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Tuesday October 27, 2015

WVU creates new program to help students make financial decisions

By Rachel McBride Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

A new personal financial program created by West Virginia University officials will help students learn how to cope with financial stressors associated with being in college.

WVU’s Personal Financial Educational Program, which includes resources that address stressors like assessing student loans and budgeting monthly expenses, will encourage students to ask for advice from representatives before getting into a bad financial situation.

“It’s brand new,” said Nicole Solomon, assistant director of outreach and communications for WVU’s Financial Aid Office. “Whenever (officials) say ‘new,’ the first initiative we did was literally this semester.”

The initiative Solomon mentioned is the Transit Financial Wellness course, a first-year seminar course designed by the education technology company Everfi to empower students to make informed financial decisions.

As part of the new program, the course started this fall and is mandatory for first-year students and open to all undergraduates within the University.

While WVU already provides many additional resources for students struggling to make educated financial choices, such as workshops, financial literacy instruction and budget tips on social media, Solomon said WVU’s Personal Financial Education Program will offer a better specialized help.

“This program is going to be more than (current financial resources),” Solomon said. “(Officials) are looking to provide a variety of resources in different ways to help students with their finances.”

Solomon said although the program is housed within WVU’s Financial Aid Office, the concept of the program is interdisciplinary. The Office of Student Accounts, the Career Services Center, enrollment management and other campus resources will work together to ensure students receive the information necessary to meet their needs.

“It’s going to pull in a lot of different areas now,

and that’s what’s great about it,” Solomon said.

“It’s much bigger than the Financial Aid Office now.”

The program is being built step-by-step, improving when it receives feedback from launched initiatives, like the Transit Financial Wellness course. Faculty and staff involved in the program have also communicated with other educational institutions that already have personal financial programs to determine what is needed at WVU, according to Solomon.

As the program continues to grow, administrators additionally receive feedback from student focus groups and surveys to make sure their input is embedded. Currently, there is an ongoing survey to decide the actual name of the new personal financial aid program.

“This is about making different resources available for students,” Solomon said. “We want to make sure students can access what is convenient for them, when it’s convenient for them.”

Intensive workshops, seminars, budget calculators and more online financial resources are all planned to be implemented within the program..

Michael Scarlato, a junior accounting student, thinks the new program will be useful for students.

“Students need to learn where their money needs to go when it comes to budgeting,” Scarlato said.

Scarlato isn’t alone in trusting that the program will be beneficial. Jared Konefal, a senior MIS student, agrees with the importance of initiatives such as the new course.

“Many incoming freshmen have never been responsible for their own finances,” Konefal said, “and this program could introduce them to the basics.”

WVU’s Personal Financial Education Program is an ongoing process that will evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of students, Solomon said.

Although a central location for the entire program has yet to be determined, students with current financial stressors can contact WVU’s Financial Aid Office, located on the second floor of the Mountainlair. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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ALWAYS COCA-COLA

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Senator Capito, members of Coca-Cola and Morgantown officials gather to cut the ribbon in front of the repainted Coca-Cola mural.

Sen. Capito and Morgantown officials gather to present rejuvenated Coca-Cola mural

By Amy Pratt

Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Throughout the early and mid-20th century, CocaCola painted 16,000 murals on buildings across the country to advertise its drink. Over time, many of the murals faded away, becoming “ghost-murals.”

Now, Coca-Cola Consolidated is working to restore the lost artwork.

Yesterday at 456 High St., one mural was revealed with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

“This is an important part of Coca-Cola’s history,” said Lauren Steele from Coca-Cola Consolidated, “but what we really

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“ This is an important part of Coca-Cola’s history. But what we really love...is it’s a history of the communities.”

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love… is it’s a history of the communities.”

The art was originally painted in 1953 on Comuntzi’s Restaurant but was covered when a bank was built next to it. After the bank was torn down, the mural was discovered and added to the list of murals to be restored.

Kay Comuntzi-Gets-

inger and Annette Houser, two cousins whose family owned Comuntzi’z, attended the ribbon cutting.

Both cousins recalled the first mural, and said CocaCola was a large part of their lives.

“I remember my dad was a coffee drinker. He didn’t drink Coca-Cola, but I drank Coca-Cola. I would come into the restaurant, and my dad would ask me to taste it… I was the official Coca-Cola taster,” Comuntzi-Getsinger said.

Coca-Cola and Comuntzi’s Restaurant were important to more than just those immediately involved with the mural.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who cut the ribbon, shared a personal history with the establishment— it was the place where her parents met and where she met her husband.

“There was a sign in the restaurant (that said,) ‘Where dad took his gal,’ and this is where my dad took his gal…,” Capito said.

“This mural will spruce up the town and make this a landmark so our children and grandchildren can look at that and ask, ‘Now, what is Comuntzi’s, and how did that play into our lives when we were growing up?’”

Joe Statler of the West Virginia House of Delegates also attended the event and reminisced about finding empty Coca-Cola bottles that could be returned for two cents. He would save up until he had enough for a 15 cent bottle of Coca-Cola.

“You didn’t have the pop that you have today, and

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An up-close look at the repainted Coca-Cola mural on High Street.

I’m telling you, that was lowed to get one small botthe greatest delight that you tle of Coca-Cola. could ever get,” Statler said.

The mural is significant Coca-Cola was also an to Kreider since it’s a part important childhood mem- of Morgantown’s history ory for Paul Kreider, dean of and a reminder of his childWVU’s College of Creative hood. He thanked CocaArts.

Cola for restoring the artWhen he was younger, work and said he’s proud to Kreider visited his grand- be involved.

“Everyone can look at parents in West Virginia every summer and would this piece of art,” Kreider tag along with his grandfa- said, “and it means somether, a traveling dry goods thing to them.” salesman. Each store they stopped at, Kreider was aldanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Hearts of Gold dog training program visits the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia

By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @NewsroomJake

It’s difficult for 5-yearolds to resist the urge to grab ahold of a puppy. It’s almost equally as difficult for adults.

A group of West Virginia University students enrolled in the Hearts of Gold training program visited the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia on Monday to teach an energetic group of kids the animals’ role.

Students registered in a series of service dog training courses to teach future service dogs how to help people with varying disabilities and often bring their furry friends along to other classes. The dogs they train go on to help those in need of assistance with mobility, hearing, psychiatry or seizures.

“Do you all know what a service dog is or what they do?” asked Maranda Wim-

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Lindsay Parenti, the instructor for the Hearts of Gold program, holds a golden retriever puppy at the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia on Monday. mer, a junior at WVU. are only for people with vis- a wheelchair to have a serBut service dogs do more ible disabilities. vice dog.”

“There are people who than that. As Miranda WimWimmer suffers from an mer, a junior psychology have invisible disabilities,” invisible disorder. student, pointed out, many Wimmer said. “People think Wimmer has post-traupeople think service dogs you have to be blind or in matic stress disorder and

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has her own service dog.

Whenever Wimmer’s feeling anxious or when a large crowd of people surrounds her, her German shepherd helps give her space.

“There are a lot of problems out there where kids and adults, too - approach service dogs in the wrong way, and the dog can react negatively,” Wimmer said. “The most important things is… if a child or adult distracts that dog, the dog could miss their cue.”

Some service dogs help alert their owner if they’re about to have a seizure, for example, so the person can get to a safe place and away from danger.

Service dogs who don’t socialize with children from an early age grow to fear them, trainers at the event said.

Wimmer and a group of about five other trainers gave wet wipes to the children so they could practice grooming the dogs, intro-

ducing the dogs to a child’s touch.

“We actually need more kids to help socialize the dogs,” Wimmer said.

That’s where Andrea Peters, a social worker from the Children’s Home Society, comes in. A few weeks ago, Peters received an email from Wimmer asking if her organization would be interested in hosting a demonstration.

“People need to realize that there are so many wonderful things about having a dog in your life,” Peters said. “I mean, if you have a bad day and go home and love on your dog, you’re not going to have a bad day anymore.”

Peters works with many children who are taken out of abusive homes or homes with drug-addicted parents.

“That can be pretty stressful,” she said. “We don’t have any children that use

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U.N. agency links hot dogs and other processed meat to cancer PARIS (AP)—Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that red meat is probably harmful, too.

Meat producers are angry, vegetarians are feeling vindicated, and cancer experts are welcoming the most comprehensive pronouncement yet on the relation between our modern meat-eating lifestyles and cancer.

The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, analyzed decades of research and for the first time put processed meats in the same danger category as smoking or asbestos. That doesn’t mean salami is as bad as cigarettes, only that there’s a confirmed link to cancer. And even then, the risk is small.

The results aren’t that shocking in the U.S., where many parents fret over chemicals in cured meats and the American Cancer Society has long cautioned against eating too much steak and deli.

But the U.N. agency’s findings could shake up public health attitudes elsewhere, such as European countries where sausages are savored and smoked ham is a national delicacy.

And they could hurt the

American meat industry, which is arguing vigorously against linking their products with cancer, contending that the disease involves a number of lifestyle and environmental factors.

While U.S. rates of colon cancer have been declining, it is the No. 2 cancer for women worldwide and No. 3 for men, according to the WHO. A group of 22 scientists from the IARC evaluated more than 800 studies from several continents about meat and cancer. The studies looked at more than a dozen types of cancer in populations with diverse diets over the past 20 years.

Based on that analysis, the IARC classified processed meat as “carcinogenic to humans,” noting links in particular to colon cancer. It said red meat contains some important nutrients, but still labeled it “probably carcinogenic,” with links to colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers.

The agency made no specific dietary recommendations and said it did not have enough data to define how much processed meat is too dangerous. But it said the risk rises with the amount consumed.

An analysis of 10 of the studies suggested that a 50gram portion of processed meat daily - or about 1.75 ounces - increases the risk of colorectal cancer over a lifetime by about 18 percent.

An ounce and threequarters is roughly equiv-

alent to a hot dog or a few slices of bologna, though it depends on how thinly it is sliced.

Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer in the U.S. is about 1 in 20, or 5 percent, according to the cancer society. By the WHO’s calculations, having a cold-cut sandwich every day would only raise that to around 6 percent.

Experts have long warned of the dangers of certain chemicals used to cure meat, such as nitrites and nitrates, which the body converts into cancer-causing compounds. It is also known that grilling or smoking meat can create suspected carcinogens.

“For an individual, the risk of developing colorectal cancer because of their consumption of processed meat remains small, but this risk increases with the amount of meat consumed,” Dr. Kurt Straif of the IARC said in a statement. “In view of the large number of people who consume processed meat, the global impact on cancer incidence is of public health importance.”

The cancer agency noted research by the Global Burden of Disease Project suggesting that 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are linked to diets heavy in processed meat. That compared with 1 million deaths a year linked to smoking, 600,000 a year to alcohol consumption and 200,000 a year to air pollution.

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In this Jan. 18, 2010 file photo, steaks and other beef products are displayed for sale at a grocery store in McLean, Va. The meat industry is seeing red over the dietary guidelines. The World Health Organization’s cancer agency says Monday Oct.26, 2015 that processed meats such as ham and sausage can lead to colon and other cancers, and red meat is probably cancer-causing as well.

Doctors in rich countries especially have long counseled against eating lots of red or processed meat - and not just because of the cancer danger but because of the heart risks from the saturated fat and sodium.

The WHO researchers defined processed meat as anything transformed to improve its flavor or preserve it, including sausages, beef jerky and anything smoked.

They defined red meat to include beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse and goat.

The report said grilling, pan-frying or other hightemperature methods of cooking red meat pro-

duce the highest amounts of chemicals suspected of causing cancer.

“This is an important step in helping individuals make healthier dietary choices to reduce their risk of colorectal cancer in particular,” said Susan Gapstur of the American Cancer Society, which has recommended limiting red and processed meat intake since 2002, and suggests choosing fish or poultry or cooking red meat at low temperatures.

The North American Meat Institute argued in a statement that “cancer is a complex disease not caused by single foods.”

Independent experts stressed that the WHO findings should be kept in perspective.

“Three cigarettes per day increases the risk of lung cancer sixfold,” or 500 percent, compared with the 18 percent from eating a couple slices of bologna a day, said Gunter Kuhnle, a food nutrition scientist at the University of Reading.

“This is still very relevant from a public health point of view, as there are more than 30,000 new cases per year” of colon cancer, he said.

“But it should not be used for scaremongering.”

Prosecutor says driver in OSU parade crash went around barricade STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)— A woman accused of driving her car into a crowd of people at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade ran a red light, “purposely” went around a barricade and drove over a police motorcycle before crashing into the spectators, a prosecutor said Monday.

“The evidence suggests this was an intentional act, not an accident,” Payne County District Attorney Laura Thomas said in a public statement. The driver’s actions demonstrate “a depraved mind and indifference to human life.”

At a bail hearing, the district attorney told the judge that Adacia Chambers is “looking at four life sentences” if convicted in the deaths of four people who were hit.

Special District Judge Katherine Thomas granted the request for $1 million bail and ordered a psychological evaluation for Chambers, who is being held on preliminary counts of second-degree murder.

“This was a well-known parade day and route, and these innocents were visible from a substantial distance,” the district attorney said in the statement.

The suspect appeared at Monday’s hearing via video.

The only time she spoke was to say “yes” when the judge asked if she could hear her.

Prosecutors asked for more time to interview the dozens of witnesses who were at the scene Saturday and said one of the injured is in a “fragile” state, which could lead to more charges.

In Oklahoma, seconddegree murder charges are

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Stefanie Alexander, who witnessed the Saturday homecoming parade crash, places a candle at a makeshift memorial to the victims in Stillwater, Okla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A woman accused of driving her car into a crowd of people at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade “purposely” went around a barricade, ran a red light and drove over a police motorcycle before crashing into the spectators, a prosecutor said Monday. warranted when someone blank.” He said he was not Chambers’ father, aunt her, and she kept to heracts in a way that’s “immi- sure Chambers is aware and boyfriend spoke out- self about things like that,” nently dangerous to an- that she’s in jail. Chambers side the courthouse, telling Chambers said, fighting other person” but does had yet to ask to see her reporters that they don’t back tears. know what led to the crash.

He said his daughter is so without premedita- parents or boyfriend. tion. Each count is punishPolice are awaiting blood Chambers father, Floyd a talented artist who loves able by at least 10 years in tests to determine whether Chambers, said his daugh- music.

“I would like them (the she was impaired by drugs ter had received inpaprison.

Chambers, 25, of Stillwa- or alcohol. tient mental health treat- public) not to think so badly ter, has yet to be formally During an earlier in- ment several years ago. But of her, because that’s not charged - a step that re- terview with Chambers, nothing seemed amiss re- just who she was. That’s not quires prosecutors to file Coleman said he “was not cently, except his daughter who I raised,” he said. “And additional documents in satisfied at all that I was had recently called and said when we get all the test recourt. communicating with a she wanted to move back sults back, we’ll know.” home.

Aunt Lynda BranstetThe judge scheduled the competent individual.”

Coleman has said Cham“I thought that was ter said she saw her niece next hearing for Nov. 13.

After the hearing, Cham- bers was at work before the kind of strange, but I don’t Friday night and nothing bers’ attorney, Tony Cole- crash and that she does not know. She was very good seemed unusual. man, said when he told remember much, only that about hiding her problems “This is so not her. This is Chambers about the she felt confused as she was because she didn’t want not her character,” Bransthe family to worry about tetter said tearfully. “She’s deaths, “her face was removed from the car.

Speaker Boehner’s last deal: 2-year budget, debt ceiling WASHINGTON (AP)— Speaker John Boehner is making one final appeal to restive Republicans: Pass a hard-won agreement with President Barack Obama to fund the government and forestall a debt crisis before Rep. Paul Ryan assumes the top job later this week. But he encountered immediate resistance when he laid out the plan Monday night.

The budget pact, in concert with a must-pass increase in the federal borrowing limit, would solve the thorniest issues awaiting Ryan, R-Wis., who is set to be elected speaker on Thursday. It would also take budget showdowns and government shutdown fights off the table until after the 2016 presidential election, a potential boon to Republican candidates who might otherwise face uncomfortable questions

about messes in the GOPled Congress.

Congress must raise the federal borrowing limit by Nov. 3 or risk a first-ever default, while money to pay for government operations runs out Dec. 11 unless Congress acts. The emerging framework would give both the Pentagon and domestic agencies two years of budget relief of $80 billion in exchange for cuts elsewhere in the budget.

Outlined for rankand-file Republicans in a closed-door session Monday night, the budget relief would total $50 billion in the first year and $30 billion in the second year.

“Let’s declare success,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Republicans, according to Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., as the leadership sought to rally support for the emerging deal.

A chief selling point for GOP leaders is that the alternative is chaos and a stand-alone debt limit increase that might be forced on Republicans. But conservatives in the conference who drove Boehner to resign were not ready to fall in line.

“This is again just the umpteenth time that you have this big, big, huge deal that’ll last for two years and we were told nothing about it,” said Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana.

“I’m not excited about it at all,” said Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz. “A twoyear budget deal that raises the debt ceiling for basically the entire term of this presidency.”

The measure under discussion would suspend the current $18.1 trillion debt limit through March 2017.

The budget side of the deal is aimed at undoing

automatic spending cuts which are a byproduct of a 2011 budget and debt deal and the failure of Washington to subsequently tackle the government’s fiscal woes. GOP defense hawks are a driving force, intent on reversing the automatic cuts and getting more money for the military.

The focus is on setting a new overall spending limit for agencies whose operating budgets are set by Congress each year. It will be up to the House and Senate Appropriations committees to produce a detailed omnibus spending bill by the Dec. 11 deadline.

The tentative pact anticipates designating further increases for the Pentagon as emergency war funds that can be made exempt from budget caps.

Offsetting spending cuts that would pay for domestic spending increases in-

cluded curbs on certain Medicare payments for outpatient services provided by hospitals and an extension of a 2-percentage-point cut in Medicare payments to doctors through the end of a 10year budget.

Negotiators looked to address two other key issues as well: a shortfall looming next year in Social Security payments to the disabled and a large increase for many retirees in Medicare premiums and deductibles for doctors’ visits and other outpatient care.

The deal, which would apply to the 2016-17 budget years, resembles a pact that Ryan himself put together two years ago in concert with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., that eased automatic spending cuts for the 2014-15 budget years.

one that’ll give you a big hug. And she’s one if you’re down, she’ll make you smile. That’s my Adacia.”

Her boyfriend, Jesse Gaylord, said Chambers had difficulty sleeping and only got an hour or two of sleep before leaving for work Saturday morning.

Gaylord said he never saw Chambers take any drugs - either prescription or illegal - and that the last time they drank alcohol was a few weeks ago, when they each had one beer on his birthday.

“As far as for her to purposefully go and do something, that would just not be possible. ... She would never do anything like that consciously,” Gaylord said.

Gaylord said he had never even seen Chambers break any traffic laws.

“She’s honestly one of the most cautious drivers that I’ve ever ridden with.

She never turns out in front of any cars. She doesn’t ever run yellow lights,” he said.

The crash killed three adults and a 2-year-old boy. At least 46 other people hurt, including many children.

On Monday, the Oklahoma medical examiner’s office identified the boy killed in the crash as 2-yearold Nash Lucas. Oklahoma State University said the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Nicolette Strauch, is a sophomore majoring in chemical engineering.

The dead adults were identified as Nikita Nakal, a 23-year-old MBA student from India at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, and a married couple, Bonnie Jean Stone and Marvin Lyle Stone, both 65, of Stillwater.

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Continued from page 1 therapy or service dogs right now, but I imagine we will in the future.”

Only about half of the dogs in the Hearts of Gold program move on to become certified service dogs.

The rest will find futures as therapy dogs or emotional support dogs.

In fact, three of Hearts of Gold’s former dogs who didn’t make the cut to be a service dog went on to be therapy dogs at different colleges in the University.

The hardest part of the training program isn’t teaching dogs to react to nuanced commands, Wimmer said, it’s saying goodbye when the dog graduates.

“You just have to hope that you see them again sometime,” she said. “I try to think of it more as, ‘I’ll see you later.’” jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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Tuesday October 27, 2015

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Moderating diets, staying healthy Processed meats were declared a carcinogen by the World Health Organization on Monday. While red meat eaten in moderation was stated to only slightly increase cancer risk throughout one’s lifetime, WHO has indicated that eating 50 grams of processed meat like sausage or bacon per day increases the risk of developing colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

Many things have been said to cause cancer in recent years, and carcinogens have been found in everything from common household cleaners to coffee. Even working late or night shifts at work was deemed a carcinogen in 2010 due to alteration of the body’s natural sleep schedule for long periods of time. On the surface, it seems humans simply can’t be safe from their own lifestyles.

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Processed meats have been shown to influence rates of colorectal cancer. how much one should alter their daily routine to accommodate these risks is also important to consider.

For example, though coffee in large amounts can cause

cancer, it can also delay or completely prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Drinking a glass of red wine once per day can boost heart health by delivering

large amounts of antioxidants, though many claim drinking alcohol so frequently can increase rates of alcoholism.

Some people have taken

certain health precautions to the extreme, such as eating gluten-free food even if no gluten allergy exists. With so many sources of conflicting information

available, is there a single right way to live one’s life healthfully?

Though health reports on needless harmful behaviors like tanning beds and smoking have successfully deterred young adults from participating in them in the past, food is different in that it’s both necessary for our survival and important to our quality of life. Eliminating senseless behaviors like drug use or harmful aesthetic practices are ultimately more important in the long run than cutting an entire range of foods out of one’s diet.

This editorial board believes finding a balance between partaking in today’s health hazards and an enjoyable lifestyle is key to living a healthy life. Besides, who could truly give up bacon? daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Negative hookup culture not caused by dating apps kayla mccormick columnist @kayattheda

I read an article recently in Vanity Fair titled “Tinder and the Dawn of the Dating Apocalypse,” in which author Nancy Jo Sales attributes the current hookup culture to dating applications such as Tinder, Hinge and others. While I agree apps like Tinder assist in finding hookups, I think it’s hardly feasible to attribute a decade-long dating culture to a three-year-old phone app.

Sales argues the perceived surplus of available women to men on Tinder incline men to keep their options open. As there will always be another willing woman on Tinder, she claims actual dating is a thing of the past.

Some highlights of the article include a detail of several smug 20-something men bragging about their Tinder conquests and quotes from young women about the negative impact the hookup culture has had on their dating experience.

Sales’ article, aside from being exceptionally bleak, assumes several things unsupported by fact. She claims the concept of dating has dissolved into near nothingness, women are hardest hit by the change and that an increase in casual sex is tied to a decline in morals. Because of this, the article caused much contro-

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Dating apps aren’t the cause of a lack of traditional dating among young adults. versy upon its publication earlier this year, inciting responses from other magazines, journals and even Tinder itself.

While hookups are certainly a more frequent occurrence and deemed more acceptable than ever before in history, I would not go so far as to say the concept of dating has been abandoned.

There will always be people who prefer casual sex to relationships, but there are still people of the reverse preference, as well. Sales chooses to ignore statistical evidence stating how Millennials have fewer sexual partners than both Gen-Xers and Baby

Boomers and chooses to instead incite fear in the hearts of moralists and marriageenthusiasts by implying casual sex culture is permanent and worthy of the title “apocalyptic.”

While it would be simple and convenient to blame Millennials and the invention of Tinder for hookup culture, things are rarely that clean-cut. According to an article by Jon Birger, author of “Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game,” the increase in casual sex is not from a perceived excess of single women but an actual excess of single women.

According to Birger, “The college and post-college hookup culture is a byproduct, not of Tinder or Facebook (another target of modern scolds), but of shifting demographics among the college-educated.”

As stated in Birger’s article, “In 2012, 34 percent more women than men graduated from American colleges, and the U.S. Department of Education expects this gap to reach 47 percent by 2023.” Birger goes on to say, “These demographics represent the true dating apocalypse… When there are plenty of marriageable men, dating culture

emphasizes courtship and romance, and men generally must earn more to attract a wife. But when gender ratios skew toward women, as they do today among college grads, the dating culture becomes more sexualized.”

Unfortunately, Birger’s words are only applicable to heterosexual dating and are not really applicable to people of a low socioeconomic status. Despite these shortcomings, I have personally observed that casual sex is not as common among people with no college education. This supports Birger’s claim that a female major-

ity of college students and recent graduates has influenced the change in dating culture to become more sexualized.

While I still believe Tinder is a breeding ground for crass idiocy without accountability, I don’t think hookup culture can be said to be a result of dating app use. Hookups existed long before social networking apps, and like all things, the tables will eventually turn in later years to reflect the very opposite of Sales’ assumed catastrophic hookup culture. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Meditation yields health benefits, improves school performance thomas mcquain correspondent @Dailyathenaeum

“You have less than 24 hours left until tomorrow.”

This is the unspoken mantra of a college student’s life. The early morning sun creeping through the window after an all-nighter will always seem to bring with it another load of deadlines and new tasks, and there are few things more stressful than finishing one project after another for months on end. How can anyone find the time for a break, and more importantly, how can anyone hope to stay sane through all this work?

When grades are on the line, instinct says to work as hard as one can and self-medicate with as many caffeinated beverages as possible. As many have probably found out, this is not the most healthy approach. However, time is still ticking away, and studying for that exam can’t be postponed forever.

What’s the best thing to do in this situation? Pause.

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Move away from your textbook; it’s not going anywhere. Give yourself some space from the world and meditate.

Meditation is currently becoming Western civilization’s fitness fad. Despite recently becoming a common part of daily routines in America, the concept isn’t new. We all probably believe some kind of health benefit comes out of regular personal reflection, so why don’t more people set aside time for it?

The truth is they probably do, but for shorter times and for less-obvious reasons. Research has found that people often meditate without explicitly wanting to, such as when a big problem comes around that requires careful thinking and planning to solve.

Doctors’ recommendations and numerous studies focusing solely on what daily meditation can do for a person’s well-being have recently piqued Western interest. In a study published in The Washington Post, a Harvard neuroscientist claimed meditation can not only reduce stress levels, but can also even

physically change the brain in favor of a more calm and collected state of mind.

The left hippocampus, which deals with learning and memory, became more efficient and physically thicker in those who meditated over those who didn’t. Thickening was also noteworthy in the amygdala, which is responsible for anxiety and levels of stress and fear.

Does this mean that meditation will make a person smarter outright?

Not necessarily. However, its high correlation with stress relief and focus enhancement makes it worth a try for any college student looking for a better way to study.

The next time a big test is looming on the horizon, have no fear. Instead of rushing for coffee and setting up shop for the night, consider studying instead by beginning with the overarching concepts of the material, meditating on what you know of the subject and narrowing your scope to catch smaller details from the text while in your meditative state.

Practicing meditation in between studying can improve information retention.

This method has the potential to help the brain learn more about a topic and at a deeper level than usual.

Perhaps the biggest misconception about meditation is the assumed necessity to clear the mind of absolutely everything. This

is something someone already under stress will likely find very difficult to do. However, research has proven it is far more beneficial to focus on a single problem until a solution can be found than try to tackle everything at once.

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The Lyell B. Clay Theatre was full of laughter last night as comedian and television personality Craig Ferguson performed stand-up comedy for his “The New Deal Tour.”

The Scottish-born comedian opened the show by discussing how performing in Morgantown was the paramount of his celebrity career. He sarcastically joked that people said he would perform in London, New York and Bangkok, but never in Morgantown, West Virginia on a Monday night.

Ferguson covered a whole gamut of topics. Everything from pets and mustaches to drugs, politics and selfies was touched on.

Ferguson’s stand-up style is like story telling.

Rather than rely on a series of jokes only tangentially related, Ferguson would bring up a topic or make a statement, then explain what he meant through a meandering and hilarious story.

Along the way to a sin-

gle punchline, Ferguson would often digress, telling another smaller story or making comical asides.

This pattern existed not only in individual stories but also in his whole show.

Ferguson’s final joke, apparently the oldest written joke according to an Egyptian archaeologist friend of his, was one of the first things he mentioned, it just happened to take a hilarious hour to get there.

Part of the show centered around Ferguson’s former job as the host of CBS’s “The Late Late Show.” One joke explained how despite hating magic and magicians he ended up featuring a biannual magic special on his nightly talk show. Apparently the whole magic issue stemmed from trying to smooth over a debacle a friend got into in Las Vegas.

Ferguson said he never regretted retiring from the night show except for when Donald Trump began his presidential campaign. He said the current late night hosts must be having a field day with the businessman’s candi-

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Comedian Craig Ferguson performs his stand-up show live onstage. dacy. The comedian went on to question if Trump ever experienced human emotions, such as waking up and feeling bad after realizing his political party, the opposing political party and practically the whole world hated him.

Part of what made Ferguson’s act so good was his excellent audience in-

teraction. When a joke was met with a less boisterous response, Ferguson would chide the crowd in a humorous way. When individuals would clap at weird times, he’d call them out and accuse them of relating to the punchline a bit too well. The professional comedian controlled the audience’s energy expertly and kept a

smooth flow for the duration of the show.

During one particularly hilarious moment, Ferguson had the audience roaring as he described step-by-step the wonderous feelings he experienced when using a hightech Japanese toilet while abroad with his son. After such an amazing experience he firmly believes the

Japanese must view Westerners as barbarians.

After witnessing Craig Ferguson perform live stand-up, it is easy to see how the Scottish-born, now American comedian rose to fame. If one gets a chance, Ferguson’s stand-up show is definitely something to check out. wethompson@mail.wvu.edu

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Classical music is set for a costume change, as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra brings its “Scary Concert” to Morgantown.

In a special Halloweenthemed performance, the team made up of violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-Ki Joo will cast their spell on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. In a new take on classical music, Igudesman and Joo will recreate an eerie and chilling musical mix, sending the audience into a fear-filled frenzy.

“Halloween is a wonderfully zany holiday because it combines things that are really scary and really fun,” Igudesman said.

“It’s a time to let the folly out, perfect for us.”

Since the age of 13, Igudesman and Joo have been partners, experimenting and expanding on pieces that incorporate humor with classical music. For the two, music always comes first and humor second. While studying in England at the Yehudi Menuhin School, the two found themselves

taking classical music too seriously.

In an attempt to change the tragic and somber feel of classical music, Igudesman and Joo found themselves experimenting with comedy in classics. The duo’s interesting twist is derived from the inspiration they pull from musicians who utilize comedy in their sets, such as Victor Borge, Dudley Moore and PDQ Bach.

While the two cite musicians who combine classics with comedy, they said their main influence stems from Monty Python. With every onstage appearance, Igudesman and Joo attempt to change the world of classical music, making it enjoyable for those who were once to terrified to listen to the genre. The two pride themselves on the fact that music is for everyone, and their shows require no underlying understanding of classical music.

Since the duo’s start, they have seen more than 30 million YouTube views, h o s t e d i nt e r nat i o na l shows and have received critical acclaims from The New York Times, The Pittsburgh Tribune and Vanity

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“If we had to describe our show in one sentence, we would say Monty Python meets Mozart, or South Park meets Bach,” the duo said.

With themes of horror and humor, Igudesman and Joo will provide the audience with a set of chilling stories, which will unfold in a high-energy, musical frenzy. Keeping true to the Halloween spirit, Igudesman and Joo will of course command their clan of spooky ghouls and goblins donned in full costume.

With a full-orchestra clad in Halloween costumes, “Scary Concert” will feature some of the duo’s original pieces such as “Horror Movie” and “Danse Macabre.” Taking classic pieces such as Ravel’s “Le Gibet,” which tells the ghastly story of a hanged man’s corpse, Joo and Ingudesman will recreate popular works, through their usual outlandish on stage performance.

“We are both serious classical musicians and we love music passionately,” the duo said.

“We are never making fun of classical music – we

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Igudesman and Joo combine music and comedy in their ‘scary concert.’ are having fun with classical music. What we do make fun of is the whole business and ceremony surrounding classical music and how we as musicians take ourselves so seriously.”

In Igudesman and

Joo’s “Scary Concert”, the two will attempt combine the audience’s terror with tears of laughter.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s “Scary Concert” premieres in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre in the Creative Arts

Center on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

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Bill Cosby ex-prosecutor sued for defamation PHILADELPHIA (AP)‑ A woman who settled a sex abuse lawsuit against Bill Cosby has sued the former prosecutor who declined to file charges, saying he has defamed her through recent attacks on her credibility.

Andrea Constand’s defamation lawsuit cites a series of comments that Bruce L. Castor Jr. made to the media as he runs for another term as district attorney in Montgomery County, near Philadelphia.

The suit, filed Monday, accuses Castor of rendering her “collateral damage for his political ambitions.”

Castor has said Constand gave a different story to police in January 2005 than the felony assault she described in her lawsuit that same year.

“If the allegations in the civil complaint were contained with that detail in her statement to the police, we might have been able to make a case out of it,” he told The Associated Press last month, defending his decision not to prosecute.

Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troiani, demanded a public apology. With none forthcoming, she filed the defamation and invasion of privacy lawsuit.

“He said that she enhanced her

statement for monetary gain (in the civil case),” Troiani told the AP. “This is outrageous that a victim of a crime could be treated this same way - twice - by the same man.”

Castor did not immediately return a call seeking comment. The Legal Intelligencer first reported on the lawsuit, which seeks at least $150,000 in damages.

The filing comes eight days before the election. Both Castor, a Republican, and his opponent Kevin Steele, a Democrat, have tried to spin the Cosby case to their advantage in campaign ads.

Troiani has said Castor never intended to charge Cosby, given his own political ambitions. Castor left office in 2008 and, after pondering a run for statewide office, is now a county commissioner.

In announcing he would not charge Cosby, Castor said that both parties could be portrayed in “a less than flattering light.”

Dozens of women have since come forward to accuse Cosby of drugging and molesting them.

And Cosby’s deposition in the Constand case, released to the public this year, shows that Cosby acknowledged having sexual contact with Constand that night. He also said that, years earlier, he had gotten quaaludes from his doctor

to give to young women before sex.

However, he said that his sexual relations with various women were consensual and that he never gave any women drugs without their knowledge.

The current Montgomery County prosecutor, Risa Vetri Ferman, appears to have revived the criminal investigation in Constand’s case. Cosby’s agents have contacted defense lawyers to handle a pending Montgomery County criminal probe. The 12-year statute to file charges expires in January, the month she leaves office as she runs for judge.

Ferman has declined to confirm that an investigation is underway, but, in response to the question, she recently noted the “tremendous courage” it takes for sexual assault victims to come forward.

Steele is Ferman’s top deputy. He appears to be locked in a close race with Castor for the $172,000-a-year post.

Constand, then 31, left her job with the Temple University women’s basketball team months after the January 2004 encounter at Cosby’s home. She is now a massage therapist in Canada, in her Bill Cosby has been accused of multiple incidents of sexual abuse. native Ontario.

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Adele producer: keeping mum about ‘Hello’ was hard NEW YORK (AP)‑ Getting into the studio and writing a potential hit song for Adele sounds hard enough. Now add in keeping mum about the track for a year.

That’s the challenge Greg Kurstin faced after producing and co-writing “Hello” last year.

“I’m not going to lie - it’s not easy to hold that information in for that long,” the Grammy- and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter-producer said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“You kind of want to shout it out, run around in the streets yelling to random strangers what you’ve just done,” he added.

“Hello” was released Friday, and it topped the iTunes singles chart in 85 countries. The music video broke the Vevo record for most views in a day with 27.7 million.

“Hello” is Adele’s first album single since releasing 2011’s “21,” her sophomore album that sold more than 11 million units in the United States and won the Grammy Award for album of the year, among other accolades.

“I’m still in shock, honestly. ... I was just pretty blown away,” Kurstin said of the insta-success of “Hello.”

Kurstin, who has worked with Pink, Lily Allen, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, said he and Adele were supposed to work together on music for “21,” but it didn’t pan out. On “25,” which Adele will release Nov. 20, he

also contributed to the tracks “Water Under the Bridge” and “Million Years Ago.” Kurstin said he felt pressure before meeting with Adele since this was her follow-up to “21.” But that changed once he set foot in the studio, and they started working on songs last year, including “Hello.”

“She’s just so wonderful to be around.

She is funny and she’s just so down-toearth. ... You can immediately relate to her and connect with her,” Kurstin said. “I really felt very comfortable around her because she makes you feel that way. She’s just cool, and then she gets on the microphone and of course blows your mind.”

Kurstin’s writing and production credits include pop smashes like Sia’s “Chandelier,” Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and Ellie Goulding’s “Burn.” He is half the indie duo The Bird and the Bee, which released its fourth album this year.

Kurstin is also working with another Grammy album of the year winner: He produced Beck’s new single, “Dreams,” and is producing other tracks on the rock singer’s follow-up to 2014’s “Morning Phase,” which won the top Grammy earlier this year.

“I used to play in his band, actually,” said Kurstin, who added that it’s the first time he’s officially writing and producing Adele’s new single ‘Hello’ was released on October 23. for Beck.

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Royals and 007 cast give sparkle to ‘Spectre’ world premiere LONDON (AP) ‑ The new James Bond flick “Spectre” got a royal seal of approval at its world premiere Monday night.

Fans who lined the red carpet not only got to see Daniel Craig - resplendent in a dark tuxedo and earthy smile - and glamorous co-stars Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, but could also catch a glimpse of Prince William, his wife Kate, and Prince Harry, still sporting a beard.

All eyes were on Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, who was among the last to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall before the film rolled.

She chose a light blue Jenny Packham dress for the event.

The two princes wore tuxedos, which have been something of a Bond trademark since the days when Sean Con-

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Daniel Craig stars in ‘Spectre.’ nery played 007 for the first time in “Dr. No” in 1962.

The royals, who arrived in a Bentley, were greeted

by director Sam Mendes and co-producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.

Craig, accompanied by

his film star wife Rachel Weisz, patiently posed for dozens of selfies with adoring fans. He told reporters he had “loved every min-

ute” he’s spent as Bond and declined to answer questions about whether he would return for a fifth turn as the sexy, world-sav-

ing British agent.

Seydoux wore a shimmering gold backless gown for the night that marked her emergence as the latest in a long line of romantic interests for the suave British agent. Bellucci, also a love interest in the film, wore a dark gown with a plunging neckline.

Naomie Harris, reprising her role as loyal Miss Moneypenny, wore a low-cut full length orange dress to the premiere.

They were joined by Christoph Waltz, the Academy Award winner recruited to play villain Franz Oberhauser, who challenges Bond in a series of exotic locales, and Ben Whishaw, who has an expanded role as the gadget master Q. British critics have praised the film and Craig’s performance.

Amy Schumer, Senator cousin call for tighter gun control policy in NYC NEW YORK (AP) ‑ When it comes to gathering support for major issues, Amy Schumer is at the cutting edge of influence. The actress and comic has more than 2 million Twitter followers, and nearly as many on Facebook and Instagram.

He r c o u s i n , S e n .

Charles Schumer, knows that.

On Sunday, they stood in front of New York’s City Hall for what they call their “crusade on guns.”

It started in August, when the two teamed up days after a gunman fatally shot two women in a Louisiana theater showing “Trainwreck,” starring Amy Schumer.

“On Thursday, July

23rd, a man sat down for my movie, “Trainwreck.” I don’t know why he picked my movie,” she said on Sunday. “It is something I live with every day.”

“Schumer & Schumer” - as the cousins whimsically dub themselves urged lawmakers to back a proposed gun control bill sponsored by the New York Democrat.

It would close the loophole allowing weapons to be sold without background checks at gun shows and online; fill gaps in the background check system itself; and stop arms trafficking of weapons across state lines.

In New York City, 85 percent of guns used in crimes come from out of

state, the senator said.

The two Schumers want Americans to call, write, tweet, post on Facebook and march to stop gun violence. They say that could create a groundswell forcing a vote early next year.

O n S u n d ay , A my Schumer introduced the hashtag #A imingForChange to give people a voice across social media.

“Live from New York: We’re aiming for a change,” the senator added, playing on words that kick off television’s “Saturday Night Live,” recently hosted by Amy Schumer.

The senator believes at least 40 other senators support him, but he hopes for votes from the 60 needed to pass a Amy Schumer teams up with cousin to change gun control policy. bill.

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Some working professionals have little recourse with regard to reducing the number of hours they work each week. But those who find themselves unknowingly working extra hours, whether it’s by checking work emails at home or answering business calls even after leaving the office, can take steps to regain their downtime for themselves.

• Schedule activities during before or after office hours. Men and women who want to take back their downtime may benefit if they start to schedule activities during those hours that aren’t meant to be spent at the office. Rather than planning on going to the gym, plans that can easily fall apart if a particularly difficult project lands on your desk, schedule sessions with a physical trainer or sign up for classes with a friend or family member. You will be less likely to work during your downtime if you have already paid for a training session or class or have scheduled a dinner date or another activity with a loved one. Especially busy professionals can plan activities for one or two weeknights per week so they know they are leaving the office on time no less than 20 percent of the time.

• Encourage team-building activities with coworkers. One way to ensure you get out of the office on time is to promote team-building activities with your coworkers. Propose a company softball team or encourage your bosses to sponsor a company bowling team. Such activities can create stronger bonds between you and your coworkers, and they also ensure all of you get out of the office on time at least once per week. While you won’t necessarily avoid talking about work, you will be out of the office and having fun while you relax rather than sitting at your desk and burning the midnight oil.

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Severe neck injury ends Baylor’s Russell’s season No. 2 Baylor announced Monday that quarterback Seth Russell will have neck surgery and miss the rest of the season for the undefeated Bears.

Russell needs surgery to repair damage to his cervical vertebra. That was the recommendation after he saw a specialist Monday, two days after the junior quarterback fractured a bone in his neck late in a 45-27 victory over Iowa State. The typical recovery time is six months.

“Seth exemplifies the spirit and will of our football team, and through this our team will keep that spirit alive and well for him,” coach Art Briles said in a statement released by the school.

Russell is the top-rated passer in the Bowl Subdivision, completing 119 of 200 passes for 2,104 yards with 29 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also ran for six scores in his first season starting for the NCAA’s top offense (686 total yards, 61 points a game).

Freshman Jarrett Stidham will take over as the starter.

He has played in every game so far, and has some extra time to prepare for his first start since the Bears (7-0) next play Nov. 5 at Kansas State.

Stidham has com-

pleted 24 of 28 passes for 331 yards with six touchdowns and no interceptions. Sophomore Chris Johnson has moved from receiver back to quarterback as Stidham’s backup.

Russell, a devout Christian, posted a message on his Twitter and Instagram accounts Sunday that read, “His plan isn’t always clear..but trusting in His plan for me. Thanks for all the prayers Baylor.” There were no updates on his Twitter account Monday after Baylor announced the surgery.

Immediately after Baylor won its FBS-best 20th consecutive home game, Russell was described as having a strained neck. Xrays and a CT scan later Saturday revealed the fractured bone.

Russell’s final play against Iowa State was a 4-yard run on third-and-5 with 5:36 left, though it was not immediately apparent he was hurt. There was helmet-to-helmet contact when he put his head down pushing forward, and was tackled in a pile with five Cyclones.

When the Bears called timeout and decided to kick a field goal rather than trying to convert a fourthand-1, Briles said afterward they “didn’t feel like (Russell) was ready to go on that fourth down.”

Miami not only team starting over with coach search CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) —Not even a year ago, Steve Spurrier and Al Golden finished their seasons coaching against one another in a bowl game.

Now, their seasons are finished early.

And they’re hardly alone in that club.

There’s seven FBS head coaches currently wearing the interim tag. USC and Miami have combined for 10 national championships, and both - albeit for very different reasons - will likely have new coaches before long.

Illinois, Maryland and South Carolina are all “Power 5” schools and will have no shortage of coaches in pursuit. Central Florida won a Fiesta Bowl to close the 2013 season, the same year that North Texas won nine games and a bowl.

And none have a permanent head coach right now. According to STATS, never in the last 20 years have there been so many in-season changes.

“I hate it for this business,” Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said. “I don’t like that for anybody. It’s part of this business that’s getting crazier and crazier.

You see it in college football. It’s filtering down.

“The patience is getting less and less. It’s getting more like pro ball every day. Media coverage, scrutiny, money, all the things that go into it. I hate it for anybody.”

The carousel of change got more crowded Sunday, when George O’Leary - off to an 0-8 start this season - retired from UCF. Hours later, Miami announced that it was firing Golden, a move that came one day after the Hurricanes were embarrassed 58-0 by Clemson, the worst home loss endured by any team at the FBS level in five years.

The number 58 used to be hallowed at Miami, since it represented the Hurricanes’ record home winning streak. Today, it represents the worst loss in the 90-year history of Hurricane football and was the straw that forced Miami to make an immediate change.

“Schools have to do what they have to do,” said Bill Hancock, the executive director of the College Football Playoff. “I’ll just leave it at that.”

Bill Cubit was promoted

by Illinois days before the season opener, after Tim Beckman was fired for alleged mistreatment of

players.

Mike Locksley replaced the fired Randy Edsall at Maryland, Mike Canales replaced Dan McCarney when North Texas let him go, and Clay Helton has taken over for Steve Sarkisan at USC. Shawn Elliott has the South Carolina job now that Spurrier resigned, Danny Barrett was promoted after O’Leary retired, and at Miami it’s Larry Scott who will finish the season after Golden was fired.

“Not an ideal situation to be in,” Barrett said Monday, his first full day on the job at UCF. At Miami, it’s not ideal for anyone, either.

Scott arrived for work at 6 a.m., spending the day in meetings with his coordinators, his staff and the university’s compliance office.

All he’ll be asked to do this week is get a team ready to go to Duke and somehow bounce back from a weekend that saw a blowout loss, a star quarterback in Brad Kaaya leave with a concussion and the firing of a coach who outwardly had the support of players but was maligned by a large segment of the fan base.

The campaigning for the Miami job has already started: Former coach Butch Davis told WAXYAM in Miami that he wants to be considered for the positioned, then raved about it in a later appearance on Sirius XM. “There’s a certain level of play that is acceptable down there, and for me, I haven’t been happy for 11 years now,” former Hurricane great Vince Wilfork, now of the Houston Texans, said last week. “A lot of guys feel the same way.

Hopefully sooner rather than later we can get it going and get it fixed, but we’re running out of time.

We’ve got a lot of frustrated Hurricanes in the NFL. We’re waiting for it to get back to the way it used to be.”

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TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin throws a pass in a game against West Virginia last season.

Stopping Heisman hopeful Trevone Boykin is WVU’s crucial challenge

BY DJ DESKINS

SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

After its dominating win over Maryland, West Virginia University head football coach Dana Holgorsen said the team had reached its goal of a 3-0 record in non-conference games, but an 0-3 start in the Big 12 isn’t exactly what the Mountaineers had in mind.

Losses to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Baylor, three top-25 ranked opponents, brought WVU’s season to a screeching halt and have left the team looking for a rebound win Thursday night against No. 5 TCU. “I thought they were

pretty good last year,” Holgorsen said. “They’ve picked up right where they left off last season. They’ve got some new bodies on defense, but they don’t look any different.”

Thursday’s game won’t be any easier for the Mountaineers, as they’ll have to take on a dynamic TCU offense featuring Heisman-hopeful Trevone Boykin.

The Horned Frogs have spent every week this season ranked in the top five of the AP Poll, largely due to the play of Boykin and the many weapons head coach Gary Patterson has placed around him on offense.

Boykin ranks near the top in almost every major

offensive category for quarterbacks, including passing yards, touchdowns and quarterback rating. His nearly 2,500 passing yards, 25 touchdown passes and 180.7 rating all rank in the top 10 in the nation. His QBR now ranks best in the country after Baylor quarterback Seth Russell is receiving season-ending neck surgery.

“I thought he was the best player in college football last year,” Holgorsen said. “This year he’s not doing a whole lot different.”

While his arm has made him one of the most dangerous players in the nation, the ability to use his feet is what really separates him

from most other quarterbacks. This year, he’s added 440 yards, with an average of 5.7 yards a carry, and five touchdowns on the ground.

Boykin’s ability to make plays outside the pocket is becoming more of a trend in pass-heavy Big 12 offenses and will likely cause trouble for the Mountaineer defense.

“He has good control of the offense,” said WVU linebacker Jared Barber. “Obviously, he can run the ball and pass the ball. I think it’s about containing him and not letting him get out of the pocket to make plays.”

The 3-3-5 scheme defensive coordinator Tony Gibson utilizes is one that

shows many different looks for an offense trying to plan for WVU. Although they rush three downed linemen against five offensive linemen, Gibson loves to blitz from the second level and attempt to overwhelm an offensive line.

“We have to watch where we blitz. We’re going to be as simple as we can this week and play fast. We’re going to play a lot of zone, and hopefully our kids will execute,” Gibson said.

TCU may not have to worry about a heavy blitz from the Mountaineers because of Boykin’s dualthreat ability forcing WVU to adjust its approach.

“The beauty of this de-

fense is that it allows linebackers to be real active,” said defensive line coach Bruce Tall. “Every quarterback has a place they like to escape to. People always like to think it’s outside, but sometimes it’s inside. We have an idea of where he likes to escape and have a plan for that.”

Containing Boykin will be the key for the Mountaineers. Although TCU’s offense isn’t solely reliant on his play, it’s centered around him because he’s the team’s top playmaker.

Shutting down Boykin could lead to a huge upset for the Mountaineers. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

MEN’S SOCCER

Last-minute goals proving crucial to WVU’s season

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

For the West Virginia University men’s soccer team, the phrase, “better late than never” could be applied to summarize a good portion of its matches thus far. However, sometimes giving up that late goal can be a crucial blow.

The question at hand isn’t about whether the Mountaineer offense can provide a cushion; the question is, can it hold the lead for however long it takes? WVU has been a good second-half team, as it starts to come alive in the latter stages due to head coach Marlon LeBlanc’s ability to change direction efficiently.

However, even the best game plans proved to be faulty when WVU had the lead against Princeton on

Oct. 20.

WVU established a 2-1 lead with four minutes to go in the match. All that was needed was to kill those four minutes to secure a win, but 19 seconds after Mike Desiderio gave his team the lead, Princeton scored and eventually walked away with the win.

“You’re up 2-1 with four minutes left and you’re probably going, ‘We got this, we’ve closed the game out,’” LeBlanc said. “But when you’re facing a very direct team that puts a lot of balls forward, it requires a lot of focus.”

Of the 25 goals the Mountaineers have scored this season, six have been in between the 80th and 90th minute.

After being shut out twice in 2014, the Mountaineers have been shut out five times thus far, the same amount as in 2013 when WVU was elim-

inated in the Mid-American Conference semifinals.

The issue at this point is late goals, which can either propel a team to a win or crucially affect the outcome of the game.

The Mountaineers have thrived on last minute efforts to win matches. On Sept. 26, Tucker Stephenson scored in the 84th minute to cap off a 1-0 win. The goal didn’t come until LeBlanc called for a different approach to break through.

“We literally just changed our shape right before it happened,” LeBlanc said. “We were at one forward, and then went with two and put Tucker back in the game up there.”

The same situation occurred on Oct. 9, when Jamie Merriam scored in the 84th minute against Western Michigan.

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a new attack, and in no time, WVU was up 1-0.

This is where LeBlanc deserves credit: When he adjusts to a new strategy as the game goes on and the team capitalizes. However, the match against Princeton is one that will be in the back of their minds as a reminder.

“We let that one get away from us,” LeBlanc said.

Up next is Akron, who isn’t a late-scoring team. The Zips have an upstart offense that attacks once the first touch is made. Akron leads the MAC in goals with 33, while the Mountaineers are right behind in second with 25.

Akron and WVU are the two top offensive teams in the MAC. What separates the two is the ability to take the lead and not look back. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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RIFLE

Defending champs off to quick start to season

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rifle team (2-0, 1-0) holds the No. 1 ranking in this week’s CRCA Poll. The reigning national champions opened their season with wins over Air Force and Nebraska at the Falcon Rifle Range. The Mountaineers’ 4,714 points against Nebraska marked the highest score of any team so far, two weeks into the 2015-16 slate.

The match against Air Force displayed optimism for the Mountaineers, who are hoping for their fourth consecutive National Championship. Seniors Meelis Kiisk and Garrett Spurgeon shot near-perfect scores with a 594 in air rifle. Freshman Ginny Thrasher, a Springfield, Virginia native, placed third with a 593 in her first match as a Mountaineer.

The Mountaineers defeated the No. 9 Falcons by a fairly decisive 25 points, winning 4,705-4,680.

The Mountaineers topped their impressive performance the next day, defeating No. 14 Nebraska by 60 in

West Virginia’s Garrett Spurgeon fires off a shot last season against Nebraska. both teams’ Great Ameri- interview with WVUSports. can Rifle Conference season com. “I liked what I saw from the team. There’s still room opener.

“The team had an excel- to improve, and that’s good, lent performance today. too.”

Spurgeon and Thrasher, There were some great individual performances, and along with Patrick Sunderthose always lead to high man, led the team with a team scores,” said head 595 each (out of 600). Sophcoach Jon Hammond in an omore Elizabeth Gratz also

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contributed a 593 to the Mountaineer victory.

“Ginny (Thrasher) had a great day today. She really learned a lot from her first career match yesterday, and I could see where she made improvements,” Hammond said.

With the two wins over

Nebraska and Air Force, West Virginia is a combined 28-4 all-time against the two teams. The team opened their season 2-0, with a GARC conference win, and still holding the No. 1 spot.

The West Virginia team that returned from Fairbanks, Alaska in March with

its third consecutive and 17th overall National Championship has big hopes again for this season. The Mountaineers 4,702-4,700 win in the national championship match over Alaska-Fairbanks was the narrowest margin of victory in a championship match in NCAA history. The team, while often unrecognized, is the most successful varsity program at WVU. The team is returning six starters from its national championship roster - two of whom, seniors Michael Bamsey of Wales and Kiisk of Estonia, are members of their respective national teams and have a variety of European championship shooting experience. Two newcomers, Will Anti and Thrasher, are expected to make immediate impacts in the team’s path to an 18th national championship.

WVU will take on No. 9 Memphis this Saturday, and will then travel to shoot against No. 13 Mississippi on Sunday. The team’s first home match will be on Nov. 14, as the Mountaineers will play host to GARC opponent No. 11 Army. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Carr, Gillmore earn individual honors for WVU

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University swimmers Nate Carr and Jaimee Gillmore earned Swimmer of the Week recognition after both finished in the top three places in the Mountaineers’ first three meets of the 2015-16 season.

Carr and Gillmore were awarded Big 12 Swimmer of the Week honors by CollegeSwimming.com after both finished with impressive wins last week against ACC competition. Carr placed first in five events during the Big 12 vs. ACC Weekend quad meet, which featured

Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Gillmore competed in eight events and finished first in four races, placing third or higher in the events she did not win.

Swimming and diving coach Vic Riggs was pleased with the performance of both the men’s and women’s teams during the Big 12 vs. ACC Weekend. The accolades of Carr and Gillmore validated the work put in by both teams during the prior weeks’ training and competition.

“Jaimee and Nate have had a very strong first two weeks of training and competition,” Riggs said. “To be recognized by CollegeSwimming.com is great

for them and our program.”

Carr won the 200 individual medley and 200 freestyle events twice, and recorded two more wins in relay events in Big 12 vs.

ACC Weekend competition.

Carr won the 200 IM with a time of 1:49.81 against Virginia Tech, which set a new WVU pool record. Carr also finished first in the 200 freestyle against Georgia Tech on Friday with a time of 1:40.33, and in 1:40.61 on Saturday versus Virginia Tech.

A junior from Charleston, West Virginia, Carr also played a big part on the men’s 400 relay team, swimming the first leg of the event for the

Mountaineers.

Carr swam an individual time of 51.29 against Georgia Tech and 46.27 the next day against Virginia Tech.

WVU won the event both days, touching the wall in 3:20.19 and 3:09.62, respectively.

Gillmore won the 50yard freestyle against both Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Gillmore, a native of Fleming Island, Florida, finished with a time of 23.96 versus GT and in 23.97 versus VT. Gillmore also notched two more wins as a part of the WVU women’s 400 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.

The Mountaineer women won the 400 medley re-

lay with a time of 3:50.60 against Georgia Tech, with Gillmore recording an individual time of 52.04. Gillmore also helped lift the women’s 400 freestyle relay to a win after touching the wall in a time of 52.52 as the team’s final leg. WVU won the women’s event in 3:33.20 to defeat VT in one of only four events.

Carr and Gillmore continued the winning streak, as both recorded first place finishes in multiple individual and relay events this past weekend in the inaugural Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend. Both were a part of the winning 200yard freestyle relay and 200 medley relay teams, which

defeated Xavier, Butler and Seton Hall on Friday and Saturday. Gillmore finished first for the fourth week in a row in the 50-yard freestyle, while Carr won the 200 individual medley for the fourth consecutive week as well.

Carr and Gillmore will have four weeks to train for the Mountaineers’ next meet, which takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee. Last year, Gillmore and Carr competed in the Mizzou Invite during the month of November but will face some of the nation’s top talent this year at the Tennessee Invite on Nov. 20-22. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

FOOTBALL

Holgorsen can silence his doubters with a win Thursday

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen makes his way onto the field at Baylor this season.

BY DAVID STATMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

After three straight losses to start the Big 12 slate, it’s hard not to hear the rumors swirling around West Virginia University head football coach Dana Holgorsen’s head.

If you’ve been on the Internet lately, you’ve probably seen them. The Mountaineers are struggling, and more than a few fans have begun to call for Holgorsen’s job and speculate on replacements. Will it be Toledo’s Matt Campbell? Houston’s Tom Herman?

Or, more provocatively, what about Rich Rodriguez, currently of Arizona, late of West Virginia? The word is that ol’ Rich-Rod, one of the most successful coaches in Mountaineer football history, could be on his way back to Morgantown – even after his famously acrimonious departure from the program in 2007.

Whenever a major program like West Virginia hits hard times, the rumors are naturally going to swirl. But make no mistake, there is still football being played in Morgantown, and the Mountaineers already have a head coach.

Despite the season’s sharp downturn after a 3-0 start, Dana Holgorsen is still confident in his ability to lead the Mountaineers to a bright future, and he’s maintained that he’s pleased with the progress his team has made.

But with a massive game approaching Thursday against No. 5 TCU, it may not matter. Holgorsen has managed to pull off major Big 12 upsets in the past – last year against Baylor, for example – but if his team comes out flat against the Horned Frogs, the rumors will really begin to swirl.

In the Big 12 era, West Virginia’s games with TCU have always been incredibly close.

The Mountaineers are 1-2 against the Horned Frogs in conference play – three games decided by a total of five points, with two of them going into overtime.

Last year’s matchup was one of the most painful defeats in Holgorsen’s career.

With ESPN’s College GameDay live from Morgantown and more than 61,000 fans jamming Mountaineer Field, West Virginia shot itself in the foot repeatedly and cost itself a chance at a Big 12 title run, falling 31-30.

The 2012 season saw a similarly spiraling Mountaineer team fall by one point in

Morgantown.

Although a freshman Trevone Boykin struggled mightily all game, West Virginia was unable to put the Horned Frogs away, as kicker Tyler Bitancurt missed four field goals in a 39-38 double-overtime loss.

West Virginia’s lone Big 12 win over TCU came in 2013, during down years for both programs. Although the Mountaineers gave away a 10-point fourth quarter lead, a 35-yard field goal by freshman Josh Lambert lifted West Virginia to a 30-27 overtime win.

If recent history tells us anything, it’s that Thursday night in Fort Worth could contain some real fireworks.

TCU’s defense has sustained major injuries, and they could be vulnerable – but when the game has been on the line this season, West Virginia has failed to come up big.

Dana Holgorsen can go a long way toward silencing his doubters if he can get his team over the hump and knock off the No. 3 Horned Frogs. If not, there may be trouble. West Virginia has been a top-tier program in years past, and an 0-4 conference record will not sit well with WVU’s rabid fans. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu