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WVU closes on new food supplier University officially signs contract with U.S. Foods through membership with Premier Food Service Inc. by corey mcdonald staff writer @coreymac

West Virginia University signed a contract with a single broad line food supplier through its membership to Premiere Food Service Inc. in order to consolidate the University din-

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ing services, which will go into effect on March 1.

Premiere Food Service Inc. is a group purchasing organization that helps its clients maximize savings and efficiencies by purchasing in bulk and using that leverage to negotiate discounts with bigger broad line supplies, such

as U.S. Foods, Cisco and Rhineheart.

Through the membership with Premiere, WVU signed a contract with U.S. Foods — located in Hurricane, West Virginia—that will make it provide up to 80 percent of the foods distributed to the University’s dining facilities, ex-

cluding foodcourts in the Mountainlair and in Evansdale Crossing.

“I’m really excited about it; (U.S. Foods) is the only major broad line distributor in West Virginia,” said David Friend, director of WVU Dining Services. “I’m happy that we have a locally based company. I think it’s a very sustainable model.”

What makes the new contract unique is its association with the GPO. With

this GPO as a middle man, members, including WVU, are able to analyze different broad line suppliers in order to create the most efficient cost model.

“They negotiate what they call manufacturer contracts so they’re able to get deviated pricing,” Friend said. “We only spend a few million dollars a year—and I don’t want to minimize that—they’re leveraging billions of dollars in business by taking

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Mountaineers’ win against No. 17 Iowa State Monday.

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Gee talks budget cuts, state legislature and WVU guard Jaysean Paige scores a career-best 34 points in the No. 14 WVU expansion

by john mark shaver

After running in 2014, recent West Virginia University graduate John Williams has announced he’s taking a second shot at a place in the 51st District of West Virginia’s House of Delegates.

Williams, a Democrat who graduated from WVU in the summer of 2015 with a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree, lost in the 2014 election by less than 1,000 votes, and said his chances this year are even stronger.

“When I started the campaign in 2014, I went out and I didn’t speak at people or talk at people. I listened to people,” Williams said. “That’s what politicians don’t do enough of, is listening.”

He had always planned to run again after the 2014 election, but said the out pour of support he received in the 2014 election was much more than he expected, and hopes that support continues.

Williams, 25, said, if elected, he would work to repeal the ‘right-to-work’ legislature recently passed in Charleston.

“Hopefully, we can get the House and Senate back and I’ll be with likeminded people who want to invest in the West Virginia worker,” Williams said.

The Morgantown native also wants to work on Monongalia County’s roads and potholes, noting a local invention called Mechanical Concrete.

This process would place used tires down and fill them with crushed stone before paving over them, allowing rain water to trickle through them and into the ground instead of

our collaborative spend and going directly to the manufacturers.”

The Premiere Food Service program generates more than $4.6 billion annually in purchasing power, with more than 15,000 participants from many classes of trade, including college and university dining.

Through this new agreement, U.S. Foods will have first priority to bring in an

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WVU guard Jaysean Paige drives to the basket during West Virginia’s victory over Iowa State on Monday.

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by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomjake

West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee stopped by The Daily Athenaeum Monday to speak with the editorial board about a host of topics. In the almost hour-long meeting, he looked ahead to the University’s future and its role in the Mountain State.

Chief among his list of accomplishments is a 30 percent increase in students applying to study at WVU from last year.

“We really refocused on our recruitment areas…” he said. “We really reorganized (the admissions office). We developed a new scholarship program and widened our swath (of potential students).”

When Gee was installed as WVU’s permanent president, many were surprised to hear he wanted to increase the University’s student body by 10,000 students.

At a recent meeting of Morgantown’s City Council, local landlords like James Giuliani and Dave Biafora worried the promise of a larger student body attracted too many developers to the city too quickly.

Gee said he hopes to see most of the growth in WVU’s branch campuses like WVU at Potomac State.

Along with an increase in enrollment, Gee said he would like to see upward of 15 percent of the school’s student body in Greek Life, up from the roughly 9 percent participating now.

Gee heralded the arrival of Roy Baker to oversee Greek Life. Gee said he spoke with Baker Sunday night about a series of pledges the new administrator drafted for mem-

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Mountaineer mascot candidates compete in cheer-off during basketball game by kayla asbury associate city editor @kaylaasbury_

Four potential Mountaineer Mascots got the chance to interact with the crowd at last night’s men’s basketball game against Iowa State.

Ethan Ball, Troy Clemons, Aren Cox and Savannah Lusk are the four candidates vying for the chance to be the next Mountaineer.

Michael Garcia, the current Mountaineer mascot, was at the game as well.

“The cheer-off is impor-

tant because it puts you in a real life situation on how you would handle yourself,” Garcia said. “This is the part for you actually to see them in action, when things come up that are unexpected, how do you handle them? How do you show people you’re passionate and ready to be the Mountaineer?”

Garcia believes the most important aspect of being the Mountaineer is humility.

Ethan Ball, a sophomore business and marketing student, said being the Mountaineer for the night was “ab-

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solutely incredible.”

“It was a lifetime dream to come out and wear the buckskins and get to meet Mountaineer Nation, just an absolute dream,” Ball said.

Ball, who said the easiest part of the night was being able to get fired up for something he loves, said Mountaineer fans were receptive to all of the candidates.

“They’re open to accepting about anybody to come out and cheer on the Mountaineers,” Ball said.

Clemons, a senior sports management student, felt

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to me,” Clemons said.

Cox, a freshman criminology student, doesn’t view his age as a deterrent to winning the competition, although he plans to compete again in the future if he doesn’t become the mascot this year.

“I feel as if I can do it in the future,” Cox said. “I might be a little young right now, but that’s fine. I’ll be back again, and again and again. I feel like I’m ready right now.”

For Cox, the easiest part of the night was taking pictures with fans.

“I think I did pretty good….”

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Cox said. “I had a blast.”

Savannah Lusk, a junior exercise physiology student, said the cheer-off was one of the best nights of her life.

“It was so fast, I can’t even describe it. I was interactive with the fans, it was unforgettable,” Lusk said.

Lusk was expecting negative feedback for a female Mountaineer, but was surprised by the fans’ positive reception of her.

“I got a lot of pictures, and a lot of curiosity,” Lusk said. “I

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the opportunity to represent West Virginia University as the Mountaineer was surreal.

“It was something I felt right doing….” Clemons said.

“To have that kind of power and to be able to part of the Mountaineer Nation in that way, a nation I’ve been part of for so long.”

For Clemons, the hardest aspect of the night was yet to come: Taking off his buckskins. The easiest part was cheering on the Mountaineer’s victory of the night.

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Tuesday February 23, 2016

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Uber defends safety procedures after Kalamazoo shootings

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In this Dec. 16, 2015, file photo, a man leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco. Ride-hailing company Uber received a complaint about erratic driving by Jason Dalton Saturday night, but says it never could have predicted the violent acts Dalton allegedly committed. Dalton was charged Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, with killing six people in random shootings in Kalamazoo, Mich.

DETROIT (AP)—Uber is once again facing tough questions about safety after one of its drivers was charged with murder.

The fast-growing, San Francisco-based ride-hailing company defended its screening of drivers Monday, saying it couldn’t have predicted that driver Jason Dalton would engage in the random shootings that left a half-dozen people dead in Kalamazoo Saturday night. Uber said its safety procedures are robust and don’t need to change.

But some experts say the company needs to take a harder look at potential drivers if it wants to convince riders the service is safe, even as they agreed that Dalton wouldn’t have raised red flags because he didn’t have a criminal record.

Dalton, who had been driving for Uber for less than a month, was charged Monday with killing six people.

The shootings began Saturday evening and took place over

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nearly five hours. The Kalamazoo County prosecutor says Dalton picked up Uber passengers after the first shootings and probably after subsequent shootings.

Uber security chief Joe Sullivan said Dalton cleared a background check and was approved to be a driver on Jan. 25. He had given slightly more than 100 rides and had a rating of 4.73 stars out of a possible five.

Until Saturday, Sullivan said, Uber had no reason to believe anything was amiss.

“No background check would have flagged and anticipated this situation.”

Still, the incident raised more questions about Uber’s security. The company earlier this month agreed to pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits that alleged it misled customers about safety procedures and fees. It’s also facing a separate a lawsuit by district attorneys in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who alleged that Uber’s checks

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think I did pretty good, I honestly have no clue (because) it went so fast.”

The next Mountaineer Mascot will be decided by a committee composed of students, faculty and staff, according to Garcia.

Last night’s cheer-offf, as well as candidates results from their interview and application will determine the next Mountaineer.

“It’s going to be who can overcome the things they’re not as good at, and who can really highlight what they’re going to be know for as the Mountaineer,” Garcia said.

The Mountaineer Mascot will be announced during halftime at the men’s basketball game against Texas Tech, at 2 p.m. on March 2 in the Coliseum.

freezing in the roads and creating potholes.

“Where it’s used in its current application, it’s in a very heavily trafficked truck route in Marion County, and it’s been there for eight years and there’s not a single pothole,” Williams said. “We need to get smarter with the way we treat our roads and build our roads, because, unfortunately, the revenue just isn’t there right now.”

Williams wants to work on promoting STEAM – science, technology, en-

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CORRECTION In the Feb. 22 edition of The Daily Athenaeum, it was reported that Morgan Goff sat in on a meeting with Sen. Jeff Kessler (Democrat).

However, Morgan King participated in the meeting.

CORRECTION In the Feb. 22 edition of The Daily Athenaeum, it was reported that Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin proposed a 6.5 percent across-the-board budget cut for all state agencies for the 2016-17 fiscal year. However, the governor’s office has presented a proposal for a balanced budget for the upcoming year. West Virginia House Finance Chairman Eric Nelson requested scenarios for a 6.5 percent budget cut, and the administration provided that information.

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But not all of Gee’s time is spent here in Morgantown. In addition to continuing his efforts to tour around the state and visit many of the state’s 55 counties each year, he said he’s spent almost everyday in Charleston during the 2016 legislative session.

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failed to prevent the company from hiring several felons.

Last fall, an Uber driver in Massachusetts was sentenced to prison for raping a female passenger. Around the same time, a sixth-grade teacher moonlighting as an Uber driver was accused of raping a passenger in South Carolina. And in India in November, an Uber driver was sentenced to life in prison for raping a passenger. Uber was briefly banned from operating in New Delhi after that incident.

In response to the lawsuits, Uber has stopped using terms like “safer than a taxi” and “industry-leading background checks.” But it insists riders are protected, and points out that, unlike taxis, riders can rate drivers.

“The system that Uber has is extremely safe,” said Ed Davis, a former police commissioner from Boston who serves on Uber’s Safety Advisory Board.

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checks compare names to public court records and are far less effective than fingerprint checks that access the FBI criminal history database, says Matthew Daus, a former New York City Taxi Commissioner and a transportation lawyer who has studied the issue.

Name checks can miss court records if a person uses an alias or their name is even slightly different from the records, Daus said.

Uber disputes that, and says the FBI records can be flawed because they don’t always make clear cases in which charges were dropped.

That can discriminate against potential drivers. Sullivan says Uber checks court records back to seven years, and will send someone in person to check records that aren’t online.

In any case, both sides agree that Dalton wouldn’t have raised red flags, since he had no prior criminal record.

“A background check is just

that. It does not foresee the future,” Davis said. But Daus said Uber’s process is still troubling, since background checks done by fingerprints by a government agency are public records that anyone can review. In this case, Uber controls the information, he said.

Sullivan indicated that Uber became aware at some point Saturday of issues with Dalton’s driving. He said the company received complaints about Dalton from several passengers on Saturday, including one about dangerous and erratic driving. Sullivan said Uber immediately suspends drivers who are accused of violent acts. But in the case of erratic driving, it typically contacts the driver first to make sure it hears both sides.

Sullivan wouldn’t say whether Uber contacted Dalton on Saturday night, referring questions to law enforcement.

Uber passenger Matt Mel-

len said he called police to report that Dalton was driving erratically more than an hour before the shootings began.

Mellen said he also tried to report Dalton to Uber.

Driver behavior is a problem Uber must address with the public as it grows and adds more cars, said Allen Adamson, founder of Brand Simple Consulting. The company, which is currently chalking up 3 million rides per day worldwide, needs to show that it has tough screening procedures and doesn’t just take anyone as a driver, he said.

“People expect Uber to ensure that that driver is safe, secure and can be trusted.

That’s very hard for a rapidly growing company, and the bigger the company the harder it is to do,” Adamson said.

People will accept one or two fluke incidents, but “if it happens on a repeated basis, you are on thin ice with your brand,” Adamson said.

gineering, arts, and mathematics – subjects in schools.

He also said teachers should have higher salaries.

‘We’re not investing in our teachers when we’re cutting Public Employees Insurance Agency the way we are,” Williams said. “We need to invest in our teachers because they invest in our students, and our students are absolutely our most important resource, as they will be the future of West Virginia.”

He continued to say, as it stands now, teachers in the state have no reason to stay, and the salary and benefits given from other

states cause them to leave.

“We can’t retain good educators because we just don’t compensate them fairly” Williams said.

However, Williams said the state can’t afford to take any more budget cuts, and it’s economically in dire straits.

“We are running a bare bones operation as it is,” Williams said. “There’s essentially no service you can cut. While I agree, surely, there must be some waste, it’s more of an anomaly… We need to look at ways to increase revenue.”

He supports Governor Tomblin’s tobacco tax proposal, which would raise

the price of a pack of cigarettes by 45 cents, to help pay for things like the PEIA. Only one of the five incumbent delegates for the 51st District is Democrat, but that does not necessarily bother Williams, who thinks his chances are still good in a state that’s gradually becoming more liberal.

He noted how important it is for college students and other young adults to get involved with their community or politics, saying the district’s youth could have a big, positive impact in the state.

“You don’t have to take the plunge and run for of-

fice, but get involved in some way,” Williams said.

Though he is young, Williams doesn’t think his youth will affect his electability, and said the House of Delegates could use somebody his age.

“I think West Virginia needs young people in the legislature,” Williams said.

“It’s time we make our legislature more diverse and more representative of its people.”

The West Virginia primary election will take place on May 10, 2016.

To contact John Williams, email him at williams4house@gmail.com.

alysts warn of budget cuts from the state for practically every agency and department. The House Finance Committee asked state agencies, if there was a 6.5 percent budget cut across the board, what would happen?

For many agencies, the outlook was grim. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported the cut would force agencies to lay off hundreds of employees.

When Gee speaks of the future of WVU’s budget, he’s more at ease than one might expect.

“When your budget gets down as low as ours is as far as state support— about 10 percent or so— we have to worry about the 90 percent and how we grow that budget,” Gee said.

There are a number of other bills that concern Gee. The DA’s editorial board asked Gee if he supported a “religious freedom” bill that passed the West Virgnia House by a vote of 72-26 and is now on its way to the senate.

Gee said the University supports business lead-

ers in the state who have come out strongly against the potential economic losses RFRA could mean for the state.

“I support the notion that individuals should have the right to exercise their individual freedom of religion—that’s the first amendment right—the same way everyone has a right to speak up and speak out,” Gee said. “But I don’t support anything that would be used to engage in discrimination.

On the other hand, if people are doing it for a reli-

gious purpose, that is not discrimination.”

Gee also spoke about his view on WVU’s role in being a forward-thinking institution for the rest of the state.

“I’m a very strong advocate for free speech,” Gee said. “I don’t believe in trigger warnings, I don’t believe in micro-aggression and I don’t believe in all this stuff because I think the market place of ideas are the market place of a university.”

not going to sacrifice any quality. We want to build on it,” Friend said. “If we can save money and get value, I think we can offer better value to the students.”

Previously, the University received its dining service commodities through multiple broad line suppliers—with 50 percent of the products coming from U.S. Foods.

“Right now it’s a combination between U.S. Foods, Cisco, Gordon, Belco and Rhineheart,” said David Beaver, chief procurement officer of procurement, contracting and payment services, in a previous interview with The Daily Ath-

enaeum. “There’s five or six that we split the purchasing through.”

Through consolidating food distribution, dining services will be able to adjust to rising food and personnel prices.

“Food continues to rise in price—about 3.1 to 3.5 percent annually. We’ve had two minimum wage increases in the past two years, so you have personnel expenses going up (and) you have food costs going up,” Friend said.

“We’re just trying to do something to hold the cost we’re currently experiencing in our dining units.”

Along with these direct benefits, delivery will also

become more efficient.

“We’re going to make sure we deliver earlier rather than later so they aren’t clogging up the traffic,” Beaver said. “We want to control when they come in and give them specific delivery windows.”

Now, rather than having multiple purchasing invoices from several different distributors, payments get consolidated into one invoice through the single provider, which creates a lot of back office efficiencies, Beaver said.

While this will provide a benefit for the University, the new contract will have relatively no effect on students, Friend said.

“I think it will be seamless,” Friend said. “I don’t think students are going to notice come March 1. I would be shocked if anybody could tell a single product change. It will be very transparent.”

With this new contract, dining services is expected to save approximately 6-10 percent on commodities spending.

“We’re an auxiliary. We get no state funding so we have to be self-sustaining,” Friend said. “Therefore, the better business model we implement, the more value it is for students on campus.”

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OPINION

Tuesday February 23, 2016

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Ending abstinence-only education Abstinence-only sex education in high schools has long been proven to be ineffective in decreasing rates of unplanned pregnancies in teenagers. In accordance with this fact, President Barack Obama has cut $10 million in annual funding to abstinence-only education initiatives spearheaded by the Department of Health and Human Services in the national budget for 2017.

Abstinence-only education in high schools has never had good results. In 2007, a high-profile study confirmed, “...there does not exist any strong evidence that any abstinence program delays the initiation of sex, hastens the return to abstinence or reduces the number of sexual partners.”

Despite this fact, the United States legislature has designated more than $2 billion to these kinds of sex educa-

Abstinence programs are not effective at preventing teenage pregnancy. tion programs over the past quarter-century.

In fact, rates of pregnancy have actually been shown to be higher at schools with abstinence programs. A

study conducted in 2011 revealed that abstinenceonly sex education was correlated with higher rates of teen pregnancy.

Though this does not indi-

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cate causation, these findings makes sense from a psychological standpoint, as teaching young students that a behavior is off-limits almost guarantees they

will be tempted to participate in it.

Sexually-transmitted diseases are also at risk of spreading when condoms aren’t made available to students in schools with abstinence programs. In one infamous instance in March 2015, 20 students in a 300-student Texas high school that taught abstinence-only sex education were diagnosed with chlamydia. Chlamydia is an easily treatable bacterial infection, but when students aren’t prepared for the potential consequences of having unprotected sex and aren’t given information on recognizing the symptoms of STDs, they are also at risk for contracting life-altering, incurable diseases like herpes and HIV. When it rains, actions are taken to prevent flooding before it has a chance

to occur. So why isn’t teenage pregnancy treated similarly? It’s not enough to simply tell students an activity is off-limits and not prepare them for the consequences of participating in it as well.

America leads the developed world in rates of teen pregnancy and subsequent abortions, and keeping the same method of sex education is likely not contributing to lowering this statistic.

Obama’s decision to cut funds to abstinence programs reflects the leading research of the time. With school programs promoting safe sex methods and educating students on contraceptive choices, students have a better chance of securing their future without the added stress of an unplanned pregnancy or STD. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Adopt, don’t shop: Older shelter pets need homes jenna gilbert columnist @j3nn_1f3r

We’ve all likely seen the tear-jerking commercials from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In the commercials, video clips of sad-looking animals flash across the screen while a song from Sarah McLachlan plays in the background, and it feels impossible to look away, no matter how hard one may try. By running these commercials, the group hopes to pull viewers into local shelters to adopt animals so they can go to loving homes. However, it seems that all too often, potential adopters want pets they can raise from the very beginning of their lives.

There are animal shelters across the United States that house a variety of animals needing permanent homes. Though puppies and kittens are adorable, older pets seem to go unnoticed in their cages. However, they are just as good as younger animals, if not better.

For starters, if you adopt a dog that is already a few years old, its personality has already been set. When you meet your potential older furry friend, the volunteers at the shelter can give you a summary of what that dog or cat already likes and dislikes.

With puppies, you can never know if they will be a ball of energy every hour of the day or will be fine with being left alone occasionally. Although all animals require a lot of personal

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Older dogs and cats risk being euthanized in shelters due to their age. time and investment, the benefits of knowing up front whether an animal will be either mostly aloof or hyper is invaluable in choosing a pet compatible with an owner’s schedule.

According to the ASPCA website, there is an extreme overpopulation of animals in this country.

Because of this, many animals end up without homes and are eventually taken to shelters. Puppy mills are a strong contributor to the overpopulation of animals.

Inside these mills, mature females are used to create new litters at every opportunity, even at the ex-

pense of their health. Profit is placed above the wellbeing of these animals, and when they can no longer produce more litters, they are euthanized.

Large-scale dog and cat breeders will also sell their litters to pet stores in order to make a profit. The animals are taken from their mothers at very young ages—as early as eight weeks—which can cause many behavioral issues later in life. This doesn’t take into account other health issues that may be present due to the conditions the animals lived in as infants, as well as possible side effects due to

inbreeding.

Even though a store may promise their pets come from legitimate and humane sources, the ASPCA’s website reminds us that any humane breeder would first want to screen their clients in order to make sure their puppies are going to good homes.

Animal shelters do what they can to help animals that otherwise have nowhere else to go, but they are often overcrowded and must do what they can to make room by euthanizing.

Of the approximately 7.6 million animals that enter shelters every year, about 37

percent are euthanized.

Many of the animals that live in shelters are perfectly good pets and ended up there either because they were brought in by their owners or were found living on the streets without proper identification tags.

Of the proportion of pets brought in by their owners, the biggest reason for giving away their pet is because their place of residence doesn’t allow animals. Only 10 percent of pets brought into shelters are there because of behavioral issues.

In the end, older animals in shelters are not damaged goods. In fact, they are

most likely of better quality than those bought from pet stores or purchased directly from puppy mills in regards to long-term health and behavior. I believe puppy mills should be shut down because there is already a large quantity of animals in this country without access to a caring home.

If you really, truly want a young puppy or kitten, you can find a litter at your local humane society. However, I highly encourage new pet owners to give older pets a chance as well. Please adopt, don’t shop. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Volkswagen’s dip in car sales shows shift in eco-friendly mindset kody goff columnist @retrosyk

German automobilemanufacturing juggernaut Volkswagen had a rough year in 2015. Last year was the first time the company had negative sales growth in almost five years. This trough in sales projections followed an admission by the company that they had rigged emissions tests on their cars, which a team from West Virginia University discovered in May 2015.

The company may be suffering from bad karma after it was revealed many of their vehicles were emitting nearly 40 times the legal limit of greenhouse gases. It seems consumers are influenced by the dire climate change predictions they’ve been hearing for so long. Hopefully these are the first signs of a major shift toward a more environmentally-conscious buying

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Climate change means something different to everyone. For some, it’s a powerful metaphor for mankind’s greed. Others see it as a hoax or a nonissue. Many people hear about its devastating effects and are terrified for the future of the human race, yet feel utterly helpless to make any sort of noticeable change.

There are innumerable public awareness campaigns that seek to educate consumers on how to be more eco-friendly, but doing things like conserving electricity and recycling feels futile in the face of such massive-scale environmental change. A few hundred people making an effort to reduce their carbon footprint might be a pleasant sentiment, but it’s not going to have much impact on the bigger problem.

However, millions of consumers are putting their foot down and refusing to buy from a company that has lied about

their massive environmental impact might send the right message. Volkswagen is a worldwide automotive superpower thanks to its engineering and accessibility, and a drop in sales for a company this large may mean other corporations will follow suit.

Of course, it may be just as likely that other companies will take steps to cover their tracks further, but being honest and providing less polluting vehicles is far more profitable in the long run.

Perhaps it’s a bit optimistic to make the correlation that these sales figures indicate a shift in public consciousness to be more eco-friendly. After all, we have known about global climate change for decades now, but for the most part, the average American lifestyle hasn’t changed. However, as history has taught us time and time again, change is slow, and societal change is more accurately measured in terms of decades and generations.

With this in mind, any

Volkswagen sold more sausages than cars in 2015. such change which indicates a move toward fewer emissions and cleaner energy can be chalked up as a win for the ailing ozone layer.

On a lighter note, Volkswagen just so happens to make its own currywurst sausages in its home coun-

try of Germany. Those sausages alone managed to outsell Volkswagen’s own automobiles, as the company sold about seven million sausages and only five million vehicles in 2015. These sausages even have their own marketing and branding, and, as the

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numbers show, they’re extremely well-loved by consumers. It might be time to rethink a business model or two when a simple sausage outsells cars known for their high-quality builds. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Speculation of a 50th anniversary Woodstock show has recently made headlines.

Bringing back the iconic music festival, Woodstock organizer’s prepare for a celebratory 50-year anniversary celebration to commemorate the festival’s impact on the music industry.

While 2016 only marks 45 years since the festival’s first inception, organizers are preparing for the 50-year anniversary that will occur in 2019.

“I think we’re certainly done until the 50-year anniversary,” said Michael Lang, Woodstock festival promoter, in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“We’re starting to think about it now.”

Lang also said that promoters and organizers were unclear on potential headliners and acts. Lang said a band that forms tomorrow could potentially have the time in five years to become a headlining act at the festival.

Fifty years ago, Woodstock housed headliners Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Initiated through the efforts of promoter Lang,

John Roberts, Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld, Woodstock’s start in 1969 became bigger than anyone could have ever expected, with turnout reaching 200,000 attendees. Tickets for a weekend at Woodstock sold for $18 in advance and $24 at the door. it essentially became known as a “free concert” due to the large turnout that easily overshadowed the 186,000 tickets sold.

Taking place in White Lake, New York, the annual three-day music festival has since withered away, but with positive media coverage for the festival’s 40 year anniversary in 2009, organizers are optimistic about hosting an event that has the potential to become a historical hit.

While rumors have yet to circulate with the 50-year bash still remaining a few years away, organizers will undeniably have time to plan for a seriously special commemoration. For now, individuals will have to stay tuned for what’s to come for Woodstock. ‑ CMW

Lunchtime Looks talks ‘Maison dans la Forest’ by brittany osteen a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

This Wednesday, locals can have lunch at the Creative Arts Center during the Lunchtime Looks program. This week, Bernie Schultz, the former dean of the College of Creative Arts, is discussing “Maison dans la Forest” by Jean Metzinger.

Metzinger is a French artist who was also a major 20th-century theorist, writer, critic and poet.

Along with Albert Gleizes, the two artists developed the theoretical foundations of Cubism. “Maison dans la Forest” means “House in the Forest” and was completed in 1921. Dr. Paul and Laura Mesaros gave the painting to the WVU Art Collection as a gift.

Schultz will hold a 20-minute, in-depth conversation about the painting. Audience members are welcome to share their thoughts and opinions on the piece or ask questions.

“Basically, the question is, we all know that in the early 20th century the whole history of art begins to change very dramatically as we move into abstract art and non-objective art,” Schultz said. “One of the questions is how do we get there and particularly why.

“One question is then does art just depict what we see or does it go beneath this veil of appearance and show us something about the kind of structure about the world around us.

That’s only the first part of the question; the second part of the question is then if indeed there is a structure to the natural world, how does the artist portray this essence? How does this essence relate to the structure of art in itself?” he added.

West Virginia University recognized Schultz as a distinguished teacher, and he also received the Governor’s Award for Leadership in the Arts in 2006. He was selected for the West Vir-

ginia Commission on the Arts in 2009. While he has served as the dean of the College of Creative Arts for more than 10 years (20002011), he has also served as chair for the Division of Art, associate dean of the College of Creative Arts and director of Education and External Affairs for the Art Museum of WVU. However, Schultz gets the most joy from teaching his large 101 and other GEC classes.

Schultz has had many of his articles and book reviews published. He wrote “Art and Anatomy in Renaissance Italy” and is the co-author of “Art Past/Art Present,” which is an acclaimed introductory Art History textbook.

The Art Museum also has a series of lectures known as “Art Up Close!” The lectures take place every first Tuesday of the month. The series is designed to offer in-depth discussions from WVU faculty or guest artists about the featured original artwork. This takes place at 5:30 p.m.

The next Art Up Close event features WVU Professor Emeritus of Music History Christopher Wilkinson and a linocut by Margaret Burroughs known as “Bessie Smith, Queen of the Blues.”

“This was just a way to try to provide an opportunity for the community to come in and see the art for an hour or so,” said Charlene Lattea, the public relations specialist for the College of Creative Arts.

“We aim to provide opportunities during times that people can come, during lunch, after work, those kinds of things.”

The “Lunchtime Looks” program begins at noon on Wednesday in the Museum Education Center Grand Hall. The discussion is from 12:30-12:50 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.

For more information on the WVU Art Museum visit, http://artmuseum. wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs exhibit hand-painted plates to raise awareness for children suffering from disabilites caused by landmines.

PSALM debuts ‘A Place at the Table’ in the MAC’s Benedum Gallery by meg weissend a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

The Monongalia Arts Center recently presented the February 2016 Benedum Gallery exhibition, “A Place at the Table.”

The Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs exhibition takes a look at the international campaigns to ban landmines and cluster munitions and how to address the needs of survivors.

Students displayed sculptural “tables” with hand-painted plates representing the needs of people with disabilities and the important efforts to meet those needs. Photographs from Cambodia, Laos, Jordan and Bosnia are also on display.

PSALM is an internationally recognized grass-roots organization that began as a social justice art project.

Today, supporters include community leaders, activists and politicians. The organization encourages students to dream of a more just and peaceful world and to make that world a reality.

Empowered to make a difference, PSALM students use their skills and talents to not only learn about important issues, but to facilitate change.

In 2007, PSALM expanded its mission to include advocacy toward a prohibition on the use, production and transfer of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians.

A cluster bomb, or cluster munition, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions. These containers are dropped

from aircraft or fired from the ground and designed to break open in mid-air, releasing the submunitions and saturating an area that can be the size of several football fields. Anybody within that area is very likely to be killed or seriously injured.

PSALM believes cluster munitions should be banned completely due to unnecessary violence and an interruption of peace.

The organization also believes landmines should be banned. Claiming victims in every corner of the globe each day, the explosives often put innocent lives in danger.

“As a teacher who has been at it for quite awhile, I can attest to the fact that many times the students become the teachers and the teacher becomes the student,” said Nora D. Sheets, the PSALM coordinator and art teacher at St. Francis Central Catholic School. “I will never forget a student bringing me a binder of information on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Landmine Survivors Network and telling me I needed to study it. The students pushed for a school organization that grew to become PSALM. These students had such initiative, I could barely keep up.”

The table on display at the MAC represents a place where people gather for nourishment, to make decisions in neighborhoods, nations and in the global community. The saying “a place at the table” refers to a reserved spot for someone to sit at the table, an all inclusive invitation to all.

In many impoverished and developing countries,

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A collection of plates hand-painted by the Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs (PSALM) group at the Monongalia Arts Center. it is sometimes difficult for an individual to find their “spot at the table,” between looking for work, food, education, healthcare and adequate housing.

PSALM refuses to ignore the voices of suffering people. Contamination from landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war terrorizes civilians in more than half of the world’s countries and are a significant cause of disability.

PSALM believes these weapons only instill fear in communities, deepening poverty and acting as a lethal barrier to development.

The public opening re-

ception for the exhibition was held at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 at the MAC. During the reception, PSALM students acted as gallery guides.

The 50 PSALM students have worked hard on the exhibit, and West Virginia University students are encouraged to visit their creation.

“It is a true testament to the perseverance of children who only want to see a world that is more just and peaceful for all,” Sheets said.

The exhibit is open to the public until Saturday.

For more information about PSALM, visit wvcbl. org. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Mayne’s Good Time to perform monthly by mel smith

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Bass fans unite for the monthly Mayne’s Good Time show at 123 Pleasant St. on Wednesday night.

Mayne’s Good Time is a multi-genre event showcasing local musicians and artists. The goal of the show is to bring like-minded individuals together for a mid-week break to cut loose and relax. The artists are given a chance to hone their craft in a friendly, local environment surrounded by friends and peers of their community. The motto for the event is “By the Maynes, for the Maynes.”

The community, Shawmaynes, began throwing local underground shows and house parties as a way to bring people of similar music interests together. After a couple years of experience, it approached 123 Pleasant St. to have an event for a birthday party. After seeing the energetic atmosphere throughout the night, Shawmaynes wanted to keep the positive vibes alive with a monthly show.

Shawmaynes prides itself on looking to help up-andcoming artists grow and have an outlet for their music. The company has reached out to talented friends in the Morgantown music scene and

Mayne’s Good Time will perform this Wednesday at 123 Pleasant Street. continued to build a network of musicians to be featured at the monthly Mayne’s Good Time show.

This week’s show will include different spectrums of electronic music and hip-hop.

Audiences should expect an electric atmosphere and welcoming ambiance. Handicraft vendors will be there along with a deeply engaging lighting experience to back up the bass. The artists performing are Raycraft, Team Armada, Clintonics and Critk.

Shawmaynes Merch, Heady Clothing and Nick Shoemaker will vend at the show. Hoops and poi are permitted for this event.

Owner of 123 Pleasant St., L.J. Giuliani, believes this event is unique because it en-

compasses music and art. He observes people dancing to the music, yet another group may be sitting and socializing.

Giuliani believes shows like this and shows in general at 123 Pleasant St. are very conducive to an inclusive community atmosphere.

“The music is a part of the atmosphere that lends itself to the laid-back vibe that is 123 Pleasant St.,” Giuliani said.

“No judging is going on. You can just be.”

Grayson Hall, coordinator of Mayne’s Good Time, is excited for the second edition of the show to see friends play and to meet new smiling faces.

Alongside the monthly shows, Hall, along with Hunter Marshall and the Shawmaynes gang, will start bringing big-

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ger-name acts to 123 Pleasant St. They are excited to bring Morgantown more of the music audiences love.

“We want Mayne’s Good Time to bring the same chill vibes you would get at a house party to a more inclusive environment,” Hall said. “Everyone should come out because at Mayne’s Good Time you are guaranteed to have a good time.”

Doors will open at 9 p.m. on Wednesday at 123 Pleasant St. This is the second show of the monthly concert series. Tickets are $5, and guests must be 18 years or older. For more information, visit http://123pleasantstreet. com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Loosely based on jourp ro o f neys of the Scandinavian or evi- Norsemen and events of the dence of the 13th century, the first three Norsemen and seasons outlined the life of their journeys, legendary Viking, Ragnar many histo- Lothbrok of Kattegat, a vilrians have cri- lage of Scandinavia.

Beginning as a poor farmer, Ragnar opted to rebel against Earl Haraldson’s wishes and sail west to discover new land. Much to the Earl’s surprise, Ragnar discovered land and returned to Kattegat with treasure. After proving much of the village wrong, Ragnar ultimately challenged and defeated Earl Haraldson for control of Kattegat. From that point on, Ragnar and the Lothbrok family created a dynasty of Viking warriors to begin dominating many of their raids.

“Vikings’” first episode of season four, “A Good Treason,” set the stage for what’s to come.

After many raids, plottwists and deaths throughout the first three seasons, the now King of Denmark, Ragnar, finds himself very ill and nearing death.

His son, Bjorn, fled Kattegat after the unauthorized arrest of Floki for the murder of Athelstan, Ragnar’s good friend and former monk.

With Bjorn journeying into the wild to find himself, King Ragnar has a lot on his plate.

Will he make the difficult decision to kill his former comrade, Floki, in front of the village of Kattegat?

Rollo, the brother of Rag-

nar, returned from Paris only to betray his former allies. He was left behind after the successful raid by the Norsemen. And in a surprising turn of events, Rollo was given an offer he couldn’t refuse: Becoming King of Paris.

However, he had to agree to defend Paris providing that Ragnar returns. Rollo reluctantly accepted. Rather than wait on Ragnar and his Vikings to raid Paris, King Rollo sailed to Scandinavia to kill his former friends before they could get to him. One can only wonder if his next plan is to seek revenge on his brother.

Then there is Ragnar’s former wife, Lagertha, and current wife, Queen Aslaug.

Both are determined to achieve great things while holding positions of power.

Lagertha has regained her power as an earl of Hedeby, while Queen Aslaug has aspirations of ruling Kattegat if death seeks sickly Ragnar.

Though King Ragnar’s health seemed bleak in the season three finale, it now seems that Ragnar has found strength. Expect the unexpected throughout season four, as there are many mini storylines on the horizon. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Former Miss America contestant dies CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A former Miss America contestant critically injured when her car spun off a wet highway and crashed into trees last week died on Monday.

Ex-Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum, who worked at a TV station and was known for her efforts in public service, died with her family by her side in a hospital operating room, and her organs were donated, the family said.

“We’ve prayed constantly for a miracle, and we believe God has answered our prayers,” the family said on Facebook. “Although it’s not the miracle that we first envisioned, it’s a miracle nonetheless.”

McCollum was 24 years old and lived in Margate.

Her family posted a video of her performing a version of a “Cups” cover made popular by Anna Kendrick in the film “Pitch Perfect.”

The song includes the lyrics “you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone” and was performed by Miss New York Kira Kazantsev when she won the Miss America pageant in September 2014.

McCollum competed in the previous year’s pageant after winning the 2013 Miss New Jersey title.

McCollum, a Forrest City, Arkansas, native, graduated from Princeton University and was an anchor on “SNJ Today,” a news show serv-

ing the southern Jersey area on Channel 22 in Cumberland County. Her death also was confirmed by the station’s chief operating officer, Frank DiMauro.

Former Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande said McCollum was “an incredibly giving human being.”

Casagrande said McCollum volunteered to help an institute that Casagrande ran for high school students interested in public service. The students soon adopted a project of McCollum’s that presented books as birthday presents to firstand second-graders in Asbury Park.

The little kids are going to receive birthday books this year thanks to McCollum, said Casagrande, a Republican.

“She clearly was someone who just gave back to the community and saw that as part of her duty,” Casagrande said. “It was unusual to see someone with as many gifts as she had and have that big of a heart.”

McCollum was dating Keith Jones, a TV anchor for Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate.

“Words fall short of describing the pain, but I’m eternally grateful and blessed for the time I spent with Cara,” Jones wrote on Facebook. “Her enormous heart enriched my life and changed me forever.”

Will women see a break in Hollywood’s ‘celluloid ceiling?’

NEW YORK (AP) — “Well, the time has come,” announced presenter Barbra Streisand at the 2010 Oscars, revealing that Kathryn Bigelow had won the best director prize for “The Hurt Locker” - the first woman in history to win the award.

It was a watershed moment in Hollywood, and many were hopeful - if not certain - that it would usher in an era of increased opportunity for women directors. Six years later, though, the slate of best-director nominees is all male, as it has been every year since Bigelow won. In fact, women have been nominated only four times in the Oscars’ 88-year history.

“Of course, the ‘Bigelow effect’ never materialized,” says Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University. The Center’s latest annual study found that women comprised just 9 percent of directors on the top 250 films in 2015, the same as in 1998.

Studies have shown similar disproportion for women in other key behind-the-camera roles.

But is the tide turning?

While recent attention has focused intensely on the #OscarsSoWhite campaign sparked by the lack of racial diversity in the Oscar nominations, some women in Hollywood are heartened albeit cautiously - by recent developments that should benefit women and minorities, both behind the camera and in front.

“What we’re seeing is an undercurrent of anger over

the lack of inclusion in Hollywood,” says Janice Min, a veteran industry observer who oversees both The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. “That conversation can only have beneficial effects on women.”

Min notes that the recent focus on unequal pay for women - sparked by Patricia Arquette’s fiery Oscar speech last year, then intensified by high-profile comments from Jennifer Lawrence - has for the moment receded from the spotlight amid questions of racial diversity. But it’s all part of the larger picture. “Yes, there will be some parts of the issue that will be resolved first, and some later,” she says. “But the fact that discussion is happening at all is stunning. It’s a real revolution in Hollywood.”

A few recent developments have provided cause for some hope. The first, of course, is the pledge by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to double the number of women and people of color among its membership ranks by 2020.

There is also an EEOC investigation under way into possible discriminatory hiring practices of women directors, prompted by the American Civil Liberties Union.

More recently, Ryan Murphy, one of the more powerful figures in television, said he aims to have 50 percent of all director slots on his shows filled by women, people of color and members of the LGBT community. “I personally can do better,” he told the Hollywood Reporter.

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Kathryn Bigelow, director of ‘The Hurt Locker,’ is the only woman to ever win an Oscar for best director.

Still, cautions Lauzen, there is a huge gap between talk and action.

“While it appears to be a step in the right direction, at this point it is just a promise,” she says of the Academy’s move. And of the EEOC investigation, she says, “any hiring goals that may result will need to be mandatory, and there will need to be significant oversight. That would be a tall order and a move without precedent in the film industry.”

Lauzen’s report, “The Celluloid Ceiling,” found that in 2015, women comprised 19 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers on the top 250 domestic grossing films - an increase

of 2 percentage points from last year, and the same as in 2001.

It also found that women in certain roles more traditionally identified with males - such as directors and cinematographers increased steadily as more films (the top 500, say, instead of the top 100) were examined, suggesting that on the biggest-budget films, “hiring decisions for these roles may be most susceptible to mainstream film industry biases.”

A bright spot, Lauzen notes, is that films with at least one woman director also employ greater percentages of women in other roles. “On films with at least one female director, women comprised 53 percent of writers,” Lauzen

says. On films with male directors, women accounted for only 10 percent of writers. Films with female directors and writers also tend to have higher percentages of female characters, and especially female protagonists.

Some high-profile Hollywood actresses have found they needed to become producers themselves to get the substantive roles they desired. “I was seeing a deficit in leading roles for women,” Reese Witherspoon told The Associated Press in a 2014 interview. “It was just the lack of complex characters, of interesting, dynamic women onscreen.”

Witherspoon has produced both “Gone Girl” and, starring herself, “Wild,” both films with complex female protagonists.

And Halle Berry said recently that she’d set up her own production company in 2014 partly because she had found it difficult, since becoming the first black best-actress Oscar winner in 2002, to find the right substantive roles.

Actresses of color face a tougher climb than anyone, says Chris Rock, who will host the Oscars on Sunday. “Black women get paid less than everybody in Hollywood,” he recently told Essence magazine. “Everybody’s talking about Jennifer Lawrence. Talk to Gabrielle Union ... talk to Nia Long. Talk to Kerry Washington. They would love to get to Jennifer Lawrence’s place, or just be treated with the same amount of respect.”

What will it take to

change? Lauzen says the issue is the mindset at the top. “Many of those with the power to shift the gender ratios - executives at the film studios, and leaders at the academy and at guilds - have not perceived women’s under-employment as a problem. In other words, there has been little real will to change.”

Attorney Melissa Goodman of the ACLU of Southern California, which last May asked the EEOC to investigate studios’ “systemic failure to hire women directors,” says she is hopeful for change.

“I’m optimistic that with time, our most important cultural product - our films and television shows - will increasingly come to reflect the diversity and diversity in viewpoints in our society,” she says. “In the meantime, Hollywood decisionmakers must remember that they do not get a free pass to discriminate and violate civil rights laws.”

As for Min, she notes that despite some evidence of “diversity fatigue” - people at lunches and dinners who are saying, “enough with all this already” - she still thinks things are looking up. “In a world where it’s always been all talk and no action, it’s pretty stunning to see action being taken.”

Besides, even where intentions aren’t the best, there’s always the fear of shame to get things moving.

“One of the things you can count on in Hollywood is a climate of fear,” Min says. “People will be motivated by fear of being shamed.”

‘Indiana Jones’ cinematographer Douglas Slocombe dies at 103 Douglas Slocombe, the chameleonic British cinematographer who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland, the adventures of “Indiana Jones” and the madcap farce of Ealing comedies, has died. Slocombe was 103.

His daughter, Georgina Slocombe, said Slocombe died early Monday in a London hospital. A recent fall led to setbacks that ended with his death, she said.

“He said the other day that he loved every day of his work, every day on the set,” said Georgina Slocombe, a photographer.

“He really enjoyed his work and his life.”

Slocombe was one of British cinema’s most acclaimed cinematographers.

He shot some 80 films, working with directors as varied as George Cukor, John Huston, Norman Jew-

ison and Roman Polanski.

His career began with the famed Ealing black comedies of the late 1940s and early ‘50s, and ended with three “Indiana Jones” films for Steven Spielberg.

“Dougie Slocombe was facile, enthusiastic, and loved the action of filmmaking,” Spielberg said.

“Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones in front of the camera, but with his whipsmart crew, Dougie was my behind the scenes hero for the first three Indy movies.”

The L ondon-b orn, France-raised Slocombe was nominated for three Academy Awards and won three from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for 1974’s “The Great Gatsby,” 1963’s “The Servant” and 1977’s “Julia.” The British Society of Cinematographer gave him a lifetime achievement award in

1995.

While in his 20s, Slocombe documented Germany’s 1939 Polish invasion as a newsreel cameraman.

His footage was used in Herbert Kline’s documentary, “Lights Out in Europe.”

“I had no understanding of the concept of blitzkrieg. I had been expecting trouble but I thought it would be in trenches, like WWI,” he told the BBC in 2014. “The Germans were coming over the border at a great pace.”

After the war, he became the house cinematographer for Ealing Studios, lensing many of its classic comedies, such as “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” ‘’The Man in the White Suit” and “The Lavender Hill Mob.” Following Ealing’s demise, Slocombe signed on to a number of CinemaScope releases, such as

“A High Wind in Jamaica” and “Guns at Batasi.” Other credits through the ‘60s and ‘70s included “The Lion in Winter,” ‘’The Italian Job” and “Rollerball.”

“A lot of cameramen try to evolve a technique and then apply that to everything,” Slocombe once said. “But I suffer from a bad memory and could never remember how I’d done something before, so I could always approach something afresh. I found I was able to change techniques on picture after picture.”

Later, Spielberg, for whom Slocombe shot scenes of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” enlisted him for “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” as well as two “Indiana Jones” sequels.

His last film was 1989’s “Inwhysoblu.com diana Jones and the Last Douglas Slocombe was the cinematographer behind many of the most popuCrusade.” lar movies.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) HH Take on a challenge. Go for substance TAURUS (April 20-May 20) over symbolism in your report. PresHHHH Choose private over public ent the pros and cons. Don’t skimp responsibilities. Be patient with a re- on fact checking. Include your discoveries in a larger conversation. sister. Make no assumptions. SomeShare with your networks. thing you try doesn’t work. You don’t need to respond. Wait and recharge.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH ReIt takes discipline to refrain from auview your finances. Consider and tomatic reactions. Listen. plan for big changes in the future.

Tailor your budget to account for SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH your plans. Determination works. Group efforts take a new direction.

Keep your word and business grows. Clarify priorities and goals, and then Slow, steady steps reach the goal. sort out who will do what. Create a fun game to play. Find commonaliVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH ties and share resources. You can do What would you like to learn? Dream more for less together. up a plan. Find out what it would take, and begin. It probably won’t go SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) as planned. Let people know what HHH Doubts come to the surface. you’re up to. Envision personal goals. Your professional limits are being tested. Don’t make expensive promLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH ises. Make things easy on yourself.

Slow down and think it over. Take Follow the money trail. Avoid steptime to absorb recent news. Rid ping on toes. Ask nicely. Keep it yourself of a thorn. Old assumptions respectful. get challenged. A new conversation has your interest. Use your own good CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) sense.

HHHH Travel calls. It doesn’t need to be distant. Begin a new phase in

an exploration. Outdoor recreation coaching. Think fast under pressure. is in the realm of possibility. Gour- Remain sensitive to another’s feelmet dining is on. Keep your feet on ings. Test theories. the ground.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Work together on financial matters. Get the paperwork done and filed. Resolve priority differences. There’s a conflict with the status quo... something needs to change. Determine best options.

Look for hidden opportunities. Align on purchases.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Begin a new phase in a collaboration. A crazy scheme could work. Think it through before committing time or money. Get expert

BORN TODAY Your career thrives this year with action. Make personal changes and update shared financial accounts. Jupiter enters Libra, for a profitable two-year phase.

New romance inspires a collaboration, leading to personal discovery.

Play together.

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MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR NETWORK

If you take part in social networking sites, you probably have a pretty good idea of how networking can enhance your personal life. But, if you’re like many college students or new graduates, you’re probably not as comfortable incorporating networking into your job search.

Particularly in a competitive job market, networking can be the deciding factor that helps you land a job. In fact, many jobs are filled by people who learned about the opportunity through their professional network before it was formally announced. So it is important that you start building your professional network as soon as possible.

What is networking when it comes to the job search?

Networking could be what helps you land a job, but it’s not about using people. Just as you look to build personal relationships through social networks, you want to build relationships to foster your professional life. These relationships can help you not only in your current job search but down the road as you build your career.

Networking also isn’t one-sided. You offer assistance to others just as they offer assistance to you. Perhaps the easiest way to think about networking is to see it as an extension of being friendly, outgoing, and active.

Here are some tips for building and maintaining a healthy network: 1. Make a list of everyone you know—and people they know—and identify how they could help you gather career information or experience. Who do you know at school? Professors, friends, and even friends’ parents can all be helpful contacts. Did you hold a part-time job? Volunteer?

Serve an internship? Think about the people you came into contact with there.

You’ll be with others who have the same general career interest. Plus, you may be able to learn more about your field from them.

3. Volunteer at a local museum, theater, homeless shelter—anywhere that even remotely relates to your field of study. By volunteering, you’ll not only learn about your chosen field firsthand, you’ll also be able to connect with people who are in the field.

4. Create a LinkedIn profile. It’s free. And then, work your profile. Add work history (including internships), skills, and keywords. Make connections to people you’ve worked with or met through networking. Ask for “recommendations” from people who have worked with you. You’ll find LinkedIn is a good source of suggestions for people in your field to contact for informational interviews.

5. Remember to be courteous and tactful in all your conversations, to send thank-you notes to people who help you, and to find ways to help others as well. Don’t drop your network once you’ve gotten a job. Nurture the relationships you’ve built and look for opportunities to build new connections throughout your career. Getting started might be uncomfortable, but with time and practice, networking will be second nature.

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FIFA candidate Salman has questionable record GENEVA (AP) — Sheikh Salman has had a target on his back all through the FIFA presidential election campaign.

The Bahraini royal began the five-candidate contest knowing his home country’s human rights record and treatment of national team players after Arab Spring protests in 2011 would be an issue.

Still, it didn’t stop Sheikh Salman from winning two presidential elections at the Asian soccer confederation. Also, no decisive new evidence has emerged during FIFA campaigning about his role during a crackdown on pro-democracy protests by the government led by his family.

Sheikh Salman has been the presumed favorite for Friday’s election because of endorsements from the executive committees of the Asian and African soccer confederations, which represent up to 100 of the 209 FIFA member federations.

Here are some things to know about his election promises and track record: --HUMAN RIGHTS From the start of his campaign, Sheikh Salman denounced any claim that he - as Bahrain soccer federation president - helped identify players to be detained if they attended protests, calling the accusations “nasty lies.” Some players said they were tortured by government forces.

The FIFA election committee approved the sheikh

as a candidate. Two years ago, the FIFA ethics committee also rejected requests by activists to open a case.

Sheikh Salman told The Associated Press he is accountable only for decisions by soccer bodies: “Whatever is related to the political side and government side is not a concern of mine.”

Election rival Prince Ali of Jordan aimed this barb: “How are you then going to earn the respect of the entire world and players across the world, as well as FAs (football associations), if you couldn’t even take care of your own?”

--CONTINUITY Despite his ban, Sepp Blatter looms over an election decided by voters who repeatedly gave him power when FIFA was in reputational crisis. In 2002, 2011 and 2015.

Sheikh Salman strongly supported Blatter last May against Asia’s then-FIFA vice president, Prince Ali. Some voters see Gianni Infantino, the sheikh’s biggest rival, as representing a wealthy and arrogant UEFA which fought with FIFA and Blatter for years.

The sheikh defends FIFA. His manifesto says FIFA “does not need a revolution, it just needs to be rethought, re-positioned and re-energized.”

--CAUTIOUS LEADER Sheikh Salman’s manifesto hedges on expanding the 32-team World Cup

Sheikh Salman speaks at an AFC meeting last year.

- “(it) cannot be used as an The PricewaterhouseCelection tool” - and spend- oopers report said AFC’s ing more of FIFA’s $1.4 bil- competition assets were lion reserves and $5 bil- undervalued by tens of million-plus income from each lions of dollars. The deal retournament. mains in place.

Instead of across-the“Even if the risks (to the board increases to all AFC) are 20 percent or 50 209 members, he prefers percent I’m not ready to “needs-based” develop- take it,” the sheikh told the ment funds.

AP. As FIFA president, Sheikh Salman has been risk averse at the Asian Sheikh Salman would be soccer confederation. The hands-off, delegating to soccer body’s auditors ad- staffers in Zurich and takvised reviewing a $1 billion, ing no salary. eight-year marketing deal --with World Sport Group CLEAN-UP OPERATION brokered by disgraced forSheikh Salman says he mer president Mohamed can restore FIFA after a bin Hammam. corruption crisis because

Asian football confederation

he already did that in Asia.

His challenges on being elected in 2013, after FIFA twice banned Bin Hammam for life, included ending factional disputes and clearing out corrupt officials.

“If you have a very fair leader ... who can bring people together in mutual consensus, it can be done,” Sheikh Salman said.

Still, the AFC never appointed a planned ethics committee despite publishing on its website a Code of Ethics dated July 2013.

“The ethics code in Asia hasn’t been approved but it has been approved as a

concept to create it,” the sheikh told the AP this month.

Instead, evidence was handed over to the FIFA ethics committee, which banned an AFC executive committee member from Laos in November for taking an irregular payment.

Officials implicated in wrongdoing, including by PricewaterhouseCoopers, also won AFC executive committee seats in elections last April.

“You cannot decide and reject someone if you don’t have any proof or a decision against them,” Sheikh Salman told the AP.

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Tarik Phillip handles the ball during WVU’s 97-87 win over Iowa State last night.

Paige, Phillip set records off the bench, dominate in WVU’s 97-87 win

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

After watching his team go down to Oklahoma on Saturday for their third loss in four games, Bob Huggins had enough. He called his team out, saying he wanted a team that was going to be angry and was going to compete.

His team listened. At shootaround on Monday, junior guard Tarik Phillip made, by Huggins’ count, 16 3-pointers in a row. That was just a preface to what Phillip and fellow bench guard Jaysean Paige did in Monday night’s 97-87 win over Iowa State, combining for 56 points in one of the greatest bench performances in Mountaineer history. “(Phillip) has just put in an incredible amount of

work,” Huggins said. “Unlike some guys, when he started to make some he didn’t stop. The other guy that’s in there all the time is Jaysean. It’s a pretty good formula.”

Phillip’s explosive performance (a career-high 22 points, 6-8 shooting from 3-point range) will do the trick every time. But Paige, who scored a career-high 34 points and a school record for most points in a game off the bench, did Phillip one better. On their backs, the Mountaineers (21-7, 10-5 Big 12) scored an outlandish 69 bench points on Monday night, carrying WVU to a vital conference victory.

With the win, West Virginia clinches a season sweep over a tough Iowa State team (19-9, 8-7 Big 12) – Paige scored 23 points when these two teams met

last in Ames, Iowa, in an 8176 WVU win. In the return leg in Morgantown, Paige couldn’t help but add to Iowa State’s misery.

“We just tried to stay in the gym,” Paige said. “It was a must to get a win tonight.

I’m just trying to do what I can, dig down and scratch, whatever. Just do whatever I can to get a win.”

West Virginia surged ahead 49-41 after a spirited, back-and-forth first half. Although the Cyclones shot 60 percent from the field, making six of their 10 3-point attempts, the press began to affect Iowa State toward the end of the half as the visitors turned it over nine times.

Sophomore guard Daxter Miles Jr. made his return to the court early in the first half after missing two games with a sprained ankle and brought the Col-

iseum to its feet with a long 3-pointer just moments after he stepped back onto the court.

It was the only field goal Miles made all night, and it was Paige who jumpstarted a big run at the end of the half. The senior finished with 17 first half points as the Mountaineers outscored Iowa State 22-13 in the final eight minutes of the frame.

But that momentum failed to carry over to the second half, as a few untimely miscues sparked the Cyclones on a 10-0 run to take back the lead in the opening minutes of the frame.

Although the Cyclones kept getting open looks from long range, West Virginia kept pace with Iowa State, with the two teams trading baskets in a much chippier second

half marked by two technical fouls: West Virginia’s Jevon Carter was T’d up shortly after Iowa State star Georges Niang received a technical for hitting Phillip in the groin.

“I guess he thought it was funny or something,” Phillip said. “He hit me in my private area. I didn’t think it was funny.”

Whether or not the cup check had anything to do with it, Phillip and Paige went off down the stretch after Niang’s technical.

Their heroics helped West Virginia separate themselves late in the game, even as Iowa State put on a terrific shooting performance: 11-24 from 3-point range, led by 23 points from guard Abdel Nader.

Although Iowa State beautifully spaced West Virginia out in the halfcourt and kept finding open

looks, the Mountaineers were able to assert themselves the way they wanted to. West Virginia’s press forced 15 turnovers, four from the normally steadyhanded point guard Monte Morris, and the Mountaineers dominated the rebounding battle, 43-29.

It was a complete turnaround from their performances in the past couple of weeks, and keeps WVU alive in the Big 12 race.

“We wore them down,” said junior center Devin Williams (13 points, nine rebounds). “At around the three minute mark, you saw them starting to foul, starting to stand up gasping for air on defense. The proof is in the pudding. If you look at the stats from Oklahoma and the stats from tonight, it’s the complete opposite.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Freshmen making immediate impact for West Virginia

BY CHRIS JACKSON

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @CJACKSONWVU

With four freshmen in the starting lineup in Friday’s season opener, the latest class of newcomers shows promise under West Virginia’s head coach Randy Mazey.

Three of WVU’s nine starters Friday were true freshmen and another was a redshirt, featuring former Preston High School star Jimmy Galusky at shortstop.

Galusky’s heralded high school career featured a .558 average and 32 stolen bases during his senior season in 2014, highlighted by 54 RBIs. And it didn’t take long for him to make a name for himself at the collegiate level.

In Sunday’s 3-0 shutout of Charleston Southern, Galusky’s RBI double in the top of the ninth inning extended WVU’s lead to 2-0, securing a series victory in 2016’s opening weekend.

He’s come in to replace former Second Team AllBig 12 selection Taylor Munden, who was a 27th round pick to the Miami Marlins in the 2015 MLB Draft. Munden’s 11 home runs last year were a team-high, including 31 RBIs to develop into a minor league prospect.

“He’s as much fun to watch play as anybody,” Mazey said of Galusky. “He’s on and off the field as fast as he can go. He’s got great energy, great attitude. Over time, he is going to develop into a really, really good player.”

Cole Austin adds to the

WVU pitching coach Derek Matlock prepares for his team to take the field at a game last season. inexperienced duo up the playoffs his senior year, rated key player in our middle inmiddle, taking over the reins as the 36th middle infielder field this year. Looking forat second base after sopho- nationally in the 2015 class. ward to it.” more Kyle Davis moved to “We’ve actually got a Left fielder Kyle Gray also third. Through the first three pretty good amount of recorded his first career games, he’s hitting .364 and freshmen this year,” said hit Sunday, driving in the tallied four hits, sporting the WVU senior pitcher Ross only run the Mountaineers team’s second-highest bat- Vance. “They’re doing really needed to make it 1-0 in the ting average. good actually. We’ve got a fifth inning. His two-for-four Austin’s early rise has good freshman from Geor- afternoon brought another come as no surprise to gia, Cole Austin, who’s re- promising piece to a freshmany. He guided Harrison ally solid in the field. Good man class riddled with talHigh School (Kennesaw, bat speed, he’s real solid. ent, showcasing the future of Georgia) to the Georgia State He’s going to be a big-time WVU baseball.

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Darius Hill also got all three starts in right field.

Although he’s notched just a .167 average through the season’s first weekend, his first career hit Sunday led to a two-for-five effort and served as part of a 10-hit Mountaineer afternoon.

“They’re all playing really, really well right now, which is a good problem to have,” Mazey said. “At the same time we’re going to have

two freshmen it looks like in the middle infield. Freshmen are freshmen and they make mistakes, and we’re going to have to live with some of those mistakes. But those three guys over their career here - because we’re going to play those guys as freshmen - they’re going to be really, really good players before they leave here.” cgjackson@mix.wvu.edu

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Tuesday February 23, 2016

Gymnastics

West Virginia narrowly edged at home by No. 24 Kentucky

BY CARTER SOKOLOWSKI SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University gymnastics team put forth a strong effort in its meet against the No. 22 Kentucky Wildcats Sunday but fell with a score of 195.6 to 195.8 in a closely contested battle.

The Mountaineers held a lead after the first rotation, putting up strong numbers on the vault. Sophomore Zaakira Muhammad had the second-best vault score of the day with a mark of 9.857.

Freshman Kirah Koshinski and senior Jaida Lawrence also helped bolster the team’s vault score with individual marks of 9.875 and 9.8, respectively. West Virginia ended the first rotation with a score of 49.0.

Wildcats freshman Sidney Dukes started her stellar day with a season-high 9.875 on the bars during the first rotation. After Dukes’ impressive performance, there was a significant drop off in scores during Kentucky’s first rotation, finishing with a team score

of 48.925.

Kentucky caught fire in the second rotation, scoring a season-high 49.125 on the vault. The impressive team score was thanks in large part to Stuart’s 9.9, her highest mark in vault on the season.

During the Mountaineers’ second rotation, junior Alexa Goldberg tied her season-high score of a 9.9 on the bars, leading all competitors on the day. Freshman Tiara Wright also had a solid performance, beating her season average of 9.667 with a mark of 9.8.

The Wildcats led 98.0597.825 after the second rotation.

Senior Melissa Idell led West Virginia’s third rotation with an incredible performance on the beam, finishing with a score of 9.85 and setting a career-high in the event.

“I tried to go in with the mindset that I was in practice and I just had to do one skill at a time, not think about the whole routine,” Idell said.

“Mel was incredibly smart today on the beam and saved an incredible

score. I think that goes back to her training in the gym and her consistency in practice,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts.

The Mountaineers finished with a score of 48.575 on the beam, their third lowest team score on the season.

Kentucky responded with three floor routine scores of 9.8 from Dukes, junior Taylor Puryear and freshman Alex Hyland. The team finished with a score of 48.825 and led West Virginia 146.875 to 146.40 going into the fourth and final rotation.

The Mountaineers finished the day strong with an amazing all around performance on the floor. The top five floor scores on the day belonged to West Virginia gymnasts, led by Koshinski with a score of 9.875 and a routine that got the home crowd excited.

Idell and Muhammad both finished with scores of 9.85, tying for second on the day. West Virginia finished with a team score of 49.2 on the floor, 0.1 shy of tying its season record.

The Wildcats solidified their win with an admirable

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Zaakira Muhammad competes on the dance mat in Sunday’s meet against Kentucky. performance on the beam that was led by Stuart, who scored a 9.85 and tied for first with Idell. Dukes also had a standout beam performance with a mark of 9.25.

West Virginia had hoped to leave this meet with a score of 196.0 for the first time this season but unfortunately fell short. However,

Butts was encouraged by the team’s overall performance “We’ll be okay. We hit 24 out of 24 routines, which has been our goal all year long,” Butts said. “We still have two more home scores coming up and three on the road.

That 196.0 is always the goal, but I think it’s far more important that we’re being consistent right now and

staying on the equipment.”

The Mountaineers are back on the road next weekend and will be in Philadelphia for the Unite for Her Pink Invitational. They will be competing against Penn State, West Chester, Southern Connecticut and Temple. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Tennis

Lisac expects lineup changes for Take the NCHA II Mountaineers as season continues SURVEY February/March 2016

By Neel Madhavan Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University women’s tennis coach Miha Lisac has had to change his singles and doubles lineup more this season.

Most of the Mountaineers’ (5-3) lineup changes have come at the No. 5 and 6 singles positions and at the No. 2 and 3 doubles positions. Eight matches into the season, WVU has had two different doubles duos playing at No. 2, while the No. 3 position has seen three different duos.

Lately, freshman Paula Goetz and sophomore Carolina Lewis have had a grasp on the No. 2 position, but the duo is only 2-4 so far this season.

At No. 3 doubles, junior Kaja Mrgole’s return from injury has shifted the doubles partnerships around, playing with both Goetz and sophomore Lyn Yuen Choo. The Mrgole and Goetz duo is 0-2, while the Mrgole and Choo duo is 4-0.

“It’s something that’s going to go on the whole semester,” Lisac said.

“The way I would describe where we are, is that we’re still very young. The recent format changes that we had in college tennis with shortening the doubles format from an eightgame pro set to a regular set, I believe that there’s a lot more maturity that’s needed because it’s a lot more important how you state your matches. You had a lot more time before to catch up if you had a slower start. Now you have almost no time to catch up. We have to find the combinations that don’t just mesh well in terms of their games, but that mesh well in terms of their personalities and how they cooperate and how they overcome problems on the court together.

So that’s probably going to be a season-long process.

I don’t envision us potentially just switching one or two players around and we’re sort of going to hit the jackpot, because it’s really not that simple.”

Senior captain Hailey Barrett and sophomore Habiba Shaker have been mainstays at the No. 1 and 2 singles positions, respectively.

But even they had to endure change as Lisac decided to start Shaker at No. 1 and Barrett at No. 2 a couple of matches ago against Virginia Tech.

“We always feel that our lineup has to be flexible,” Lisac said. “It doesn’t necessarily matter where someone plays in the lineup. We are all contributing toward the team score and working toward earning four points overall as a team. The reasons for the lineup change was that it was better matchups for our players vs. their No. 1 and No. 2 players. On the same side, Habiba has been playing well, and she will potentially earn more and more opportunities to compete at the top spot.”

Also, injuries sustained by key players during the fall season have forced Lisac to shuffle the team’s lineup more than he’d like.

Being one of only two upperclassmen on the team, the loss of Mrgole to a stress fracture injury threw a wrench into the singles and doubles lineups.

At full strength, she would likely be starting in the upper half of WVU’s singles lineup. It forces the team to make many changes to hopefully succeed during her absence.

“Her injury has healed, but now there’s a process for her to fully come back in terms of strengthening her foot,” Lisac said. “What she’s dealing with is that her foot is weaker now than what it should be so there’s a limited time.

Since she’s not, strengthwise, at 100 percent she can’t just fully be in singles, doubles and the full go. So her playing is kind of as tolerated. So we’re progressing through that and strengthening her foot at the same time.

She will continue to return more and more into the lineup in doubles and more and more into the singles line up as well.”

Goetz was talented enough to begin competing right away in the fall, but a back injury delayed the start of her college tennis career until this spring.

But, despite the delay, Goetz has started the season at the No. 3 singles position with a solid 5-3 record.

“It’s an extensive rehab process that she went through and she’s still continuing through that process,” Lisac said on Goetz.

“She’s not necessarily fully healed. It’s still a process that we manage her through. I mean, she’s definitely a player who belongs in the lineup, and she’ll continue to play in the lineup. It’s unfortunate that she didn’t go through matches in the fall; some of the learning processes that she’s going through is going to happen now. Is that ideal for us? No, it’s not. It’s just the situation that we’re in. There will probably be a few ups and downs that we’re going to be dealing with. But I think in her game she’s fairly mature and she’ll handle that well.”

T h e Mo u nt a i n e e r s head to Ithaca, New York on Saturday to face Cornell, a team that’s 5-4 and has won three of its last four. More lineup changes are expected for another challenging matchup the Mountaineers face this season.

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