structure shows potential in editing human cell line DNA with high precision. The key part in gene editing research is that none of the edited embryos will be kept beyond seven days and the team has no intentions of using these embryos for fertilization purposes. While all of this will take many years to accomplish, it’ relevant to people seeking IVF. The goal of the study is to understand which genes are responsible for implantation, development and survival in the uterus so that infertility treatments can be better designed. However, CRISPR technology offers scientists huge opportunities to study not only genes in reproduction and development but also those which lead to inheritable disease and cancer.

It would take many years of research to confirm that there are no negative impacts on the genome, but expanding genetic engineering into the realm of living humans will be the next step in genetic disorder-derived therapeutics. The largest concern people have in regard to genetic engineering is that man would be “playing God.” I think it is important to acknowledge that the research proposed so far in this area has been for improving the quality of life for people with genetic disorders only, as well as advancing our understanding of human biology. There are regulations on all forms of research to ensure the safety of the investigators and community. If concerns involve using technology as a method to “build-a-baby,” I think it will be up to an ethics committee to define what constitutes as acceptable use of CRISPR technology. Overall, though, the opportunities to advancing medical knowledge of the genome as well as therapies for genetic disorders to improve the lives of millions of people far outweighs the potential for made-to-order children. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The Daily Athenaeum uncovers the tastiest craft breweries across West Virginia. Today: Mountain State Brewing Company by chelsea walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

There are many treasures that lie tucked away in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. From historical sites that preserve sacred memories to intricate underground cave systems, West Virginia offers much more than scenic sights. The Mountain State has a knack for creating craft beer as well. According to Brewer’s Association, West Virginia has seen a sharp increase in the number of breweries since 2014. The state now hosts 11 breweries that produce nearly 8,000 barrels of craft beer per year. With

a spike in local brewpubs taking hold in small communities around the state, the industry brought in $211 million in 2014 alone. One of the oldest and largest breweries within the state, Mountain State Brewing Company has been fueling those statistics since 2005. Owners of Mountain State Brewing Co., Brian Arnett and Willie Leymann, founded the brewery in Thomas, West Virginia. The two West Virginia locals and fellow beer lovers decided to operate the brewery independently, purely thriving from the business of local community members. In an interview on Mountain State Brewing Co.’s site, the two said their idea

Mountain State Brewing Company is located in Morgantown, West Virginia. began after Leymann sketched a logo and what would be a brew house for the future business. The images that were once just doodles on lined notebook paper eventually became a logo known throughout the state. “We both enjoy the challenges of creating things on our own,” Arnett said in an interview on Mountain State Brewing Co.’s website. “That’s a West Virginia trait, to be totally self-sufficient and to rely on yourself,” Lymann said. The two built the brew house themselves, from the trusses that hold the ceiling to the details within the bar. Most of the wood, rocks and decor are from the Mountain State itself. Lymann and Arnett both said their upbringing in West Virginia also gave them the background they needed to create a successful craft brewery within their home state. “We don’t really have malls or cinemas, or many of them or anything like that,” Lymann said. “We hang out with people, and I think that’s what our product is more than anything.” Mountain State Brewing Co. holds

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three locations throughout West Virginia and Maryland. While breweries are located in Morgantown, West Virginia, Deep Creek, Maryland. and Thomas, West Virginia, the business still caters to the small-town vibe. Aside from the seasonal specialty brews, Mountain State Brewing Co. offers year-round brews at many West Virginia locations. From the Cold Trail Blonde to the Almost Heaven Ale and the Seneca IPA, Mountain State Brewing Co. has a brew to cater to nearly every palate. The brew itself is made locally in Thomas, West Virginia, where the brewery sits at over 3,000 feet in elevation atop a watershed, allowing the beer to brew with the pure, uncontaminated water. “Our product is West Virginia,” Arnett said. “Our product is our atmosphere.” The two said the Mountain State Brewing Co. offers a shelter for old buddies to share old lies, tales of good times and delicious pints of beer. For more information on Mountain State Brewing Co., visit http://mountainstatebrewing.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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It has been 14 years since The X-Files were truly open, and they are finally open again. Season 10 of “The X-Files” began on Jan. 24. Three episodes have aired so far, and there will be three more in this season. This article does contain spoilers from season 10. “The X-Files” originally premiered in 1993 and aired through 2002. The series was meant to be followed up quickly with the movie, “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” but it was not released until 2008. The show focuses on Fox Mulder, Dana Scully and Walter Skinner. Mulder, played by David Duchovny, is an FBI special agent assigned to the X-Files. Similar to the original, he remains a strong believer in the paranormal and extraterrestrial life. Scully, played by Gillian Anderson, is a medical doctor and FBI agent also assigned to the X-Files. She was primarily a skeptic, but after certain events, she has transformed into a believer. She originally made scientific analyses to check his work and the validity of cases. Skinner, played by Mitch Pileggi, is the assistant director of the FBI. The first episode of season 10, “My Struggle,”

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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson star in ‘The X-Files.’ jumps back in time to 1947. The episode begins with a reoccurring flashback set in New Mexico. A young army doctor is escorted to a UFO crash site with a government agent. They find an injured alien, but before the doctor can do anything, the agent had killed it. Back in the present, it

shows former agent Scully about to scrub in for surgery when she receives an urgent call from Skinner asking for help in contacting Mulder, who has apparently gone underground. When Scully calls Mulder and gives him the message, he asks why Skinner didn’t call him. Scully explains that he didn’t know

how and that she barely knows how either. This is a new development in the relationship; the two were living together the last time they were seen in the movie. Apparently, Skinner was passing on the message that Tad O’Malley, a TV conspiracy theorist, is trying to reach previous X-

Files agents. Scully and Mulder decide to meet with O’Malley in downtown Washington, D.C. O’Malley rattles off his credentials and has them agree to go with him to meet Sveta, a young woman who believes she has been abducted by aliens and implanted

with their embryos. While Scully tests Sveta’s DNA for any evidence of alien contact, O’Malley shows Mulder his alien vehicle replica. While it looks fairly standard, it can become invisible and float silently with stolen energy from the crash. While Mulder questions Sveta one-on-one, she admits that it was not aliens but normal humans. Mulder begins panicking and believes Sveta is the key to everything. He goes to meet Skinner but finds that all his old files are gone. A mysterious old man, who was the army doctor, meets with Mulder to confirm that everything he originally thought was wrong, and that he is now almost there. After Scully confirms Sveta does not have any evidence of aliens-embryos, Sveta announces to the press that O’Malley wanted her to lie about the abduction. Mulder goes to find her but she is gone, and the replica alien vehicle is destroyed, too. Sveta is last seen in a car being blown up by a UFO. It ends with the Cigarette Smoking Man, a villain from the original series, talking on his phone. “We have a small problem,” he croaks to someone on the phone. “They’ve reopened the X-files.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Kendrick awaits Grammy comeback, The Weeknd celebrates seven nominations by woody pond A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Honoring arguably one of the best years of mainstream, popular music in a while, the 58th Grammy Awards is celebrating pop, rock, hip-hop and more in more than 50 different categories. Catering to several genres, the Grammys focus on the most popular styles while also honoring foreign music and music films. Since it is the biggest award show in the music industry, there will be 12 performances from some of the business’s hottest artists to keep the show rolling in between announcing the winners. This year’s ceremony will take place in the Staples Center, home of the Los Angeles Lakers, for the 16th time, making it tied for the most times hosting the Grammys. After being infamously snubbed at the 2013 Grammys and losing the Best Rap Album award to Macklemore, Kendrick Lamar

has made an impressive return to the awards show this year. Leading the pack with 11 total nominations, the second most of any artist ever behind Michael Jackson with 12, Lamar is due for a couple of awards this year. His second major album “To Pimp A Butterfly” is nominated for Best Rap Album as well as Album Of The Year, and the record’s hit single “Alright” is nominated for four awards, including Song Of The Year and Best Music Video. His main rap competitors are J. Cole, Drake and Fetty Wap all four have been nominated or partially nominated for every single rap category. The competition is tough, but with the way Kendrick makes music it will be hard for the underdogs to take him down. Surprisingly not at the top of the nominations list is Taylor Swift, whose most recent album “1989” obliterated the pop charts for months, leaving the radio with hit after hit until almost a year after the album’s release. Although she is not as dominant as Kendrick, she is nominated for some of the cer-

emony’s biggest awards, including Record of the Year for her megahit “Blank Space” and Album of the Year. Going up against songs like “Uptown Funk” and “Thinking Out Loud” is enough to make one intimidated, but with Swift’s success and evolution into “1989,” this Grammy season looks to be one full of smiles for her. Her aesthetically pleasing and futuristic fantasy video for the song “Bad Blood” is also nominated for Best Music Video, where it is surely a main contender. Several other artists earned much needed nominations this year. The Weeknd earned seven nominations after a very big year at the top of the charts with some of his singles from “Beauty Behind the Madness”, an intuitive pop-R&B album. Meghan Trainor, who was all over the radio last year, is up for Best New Artist against some smaller names. The most interesting nomination is Seth Macfarlane, creator of the television series “Family Guy” and the “Ted” films, who is nominated

for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for his third album, “No One Ever Tells You.” Big name performers will keep the event very exciting and worth watching, with an opening performance from Adele and later performances from Lamar, Justin Bieber and The Weeknd. There will also be a few tribute performances for legendary musicians who have just recently passed away or became newsworthy: Lady Gaga will be performing a tribute to David Bowie, Taylor Swift will end the show with a tribute to rap group N.W.A. and there will also be a tribute to singer Lionel Richie. The cast of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” which earned a nomination for Best Musical Theater Album, will also be performing. This is the first time in a while that a musical theatre cast will perform a song on the show. The Grammys will air 8 p.m. Monday on CBS. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers look to build momentum, sweep Kansas State By Alec Gearty Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Last time the West Virginia women’s basketball team met the Kansas State Wildcats, the Mountaineers used a couple of large runs to seal the 7253 win in their favor. The Mountaineers (176, 6-4) will hope for a similar result on Saturday as the Wildcats (14-7, 4-6) make the trip to Morgantown. It will be the second meeting between the two teams this season. Kansas State is a team that has yet to stop Bria Holmes. Over the course of two games against KSU, Holmes averaged 20 points, leading WVU in scoring both times. In their Jan. 6 matchup, the Mountaineers shot 54 percent from the field and 47.6 percent from 3-point range, one of their most efficient offensive games this season. “Needless to say, we shot the ball very well against their zone in the first half,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey in an interview with WVUsports.com. “I kept Bria to attacking and she did and got a couple of 3s.” KSU head coach Jeff Mittie has his team playing a conservative style that has the Wildcats leading the Big 12 in steals per game and in the top five of assists and blocked shots. The Wildcats forced WVU to commit 18 turnovers, an aspect that kept them in the game. Breanna Lewis leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16.4 points per game, just behind Bria Holmes (16.7) for the Big 12 lead. The 6-foot-5 center proved to be difficult to contain as the three WVU players who protect the paint, Lanay Montgomery, Arielle Roberson and Desiree Rhodes, all fell into foul trouble. KSU ended up outscoring WVU in the paint 20-12. Along with Lewis inside, the Wildcats only

have one other dominant offensive player, Kindred Wesemann. The Pleasant Hill, Missouri native is dangerous from around the court, especially from 3-point range. The Wildcats come into Morgantown after dropping two straight, including a 35-point loss to No.4 Baylor and a 15-point loss to No. 6 Texas. It’s a position that the Mountaineers are all too familiar with. While WVU is back with its winning ways after taking a win in Lubbock against Texas Tech, the Mountaineers lost two straight to ranked opponents before. The key to that victory was both Roberson and Montgomery leading the way. This would be another key matchup, even going up against a player like Lewis. The Mountaineers didn’t have Roberson against Baylor, which led to the diminishing play in the paint, but now she’s back. Roberson recorded 10 points and seven rebounds against TTU, making for an impressive return and gaining positive feedback from coach Mike Carey. “She played well for not playing in the last game,” Carey said. The conference games are becoming more crucial for the teams in the midst of the standings. West Virginia has a lot less room for mistakes as two games separate fourth place and eighth place. With eight games left before the Big 12 Tournament and half of those against ranked teams, the matchup with Kansas State has even more meaning. Saturday’s game at 1 p.m. will be the annual “Play 4Kay Pink Game”. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness. The first 5,000 fans will be given a free WVU Cancer Institute pink rally towel. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

BEAR SEASON

WVU’s Jevon Carter battles with Baylor’s Taurean Prince for a rebound in a game last season.

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Gathers, Baylor pose major threat to West Virginia BY CHRIS JACKSON

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A huge win at Iowa State was much needed, but the schedule doesn’t get any easier for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team. It’s onto a Rico Gathersled No. 15 Baylor squad (17-5, 6-3), a team that’s won seven of its last nine. Despite a recent defeat to Shaka Smart and Texas, the Bears are as ferocious as ever. Gathers is averaging a double-double per game (13 points and 10.4 rebounds) and trails only WVU’s Devin Williams for the conference lead in the category. He’s tallied 16plus points in each of the last three games, a feat he accomplished twice against the Mountaineers a year ago. Baylor won all three matchups against WVU last season, including an 80-70 victory in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Gathers’ 15 points

that afternoon were the fewest he scored against the Mountaineers all season, and that game marked the only time he didn’t record a double-double. Both regular season contests resulted in blowouts, with Baylor winning by an average of 15 points. WVU failed to contain the always powerful Gathers, who’s a possible NBA or NFL Draft pick after the year. Then there’s Taurean Prince adding to the twoheaded monster. Prince is averaging a team-high 15 points per contest, including five consecutive games reaching double-figures. But WVU believes it has an answer this time around. They’ve lost to the Bears four times in a row, the longest streak to any Big 12 foe. Devin Williams is entering off a career-high 18-rebound performance in a thrilling 81-76 victory at Iowa State. He also had 17 points and made all seven free throw attempts, a critical bounce back from Saturday’s 88-71 loss at Florida.

“Just to get a win in this place, it means a lot,” Williams said. “I’ve been in the league for three years now, and the first two times I played here I was in foul trouble. Just to be able to play a whole game and impact it the way I did with my team was a great feeling.” Nothing was going the Mountaineers’ way before Williams came through in the second half. They trailed 21-8 early on, had 10 turnovers before halftime and struggled to find any rhythm defensively. Then they did what the Mountaineers do best. They were resilient and unwilling to quit despite an early deficit. Their toughness was a reminder of the Texas Tech game earlier this month, another time West Virginia came together as a collective unit. “It didn’t look like it was going to be good for us when the game started, and the thing about these guys is they keep fighting, they keep playing,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

That resilience will be crucial against a Baylor team that scores in bunches. Gathers never escapes attack mode near the rim, and Baylor doesn’t stop out-toughing its opponents. However, a huge victory in Ames has done wonders for the Mountaineers. They remain tied atop the Big 12 standings with Oklahoma, a team they fell to on a game-winning tip-in. Getting past Iowa State was crucial as West Virginia heads into a stretch against Baylor and Kansas. Many believed the Mountaineers would lose four in a row with Jonathan Holton suspended, but they’ve halted it all since Tuesday evening. “We’re hungry,” said WVU freshman Esa Ahmad. “We stay coachable, we listen to what coaches had to say and we’re just hungry. We were hungry for this win, and we knew we had to get it. It was a must-win.” cgjackson@mix.wvu.edu

RIFLE

No. 1 West Virginia faces No. 3 Kentucky in battle for supremacy By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia University rifle team will conclude the 2015-16 home slate this weekend as it will play host to conference foe No. 3 Kentucky. The matchup will likely be the most difficult opponent the No. 1 Mountaineers (10-0, 6-0 GARC) have faced this season as the Wildcats are the only team to be ranked above the Mountaineers at any point this season. Kentucky is the only team besides the No. 1 Mountaineers to sit atop the national polls this season, overthrowing West Virginia following a Nov. 7 NCAA practice match in which the Wildcats finished first above the Mountaineers. The Wildcats maintained the top spot for just a week before shooting a disappointing 4,676 that gave the Mountaineers the No. 1 ranking again. The Mountaineers have been the outright No. 1 team ever since, dominating competition, including two consecutive wins in which the team broke the NCAA record. While the No. 3 Wildcats (7-1, 3-1 GARC) have a strong record, the team has not performed at a level they will need to be at in order to beat the nation’s top team. The Mountaineers have been on a tear during the second half of the season, blowing out three teams faced by a ludicrous average of 70.3 points per match. So far through the second half of the season,

Members of the WVU rifle team in action against NC State last week. the Wildcats are averag- seed for the Great Ameriing just 4,665 points per can Rifle Conference tourmatch during a three- nament later this month match stretch in which the in Oxford. The match has team went 2-1. During that large implications for the same stretch, the Moun- postseason, and a win taineers scored an average is absolutely necessary of 4,727.7 in three wins. for the three-time reignRegardless of what re- ing national champion cent history may indi- Mountaineers to be on the cate, this is a top-three path for a fourth-straight matchup with the win- championship. As the Mountaineers ner likely getting the top

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have seen several times this season, their opponent will feature a strong shooter, followed by a lackluster overall team effort. Kentucky’s Hanna Carr has consistently led the Wildcats in scoring this season. Carr, a freshman from Versailles, Kentucky, shot a 1,186 aggregate score against Nebraska, tying her with

West Virginia’s own Garrett Spurgeon for the highest aggregate score in the nation this season. After Carr, the Wildcats lack the overpowering overall depth of the Mountaineers that has been so crucial to the team’s success. The No. 1 Mountaineers will host No. 3 Kentucky at the WVU Rifle Range on 8 a.m. Saturday morning.

The match has major postseason implications, as the winner will likely gain both the top seed in the GARC tournament as well as the nation’s top ranking. Spectators are invited to attend the event, taking place in the WVU Rifle Range located directly behind the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Swimming and Diving

WVU women looking to seize first spring victory at JMU BY Roger turner sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Divers for the West Virginia women’s team will travel to Harrisonburg, Virginia for the JMU Diving Invitational, which will be hosted by James Madison University on Saturday. The competition will only feature women’s diving events and is the last meet for the Mountaineers before the Big 12 Championships. Along with West Virginia, JMU will host Clemson, Towson, Virginia and Ohio in the six-team meet. Both the WVU men’s and women’s teams were defeated in Columbus last Saturday for probably their most challenging meet of the season. “I put the teams in a difficult position,” said head coach Vic Riggs about the Ohio State meet. “But I feel

they responded well. Both teams competed very hard.” The women’s team fell to Ohio State, with Lindsay Schmidt placing the highest finish for a WVU women’s diver, placing sixth in the women’s 3-meter event. Saturday’s meet in Harrisonburg will be the only meet in the month of February for West Virginia before the program heads to Austin for the Big 12 Championships from Feb. 24-27. The WVU women’s team has come up short of winning a meet in 2016, but freshmen Julia Calcut and Maddie Woods have stepped up on the springboard as of late this season. Calcut earned first place in the Mountaineers’ Senior Night versus TCU, winning the 1-meter diving event with a score of 274.19. Woods took home first place honors in the 3-meter event, defeating the competition with a score of

276.82. Calcut also finished third on 3-meter behind Woods, and placed seventh in the 1-meter event in Columbus last week, one spot ahead of senior Lindsay Schmidt. Diving coach Michael Grapner is pleased with the overall performance of Calcut and Woods, especially with this being their first year in the program. “The girls stepped up and did a great job as just freshman,” Grapner said following the TCU victory. “We knew the pressure was on and I’m thrilled with the results.” Schmidt completed her final events in the WVU Natatorium last Friday, winning the women’s 3-meter event and claiming second place in the women’s 1-meter. Calcut also finished in the top five in both diving events in the Mountaineers’ last home meet. Saturday will be the third

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WVU swimmers jump into the pool in the Gold-Blue meet in October. meeting between James Madison and West Virginia. The two programs have split wins, with WVU claiming victory in the last meeting in 2012. Saturday’s six-team meet will also feature the Ohio Bobcats, who will square off against the Mountaineer women’s

squad for the sixth-straight year. Ohio leads the series 4-1, although West Virginia won last season’s head-to-head in Morgantown. The JMU Invite marks the first time the Mountaineer women’s team has faced Clemson, Towson and Virginia.

Diving events are scheduled to begin 10 a.m. on Saturday in the Savage Natatorium on the JMU campus, as the WVU women’s diving team will compete for the team’s first win of 2016. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Tennis

WVU prepares for Akron, looking to continue winning ways By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team continues its nonconference slate of the spring season as it travels to Akron, Ohio to face the Zips (3-0) this weekend. After a season opening loss to Pitt, the Mountaineers (2-1) responded by sweeping a doubleheader against Toledo and Cleveland State

last weekend. Against the Zips, West Virginia will look to extend their winning streak to three games. “We see Akron fairly often,” said WVU head coach Miha Lisac. “We usually play them almost every fall in tournaments and sometimes in dual matches, too, like this weekend. I don’t think either team is unfamiliar with the other. We know what to expect from them, and they know us.” Senior captain Hailey Barrett and sopho-

more Habiba Shaker have started off the spring on a high note, looking to improve their singles and doubles records against the Zips. Shaker is the only Mountaineer undefeated in both singles and doubles on the young season. Barrett looks to make the best of her senior season, getting off to a strong start with a 2-1 singles record and a 3-0 doubles record. The Zips have started their season well, opening up with convincing wins

against Niagara, IUPUI and Youngstown State, but the Mountaineers will be the best opponent Akron has faced so far. The Zips are undefeated at the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 singles positions, as well as the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 doubles positions. Leading the Zips is a talented duo of sophomores, Sophia Geier and Ariadna Blinova, both of whom are playing strong tennis right now. “They have a lineup of players who can play well

on any particular day, and we need to be mentally and physically ready to go,” Lisac said. “They usually play aggressively, and we need to respond to that as well. The match will be determined by whoever is able to handle themselves better on that day.” This won’t be the first time this season the Mountaineers have come up against the Zips. Back in October, West Virginia participated in the Akron Invitational, where they faced

a number of the same Akron players that they are likely to see on Sunday. At the Akron Invitational, the Mountaineers emerged with the upper hand for the most part, winning two of the three doubles matches and four of the six singles matches against the Zips. Play begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday at the LaTuchie Tennis Center in Akron, Ohio. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Track

Mountaineers attempt to break into polls against Akron BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

For the first time this season, the West Virginia University women’s track and field team is not in Pennsylvania for an event. The Mountaineers will

compete in two events on the same day. Some competitors will travel to New York for the Armory Track and Field Invitational, beginning at noon. Others will head to Akron, Ohio, for the Akron Invitational, which begins at 3 p.m. The first event will only last a

day, but the latter will carry over into Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. West Virginia looks to build off its solid start. At the Nittany Lion Challenge on Jan. 18, three runners finished in the top five of their respective categories. Freshman Danique

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Bryan won the women’s long jump with a six-meter jump, and sophomore Bria Walker finished third in the 400-meter run in 58.34 seconds. Two weeks later, on Jan. 30, the Mountaineers were back in State College for the Penn State National Invitational. This time, six competitors finished in the top five of their respective cat-

egories. Sophomore Shamoya McNeil nearly won the triple jump, but her distance of 12.72 meters was 0.25 off the winner. Junior Amy Cashin also performed well at State College last weekend, finishing second in the women’s 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:49.61. For her efforts, Cashin received recognition by the United

States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, who ranked her fourth in their women’s top 10 1,000-meter performance list. After the National Invitational, head coach Sean Cleary expressed satisfaction with the good showing but remained focused on the future. “Today was a little bit of everything,” Cleary said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “We had some great performances that we are proud of and will continue to work on, as well as some that we would like to forget. It’s very important that we come home from this trip and make the right moves before Big 12s arrive. We need four or five more ladies to emerge and be ready for the championship portion of our season. To be ready for that, we must embrace the next 30 days as they are the most important days of the year thus far.” Though the team will be divided this weekend, the Mountaineers will look to climb the rankings. Currently, West Virginia is not ranked in the USTFCCCA poll and did not receive any votes, but a couple of strong showings this weekend could quickly change that.

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Wrestling

WVU looks to right the ship in Backyard Brawl

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Tony DeAngelo gets ready to attack an opponent in a January match against Oklahoma State.

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Despite trouble as of late, hope is not lost for the West Virginia University wrestling team. The Mountaineers are in the midst of a six-dual losing streak. They have not won since Dec. 12 against Lock Haven and are 5-8 overall, including an 0-2 record in the Big 12. “It’s been a tough month. We’ve had a good stretch here, and today our guys

battled. They fought,” said head coach Sammie Henson in an interview with WVUsports.com. “They were wanting to win for the team; for each other. That’s what you call a team. I feel that we were very much a team today.” The Mountaineers look to right the ship this weekend when they take on the Pittsburgh Panthers in the Backyard Brawl. The dual will take place 1 p.m. Sunday at the WVU Coliseum. Pitt is ranked No. 17 in the USA Today/National

Wrestling Coaches Association poll. Two Panthers are ranked in InterMat Wrestling’s weight rankings, with 133-pounder Dom Forys ranked No. 19 and 141-pounder Mike Racciato ranked No. 5. Pitt is riding a two-dual losing streak. Like the Mountaineers, the Panthers lost to North Carolina State last weekend and Oklahoma State before that. Prior to the two losses, Pitt won six duals in a row and won the Keystone Classic and Lock Haven Classic.

In last weekend’s two duals against Virginia Tech and North Carolina State, the Mountaineers won four matches of the possible 20. You will not hear them whine about their struggles, though. “You just can’t get discouraged about stuff like that,” said junior Dylan Cottrell. “You have to keep your head down and keep working hard and the wins will come. It’s not that we did the wrong things or something like that, we just made a couple mistakes that can

be easily fixed. We have to come into practice and focus, listen to what the coaches are saying and get better.” Despite the losses, one of the highlights of the weekend was courtesy of Bubba Scheffel. Facing No. 15 Pete Randa, the 184-pound Scheffel pulled off the upset. After winning the match in the first sudden victory period, Scheffel leapt up and let out a celebratory roar. “Getting cut late in that third period helped me re-

start,” Scheffel said. “I heard the crowd screaming, and I don’t know what was going through my head, but I remember looking at coach and saying, ‘I’m going to take him down, I’m going to take him down.’ I’ve never celebrated after winning a match before. I didn’t even think about doing it, it just happened.” The Mountaineers hope to celebrate similar victories starting this weekend with the Backyard Brawl. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Gymnastics

Mountaineers head west for challenging weekend schedule By Johnna Herbig Sports Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia University gymnastics team will travel west to Iowa to compete in a meet against the Cyclones of Iowa State University today. The Mountaineers are entering this match coming off a week where they didn’t compete. “We let the team rest up last week, but we opened this week with intense practices on Sunday and Monday,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts to WVUSports. com. “I believe the team is ready for any challenge that may present itself this weekend.” The most recent meet for WVU was against William and Mary on Jan. 24. With each gymnast who preformed on floor earn-

ing a score of at least 9.775 or above, the Mountaineers were able to earn their season-best score on floor with a score of 49.3. WVU took the win for that meet, with the ending final scores of 195.8-190.075. Sophomore Zaakira Muhammad earned first place on all-around, with the score of 39.325. Junior Alexa Goldberg, with an all-around score of 38.325, was able to place second behind her teammate. The Cyclones are also coming into this match coming off a win against North Carolina State and Lindenwood. Iowa State received first place, earning the score of 195.650. NC State came in second place with the score of 194.475 and Lindenwood landed in third place with a 194.250.

Cyclone sophomore Haylee Young earned the score of 39.225 on all-around, which gave her first place in the match. “We will see a few lineup changes this weekend, but nothing drastic,” Butts said. “I’m excited to see a few new routines in competition.” After today’s meet, the Mountaineers will travel again to compete in another meet on Sunday against Oklahoma. The match will be Oklahoma’s second match of the weekend as well. The Sooners are entering this match with a big win, recently competing in a match with four other competitors. They reserved first place at the Metroplex Challenge, with a final score of 197.550. LSU followed behind them, earning second place with a score of 196.750. Third place

went to Washington with a score of 196.175, Stanford received fourth place with a score of 196.075 and Missouri placed fifth with a score of 195.825. In the all-around, junior Chayse Capps earned

the score of 39.575, which placed her second for the match. “I definitely think we’re going to carry more confidence into this weekend,” Butts said. ”We need to take the ‘West Virginia Show’ on

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the road and fight for the scores. We have an opportunity to make up some huge ground in the rankings this weekend, and I’m excited about it.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Testicular injury forces Ginobili out at least a month SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is out for at least a month after surgery Thursday for a testicle injury he suffered during the team’s win over New Orleans earlier this week. Ginobili was injured with 2:26 remaining in the game Wednesday night. New Orleans forward Ryan Anderson had his back turned to Ginobili as he working toward the basket when he spun quickly and struck the 38-year-old guard squarely in the groin with his right knee. Ginobili tumbled to the floor and remained on the court for about a minute before exiting the court holding his side and clutching a towel to his mouth. Ginobili dropped to the floor in pain as he was walking to the locker

room. The team said Ginobili is out indefinitely, but won’t return for at least a month. The 14-year veteran was enjoying a resurgent season after contemplating retirement in the offseason following numerous nagging injuries over the past few seasons. Ginobili missed five games earlier this season, including two for rest. He sat out a game with a muscle strain and missed another two due to hip tightness. The 6-foot-6 Argentine is averaging 10 points, 3.3 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.1 steals in 19.7 minutes for the Spurs, who beat the Pelicans to set a conference record with their 27th straight victory at home. He had six points, four assists and three rebounds in 22 min-

utes of San Antonio’s 110-97 victory over New Orleans. The Spurs did not know the severity of Ginobili’s injury at the time. LaMarcus Aldridge chuckled about the blow, saying the Spurs’ super sub would be fine, as did David West. But San Antonio point guard Tony Parker, Ginobili’s longtime friend and teammate, showed greater concern. “I don’t want to joke with that,” Parker said. “It doesn’t look good.” The bench, spearheaded by Ginobili, has been a key factor in the Spurs matching their franchise best start at 418, second in the league only to Golden State. With Ginobili out, the team likely has to turn to rookie wing Jonathon Simmons for more minutes.

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