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West Virginia University’s Faculty Senate will discuss the implementation of a new general education system, as well as the approval to add new courses to different colleges during its meeting this afternoon.

The General Education Foundations system was approved by the senate in May 2014. It will replace the existing GEC system, but the change is still in transition, and the system will not be implemented until the fall semester of 2016.

“The move to the GEF gives both our students and faculty the opportunity to be engaged in a more stimulating and creative educational endeavor worthy of a top- tier public university,” said University President E. Gordon Gee. The GEF will work to fulfill the University’s goals of creating well-rounded students with broad areas of skills and knowledge, linking courses students take at the University and instilling a permanent connection in learning and education, according to documents accompanying the senate’s agenda.

The new system will have a concise arrangement of seven broad areas of education, as well as a new eighth fulfillment requiring nine credit hours, totaling between 31 and 37 credits. Courses taken for the GEF can still simultaneously fulfill major and other requirements for an undergraduate degree. However, unlike the GEC, courses for the GEF have only one assigned area, rather than being designated under multiple focus areas in the curriculum.

The new eighth fulfillment, the Focus, will allow students—in consultation with their advisers—to select nine credit hours, or a minimum of three courses, from any combination of disciplines to be used as a concentration area of their choosing.

The GEF will also replace the writing requirement with a development of writing and communication skills, as determined by the degree-granting college.

New students entering the fall 2016 semester will be governed by the GEF, while continuing students can choose to remain in the GEC or implement the GEF in an updated catalog year.

The seven areas of emphasis will include much of the original GEC requirements: composition and rhetoric, science and technology, mathematics and quantitative skills, society and connections, human inquiry and the past, the arts and creativity and global studies & diversity.

Also to be discussed during the meeting, in relation to the GEF system, is Degreeworks’ need to change the coding of the science and technology focus of the system. Four courses (BIOL 105, GEOG 107, GEOL 101 and GEOL 103) are offered with and without a laboratory component; therefore, these courses need to be

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‘Lotsa Mozza’ pizza joint to open next month on High Street by john mark shaver staff writer @dailyathenaeum

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Lotsa Mozza Pizza restaurant is currently under construction on High Street.

Pizza lovers throughout town can now rejoice, as Lotsa Mozza, downtown Morgantown’s newest pizza place, is set to open next month.

The restaurant will be located at 419 High St. across the street from D.P. Dough, in the building that previously housed Daniel’s Men’s Clothing before it moved across town last year.

Jim Craig, owner of Blue Sky Realty and Lotsa Mozza’s building, said the res-

taurant should be open by the end of October.

The arrival of a new pizza place has stirred anticipation among students, who are excited to have more options for High Street dining.

“The pizza places on High Street suck,” said Madison Guttenberg, a senior marketing student.

Nick Foutrakis, a sophomore journalism student, believes a new pizza place could pose a threat to the existing establishments on High Street.

“I think that there’s a lot of pizza places right now in the area, and none of them

have really caught my eye so far as one of the better ones,” Foutrakis said. “…If there’s going to be a new pizza place and it’s good, I think it could take over.”

Those like Emmott Blitch, a freshman business student, may be satisfied with the food they get from places like Casa D’Amici, but would love to see an establishment with better prices.

“Everyone loves pizza,” Blitch said. “I really like Casa’s pizza, but depending on how (Lotza Mozza’s) prices compare, they might be able to even have a little price war between

the two. Maybe we could get a little cheaper pizza somewhere.”

Local, already-established pizza places like Tortoni’s don’t see the new restaurant as a threat.

Tortoni’s manager Jessica Foster said her restaurant’s cheap prices, ingredients and unique feel will help them hold their own against the incoming Lotsa Mozza.

“We have so much going on here that we’ve just been worried about ourselves,” Foster said. “Everything that we do here is

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Roane County schools put on lockdown after joking text message Three stabbed on High Street by jake jarvis city editor @newsroomjake

All six schools in Roane County were put on lockdown for nearly two hours after a West Virginia University student sent a text message to an elementary school teacher threatening to “shoot up” a school.

Preston Patton, 21, says the whole thing was actually just a misunderstanding—he thought he sent the message to one of his best friends.

“For about as long as I can remember, my friends and I have always had really offensive joking styles,” Patton, a second-year graduate student said. “At this point, that’s just part of who I am—really revolting and shocking around my buddies.”

It all happened on Sept.

2, a Wednesday Patton and his friends now remember with awkward laughs and a twinge of uneasiness.

He shot off a quick text message that morning to his friend Dylan Harper, a

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“Please stop texting,” the person responded. They said they weren’t Harper.

This didn’t phase Patton, though, since Harper had made a joke like this before. He responded and said he was loading up a gun and was on his way over to shoot up a school.

“I know how that sounds out of context,” Patton said.

“But of course I’d have to make that stupid joke out of all the other innocuous ones.”

On the other end of the message was Emily Alvis, a fifth and sixth grade teacher at Roane County’s Reedy Elementary School. Coincidentally, Alvis’ school is only about 25 minutes from where Harper lives in Spencer, West Virginia.

She was in class teaching when she received the text. She stopped what she was doing and immediately showed the text to her principal who then called

The victims sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to the release.

The victims’ names were not released.

MPD encourages anyone with information about the incident to contact the Morgantown Detective Division at 304-2847522.

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Three people were stabbed on High Street in the early Sunday morning hours, according to a press release.

M o rg a n to w n Po lice responded to a fight around 12:20 a.m. at the intersection of High Street and Wall Street.

The three stabbing victims were transported to a local hospital by Monongalia EMS.

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Northern California wildfires wipe out more than 180 homes

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A sign hangs above an entryway to a home destroyed by fire Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in Middletown, Calif. Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook at several Northern California towns, destroying more than a hundred homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday.

M I DD L E TO W N , Calif. (AP)—Two of California’s fastest-burning wildfires in decades overtook several Northern California towns, destroying more than 180 homes and sending residents fleeing Sunday on highways lined with buildings, guardrails and cars still in flames.

At least 100 homes were destroyed by a wildfire north of San Francisco in Lake County that raced through dry brush and exploded in size within hours, officials said. The devastation comes after a separate wildfire to the southeast destroyed at least 81 homes.

Residents fled from Middletown, dodging smoldering telephone poles, downed power lines and fallen trees as they drove through billowing smoke.

Whole blocks of houses

were burned in parts of the town of more than 1,000 residents that lies about 20 miles north of the famed Napa Valley.

On the west side of town, house after house was burned to their foundations, with only charred appliances and twisted metal garage doors still recognizable.

Firefighters on Sunday afternoon could be seen driving around flaming utility poles to put out spot fires. Homeowner Justin Galvin, 33, himself a firefighter, stood alone at his house, poking its shin-high, smoking ruins with a piece of scrap metal.

“This is my home. Or it was,” said Galvin, who spent all night fighting another fire in Amador County.

Wind gusts that reached up to 30 miles per hour sent embers raining down

on homes and made it hard for firefighters to stop the Lake County blaze from advancing, California Department of Forest Protection spokesman Daniel Berlant said.

Four firefighters who are members of a helicopter crew were injured Saturday while battling the flames. They remained hospitalized in stable condition Sunday, Berlant said.

There’s no official tally of the destruction yet because firefighters are focused on new evacuation orders and on residents’ safety, he said.

People were ordered Sunday to evacuate a stretch along Highway 281, including Clear Lake Riviera, a town with about 3,000 residents, Cal Fire said.

George Escalona told The Associated Press that

in some areas of town “there is nothing but burned houses, burned cars,” adding that all he had left were the clothes he was wearing.

The 78-square-mile fire erupted Saturday afternoon and rapidly chewed through brush and trees parched from several years of drought, Cal Fire said. Entire towns as well as residents along a 35-mile stretch of State Route 29 were evacuated. Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday declared a state of emergency to free up resources.

Brown had already declared a state of emergency for the separate 101-square-mile wildfire about 70 miles southeast of Sacramento that has destroyed at least 81 homes and 51 outbuildings and turned the grassy, trees t u d d e d Si e r ra Ne vada foothills an eerie

white.

Fire officials had earlier counted 86 homes destroyed, but issued the new figure Sunday morning. Crews increased containment on that blaze to 20 percent.

The fire, which broke out on Wednesday was threatening about 6,400 more buildings.

Mark Ghilarducci, director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said this summer’s fires are the most volatile he has seen in 30 years of emergency response work.

The main cause behind the fast-spreading fires is dry conditions from the four-year drought, he said.

“The bushes, the trees have absolutely no moisture in them, and the humidities are so low that we are seeing these `fire starts’ just erupt into conflagrations,” Ghilarducci said, according to the Sac-

ramento Bee. In Fresno County, the largest of 13 wildfires in the state continued to march westward as firefighters increased the areas of their backfires to try to stop the weekslong advancement, fire spokesman Dave Schmitt said. The fire, sparked by lightning on July 31, has charred 203 square miles and was 31 percent contained Sunday, the U.S. Forest Service said.

Firefighters have maintained a precautionary line around Grant Grove, an ancient grove of Giant Sequoia trees, and set prescribed burns to keep the flames from overrunning it. The grove named for the towering General Grant tree that stands 268 feet tall. There are dozens of Sequoia groves in the Sierra Nevada, and some trees are 3,000 years old.

Migrant Crisis adjusts Merkel’s image, but style is unchanged BERLIN (AP)—In the space of two months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone from being portrayed as the heartless villain in Europe’s debt crisis to the heroine of those flooding in to find refuge on the continent.

But while different crises have triggered contrasting perceptions of the German leader, Merkel’s behavior has appeared consistent: a firstunhurried, then decisive approach to the challenge; an

insistence that Europe must abide by international rules; an eye on public opinion at home; and hope that German leadership will help bring about a European solution.

Merkel hasn’t pleased everyone in Europe with her approach to either crisis. Several countries that backed her insistence on tough conditions for Greece’s new bailout, such as the Baltic nations and Slovakia, are now on the other side of the ar-

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made with love. [We’re] a lot different from a lot of other restaurants on High Street where it’s very ‘get-it-and-go’. Here, it’s not like that. We don’t care if you sit in for a while.”

Whatever the case may be, most agree that more restaurant variety on High Street is a good thing.

“Each (restaurant) has its own style,” Blitch said.

“Pizza is never simply just pizza.”

The owners of Lotsa Mozza could not be reached for comment.

added to the “2A” sub-area (non-lab courses) and to the “2B” sub-area (courses with an associated lab).

Students will have to complete either two lecture courses, resulting in six credits, or a lecture course with an associated laboratory combination, resulting in four credits.

Also expected during the meeting is the approval of a New Courses Report, as well as some comment on the transferability of credits and grades at the University.

Several new courses will potentially be offered, including a new creative arts course involving produc-

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gument over whether to welcome refugees to Europe.

But the 61-year-old is undaunted, and her enduring domestic popularity is holding up as she approaches her 10th anniversary in office in November. That longevity has been based partly on her knack for convincing Germans that she is on top of complicated crises and taking account of their worries - something that has earned her the nickname “Mutti,” or “Mom.” tion planning (THET 524), as well as several new College of Law courses including Energy Siting and Permitting (LAW 644), Nuclear Law and Policy (LAW 647), Energy Business/ Law & Strategy (LAW 648) and a new capstone course requiring a research paper or fieldwork project in the area of energy and sustainable development.

The senate also wants to ensure the transfer of credits between colleges among the University— and from outside institutions—is a smooth transition for students who will allow as many credits to be accepted as possible.

“WVU is committed to student success that includes guiding students in the most appropriate degree pathway,” said Sue Day-Perroots, associate provost for Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

“The legislation is helpful by requiring WVU to examine ways we can better advance the career pathways of transfer students.”

The meeting will be held at 3:15 p.m. today in the Ruby Grand Hall of the Erickson Alumni Center. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Her insistence that Germany and its fellow members in the 28-nation European Union all have a duty to shelter people fleeing civil wars has cemented something similar among hopeful migrants.

Some have held aloft pictures of Merkel, and she was greeted with applause and cheers at a Berlin refugee home Thursday. It remains to be seen how far that adulation holds up after the government announced Sunday

that it was introducing border checks to limit the influx.

A hallmark of Merkel’s policy has always been pragmatism, rather than pathos or vision. The change in perceptions doesn’t mean a change in Merkel’s approach, said Manfred Guellner, the head of the Forsa polling agency.

“I think she is acting very pragmatically, as ever - the stream of refugees is there, and she is trying to get a grip on it,” he said.

“She is, as always, flying by sight, taking one step after another,” he added, and believes that those fleeing violence in their homelands must be helped “so that a negative picture of Germany does not arise.”

Asked this week how she feels about the shift in perceptions of her abroad, Merkel said she was “glad Germany has become a country that many people outside Germany associate with hope.”

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ficer had for him.

His father was at the courthouse when the lockdown took effect, Patton said, and he didn’t want to appear like he was hampering the investigation.

Morgantown Police called Patton and asked him to come down to the station. Detectives questioned him about the text for about four hours. Halfway through the interrogation, Patton swallowed his pride and agreed to let MPD make a copy of his entire phone to search it.

“I’ve been friends with Dylan for years,” Patton said. “He grew up with my little brother, so I’ve sort of known him forever. Nothing like this has ever happened before.”

The detectives in Morgantown saw as much, so they released him with only one caveat—be careful what you joke about.

But how did the message get sent to Alvis instead of Harper?

The Friday before the incident, the day of the first home football game, Harper said he went to the store to change his cellphone plan from Verizon to a prepaid service through Straight Talk.

Straight Talk would let him keep his old number,

he said, but it would take a couple of business days to be processed. In the meantime, Harper got a temporary phone number to use.

Harper only gave the number to a few people in his immediate circle of friends, “the people I knew I was going to talk to that weekend.”

Somehow on the same day, Alvis’ phone stopped working and she couldn’t make any calls. The temporary phone number Harper received was her number that stopped working hours earlier.

Then, the morning of the lockdown, Harper’s temporary number was deactivated and his old number was restored later that day. So, when Patton went to text him, he had no idea the number switched again.

“Obviously Preston is no sort of threat,” Harper said.

“But he has the worst sense of humor.”

Harper and his family have reached out to Straight Talk to try figure out what happened, but said they haven’t heard anything back yet.

“All I know is Straight Talk ruined my Wednesday,” Patton said.

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From there, everything happened fast. The county’s superintendent, Jerry Garner, said the county sent out an all-call message to parents to let them know of the lockdown.

“We had no idea,” Garner said. “We don’t know what or who’s on the other end of that text message.

We have no idea who that individual was.”

Melissa Gilbert, director of Roane County 911, said all of the schools were placed on lockdown since the text message didn’t specify one school.

Back in Morgantown, Patton’s phone didn’t stop ringing for hours. Each time he answered, the person on the other line immediately hung up.

The Roane County Sheriff ’s Office was “pinging” his phone—using cell towers to send transmissions to the phone number to locate where it was.

Patton said his father, who happens to be a Roane County assistant prosecutor, called him to tell him to answer the phone and answer any questions the of-

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Protecting American public health High school health classes consistently preach the dangers of smoking, excessive alcohol use and sedentary lifestyles, but it’s not always easy to take those warnings to heart.

Though much of modern emphasis on public health stems from concerns involving the environment or infectious diseases, habits particular to the American lifestyle have been shown to cause diseases leading to shorter lifespans since the early 20th century.

America’s problem? Too much sugar and salt and not enough necessary nutrients in our diets, combined with lack of regular exercise.

America is no longer the most obese country in the world, but it still has a significant obesity problem.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported nearly 36 percent of American adults were

Students work out daily at West Virginia University’s Rec center to stay healthy. obese in 2010.

There is a definite link between fast food consumption and obesity rates, as the countries with high

numbers of fast food restaurants consistently report increasing numbers of obese individuals. The American lifestyle is fast-paced, and

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good-tasting foods able to be eaten on the go often contain an overabundance of ingredients harmful to our health. While these

foods don’t cause problems in moderation, relying on them for nearly every meal (especially when on a college budget) can lead to unexpected weight gain and cause later health problems down the road.

Heart disease, high blood pressure and Type 2 diabetes are all usually preventable with diet adjustments and increased exercise. Environment-related deaths due to air pollution and diseases in unvaccinated areas are massive problems in other parts of the world, but in America, diseases we can almost completely prevent still cause many deaths each year.

According to Harvard Health Publications from the Harvard Medical School, one in four deaths caused by heart disease are believed to be preventable-equaling 200,000 deaths in 2010. This number doesn’t include the amount of

deaths brought about by tobacco use, which causes one in five people to lose their lives each year.

College students may already feel like they have enough of a challenge balancing schoolwork, parttime jobs and social lives, but adding exercise and healthy foods to the mix will undoubtedly pay off in the future. Taking a short PRT ride to the Rec center or utilizing your apartment complex’s weight room are easy ways to stay in shape. Cooking at home instead of grabbing Chick-fil-a for every meal saves money as well as calories.

This editorial board believes letting preventable causes of death claim the lives of thousands of Americans each year is unacceptable. By making gradual lifestyle changes, students can protect both the length and quality of their years. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Mixing up mealtimes with Meatless Mondays kayla asbury correspondant @dailyathenaeum

“Meatless Monday? I think I’ll pass.”

When thinking of vegetarian cuisine, one often pictures a strange meat substitute or a plate full of broccoli—both scary thoughts on their own.

As someone who used to consider chicken nuggets a food group, I can relate to this point of view. But Meatless Monday is not a day to be afraid of. In fact, Monday could end up being your favorite day of the week, at least when concerning mealtime.

The answer to “What’s for dinner?” is usually meat: chicken, steak, pork chops. However, the goal of Meatless Monday is to rethink mealtimes. Coming home to a dinner of spaghetti and tofu meatballs can sound unappealing and even intimidating.

However, Meatless Monday does not have to be about replacing meat, but rather about focusing on enjoying meatless items not typically considered entrées.

Examples of easy dinners for Meatless Monday are pasta, stir fry, burritos and vegetarian pizza.

Contrary to popular be-

lief, planning vegetarian meals can be easy. Simply typing “vegetarian dishes” into your favorite search engine will yield thousands of results. With many dishes, simply omitting the meat will make an easy and familiar-tasting meal. In addition, there are many vegan and vegetarian cookbooks with meatless versions of traditional meals.

Meatless Monday is in no way boring or dull. It can encourage you to be creative and rethink what you’d typically eat for each meal. It’s also a way to get out of your comfort zone and try foods you typically wouldn’t otherwise.

One way to be extra adventurous is to try meat replacements such as veggie burgers or tofu chicken nuggets. It can also be fun because you can incorporate your friends and family in the meal planning process.

Perhaps the biggest beneficiaries of Meatless Monday are the cows, chickens and pigs that would otherwise have become your dinner. According to Compassion Over Killing, a nonprofit animal advocacy organization, eliminating meat from your diet once each week saves 28 land animals and 175 aquatic animals per year. On a

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Vegetables are nothing to be afraid of on Meatless Mondays. larger scale, if all Americans participated in Meatless Monday, 1.4 billion animals would be saved from slaughter in a single year.

Participating in Meatless Monday also reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Cows’ digestive processess create large amounts of methane gas, which is emitted into the atmosphere each year.

Fewer cows being raised for the slaughterhouse means less emissions overall.

If the animals or environment aren’t of your concern, Meatless Monday is also great for your body and your wallet. Meat consumption is one of the leading causes of high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.

By eliminating meat from your diet once a week and replacing it with whole foods, people can reduce their risk of disease as well as promote weight loss and proper digestion. In terms of monetary savings, plant-based proteins and starches are some of the most inexpensive foods on the market.

If you find yourself in-

terested in Meatless Monday, or in becoming vegetarian or vegan, there are many great resources available both online and in print. Eliminating meat from your diet is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your health, the environment and animal welfare. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Careers for education majors can extend outside the classroom elana goodwin ohio state university

When people think of careers in academia, they most immediately think of teachers—but there are many other non-teaching jobs available for those who want to go into education but don’t want to teach forever.

Some jobs may want potential employees to have teaching experience, but if you’re looking for a change in career paths, here are some of the jobs you should consider if you’re looking to get a non-teaching job in education.

1. Librarian.

As a librarian at an educational institution, you’ll be responsible for creating and implementing library programs, systems and materials helpful in accessing books and other resources for students and staff.

Librarians also get to pick out new technologies, books and other materials the school needs based on the school’s budget and what the curriculum demands. They’ll educate and work with students when they visit the library and may also be called upon

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Education majors can sometimes find jobs in school libraries. by teachers to help develop lesson plans or obtain certain materials for the classroom.

Most librarians will need to have a master’s degree in library science in addition to certification in education or a teaching license, which varies by state.

2. Principal.

The principal is the manager of a specific school and their daily responsibilities consist of mostly management activities as they’re responsible for the school as a whole, including students, teachers, staff, etc. They’re also tasked with hiring teachers and other staff, helping develop the curriculum,

monitoring student development, and more.

Principals usually need to have a master’s degree in education administration or leadership, and many positions also want candidates to have teaching experience.

3. Assistant or vice principal.

The assistant or vice principal assists a school’s principal in running and overseeing the school, and may deal more immediately with handling the discipline of students, supervising student activities and organizing and assigning resources to help teachers.

They may also help cre-

ate programs focused on professional development, improving teaching practices, and generally enhancing the overall school environment.

Many assistant principals start off as educators with master’s degrees and steadily build on their experience until they have the necessary knowledge to progress to administrative jobs.

4. School counselor.

School c ou n s e l o r s can work in elementary through high schools by helping students, staff and teachers. Their role is to provide people with access to individual, educational, and career counseling, as well as aiding in mental health education.

School counselors are also tasked with watching for signs of abuse, providing college advising and career planning to students and other duties.

They work with both students and teachers to help ensure the school is an environment best promoting the social, emotional and academic success of everyone there.

To become a school counselor, post-graduate courses include achieving a Master of Education in School Counseling in ad-

dition to licensing. Undergraduate courses in psychology and education may be beneficial as well.

5. Superintendent.

A superintendent acts as an administrator or director who is in charge of several public schools or an entire school district.

They’re basically the CEO of schools and have numerous responsibilities, including overseeing the application of various policies and processes, handling administrators and school staff, planning budgets, and dealing with any issues and problems that arise such as financial concerns and other complaints.

The road to being a superintendent includes lots of schooling, and getting a teaching degree is a good place to start. Next, you’ll want to apply for a Master of Arts in Teaching or a Master of Science in Education program — there are different pros and cons to each so make sure to enroll in the right program for you and your career path.

6. College dean.

Typically in American universities, every college within a post-secondary educational institution will have a dean. Those deans are responsible for a number of duties, including

working with admissions, the registrar and other offices on campus.

Deans may also focus on a single aspect of student life, such as housing or financial aid. They meet with and advise students, do research, develop and implement academic policies, oversee budgets, help hire faculty and solve various student problems and issues.

To become a dean, you have to at least have finished a master’s degree or doctorate in higher education, and have taken courses focusing on educational management, school finance, leadership, educational law, and student affairs. Having experience as a professor or a position as an educational administrator will also help boost your resume when it comes to applying for a job as a dean.

So if you don’t want to be a teacher but always dreamed of going into education, don’t worry—there are plenty of non-teaching jobs in academia you can pursue, so long as you have the right background and experiences necessary for the job. Start planning ahead now for the nonteaching career you want and you’ll be school-bound again in no time.

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Students get adventurous at ‘Try-It’ Melanie Smith A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The sun beat down onto the Monongahela River, creating silhouettes of the students kayaking and paddle boarding downstream. People kept their balance on a thin Velcro tightrope tied between two trees. Swing dance lessons were given on the stage of the Hazel Ruby-Mcquian Riverfront Park. WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health provided all these activities to students at last Friday’s Try-It event at the Hazel Ruby-McQuain Riverfront Park along the Rail Trail.

The event encompasses the idea of stepping out of your comfort zone and trying new things to start the semester with an open mind. Adventure sports and fitness demonstrations were provided along with healthy snacks catered by WVU Dining Services.

The Adventure West Virginia organization provied watersports with safety precautions like life jackets and whistles attached in case students needed help from afar.

The event offered kayaks, paddleboards and canoes at no charge, and students

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Raul Alarcon walks across a slack line at the WELLWVU Try-It event this past weekend. could spend hours on the Monongahela River.

Colleen Harshbarger, the director of Wellness and Health Promotion for WELLWVU, organized the event with the help of Shannon Foster, a health educator for WELLWVU and the Student Wellness Ambassador Team.

The tents lined the park, with registration and a kiosk offering health information and prizes, which

included a chill WELL packet providing tips for a relaxing lifestyle and apparel supporting wellness.

Students had to complete two activities in order to receive a WELLWVU T-shirt.

“We know that social connectedness is a key ingredient in students’ success in college.

We also know that being in nature is beneficial to wellbeing,” Harshbarger

said. “Mostly, we want students to get out, try something new and have fun.”

Several fitness demonstrations were lined up for the evening, promoting physical activity and a relaxing time along the water. The schedule included yoga, meditation, swing dancing and a workout session led by the student organization, CHAARG. Slacklining, a

popular activity of balancing on a strip of webbing that is fixed high above the ground, was set up next to the park.

Freshman speech pathology and audiology student Jacob Cahn had never tried slacklining before this event.

“When I tried slacklining for the first time, I felt out of my comfort zone. It was the first time

I have ever tried, but even through I wasn’t great at it I was excited to try something new,” Cahn said.

He heard about the event through an Adventure WV Instagram post and was attracted to it, through the kayaking.

“It made me feel like I could try anything,” he said.

Students felt this event helped take away the stress of the first week of exams and being away from home.

“This event taught me to just sit back sometimes and relax, said freshman occupational therapy student Gabrielle Crawford.

This is Crawford’s first time living away from home. She loves the outdoors and felt coming to West Virginia University has helped her grow out of her comfort zone, along with Try-It. “Life moves so fast and sometimes we forget to stop and take it all in. This event helped me out with that,” Crawford said.

Try-It is an annual program and one of many p ro g ra m s W E L LW V U provides on campus. For more information about WELLWVU, visit http:// www.well.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Music Monday

Jay Rock and his Black Hippies reach new lyrical heights, Leona Lewis returns Woody pond

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“90059” by Jay Rock

«««« When you think of Black Hippy, you think of the stars: Kendrick, Ab-Soul and Schoolboy. People often forget about Jay Rock— you may remember him from his verse on Kendrick’s masterpiece “Money Trees”—but maybe it’s time to pay attention to him now that his sophomore album has hit the Internet.

The album “90059,” named for Los Angeles’s area code, shows that Jay Rock is a lyrical genius with storytelling roots similar to his labelmate, Lamar. This album is full of hard and chill verses as well as some surprisingly catchy choruses that linger long after the album comes to a close.

The instrumentals are what really drew me in early however—full of keys, bells, bass guitars and both live kits and 808’s. One of the album’s early singles, “Gumbo,” is a poetic masterpiece focusing on the many different paths of life.

The whole Black Hippy group comes together on “Vice City” to rap about the many vices that can become overwhelming in the infamous rap culture with a very unique chopped up flow that continues over the bumping, dreamy synth beat.

Kendrick comes back and trades bars with Rock on “Easy Bake” before the whole song flips on its head. Female R&B singer SZA comes in singing soulful lyrics about working herself into the dirt in order to achieve her biggest dreams. If you like the other Black Hippy artists’ music, peruse “90059”

and decide for yourself if you can be a Jay Rock fan. I know I made my decision, and it is yes.

“Da’ Nic EP” by T.I.

««« T.I. has been rather quiet besides the work his label has done with rappers Iggy Azalea and Travi$ Scott, until his newest project under his other identity, Tip, “Da’ Nic EP.” T.I. has been rapping for more than a decade, bouncing from trap rap to more mainstream hip-hop with his 2008 hit album “Paper Trail,” and “Da’ Nic” is his biggest return to that style.

Released as a surprise EP in promotion of his forthcoming 10th album “The Dime Trap,” the Atlanta rapper’s new project has a smooth mix of old school and new school beats that contain a funk groove that

T.I.’s southern dialect rolls over well. Spitting verses about money and gloating over his superior skill and success, T.I. balances lyrics about his old ways in the streets of Atlanta with his newfound businessman mentality and career. In his song “Check, Run It” he raps about the paper chase over a gospel choir sample and some low bass horns, and in my favorite song of the EP, “Peanut Butter Jelly,” T.I. and his boys Young Thug and Young Dro use a witty metaphor to describe their favorable financial situation and extravagant spending habits.

Since the whole EP is focused on the importance of money and your sustainability with such, it is not surprising that the album cover is a five dollar bill folded to look as if there is a crown above President Lincoln’s head. Looks as if Tip thinks it is time to re-

mind the growing popula- without you.” The operation of Atlanta rappers of tive “you” could be a lover, the reigning king. a parent, a boss, or even society—whoever tries to “I Am” by Leona Lewis tell you that you need to be something more than just you.

I am anxiously waitI am pleasantly sur- ing for one of these songs prised by how much I love to get some air play, espethe pop elements present cially what I consider the in Leona Lewis’s newest al- potential radio hit “Fire bum “I Am.” Under My Feet.”

Released last Friday, “I The song has a very Am” is a ten track R&B pop upbeat, fast tempo pialbum showcasing the gor- ano backtrack which geous voice that Lewis has is absolutely nailed by been praised for since her Lewis’ incredibly soulsmash hit “Bleeding Love” ful vocals in an Adele-like in 2007. Full of great in- fashion.

The instrumentals are strumentals composed of a lot of live instrument epic, her voice is beautisounds infused with syn- ful and full of life, and the thetic production effects, subject matter is relatLewis croons over strings, able to anybody who unpiano, guitars and even a derstands what it is like to very welcomed addition of be in love, be heartbroken, or be shoved down again timpani.

The concept behind the and again. “I Am” is a great album is addressed in the comeback for Leona Lewis. title track, in which Lewis sings, “I am somebody daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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It sounds like it could have been marching band practice or perhaps a parade through Evansdale on Sunday, but it was the WVU School of Music’s second annual Trombone Day. High school trombonists from all over the area gathered in Bloch Hall yesterday morning for a day full of performances and master classes regarding the lovely brass horn. Hosted

by WVU professors Brian Plitnik and Keith Jackson, WVU Trombone Day is a hands-on musical experience in which participants do exercises and ask questions in lectures as well as team up with the WVU Trombone Choir to rehearse and later perform for the guests to apply what they learned.

Kicking off the day at 10 A.M., the WVU Trombone Choir performed three selections for the guests. The WVUTC consists of 15 members, a few of whom are professors, who play in all of the trombone pitch ranges of the brass spectrum.

Plitnick conducted the choir after introducing the event, then launched into his one hour master class, “Improving Tone Production.” Afterward, the high school participants and University choir rehearsed together for the day’s final performance. The groups split around 12:30 for a free lunch and a meet and greet before guest artists from the West Virginia Symphony Trombone Section, and Jackson presented their own classes.

Trombone Day wrapped up with a faculty trombone recital from Jackson and Plitnik with a final performance from the Mass Choir of high schoolers and the WVUTC to conclude the day. Plitnik was very dedicated to this event and its significance to high school students.

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Brian Plitnik leads a trombone symphony at a seminar for students inside the Creative Arts Center.

“We provide this type of experience for high school age students because they may not have access to it otherwise. Many trombonists aren’t able to focus on the trombone at this depth as a part of their public education,” Plitnik said.

Plitnik is the director of Trombone Ensembles while Jackson is the director of the entire School of Music, having taught at WVU for the past 20 years. Plitnik and the rest of the music faculty wanted to emphasize an active learning environment in which people could freely participate in a fun, informal way.

“Trombone Day is set up as a workshop for the kids. Students will learn specific approaches and concepts about playing trombone and then have a chance to apply these skills while rehearsing,” Plitnik said.

More than 30 students tried breathing and buzzing exercises with their mouthpiece, discussed ways to describe trombone sounds and blowing and looked back on the importance of

fundamentals in the nine hours spent listening and playing in Bloch Hall. A bit shy at first, the participants eased into the program and eventually began competing amongst each other for a chance to actively work with the lecturers. The entire atmosphere was very positive and eager—it was obvious that each student had an interest in continuing with the trombone out of high school at some capacity. Senior Michael Thompson from Strasburg High School in Virginia was excited to visit WVU for Trombone Day to continue honing his craft.

“I’ve played trombone for four years, but I never really got time to focus on it with homework and high school life going on,” Thompson said.

“I really want to see what college level trombone is like because that’s what I want to major in next year.”

The second annual Trombone Day at WVU was a success. To keep up with WVU’s Trombone Studio, visit its Facebook and Instagram. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Women’s Extravaganza features local vendors ally litten

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This past Sunday, the West Virginia Women’s Extravaganza took over the Hazel and J.W. Ruby Community Center. The community center, located in Mylan Park, was packed with vendors of all kinds celebrating all the unique women of West Virginia.

The extremely diverse event had something for everyone. From food vendors to Mary Kay consultants, there were many who came out to support the cause. Started by PR Plus Events, the event was created to promote local businesses and artisans as well as raise money for great causes.

One of the largest vendors at the Women’s Extravaganza was the American Cancer Society. Starting in the morning, the American Cancer Society had a one mile Warm Up walk.

The walk was to encourage people to come out to their annual 5K run in October.

Setting up a large silent auction filled with baskets of gifts donated by other vendors, the American Cancer Society had a very successful turnout. All proceeds from the silent auction were donated directly to the American Cancer Society.

“Last year, we made $1,100 just on the silent auction,” said Laura Tinney, an American Cancer Society volunteer. “The silent auction grows every year.”

Another popular vendor was Bonnie’s Bus. Parked outside the community center, the colorful bus offered a mobile doctor’s office of sorts for women interested in free mammograms.

Other vendors such as Stonewall Resort, European Wax Center, The Cupcakerie, Avon, Perfectly Polish and Bridgeport Conference Center also set up shop. Artisan crafts, homemade gifts, lotions, candles, soaps, food and art decorated the large building. Morgantown Beauty College and Laurel Technical Institute offered pampering stations for women looking for massages, hair extensions and manicures.

“I’m having a good time,” said Amanda Tate, a Perfectly Polish employee.

“I’ve been here before but this is my first time here with this business. A good bit of people have stopped to check out my products.”

Not only did women enjoy shopping around, but the participating businesses also appreciated the event.

“We’ve been really successful. We’re really enjoying the event,” said Andrea

Fratto, a Bridgeport Conference Center employee.

“Especially with the food we’re serving, people really enjoy that.”

Besides all of the vendors, West Virginia’s Women’s Extravaganza also offered entertainment.

With a large stage set up in the back of the building, many different forms of entertainment were offered such as “Let’s Make a Deal” Game Show, a Talent Showcase, Designer Fashions on Parade and Zumba.

A smaller side stage offered cooking demonstrations and Bingo for Breast Cancer, as well.

Andrew Spellman/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM The event was finished off by a Grand Prize Give- Leann Cellurale, a catering associate with the downtown Panera, gives samples at the Women’s Extravaganza Sunday away, which was a $1,000 afternoon. gift basket. The gift basket included a Massanutten Resort three day getaway, gift cards to local restaurants, jewelry, beauty products, candles and lotto tickets.

Overall, the West Virginia Women’s Extravaganza was a hit. Local businesses and non-profits made some new connections, and customers and local women got to spend the day being pampered and celebrated.

For more information about the West Virginia Women’s Extravaganza or the vendors that attended the event, go to http://wvwomensexpo.com.

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Mountaineer Idol’s first elimination round, only 12 contestants remain A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The 2015 Mountaineer Idol season has officially begun. On Sept. 11, WVUp All Night and West Virginia University’s Student Government Association hosted the first elimination round for the competition in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Hosts Lane Horter and Hilary Kinney welcomed the audience and contestants. Both hosts have had experience in the regional pageant scene.

Horter, a graduate student at West Virginia University, previously worked as a host for the Miss Morgantown pageant. Kinney, on the other hand, was a contestant in the 2015 Miss West Virginia pageant.

Both Horter and Kinney then announced each contestant in the top 15 by name as people in the audience screamed with excitement.

The hosts explained how contestants were evaluated for their performances by the judges’ panel. While contestants were judged on the basis of singing ability, they were also judged on stage presence. By the end of the night, three contestants were eliminated and only 12 contestants would advance to the next round.

The judges’ panel was made up of five prominent people affiliated with WVU. The judges’ panel consisted of 2009 Faculty/ Staff winner Shirley Robinson, Professor Daniel Brewster, professional violinist Shiva Shafii, Associate Director of Develop-

ment for the WVU College of Business and Economics Steve Staffileno and 2 0 1 4 ’s Mountaineer Idol winner Alexa Gonzalez.

“I met with Sonja Wilson, head of WVU Student Life, earlier into summer to find ways for the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra to become involved with WVU and the Morgantown community. It seemed like the perfect fit to have different representatives in Mountaineer Idol,” Shafii said.

After the judges introduced themselves, the performances began. Each contestant was asked to perform a song from his or her musical inspiration. This was the first time contestants were introduced to the other competitors.

“It is always interesting to see contestants for

Table 9 caters to casual and fine dining Keith Amos

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As you walk into Table 9, there is a refreshing openness to the restaurant. Tall windows open up and fill the restaurant with natural light. A casualness can also be felt between the staff and customers, making patrons feel welcome and comfortable.

Table 9 offers breakfast, lunch and dinner with the food ranging from burgers and chicken wings to soba noodles and ponzu pulled pork.

“It kind of shows when you sit down and you see what comes out and what it looks and tastes like and see how comfortable it is here.

You can come in and have a nice date, or you can come in with shorts and a T-shirt, hang out and have a couple drinks on the deck and enjoy it that way,” said John Holding, assistant manager and bartender at Table 9.

Along with excellent food and atmosphere, Table 9 often hosts local musicians to play for guests while they dine. Every other weekend local artists are welcome to play at the club.

“We like to try and use any local musicians that we can. It’s pretty much anyone who comes in, we’ll listen to some music they have, and if we like the sound of it and think it will fit in with a dinner atmosphere, we’ll have them,” Holding said.

This past weekend, guitarists Rus Reppert and Spencer Elliott played for a small but captivated audience at the scenic Table 9 restaurant at the Waterfront.

Reppert first started playing at Table 9 after the owner Mark Tasker listened to Reppert play at

the first time. You get to see different styles of music and talent. Backstage there were some nerves but the competition itself was very light-hearted and fun,” said contestant Jessie Ford.

Derrick Ward started off the night by performing Amy Winehouse’s Valerie with an accompaniment on piano. The last contestant to perform was Paige Madden, as she sang Sara Bareilles’ “Gravity.”

Some notable per-

formances by contestants that night included “Heartache Tonight” performed by Isaac Mei, “Bring Me Down” performed by Jessie Ford and “If I Ain’t Got You” performed by Rebecca Berhanu.

After contestants performed, a special performance was put together to entertain the audience while the judges discussed who would advance in the competition.

Alexa Gonzalez performed the song, “Hit

Me Baby One More Ti m e ” by Britney Spears.

Once Gonzalez exited the stage, the hosts were ready to announce who would be in the top 12.

The contestants eliminated were Tyler Shaffer, Jessie Ford and Brianna Paul.

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Russ Reppert jams out Friday night for patrons of Table 9, a gastrofunk restaurant on the rail trail in the wharf district. the Bridgeport Farmer’s but this is always the place Market. to play.”

“I play down there a Spencer Elliott, an bunch for that market,” Rep- equally excellent guitarist, pert said. “Mark was doing a whose set was comprised of chef’s demo, and he and his original songs also played. wife liked what I was doing Elliott’s unique sound and invited me up and it’s comes from his playing albeen a good fit and I love most exclusively from the the place, I love the people neck of his guitars, making him both a pleasure to and I love the food.”

Reppert is a guitarist and watch as well as listen to. vocalist who focuses on “I’ve got a lot of history modern folk, Appalachian, here in Morgantown. 123 Celtic and rock music. He Pleasant Street, before that plays a mix of both original it was the Underground songs and covers. Reppert Railroad. I’ve played at evplayed several songs while ery incarnation of that place at Table 9 with a standout as a singer and a band, but he called his “Appalachian this is my first trip as a solo Medley,” where he layered acoustic guitar player,” Elseveral tunes on top of one liott said.

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Across 1 Cabbage side dish 5 Costume shop supply 9 Croatian-born physicist Nikola 14 Spanish appetizer 15 In couch-potato mode 16 Like a cheering capacity crowd 17 Happily __ after 18 Tidy 19 Destiny 20 *Publication featuring Alfred E. Neuman 23 Tidal retreat 24 The ones right in front of us 25 Lt.’s superior 27 Engraved with acid 30 “The Firm” author John 33 Sea, to Cousteau 34 Worker in a shaft 37 __ Gras 38 Coll. hot shot 40 Garden bulb 42 Tugboat sound 43 WF-3640 printer maker 45 Traveler’s stop 47 “__ you happy now?”

48 “Do not” follower, on a closed-door sign 50 Ride a seesaw 52 Roll call reply 53 Channel covering Capitol Hill 55 Cute __ button 57 *Chinese food staple 62 Light brown 64 Beech or birch 65 Many Keats poems 66 Flub by a fielder 67 Balkan native 68 Cowpoke’s footwear 69 “Yum!” 70 Knight times 71 “Born Free” lioness Down 1 Wineglass part 2 Volcanic output 3 Did an impression of 4 Fireside feeling 5 Didn’t follow a script, say 6 Brainstorms 7 Classic Krispy Kreme coating 8 “The X-Files” org.

9 Get ready to shoot 10 Open __: tennis period since 1968 11 *Cold symptom

12 Rack of __ 13 Many an Iraqi 21 “Excuse me ... “ 22 Big name in ATMs 26 Exam for H.S. jrs.

27 Nestle snugly 28 Allegro, scherzo, andante, etc.

29 *Lines that help you 9-Down 30 Sandpaper feature 31 Worship 32 Bishop’s headdress 35 Unfeeling 36 Symphonic rock gp.

39 Sheep shelter 41 Personal source of annoyance ... which might make one feel the first word of the answers to starred clues 44 Room with a crib 46 Starring role 49 On a pension: Abbr.

51 Dress for the choir 53 Monte __: gambling mecca 54 Ink mishap 55 Aid in wrongdoing

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HOROSCOPE Your efforts will be greatly appreciLEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH ated. Tonight: Happy close to home. Though you might be reflecting on a serious matter involving your perARIES (March 21-April 19) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH sonal life, news from a distance will HHHH Listen to your intuition, yet remain responsive to a friend’s You will feel more upbeat than you put a smile on your face. Don’t force critique. Your energy could be bol- have in a while. Someone you look yourself to do anything you don’t stered by a humorous moment or up to could give you important feed- want to. Maintain a long-term perby a loved one’s display of affection. back that makes you feel as if you’re spective. Tonight: Relax at home.

Lose the word “impossible” from on top of the world. Step away from your vocabulary. Tonight: Spend a situation that involves a lot of tenVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) quality time with a favorite person. sion. Tonight: Make the most out of the moment.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might be daydreaming instead of seeing the big picture.

You’ll feel good when you distance yourself from the issue at hand. Your creativity is likely to provide an unusual yet effective solution. A discussion will prove to be most fortunate.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You might want to understand what is happening within your group of friends. Listen to news with more openness, and as a result, success will flow. You might not realize how deeply a loved one supports you in your endeavors. Remain upbeat. Tonight: As you like it.

SCORPIO (Oc t. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Don’t make the assumption that everyone is on the same page as you. In fact, it could be quite the opposite. Explore other ideas.

Someone you respect suddenly might appear with a unique solution. No one will be able to hold you back. Tonight: Catch up with friends.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Keep reaching out for more information. You might want to understand more of what an associate or loved one is trying to say. Come from a place of love and caring, and try to remain open to a very different perspective. Tonight: Togetherness works.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Your mind is likely to lead you to an interesting idea. You intuitively might feel as if you finally are heading in the right direction. Stay focused when dealing with a nearly overwhelming amount of requests.

Use care with your finances. Tonight: Tap into your imagination.

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Defense still not satisfied after wins

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Freshman wide receiver Jovon Durante catches a touchdown pass in Saturday’s game against Liberty.

West Virginia defeats Liberty Saturday, 41-17 by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

The West Virginia University football team moved to 2-0 following a win over the Liberty Flames Saturday, and the final score was 41-17.

WVU played six quarters of football before being scored on; the Flames put their first points on the board in the third quarter.

Quarterback Skyler Howard threw for 263 yards and three touchdowns, and running back Wendell Smallwood had 88 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

“I think our guys played pretty good, offensively I think we made strides,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “We had zero turnovers for the second straight game, I think everybody is pretty fired up about that.

I think Skyler did a good job putting the ball in play, when we play teams like this we have to do a good job at putting the ball in play.”

Howard went 21 of 26 including a 52-yard pass to Shelton Gibson for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Howard completed 14 straight

passes, he also ran for 68 yards, second in rushing leaders behind Smallwood.

“A lot of this run game stuff that we are doing increases the likelihood of that ball being on the ground, it takes a lot of work,” Holgorsen said of Howard taking care of the ball.

Defensively the Mountaineers were strong again; not as dramatically as the game against Georgia Southern with four interceptions, but the Flames were not able to score until the third quarter.

Sophomore Dravon Askew-Henry, junior Al-Rasheed Benton and senior Nick Kwiatkoski all led the team with seven tackles each. Liberty ended the game with 372 yards of total offense, 92 of those on the ground and 280 in the air.

The Flames were stopped on three occasions in field goal range for kicker John Lunsford, but he missed three of the four attempted. Lunsford is an All-American kicker. Last season he went 19 of 24, averaging a 79.2 completion percentage. In Liberty’s first game of the season, Lunsford made the only field goal he attempted from 52 yards, going into

Saturday’s matchup with those previous stats. It’s safe to say most viewers expected a better completion rate from him.

“When you go out and have opportunities to score touchdowns, we had three field goals we missed,” said Liberty head coach Turner Gill.

“You hope you’re going to have some touchdowns. If we had one or two touchdowns out of those three drives, then I think the game is going to be a bit different.”

Liberty missed out on nine easy points from those missed field goals, but even if Lunsford made those goals it would not have added up to be enough points to take the lead.

The Mountaineers have a bye this week, and according to Holgorsen, the team will get right to preparing for the Maryland game after a couple of rest days.

“We are 2-0. Our goal is to be 2-0 after this point in the season, and we are,” Holgorsen said.

West Virginia’s game against Maryland will be Saturday, Sept. 26. The time will be announced today. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

On paper, West Virginia’s defense was perfect through the first six quarters of the season, but a Liberty rushing touchdown in the third quarter of Saturday’s game put an end to the shutout streak.

After the Mountaineers’ 44-0 victory over Georgia Southern and a 20-0 lead at halftime against the Flames, viewers and fans thought the West Virginia defense was as advertised. However, coaches and players felt their performance was not up to par and that a repeat of it would be disastrous when they entered Big 12 play.

“It wasn’t our best football today,” said senior linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski.

“The intensity, I didn’t feel it there today. We made some mistakes, and we’ll come in (Sunday) and try to fix those.”

Head coach Dana Holgorsen talked about luck in his postgame press conference and how it can improve a team’s momentum.

The Mountaineers found themselves on the right side of luck in the first half against Liberty.

Wendell Smallwood fumbled the ball near the end zone in the second quarter but was able to recover it across the goal line and earn WVU six more points.

Liberty kicker John Lunsford, whom Holgorsen heralded as one of the nation’s best kickers, FBS or FCS, missed three field goals on his first three tries. He would have missed four, but refs blew the whistle just before the snap, and Lunsford’s kick rang off the post. He converted his second attempt.

Those three kicks should have ended WVU’s shutout streak far earlier than it did.

“We were a little disappointed in giving up some of those plays and the amount of points that we did in the second half,” Holgorsen said.

“Teams are going to score.

There’s a lot of good players out there, and we’ve got to learn how to handle that.”

WVU found difficulty de-

fending a strong pass game that featured All-American receiver Darrin Peterson and senior quarterback Josh Woodrum.

After forcing four interceptions against Georgia Southern’s triple option, the Flames exposed some of the holes in WVU’s secondary that have plagued them for years. WVU allowed 280 yards passing, including a long 60-yard touchdown to junior receiver Zac Parker in the fourth quarter and forced zero turnovers.

“We knew they were going to throw the ball a lot,” said senior KJ Dillon. “I guess we stopped it enough. We didn’t really play (well). We didn’t play to the best of our abilities.”

The run defense looked strong for the Mountaineers, however, as they held Liberty’s rushing attack to just 92 yards. Georgia Southern’s triple option is a rare offense in Division I college football, so WVU found more success in stopping the run game against an offense more similar to that of their Big 12 rivals.

The Mountaineers were also without the services of senior inside linebacker Jared Barber, who was kept out of the game for precautionary measures. He was replaced by Al-Rasheed Benton, who had been impressing coaches up to this point.

“Thought Benton played really good last week,” Holgorsen said. “By having depth and having a guy like (Benton), that’s going to be beneficial over the course of the season.”

Despite concern around the defensive performance, spirits were high after the game because they’ve reached their early season goal of being 2-0.

“That’s the good thing about a mature defense right now. They understand we didn’t play well,” said defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. “We’ve got to get in and get back to basics and make sure we’re doing the right things.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

MEN’S SOCCER

Mountaineers roll to 6-2 win over James Madison

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

Following a rough weekend that resulted in a pair of losses, the Mountaineers are back on track.

Led by two goals in the first three minutes from Jad Arslan and Ryan Cain, they never looked back in a 6-2 rout against James Madison on Friday night.

“It was important for the confidence,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc.

“We changed some things up this week in terms of our

approach. It’s good to see it come out, and it took a minute and 10 seconds for us to show it. It was a good performance overall from the guys.”

Arslan’s goal came after a red card on James Madison goalie Kyle Morton after a tackle near the net, giving Arslan a penalty kick that propelled the Mountaineers to a 1-0 advantage.

“Unfortunately for them, a mistimed challenge, and by the lay of the law he’s got to go off to get the PK,” LeBlanc said. “Double jeopardy right there. You hate soccer

and you get the PK, and the guy sent off. Whether or not that’s fair or not in soccer, I don’t think it is. Double jeopardy is a tough way to go but I mean, it is the rule, and he has to be sent off for it.”

Ryan Cain followed the penalty kick with a score of his own, extending the WVU lead to 2-0. He also finished with two goals and now has four this season, second best in the MidAmerican Conference.

Freshman Rushawn Larmond also tallied a pair of scores, adding to his total of

three goals on the season.

Larmond is now tied for the third-leading goal scorer in the conference.

WVU finished with 14 shots, holding James Madison to six shots total and four on goal in another impressive defensive effort.

The scoring spurt from the offense showed its big potential as they look for consistency going forward in all aspects.

“That’s always the plan, consistency’s huge in this game,” said midfielder Ryan Cain. “Today obviously getting a lot of goals gets confi-

dence, and confidence can bring consistency so hopefully we carry that on.”

Redshirt freshman Alec Boerner recorded two saves, replacing junior Daniel Diaz in the second half.

Felix Angerer and Jack Elliott also added a goal each, their first scores of the season. Angerer’s goal was the first point of his career.

Friday’s six-goal outburst looms large with a contest against a 2-1 Wright State squad on Tuesday, who enters with the No. 4 goal-

scorer in the nation.

WVU hopes to build off the win after the dominant 6-0 victory over San Francisco in August, which resulted in a rough two game losing streak against Big Ten foes Michigan and Michigan State.

“We have to just get back to training and do everything right,” Cain said. “I guess we’re not going to do anything different, we’ve just got to try to keep to our system and keep going with the wins.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

WVU grabs two statement wins over weekend

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS writer @DAILYATHENAEUM

Following a weekend that featured an upset of No. 5 Penn State and a historic win over Villanova, the Mountaineers continued their win streak with statement wins over No. 15 Ohio State and Longwood University.

The No. 5 Mountaineers (7-1) have now won five straight since dropping their second game of the season to then-ranked No. 15 Virginia Tech. Their No. 5 ranking is the second highest in program history, and the highest since the Mountaineers ranked No. 4 in 2002. With only one ranked opponent remaining on the schedule, odds are surely in the Mountaineers’ favor to eclipse that program best.

Friday night, the Mountaineers traveled to Columbus to take on No. 15 Ohio State. While the Buckeyes (4-1-1) were able to limit the Mountaineers’ dominant offense, which was

coming off a record-setting 8-0 victory, their offense was nowhere to be found.

Ohio State was rarely able to maintain possession into West Virginia’s half of the field. Despite their limited scoring, a 23-5 edge in shots made evident the level to which the Mountaineers are able to control the ball.

When it seemed the game was about to go into overtime, freshman Bianca St. Georges gave the Mountaineers a corner kick opportunity. A perfectly placed kick found Kadeisha Buchanan, who was able to find the inside of the post to score her first goal of the season in the 77th minute.

Less than two minutes later, Hannah Abraham found Kailey Utley open, and the senior was able to finish for her fourth goal of her senior season. The assist was Abraham’s first of her career with West Virginia.

The end result was a 2-0 win, and a sixth shutout for a defensive unit ranked

WVU forward Nia Gordon centers the ball against Longwood this weekend.

16th in the country in goals The game was the first at against.

Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Sunday, the Mountain- since Abam scored a proeers returned home to take gram record four goals in on Longwood University. last weekend’s blowout of It seems to be an expecta- Villanova. tion for the team to score It didn’t take long for the early at Dick Dlesk Soccer team to find the net again, with Kailey Utley scoring Stadium.

They continued to do her fifth of the year on an so, with a Michaela Abam assist from Ashley Lawgoal in the 13th minute on rence just seven minutes an assist from Bianca St. later.

Georges.

The scoring streak soon

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continued, with Carla Portillo carrying the ball into the box and demonstrating a beautiful crossing pass to find Michaela Abam. Abam scored again, extending the Mountaineers’ lead to 3-0. The goal was the AllBig 12 selection’s second of the game and seventh of the year, tying her for second in the country.

“Michaela, she has definitely transformed her

game and worked really hard over the summer. I’m really proud of her, It’s just made her stronger and quicker,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

West Virginia came out of the halftime break and scored almost immediately, with Amanda Hill finding Carla Portillo open on the right side of the box.

Portillo was able to finish for her first career goal.

The 4-0 margin would remain the final 40 minutes of the match.

Although the result was not as dominant as the 8-0 final over Villanova, the Mountaineers’ shutout featured a 41-0 shot total, the largest margin so far this season and the most shots by a Mountaineer offense since 2012.

The win over Longwood was the first of a five game home stand at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, where West Virginia holds a 15-game win streak. The Mountaineers take on Buffalo at 7 p.m. Friday night. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers drop matches at Dartmouth Invite by johnna herbig sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia volleyball team traveled to Hanover, New Hampshire to participate in the Dartmouth Invitational over the weekend. With matches against Dartmouth and UConn, the Mountaineers came out 0-2 and move to 2-6 on the season.

In the first game against Dartmouth, WVU lost 3-1.

The set scores for this game were 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 and 31-29, and WVU ended the match with a .119 hitting percentage.

After coming up short for the first two sets, West Virginia managed to stay ahead in the third set and came up with a win. Although for the fourth set, Dartmouth came back and took the win, which resulted in them winning

game of the tournament against UConn.

West Virginia lost to the Huskies in straight sets, 3-0.

Leading the Huskies was sophomore Kenya Cason who scored a match-high 14 kills.

UConn junior Jade Strawberry was right behind Cason with nine kills and 10 digs to help pace the offense.

For this match, the set scores were 23-25, 21-25 and 21-25, and the overall hitting percentage for the entire match was .179 for the Mountaineers.

Again, Montgomery john allen/the daily athenauem and Wells led the team Coaches discuss strategy with members of the volleyball team during a scrimmage in August. in kills, both getting into a hard-fought match.” the match.

Sophomore Gianna Got- the double digits. “ Unfor tunately, we With 18 kills, sopho- terba was the leading deSophomores Melvina came out short,” said head more Morgan Montgom- fender of this match with Brown and Gianna Gotcoach Reed Sunahara in an ery led the offense, while 18 digs overall, which was terba also were in the douinterview with WVUsports. senior Caleah Wells fol- the team high. ble digits, both leading the com. “Dartmouth played lowed behind her with Saturday, the girls team in digs. well and deserve credit for seven kills. played in their second This is the third straight

weekend of losses for West Virginia, with the exception of a win against Charlotte at the Hampton Invite, the Mountaineers have not been doing well on the road.

“I thought we did a much better job of competing throughout the whole match,” Sunahara said.

“We had opportunities that we didn’t capitalize on and that hurt us. Hopefully, we can build on this as an opportunity to get better.”

The Mountaineers finally take the court at home tomorrow evening against in-state rival the Marshall Thundering Herd. This will be the first home game of the season for the team and Sunahara’s first home game as head coach. The game tips at 6 p.m. at the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s cross country

West Virginia takes third at Spiked Shoe Invitational

BY JOEL NORMAN

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s cross country team’s first road race of 2015 did not go as well as hoped.

The Mountaineers, ranked No. 10 on the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s national rankings, finished in third place at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational last Friday at State College, Pennsylvania.

In their first competitive race of the season, the ladies finished second to last out of four teams with 89 points in the six-kilometer race.

“Today’s meet served its purpose,” said coach Sean Cleary in an interview with WVUsports.com. “We hit the road and got this season started. As with most opening meets, we had some strong and some frustrating performances.”

Redshirt senior Savanna

Plombon finished in twelfth place in 22:18 to lead West Virginia. The next Mountaineer runner to complete the race was sophomore Rachel Faulds, who finished five places later at 17th with a time of 22:41.

Plombon missed all of 2014 with an injury, but was back running on Friday.

This was the second time in three years she was the first Mountaineer to finish at the Spiked Shoe Invitational. In 2012, Plombon led West Virginia runners with a 12th-place finish in 22:07.

Three more Mountaineer sophomores finished in consecutive spots with Corinne Kule taking 19th in 23:21, Renee Maisonneuve claiming 20th in 23:22 and Allie Diehl getting 21st in 23:24.

“This meet displays that we still have the potential to be a very good team this fall, but also shows that we have a lot of work to tackle before we are where we want to be,” Cleary said.

Host school Penn State

finished first with 21 points, and five of their runners finishing in the first seven spots. Nittany Lion senior Tori Gerlach was the first runner to cross the finish line with a time of 21:02.

Syracuse finished a place ahead of West Virginia with 34 points, and five top 10 runners. Grove City finished last among the four teams with 100 points and their first runner finishing in 15th place.

“We will now go home and begin to work on some of our weaknesses,” Cleary said. “With weeks to go until we line up again, it’s so important that the group accepts the work and discipline that lies ahead.”

West Virginia will have plenty of time to recover, as their next race is Oct. 3.

The Mountaineers will have three weeks to prepare for the Greater Louisville Classic. Last season, the competitors finished second out of 32 schools with 64 points. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Coach Sean Cleary talks to members of the cross country team before their season opening race.

FOOTBALL

Oklahoma moves to top of the Big 12 over TCU

BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

Through two weeks of the college football season, we haven’t seen many surprises among the Big 12 teams. Baylor and TCU haven’t stumbled, Oklahoma looks solid, Texas got crushed by Notre Dame, and Kansas is terrible. It’s still early, however, and there are a lot of questions to be answered. Can Oklahoma challenge TCU and Baylor? Can Texas turn it around? Is West Virginia for real? With those in mind, here are the Big 12 power rankings heading into Week 3.

1. Oklahoma Will Oklahoma be ahead of TCU and Baylor when the season ends? Most likely not, but the Sooners

have the best Big 12 win of the season so far on the board, with their thrilling comeback double-overtime win at Tennessee on Saturday night. Oklahoma had nothing going offensively and looked dead in the water, but quarterback Baker Mayfield turned it all completely around in the fourth quarter. Tennessee is a solid team, and the way the Sooners managed to pull that win out of thin air was amazing. That’s the kind of win that can jumpstart a team on a great run.

2. Baylor They came against SMU and Lamar, sure, but wide receiver Corey Coleman’s first two games of the season show why he could end up either making Seth Russell a Heisman candidate, or becoming one himself.

The junior is Baylor’s Su-

perman, too fast and too skilled for almost every defensive back he comes across, absolutely born to play in Baylor’s lightning-quick offense. Baylor dropped 56 and 66 points respectively in their first two games, with five of those touchdowns ending up in Coleman’s hands.

Seth Russell is still trying to settle into the large shoes left by star quarterback Bryce Petty, and having a target like Coleman is going to make everything immeasurably easier.

3. TCU For a team that’s considered to be a major national championship contender, it was a bit of a surprise to see TCU struggle to gain traction in a tough 6-point win in Minnesota in Week 1. Quarterback Trevone Boykin didn’t look like the

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Heisman frontrunner that he’s universally pegged to be, and TCU let a middling Big Ten team that they were expected to beat handily hang around until the final whistle. The good news? Everyone will forget about it when you drop 70 points the next week, as the Horned Frogs did to Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.

There’s still no better quarterback in the Big 12 than Boykin, and no better wide receiver pairing than Josh Doctson and Kolby Listenbee. It’s TCU’s conference to lose.

4. West Virginia It wasn’t against the sturdiest of competition, to be sure – Division I newcomers Georgia Southern and FCS program Liberty – but the way the Mountaineers dispatched of their first two opponents was very impressive. West Virginia didn’t allow a point for their first six quarters of football, while quarterback Skyler Howard continues to build a rapport with his young, extremely talented group of wide receivers. Safety Karl Joseph looks like an All-American so far – a nonconference matchup with a Maryland squad that just embarrassed themselves against Bowling Green and the Big 12 slate will show whether or not the Mountaineers are for real.

5. Oklahoma State Like West Virginia, Oklahoma State has started the season 2-0, but they haven’t been nearly as convincing as the Mountaineers in the early goings of the season. Oklahoma State had to come from behind in a lethargic performance at Central Michigan in their season opener, and although they rebounded with a 32-8 win over Central Arkansas, Oklahoma State hasn’t shown anything to suggest they’ll be anything other than a middle-of-the-pack team.

Still, they haven’t lost, they haven’t embarrassed themselves in any way and they haven’t sustained any major injuries. They’re in decent enough shape.

6. Texas There’s no shame in losing on the road to Notre Dame. There is a little shame, however, in getting blown out 38-3 in one of the worst performances in the history of your storied program. Tyrone Swoopes is already a shaky quarterback option at best, and his patchwork line was unable to prevent the Fighting Irish from battering him and forcing him into a terrible 7-22, 93 yard day.

Texas was able to rebound against Rice, 42-28, with freshman Jerrod Heard under center – he’s talented, but Texas is so inexperienced across the board that it may be difficult for Heard and the Longhorns to get much going in the Big 12.

7. Kansas State It took Kansas State until the very end of the preseason to name a starting quarterback. It took their selection, Jesse Ertz, only two snaps to suffer what could be a season-ending injury. To his credit, junior Joe Hubener stepped in and performed passably well in comfortable K-State wins over South Dakota and Texas-San Antonio, and the defense only allowed three points in those two games combined.

Against real opposition, though, it’s likely going to be an incredible challenge for K-State to score consistently. Get ready for a lot of boring, low-scoring football this season.

8. Texas Tech Here’s the good news for Texas Tech: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes is one heck of a talent, and the Red Raiders are going to be able to put plenty of points on the board (59 and 69 points respectively in the first two games). The

bad news: The defense is still an absolute clown car.

Texas Tech’s 59-45 shootout win over FCS opponent Sam Houston State in the first week of the season exemplifies the type of team Texas Tech is going to be this year. They’ll be a ton of fun, play high-scoring games, and probably still struggle to beat the worst teams they play. Be sure to tune in.

9. Iowa State Iowa State came into the season with extremely low expectations, but the Cyclones’ performance against a strong Northern Iowa squad was a pleasant surprise. That buzz was immediately killed on Saturday, as Iowa State folded down the stretch against in-state rival Iowa. The CyHawk Trophy game is often an unwatchable dirge, but at least Iowa State had the decency to sit back and let Iowa quarterback CJ Beathard actually entertain the fans. Next week: at Toledo, a team that just shocked Arkansas. That might be a tough task for the Cyclones.

10. Kansas This 2015 Kansas season is shaping up to be the Mona Lisa of bad. Not only have the Jayhawks dropped back-to-back home nonconference games, it was the way that they did it.

First, Kansas needed a furious comeback to even make it a game against FCS opponent South Dakota State, then losing in the most improbably dumb way imaginable, fumbling the snap on a late spike play and accidentally running out the clock. Then, on Saturday, Kansas got absolutely pasted by a mediocre-at-best Memphis program, 55-23. Next week, Kansas plays at Rutgers, then at Iowa State. If the Jayhawks can’t steal one of those games, they may go winless. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu