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Carruth Center talks suicide prevention By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @NewsroomJake
Suicide is a serious issue among college students, and West Virginia University is no exception. T. Anne Hawkins, the clinical director at the Carruth Center, offers the best insight into the prevalence of suicide ideation among WVU students. Of nearly 2,300 clients to visit the Carruth Center during the 2014-15 school year, about 25 percent said they seriously considered attempting suicide, according to documents ob-
tained by The Daily Athenaeum through a public records request. Of that 25 percent, about a quarter said they considered it more than five times. About 6 percent of the Carruth Center’s clients— roughly 150 students— said during the same school year they have made at least one suicide attempt. “That’s about what I’d expect,” Hawkins said. “That’s a higher number than you would see in terms of prevalence of suicide ideation on the entire campus. But that makes
WVU students seal a first-place finish in Pitt’s ‘Race to the Case’ competition By Madeleine Hall staff writer @DailyAthenaeum
A team of four West Virginia University students snagged first place last week in the University of Pittsburgh’s second annual Race to the Case Supply Chain Management competition. Bringing home a $3,000 cash prize, two students from the College of Business and Economics and two students from the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources worked together to solve real world problems in manufacturing and supply chain management. “WVU isn’t recognized for academics as much as we should be,” said Clay Chipps, an engineering student on WVU’s team. “(This competition showed) that we can go up against any top school and (win).” Along with Chipps, the team consisted of Perry Shumate, a senior engineering student, as well as Samantha DeRidder, a senior supply chain management student and Kevin Nicholson, a senior business student. During the competition, the team had to
tackle a situation with realistic challenges that required both engineers and supply chain management experts to come together and forge a solution. Moving from station to station, participants solved one aspect of the scenario at a time. “Together, as a team, we were challenged to think as managers of the company and solve problems under time pressure,” D eR idder said. Chipps said after solving the problem, team members were given only 30 minutes to prepare a presentation for a group of 17 corporate judges in the final round. “These judges were our possible future bosses,” Chipps said. “Not a lot of people get that opportunity before their career.” Supply chain management involves managing the flow of items across the globe under pressure and in a cost effective way, according to Dr. Ednilson Bernardes, WVU associate professor of supply chain management. To work in supply chain
sense—we’re a counseling service.” Other research from the American College Health Association shows that about 8 percent of all college students consider attempting suicide, according to Hawkins. Because of the stigma sur rounding discussi n g m e nt a l He a l t h, Hawkins thinks that 8 percent is probably a little low. It’s hard to design a survey or conduct research about the prevalence of suicide ideation, Hawkins said, for a couple of reasons, with the largest hur-
dle being the stigma. “There’s a lot of embarrassment or lot of shame,” she said. “People feel ashamed to admit that they’ve experience suicidal ideation. But actually, it’s fairly common.” Some of the most common reasons Hawkins points to as reasons college students might consider suicide are loss, substance abuse, mental illness or other individualized stressors. Part of the Carruth Center’s work to erase the stigma surrounding mental illness is to construct better lan-
guage for discussing the topic. Hawkins and others at the Carruth Center use the term “suicide ideation” to refer to when someone thinks about attempting suicide and the term “suicide completion” instead of “committed suicide.” “The word committed makes it sound criminal,” she said. The end goal, Hawkins said, is to empower average students with the tools to recognize when a friend or peer might be considering suicide. “Our goal really is to get
people to talk about suicide and about how do you help and how you reach out to people,” Hawkins said. “You know, there’s a myth about suicide. There’s a myth that if we talk about it more, that somehow that will make someone think about it more.” Hawkins says it’s quite the opposite. To her, talking about suicide and gathering more accurate data are the best ways to limit the number of students lost to suicides each year. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu
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A look at this year’s Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer candidates BY HOLLIE GREENE STAFF WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
West Virginia University has announced the top 10 finalists—five men and five women—who embody the Mountaineer spirit for the 2015 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition. The candidates were chosen based on academic achievements, extracurricular involvement and their individual successes as students at WVU. The Daily Athenaeum will feature biographies on one Mr. Mountaineer candidate and one Ms. Mountaineer candidate in several issues leading up to the annual Mountaineer Week later this month. The Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition is an annual tradition during Mountaineer Week, which is dedicated to paying tribute to West Virginia’s heritage and traditions. This year’s Mountaineer Week will be held Oct. 30 – Nov. 8, and the winners of Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer will be announced during halftime of the Nov. 7 WVU football game against Texas Tech.
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Kevin Noreen is a second year graduate student from Minneapolis studying industrial relations. Upon graduation, Noreen plans to work for Marathon Petroleum, the fourth largest oil refiner in the nation, according to Marathon’s website. Noreen believes becoming Mr. Mountaineer would be the best way to end an already successful career at WVU. “I really think winning this award would be a great way wvutoday.wvu.edu to wrap up the college experience, as well as shed some basketball team where he light on a few things that are served as team captain for two years. important to me,” he said. Noreen also spent a large During his time as an undergraduate student, Noreen played for the WVU men’s see noreen on PAGE 2
WHITNEY OLIVERIO
Whitney Oliverio is a second year graduate student from Harman, West Virginia working toward a Masters of Counseling degree. After graduation, Oliverio hopes to obtain a position working at WVU and connecting students with “all our University has to offer.” “I really love working with students,” she said. “My ultimate goal is to get WVU’s retention rate to 100 percent because I had such a great experience here. I really want others to have that chance as well.” Oliverio was the student coordinator for new student orientation, a
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Woman faces 2nd-degree murder charges in parade crash
A damaged police motorcycle rests in the intersection after a vehicle crashed into a crowd of spectators during the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, causing multiple injuries, on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015 in Stillwater, Oka. STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) —A woman faces seconddegree murder charges after authorities said she plowed a car into the crowd at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people, including a toddler. Adacia Chambers, a 25-year-old resident of the college town, was arrested after the Saturday crash on a driving while under the influence charge, and Stillwater police said Sunday she was being held on four additional counts of seconddegree murder. Police did not elaborate on the new charges in a statement announcing them, and a spokesman did not return repeated messages seeking comment. Officials with the Payne County district attorney’s office couldn’t immediately be reached. Tony Coleman, Chambers’ attorney, said his client may suffer from a mental ill-
ness. He also said she did not smell of alcohol when he met her hours after the crash. Police are awaiting blood tests to determine if she was impaired by drugs or alcohol. “I absolutely can rule out alcohol,” Coleman told a press conference in Oklahoma City, adding that he had spoken to her aunt, grandmother and boyfriend and all had said she was not drinking. He added it was his opinion that she suffers from a mental illness and said there were warning signs from her behavior before the crash, including an inability to sleep. “She doesn’t remember a whole lot about what happened. There was a period where I think ... she could have even blacked out,” Coleman said. Chambers only recalls people removing her from the car and being extremely confused, he said. Messages to Stillwa-
ter police seeking comment on Chambers’ statements weren’t immediately returned. Chambers’ father, Floyd Chambers of Oologah, told The Oklahoman newspaper Saturday he couldn’t believe his daughter was involved and said she was not an alcoholic. Floyd Chambers couldn’t be reached for comment Sunday by The Associated Press. Adacia Chambers is being held in the Payne County jail and is set for an initial court hearing Monday, police said. Witnesses of the crash described a scene of chaos as bodies flew into the air from the impact and landed on the road. Three adults and a 2-year-old boy, who wasn’t immediately identified, were killed and at least 46 others were hurt, including at least four critically injured. Hospitals initially said five were critically injured, but one of those was
upgraded to fair condition on Sunday. The dead adults were identified as Nakita Prabhakar Nakal, 23, an 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. Marvin Stone was a retired professor of agricultural engineering, who had been popular with students, a colleague said. “He was loved by students and one of the best teachers we had,” said Ron Elliott, the former head of the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department at OSU. “He just really had a gift for connecting with students and helping them learn,” Elliott said in a telephone interview. A man who was standing next to one of the critically injured at the parade said he recalls a sound and then Leo Schmitz, his stepfather,
was gone. Mark McNitt said he went to the parade with his wife, mother and stepfather. “All I remember is a gush of wind and then the sound, and then Leo, who was standing next to me, wasn’t standing next to me,” said McNitt, whose leg was slightly injured. McNitt was overcome by emotion at times as he spoke to a press conference at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, where Schmitz was being treated. Konda Walker, an OSU graduate who was in Stillwater with her sister to celebrate homecoming, said she was only about 50 feet from the crash scene. She said it took her a few seconds to process what had happened. There were bodies and injured people lying “all over the place,” Walker said. “One woman was a crumpled mess on the road. They turned her over and
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started CPR. We realized she didn’t make it,” she said. Among the injured were nine children 10 years old or younger. At the corner of the intersection where the suspect’s car came to a stop, a makeshift memorial continued to grow Sunday with balloons, flowers, stuffed teddy bears and candles with black and orange ribbons tied around them, for the school’s colors. A handmade sign read, “It’s always darkest before dawn. Stay strong.” Anthea Lewis had tears in her eyes as she placed a child’s hat with an Oklahoma State University logo at the base of the memorial. One of the injured had been a baby sitter for Lewis, she said. “I’ve lived here my whole life and this blows my mind,” she said. Hundreds gathered for a vigil at the campus Sunday night.
Texas spared destruction from Hurricane Patricia’s remnants AUSTIN, Texas (AP)— Drenching storms that the remnants of Hurricane Patricia dragged into Texas finally cleared Sunday without leaving behind the death or devastation of torrential rain and floods that hit the state earlier in the year. Some parts of Texas have been pounded by more than a foot of rain since Friday, shutting down busy highways and derailing a train. But relentless showers were gratefully the only comparison to Memorial Day storms that killed more than 30 people in Texas and Oklahoma and stranded 2,500 cars around Houston. No deaths were re-
ported from the most recent storm. One man who had been missing in San Antonio after authorities said he was swept into a flooded drainage ditch was found alive and was being treated at a hospital, fire department Chief Charles Hood said. By Sunday morning, as swollen bayous around Houston receded and closed roads reopened in Austin, daybreak revealed scant damage. “We’re going to stand down the emergency management operations and call it a day,” said Galveston County Judge Mark Henry, who had issued a voluntary evacuation
covering roughly 4,000 homes. Patricia roared ashore in Mexico on Friday as a Category 5 terror that barreled toward land with winds up to 200 mph. But the arrival of the most powerful hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere caused remarkably little destruction, and what was left of Patricia by the time the weakened storm straggled into parched Texas was greeted with both relief and unease. A hot and dry summer in Texas revived drought conditions that a wet spring all but wiped out. A deluge in late May overwhelmed saturated areas
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organization. Noreen believes these opportunities, along with his experience on the basketball team, are what make him a good candidate for Mr. Mountaineer. He said when reading about what it means to be Mr. Mountaineer, Noreen thought about how he tried to represent similar qualities while playing basketball. “I always tried to play my hardest because of something that was ingrained to us by Coach Huggins, ‘We represent the people we’re playing for, not just the students and our alumni, but
all West Virginians,’” he said. Though he was not born in West Virginia, Noreen believes his time at WVU has taught him what it means to be a true Mountaineer. “To me, being a Mountaineer means knowing who I’m representing when I play,” he said. “(It means) working my hardest for the people of West Virginia because the way they approach life, with the blue-collar spirit, is the way I want to approach it as well.”
Continued from page 1 amount of his time volunteering for outreach programs through the athletic department. As a result, he won the 2015 male community service athlete of the year award. Currently, Noreen works in the office of admissions recruiting new students for WVU. In addition, he is vice president of the Industrial Relations Student Association and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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and caused deadly flooding, and nine inches of rain dumped in parts of Houston this weekend was the most since those spring storms. Bu t o f f i c i a l s s a i d months of sweltering Texas weather made for a more manageable drenching, which also fell at a steady rate instead of in buckets. “We had much drier grounds that could handle more of the rainfall and soak it in,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Overpeck said. “We had drought conditions we were dealing with.” Lessons learned from the May floods also
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Continued from page 1 Russian, German and religious studies clubs during her undergraduate years. Since then, Oliverio has served on the Graduate Student Advisory Board and acted as a graduate student ambassador. Currently, Oliverio is the graduate assistant for campus and community life, an addicFor the engineers, their expertise came in their knowledge of rapid prototyping and design characteristics, said Dr. Kenneth R. Currie, professor and chair of the department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering in the Statler College. “ The biggest challenge in Race to the Case is working in a team (and) taking advan-
seemed to keep more drivers out of danger, authorities said. Only roughly two dozen cars were towed from flooded roads in Houston and emergency crews responded to only a handful of rescues, said Francisco Sanchez, a spokesman for Harris County’s emergency management division. “The public responded well. For the most part they heeded our warnings,” Sanchez said. The soaking helped firefighters near Austin fully contain a long-simmering wildfire that had burned 7 square miles and destroyed nearly 70 homes. Clearing skies also al-
lowed a Formula One championship in Austin to proceed after the rain washed out weekend qualifying laps and threatened a race that brings fans from around the globe. On Saturday, a Union Pacific freight train derailed before dawn Saturday near Corsicana, about 50 miles south of Dallas, because a creek overflowed and washed away the tracks, said Jeff DeGraff, a railroad spokesman. The two crew members swam to safety and nobody was hurt, and several rail cars loaded with gravel were partly submerged, he said.
tion counselor at Hazelton Federal Prison and a mother of two. She said she would love the opportunity to work full-time at Hazelton depending on the opportunities available after graduation, as well. Oliverio wants to become Ms. Mountaineer to ensure other students make the most of their time at WVU. Oliverio believes she is a prime candidate because she embodies the hospitality WVU is known for.
“I love being a Mountaineer,” she said. “I just want to help other students network within the community and show them the services and programs that they might otherwise miss out on.”
tage of communication across expertise,” Currie said. While difficult, Curr ie believes exper ience in teamwork between engineers and supply chain management gives WVU students an advantage in the job market. A l o ng w i t h W V U, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State participated in the Race
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Ensuring journalists’ global safety The phrase “don’t shoot the messenger” has never been more literal. A journalist in Thailand was arrested last week for possessing a helmet and bulletproof vest, which are both considered weapons in Thailand and require a license to wear. The journalist, Hok Chun Anthony Kwan, was covering a series of bombings in Bangkok and wore the gear as protection from future attacks. Kwan could spend five years detained in a Thai prison if he’s found guilty for carrying unlicensed weapons. Reporters have historically put themselves in danger in order to report the truth of a situation to the public. War correspondents have risked their
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It’s common practice in other parts of the world for photographers and journalists to wear protective gear while on the job. lives to photograph and report during battles, and journalists who travel to dangerous areas like North Korea or the drug-infested
parts of South America in the name of exposing the truth put themselves at risk. Journalists have also
been sought out and persecuted as representatives of their home countries. James Foley and Steven Sotloff, American journal-
ists stationed in Syria, were filmed being beheaded by ISIS in 2014 as a statement directed toward President Obama to stop airstrikes against the extremist terrorist group. Many journalists covering dangerous areas and situations are prohibited from carrying guns or other firearms to protect themselves. In an era when terrorist organizations are using increasingly drastic techniques to prove a point to their enemies, journalists are left with no defense to prevent attackers from kidnapping or committing other atrocities against them. If journalists cannot use weapons for self-defense, they should at least be able to wear gear to protect themselves with-
out penalty. Keeping journalists safe in their professions benefits everyone, as being able to hear breaking news the moment it occurs could mean the difference between life and death for millions of people. Though bulletproof vests and helmets may be considered weapons in Thailand, this editorial board believes journalists sporting the gear in self-defense should be granted reprieves from this law. Journalists and war correspondents around the world deserve a way in which to protect themselves so they may continue to inform their respective countries about current events as they happen. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Not forgotten: Myspace bands keep moving forward kaitlin licause columnist @kaitlinlicauseda
Panic! At the Disco’s first album “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” turned 10 years old last month, bringing a wave of nostalgia to all who remembered the beginnings of the emo-rock hybrid band that defined a generation of very emotional teenagers. Ironically enough, this anniversary only slightly misses the release of Panic!’s newest album “Death of a Bachelor” which is hitting shelves and iTunes in the upcoming months. Ten years later, frontman Brendon Urie is still entertaining with his same quirky flair, albeit a slightly downplayed version of his former self. Panic! is one of many to join the lineup of artists who have refused to die in their respective decades of success. Many musicians who enchanted us in childhood continue to make music today while successfully avoiding the use of terms like “comeback tour” like the bands of our parents’ era. Most of them have never even stopped making music. Take P!nk, for example, who has had a slew of chart-topping hits over the past decade with only slight pauses in between each of their releases. All in all, the artists of our generation are
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Panic! at the Disco has been producing music since 2004, but still maintains a strong fan base today. fighting against the slow fade into obscurity. Back in the early 2000s, the music scene that began on Myspace exploded into one of the largest and grandest ever, with many young fans being introduced to new music with nothing more than a click of a button. With musicians so easy to access, it was easier than ever to become a diehard fan. Because information about the band could be posted directly from them to us, the connection between us and our favorite
artists grew strong. This connection explains why many of our favorite musicians have been supported up until this day. For a lot of them, there was no chance to fall out of the spotlight. While their mass popularity might fade over time, their music was still just as easy to access, so fans never had difficulty keeping up with them if they truly wanted to. Most importantly, much like us, these bands did not stay the same. Unlike the “comeback tour” era where
many ‘70s and ‘80s bands reunited in order to replay some of their greatest hits, these bands have instead experienced a steady evolution over their years of continuous work. Look at a band like Fall Out Boy, who still has a huge presence in the pop-punk scene. While their earlier music might be considered their true classics, it’s certainly no lie that their new endeavors have stretched beyond their old style while still reaching similar peaks of success.
Their tours are not repetitive cycles of the same old songs; they always insist on bringing new material into the mix, showing their evolution and, in turn, their maturation since the 2000’s. Fall Out Boy’s members have matured from teenagers into adults, and that change is one able to mirror our own experiences. Maybe maturation is the thing that keeps these bands alive. We as a generation are torn between nostalgia and innovation; we want to remember our favorite things
about childhood, but we also don’t want to be mired in the same thing for the rest of our lives. Since this music is changing along with us, we get the experience of being able to enjoy what we loved when we were younger while also hearing music we can love as adults as well. It is no longer negative to say a band has changed; rather, it’s a sign of how long they could possibly last if we keep supporting them. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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“Your Fave Is Problematic” website is flawed, criticizes instead of critiques kayla asbury columnist @kaylaasbury_
It is hard to appreciate anything in today’s world, especially when your “fave” is problematic. Users on websites such as Tumblr and Twitter have made a point to illuminate flaws in today’s celebrities. There is even a website dedicated to digging up dirt on your favorite public figure, called YourFaveIsProblematic. tumblr.com, which features a list of popular “problematic” celebrities. I think it is important to realize celebrities are flawed in order to take them off their societal pedestals. I don’t think we should glorify people who do things in violation of our moral codes, but I also believe the “Your Fave Is Problematic” culture on the Internet is problematic in itself. “Your Fave Is Problematic” is based around the idea of the perfect person, but let’s face it: no one is perfect. Since we often view celebrities as “perfect,” it makes them easy targets to point out their flaws. Let’s take Lena Dunham, for example. She is a feminist, is proud of herself and
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her body and her television show “Girls” is relatable and hilarious. A look at her “Your Fave is Problematic” online profile tells a different story. The website points out the lack of diversity on “Girls,” the nepotism in the casting of the show, and highlights some quotes from an “orientalist” essay she wrote during a visit to Japan. Because the bulleted list of Dunham’s problems made me like her a little less, the website definitely succeeded in its goal. The idea of “Your Fave Is Problematic” makes it nearly impossible to enjoy a television show or admire a celebrity. It makes us analyze all of the music we listen to and the movies we watch. I think we should be able to like a song without considering how the artist said something offensive in an interview over a decade ago. This mindset can cause mental stress and cognitive dissonance in people who enjoy media produced by people they’ve found they don’t agree with. The growth in popularity of “Your Fave Is Problematic” has also made it more difficult to differentiate between funny and offensive. Any joke targeted at any person can be construed as offensive.
Lena Dunham, the creator of feminist TV show “Girls,” has been criticized on the Your Fave is Problematic site. “Your Fave Is Problematic” is obviously harmful to celebrities as well. Websites and users constantly pointing out celebrities’ flaws is awful publicity. It also makes it difficult for celebrities to be frank about their opinions during interviews without fearing they will offend people and lose fans. Being constantly afraid of offending someone stunts self-expression in celebrities. Wouldn’t you rather
like someone for who they are, flaws included, rather than a watered-down version of themselves? The website also prevents celebrities from growing as people. Having a list of every “bad” thing you have said or done published on the Internet makes the thought of changing behaviors seem futile, as their history will always be published on the Web for everyone to see. Even if a celebrity had
completely changed their opinions and behaviors, the Internet would still remember their actions from the past. Simply put, no one is perfect. Instead of pointing out every celebrity’s flaws, shouldn’t we try to educate them on their mistakes and help them grow instead? Attacking and angering people for their flaws will never make them want to change. Instead of hating a celeb-
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rity for their actions, a similar website showing them why their behaviors are flawed and how they can fix them would be much more helpful to both celebrities and their fan base. It would be much more beneficial to celebrities and the public if we changed our disapproval to constructive criticism while still fully enjoying their music, shows and movies. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Spectators follow a falling pumpkin apparatus as it falls from the top of the Engineering Sciences Building at the 28th Annual Pumpkin Drop.
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Children, pumpkins and candy transformed West Virginia University’s Evansdale campus into a playground last Friday. The fun-filled day marked the 28th Annual Pumpkin Drop Contest. Run by the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the event encouraged youth from the local community to explore science in a fun and competitive way. Pouring in around 9 a.m., students from all over West Virginia and Pennsylvania showed up on the Engineering campus with pumpkins in hand. After registering for the event, teams of students packaged their pumpkins with the help from students and professors of WVU’s Statler College of Engineering. The teams then lined up and proceeded to work their way up to the roof of the Engineering Sciences Building.
On the roof was a bright orange plank. Each pumpkin was placed on the board and shoved off the 10-story building. The goal of the contest was for each pumpkin to make the plunge and survive with no cracks. With materials such as bubble wrap, sponges, newspaper, trashcans and parachutes, the students carefully padded their pumpkin while learning about the science behind it. “We stuffed our pumpkin in a small box with pillows and sponges on the sides and filled it with cotton balls,” said Jada Ash, a Doddridge Middle School student. “In a big box, we put egg cartons and pillows on the bottom and then wrapped the small box in bubble wrap.” Not only was the Pumpkin Drop fun, but it was an actual learning experience. “I liked building itself, watching them work and then seeing what happens,” said Paytn Szymkiewicz, a student of Yough High School. “We created a cushion made with tissues, newspaper and balloons so
when the pumpkin moves inside, it doesn’t break.” Whether one was participating in the Pumpkin Drop or merely walking by on the way to class, no one could miss the event. Besides the huge group of children running freely around campus, every 30 seconds there was a large boom as the pumpkins landed below the building. It was a strange day for the usual quiet and serious Evansdale campus. Sets of bleachers were set up around the building for parents and grandparents to spectate, student organizations passed out free candy and kids played catch on the grass in front of the Engineering buildings. The Pumpkin Drop was sponsored by WVU’s student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The student organization participated in the event by providing volunteers, running the event and selling a variety of hotdogs and other concessions. “We do this every year,” said Daniel Lund, presi-
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Spectators look above for the falling pumpkins at the 28th Annual Pumpkin Drop near the Engineering Sciences Building. dent of the WVU’s student chapter of ASME. “All registration fees go to the Ronald McDonald house and concession (proceeds) go to us.” ASME not only works to serve the community but
also allows Engineering students the opportunity to give back to the community by inspiring younger minds and influencing them to continue onward with their education. “It gets kids interested
in engineering or science in general,” Lund said. “It’s more fun than classrooms.” For more information on Statler College events, visit http://statler.wvu.edu/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Tour, as students took over High Street decked out in some sweet and spooky costumes. Halloween came a week The event allowed stuearly with the annual Rub- dents to join group leadberU Crawl-O-Ween Bar ers on a tour of seven A&E writer @dailyathenaeum
downtown bars, offering exclusive discounts and specials for those participating. RubberU’s CrawlO-Ween provides a limited 300 spots, where those who sign up are split into groups, by either request or random selection, depending on their preference. With a green cup and a lanyard, groups visit seven bars, where students must get the tags on their lanyards stamped. With each stamp, students can move to the next bar, where they skipped the long lines in the looming rain and weren’t charged covers. After students had received stamps at all seven locations, they received a T-shirt at their last stop, a testament to the night’s victory. Downtown bars Jamesons, Fat Daddy’s, Bent Willey’s, The Backdoor, Joe Mama’s, Big Times and The Bank were all included in the Crawl-O-Ween festivities. Each bar offered standard RubberU specials that included $3 Jim Beam Apple shots and mixed drinks, $2 bottles, $3 house draft specials at all locations besides Bent Willey’s and $3 rail mixed drinks at all bars excluding The Backdoor. Aside from the RubberU. com specials, bars also offered different drinks at discounted prices. In her first year as a bar tour guide, senior psychology student Melissa Masehed said she enjoyed the Crawl-O-Ween atmosphere. Masehed said as a
student who also participated in a couple of different tours, the different bar crawls allow students to network with each other. “I think it’s a great opportunity to bring people our age together. It’s a great way to meet new people and network with people,” Masehed said. “WVU is all about school spirit, and I think bringing everyone together and doing something where you can mingle and compete for a prize is great.” Masehed also continues to work for RubberU outside of their popular bar tours. Working with restaurants and bars in Morgnatown, Masehed along with other RubberU employees work to promote the various discounts the entity offers. Discounts and specials are part of RubberU’s niche. RubberU is a rewards program that allows individuals to get savings for an entire year at popular local restaurants, bars and even some retail stores. By simply flashing the RubberU’s silicone bracelet, individuals can receive 0.35 cent wings, 10 percent off pizzas and half-off covers at certain locations around town. Participating in CrawlO-Ween, WVU economics student Jennifer Brown said she was a veteran to the annual event and that she was looking forward to a night of drink specials with friends. Brown,
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Bargoers enjoy the Halloween “Bar Crawl”. who has attend a few of the opinion,” Brown said. Brown also said she RubberU bar tours such as the Ugly Christmas Sweater would be trying all of the and Cinco De Drinko tours, specials, including drinks said she always tries to join from the chief sponsor for in on the RubberU’s dis- the Crawl-O-Ween bar counts and specials. tour, Jim Beam Apple. Dressed as a hunter, “I’ve never had the Jim Brown said she was most Beam Apple, so I’ll probalooking forward to making bly be trying that tonight,” a stop at Joe Mama’s and Brown said. Big Times. For more information “Joe’s is one of the best on RubberU, visit http:// big bars in town, and Big therubberu.com/. Times is one of the best small bars in town, in my daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Monday October 26, 2015
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Joe Jonas’ new funk group, more feel-good pop
‘SWAAY’ by DNCE
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“SWAAY” by DNCE
««««« It seems the Jonas Brothers have had a lot of trouble staying out of the spotlight. Joe Jonas has recently reemerged in pop culture conversations with the introduction of his new funky, pop-rock band DNCE. Pronounced letterby-letter, the band name is “dance without a letter, it’s not a perfect word, and you don’t always have to be the perfect dancer to dance.” DNCE started making waves when they performed their awesome debut single “Cake By The Ocean” on the Tonight
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Show with Jimmy Fallon and quickly kept up the attack by releasing a four song EP called SWAAY on Oct. 23. You can tell the band is not just a few musicians playing background for Jonas, and he wanted to make sure listeners quickly understood this was not the case. He is excited to have to start fresh and to build buzz for a new project by letting the music speak for itself. Boy does it, with extremely melodic, upbeat instrumentals that groove endlessly while Jonas and others sing jubilant lyrics. DNCE knows it is already having a blast chanting together and creating new terms for sex, just tell your guy or girl you want to go “eat cake by the ocean.” I’m sure they will get the picture.
‘The Dying Things We Live For’ by Like Moths To Flames “The Dying Things We Live For” by Like Moths To Flames
««««« A poetic album name, several thematic and symbolic references to fire, and a lot of anguish and vengeance to be screamed and sung about—there must be a new Like Moths To Flames on the shelves. The Columbus post-hardcore metal band released their third studio album with Rise Records on Oct. 23, entitled “The Dying Things We Live For.” LMFT continued hanging out in their comfort zone on the new album, tending to fill songs with relentless percussion, grisly riffs and angry screaming that leads into either light pop-punk cho-
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ruses or into heavy breakdowns. Lead vocalist Chris Roetter is still the trump card for the band—a talented singer as well as an extraordinary unclean vocalist who knows how to present a song as its own story. This is what the band does well, and has always done well but after two albums and a couple of EPs I was expecting something new on “TDTWF.” Only 10 tracks and 30 minutes in length, the album is a breeze to listen to. There are a bunch of songs that you can play when you need to get hyped up or energized, such as “Fighting Fire With Fire” and “Wasted Days,” but there is not much change in sound across the album. The lack of variation gives “TDWTF” a short lifespan, and may leave some of the songs swept under the rug.
‘Sounds Good, FeelS Good’ by 5 Seconds of Summer “Sounds Good, FeelS Good” by 5 Seconds of Summer
««««« Boy band or rock band? We may never know what exactly to call 5 Seconds of Summer, but I can at least say confidently its sound is infectious. “Sounds Good, Feels Good” is not a boy band album. The album kicks off with the band preparing themselves to get back to work, tuning up the guitar and talking a bit in the studio before jumping in headfirst for a predominantly happy jam session that both sounds good and feels good. The reason 5 Seconds of Summer makes the radio is because they make poppy instrumentals for poppy singing, but on their sophomore
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album they spin this concept into their own sound and seem to know in what direction they are aiming. These guys sure know their way around a chorus, and that is what gives much of the energy and explosiveness to “Sounds Good, Feels Good,” with great hooks on “Money,” “Jet Black Heart” and the lead single “She’s Kinda Hot” which has been in the airwaves for a while now. The music still keeps its youthful spirit and is definitely directed more toward a younger audience, but that does not stop the band from making some great songs for any listeners. If you need to experience your own five seconds of summer you can find the sound of it in this album, but you may not be struck by much originality. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
Mountaineer Idol heats up as finale week approaches Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum
It’s official, Mountaineer Idol contestants Marissa Bailey, Izzie Keim and Derrick Ward will advance to the final round of the competition taking place at 3 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Creative Arts Center. The West Virginia University student contestants Paige Madden, Derrick Ward, Leah Cunningham, Izzie Keim and Marissa Bailey competed in the fifth round of the Idol competition Oct. 23 at a last chance effort to impress the judges and earn a spot in the finale. A special miniature Fan Favorite competition was set aside for the contestants, engaging audience members by allowing them to vote for their favorite contenders. Marissa Bailey, the winner of this particular contest, took home a corn hole set valued at $80. Contestants were required to perform two songs this week, rather
than one. The song themes of the competition round included one round of Broadway songs, and another round of songs from the 21st Century. Judges evaluated the performances by combining scores from both rounds. The two contestants eliminated from the competition were contestants Paige Madden and Leah Cunningham. Songs of the night included “For Good” and “Human” performed by Paige Madden, “I Dreamed a Dream” and “One and Only” performed by Izzie Keim, “When You’re Good to Mama” and “Chandelier” performed by Leah Cunningham, “Gimmie Gimmie” and “You Raise Me Up” performed by Marissa Bailey and “Summertime” and “Rolling in the Deep” performed by Derrick Ward. C o nt e s t a nt p e r f o rmances were evaluated by a panel of judges including 2009 Faculty/ Staff Idol winner Shirley Robinson, Mon Hills Records General Manager Cody Kerns, WVU Admissions Counselor Rickie
Rose Huffman, American Idol Competitor Carlton Smith and independent record label owner Eric Jordan. Contestants Derrick Ward, Izzie Keim and Marissa Bailey were chosen to advance to the finale. “It’s such a humbling experience. I am so fortunate to have this opportunity especially because every singer has been so talented. I’m very excited to give the finale a second shot,” Keim said. This year, the first place winner will receive an EP recording contract from Mon Hills Records, the official record label of WVU, along with a $1,000 cash prize. The EP will be recorded with the label at Gravesend Recordings in Brooklyn, New York. “I think the EP recording contract along with the New York recording session is a great learing experience for the winner that will open their eyes and will give them a taste of how to work in the commercial music industry,”General Manager Kerns said. “I’m no-
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Derrick Ward keeps the crowd on the edge of their seats during his breathtaking performance. ticing that it provides more incentive for the contestants to continually strive to perform optimally week to week.” Everyone wins in the finale. Second and third place winners will receive prizes as well. First runner-up receives a $750 cash prize and second runner-up receives a $250 cash prize, all of which are provided by Coca-Cola.
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Marissa Bailey entertains the audience at Friday night’s Mountaineer Idol.
Southern Culture on the Skids jams out at 123 Pleasant St.
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Southern Culture on the Skids rocks the stage Friday night at 123 Pleasant Street.
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Southern Culture on the Skids excites the crowd at 123 Pleasant Street on Friday night.
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Rick Miller shows off his guitar skills on Friday night at 123 Pleasant Street.
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Monday October 26, 2015
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“DO YOU HAVE A CONDOM?” …
So you’ve had your eye on that cutie in your bio lab all semester. You’ve exchanged a few words, worked on few assignments together, but never really moved past friendly, in-class acquaintances. Now it’s Friday night. You’re at a house party, enjoying a few drinks and maybe playing some games. Next thing you know, that cutie from lab walks through the door and you immediately start hitting it off. You’ve both been drinking, you’re both clearly interested, and you’re both looking to move your encounter to somewhere a bit more private. You’re making out, getting hot and heavy. You know where this is going. They know where this is going. Everything is going great. Wait, wait, wait. You hardly know this person. You don’t know their past. A condom would probably be smart, but you didn’t anticipate this happening! You’re caught off guard! A deer in the headlights, a fish out of water, a horny student with no condom! So you ask the question, fingers crossed they came prepared. “Do you have a condom?” - “….. No…. do you?” - “No…” The dilemma that follows has no easy answer. The situation is borderline unfair. You know you need one, but your insides are screaming at you to throw caution to the wind. “They look like a nice person, I’m sure they’re clean.” Or “She says she’s on birth control, I’m sure she’s good about taking it.” It’s SO easy to justify having unprotected sex when the opportunity is right in front of you. Add in a bit of liquid courage, and the voice of reason in the back of your head grows fainter and fainter. You go for it. It’s only one time, right? Besides, you’ve been wanting this for so long.
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Fast forward one month. Turns out that cutie in bio lab wasn’t
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Monday October 26, 2015
FOOTBALL DAVID STATMAN associate sports editor @djstatman77
TCU jumps to top of Big 12 rankings After another week, there are still three undefeated teams in the Big 12, but a key injury could tip the balance of power in one of football’s best conferences. Here are the Big 12 power rankings for Week 9. 1. TCU No. 3 TCU might have moved into the top spot in the Big 12 after a potentially severe injury to Baylor quarterback Seth Russell. The Horned Frogs are going to have an extra few days of rest heading into a home matchup against West Virginia on Thursday. Quarterback Trevone Boykin: 25 touchdowns, five interceptions on the season. 2. Oklahoma State The Cowboys just keep on winning, crushing the hapless Kansas Jayhawks 58-10 on Saturday behind a deadly accurate performance from quarterback Mason Rudolph. Oklahoma State faces a road challenge next week from a tough Texas Tech team, before a big date with TCU on Nov. 7. 3. Baylor Baylor’s national title hopes took a major hit on Saturday, when star quarterback Seth Russell went down with a broken bone in his neck in a 45-27 win over Iowa State. It’s backup Jarrett Stidham’s team for now – the true freshman has gotten some garbage time work, completing 86 percent of his passes with six touchdowns. 4. Oklahoma The Sooners have certainly shrugged off their surprising loss to Texas two weeks ago, beating Kansas State and Texas Tech by a combined score of 118-27. Running back Samaje Perine finally had a breakout game Saturday, smashing the Red Raiders for 201 rushing yards and four touchdowns. 5. Texas The Longhorns have finally found a good balance between their quarterbacks, freshman Jerrod Heard and junior Tyrone Swoopes. Swoopes is the goal-line sledgehammer, while Heard does everything else – in Texas’ 23-9 win over Kansas State Saturday, Swoopes smashed in all three of the Longhorns’ touchdowns. 6. Texas Tech If the Red Raiders aren’t going to win with their offense, they aren’t going to win at all. And with quarterback Patrick Mahomes harried into four interceptions against Oklahoma, Texas Tech was powerless to stop Samaje Perine and the Sooners in a 63-27 loss. It doesn’t get any easier next week, when they face undefeated Oklahoma State. 7. West Virginia The Mountaineers are reeling after three straight conference losses to start the season – they’ve fallen to conference top dogs Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Baylor, and they’ll likely need a win on the road at No. 3 TCU to turn their season around. That’s probably not likely. 8. Iowa State The Cyclones ended up surprisingly close to No. 2 Baylor at the end of their Saturday matchup in Waco, which finished 45-27 for the Bears. With starting quarterback Sam B. Richardson scuffling, sophomore Joel Lanning stepped in to throw three touchdowns as freshman Mike Warren ran for 145 yards. Warren is one of the best Big 12 players you’ve never heard of – perhaps he and Lanning can get the ISU offense going in the coming weeks. 9. Kansas State Kansas State and West Virginia have followed similar paths – all three started 3-0 against weak nonconference competition, and then started winless against the Big 12. But while the Mountaineers have been largely competitive, KState has been continually rolled. They’ve scored a total of nine points in their last two losses, to Oklahoma and Texas. 10. Kansas Kansas is bad. Super bad. Really, really bad. Here’s a fun fact: Kansas hasn’t won a road conference game during the Obama administration. That’s really all you need to know. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu
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Senior guard Jaysean Paige dribbles past a Blue Team defender in Saturday’s Gold-Blue Debut.
Huggins looking for more after annual Gold-Blue Debut Saturday BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
After a 46-24 rout by the Gold team in the GoldBlue Debut, head coach Bob Huggins is eager for more. Last year’s Sweet Sixteen run wasn’t enough for Huggins, who confirmed the team’s commitment to extending the season through late March. “Last year was a fun ride, it just didn’t last long enough,” Huggins said. “We’re hell-bent on making it last longer. I think these guys re-taught our
coaching staff how much fun it is to have guys that care. I look down 40 minutes before practice and guys are out there shooting. Then after three hours of practice, which isn’t an easy three hours, guys stay to get shots up.” Sophomores Elijah Macon and Daxter Miles’ performances highlighted the preseason scrimmage, each tallying 10 points. Miles nailed a pair of 3-pointers, hitting two of the six for the Gold team. Macon’s assertiveness inside caught Huggins’ attention, adding to a brutal inside force with junior
Devin Williams. “I think he’s probably our most improved guy of our returners,” Huggins said about Macon. Junior Tarik Phillip also finished with a team-high 10 points, eight rebounds and three assists for the Gold team. “He took pretty good care of the ball,” Huggins said. “But we don’t know quite when to pass and when to shoot and those kind of things.” Morgantown native Nathan Adrian also appeared to be back in form, coming off an injury-plagued 2014-15 season that re-
sulted in a team-low 18 percent conversion rate from three point range. Replacing guards Gary Browne and Juwan Staten – both of whom made appearances Saturday, serving as coaches during the scrimmage - remains the Mountaineers’ biggest questions heading into the season opener on Nov. 13. Staten finished as a twotime All-Big 12 candidate, earning himself a spot with the Golden State Warriors for a brief period, while Browne has gone on to a pro contract in his native Puerto Rico. Sophomore Jevon Carter
appears to be the frontrunner to be the heir to Staten, following up a freshman campaign where he finished with eight points per game and led the team with a 77 percent free throw percentage. “We lost one of the best point guards in the country,” Huggins said. “I’ve told our guys this and I said this in Kansas City (during Big 12 media day). The one thing about (Staten) is you couldn’t take the ball away from him when you trapped him, and for the most part he made his free throws.” Heralded freshman Esa
Ahmad, an ESPN 100 recruit out of Ohio, didn’t register a score Saturday. Ahmad was the Ohio Basketball Player of the Year and is WVU’s highest-rated recruit since Devin Ebanks in 2008. Junior college transfer Teyvon Myers displayed his highly-regarded athleticism, coming off a two-year stint that saw him as the nation’s leading junior college scorer with 25 points per game. Myers finished with two points and five rebounds on Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
women’s soccer
Mountaineers earn fifth-straight conference title by connor hicks sports writer @dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University women’s soccer team brought home its fourth consecutive Big 12 title this weekend, with an overtime goal by senior Kailey Utley, giving the Mountaineers an edge in overtime. With the 2-1 overtime victory over Oklahoma State (8-7-2, 1-3-2) the No. 2 Mountaineers (15-11, 6-0-1) now have at least a share of the regular season title. Texas and Kansas are still in contention, with a chance to share the title if the Mountaineers were to lose in their season finale at Baylor this upcoming weekend. Play was fairly slow, with both defenses dominating and limiting offensive chances. Both teams were extremely physical, with two Cowgirls and a Moun-
taineer receiving yellow cards. The Cowgirls nearly scored first, with OSU’s Madison Mercado firing a shot that barely missed the upper post just before the half. The teams went into the halftime locker room in a 0-0 tie, with each team only landing one shot on net. The Mountaineers finally put a tally on the scoreboard, with Ashley Lawrence maintaining possession down the sideline before firing a cross to Carly Portillo, who was able to beat Cowgirls goaltender Michela Ongaro. The Cowgirls quickly answered with a goal of their own just five minutes later. Oklahoma State’s Allie Stephenson carried a ball into the box before finding Marlo Zoller across the box. Zoller took a shot that appeared to be wide, but deflected off the post and went behind Steadman for Zoller’s first goal
of the season. Lawrence nearly set up a game-winner in the 82nd minute, finding Michaela Abam across the box, but Abam took a shot that struck the right post and went wide. Tied 1-1 following 90 minutes, the Mountaineers headed to their third overtime period of the year. With a fifth consecutive regular season conference title on the line, West Virginia was all business, scoring just three minutes into overtime. As she had done all game, Ashley Lawrence took control, finding senior captain Kailey Utley on a cross pass. It was a difficult opportunity, but Utley displayed remarkable footwork and was able to net the goal, her team-leading ninth goal of the year. With Baylor remaining on the schedule, the Mountaineers will likely be the regular season
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Sophomore midfielder Yulie Lopez tries to regain control of the ball in last weekend’s game against Kansas. champions outright, and won nine conference ti- ference tournament, the Mountaineers are likely will hold the top seed in tles since 2002. the Big 12 Tournament. West Virginia concludes to be a regional seed for The regular season ti- its season at Baylor this the NCAA Tournament, tle is the Mountaineers’ Friday, and then travels to where the team hopes to fifth consecutive, dating Kansas City for the Big 12 acquire its first National back to their final year as Tournament. Championship. a member of the Big East Depending on their Conference. WVU has performance in the condasports@mail.wvu.edu
men’s soccer
West Virginia ends road schedule in 2-0 loss to Bowling Green Saturday by alec gearty sports writer @dailyathenaeum
When it rains, it pours is what can be said to describe the West Virginia University men’s soccer team’s loss to Bowling Green Sunday. The Mountaineers (69, 1-2) lost their third straight match, 2-0 to the BGSU Falcons (7-7-1, 1-2) due in part to a couple of late goals. It marks the fifth time WVU has been shut out this season, after being shut out only twice in 2014. BGSU’s Danny Shea scored his first goal of the season in the 70th minute.
Six minutes later, teammate Jacob Roth put the Mountaineer season in an extremely difficult hole with a penalty kick. “Bowling Green is a good team,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with WVUsports.com. “They’re a competitive team.” BGSU wasted no time establishing an offensive presence. The Falcons recorded six shots by the 13th minute. However, WVU’s Alec Boerner wasn’t fazed making three saves in that span, including a miraculous kick-save. It took awhile but West Virginia’s offense got go-
ing in the latter stage of the first half. In the 18th minute Haydon Bennett nearly scored on the corner kick, but BGSU’s Ryan Hueton was there for the stop. Joey Piatczyc recorded his first shot in the 32nd minute from 20 yards out to have it knocked away by Hueton. Four minutes later, Francio Henry nearly scored off the Piatczyc corner kick, but couldn’t convert on the play. BGSU outshot the Mountaineers in the first half 8-5 but with the first half ’s momentum on WVU’s side, the match looked like it would come down to one decisive play
to determine the game. In the second half, the chances started coming as the offensive tempo picked up, and so did the fouls. However, WVU’s first shot of the half came seven minutes in, from a Tucker Stephenson attempt that went high. A yellow card called on Vincent Giannini in the 56th minute and WVU’s Louis Thomas in the 67th minute staggered play. That was until Shea’s shot from past midfield went off Boerner and gave BGSU the lead. It was a crucial shot to the Mountaineer confidence for the next 20
minutes. Jad Arslan gave the Mountaineers a glimmer of hope with two close opportunities in the 75th minute, but Hueton made the first save then the second attempt was a team-save. The dagger came a minute later when Boerner tackled Roth inside the box. Boerner was given a red-card, was ejected and BGSU was awarded a penalty kick. Roth converted and the Falcons left the Mountaineers in their rearview mirror. BGSU had the top offensive weapons for WVU in a chokehold all game. Ryan Cain played a season-low
28 minutes. Jamie Merriam recorded two shots, none reaching the net. Piatczyc had three shots, with one on net. In the first half, it seemed as if the Mountaineers were making a solid effort to shut down the Falcons’ top players, Pat Flynn and Joe Sullivan. However, the role players for Bowling Green stepped up and gave the Falcons the push they needed. The outlook for the rest of the season doesn’t get easier as No. 5 Akron (112-2) comes to Dick Dlesk Stadium Wednesday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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Monday October 26, 2015
tennis
WVU ends fall season with Martha Thorn Invite by neel madhavan sports writer @dailyathenaeum
To wrap up the fall season, the West Virginia University women’s tennis team hosted Duquesne and James Madison in the Martha Thorn Invitational this weekend at Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown. The Mountaineers looked to end the fall season on a high note in order to kick off preparation for the spring season during the winter hiatus. Head coach Miha Lisac was satisfied with his team’s performance but still feels the team has work to do to improve. “Overall, it was OK. We saw some things that we’ve gotten better at, and it was
good to see that progress. It was good to see some players step up in certain areas and play better,” Lisac said. “We are on the right track. We’re getting to that point where we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’re not far off, but there is still work to be done. There is a lot of the technical stuff that we need to improve on and work on during this break– the mental approach, footwork and things like that.” In addition to the roundrobin team format, the tournament was structured so the matches would be played in a similar fashion to what the Mountaineers would see in the dualmatches in the spring. The Gold and Blue started off the tournament on the first day facing James Madi-
son in singles and doubles. Senior Hailey Barrett led the way, grinding out a tough three set win over Timea Guibe, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4. Despite some struggles in singles this fall season, junior Kaja Mrgole utilized her big serve to cruise to a straight sets victory over Rachel Nelson. Sophomores Lyn Yuen Choo and Yvon Martinez each dropped grueling, three set matches, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 and 0-6, 7-5, 6-4, respectively. The Mountaineers split doubles matches against James Madison, with sophomore duo Habiba Shaker and Carolina Lewis fending off Guibe and Bella Highdenrick, 6-4, while freshmen duo Abigail Rosiello and Kirsten White fell 6-2 to Emma Petersen and Kimmy
Herrock. In the afternoon, facing Duquesne, West Virginia managed to sweep all four singles matches with Barrett, Mrgole, Choo, and Martinez all claiming victories. WVU wasn’t able to translate its singles success against Duquesne to doubles, as the two teams split the four matches. Shaker and Lewis dropped their first doubles match 6-1 but managed to get back on track with a 6-0 win in their second doubles match. Rosiello and White combined for the other two doubles matches, dropping their first 6-4, but winning their second 6-2. On the second day of play, all the teams still played one another, but the individual match pairings
were mixed and matched. The Mountaineers began day two against James Madison, and were only able to capture one of the four singles matches, with Barrett defeating Nelson 6-0, 6-1. Choo, Martinez and White all fell in straight sets. In doubles against JMU, West Virginia was able to capture both matches, with duos of Shaker and Lewis, and Mrgole and Rosiello both prevailing 6-1 and 6-4, respectively. WVU faced Duquesne to end the tournament, splitting both the singles and doubles matches. In singles, Barrett and Choo both fell in straight sets, but both Lewis and White were able to capture victories. In doubles, Shaker and Martinez were able to put away
their opponents with relative ease. However, the duo of Mrgole and Rosiello was unable to finish off their opponent, despite making a comeback from 5-2 down, falling 7-5. Lisac was pleased to see a sizable turnout by Mountaineer fans, and hopes the fans will be out in force to support the team when the spring matches roll around. “It was a good crowd,” Lisac said. “They showed us great support. It’s always great when we are able to play in front of our Mountaineer fans.” The Mountaineers are off for the next couple months, but they return to action for the spring season Jan. 23 at Pitt. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
swimming & diving
West Virginia succeeds in Big East competition BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM
WVU concluded the final day of the Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend Saturday, sweeping the meet in both men’s and women’s events in the WVU Natatorium. The West Virginia swimming and diving teams dominated this year’s inaugural Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend, winning 38 out of the 40 events. Even with the dominant performances from both teams, head coach Vic Riggs believes the men’s and women’s squads could have performed better. “We discussed the difference between the two weekends, this weekend and last, and the importance of team support,” Riggs said. “We weren’t bad this weekend but not where we were last weekend, and I think it showed in a few events.” WVU defeated Big East opponents Seton Hall, Butler and Xavier in the two-day meet. The West
Virginia women’s team earned the third win of the season’s opening month and the second team sweep. For the women, Xavier and Seton Hall finished second and third, and Butler finished the weekend in fourth place. “We set a goal of not losing an event this weekend and they didn’t,” Riggs said. The WVU women’s squad placed first and second in the 100-yard butterfly, with Natalie Johnsen winning first place with a time of 57.97. Celia Martinez finished second in a time of 58.05. The women’s team also won the 200-yard freestyle relay for the second week in a row with a time of 1:38.82. Senior Jaimee Gillmore led the relay team, which also featured Amelie Currat, Rachel Ward and Sam Hall. Freshman Emma Mitchell earned first-place honors in yet another meet, winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:03.39. Kelsey Frantz placed second in 5:08.38, while freshman Georgia
Baldus finished fourth for the second week in a row with a time of 5:13.26. In total, the WVU women’s team finished with topfour finishes in five of the final day’s 26 events. For the West Virginia men’s squad, the diving platform belonged to the Mountaineers, who secured all top five places in the 3-meter board event. Alex Obendorf won the event with a score of 324.80. Senior Nate Carr finished first once again in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:52.87. Andrew Marsh claimed first place in the 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard free, and 100 butterfly. Marsh also earned firstplace honors as a member of the 200 freestyle relay team, which included Carr, senior Ross Glegg and Frank Csonka. Saturday’s first-place finish for the men’s 200 relay team marks the fourth win of the season, as they have won the event in each meet this year. “These are long weekends, and the teams are tired from a month of rac-
ing and training,” Riggs said. “I think we finished the third session extremely well, both with our times and races strategies. We now have a month to learn from this first month and get ourselves ready for Tennessee.” The Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend is the final meet of October for the Mountaineers, who head to Knoxville for the Tennessee Invite in late November. West Virginia will have four weeks off to prepare for the program’s first trip to Tennessee for the three-day meet beginning Nov. 20. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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