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Business college offers new major by rachel mcbride Staff writer @rachelgmcb

Beginning as an area of emphasis available for students in West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics, Global Supply Chain Management will be offered as a full major in Fall 2016.

Through experiential learning activities, Global Supply Chain Management prepares students to see the interdependencies critical to effectively manage and improve performance, strategically integrate technology and make ethical supply chain decisions, according to Ednilson Bernardes,

Ph.D. associate professor of supply chain management at WVU. “Our students have been placed very well in the job market,” Bernardes said.

When describing why this particular major is important to the field of business and economics, Bernardes said that supply chain processes encompass most of the value-added activities of a typical firm. Because of this, the ability to streamline and manage vital processes has become increasingly critical for all kinds of organizations across all industries.

Bernardes said that in a competitive global environment, a firm can gain

competitive advantages through innovative and superior customer service and by creatively reducing costs through efficient procurement, production and delivery systems. As a result, supply chain management professionals are growing in importance across business types, industry sectors and global regions.

“Offering this major at WVU provides our students the ability to enter this exciting and growing career field and also supplies the state and other regions with much needed professionals in this critical area,” Bernardes said.

Samantha Deridder, a senior at WVU, was the Uni-

versity’s first supply chain management student. She said she chose Global Supply Change Management because she knew the emphasis would make her a more marketable candidate in the workforce.

“It’s a growing industry,” Deridder said. “This is one major where you can definitely get a job after college.”

Other supply chain management students, including George Smith and Karly Fisher, said supply chain management isn’t only an interesting field to work in, but it is an important part of business.

“When you go into Target or Walmart, you don’t always know what goes on

behind the scenes,” Fisher said. “(Supply chain managers) are the ones who help bring the product to the customer.”

According to Bernardes, B&E’s former dean and leadership team were the ones that saw the opportunity to create the major at WVU. Bernardes was then hired to develop and start the program with the help of John Saldanha, supply chain management assistant professor at WVU and other colleagues within the B&E College.

“We need this major to be on the leading edge of this demand,” Saldanha said.

The program was developed and structured with

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Pilot program for extended guest check-in hours offered at Summit Hall

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by caity coyne and kayla dents to be heard.” ficially elected, Kiess to pursue changing the asbury The pilot program at started setting up meet- check-in hours for visitors da staff @dailyathenaeum

While most West Virginia University resident halls on campus only allow students to check in friends or visitors before midnight, Summit Hall started a pilot program last month extending the time to 2 a.m.

Student Government Association Governor Trevor Kiess began working on this initiative when he was elected to the SGA Board of Governors last April.

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“I’ve always operated on the philosophy that I’m a representative of the student body, I was elected on this issue. I want the voice of the students to be heard.”

Trevor Kiess SGA Governor

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“I’ve always operated on the philosophy that I’m a representative of the student body, I was elected on this issue,” Kiess said. “I want the voice of the stu-

Summit is meant to help both Kiess and administration see what would happen if the policy is changed, as well as garner student thoughts.

About a month ago, Kiess launched an online survey to get feedback from students about their experiences in residential facilities and their perspectives of what could change.

While Kiess has not heard the results of this survey yet, or any comments administration or Summit have on the pilot program, he said he will have a debriefing about both next week.

Patrica Cendana, director of Residence Life, said Kiess and Student Body Vice President Ashley Morgan approached Residence Life to review the guest registration policy, and after that SGA worked with Residence Life to meet with the appropriate student groups, like the Residence Hall Association, to hear their opinions on the policies and potential changes to the them.

Last February, when Kiess ran for the BOG, he garnered a lot of student input on the topic, as well as other aspects of his platform, when he had to collect student signatures. When he was of-

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ings with the necessary offices to ensure this part of his platform would be accomplished.

“At first, the administration wasn’t super receptive, but we just kept after them and kept going,” Kiess said. “As student leaders, we come in and we have to fight for students we represent.”.

As well as conducting research into the University’s policies on overnight visitors in the dorms, Kiess reached out to all the other Big 12 schools for their policies.

No other school has restrictions like WVU, except for the University of Oklahoma, which does not allow for any overnight guests in dorms.

Maddie Ernst, a freshman strategic communications student, said she understands the need for signing in guests, but the realities of it can be burdensome for students.

“Looking at a perspective of keeping us safe, then I agree with it, but (the current policies) are definitely annoying,” Ernst said. “I think (the extended hours) are awesome. There are so many times that you’re out and you want to bring back friends, and then you can’t. I think it’s good.”

Kiess was inspired

after hearing stories from many of his friends about how they had tried to stay with friends because it was too late to catch a bus or the PRT back to wherever they lived, but were turned away by the residence halls because it was after midnight.

“I’d hate to see that happen any time,” Kiess said. “There is a little bit of a disconnection between the policy and the implementation.”

In dire circumstances, night staff employees can allow students to come in after midnight, but Kiess felt many students wouldn’t want to ask.

“As students, we don’t like to be told no,” Kiess said.

While he may not know the actual feedback from students yet, Kiess said it was still worth posing the question to both administration and students.

Then, he said, they could move forward depending on how students are feeling. “(We’re focusing on) making the student voice heard, because often times, it’s not,” Kiess said.

“I think everybody at this University has student interest in mind and wants the best outcome.”

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Today, students of the Statler College of Engineering Sciences have a final opportunity this semester to network with potential employers for the last of the Engineering Career Fair series.

The Engineering Career Fair will be hosted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Engineering Sciences Building common area. A total of 12 companies will be in attendance, including B/E Aerospace, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Inc, Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Army and Navy.

Students are advised to bring copies of their resume and dress in a business professional attire. It is also recommended that students research some of the employers that will attend in order to familiarize themselves with the companies. “(If students research) they can go on the company’s website and apply for positions they’re interested in before networking with the recruiter at the career fair,” said Sarah Glenn, associate director of employer relations for West Virginia University’s Career Services Center. “It

always impresses the recruiter if a student can reference a job they already applied to on the website.”

WVU alumni from several of the companies will also be in attendance, giving students a leg-up for potential job opportunities. Alumni recruiting for Jacobs Project Management—which serves many fields of project management services— and Northrop Grumman Corporation will be at the fair, Glenn said.

This is the last of a mini-series of career fairs hosted by the College for the spring. Beginning in the last week of January, the College hosted a fair nearly every week, and tomorrow marks the sixth and final fair.

The career fair in the fall semester is much larger, bringing in about 130 companies in one sitting. But splitting the fair into multiple dates allows advantages for both students and the companies in attendance.

Having a series of fairs benefits companies looking to attend. With winter weather being as unpredictable as it is, companies may miss the chance to attend the career fair on a certain date if in-

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Ex-coal CEO opposes prosecutor push for $28 million in restitution CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)—Ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is opposing a prosecution push to make him pay $28 million in restitution to a coal company.

In a Beckley federal court filing Monday, Blankenship’s attorneys said he shouldn’t have to pay Alpha Natural Resources for legal fees, investigative expenses and fines.

Blankenship was convicted Dec. 3 of a misdemeanor conspiracy to willfully violate mine safety standards at Upper Big Branch Mine. The

southern West Virginia coal mine exploded in April 2010, killing 29 men.

Alpha bought Massey in 2011. Blankenship’s attorneys wrote that nowbankrupt Alpha viewed the explosion and investigations as an opportunity to buy Massey at a lower price.

Alpha declined to comment Monday.

Blankenship’s attorneys said restitution isn’t an option and would complicate and prolong his sentencing, now slated for April 6.

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Corinn Deibel, a residence assistant at Summit Hall, lets a student borrow a stapler from the front desk inventory.

the active participation of top supply chain executives from partner companies such as PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, MRC Global, Microsoft, NGK Spark Plugs, ABB, Source International, among others.

The global supply chain curriculum emphasizes the international nature of supply chain activities and a systems-approach to problem-solving and decisionmaking. WVU students enrolled in this program will come to understand all core functional elements of the supply chain and how these elements interact to create value.

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Voices from voters as they cast primary ballots in four states WASHINGTON (AP)—Voters in four states are making their choices Tuesday in party primaries. Michigan is the big prize sought

by Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as he aims to prevent his rivals from narrowing the delegate gap. Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii are also holding Republican contests. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in Michigan and Mississippi.

Here’s a look at what some voters had to say: Claire and Mick Olinik of Traverse City, Michigan, are self-described conservatives. But a few minutes into the most recent Republican debate, the couple - who have a young son - turned off the television in disgust.

“Embarrassing,” said Mick, 39. Added Claire, 31: “If they can’t communicate with each other, people who in theory share their same beliefs, how in the world are they going to communicate with people who don’t?”

Their choice: John Kasich. The Ohio governor is fiscally responsible and smart, they said - someone who would exercise good judgment and represent the nation well in dealings with foreign leaders.

“I like the fact that he leans more conservative, but he’s not a scary conservative,” said Claire, a professional musician and coowner with her husband of a marketing business. “Of everybody still left in the race, frankly, he’s the one that scares me least.”

Jim Owen believes Donald Trump’s detractors are listening to the language but not getting the message.

“He doesn’t say wrong things,” Owen said outside a beachside church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where he voted Tuesday in the state’s Republican presidential primary. “He says them incorrectly.”

Owen, 74, knows something about presentation.

He settled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after a long career as a country music singer and songwriter: He wrote the song “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,” among others.

“He has the best interest of America at heart. I really believe that or I wouldn’t vote for him,” Owen said of Trump.

His GOP dream ticket

would be Trump at the top with his second choice, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, as his running mate. “I’d like to see them run together but I don’t think it will happen because I don’t think they like each other enough.”

Kelsey Stratton, who brought her 6-year-old daughter along to the polls in a Boise suburb, said she’d take anyone in the White House as long as it’s not Democrats Hilary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

Choosing between the GOP front-runners was simple - Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has said he would abolish the Internal Revenue Service, and Stratton’s husband is an accountant.

Voting for Cruz would be like voting for her husband to lose his job, she said, so he was out.

With Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and businessman Donald Trump left to choose from, she said Trump’s pragmatism won her vote.

“I don’t think he’ll be as extreme as some people think,” Stratton said.

Carter Brown says his choice in Michigan’s primary came down to one factor: experience. The 69-year-old appliance store assistant manager from the Detroit suburb of Dearborn said Democrat Hillary Clinton “knows government the best” and has “the nation’s best interests at heart.”

“I think she’s the most qualified for the job,” the married father of three grown children said Tuesday after voting at an elementary school. “That’s really what we need - not some clown. I think she’s a human being.”

A little earlier and a few miles away, Clinton greeted customers and bought food at a Detroit bakery and coffee shop. She posed for and even took - selfies as she sought support.

Brown said Donald Trump, the one he considers a clown, lacks statesmanship.

“His foreign policy is so limited,” Brown said.

“I can’t imagine having him as president. To me, he’s just not presidential material.”

Idaho resident Nancy Singleton was one of only a few voters to show up at her polling place, an elementary school, during the

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Robert Hughes, a Madison County poll worker removes an “I Voted” sticker to put on the lapel of a voter during the primary election at the precinct in the Highland Colony Baptist Church in Madison, Miss., on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. Mississippi holds its presidential and congressional primaries today. post-lunch hour lull. “You ought to show up to vote,” said Singleton, who lives in Boise’s scenic North End neighborhood.

Singleton didn’t seem overly excited about the options on the ballot, however. Of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, she said, “I found

him to be the least annoying candidate.”

She also said she voted for Rubio “because he’s young and I wanted to give him hope that people are behind him.”

Carl von Buelow, a web developer in Ann Arbor, voted for U.S. Sen. Ted

Cruz, saying conservative stances on social issues are important to him.

“I’m a Roman Catholic, and he’s the candidate who’s most aligned with my beliefs,” he said of Cruz, a Southern Baptist. “He’s a strong Christian.”

Von Buelow says Cruz

FBI agents investigated over shots fired during standoff PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—FBI agents involved in the traffic stop that led to the killing of one of the armed occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge are under investigation for not disclosing they fired shots that missed Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, authorities said Tuesday.

Oregon State Police troopers fired the three rounds that killed the Arizona rancher during a confrontation on a remote road, law enforcement officials said at a news conference in Bend.

An independent investigation by Oregon authorities found the troopers were justified in shooting Finicum because he failed to heed their commands and repeatedly reached for his weapon, Malheur County District Attorney Dan Norris said.

The investigators discovered members of an FBI hostage rescue team who were at the scene failed to disclose they fired two rounds.

As they looked into how many shots were fired during the confrontation and by whom, the investigators found a round in the roof of Finicum’s truck.

“We could not explain the fourth shot into the roof of the truck, or its trajectory given the placement of the Oregon State Police troopers at the time,” Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said.

The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General said it is investigating the FBI team’s actions, working with Oregon officials.

During the news conference, Oregon officials played videos showing Finicum and others in his truck Jan. 26 during the initial stop by law enforcement. Finicum was driving one of two vehicles that were pulled over while carrying key occupation figures.

Video taken from the phone of one of his passengers shows the occupants panicking after authorities stop the truck.

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In this Jan. 5, 2016 file photo, Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, center, a rancher from Arizona, talks to reporters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, authorities said police were justified in killing Finicum during a traffic stop on Jan. 26, 2016.

With his window rolled multiple times to lie on the “Now we know why a His death became a symdown, Finicum shouts at ground. Instead, he reached bol for those decrying federal video with sound wasn’t rethe officers: “Shoot me, just into the inside of his jacket. oversight, on public lands in leased immediately,” said shoot me! Put the bullet The troopers fired three the West and elsewhere, and Lissa Casey, Bundy’s attorthrough me. Do as you damn rounds, all of which hit Fin- led to protests of what they ney. “If it was, the public icum. A loaded pistol was called an unnecessary use of would have heard the shots well please.”

After a conversation with found in his jacket pocket. that the government didn’t force. others in the truck, Finicum Oregon investigators said Finicum’s widow, Jeanette want them to hear.” drives off, leading author- Finicum posed a threat to of- Finicum, on Tuesday rejected After Finicum’s death and ities on a short chase. The ficers by nearly running over authorities’ conclusion that the arrests during the traffic song “Hold Each Other” by one of them at the roadblock, her husband’s shooting was stop, most occupiers cleared a Great Big World was on the and by reaching for a gun. justified and said she is talk- out of the wildlife preserve.

Occupation members in ing with attorneys about tak- A few holdouts extended vehicle’s stereo.

Finicum was driving over the other vehicle, includ- ing her family’s fight to court. the occupation to nearly six 70 mph when the truck came ing leader Ammon Bundy, Speaking to reporters in St. weeks before they surrenGeorge, Utah, Jeanette Fini- dered Feb. 11. to a roadblock, Nelson said. surrendered.

Finicum was a high-profile cum said she believes her Bundy and more than two A trooper fired three shots at the truck as it approached part of the weekslong stand- husband was shot with his dozen others with ties to the because it was a threat to law off at Malheur National Wild- hands in the air trying to sur- standoff have been charged enforcement, he said. The life Refuge, launched Jan. 2 render. She argued he was with conspiracy to interfere truck plowed into a snow- by a small armed group de- reaching to his side as a reac- with federal workers.

Finicum and his wife bank. Finicum got out, and manding the government tion to the pain of being shot. someone from the FBI team relinquish control of public Revelations that FBI raised dozens of foster chilfired two more shots, Nelson lands and objecting to the agents at the scene failed to dren, though social workers prison sentences of two lo- disclose their own shots may removed them from the cousaid.

As Finicum stood in the cal ranchers convicted of set- continue to fuel debate about ple’s home a few days after Finicum’s death. the occupation began. snow, authorities told him ting fires.

has a firm anti-abortion record and “strong moral values.” He said he can’t support Donald Trump because he doesn’t trust his record on abortion.

“Trump is anti-life, and he is lacking in moral character of any kind,” von Buelow said.

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Smaller fairs with fewer companies in attendance also give more face time for students to network with recruiters.

“The smaller fairs allow students to have longer conversations with the employers than at the larger fall fair,” Glenn said. “A lot of time, students are waiting in line and only have 30 seconds to two minutes to speak with employers, versus the smaller fairs in the spring, (students) have the opportunity to have a more in-depth conversation about the opportunities that the company is looking or searching for.”

Multiple dates also give students some breathing room in terms of maintaining their school work while also being able to capitalize on an opportunity to secure a job for the future.

“Some students have exams, or projects, or are leaving town for conferences, and if we only had one career fair date that they weren’t able to attend then they would miss out on the opportunities,” Glenn said. “By providing six different options for them, they have more opportunities to meet with different employers.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Becoming bicycle-friendly in W. Va. It’s almost impossible to ride a bicycle in Morgantown for reasons other than exercise. Choosing to walk is often faster and less taxing on one’s body than attempting to pedal uphill or navigate through dangerous streets and intersections. Though Morgantown may be the exception, other cities in West Virginia are adopting bikefriendly policies in order to promote healthier lifestyles and transportation alternatives.

In Charleston, a grant application of $1.1 million was approved on Monday to finance the construction of a bike trail near popular commerce areas of the city.

Other organizations, such as the West Virginia Bike Summit, hope to make all West Virginia towns bike-accessible.

Bicycles could become a common sight in Charleston after a series of proposed bike paths are constructed.

Morgantown is almost untraversable by bike due to its steep hills, so it’s understandable why most residents and students

choose to walk or drive.

However, there are other reasons why biking as a primary mode of transportation hasn’t caught

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on in the United States as a whole.

For example, the majority of America’s major towns and cities were de-

veloped after the use of wheeled transportation was already widespread, unlike many centuries-old European cities noted for their pedestrian-friendly natures. A lack of reliable or safe public transportation also forces cars to be the go-to method of travel.

The U.S. is currently ranked fourth in the world for number of cars per resident and boasts 809 cars per 1,000 people, but countries like Germany, Japan, Austria and France have nearly 300 fewer cars per the same number of residents. These countries are also noted for being more environmentally conscious.

Instead of creating more strip malls and shopping plazas only accessible by car, this country could benefit from the creation of

small pedestrian-friendly communities where everything residents need, such as grocery stores and restaurants, are within a reasonable walking or biking distance. Not only would this promote the formation of healthier habits due to frequent exercise, but it would also help the environment by saving fuel and creating fewer emissions.

Riding a bike is especially difficult in rural and mountainous areas, but it’s not too late for the biking craze to hit West Virginia if the right accommodations are made. Encouraging a more active lifestyle through the creation of new pedestrian- and bikerfriendly infrastructure can only help future generations stay healthy. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Wealth inequality: Separating myth from fact

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Teachers are among those affected the most by income inequality.

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With the 2016 presidential election upon us, Americans have been forced to look head-on at some of the most pressing issues facing the nation. Perhaps none have been debated more hotly than the issue of wealth inequality, thanks to the self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders. Just mentioning this term is likely to stir up some passionate and emotional responses from members of both the Democratic and Republican parties.

One side of the political spectrum proclaims the current system is unfair. They believe the 1 percent hoards the majority of America’s wealth while disadvantaged citizens are

forced to scrape by on mere pocket change. The other side claims those in unfortunate circumstances need only to rely on hard work in order to rise above their current economic circumstances and believe the wealthy have earned every penny in their bank accounts. Unfortunately for both sides, the issue isn’t quite so simple.

When we think of a wealthy person, we probably picture our doctor or attorney. We can guess these professionals have pretty big houses, a luxury car or two and a good bit of money in the bank. When we imagine a poor person, we likely think about a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk who has nothing to his name but the clothes on his back. In relation to the term “wealth redistribution,” the main problem is that many people picture the good doc-

tor or attorney, who slaved away for years in school to get to where they are, handing more than half of everything they have to the homeless man who simply sits on the sidewalk day after day.

This narrative of wealth redistribution, wherein the wealthy are hardworking professionals and the poor are those who remain destitute and homeless because of their own laziness, is precisely what keeps most of us from understanding the reality of just how big the gap between the wealthy and the poor has grown and why it’s harmful for almost every American.

When liberal pundits talk about the wealthy, chances are they aren’t talking about your doctor. When they talk about the poor, chances are that they aren’t talking about the local homeless population. In fact, “the

wealthy” in America are so grossly, ridiculously rich that their total wealth cannot even be precisely measured, and “the poor” more closely resemble our teachers, firefighters and military members rather than the typical unkempt homeless man.

Sitting cozily at the top 1 percent, the wealthiest Americans control more of this country’s money than the bottom 90 percent combined. They take home more than 380 times their companies’ average earners, and the tax revenue lost by the amount they store in offshore bank accounts alone could buy lunch for every child in New York City for a century. Despite what news outlets say about the current disparaging state of our economy—how the fastest growing type of job in America is minimum wage with no benefits, how

the cost of a college education has left it farther out of reach than ever and how the middle class continues to shrink substantially year after year—the richest keep getting richer.

The gap between the rich and the poor today has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression. While the top 1 percent owns half of America’s stocks, bonds and mutual funds, the bottom 50 percent owns almost none. They aren’t investing their money; they’re simply scraping by, and it’s becoming even more difficult to do so when America’s economic policy heavily favors the interests of our richest, who have the means to buy and sell politicians and shape legislation to their liking.

I’m not advocating for unabashed socialism and the death of the “American dream” as we know it. I

don’t want my college education funded off the backs of middle class America. I don’t want a free cell phone from the government or any other freebie you’ve likely heard some people demanding these days. What I am advocating for is a system that is fair while still incentivizing hard work. I am advocating for a game that isn’t rigged from the start.

The time has come to abandon our strong-held beliefs about economics because I can assure you almost all of our perceptions are wrong. Americans should stop shutting down conversations on this topic based on personal bias and instead be open to new economic policies. Certainly, we don’t have to go all the way to total government-regulated socialism to achieve this. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Self-described ‘trashgrass’ band, Rumpke Mountain Boys, will play at Mainstage Morgantown tomorrow.

by ALly Litten A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Rumpke Mountain Boys will release its new album this Thursday at Mainstage Morgantown. Starting at 8 p.m., the Brokedown Hustlers will open for the rowdy band.

Consisting of Ben Gourley, Jason Wolf, Adam Copeland and JD Westmoreland, the Rumpke Mountain Boys is known for its funky, unleashed bluegrass music which it kindly refers to as “trashgrass.” According to mandolin player Gourley, Thursday night is going to be a good time with good music.

“My guess is four guys are going to climb out of a van, set up a bunch of gear, play their hearts out to anyone who’ll listen for as long as the wonderful bar staff will allow, then pack it all up and head down the road to do it all again,” Gourley said.

So far, 2016 has treated the Rumpke Mountain Boys well. With a tour well underway, the band is looking ahead to the summer festival season.

“This year has been great so far. We’ve already put a good number of miles on the van since the new year started, and the road gets longer ahead of us each day, it seems,” Gourley said. “We’re looking forward to Springfest in Florida and Cabin Fever Reliever at Terrapin Hill in Kentucky to kick off a great list of summer festivals in the next few months.”

Starting in the early 2000s, the Rumpke Mountain Boys has developed into amazing musicians together.

“It seems to have settled in at this point,” Gourley said. “We play well, work well and travel well together, which is crucial to folks in

our business and not easy to assemble.”

The band’s newest album, “High Time, Low Tide,” has been in the works for years.

After playing a show in Ocracoke, North Carolina, the Rumpke Mountain Boys became interested in ancient pirates which led them to produce a “nautical” album.

“The tracks were a mix of material from a broad span of time. Some of the songs had been written for years and have worked their way in and out of the live repertoire while others were finished after the recording sessions had begun, some being finished in the studio just moments before recording them,” Gourley said. “We also stretched out the recording process over a longer period of time, months instead of days, which gave us time for changes and things like guest musicians.”

This is not the first time the Rumpke Mountain Boys will host a party. With years of experience, the band is excited to enjoy the night with like-minded souls.

“We’re very grateful for our opportunities to play music, to live our dream.

We’ve spent a good number of years, as a group and individually, listening to, learning, playing, studying, feeling and exploring music,” Gourley said. “It’s a passion for all of us to our very souls.

We hope to see familiar faces at the show as well as those we’ve not yet had the good fortune to meet.”

The Rumpke Mountain Boys will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Mainstage Morgantown. For more information, visit http://mainstagewv.tunestub.com/ event.cfm?id=233190&cart. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The Collegiate Recovery Program had a table set up outside of the Gluck Theatre during “Oxyana” to inform the film’s viewers of the possiblities of recovery.

WVU Community Human Rights Film Festival presents ‘Oxyana’

by Meg Weissend A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Last night, the West Virginia University Community Human Rights Film Festival presented “Oxyana,” a film directed by filmmaker Sean Dunne.

WVU students viewed the production in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theatre, and were exposed to the tragic world of drug abuse.

Receiving donations from two anonymous donors to support the creation of the film festival, the festival included the themes of the coal industry, the justice system, life as a Muslim, human trafficking and drug abuse.

A planning committee decided to show a film with strong ties to West Virginia during the kickoff of the movie in February. The film “Blood on the Mountain” investigated the economic and environmental injustices of the corporate control in West Virginia and the negative effects it has on American workers. WVU was the first to show the documentary publically, which will soon make its way into 800 theaters on April 5.

“Oxyana” hits close to home. The documentary focuses on Oceana, West Virginia, a tiny mining town tucked into the hills of Appalachia. However, the village of 1,400 people found itself at the epicenter of a national crisis.

Through the words of Oceana residents, the film reveals a generation lost to the abuse of the powerful

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After the showing of “Oxyana,” a panel of various experts were brought to the stage to discuss substance abuse. prescription pain medication, Oxycontin. The production tells a story of a tight-knit rural community devastated by addiction, featuring the lives of many directly-affected individuals.

“The purpose of films like this is not to paint an ugly picture of the community in Oceana, West Virginia, but to bring awareness of how drug abuse has affected the lives of many within our state,” said Ed Cole, diversity specialist and event coordinator at WVU. “The film ‘Oxyana’ depicts what is happening to just one of the many towns in West Virginia, and across America.

This is a growing epidemic and we hope that the exposure of the film will help those that may have family members or friends that are dealing with a drug addiction.”

Premiering at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, “Oxyana” won Dunne the “Best New Documentary Director” award.

Dunne first visited Oceana as part of a road trip through the Appalachian Mountains. He was captivated by the town, but knew there was something “off ” about the place.

“It was one of the most beautiful places I’d ever seen,” Dunne said in a Tribeca Film Festival press interview. “But I sensed that there was something terribly wrong there. The people were so welcoming and warm, but there was a constant hum of anxiety underlying it all.”

In a little more than a decade, Oceana had been transformed from an idyllic small town to a “nightmarish dystopia” where more than half of the residents are addicts and

where parents let their children go to bed hungry in order to keep their pill bottles full.

Following the viewing of “Oxyana,” a panel discussion was held with members of the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, discussing substance abuse prevention.

WellWVU’s new Collegiate Recovery Program also answered questions.

“The Human Rights Film Festival has increased awareness on concerns everywhere,” Cole said.

“I know that it has made me more aware about issues that we not only face in West Virginia, but also globally. This festival is helpful because we are often so far removed from these issues when we are not faced with them every day.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Pitt. pop-star Daya to play sold What are your Spring Break plans? out show tonight

by Mel smith

A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Pittsburgh’s own up-andcoming pop princess, Daya, will perform a sold-out show this evening at Stage AE. Daya, formally known as Grace Tandon, is a native of Pittsburgh. She grew up specifically in Mt. Lebanon. The 17-year-old high school senior is known for her Top 40 chart hit “Hide Away,” which has taken the radio by storm nationwide.

The show at Stage AE is sold out as a result of the overwhelming support from Daya’s home community. Her name is common in the average Pittsburgh household because she is a familiar face to the citizens of Steeler Nation. This is her second show at Stage AE within the last year. On Halloween in 2015, Daya opened the 96.1 KISS Halloween Show along with Icona Pop, Tori Kelly and Silento.

The young musician learned piano at the age of three, transitioned to jazz piano at the age of 11 and slowly taught herself how to play the guitar, saxophone, ukulele and flute. Tandon enrolled as a student at the

Accelerando Music Conservatory where she met producer Gina Barletta. Barletta invited Tandon to record at Paramount Recording Studios in Los Angeles to create original music. The high school student became a professional singer-songwriter over the course of two months after signing a record deal with ArtBeatz/ RED Distribution.

“Hide Away” was released on April 22, 2015 and skyrocketed over the year as one of the top hit songs of 2015.

Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz featured her single on the Billboard official website and said it was a gorgeous debut. After performing the song on the Today Show in August, “Hide Away” became Daya’s claim to fame.

Daya released her six song self-titled EP, “Daya,” in September 2015.

Daya, which means “grace” in Hindu, tries to live a normal life while being praised for her newfound fame. She returns to the Pittsburgh area to participate in her final high school activities in her downtime from flying between New York and California to promote her music.

Tandon told her local news station, WTAE of Pitts-

burgh, that she appreciates the support of her local community and it is always comforting to come back home.

“The fact that I am able to go on a boat ride with my senior class, and go to the football games for my high school, it is just fun,” Tandon said. “It takes me back to just being kinda Grace.”

The show this evening will bring back memories for Daya, returning to a stage where she has seen many of her favorite musicians live.

She is still getting used to the fame while transitioning from a student to a professional musician.

“I am a pretty chill person,” Tandon said. “But, when that (her song) plays on the radio, I just have to pull over and I am just like what is this life?”

The first 100 tickets purchased through Ticketmaster received a meet and greet with Daya prior to the show.

The show will be general admission and open to all ages.

Gabby Barrett is opening the show.

The doors will open at 7 p.m. tonight at Stage AE. For more information on the show, visit http://promowestlive.com/events/1373. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Spring Break is only a couple short weeks away. If television and online news outlets are to be believed, every college student will drunkenly party on a beach somewhere, but what are West Virginia University students actually up to?

Yesterday, 100 students on the Mountainlair green were asked where they were going

for Spring Break.

Slightly more than half of the students polled, 54 percent, were going home. Some were looking forward to seeing family, others said they were going to work to make some extra money.

One quarter of the students polled said they were going to the beach. Some are visiting family beach houses.

A few popular locations students said they were visiting are Florida, Costa Rica and South Carolina.

The “other” category was a mixed bag of replies. Some students were traveling for atheltic competitions. Others were utilizing their time off to visit cities such as D.C. and New York.

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Hogan’s dirty laundry aired in court ‘Eye in the Sky’ shows ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — As testimony in Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media grew extremely explicit Tuesday, an attorney offered evidence that Hogan has publicly discussed sex and other intimate details about his life over the course of many years.

The testimony included detailed references to Hogan’s sex life and sexual parts. In one audio clip from the Bubba The Love Sponge Show, the DJ and Hogan discussed the length of Hogan’s penis.

Hogan, whose given name is Terry Bollea, said that he did these interviews and media spots in the persona of his Hulk Hogan character, and not as he is in real life.

The morning testimony elicited Hogan’s take on his famous public image versus his private life - at times, a discourse on celebrity culture and identity.

Attorney Michael Sullivan asked Hogan if he was embarrassed by some of the media appearances, pointing to a clip on the “Hogan Knows Best” reality show. In that snippet shown for the jury, Hogan sat on the toilet, his pants around his ankles, talking to his then-wife on the phone.

Hogan said no, he wasn’t embarrassed.

“It’s part of the show, it’s part of the good and bad of being an entertainer.”

Hogan also said he didn’t have a problem with news outlets discussing or even writing about the sex tape.

It was only when Gawker broadcast an edited clip of the actual video that he said he began to suffer.

“I never had a problem with the article. My problem is the videotape. It’s on the Internet. It lives forever,” Hogan said.

He also acknowledged he has little privacy as Hulk Hogan, with people taking photos of him everywhere, including once in a urinal at a baseball game.

Hogan and his attorneys are suing Gawker for $100 million, saying that his privacy was violated, that he suffered emotional distress and that the video was not something of legitimate public interest.

Although the trial has been chock-full of salacious details - an interview on Tuesday mentioned Hogan’s “thong-shaped tan line” that was visible in the video - it’s also a serious First Amendment case.

The core issue: Did Gawker have the right to post one minute and 41 seconds of the sex tape, approximately nine seconds of it actual sexual content?

Gawker says the publication was a legitimate scoop

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Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media has dredged up some potentially embarrassing sexual information about the former wrestler. because Hogan had talked show about his life on VH1. openly about his sex life As Hogan testified, he before, in forums such as schooled the jury on wresHoward Stern’s radio show. tling history, telling them The jury may have to grap- of being poor, sleeping in ple with questions about his car while performing in how celebrity affects ex- small-town matches across pectations of privacy. the South and finally getHogan attained pro ting his break when he wrestling stardom in the was asked to appear in the 1980s and 1990s, winning Rocky III movie. multiple championships.

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Watson, Whitaker kick off Heforshe Arts Week NEW YORK (AP) — Emma Watson said Tuesday she wants people to understand the importance of gender equality not only on a rational level but also on a visceral one, and books, movies and other art forms are important vehicles for accomplishing that.

“It’s also about making them feel it in their bones,” said Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” film series.

Watson, the UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, and Forest Whitaker, a UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace, joined UN Women Executive Director Phumzile MlamboNgcuka on International Women’s Day at The Public Theater in Manhat-

tan. They were there to announce a week of arts events aimed at initiating a dialogue about gender equality.

Arts venues around New York City, including ballets, Broadway theaters, museums and galleries, are taking part in the first HeForShe Arts Week to spotlight the work of UN Women, especially the idea that men and boys can become agents of change in reaching gender equality goals.

The 45-nation U.N. Commission on the Status of Women adopted a political declaration calling for accelerated implementation of 12 areas affecting women, ranging from impoverishment to economic and political

participation and the difficulties facing girls.

The declaration commits the commission “to strive for the full realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women by 2030.” Watson, 25, said she wants to build momentum to reach that goal.

U N Wo m e n ch i e f Mlambo-Ngcuka, who is South African, said the arts can bring about social change and recalled the influence of the 1984 protest song “Free Nelson Mandela” on the movement to release Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned at the time. “ T h ro u g h a r t w e can challenge norms p e a c e f u l l y ,” she said.

Whitaker, who has

starred in such films as “Bird,” ‘’Platoon” and “The Butler,” said there has been some progress among men becoming more open-minded about acceptable gender roles. He recalled his days as a college football player when he was mocked and badgered by teammates for being feminine because he danced in a musical theater production. “I think a lot of that has changed now,” he said.

Chirlane McCray, whose husband is Mayor Bill de Blasio, noted that UN Women is headquartered in New York, where International Women’s Day was first celebrated decades ago. “New York is still a pioneer for women’s rights,” she said.

Omniscient high-definition views from above have done nothing to penetrate the fog of war in Gavin Hood’s drone drama “Eye in the Sky.” It’s a lean, Lumet-like thriller that puts the moral calculus of drone warfare in its crosshairs. Playing out compellingly in real time, a strike against Somali terrorists in Nairobi is plotted by the hawkish, U.K.-based Col. Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), whose operation involves pilots, politicians and military command in various digitally linked remote locations, from the boardroom to the toilet.

Drones have begun to reshape the war movie, and will doubtless continue to proliferate on our screens just as they have over Middle Eastern skies. “Eye in the Sky” follows last year’s very solid “Good Kill,” starring Ethan Hawke as a drone pilot based in Las Vegas. Director Andrew Niccol’s aim was principally about the psychological toll such disconnected battles take on its far-removed soldiers.

Hood more thoroughly utilizes the new perspectives drones afford to filmmakers. While much of the it is composed of faces in front of computer screens, some of the film’s most remarkable images come from the view of a hovering drone or - most impressively - a remote-controlled beetle that flutters right into the suspects’ lair, alighting on the rafters to provide a staggering closeup, whether Mr. DeMille is ready or not.

With such supreme powers of surveillance, Powell and her colleagues (including the ever-droll Alan Rickman, in one of his last performances, as a British general) have become accustomed to a previously unmatched level of certainty - or so they would like to think.

The mission is to apprehend a handful of highly ranked terrorists, but when the trio - two radicalized British nationals and an American - are seen preparing vests for a suicide at-

tack, the plan is ratcheted up from “capture” to “kill.”

The clash of “Eye in the Sky” isn’t on the battlefield but in the chain-of-command debate over the rules of engagement that pingpongs around politicians and lawyers who are pressured by Powell and Rickman’s general to give their OK. The collateral damage calculations and emotional stakes are changed significantly when a young girl sits outside the walls of the target to sell bread.

An American pilot (Aaron Paul), tasked to bring “hellfire” on the target, lays off the trigger, and numerous levels of nervous government officials “refer up” the decision to their superiors while an agent on the ground (Barkhad Abdi, of “Captain Phillips”) attempts to chase the girl away.

The plotting in Guy Hibbert’s screenplay, along with the quick cutting of Hood (the South African filmmaker of “Tsotsi” and a “X-Men,” who previously dove into the subject of CIA interrogation in 2007’s “Rendition”), push the movie’s intensity, making “Eye in the Sky” more riveting than preachy.

The film might have hit home more if the ticktock of its plot allowed us to better know its characters, who sometimes come off as mere mouthpieces of different philosophies of modern warfare. But “Eye in the Sky” is nevertheless a compelling case of how moral precision doesn’t necessarily match technical accuracy.

The debate that rages in “Eye in the Sky” is perhaps more than is always spent over the fate of a single civilian casualty. But it could hardly seem more topical. On Monday, more than 150 Shabab militants were killed in Somali in a strike partially carried out by drones.

“Eye in the Sky,” a Bleecker Street release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some violent images and language.” Running time: 102 minutes. Three stars out of four.

Kim Kardashian West’s nude sparks Twitter war with Chloe Grace Moretz NEW YORK (AP) — There’s “clap back,” where celebrities go after haters on social media, and then there’s “clap back” Kim Kardashian West-style, where one of the biggest names in the game takes on a 19-year-old, actress Chloe Grace Moretz.

As Twitter shade goes, there’s been far worse, but like most things Kardashian, this round scored thousands and thousands of clicks.

It started Monday night with a nude, in-the-mirror selfie - black censor bars in all the right places - that Kardashian West pushed out, noting later it was an old shot. The not-so-new nude was enough to motivate Bette Midler to joke in a tweet: “Kim Kardashian tweeted a nude selfie today. If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera.”

Get it? Well, Moretz did, re-tweeting Midler’s joke and weighing in with a tweet or two of her own - because 140 characters were slightly not enough - as she ad-

dressed Kardashian West directly: “I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than just our bodies.”

That’s when IT happened, the IT looking just like this: “let’s all welcome @ ChloeGMoretz to twitter, since no one knows who she is. your nylon cover is cute boo,” Kardashian West tweeted.

Moretz’s cover in Nylon magazine being a shot of her in a pretzel-like pose on a shaggy white rug, a jacket draped strategically to enhance the appearance that she, too, was nude underneath. However, the photo’s caption mentions a Dior bodysuit, so - you know - whatever.

The pile-on included a mention elsewhere that Moretz might be slut-shaming Kardashian West, a claim Moretz took on thusly in more tweets: “There’s a huge difference in respecting the platform that you’re given as a

celebrity and ‘slut shaming’ something I never have done and would never do.”

The crazy resonated offline among celebrity watchers. Billy Bush, cohost of NBC’s “Access Hollywood Live,” wondered on air Tuesday why Kardashian West bothered to go there in the first place.

“Kim needs to understand that because the way she has presented herself she’s public domain. She’s fodder for that sort of stuff,” he said.

Others, as these things usually go, also hopped on, but they’re grown people and can fend for themselves. But why Midler was singled out by the all-powerful Kardashian West, who’s usually quite nice on Twitter, is up for grabs. An email to Kardashian West’s publicist was not immediately answered Tuesday.

Nor was an email to Moretz’s publicist seeking additional comment.

Third grade-like petty doesn’t begin to cover some of the details involving Midler.

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Kim Kardashian West responded with vitriol when young actress Chloe Grace Moretz (above) criticized the reality star’s nude photo posted Monday.

Twitter Kim made a crack about her age and mentioned that Midler once gave her a gift but now falls into the “fake friend” category, to which Twitter Bette responded: “I never tried to fake friend you. Looks like anyone can take a selfie but not everyone can take a joke.”

Speaking of funny, Kardashian West followed up hours later with yet an-

other missive, this one aimed at speculation that her earlier tone was so off her usual norm that one of her more outspoken loved ones might have hacked her account.

“Wait I can’t believe people thought Kanye or Khloe hacked my Twitter,” she said. “I swear I’m funny too!!”

Other highlights: - Twitter aficionado Piers

Morgan offered to buy Kim some clothes and wisecracked about some personal debt the other half of Kimye, Kanye West, noted in a recent online rant of his own. I’ll spare you his wife’s response.

- And this from (thank you) Bella Thorne: “I think every woman should be allowed to make their own choices with their OWN bodies soo..”

‘Disaster’ proves to be a cheerfully fun, campy musical NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome aboard the Barracuda, a floating casino and discotheque of dubious construction. It’s 1979 and we’re anchored to a pier in New York City’s Hudson River, but about to set sail on a sidesplittingly funny evening of singing, dancing and neardeath experiences.

Directed by Jack Plotnick with a book by Plotnick and Seth Rudetsky, the musical “Disaster!” is a campy carnival of cliches and gleefully cheesy comedy. Previously performed in two small offBroadway theaters, it’s a ri-

otous spoof of the 1972 film “The Poseidon Adventure,” with hilarious references to other disaster films.

The creative team has adroitly expanded the special effects and choreography to fill the Nederlander stage on Broadway, where “Disaster!” opened Tuesday night. The book skillfully weaves a range of popular songs from the 1970s, including “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight,” ‘’Knock Three Times,” ‘’Hooked On a Feeling,” and two iconic feminist anthems, “I Will Survive” and “I Am Woman.”

Plotnick kicks the show into high gear with the energetic opening number “Hot Stuff,” as lyrics cleverly shift in meaning among various characters. Tony Awardwinner Roger Bart is confidently smarmy as Tony DelVecchio, the cornercutting casino owner. Cowriter Rudetsky is nerdy perfection as Professor Ted Scheider, the disaster-predicting expert whom Tony will, of course, ignore until the Barracuda is upside down and floating out to sea.

Armed only with color-

ful polyester and spangled outfits, how will the passengers possibly survive an earthquake, a tsunami and encounters with a few piranhas and sharks as the ship fills with water? Then there’s that inferno in the kitchen and look out for a swarm of cuddly vermin.

But at first, it’s just a party boat. Unexpectedly reunited lovers are charmingly enacted by Kerry Butler as Marianne, a feminist journalist working to expose Tony’s shady business practices, and Adam Pascal, winningly earnest as Chad,

the handsome ex-fiance she dumped a few years back.

Inimitable Tony-winner Faith Prince is bursting with charm as Shirley Summers, secretly suffering from a terminal illness whose symptoms include uncontrollable cursing and eye-winking. Shirley’s out to party with her just-retired husband, Maury (Kevin Chamberlin), and duet on “You’re Still The One.” In addition to shamelessly milking her symptoms with comic genius, Prince deftly leads the entire cast in tapdancing the emergency es-

cape instructions in Morse code.

Jennifer Simard quietly steals scenes as a deadpan singing nun with a gambling addiction, and brings down the house performing an increasingly lascivious version of “Never Can Say Goodbye” to a slot machine.

Rachel York gives class to leggy lounge singer Jackie, a single mother of twins. She plaintively sings “When Will I Be Loved?” with Baylee Littrell, who provides plenty of sight gags as both twins, scampering to be in two places at once.

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LSU’s struggles aren’t Ben Simmons’ fault

Ben Simmons is the most highly-touted player to come out of LSU since Shaquille O’Neal in 1992, but one player can’t do it all for a team in an SEC conference that features Kentucky.

Simmons has done everything he can to propel the Tigers to a hopeful NCAA Tournament berth.

He’s averaging 19.6 points and 11.9 rebounds per game, not to mention five assists and two steals.

There’s also been five 20plus point performances in the last six games, with LSU winning only two of those games. Three of those losses came to Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee, teams that lie in the bottom half of the conference standings.

Only one of those defeats came to a ranked opponent: A 17-point loss to then-No. 22 Kentucky in the regular season finale.

Simmons had 17 points and 11 rebounds against the Wildcats, and he wasn’t even the team’s leading scorer.

Instead, the injury-riddled squad posted all of five points off the bench.

Shooting threat Keith Hornsby has been absent the past four games, recently deemed out for the season with a hernia injury.

Hornsby was averaging 13.1 points per game and shooting nearly 42 percent from 3-point range, one of the highest marks in the SEC. Since his absence from the team, LSU has gone 2-2, and both losses came by a combined 37 points (there was a 20-point loss at Arkansas).

Let’s not forget that two of LSU’s top players declared early for the NBA Draft following last season, leaving the program after their sophomore seasons.

Jarell Martin was the 25th overall pick to the Memphis Grizzlies and Jordan Mickey was the 33rd overall selection by the Boston Celtics.

Both were the team’s top two rebounders and scorers, combining for 19.1 rebounds and 32.3 points per game. Mickey was also a premier rim protector at the collegiate level, blocking a national-best 3.6 shots a night.

Now, LSU doesn’t have either player. Simmons averages the team’s most blocks (0.8) as none of the big men are nearly as dominant inside, and he’s a 6-foot-9 talent that often plays point guard.

Arizona transfer Craig Victor has helped out in the frontcourt trying to replace Martin and Mickey, but it’s been a challenging task to live up to those expectations. Junior Tim Quarterman shows scoring flashes as well, reaching doubledigits in each of the last three games (he scored 23 points against Kentucky).

There’s even been questions about Johnny Jones’ ability to coach a team with so much talent, sometimes difficult to get at a football and baseball-heavy school.

Jones reeled in the ESPN’s No. 3 recruiting class a year ago, including a pair of fivestar prospects (Simmons and Antonio Blakeney).

Although LSU’s postseason fate rides on Simmons’ shoulders, they’ll need more than him to make a deep SEC run to potentially find their way into March Madness.

LSU now has to find a way around Simmons or else its preseason goals of reaching the NCAA Tournament are squandered. Its days with him are limited as he’ll more than likely be the NBA’s No. 1 pick, and they’d at least wish to extend his days as much as they can while he dons the purple and yellow. cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 1 WVU can make history with 18th national title

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

While college rifle doesn’t receive as much attention as major sports such as football and basketball, it is necessary to acknowledge the quiet but overwhelming success of the West Virginia University rifle team. Without much acknowledgement, the team has slowly become a national powerhouse and one of the most dominant college athletic teams in NCAA history.

As the team faces its final week of preparation, the Mountaineers (12-0, 8-0 GARC) sit atop the national polls for a 17th consecutive week. The team is fresh off a conference-best seventh consecutive GARC title, as well as a second undefeated season in three years. With the search for an NCAA-record 18th national title just days away, West Virginia is business as usual.

Consider this: In college basketball, John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins of the 1960s-70s are considered one of the most dominant programs in the history of college sports. The team celebrated 10 national championships in a 12-year span from 1964-75, including seven straight. The Bruins would win one more championship in 1995 to make it 11 national championships in the program’s 86-year history.

The Alabama Crimson Tide, the unconquerable powerhouse of college football in recent years, has won four national championships in the past seven years. Along with championships under a series of legendary coaches of old (Paul “Bear” Bryant, Wallace Wade), the Crimson Tide has an NCAA-best 16 national titles in 124 years.

The Mountaineer rifle team, comparatively, will pursue an 18th national ti-

tle. While the legendary UCLA basketball and Alabama football programs took close to 100 years to accomplish such tasks, the West Virginia team has won 17 titles in just 35 years. In fact, were the Mountaineers to win in Akron, Ohio this weekend at the NCAA championships, not only will the title be their fourth consecutive, but the program will have officially won half of the national titles since rifle became an NCAA-recognized sport in 1985. There is not an NCAA program in the nation that can claim that feat in any other sport.

The Mountaineers have been insurmountable during the second half of the season, going on a path of destruction through the conference and setting multiple scoring records. West Virginia again closed out an undefeated conference schedule, its third straight.

The team hasn’t lost to a

conference opponent since a narrow 9-point loss to Kentucky on Feb. 2, 2013.

While the Mountaineers are sitting at the pinnacle of the college sports world, coach Jon Hammond is treating the championship match this weekend like any other, preparing as the team would any other week.

The Mountaineers are able to do so because they treat every match like a championship match.

Hammond has consistently remarked on ways the team can improve, even after shooting the highest score in NCAA rifle history back in January.

“We have to stay focused, and we have to keep doing the same things that we have been doing,” Hammond said in an interview with WVUsports.com following the GARC championships in Oxford, Mississippi. “We have to work on a few small details, and we have to keep pushing each

other.”

While the Mountaineers are the favorite for the title, as they have been much of the year, they sit in a different place from last year.

West Virginia was No. 2 in the nation entering championship weekend, following a regular season loss to Alaska-Fairbanks. However, the Mountaineers toppled the Nanooks in a rematch in the national championship by a 2-point margin. West Virginia holds the top two aggregate scores of 4,702 and 4,705, scores the Mountaineers have consistently topped throughout the regular season.

The NCAA Rifle National Championships will take place this weekend in Akron, Ohio. The No. 1 Mountaineers will attempt to defend the national title, as well as several Mountaineer shooters competing for individual titles. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Despite youth, West Virginia defies odds in 2015-16 season

By Alec Gearty Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Prior to the regular season’s start six months ago, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 Conference. Many assumed that WVU wouldn’t be much of a threat in 201516 since it’s the sixth-youngest team in the nation and brought in 11 newcomers.

However, the Mountaineers ended their Big 12 Tournament run with a semifinal loss to Texas. The Mountaineers are on the verge of returning to the National Tournament, with a 24-9 overall record after competing in the WNIT last year.

It presents us with the question, how did head coach Mike Carey take a team that was overlooked, to have such a bounce back season? He found the right players this time around.

In an interview with Big12sports.com, Carey said he wanted to bring in people who had the “right attitude and right work ethic,” something that he said he was frustrated with last year.

One of the players who showcased those two things is senior Arielle Roberson, who previously played at the University of Colorado where she led the team in scoring and rebounding in her sophomore year.

Roberson, in her first year in the Big 12, received honorable mention honors, while second on the Mountaineers in minutes played and rebounds. When she came to WVU, she said she was

Tynice Martin takes a jumpshot last month against TCU. “looking forward to proving ble figures in 12 of WVU’s the critics wrong” after see- conference matchups and ing how the experts ranked is the Mountaineers’ third the Mountaineers. leading scorer. She accomRoberson has been a com- plished this coming off the pliment to Lanay Montgom- bench en route to becoming ery, providing more size in the Big 12’s Freshman of the the paint, as well as another Year. leader for the large group “That was one of our goals, of freshmen who joined the to bring in some younger kids who can shoot the basteam.

As for the freshmen, two ketball,” Carey said to Bigof them made an imme- 12sports.com. “There’s no diate impact this year. Ka- doubt in my mind that we trina Pardee started in all 33 are a better shooting team games for the Mountaineers right now than we were last and had the second most year at any time.”

3-pointers on the team; she One of the largest stories became WVU’s primary op- to come out for the Mountaineers is the emergence of tion from 3-point range.

Tynice Martin scored dou- its bench. Martin, along with

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Alexis Brewer, Jessica Morton and Teana Muldrow, all appeared in 30-plus games this season.

In 2014-15, WVU had a very low amount of scoring from its bench. Muldrow averaged 6.9 points per game.

The now-departed Bre McDonald added 6.8 points per game, and Bria Holmes was relied on for scoring, averaging 18.8 points per game.

This year, Holmes’ points per game average went down, while the bench increased. Instead of one player in double figures, WVU now has three, with two more players above Muldrow’s 6.9 mark that

was second on the team a year ago.

WVU currently has 24 wins, one more win than the team had at the conclusion of last year’s WNIT. The Mountaineers went from a 7-11 conference record to a 12-6 record, all six losses coming at the hands of a ranked opponent. Carey said in his pre-season media session that, “I may be sitting up here with no hair or look totally different,” due to the inexperience of his roster. Well, his hair is perfectly intact, and it seems as if the Mountaineers are as well. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU starting to find its formula before home opener

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

With the West Virginia University baseball team’s home opener just days away, West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey believes his team has only reached “the tip of the iceberg” of its potential.

WVU has started the season 7-3 on the road, and with a few series under his team’s belt, the Mountaineers are getting their formula for the season down - one Mazey thinks shows promise for the season to come.

“We’re starting to figure out the right lineup,” Mazey said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “It took us a while to do that, because we don’t get to play outside before the season. We’ve got some young guys who are stepping up and some guys in the bullpen settling in.

We’re starting to get that figured out, so we have a lot of positives out here.”

West Virginia wasted little time settling on a regular lineup early on this season. Seven players have started all 10 regular season games thus far, and three of those – shortstop Jimmy Galusky, second baseman Cole Austin and rightfielder Darius Hill – are freshmen. Freshman leftfielder Kyle Gray has also started eight of 10

games this season.

WVU’s reliance on freshmen in the lineup figured to be one of the biggest Xfactors of the season, and so far the gamble has paid off. Gray leads the team in batting with a .346 average, Hill’s 10 RBIs are a teamhigh and Galusky has ably stepped into the shoes of departed star Taylor Munden, hitting .324 and providing some slick defense at the shortstop position.

Meanwhile, behind an established starting rotation, the WVU bullpen has started to blossom. Senior right-hander Blake Smith looks to be the team’s fulltime closer once again this season, but behind him are a series of promising arms, including righties Brandon Boone, Conner Dotson, Michael Grove, Jeff Hardy and Nick Wernke.

Mazey has allowed different relievers to pitch in different spots early on. Although Smith is ostensibly the closer, the freshman Grove pitched two scoreless innings for his first career save last Friday in a 4-1 win at Hawaii.

If anything, the bullpen’s one downfall may be a lack of reliable lefties. Although eight pitchers have made appearances out of the bullpen in WVU’s first 10 games, none of them have been southpaws. WVU has only three left-handed pitchers on the roster: Starter

Ross Vance, freshman Jacob Brewer and sophomore Seth Jordan – Brewer has yet to make his WVU debut, while Jordan had a 9.45 ERA in six appearances last year.

The lack of southpaws could cause WVU some severe matchup difficulties once the Mountaineers hit the meat of their schedule, but for now the right-handers are showing promise.

Meanwhile, the bats are raring to go once WVU finally gets to play in the friendly confines of the Monongalia County Ballpark for the first time this weekend against Old Dominion.

“We’re anxious to play at home,” Mazey said. “We started hitting with a lot of confidence at our park the times that we did get outside before the season, and I think our guys are excited to get home.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Detroit Lions star Calvin Johnson retires after 9 NFL seasons DETROIT (AP) — Calvin Johnson, one the most spectacular receivers in NFL history, retired from the Detroit Lions on Tuesday and rekindled memories of the way superstar running back Barry Sanders quietly stepped away from football.

The 30-year-old Johnson called it a career after nine seasons filled with highlight-reel catches, dozens of touchdowns and nearly 12,000 yards receiving.

The 6-foot-5 receiver was known as Megatron, a sign of respect for his impos-

ing skills and unusual mixture of speed, power and gracefulness.

“Let me assure you that this was not an easy or hasty decision,” Johnson said. “I, along with those closest to me, have put a lot of time, deliberation and prayer into this decision and I truly am at peace with it.”

Shortly after Detroit finished last season with a 7-9 mark - their seventh losing season in nine years - Johnson announced he was evaluating his future. He had reportedly told some teammates entering last season

that it would be his last and told coach Jim Caldwell afterward that he was retiring.

Johnson piled up 731 career receptions for 11,619 yards, a league-record 86.1 yards receiving per game, and 83 touchdowns against defenses often geared to stop him. He reached 10,000 yards (115 games) and 11,000 yards (127 games) yards quicker than anyone in NFL history. Including the postseason, he has another league mark with six 200-yard receiving games.

Johnson broke one of Hall of Famer Jerry Rice’s

records with 1,964 yards receiving in 2012. He ranked among league leaders last season with 88 receptions for 1,214 yards and nine TDs, playing through lingering injuries as he often did.

“Not only is he as good as any player I’ve ever seen, but I am convinced that God has not put a finer person on this earth than Calvin Johnson,” Caldwell said.

The three-time All Pro and six-time Pro Bowl receiver leaves Detroit much as Sanders did. The Hall of Famer slipped away from the Lions shortly before

the 1999 season after he had 1,491 yards rushing as a 30-year-old running back the previous year, faxing the announcement to a friend at his hometown newspaper.

Like Sanders, the quiet and humble Johnson avoided the spotlight and released a statement of his own.

“While I truly respect the significance of this, those who know me best will understand and not be surprised that I choose not to have a press conference,” Johnson said. “After much

prayer, thought and discussion with loved ones, I have made the difficult decision to retire from the Lions and pro football. I have played my last game of football.”

Detroit drafted Johnson out of Georgia Tech with the No. 2 pick in 2007 and gave him a six-year deal worth up to $64 million.

Former teammate Roy William gave him his nickname and Johnson gave fans in the Motor City a reason to watch their scuffling team.

Like Sanders, his jaw-dropping plays made the Lions bearable.

Drug in Sharapova case used by Soviet Troops back in the 1980s MOSCOW (AP) — The drug at the center of Maria Sharapova’s doping case, regularly given to Soviet troops in the 1980s to boost their stamina while fighting in Afghanistan, is normally prescribed for medical use for periods of four to six weeks.

Sharapova faces possible sanctions after testing positive for meldonium, also known as mildronate, a drug the Russian tennis star said she started using 10 years ago for various medical issues. Sharapova did not indicate in her announcement Monday how often she has taken it.

Her lawyer, John J. Haggerty, declined to go into specifics Tuesday but said during a conference call he wanted “to disabuse the concept that Maria took mildronate every day for 10 years because that’s simply not the case.”

Grindeks, the Latvian company that manufactures meldonium, said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press: “Depending on the patient’s health condition, treatment course of meldonium preparations may vary from four to six weeks. Treatment course can be repeated twice or

thrice a year. Only physicians can follow and evaluate patient’s health condition and state whether the patient should use meldonium for a longer period of time.”

Haggerty said “Maria at all times took the mildronate in accordance with the recommendations of her doctor.” He repeatedly declined to go into specifics about Sharapova’s treatment, claiming he had to adhere to the “strict confidentiality” of the International Tennis Federation’s process. An ITF spokesman told The Associated Press, however, that the organization places no restrictions on what players and their representatives can say publicly about an ongoing case.

Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, said Monday she failed a doping test at the Australian Open in January for meldonium, which became a banned substance under the World AntiDoping Agency code this year.

Meldonium is a heart medicine that improves blood flow and is littleknown in the U.S., but it was once common in the Soviet military.

The drug’s inventor, Ivars Kalvins, told Latvian newspaper Diena in a 2009 interview that meldonium was given to soldiers during the 1980s, when Soviet forces were fighting in Afghanistan.

“High altitudes. Oxygen deprivation. If they have to run 20 kilometers with all the gear, at the end they would get ischemia (a blood circulation condition),” Kalvins was quoted as saying.

“They were all given meldonium. They themselves were not aware they were using it. No one was being asked (if they agree to it) back then.”

Kalvins said meldonium was “not doping,” adding that it “allows you to withstand more physical pressure, but the body still spends its spare reserves.”

Sharapova said Monday she had taken meldonium for a decade following various health problems including regular sicknesses, early signs of diabetes and “irregular” results from echocardiography exams.

“I was first given the substance back in 2006. I had several health issues going on at the time,” she said.