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STAND IN SOLIDARITY
Restaurants give back to Students show support for University of Missouri, speakers discuss culture and race at WVU vets with ‘Buy A Vet A Meal’ By Rachel McBride Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum
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Students hold fists in the air during a rally while tensions at the University of Missouri near a breaking point.
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itter winds blew across the front of the Mountainlair as a group of African American and white students huddled together, glancing at their phones in anticipation of 7:30 p.m. In a time where political pundits argue about the incidents leading up to the president of University of Missouri’s resignation, West Virginia University students stood in solidarity of their faraway peers. “We owe solidarity to the University of Missouri students and all black students nationwide,” said Jihad Dixon, president of WVU’s chapter of the NAACP. “And all black students nationwide. We are in the best of times, but we are in the worst of times.” Members of the African American community at WVU spoke of the bond they share. Students like
Dixon and other campus the stakes were high. leaders want to use events “Some people looked like these to bring the com- at me and said, ‘You’re munity not going c l o s e r “I’m not here as the president to win,’” together. of this University,” Gee said. Roper re“ W e “I’m here because I believe in c a l l e d . stand in “I said, solidarity what we’re doing together.” ‘Why?’” -President E. Gordon Gee He holds against all forms up a hand, of oppression—racism, pointing to the color of his sexism and homopho- skin. He faced a slate of imbia,” said David Fryson, vice president of the Di- pressive candidates—envision of Diversity, Equity gineering majors, Rhode and Inclusion. “We don’t Scholars and all great pubonly stand against what is lic speakers. Roper, an Afriwrong, we also stand for can American student, was what is right.” unsure of himself. His journey through ‘LOOK HOW FAR WVU is marked with change. He began the jourWE’VE COME’ ney as a scared young man, Ellis Roper didn’t think trying to find other faces he would win—but not with the same dark combecause of the color of his plexion as his own. It continued Thursskin. During his senior year day night with him giving at WVU, Roper was a final- an impassioned speech ist in the Mr. Mountaineer to a crowd of about 200 competition. No African students. American man had ever “Support I saw from my worn the crown before, so freshmen year until now
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UPD Police Chief Bob Roberts hugs a student at the Stand in Solidarity rally. has literally tripled since head up the University’s diI’ve been here,” he said. versity initiative as it heals “I wouldn’t have seen this in the coming months. kind of crowd in my first WVU has had a similar year. Look how far we’ve position for years, and Dacome.” vid Fryson has filled that position since 2012. For ‘A GATHERING PLACE now, at least, he doesn’t FOR DIFFERENT IDEAS’ see WVU heading down a road similar to Mizzou. When tensions at Miz“It happens to people zou boiled over, Univer- at the highest level of the sity administration almost institution not listening immediately hired Chuck to the most vulnerable of Henson to be its chief diversity officer. Henson will see mizzou on PAGE 2
Students march in fight for free education By Paige Czyzewski Associate City Editor @PaigeCzyzewski
Students at West Virginia University and concerned community members were heard chanting through the Downtown Campus on Thursday afternoon to show support for the “Million Student March.” Organized largely through Facebook, the national initiative inspired students at more than 100 universities across the country to rally together for the day of action and protest student debt. “Education will be free, no more debt for you and me... Education is a right, not just for the rich and white,” marchers yelled. More than 41 million Americans collectively owe more than $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, according to the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau. Backed by left-wing political groups and Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, The Million Student March is fighting against that. Supporters of the initiative demand a future of tuition-free public colleges, the elimination of student loan debt and a $15 minimum hourly wage for campus employees. “This is not something new, this is not something crazy,” said Andrew Szanto, the Morgantown community member who brought the movement to campus. “A lot of this is networking and organizing, and bringing people together to start being active not just politically, but on a grassroots level, just demanding changes until legislators listen to us.” Those who participated in the rally started in the Mountainlair’s free speech
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zone, walked down University Avenue, passed by White Hall and turned up North High Street. Protesters stopped briefly in front of Stewart Hall for a representative to deliver the Million Student March demands to the President’s office, as well. They were asked to keep the event “peaceful” and “constitutional.” Ending on the Mountainlair Green, the second half of the rally consisted of students and community members speaking out about issues like student wages being too low to cover college expenses, not being able to find jobs despite a degree and how students of color have an even harder time getting out of debt. “The problem is just going to keep getting worse,” said West Virginia Delegate Mike Manypenny. “It’s time that society stood up and started
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Students and locals gather together to protest during the Million Student March. helping our students to get a proper education—whether vocational education or a college education—so they can contribute to society the best way they can.” Participants were also asked to share their personal stories of how they’ve been affected by debt. Manypenny was one of
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MAKING A CHOICE Women shouldn’t have to choose between motherhood and a career OPINION PAGE 3
the speakers. “I don’t want people to go through what I did,” he said. “We need to reform our educational system because there are so many students that are (going to) graduate and become unemployed, or get a job and go through
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Nationwide, more than 130,000 veterans are homeless and go hungry each night, according to the nonprofit organization, Feed Our Vets. West Virginia University’s Center for Service and Learning in conjunction with the WVU Office of Veterans Affairs is work to combat that in the Morgantown area. “Buy A Vet A Meal” is an initiative that gives back to local veterans who are hungry and in need. The program, which lasts Nov. 9-13, asks individuals to purchase gift cards at certain local restaurants during the week that will be collected and distributed throughout November and December to feed those who don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Participating restaurants include The Grind, Blue Moose Café, Iron Horse Tavern, Tailpipes, The Cupcakerie and Morgantown Brewing Company. “I’ve been really impressed with the willingness of local business to participate,” said Alexis McMillen, Program Coordinator for WVU Center for Service and Learning. “It’s been a really nice collaboration.” “Buy A Vet A Meal” was developed by Brian Ricketts, an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Center for Service and Learning. As part of the VISTA Collaborative, Ricketts’ placement is concentrated on gaining awareness of poverty issues, as well as promoting post-secondary education among veterans. “(It’s about) doing something to honor Veterans,” McMillen said, “and involve(s) stakeholders who aren’t normally involved.” Ricketts first got the idea for the initiative while spending time in Philadelphia. He came across a local pizza shop that encouraged customers to purchase a slice of pizza for the homeless for only $1, and was fond of the idea and of giving back. “I thought it was a great way for the community to do a little something to take care of their homeless individuals,” he said. Ricketts feels it’s important to recognize the sacrifices veterans and their families make and have made every day for others. No kind gesture toward veterans is ever too small, according to Ricketts. “Participating in this program is a good start, but it only lasts a week,” he said. “This is just one small way for the WVU and Morgantown community to honor and show their appreciation to veterans and their families.” For more information, visit the WVU Veterans website or contact Brian Ricketts at brian.ricketts@ mail.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
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Friday November 13, 2015
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Joe Biden: It’s on us to stop campus sexual assault Twenty-one years ago, I wrote the Violence Against Women Act to end the scourge of violence against women and hold perpetrators accountable. It’s been a great success, but even one attack is one too many. So I held a number of calls with hundreds of students, administrators, advocates, and survivors and asked what we can do to make colleges safer. The overwhelming answer—get men involved. So President Obama and I started It’s On Us—to wakeup our colleges and universities – and the country – to the epidemic of sexual violence on their campuses. Over the past year, we’ve gotten celebrities, major companies, sports leagues, and leading broadcasters to participate in public service
announcements and display logos and information, showing how everyone can help prevent these heinous crimes from ever happening. One thing students can do is take the It’s On Us pledge. Over 250,000 students have already pledged: To intervene instead of being a bystander. To recognize that any time consent is not – or cannot – be given, it is sexual assault and it is a crime. To do everything you can to create an environment where sexual assault is unacceptable, and all survivors are supported. The response has been overwhelming. More than 300 campuses have hosted over 1,000 It’s On Us events, and nearly 300 colleges and universities have created their own It’s On Us pub-
lic service announcements, reaching millions of people online and at football and basketball games. But this year, we want to do even more. That’s why between November 8th to November 14th, I’m traveling across the country calling for a Week of Action to get more students involved. This week, the University of Wisconsin is hosting an It’s On Us flag football game with student athletes, members of Greek organizations, and other student groups. At Stonehill College in Massachusetts, students, faculty, and staff are wearing nametags that say how they have been affected by sexual assault: “I am a survivor,” and “I will not be a passive bystander.” Middle Tennessee State University is hosting discussions in the student
center and online about consent and stopping sexual violence. In addition to taking the pledge, consider other steps: Organize drives to get more students to take the It’s On UsPledge. Ask businesses, libraries, hospitals to display an It’s On Us logo. Encourage sports teams, fraternities, sororities, bands, and other student organizations to get involved. Hold press conferences and roundtables with school administrators and community leaders about campus sexual assault. Use social media to spread the word using #ItsonUs. You have to demand that your Universities be held accountable. President Obama and I have made it crystal clear that schools that fail
in this responsibility are in violation of Title IX and risk federal investigation and financial penalties. And each of you can make it clear that you expect nothing less. I also encourage your colleges to partner with local rape crisis centers, local law enforcement, and women’s health centers to coordinate a robust community response and ensure that victims are supported in every way possible. We have more to do to change the culture that asks the wrong questions, like why were you there? What were you wearing? Were you drinking? We have to ask the right questions—What made him think that he could do what he did without my consent? Why on Earth did no one stop him instead of stand-
ing by? What can we do to make sure everyone has the courage to speak up, intervene, prevent and end sexual assault once and for all? You know that survivors are not statistics. They’re our sisters; they’re our classmates; they’re our friends. They’re at every university, every college, in every community—large and small. For all of them, everywhere, we can and we must end sexual and dating violence on campus. But we can’t do it without you. Visit www.itsonus.org to find out what you can do during this Week of Action and throughout the school year. It’s on me. It’s on you. It’s on us—and it’s within our power to end sexual violence on campus once and for all.
WVU participates in national ‘It’s On Us’ campaign against sexual assault By Paige Czyzewski
Starting Nov. 8-13, efforts will be made to motivate students to sign their names and increase awareness. Students have been encouraged all week to show further support by posting “selfies” to social media with the captions #ItsOnUs, #WVUPeerAdvocate, and WVU’s peer advocates have been meeting around campus to share resources and educate fellow students. “We want (people) to really understand what to say to somebody when you hear that rape joke, and what to say if a friend comes to you and they think something happened,” said Mariana Matthews, Title IX education specialist with the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. “Instead of just normalizing the con-
versation, we want to empower students, to empower each other to stop this.” The pledge requires more than words, however. Those who sign up agree to act and intervene if they see something, to recognize any time consent is not given, it’s sexual assault and “to create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable,” according to the campaign’s website. Peer advocates have been recruiting students in their classes to take the pledge this week, but on Monday, those involved will decide the days and locations for future organized events. “We’re going to try and have a few peer advocates at each library around campus. Instead
of just setting up in the Mountainlair and that’s it, we’re actually going try to go to every campus and try to really be around,” Matthews, who also works with the Peer Advocates, said. ‘It’s On Us’ started in September of 2014 after Biden, along with President Barack Obama, put together focus groups of students, faculty, administrators and high school students to find out how to “tackle” sexual violence, Matthews said. National statistics show that 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men on college campuses are sexually assaulted. Though Matthews said the University was not unaware of the statistics when it took part, choosing to participate allowed WVU to confront these problems intimately.
“(It’s On Us) was an opportunity for us to take care of our issues here and for us to help our community... This says that if one of our Mountaineers is hurt, maybe we should all be hurting,” she said. Because the issue is serious, Matthews said the community should not take sexual violence lightly. People should know their resources. WVU specifically holds Green Dot trainings, a national prevention education program that teaches people how to step up when the see sexual violence occurring of feel it’s about to occur; promotes Live Safe, a national app that filter’s anonymous messages on campus to the University Police Department if a person witnesses violence; and trains peer advocates, students
who study the legal, medical, counseling, mental and recovery processes to help sexual violence victims. “We go first in everything else. Why not go first in this, right?” Matthews said. “Why not go first in ending sexual violence across the nation?” For interested students now enrolling in courses for the spring semester, there will be a Peer Advocate class from 6-8:50 p.m., on Wednesdays in the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. The 3-credit service course is open to all majors and years. Prior to being enrolled, students must set up an informational interview with Matthews at Mariana. Matthews@mail.wvu.edu.
their loans.” Manypenny graduated from college in the mid-80s Continued from page 1 and struggled to find a job. Moving to California, there the same process of having was still little work, and to go through those defer- he ended up living in the ments until they default on back of his camper for nine
months. He had paid off half of his debt, but after having to defer three times, he went into default. Manypenny’s debt went from $7,000 to $40,000. “It’s taken me the last 50 years to get from $40,000
to $20,000,” he said. “And (Students now) may have $100,000 in debt by the time they graduate. When you put interest and fines and fees on top of that, the debt they incur is going to be astronomical.” Morgantown community member Dee Quaranto agreed, having been personally affected by debt, and specifically debt from WVU, too.
Quaranto graduated from WVU in 1993 and earned her masters from WVU in 1997. “I had an initial balance of $70,000 in debt for my undergrad and masters. I’ve paid over $50,000 in interest and haven’t touched the principal,” she said. Quaranto currently lives in Morgantown and runs a home-based business selling mosaic supplies on Etsy, but she still is fighting her
debt—and she doesn’t think it will ever stop. “I’m paying 8.25 (percent interest) at a time when banks are paying .75,” she said. “I’m paying 11 times the interest rate that a bank pays to borrow money, and I will die in debt.” To learn more about the Million Student March, visit http://studentmarch.org.
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structural changes to how the University operates to bring about a more diverse faculty, staff and student body. Fryson draws his inspiration from students—so much so that he keeps the Division’s door open and encourages students to walk in and engage with its staff. More recently, he’s been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and its ability to bring attention to stories mass media groups miss. For that, social media is to thank. “The problem to that is, historically, you go through filters to access media,” Fryson said. “The danger is you now have unfiltered content that can turn off the very people your trying to change their minds. My hope is that we can make it a gathering place of different ideas.”
Mountainlair for about three hours that afternoon and contacted every diversity group on campus he could think of. He called the Morgantown Police and University Police to let them know what would happen. “Someone asked if I really think it could happen here,” Dixon said. “I said, ‘Absolutely.’” In the end, Dixon is proud of his work. About 200 students showed up as campus leaders gave speeches, led chants and generously handed out hugs. The night ended with the group standing in a line in front of the Mountainlair, holding signs that read, “I STAND WITH MIZZOU.” President E. Gordon Gee and a handful of other University administrators showed up and spoke in support of the group of students. “I’m not here as the president of this University,” Gee said. “I’m here because I believe in what we’re doing together.” No one from outside the group yelled any racial slurs and no confederate flags waved. No one tried to hog the bullhorn and no one interrupted anyone else. But Destiny Jackson, a 19-year-old freshman at WVU who is African American, walked slowly by the crowd with her boyfriend. “Wow,” she said, “I’ve never seen this many black people at WVU in one place.”
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Vice President Joe Biden released an op-ed earlier this week addressing sexual assault on college campuses. The piece, which is focused on the national campaign “It’s On Us,” says that students have to hold their universities accountable, and they have to get involved. It’s On Us is a movement in higher education institutions across the country that asks students, faculty and staff to take a pledge to end sexual violence. Earlier this year, West Virginia University launched the campaign on campus like hundreds of other schools, and is currently celebrating national It’s On Us week.
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voices,” Fryson said. “What happens is, there comes a pivot point where those vulnerable voices gain allies.” The difference between Mizzou and WVU, Fryson said, is that WVU administrators are trying to listen. Behind the scenes, Fryson and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are working on
‘WHAT WE’RE DOING TOGETHER. Jihad Dixon, a junior political science student, got a text with a big idea: gather a huge group of students in front of the Mountainlair to support the students at Mizzou. He was completely on board. He sat in the
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Social media threats unacceptable Most students at West Virginia University likely use or have some awareness of the phone application YikYak, which functions similarly to an anonymous Twitter feed. Popular short posts made within a certain geographic radius can be upvoted by other app users in the area, while unpopular ones disappear from the feed after reaching a certain number of dislikes. Because the posts are completely anonymous, a wide variety of subjects are addressed by its users at every hour of the day. Unfortunately, anonymity can be viewed as a source of power for some and may lead them to make statements they don’t truly believe or plan to follow through with. Many have used the app as a way to broadcast extremely unsavory comments about oth-
ers without having their identities revealed, though these statements are usually downvoted off the page before causing much controversy. However, in Missouri, two college students were arrested for making violent threats toward African Americans on the app after their identities were discovered by police. Hunter Park, a student at a separate branch of the University of Missouri in Rolla was arrested for writing and posting the threats. Connor Stottlemyre, another student at Northwest Missouri State University, was apprehended by police for the same reason. “I’m going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person I see,” one threatening YikYak post read. Another stated, “We are waiting for you at the parking lots...
We will kill you.” UM at Rolla’s campus is more than an hour away from UM’s main campus, where hunger strikes and other protests earlier this week displayed extreme discontent with the way a series of racist events were handled by the school’s president. However, a Reddit username connected to Park was linked to a post claiming he and his roommates had been using a phone app in order to trick his phone’s GPS location, which allowed him to make posts to the main campus’ YikYak feed without physically being in the area. Whether Park or Stottlemyer were serious in their threats or not, using an anonymous app to cause widespread panic is extremely reprehensible behavior. It can be easy to feel safe in posting content like death threats because
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YikYak allows users to post anonymously, which can lead to the publication of negative comments. the statements cannot be traced back to the person who made them, but this is simply not the case. This editorial board
urges WVU students to mously. Causing mass disconsider the consequences tress and fear among indithat could potentially stem viduals is never acceptable. from anything posted on social media, even anonydaperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Choosing between career, motherhood is unnecessary shelby bradford columnist @shelbybradfordda
As a woman pursuing a college degree, I am keenly aware of the disadvantages and choices I face. However, I do not believe that I, nor young girls should be told that they have to choose between having a career and pursuing motherhood. To this end, I strongly disagree with the statements made by Vivienne Durham, the former headmistress of an all-girls boarding school, in a recent article from the United Kingdom. In the article, she claimed telling girls they can handle having both a family and a career is “lying” to them about the reality of the glass ceiling, which states women and minorities face barriers in advancing in their careers. I do not believe we have to force young girls to choose one over the other in order to explain societal inequalities to them, and I certainly don’t believe that saying “feminism” perpetuates the notion that the glass ceiling doesn’t exist. A large issue with the claims made in the article is that Durham’s definition of feminism is flawed. She claimed she is not a feminist because, by her interpretation, being a feminist means you do not tell girls the glass ceiling exists. This is simply not true. To many, feminism is about acknowledging the social disadvantages in place
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To fight the glass ceiling, women should not simply settle for choosing motherhood or a career. and challenging them. It is about not wanting to settle with the way things currently are because you know they are unfair and should be changed. By Durham telling girls they have to make a choice between having children and having a career, she is perpetuating that inequality and therefore stopping her students from achieving their full potential before they even have the chance to try. The next problem in her statement was there was no happy medium in having a career and having children. She implied women who did choose to pursue both were either “juggling” them
or were pushed back several years in one or the other, such as either postponing having children or not accepting a promotion in order to have them. I acknowledge I personally have not taken on a child, but I know a number of professors and faculty at this University, as well as in my personal life, who have had children at the end of their collegiate career or the start of their professional one. They do not seem to be struggling to balance the two or were negatively impacted by their decision to wait the extra years to have children. This is something I felt Durham also skewed out
of proportion. To say that women who wait to have children so they can finish their education and start a career are ignoring a “biological clock” is ludicrous. Most professionals complete lengthy studies in their late twenties to early thirties, which leaves plenty of time to start both a career and a family. While science has confirmed there is heightened risk of pregnancy complications as women get older, this doesn’t become a concern until 35 or 40. Therefore, women in their early and even mid-30s should not be concerned about conceiving,
and if they are concerned, a chat with the doctor should clarify any issues. There is no denying that women face unfair stigmas and biases in areas like education and employment. Despite the recent advancements in gender equality, we still live in an age where women receive unequal treatment to men. Women are paid less on average than an equivalently experienced male coworker, and they are given fewer opportunities for promotion than men. To me, this isn’t an excuse to tell young girls that they can’t be mothers if they want
careers. This is a cause worth fighting for, not a means to simply accept the blatantly unfair standards set in place for decades. If we want today’s young girls to succeed, then we should bolster a sense of pride in their abilities. Yes, we must be honest about the negative reality that persists, but we shouldn’t lead them to believe that obtaining the life they want is impossible in the same breath. This is where Vivienne Durham missed the mark in inspiring her students’ success. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Male entitlement leads to creation of fictional “friend zone” kayla mccormick columnist @kayattheda
The concept of the “friend zone” is not new to anyone by now. As the term grows in popularity and works its way into everyday vernacular, it finds itself in the mainstream media as well. This term has become so prevalent in our social and romantic interactions that MTV has dedicated an entire show to it, appropriately titled “Friendzone.” In the show, the “friendzoner” is set up on a blind date and the “friendzonee” helps prepare him or her for their date, only to later discover the blind date is between the friendzonee and the friend-zoner. By forcing the friend-zoner into a romantic situation with the friend-zonee, the idea is that the friendzoner might discover or confront unexplored romantic feelings toward the friend-zonee. Let me be frank: the friend zone does not ex-
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Men may use the excuse of being “friendzoned” as a way to deal with rejection. ist. Sure, the language insinuates that the action of friend-zoning someone is a valid and reprehensible offense, but it is not. I believe the friend zone is, in actuality, a blatantly sexist concept used to lessen the blow of rejection to the male ego, by giving
men an excuse to justify a woman’s actions toward them. While it is true some women also claim to be friend-zoned, it is primarily men existing in the fictional realm of the friend zone. One cannot discuss the friend zone without also
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confronting the “nice guy” stereotype. There are, of course, genuinely nice guys in the world: Kind, caring individuals who are a joy to know. The “nice guy,” however, is not one of those people. “Nice guy” for those unfamiliar with the term, is
used to describe men who are nice to women not out of any shred of human decency, but with the intention of receiving attention or sexual interest in return for their good behavior. The idea that a woman owes a man something for being a decent human being toward her is implicit in the concept of the friend zone. Stated quite elegantly by one Internet user, “‘Slut’ is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say ‘yes.’ ‘Friendzone’ is how we vilify a woman for exercising her right to say ‘no.’” It hurts me—a real, gut-wrenching hurt— when I hear men complain about how women don’t date nice guys. Women do date nice guys, and frequently at that. The problem is not that women aren’t interested in nice guys; the problem is that “sexist” and “entitled” are not adjectives in their definition of a nice guy. This miscommunication of human interaction comes primarily from the
aforementioned male entitlement. The term “friend zone” is a linguistic example of this entitlement, as it implies a negative connotation on friendship with a woman—as though being just friends is never enough. Through the lens of the friend zone, mere friendship with a woman is viewed as undesirable and serves as a punishment enacted on men who want things to go further. However, if a man is nice to a woman with the expectation of attention, affection or things of a sexual nature in return, society should understand the man is not actually being nice at all. The concept of the friend zone reinforces the notion that women exist not separately from men, but only as a means to please or entertain them. It is just a layered lie to protect men from the shame of unrequited sexual desire, and I believe the term should be immediately retired. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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AHS mid-season recap
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Now that we’re about halfway through season five of “American Horror Story,” it’s time to check back in with what has been going on in the Hotel Cortez. If you are not fully caught up with “AHS: Hotel,” I recommend not reading on as there will be a few plot points containing spoilers that will be addressed. At the end of episode six, a lot of characters are already on downward spirals as is common to AHS. There have been several characters who have been brutally killed off already. The Countess’s bladed deathglove already has a double digit body count, and now that Iris has also gone off the deep end, the corpses are starting to pile. In last night’s episode, the male model barbarian Tristan, who was played by Finn Wittrock, was murdered by The Countess in the final scene for going behind her back, and initiating an emotional relationship with the drag queen bartender Liz Taylor. We also saw a bit into the mind of The Countess in a flashback of her having an abortion that led to the birth of some sort of undead, imp child named Bartholomew, in the ‘20s. The abortion was carried out by Dr. Charles Montgomery in the Murder House from season one, providing another link within the American Horror Story universe. The Countess has big plans, as she continues to seduce the new owner of the hotel so that she can inherit his enormous fortunes to provide for a baby. Even still, Ramona Royale, Donovan and Iris are plotting to de-
stroy everything she loves in an act of vengeance for her betrayal of their love. On the other hand, we have the ongoing story of Detective John Lowe, who has become targeted by the chaos in the Hotel Cortez and suffers from visions and hauntings that drive him mad. This is partly caused by his newly infected wife, Alex, who is so in love with her vampire son Holden that she chose to be changed so she could be with him in exchange for working under the Countess. Her decisions since becoming a vampire have been catastrophic—she infected a sick boy in order to keep him alive which led to him infecting the rest of the kids in his class, after killing a few teachers and the principal, as well as intentionally breaking her husband’s mental stability and ignoring her other daughter. In last night’s episode, Lowe showed up at a church where he saw a televangelist brutally gutted and displayed by the Ten Commandments Killer. The sin this time was “Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain,” which the televangelist has done by using Christianity and sermons to profit him. This plot line has been hardly touched in the last few episodes, but I assume it is still critical to “Hotel” because of the incorporation of the commandments in the opening credits sequence. With Lowe’s mind crumbling and many characters already putting plans in motion against one another, the second half of season five of “American Horror Story” should prove to be as exciting as it will horrific. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
Bargoers will notice Iron Horse’s stunning selection of local draft beers on tap almost immediately upon sitting down.
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Iron Horse Tavern offers weekend brunch specials, beer pairings Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum
Iron Horse Tavern in downtown Morgantown hosts “Tavern Tailgate” and “Sunday Brunch” weekly, offering a signature twist to traditional southern-cooked meals. Business partners Chad Bartlett and Steve Dilettoso, previously recognized for their positions as general manager and marketing manager at the local Mountain State Brewing Company, didn’t know where their new venture of opening the Iron Horse Tavern in 2014 would take them. “The idea behind Iron Horse was to try and bring a slightly different brand of neighborhood tavern and eatery to High St., one that was appealable to a wide range of diners and based around the concept of a comfortable atmosphere, and unique pub food with a culinary slant,” Dilettoso said. The Iron Horse Tavern resides in the former location of the long-standing Madeline’s restaurant at 140 High Street. “The interior of the restaurant has been expanded and totally renovated from the ground up,” Dilettoso said.
The restaurant, well into its second year in business, has made an impression on Morgantown locals and visitors alike. The venue, set with brick walls, incandescent lighting and wood-flooring, makes for a rustic atmosphere that appeals as welcoming to many. “The concept is designed to be approachable, and to satisfy a range of audiences; whether it’s sitting at the bar to watch the game over wings, or dining with a steak and a nice bottle of wine,” Dilettoso said. Iron Horse Tavern has become most recognizable for its bar, which specializes in signature house cocktails and West Virginia microbrew, dedicating 11 of its 12 taps to rotating local WV craft. “Everything is made inhouse from scratch when we can and all of (them) are 100% natural and hormone free,” Dilettoso said. The restaurant holds unique events and specials throughout the weekend as well to encourage customers to enjoy. Some of the most popular of these special events include the weekly “Sunday Brunch” and “Tavern Tailgate.” The “Tavern Tailgate” occurs during every West
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A look at the Iron Horse Tavern located on High Street in downtown Morgantown. Virginia University football home game on Saturday. The tailgate offers some brunch items and specials for the games. “Sunday Brunch” at the restaurant begins at 10 a.m. every Sunday morning, while the cocktail specials begin at 1 p.m. Some of the brunch favorites include chicken and waffles served with bourbon-maple syrup and powdered sugar, the Iron Horse Omelet, served with caramelized onion and white cheddar, Cap’n Crunch encrusted French Toast served with peanut butter mousse and caramelized bananas and the Green Eggs & Ham Burger.
Bottomless mimosas are also available special cocktail for Sunday Brunch, and can b e purchas e d after 1 p.m. “The space gets pretty lively on weekends and has become a bit of a neighborhood hangout in addition to a tavern and eatery,” Dilettoso said. Iron Horse Tavern will host a fall-themed West Virginia Craft Beer Pairing dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The event will feature five fall-inspired courses, each being paired with a different local West Virginia craft beer. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Is ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ a Christmas or Halloween movie? Since its premiere in 1993, Tim Burton’s “A Nightmare Before Christmas” has captured the imagination of audiences everywhere. The movie tells the story of Halloween Town resident Jack Skellington who opens a portal to Christmas Town and wants to celebrate the holiday. The movie has straddled Halloween and Christmas themes since its inception. On one hand, the movie is produced by Tim Burton, a man famous for his macabre movie style. Halloween town and its residents are creepy and dark. However, the story is one of hope and betterment. Jack Skellington is bored of the 24/7 horrors of his town
and wants to try out something new and different; the holiday Christmas. Yesterday in the Mountainlair 71 students were polled on whether or not “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a Halloween or Christmas movie. The most popular answer was Halloween with 63 percent of the responses. Some of these students said it counts as a Halloween movie because that’s when they traditionally watch it. Others said it was Halloween themed due to the asthetics. Of the remaining responses, 34 percent said it was a Christmas movie and 3 percent had never seen it. -WT
Celebrating Thanksgiving with Charlie Brown and the public library brittany osteen A&e Writer @dailyathenaeum
For almost 40 years, Charlie Brown movies have become common household traditions. With about 30 little kids running around excited to watch the movie with their friends and parents, the Morgantown Public Library hosted a children’s “Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” watch party yesterday. In the basement media room, kids were able to grab holiday bags with delicious treats, including popcorn, pretzels, M&Ms, jellybeans and bread. At the end, kids were able to take Charlie Brown themed crafts home. “I think it is really nice when we can show movies and show different things that are actually based on books,” said Cathy McMaster, program coordinator for the library. “This is actually the 65th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip so just a couple weeks ago we did a Peanuts Party. It was a snoopy and friends party. We are just really trying to highlight them this year because I think it does bring in kids.”
The library hosts many events for kids to come and participate in. “It is a big social aspect to bring your families in to the library for kids to interact with other kids, other families and everything is free,” McMaster said. “It is free and everything is so expensive now a days. I don’t think that people use the libraries as well as they should.” Regulars at the library, Tracy and Evelyn Sheets attended the movie. Evelyn is a first grader at Mountainview Elementary School. This was the second time that Evelyn has seen the Charlie Brown movie today. When she thinks of Thanksgiving, she thinks of turkey. “I think it is really important,” Tracy said, Evelyn’s mom. “It is fun and then it gets kids to come in and read even if they are hesitant to start reading. They come in and do these fun things which encourage them.” Next up, on Nov. 17, Caitlin Barber, who is the author of “Twas the night before game day the West Virginia Mountaineers,” and Mountaineer sports players from the past and present will have an autograph session. On Nov. 19, kids can read to dogs in the Read
to Rover event. This allows kids to read out loud to therapy dogs. This gives children the opportunity to practice their reading skills with someone who won’t judge them. The dogs will only sit, listen and wag their tails. Finally, on Dec. 5, the library is hosting a Disney Christmas. The event will be themed around Disney books and movie characters. There will be craft stations, activities and even special guest appearances from Disney characters. “Once they come in and they get hooked on the movies then they might try to find a book or comic strips or anything. Anything to get them reading is our goal at the library,” McMaster said. The library’s goal is to inspire kids to find their love for reading. “Here is the sad thing is that people keep saying that libraries are dying but they will only die if we let them,” McMaster said. For more information on the Morgantown Public Library, visit Morgantown.lib.wv.us. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Elle King turns heartbreak into hit pop single
LOS ANGELES (AP)‑ Though breakthrough singer Elle King has a huge hit with “Ex’s and Oh’s,” the feel-good, carefree 26-yearold remembers performing tirelessly anywhere she could - without a cellphone. “I played in a lot of empty bars and I played on a lot of couches and a lot of big offices and I didn’t have a cellphone when my manager tried to get a hold of me,” said King, who met her manager, Alan Bezozi, in 2010. “I would talk to him on payphones.” The hard times are turning into good times: “Ex’s and Oh’s” is No. 12 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and it reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot rock songs and alternative songs charts, respectively. And being without a phone still didn’t stop King from falling in love and breaking up with boys the subject of her hit single and most of her debut album. Despite singing about leaving an international wake of brokenhearted exes, King insisted she’s no man-eater. “It’s so beautiful to love a person, but it’s like, it sucks. It just sucks when it doesn’t work out and so I’d rather just have fun while I’m young and maybe I’ll get married when I’m 70, to a few people,” the raspy-voiced singer said. “Ex’s & Oh’s,” a sultry laundry list of real-life breakups, details four of King’s past relationships. The song has sold 957,179 tracks so far, and King is not too concerned about how her exes feel about the track.
“I’m sorry,” she said to her exes before quickly rethinking the apology. “I’m not. Thank you. Boom! Look what happened!” Heartache flows throughout her debut album, “Love Stuff,” which was released earlier this year. It’s named after a sex shop King drove past in Florida. She sings about a toxic relationship in “Under the Influence” and offers a stern warning to future boyfriends in “I Told You I Was Mean.” The album takes a dark, soulful turn with the eerie “Ain’t Gonna Drown” and a then a surprising optimistic swing with “Make You Smile,” an upbeat track about how far she’d go to make that special someone happy. And her bluegrass influences shine through while she plays the banjo on the haunting “Kocaine Karolina.” Inspired by Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton - her dream collaborator - and rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson, King intertwines blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll. She begrudgingly admits that she makes pop music, too. “I used to be afraid of those three letters, but I’m not anymore. Now I understand that it’s just mainstream, it’s popular and I’m learning and I don’t care,” said King, who is currently on a U.S. tour and will launch another tour with Vance Joy next year. King was bitten by the showbiz bug at an early age. Her father is actor-comedian Rob Schneider and she had a small role in his
1999 comedy, “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” “I just grew up around performers,” she recalled. “I just loved it and I’ve always wanted to be onstage and I never wanted to get a real job.” The singer was primarily raised by her mother and step-father in Ohio and decided to change her last name when she turned 18. She calls her mother “my everything and my idol.” “I took her last name,” she said. “I wanted to do it on my own so that when it did happen, right now, this moment, I could say, ‘Yeah, I did it myself. And I did it with my name.’” VH1 was one of King’s early supporters, using her music in the 2012 reality series “Hollywood Exes” and as the theme song for “Mob Wives Chicago.” She will perform at Thursday’s “VH1 Big Music in 2015: You Oughta Know” concert in New York, alongside fellow breakthrough acts like Hozier, George Ezra, Tori Kelly and James Bay, whom King toured with in the United Kingdom. “She doesn’t sound like anyone else, she doesn’t look like anyone else, and it’s the sort of unapologetic approach to what she puts out there that is just so galvanizing,” said Sandy Alouete, MTV and VH1’s senior vice president of music and talent. “I can’t think of one - not just female artist - one male or female artist right now that kind of rivals that hybrid that she truly is,” Alouete said.
Elle King rose to pop fame with her hit single ‘The Ex’s and Oh’s.’
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CBS hopes debate coverage boosts streaming services NEW YORK (AP) ‑ CBS News sees its coverage of Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate as a key moment in helping to establish CBSN, the streaming service that just celebrated its first birthday. Political reporter Major Garrett will host a preview of the debate an hour before it begins on CBSN. The free service will stream the debate live, accompanied by data and tweets provided by Twitter, with Garrett stepping in with reactions during commercial breaks of the televised contest. It is also being shown on the broadcast television network. CBSN, which launched on Nov. 6, 2014, provides a continuous newscast and also allows users to click on streams of individual stories. It is available on the CBS News website, on the network’s mobile apps and through services like Apple TV, Roku and Android TV. Starting this week, it can also be seen on Xbox One. “What this has to be to be a success is to be completely ubiquitous, that everybody who is delivering live news content has to be distributing us,” said CBS News President David Rhodes. CBS views it as the future of video news, a generation removed from cable news networks. The average age of a CBSN viewer is just under 40, considerably younger than the traditional television news demographic, the Nielsen company said. It is younger by three years for people watching on Internetconnected televisions. For now, the service is unique to CBS. Rhodes said he believes competitors like CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are reluctant to try something similar because po-
GOP candidates prepare to debate live. tential users would be put off by having to go through cable companies to use the service. “If we make a go of this and it becomes a commercial success, I think you will see others try to get into it,” he said. “I think we would welcome that because it’s a validation of our strategy.” While the network does not say how
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many people use CBSN, Rhodes said he expected it will get more views Saturday night than ever before. Usage tends to spike around major news events, he said. Oddly, the service has done well before, during and after previous presidential debates, which Rhodes found surprising considering CBSN did not stream them. The service
has offered ongoing discussions about the debates while they were happening with occasional highlights, and Rhodes speculated it appeals to cord-cutters who have no traditional TV service. This Saturday, network executives anticipate CBSN will be used as a second screen for many people already watching the debate on the broadcast network. Garrett said he’ll be helping to curate the Twitter feed that will appear on the CBSN screen. “That’s part of the experiment,” he said. “Everyone associated with social media is trying to figure out how do you make it meaningful and not just noisy?” Because of social media, the “spin room” that existed after debates is now in operation while the event is still going on. Garrett will use the broadcast commercial breaks to show how campaign aides are trying to shape the stories. Garrett, who worked at both CNN and Fox News Channel, had anticipated a more structured environment at CBS with newscasts in the morning and evening broadcasts. CBSN takes him back to his cable days where there is much more time to fill; fewer commercials mean discussions can go even longer at CBSN. His children - ages 20, 19 and 15 - provide him with a daily reminder of the importance of CBSN. Their dad works in TV but they rarely see him there. They catch him in clips that are linked on social media. “The digital platform is essential for the fate of broadcast network news,” he said. “We have to be in that space.”
Film of Hitler Confidant set for Smithsonian Channel debut
PIT TSBURGH (AP) ‑ American television viewers get their first chance to see and hear Adolf Hitler’s inner circle describe the dictator’s final hours in filmed interviews when “The Day Hitler Died” premieres on the Smithsonian Channel. The documentary marks the first time viewers outside Germany will see the filmed interviews by Michael Musmanno, a Navy attorney who presided at one of the Nuremburg war crimes trials and later became a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice. After the trials, Musmanno spent more than two years tracking down witnesses and re-interviewing them on camera in 1948 to prove Hitler was dead, hoping to thwart rumors spawned when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin claimed Hitler had escaped his underground Berlin bunker. “There can be no doubt that Adolf Hitler, the fuhrer of Germany, the master criminal of the world, the greatest gangster who ever disgraced the human race, is dead,” Musmanno says, concluding the interviews. The films “give you a sense of what they were thinking, why they were there, and why they would stay in the bunker,” said Thomas White, the archivist tasked with preserving the films at Duquesne Uni-
versity in Pittsburgh. “The Nazis were like the generic villains of the 20th century, but that’s the real danger,” White said. “We tend to forget that some people found them charming and how they got there and came to power.” The interviews also vividly describe Hitler’s volatile moods as the Russian Red Army moved into Berlin in April 1945. Buoyed by news that U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt died April 12, 1945, “Hitler went into a dance and congratulated himself as if he had himself had brought about this event,” Hitler’s press attache, Heinz Lorenz, told Musmanno. “He exclaimed, ‘This will mean I will win the war.’” But 10 days later, Hitler’s mood permanently darkened upon learning one of his generals refused to lead a suicidal counter-attack with a rag-tag collection of German army units. “He collapsed and said, ‘It’s all over, and I’ll shoot myself,” Lorenz recalled. But it would be eight days before Hitler would shoot himself alongside Eva Braun, the longtime mistress who took a poison capsule and died beside Hitler the day after they were married. In the meantime, the 16room bunker - with its 12foot thick concrete ceilings and walls some 30 feet be-
low ground - became a macabre Neverland as Hitler’s confidants and staff awaited his suicide. “After April 22, he talked about it constantly,” said Traudl Junge, the secretary to whom Hitler dictated his last will and testament. Or, as German Army Major Baron von Loringhoven told Musmanno, “The bunker became a mortuary and the people in it living corpses.” Musmanno wrote a book based on his interviews, “Ten Days to Die,” published in 1950. But the films were lost for decades and became available for American viewing only two years ago. Musmanno died in 1968 after a storied career in which he also represented on appeal Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchists some believe were wrongfully executed for a murderous Massachusetts shoe company robbery in 1920. Musmanno willed his many personal papers and the films to two nephews who have also since died, said Patricia Homer, Musmanno’s great-niece, who now owns the films. The nephews turned over the material to Duquesne, a Catholic school in the city where Musmanno was considered an Italian-American folk hero. At first, the school tried to re-create
‘The Day Hitler Died’ premieres on Monday, November 16 at 8 p.m. Musmanno’s chambers before realizing the papers and other materials were not properly stored and were deteriorating. The school had begun a decades-long effort to properly store and catalog the records when a German production company,
Spiegel TV, learned of the films in about 2007. The resulting documentary, “Witnesses of Doom: The Lost Interviews,” aired in Germany in 2010, but the rights agreement kept Scottish-based Finestripe Productions from accessing the films until 2013,
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said White, the archivist. The money raised by selling the documentary rights to the films is being used to preserve them, White said. “The Day Hitler Died” premieres on the Smithsonian Channel on Monday at 8 p.m. EDT/PDT.
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WVU embraces postseason underdog role against Akron BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
One week after Jack Elliott’s last-minute heroics, the Mountaineers are ready to keep the momentum going. The Mountaineers’ postseason hopes hinged on the regular season finale, resulting in a 3-2 victory over Northern Illinois on Elliott’s game-winner with 1:01 remaining. Now they prepare for a new season, a win-or-gohome scenario in Akron Friday evening. The “survive and advance” portion of WVU’s season continues for at least one more contest, as the Mountaineers hope to secure a spot in the MAC Championship for the first time. “Essentially, the slate has been wiped clean,” said senior Zak Leedom. “I think that we’re all thankful for that based off what’s happened this year. I think we’re all excited to move forward and create a new slate, create a new journey and hopefully go on a little bit of a run.” WVU has yet to defeat the Zips since joining the MAC in 2012, getting outscored 11-3 during the five meetings. A 2-0 loss in October adds to the team’s motivation, another defeat highlighted by miscues and unfortunate bounces that have
plagued its season. “Against Akron I think we really were the better team and kind of got a taste of our own medicine in that sense,” Leedom said. “We were the better team but just came up short on the result. Hopefully we can take our strategy from that game, put it back into use, do the same thing we did last time and get on the better side of the result this time.” Elliott’s goal against Northern Illinois lifted the Mountaineers into the postseason, and they’re hoping to ride that momentum into the weekend. It showed the resilience of a team marred by bad luck and errors all season long. It’s been the story of its season, but it’s onto Akron, the MAC’s regular season champion and the nation’s No. 10-ranked team. Akron comes in off a 133-2 regular season, winning nine of its last 11 games. Its lone loss in that span came to No. 16 UCLA, including a 1-1 draw with Western Michigan that went into double overtime. “Akron is a very good team,” said WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc. “Our plan is to attack them and go after them. This team has qualified for the postseason every single year over the last 10 years, so we’re looking forward to the challenge.” The senior class wishes to
Midfielder Griffin Libhart dribbles through defenders in the last regular season game against Penn. extend its collegiate careers pete for the crown. odds stacked against them one more game, hoping to Two conference wins heading into Friday’s tilt. raise the hardware at the don’t symbolize what the “In a sense we’re kind end of the weekend. As the Mountaineers are, accord- of the underdog,” Leedom four seed and the last team ing to the players. They’re a said. “We don’t really have in, they continue to cher- team hungry for more, hun- anything to lose. I think ish the long-shot chances gry for a chance to make we’re going to go out there placed upon them to com- their mark despite all of the and hopefully play like that.
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But in our minds we have everything to lose. For me, this could be my last soccer game. For a lot of the guys it could be the last time we play together.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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West Virginia looks to end losing skid at Texas Tech by johnna herbig sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum
Tonight, the West Virginia University volleyball team is heading back to Texas to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Mountaineers are having a troubling season, losing their last 12 games in a row. Their most recent defeat was against the Iowa State Cyclones. The loss dropped their record to 5-19 for the season, and 0-11 in the Big 12. Senior middle blocker Caleah Wells led the Mountain-
eers getting seven kills while sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery and junior middle blocker Hannah Shreve followed behind her, both getting six kills each. Sophomore libero Gianna Gotterba was able to contribute eight digs that night, and Roe helped getting six. “I would like to see some more consistency,” said WVU head coach Reed Sunahara in an interview with WVUSports.com. “We have good runs, but we can’t string them together. It’s something we are dedicated to in practice as we look to
improve each and every time we hit the court.” Texas is having a pretty solid season, with a record of 13-12 for the season overall, but only having a record 2-9 for their conference play. They are coming into this upcoming match off a 3-0 loss against Kansas State. The blowout had the set scores of 25-14, 25-18 and 25-20 Junior red shirt middle blocker Lauren Douglass led the Red Raiders, getting eight kills. Freshman outside hitter Sarah Redding contributed seven, and senior middle blocker Brianna Grant was able to get six. Senior
defensive specialist Carlie Foust led the team’s defense by contributing 21 digs, which was also the match high. Junior setter Marguerite Grubb helped by getting 10 digs herself, and sophomore libero Ashley Morgan followed behind her getting nine. This match tonight will be the second time these teams have competed against each other this season. The first time they came together, the Mountaineers were unable to keep up with the Red Raiders, and fell 3-0. The set scores of that match were 2025, 19-25 and 20-25.
During that match, Mia Swanegan led WVU, getting 10 kills, while Montgomery and Wells both helped getting nine each. Gotterba led the defense getting 11 digs. Texas Tech was led by Redding, who got 11 kills, and Lauren Douglass followed behind her getting nine. Foust contributed 10 digs to lead the defense. “We did some things well,” Sunahara said. “We’re just making too many errors. We had way too many hitting errors.” Montgomery has been an obvious leader of the Mountaineers, consistently lead-
ing the team in kills match by match. She has a total of 266 kills so far this season, the team high, as well as getting the second highest amount of digs, which is 136. Gotterba is WVU’s leading defender, managing 253 digs throughout the season. Douglass is leading Texas Tech, contributing 250 kills for the season. Foust is leading the Red Raiders defense, having a substantial amount of digs, earning 416 for the season. Tonight’s matchup tips at 6 p.m. in Lubbock, Texas. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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West Virginia University men’s golf head coach Sean Covich signed two golfers for the 20162017 season this week. Ty Olinger from North Cross High School in Blacksburg, Virginia and Etienne Papineau from Champlain St. Lawrence in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec will join the Mountaineers for the next fall season. “We are really excited to be adding these two young men to our program,” said Covich in an interview with WVUSports.com. “This will be our third recruiting class and we are in a great spot. Luckily we have balance on our roster with each class and are able to bring
in two strong players for next year trying to replace our seniors, Easton Renwick and Mason Short.” Olinger will come to WVU as the fourth-best high school golfer in the state of Virginia, and the 155th best recruit in the class of 2016. The Blacksburg-native has quite the list of accomplishments. He was the runner-up at the VISAA State Golf Tournament from 2013-2015. A number of top-10 finishes at junior and amateur golf tournaments in the state of Virginia also fill his resume. Olinger chose the Mountaineers over Elon, Radford and Seton Hall, and plans to major in business management while at West Virginia. Papineau will join fellow Canadian and current freshman phenomena Max Sear, on the
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thursday’s puzzle solved
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Press Virginia returns tonight against Northern Kentucky BY DAVID STATMAN
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West Virginia running back Rushel Shell hits the hole last season against Texas.
Mountaineers look to wrangle Longhorns BY DAVID STATMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @dJSTATMAN77
The Big 12 schedule is an absolute ringer for any team forced to face it. In teams like Baylor, Oklahoma State and TCU, you know what you’re getting: some of the best and most prolific squads in the entire country. Playing teams like that is bad enough. But tomorrow, the West Virginia University football team will face an entirely different challenge: the young, talented, hard-nosed and almost entirely unpredictable Texas Longhorns. These are not your father’s Longhorns – although they do play like them a little. Charlie Strong’s Texas squad is not the national power they used to be, but their hard-running style is a change of pace from what West Virginia has gotten used to in recent weeks. “The last four weeks have been pass-first,” said defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. “This is a whole different enemy. They like to get big, play fullbacks, run the football and use tight ends for blocking. They have big backs: (John
Gray) is 215 pounds and (D’Onta Foreman) is about 240. It’s a whole different system for us to get ready for and simulate in practice.” Texas runs the ball twothirds of the time, and they have the personnel to do it. The running back duo of senior John Gray and the powerful D’Onta Foreman has been impressive, although the pass game has been nonexistent as Texas’ peak-andvalley season has left it at 4-5. Freshman quarterback Jerrod Heard seized the starting job from veteran Tyrone Swoopes early in the season, and he’s primarily been a running quarterback in an offense that can sometimes remind one of the long-gone days of Darrell Royal and the wishbone offense. Swoopes may have been relegated to a backup role, but he still has a role to play: as the engine of the power-running “18-Wheeler” formation, that saw him smash in four touchdowns in Texas’ 5920 win over Kansas last week. Heard and Swoopes are both running quarterbacks, but they bring different styles to the field: Heard is a lighter, quicker, shiftier runner, while
Swoopes is all power, no subtlety. West Virginia will get a look at both Saturday, but the Mountaineers’ defensive front isn’t fretting about the distinct looks the two will bring. “I think they’re very similar,” said defensive line coach Bruce Tall. “Sometimes when teams use two quarterbacks, there’s a big difference, so you call different plays for different guys. I feel like their offensive coordinator (wide receiver coach and play-caller Jay Norvell) feels comfortable calling whatever he wants to call, regardless of whoever’s in.” On Saturday, the onus will be put on West Virginia’s defensive front, sparing a battered secondary – the men up front will need to turn it around, as they currently rank 82nd in the nation in rushing defense. For the first time in months, West Virginia has a little momentum on its side. The Mountaineers finally recorded their first Big 12 win of the season last week in a 3126 squeaker over Texas Tech, stopping a four-game losing streak. Texas Tech appeared, on
paper, to be the toughest test West Virginia had remaining on the schedule, potentially setting it up for a very strong finish. Still, they’ll need to be on the lookout for a Texas team that isn’t as bad as its 4-5 record. The Longhorns stunned a conference contender in Oklahoma, and were two fluke special teams errors from wins over Oklahoma State and Cal – but this same team was shut out 24-0 by a bottom-feeding Iowa State squad, illustrating Texas’ wild unpredictability. And on Saturday, all West Virginia wants is its first-ever win over Texas in Morgantown. “I remember two years ago, I played probably one of the best games I’ve ever played here,” said senior safety KJ Dillon. “I played so hard that I ended up having to go to the hospital after the game. That night means so much to me because of what I went through. I’m trying to do the same thing this game, except I don’t want to go to the hospital. I want to go out there and win.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu
After reinvigorating Mountaineer Nation with Press Virginia, 25 wins and a run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, Bob Huggins and the West Virginia University men’s basketball team are back for another year, when they open the 2015-16 season tonight at 7 p.m. against the Northern Kentucky Norse. Last season was Huggins’ most successful at West Virginia since his memorable Final Four run in 2010, as the Mountaineers shrugged off the bad mojo from two unsuccessful seasons and proved they could compete in the Big 12. It might have been Huggins’ best coaching job of his storied career. But as the 62-year-old Morgantown native enters his ninth season with the Mountaineers and 34th season overall as a head coach, you won’t find him looking back too much at his old glories. “It’s either (an achievement) or stupidity,” Huggins said about the length of his tenure in basketball. “I’m not sure which one. I’ve been around the game my whole life, so it’s sort of second nature. I enjoy it. These guys are fun to be around and fun to coach. There are some challenges at times, but I’m still enjoying it.” With 33 years and 765 victories under his belt, one could forgive Huggins for sitting back just a little bit. Instead, he and the Mountaineers are locked in on the beginning of their nonconference schedule against a Northern Kentucky team they beat by 25 on the road last season. Tonight’s game is No. 1,077 for Huggins as a head coach, but on the
other side of the court, it’s Game No. 1 for brand-new Northern Kentucky coach John Brannen, a former assistant at VCU and Alabama getting his first-ever full-time collegiate head coaching job. Brannen takes over after the Norse fired previous head coach Dave Bezold following a 1317 campaign in 201415. With a new coach comes a new style, limiting the amount of information the Mountaineers can take away from their 25-point win last season. Many of the same players that suited up for Northern Kentucky last year will be on the court again this year, however, so the Mountaineers will just do what they always do: bring the energy. “We just have to put pressure on them,” said junior guard Tarik Phillip. “Coach is always telling us to make one person guard two people. It’s tough for somebody to do that, so we just have to put the defense in situations that they’re not used to being in.” After scoring 20 points and handing out seven assists, sophomore guard Daxter Miles appears ready to take on a bigger role as an offensive threat after the departure of guards Juwan Staten and Gary Browne. Tonight, he’ll get the chance to show his stuff. “Every game is an opportunity for somebody,” Miles said. “One night I may score a lot of points, the next game I may not. It can be anybody’s night. I’m just taking it one game at a time and playing the hardest and the best that I can.” The West VirginiaNorthern Kentucky season opener will tip off at 7 p.m. tonight at the WVU Coliseum. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu
women’s soccer
WVU kicks off NCAA Tournament against Duquesne BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM
The West Virginia University women’s soccer team will open the NCAA Tournament Friday night in Morgantown. The No. 4 Mountaineers (16-2-1, 6-0-1) will play host to Duquesne (129-1, 5-5) in the first round at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The Mountaineers’ No. 2 seed is the highest in program history, and extended the program’s NCAA Tournament qualification streak to 16 games, which is the seventh-longest active streak in the country. WVU holds a 22-game unbeaten streak at home, dating back to a loss to Duke in August of last year. That streak includes a dominant 5-0 win over Duquesne earlier this season. The Dukes, who are fresh off an Atlantic-10 Conference championship, have won four straight and seven of their last nine in thanks to a weak conference schedule. Despite being the
conference champion, the Dukes might not possess the offensive talent to hang with the nation’s secondbest defense and seventhbest offense, as was evident in their Aug. 30 loss in Morgantown. However, the stakes have been raised, with Duquesne posting their first winning record since 2009 and qualifying for their second NCAA Tournament in school history. “West Virginia is a team we have a lot of experience playing. We have a lot of experience playing on their field,” said Dukes head coach Al Alvine. “They’re a great team. They’ve been one of the top teams in the country the entire season. We will have a plan for that.” When the teams met on Aug. 30, five different players scored for the Mountaineers, including all three starting forwards. Goals by Kailey Utley and Nia Gordon in the first four minutes resulted in four first half goals for West Virginia. In addition to WVU’s
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West Virginia’s Nia Gordon chases down the ball earlier this season against Longwood. win earlier this season, the from the Big 12 tournament since 2010, which resulted teams have met three out by No. 15 Texas Tech in the in a 4-0 loss to Boston Colof the four years that Al- semifinals. The team has a lege. The team’s best perforvine has been Duquesne’s history of postseason woes, mance was in 2007, when head coach. The Mountain- being upset by Georgetown they made it to the Elite eers took a 4-1 victory in in penalty kicks last season Eight. 2014 and the teams tied 1-1 in the first round and fallCoach Nikki Izzo-Brown in 2012. All three matches ing to No. 1 seed Virginia is optimistic about the were home games for West Tech in the second round team’s chances as the No. in 2013. 2 seed. Virginia. The Mountaineers are Despite West Virgin“We want to write a great hoping to avoid another ia’s constant regular sea- story, and a special team early exit from the tourna- son success, the team has can write a great story,” ment, after being bounced not reached the Sweet 16 Izzo-Brown said. “I look for-
ward to following the captains, our seniors and this team in our march through the NCAA Tournament.” Should West Virginia acquire a first-round victory, they would go on to play host to the winner of Washington State (14-5) and Northwestern (13-52). The Mountaineers could play host through the Sweet 16, which should be a spot of hope considering IzzoBrown’s team is 10-0 at home this season, outscoring opponents 39-2. The team is 164-33-17 all time at Dick Dlesk. The Mountaineer defense has posted eight of their thirteen shutouts (which are third in the country) at home this season. The Mountaineers take on Duquesne at 6 p.m. on Friday night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. If planning on driving, fans are advised to park in the Natatorium lot before 6 p.m. to avoid parking conflicts with the basketball game. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
RIFLE
No. 3 WVU makes home debut against West Point by connor hicks sports writer @dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University rifle team will open its 2015 home slate this weekend against No. 9 Army. The No. 3 Mountaineers (5-0, 3-0) fell two spots in this week’s poll, which was based on the aggregate scores of the twelve teams at the Akron Invitational this past weekend. Kentucky shot the highest score in the nation and thus is the nation’s new No. 1 team.
This weekend will be the Mountaineers’ fourth Great American Rifle Conference match this season. West Virginia is averaging 4704.5 through its first five matches, beating opponents by a remarkable average of nearly 45 points per match. Garrett Spurgeon leads the Mountaineers in scoring, with an 1178.5 average, which places him as one of the top shooters in the country. Freshman Ginny Thrasher has also emerged as a crucial part of West Virginia’s team,
posting several near-perfect scores in air rifle in just her first few matches with WVU. West Point (1-3, 0-3) has a weak record, losing three matches to top ten GARC opponents. The team has scored extremely low, not even breaking a 4650, which West Virginia has easily accomplished in every match. In fact, the Black Knights’ highest score of 4642 is still 51 points lower than the Mountaineers’ lowest score of the year. Army’s leading scorer,
senior Alyssa Gistl, has yet to break the 590 mark in air rifle; several Mountaineers have achieved that score in every match this season. Gistl’s younger brother, Alex, is also consistently a leading scorer for the team. Historically, West Virginia has had no problem defeating the Black Knights, winning the match last year by 73. The Mountaineers’ 4714 score was their second-highest of the season and was three points short of the program record. Their 2383 score in air rifle tied a school and
NCAA record. WVU has already defeated two of the three teams that have beaten West Point this season. After Army, the Mountaineers will continue a four-match home stand against No. 7 Ohio State, No. 5 Alaska, and No. 15 Akron. The home stand will be split into two, with a nearly two month hiatus for the transition between semesters. The team’s most difficult matchup will come in early February to conclude the season when WVU faces
No. 1 Kentucky at the WVU Rifle Range. The match will likely decide not only the GARC regular season champion, but which team will hold the top seed going into the NCAA championships in March. The No. 3 Mountaineers host No. 9 Army 8 a.m. tomorrow, at the WVU Rifle Range located behind the Coliseum. With a strong showing, the Mountaineers could possibly earn back the top spot in the country. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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2015-16 WVU basketball PREVIEW
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West Virginia coach Bob Huggins quizzes a ref in the 2015 NCAA Tournament against Buffalo.
West Virginia coach Mike Carey prowls the sideline last season against Seton Hall.
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Huggins has revitalized WVU with Carey still looks to educate as he approaches WVU wins record heart, teamwork and defense BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM
A little over a year ago, everything seemed to be falling apart for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team and storied head coach Bob Huggins. Two of its top players transferred: Eron Harris to Tom Izzo’s Michigan State and Terry Henderson to NC State. The best seemed to be in the rear-view mirror. Huggins and WVU failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and 2014, going a combined 30-35 and managing to make the NIT once in 2014 - but that resulted in a 7765 first round defeat to Georgetown. Juwan Staten returned as the one notable player, entering the 2015 campaign as the Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year. He remained the team’s only hope after averaging 18 points per game as a junior. WVU was picked to finish ninth in the Big 12’s preseason poll by Sporting News. With Harris and Henderson leaving, many began to question Huggins and wondered if he was the right fit to coach WVU despite his vaunted Final Four run in 2010, the school’s first since Jerry West’s days in 1959. Harris averaged 17.9 points per game, and Henderson averaged 11.7 points a game in 2014. With the scoring tandem parting
ways and looking elsewhere for school, Mountaineer basketball appeared to be the laughingstock of the Big 12. However, Huggins had an answer. It’s known as Press Virginia. Mountaineer basketball was back. The Coliseum was buzzing once again in 2015. The Mountaineers were back in March Madness; it only took a team and a coach to believe in a system. Freshmen Jevon Carter, Elijah Macon and Daxter Miles came to Morgantown as just another recruiting class. Sophomore Devin Williams became a force inside. Everyone worked as one cohesive unit. Seniors Gary Browne and Juwan Staten emitted leadership in the biggest of situations. It all became a team effort once again under Huggins. It all took off. “They come every day with great attitudes,” Huggins said. “They come every day with a great enthusiasm. I think they taught our coaching staff how much fun it is to have guys that care and guys that really enjoy basketball. They play basketball because they love playing basketball. They don’t play basketball for other reasons. They play because they love to play.” They led the nation in steals, turnover margin and offensive rebounds. They were once an afterthought, then they quickly became a commodity on the basket-
ball court. A 25-10 record, tying for fourth place with Baylor in the Big 12 and a five-seed in the NCAA Tournament showed that Huggins was still an elite coach. He got a team to believe in one central idea, an idea that revolved around tenacious defense and teamwork. Huggins and the Mountaineers were back. Now they all return, except for Gary Browne and Juwan Staten. They’re all eager for more, confident they can advance past the Sweet 16 and make it to the Final Four. One sign in the team’s practice facility reads “2016 National Champs.” WVU basketball is again becoming a spectacle under Huggins, with a team exuding an unusual confidence that only the elite possess. Houston, the site of this year’s Final Four, remains the goal. It’s what they’ve preached since 2015 came to a halt, ended by an embarrassing 78-39 drubbing from Kentucky. It’s onto more for the confident and talented bunch. Five Sweet 16 appearances since 2005 aren’t enough; they’re hungry for more. With Huggins as the leader, the odds are stacked in their favor. “Last year was a fun ride, but it just didn’t last long enough,” Huggins said. “We’re kind of hell-bent on making it last a lot longer.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu
BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
If there are any words to describe what the upcoming season could mean for West Virginia University women’s basketball head coach Mike Carey, “eventful” and “exciting” could sum it up. Carey, who is entering his 15th year as head coach, looks to set the WVU program record for most wins by a head coach. He currently sits four wins back of the all-time mark, which is 301 wins set by Kittie Blakemore. It took Blakemore 19 seasons to reach her career total of 301 and a winning percentage of .584. Carey is about to not only be the winningest head coach in Morgantown, he will also be the fastest to get there. The Clarksburg, West Virginia native holds a .638 winning percentage in his tenure, only having one losing season, a season where the Mountaineers finished one win short of .500. However, with the excitement of the upcoming chance at breaking the record, Carey isn’t focused on that. Instead, he is focused on getting his 11 newcomers into the groove and ready for the season, as well as expecting a new look for himself. “I’m glad we are doing this media day right now, before the season starts,”
Carey said in early October. “After the season, I may be sitting up here with no hair or look totally different.” Carey has been using practice as the time to get the new players acclimated with his system of play. He wasted no time leading up to the “Haunted Hoops” exhibition game against Shepherd, as he ran full practices for three consecutive weeks. “Practice time is so important this time of year,” Carey said to wvusports. com. “We have eight freshmen and three players in the system for the first time. At times, we look very hard, and at times we don’t know what we’re doing. We’ll continue to get better as the year goes along.” After the 89-44 win over Shepherd, coach Carey had mixed feelings about the team’s performance, even after his squad dominated the game. He wanted to focus on the team executing properly at each end. “I saw some good things and I saw some things we need to work on,” Carey said. “It’s a work in progress, and we have a long way to go.” A work in progress is the right way to summarize the first chapter in the team’s early stages of its season. Carey has been pleased with the effort shown by all players and believes the team will continue to get better. One aspect of the game he still hopes the team
can learn better is playing tougher on defense. The Mountaineers had 12 blocks and 16 steals against Shepherd and forced the Rams to turn the ball over 24 times. Carey praised that aspect of their game; however, in general, he wants them to get used to being independent. Carey is counting down the days until the point where the team becomes comfortable enough that they won’t make simple mistakes. “A lot of the time, when players think too much they’re not reacting,” Carey said. “They are standing around, they’re not getting to the ball, and they’re not talking because they are thinking about what they are supposed to do.” The minor issues surrounding Carey’s team are things that he’s encountered with new players his whole career. Given that half the team are freshmen, Carey and the Mountaineers look to have depth for the upcoming years. The potential in the newcomers is sky-high, especially for transfer forward Arielle Roberson and freshman guard Katrina Pardee, who will both make a run for starting roster spots. Time will tell, but once the Mountaineers become comfortable in Carey’s system, this may be just another issue that Carey hurdled in his career. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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West Virginia tips off season against Delaware St BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM
The West Virginia University women’s basketball team tips off the 2015-16 season on Saturday at 7 p.m., when the Mountaineers host Delaware State in the WVU Coliseum. West Virginia enters this season with 11 new players, and only two returning starters from last year’s team. A season ago, WVU finished with a 23-15 record, and was the runner-up in the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. However, head coach Mike Carey’s group of Mountaineers come into Saturday’s game as the sixthyoungest team in the country and have a long way to go if they want to measure up to
last year’s team. Saturday marks the first test for the inexperienced team ready to take the court for its first regular season game. Up to this point, the Mountaineers have found winning ground over the summer and in the team’s season-opening exhibition game. The women’s team traveled overseas this summer to face teams out of London, Barcelona and Madrid, and went 4-0 during the trip. Competition overseas gave WVU a muchneeded opportunity to build teamwork, and also allowed Carey to implement a strategy for the upcoming season. “I think the European trip helped simply because we had 10 days of practice leading into that trip to implement our concepts, philos-
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ophy, and some of the drills that we do,” Carey said. The NCAA permits a school to participate in overseas competition during the summer every four years, and every year WVU has competed in an overseas trip, the Mountaineer women’s team has reached the NCAA Tournament. On Halloween, WVU won its exhibition game against Shepherd University 89-48 in the fourth annual Haunted Hoops game at the Coliseum. Of the eight freshmen on this year’s roster, two guards, who Carey expects to step up big in their first year on campus, offered a significant boost off the bench. “We need immediate help from Alexis Brewer, Katrina Pardee, Tynice Martin, and
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The West Virginia women’s basketball team psyches itself up before a game last season. Anja Martin,” Carey said. “It Brewer and Pardee will be ery this preseason. would be nice for them to called on to replace the vetAll Big-12 First Team secome in and sit behind peo- erans that departed from last lection Bria Holmes returns ple, but we don’t have that year’s team. as the Mountaineers’ leading luxury because we have a lot The West Virginia wom- scorer and only certain ofof new players.” en’s biggest asset returns in fensive threat entering 2015the high-scoring Bria Holmes, 16. Last season, Holmes acas well as center Lanay Mont- counted for nearly 30 percent gomery, who gives the Moun- of WVU’s points, which curtaineers a presence in the rently puts her 17th on the paint. The 6-foot-5 Montgom- WVU all-time scoring list. ery led the Big 12 Conference “I think Bria Holmes will last season in blocked shots, go down as one of the best and also ranked fifth in the players to ever play at WVU,” conference in rebounding. Carey said. “There are some Montgomery’s four points per things she’s got to do for us Free Food, Giveaways iveaways & Entertainment Entertainm contest exemplified her lack like getting on the boards and of offensive effectiveness last improving her shooting peryear, but coming into this sea- centage. She spent this sumson Carey sees no limit for his mer working on that. I think she’s going to have a great senior center. “Hard work does pay off,” year.” Carey said. “She’s a perfect exThis season the Mountainample of someone who got in eers possess explosive weapthe gym this summer and was ons on offense, as the majordetermined to get better, and ity of this year’s players can score from any position. Satshe got better.” Sophomore Teana Muld- urday’s test against Delaware University Park Courtyard row, who provided valu- State will give an indication of able minutes off the bench just how ready Carey’s team is as a freshman, may have to for what looks to be a defining serve time as Montgomery’s season for this year’s women’s backup this season following basketball team. the season-ending ACL injury suffered by Kayla Montgomdasports@mail.wvu.edu
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After sweeping the Mountaineer Quad last weekend, the West Virginia University wrestling team hits the road to take on Michigan, Buffalo and Oregon State at the Northeast Duals in Troy, New York, on Sunday. Last Sunday, the No. 19 Mountaineers defeated Drexel 26-7, Campbell 26-14 and Arizona State 22-14. Head coach Sammie Henson was happy with last weekend’s results, but he’s not dwelling on the hot start to the season. “Nothing changes. I was pleasantly surprised with how our guys competed and how they never gave up no matter what,” Henson said. “Some of the outcomes didn’t go out our way, but they competed. There really was no point where I thought that our guys didn’t give everything that they had.” Michigan, competing in its first match of the season, is ranked third in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll. Oregon State has not competed yet, but is ranked No. 20. Buffalo is unranked but won both of its matches last weekend in the Terrapin Duals. To be successful again this weekend, Henson wants to see some improvement from his team. “We’ve got a lot of work to do on top, finishing takedowns and little technical
things that we can get better on,” Henson said. “We’re not finishing our attacks and we’re not getting to our attacks as much as I’d like to. When people get to our legs, we’re having trouble.” However, Henson was not expecting his team to be perfect last weekend. “Those are little things that we need to work on, but you never know until you wrestle somebody different. We’ve been wrestling each other for a month now, so it’s tough to figure out where you’re at.” This is the second straight Sunday in which West Virginia is facing multiple opponents on the same day. Most matches are against a single opponent, and preparing for more than one opponent on the same day is not a simple task. “Always. Scouting-wise, it’s tougher. What you do is you prepare for the best guy in the country and that way you’re ready for anyone,” Henson said. “We scout the guys, we do a lot of video, and then we prepare for them individually. Really, what we’re working on is being prepared for the best guys in the country, the top 10 percent in the nation. If you do that, you’re going to take care of the rest.” West Virginia begins the day at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 with the Michigan match, followed by Buffalo at 1:15 p.m. and concludes the Northeast Duals against Oregon State at 3:15 p.m.
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West Virginia set to compete in NCAA Regionals by joel norman sports writer @Dailyathenauem
Today at noon, the West Virginia University women’s cross country team competes at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in Princeton, New Jersey. The Mountaineers have not yet qualified as a team to make it to the NCAA Cross Country Championship on Nov. 21. At last year’s Mid-Atlantic Regional, West Virginia took second place to automatically qualify for the NCAA Championship. The Mountaineers will need a similar performance today. “Competing at our peak at the NCAA Regional Championship has been a goal of ours all season,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “On Friday, when we line up for the first round of the NCAA Regional, we will do so with the single goal of qualifying for the final in Louisville the following week.” Two weeks ago at the Big 12 Championship, West Virginia finished second out of ten teams. Now, the Mountaineers have had two weeks to prepare for the Mid-Atlantic Regional. “It’s opportunity to get better for the next race by sharpening your mind and sharpening your body,” said sophomore Millie Paladino on the two week gap between races. “I think our whole team at this point is hoping for a big jump. We have so much potential and we just want to see that on the course.” At the Mid-Atlantic Regional,
West Virginia will go up against ranked opponents No. 10 Penn State, No. 14 Georgetown, No. 23 Princeton, and No. 26 Villanova. The Mountaineers began the season ranked higher than or equal to all of these teams, but now find themselves outside of the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll. “We may not have been perfect during the regular season, but we did put ourselves in there with a chance to move on,” Cleary said. “So many things throughout the year for every team in the NCAA will impact the at large bids into Nationals.” It has been an up and down season for the Mountaineers. There have been highs, like winning the blue race at Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 3rd, but there have also been lows, such as finishing 27th out of 36 teams at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 16th. Today’s race could be the final competition of the 2015 season. “We have two choices; go out there on Friday and run the very best that we can and let the automatic bid or at large bid come our way, or not take advantage of this opportunity and sit home. We have seven women that will be on the line,” Cleary said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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