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Student faces sexual assault charge by jake jarvis city editor @newsroomjake

A West Virginia University student allegedly forced a woman to have sex with him recently during a party at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house, according to a criminal complaint in the Monongalia Magistrate Court.

Sean Douglas Innerst, 19, and a former member of the fraternity, faces upward of 25 years in prison after he was arrested Tuesday for the felony offense of second-degree sexual assault.

“We are aware of a criminal complaint filed against a student and the ongoing investigation by the Morgantown Police Depart-

ment,” said Becky Lofstead, a WVU spokeswoman. “The University takes these matters very seriously and will, as always, provide all possible assistance and support to local law enforcement, as well as to assess the matter for further University action.”

The victim, who is also a student at WVU, told police she was intoxicated when

she met Innerst at the party on Belmar Avenue, the complaint reads.

After the two went to his bedroom in the frat house, he allegedly pushed her onto his bed, removed her shorts and underwear and proceeded to have sex with her, according to the complaint.

Innerst admitted to police during a later inter-

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view that while having sex with her, she eventually stopped moving or making any noises, the complaint alleges.

Innerst then told officers that he allegedly continued to have sex with her unconscious for several minutes.

Lofstead said that the University plans to offer the woman counseling services and that the University has

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NAACP collegiate chapter calls for diversity, change in the community by paige czyzewski correspondent @Dailyathenaeum

It’s only 30 seconds into an icebreaker when a short eye-sweep of students’ faces explains why West Virginia University’s National Association for the Advancement of Corlored People chapter is desperate to diversify recruitment.

On Wednesday night, the WVU NAACP held its first general forum and recruitment session of the semester in Oglebay Hall.

Out of almost 40 students, four were not black.

While attendees discussed current issues in the media, significant opportunities available on campus and possible events for the future, the lack of diversity did not go unnoticed.

“We need to bring people of all races, ethnicities and cultures together to eliminate and bridge the gap that’s keeping dis-

crimination and inequality alive,” said Yasmeen Stubblefield, the WVU NAACP collegiate secretary. “If we don’t talk about issues, there will never be change.

We want to see change in our community.”

Members of the WVU NAACP started focusing on solutions to those problems last year. Executive board members said ensuring social justice and maintaining civil rights in the WVU community needs to be accomplished with education and equal recruitment of all races for this.

“When students see the, ‘National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,’ they think it’s just for colored people,” said Jihad Dixon, WVU’s NAACP chapter president.

“I think that makes people hesitate a lot to come to our events.”

Though conversations surrounding issues of race

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Jihad Dixon, the president of the WVU NAACP group, gives a presentation on the history of the movement in West Virginia. may be awkward, Dixon Through constant comsaid we shouldn’t shy away munication about social from that. Without uncom- problems like domestic vifortable dialogue, he said, olence in the NFL and pothere is no progression. lice brutality in communi“We [are] able to come ties across America, board at it from a head-on edu- members said the stucational view so that peo- dent body would become ple can better understand educated and realize the where we’re coming from NAACP values all human or where the issue is com- life. ing from in a respectful People who attended and safe environment,” he We d n e s d a y n i g h t ’s said. “It takes (away) that awkwardness.” see naacp on PAGE 2

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Stephen Scott and Jessica Frazier socialize with one another at the community meeting hosted by the WVU NAACP.

been in contact with the fraternity’s national headquarters. No one from its national headquarters could be reached in time for a comment this story.

In addition to possibly facing time in jail, Innerst could be expelled from school for breaching WVU’s Student

A freshman student was appointed as the Student Government Association’s elections chair at last night’s weekly meeting.

Emma Harrison, daughter of the director of student organization and sister of Josh Harrison, a former elections chair who served four years, has no prior experience working with SGA. Some members of West Virginia University’s SGA Board of Governors, particularly Governor Blake Humphrey, were concerned about appointing someone to the position with so little experience with WVU elections.

“People aren’t knocking down the door for executive positions in SGA, and the fact is that we have a volunteer willing to do that, and George said this is the best applicant we have,” said Governor Samuel Richardson. “And it is a great choice, that’s the best part about it. We’re making an investment for the next four years of SGA.” As Richardson spoke, Humphrey shook his hands in exasperation and mouthed, “That’s not true.”

Professor Daniel Brewster, the SGA adviser, also spoke, saying no one else is qualified for the position.

“It’s kind of comical to me to hear a discussion about inexperience from a group of people who were pretty much inexperienced when you were chosen to be on the board,” Brewster said.

Humphrey “completely disagreed.”

“I served as an intern, I had a year of experience working with Governor (Dustin) Seabolt before I was chosen to run for the Board of Governors… I just look out, and I see all of the other freshmen here applying to be interns… and I’m

wondering what they might be thinking about, because they’re wondering why they can’t be the attorney general, or they can’t be treasurer,” Humphrey said. “Because I sure as hell couldn’t when I was a freshman.”

Student Body President George Capel said there were five or six other applicants, but Harrison was the best choice for the position. Despite her mere three weeks at WVU, Capel said Harrison stood out from the other candidates for her academics and extra-curriculars.

One other applicant was a freshman and a couple were seniors, according to Capel.

“There were various ages and backgrounds. One other was a freshman, (but) what was unique with Emma Harrison was the fact that, first of all, her brother Josh Harrison was one of the former elections chairs for SGA,” Capel said.

Capel wouldn’t say the names of the other applicants and said he alone conducted the interviews.

Jake Matthews, a sophomore, was also appointed as the executive director of LGBTQ affairs at the meeting.

“I’ve seen things and experienced things that some people haven’t even thought about,” Matthews said. “I’m just really thankful to be able to be in a position like this so I can help somebody else out.”

The budget for this academic year was proposed for the second time last night, but unlike last week, the Board voted to approve the budget unanimously at this week’s meeting.

The budget comes in at about $184,000, the same amount proposed last week, the only changes being that the University and SGA worked to find alternative funding sources for the executive stipends, among other things.

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WVCH files counter claim against Turner Construction Company by caity coyne

Associate city editor @dailyathenaeum

The construction company that built University Place two years ago allegedly manipulated and concealed information from the apartment’s developers about the budget and its schedule, according to court documents.

The company, Turner Construction Company, LLC, previously filed a lawsuit against WVCH claiming it failed to pay Turner nearly $7.2 million for building the facility and providing the materials

and labor necessary.

WVCH filed a counter claim against Turner Construction on Sept. 4, admitting that it agreed to pay the Turner Construction and that the company finished the project.

But, the counterclaim alleges, the Turner Construction didn’t furnish “all such services and materials in accordance with the parties’ written agreement.”

According to the counter claim, WVCH told Turner Construction that it had to reach substantial completion of the project by August

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14, 2014, and that the maximum budget for the project was about $66 or $67 million.

“Turner understood that failure to achieve either of those two objectives would, at minimum, require delaying the project for WVCH and Turner by a year,” the counterclaim reads.

This would have allowed WVCH to solicit bids from and possibly select one of Turner’s competitors.

But Turner Construction intentionally misled WVCH so it would be chosen and so construction would begin in 2013, the counterclaim

alleges.

“At the time, Turner’s Pittsburgh office had fewer than normal projects in active construction and had just lost its largest potential project in pre-construction,” the counterclaim reads.

When Turner received its first set of designs from the project’s architect, it estimated that the project would require about $82 million to complete, the counterclaim alleges. The construction company told developers that the cheapest way to complete the project would be to choose it.

The counterclaim said that WVCH chose Turner Construction only for that reason.

Then, from October through mid-February of 2013, the company submitted 10 additional budget reports that showed it could meet the $67 million budget constraints.

In the meantime, Turner Construction received a second set of design developments that “did not reflect the design changes and cost reductions Turner had anticipated,” the counterclaim reads.

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any of its solicitations for subcontractors—which WVCH alleges the company ignored to hide budgetary concerns from developers.

“Had Turner disclosed this important information,” the counterclaim reads, “WVCH would have delayed the financial closing, the execution of the contract and the anticipated start of construction.”

Among other things, WVCH alleges that Turner Construction committed fraud and breached its contract. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Presidential Candidates duel on Iran; House GOP in turmoil WASHINGTON (AP)—Debate on the Iran nuclear deal morphed into full-blown political spectacle Wednesday as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz held a rally to denounce it, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a speech to praise it and congressional Republicans turned on each other angrily as they grasped for a last-ditch play to stop it.

The maneuvering and speechifying did little to change the reality: Barring unlikely success of an eleventh-hour gambit by the House, the international accord aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions will move ahead. Even if Congress succeeds in passing legislation aimed at undermining it by next week’s deadline, President Barack Obama would veto such a measure and minority Democrats command enough votes to sustain him.

But that seemed only to inflame GOP opponents as Congress convened for its first full day back after a five-week summer recess that hardened partisan divisions around the accord.

Republicans turned up the rhetoric against the deal at a rally outside the Capitol, while inside, House conservatives searched for a legislative way to undermine it.

Across town, Clinton praised the accord. “Diplomacy is not the pursuit of perfection. It is the balancing of risk,” she said in a speech at the Brookings Institution. Either the deal moves forward, she said, or “we turn down a more dangerous path leading to a far less certain and riskier future.”

The message was far different at the Capitol rally headlined by GOP presidential candidates Trump and Cruz denouncing the Iran

accord, which Republicans contend will not stop the Iranians from developing a nuclear bomb. The gathering featured conservative favorites, including former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, in front of several thousand people who waved flags and banners denouncing Obama. One placard showed a smiling president alongside a billowing mushroom cloud over New York City.

“Never ever, ever in my life have I seen a deal so incompetently negotiated as our deal with Iran,” Trump told the crowd. “We are led by very, very stupid people.

We cannot let it continue.”

The congressional resolution, on its own, wouldn’t reverse a multi-country agreement already blessed by the United Nations. A vote of disapproval, however, could signal Congress’ readiness to introduce new sanctions at the risk of causing Tehran - and other governments - to abandon the accord and blame the U.S. for the failure.

Along with the criticism of Obama, the crowd outside the Capitol booed lustily as speakers mentioned Republican House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Conservatives long dissatisfied with their leadership demanded that McConnell and Boehner come up with a way to stop the deal.

No such solution seemed likely given strong Democratic unity and Obama’s veto pen. But the conservative resistance was enough to force House GOP leaders to cancel the start of debate on a disapproval resolution and call an emergency meeting on how to move forward.

Leaders hastily developed

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally organized by Tea Party Patriots in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement.

The fate of that effort re- tempts to change the terms a Plan B involving votes on gued that the disapproval several related measures: vote should be delayed, con- mained uncertain. In the of the debate.

“Right now we’ve got one to specify that the tending the 60-day dead- Senate debate did begin on Obama administration had line clock on the congres- the resolution, with some strong bipartisan opposition not properly submitted the sional review period can’t describing the vote, which to this deal. It’s my opinion accord to Congress; a sec- really start until lawmakers could occur yet this week, that we’re far better off foond, bound-to-fail vote to get information on separate as among the most conse- cusing on the substance” approve the deal and a third agreements negotiated with quential in their lifetimes. rather than the timing of to prevent Obama from lift- Iran by the International Underscoring the occasion, a vote, said GOP Sen. Bob ing congressionally man- Atomic Energy Agency.

McConnell urged all sena- Corker of Tennessee, chairdated sanctions on Iran. DeYet the maneuvering ap- tors to be present, though man of the Foreign Relabate and votes were to begin peared to be moving for- most Democrats and some tions Committee.

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The White House and ward without the blessing Republicans ignored the “We need to pull every of the powerful pro-Israel request.

Democratic lawmakers were Congress has until Sept. dismissive of the conservatool out of the toolbox to lobby AIPAC, which has led stop this bad deal,” said Rep. opposition to the accord. 17 - a week from Thursday tive moves. “Sounds like a Bill Flores, R-Texas.

An official with the group - to pass a disapproval reso- plan hatched up at Tortilla The rebels were egged said its preference was for a lution of the Iran deal, under Coast on a Tuesday night,” on by Sen. Cruz, who has straight vote on the disap- legislation passed earlier said White House spokesrepeatedly allied himself proval resolution - some- this year giving lawmakers man Eric Schultz, naming a with House conservatives thing Senate Democrats the right to review it. Repub- restaurant near the Capitol to thwart the plans of GOP are trying to block with a lican leaders did not sound where congressional conleaders. He and others ar- filibuster. receptive to conservative at- servatives meet.

Justice Dept. encourages prosecutions of corporate execs WASHINGTON (AP)— The Justice Department issued new guidance to its prosecutors Wednesday, aimed at encouraging more whitecollar criminal and civil cases against corporate executives.

The new policies come amid persistent criticism that the Justice Department, even while negotiating multi-billion-dollar settlements with large banks, has not been aggressive enough in prosecuting individuals for financial misconduct - including after the mortgage crisis that devastated the U.S. economy.

The directives were outlined in a memo issued to Justice Department attorneys and to the FBI. Deputy Attorney General Sally

Quillian Yates was expected to lay out the policy changes in a speech Thursday at New York University’s law school.

Though it’s not clear whether the new policies will actually result in additional prosecutions, they are intended to address concerns that the department could be doing more to hold individual, high-level executives accountable for corporate fraud.

“Regardless of how challenging it may be to make a case against individuals in a corporate fraud case, it’s our responsibility at the Department of Justice to overcome these challenges and do everything we can to develop the evidence and bring these cases,” Yates will

say in her speech, according to excerpts provided by the Justice Department.

“The public expects and demands this accountability.

Americans should never believe, even incorrectly, that one’s criminal activity will go unpunished simply because it was committed on behalf of a corporation.”

The new guidance, which emerged from a Justice Department working group, includes some new measures as well as others that are regarded as best practices already used by some federal prosecutors.

It mandates that corporations turn over evidence of wrongdoing against individuals if they want credit for cooperating with the government, and says prosecutors should get

as much information as possible about responsible executives before concluding their corporate investigation.

In addition, the department is directing its civil and criminal lawyers to work together on corporate investigations, and says such investigations must begin with a focus on individuals. The Justice Department will also generally not agree during corporate settlements to protect individuals from either criminal or civil liability, according to the memo.

“Our mission here is not to recover the largest amount of money from the greatest number of corporations; our job is to seek accountability from those who break our laws and vic-

timize our citizens. It’s the only way to truly deter corporate wrongdoing,” Yates will say.

The guidance, issued months into the tenure of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, appears aimed at turning the page from some of the criticism that dogged her predecessor, Eric Holder, in the aftermath of the largest economic meltdown since the Great Depression.

Public advocacy groups and other watchdogs have long expressed frustration that the Justice Department did not do more to hold individual executives to account for the mortgage crisis, though Holder sought to address those concerns in the last two years with a series of multi-billion-dol-

lar settlements with Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.

The department’s signature criminal case against a financial institution in the last year or so- an $8.9 billion penalty against French bank BNP Paribas for sanctions violations did not result in criminal charges against individual executives.

Holder and other Justice Department officials have often spoken about the challenges in prosecuting large corporations and their executives. The memo issued to prosecutors concedes those challenges, including in cases involving millions of pages of documents and where high-level executives are insulated from day-to-day activities.

Title IX training raises awareness, can help prevent sexual assault by paige czyzewski correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Female sexual assault victims at West Virginia University could have a quicker recovery if more faculty, staff and students participated in Title IX training, according to Nora Jocobi, a junior who was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance last year.

Jocobi is not alone.

Statistically, every one in five women you pass on campus this year will be sexually assaulted. To help educate the commu-

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Continued from page 1 “My proposal would be to use those freed up funds to transfer over to the student organization grants,” Capel said. “That’s something we can consider at the next Bureau of Finance meeting.”

The budget was first proposed last week, and some governors were uncomfortable approving something they saw “30 minutes ago for the first time,” as said by Richardson.

Executive stipends are no longer coming out of SGA’s budget, but instead from somewhere else in the University. Capel said he was unsure exactly where the approximate $18,000 for stipends was coming from, but the change was approved by

nity and provide resources to responders and victims, WVU will offer Title IX training in the Rhododendron Room from 1-4 p.m. this afternoon.

Training and Development staff members Emily Dennis and Janelle Sewell are the senior specialists who will lead the event, which will be open to all WVU employees.

“Professors need this training because I felt like when I was going through it, they didn’t understand what was happening. I thought they couldn’t help,” Jocobi said.

Dean of Students Corey Farris, and SGA members were alerted of this before last night’s meeting.

While there is no assurance the extra $18,000 will all go toward student organization grants, Capel said he is pushing for as much of it as possible to be available to organizations.

“Honestly, we’re celebrating this fact because as you know, we want to get as much money into our student org grants as possible, and any money that we can possibly free up is a win in our books,” Capel said.

If Capel is successful in getting the stipend money allocated to student organization grants, there will be about $98,000 available for student organizations this year. crcoyne@mail.wvu.edu

In April 2011, official correspondence by a member of the U.S. Congress from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights revealed that onefifth of the female population on college campuses will experience sexual assault. Title IX training was created to give teachers the knowledge of available resources and how to assist students with resources.

“We ask professors to be proactive and, if they are in class, to listen to conversation and start the dialogue regarding sexual assault. Teachers need to

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Continued from page 1 meeting agreed.

“I think most people don’t know that white is a color,” said Aqsa Naeem, a senior social work student. “It’s not just for black people. Anyone can join.”

It’s Naeem’s first year in the organization, and she was the only person of Middle Eastern descent present at the meeting.

Another attendee and active member of the group, Takara Robinson, said everyone can help affect change.

“You can have a black woman and a white woman, but at the end of the day, you are who you are, just help,” Robinson, a graduate legal studies

make students aware that (sexual assault) is unacceptable and it will not be tolerated,” said Title IX Coordinator James Goins, Jr. “We need every employee, we need every staff, we need every faculty member to know how to support students if such a situation were to occur.”

WVU employees will be trained on the history of Title IX, legal processes and procedures regarding Title IX, how to start and address concerns with students about sexual assault and about the resources available for handling student, said. “You don’t have to be black to be a part of a movement.”

In the past, the chapter held game nights with the Morgantown Police Department, University Police and the Muslim Student Association to initiate conversation and break down barriers of social class, race and ethnicity. Members also hold open meetings and the Image Awards to celebrate influential faculty, staff and students on campus.

Chapter board members meet privately bimonthly to plan more events, as well.

WVU NAACP is housed under the adult chapter of the Morgantown/Kingswood NAACP. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

situations.

Training will be broken into sessions: information, question and answer and role-play and real-life scenarios.

Dennis and Sewell, the trainers in charge today, are unique because of their own extensive training and personal experiences, according to Goins.

“You never know who has been through what in their lifetime, that even just discussing process and procedure could trigger a violent moment in someone’s past. They have to understand and to have the

proper counselors available for them,” Goins said.

Goins said with each monthly training that occurs, more progress can be made to spread awareness.

“It’s on all of us to do something when we see something. Too much time has gone by where people have sat back and watched things go on and leave it alone. That’s how we end up with one in five women being sexually assaulted on college campuses.”

Jocobi said she hopes Goins is right.

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now directing all questions to Morgantown police.

“Sigma Phi Epsilon is aware of allegations made against West Virginia University student Sean Innerst. The Fraternity is conducting its own investigating into the allegations,” Secret said.

Innerst is a sophomore communication studies student originally from York, Pennsylvania, according to WVU directory information.

The woman reported the alleged assault to the Morgantown Police Department on Monday. Detective Ryan Stallings of MPD filed the complaint.

Innerst was arraigned Tuesday in Monongalia Magistrate court. His bail was set at $50,000.

Continued from page 1 Code of Conduct if found guilty.

“I won’t talk about an individual case,” said Dean of Students Corey Farris, the administrator who would oversee a student’s expulsion. He said after the University receives a complaint from a student or police, administrators investigate the incident and gather evidence.

If there’s enough evidence, the University will call a hearing to present the evidence to a panel of faculty and students. “Quite honestly, that’s not going to happen in 24 hours,” Farris said.

The President of the fraternity, Adam Secret, is

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Mountaineer Idol contestant profiles West Virginia University’s 12th annual singing competition, Mountaineer Idol, returns at 8 p.m. Friday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. The event is free and open to the public. Contestants will be eliminated at the end of the show after strong evaluation from the judges’ panel.

Like the internationally known television series “American Idol,” Mountaineer Idol gives students the opportunity to showcase their vocal talents. More than 60 students showed up for preliminary auditions this year. After strong consideration, the judges narrowed the competition down to 16 contestants who will move forward to the next round. The event is free and open to the public.

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Isaac Mei Isaac Mei, a Morgantown, West Virginia, native, is a first-year integrated marketing communications graduate student at West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media. Upon graduation, Mei plans to work as a public relations specialist at a higher education institution or PR firm.

Working with students in the field of creative arts is one of Mei’s hobbies along with singing and dancing. He currently teaches dance to high school and middle school students and is a choreographer for multiple high school and middle school show choirs.

“I’ve been singing as long as I can remember. The first time singing ever really became a passion of mine was when I was 12 and started taking private lessons.

I was classically trained for eight years after that,” Mei said.

Mei decided to enter the Mountaineer contest this year as a first-time competitor.

“I auditioned for Mountaineer Idol because I love performing, and I love to compete. This competition provides me with a new outlet for both of those,” Mei said.

Mei was one of the 16 contestants chosen to advance to the first elimination round, “Song from Your Idol,” after performing the song, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel at preliminary auditions.

“This is my first time being an ‘Idol’ contestant, but I’m looking forward to the experience of singing and performing again and being around the other contestants, all of whom seem great and talented in their own right. This will be the first time in two years I’ve performed, since I finished my undergraduate degree at Alderson Broaddus University,” Mei said.

Mei’s favorite music genres are Pop and 90’s R&B. His music inspirations come from some of the music industry’s most soulful performers, including Michael Buble, Usher, Brian McKnight and David Ruffin of The Temptations.

“I can describe the way I perform in one

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word: energetic. I have such a passion for performing that I try to portray that in any song I’m singing, no matter what the genre or contents of the number may be. I want the people watching me to buy in and be as entertained as possible, and that means having a lot of energy and being able to control it,” Mei said.

Like many other contestants, Mei is most excited for the “oldies” week and least excited for the “‘80s.”

“Something that sets me apart from other candidates is the energy and passion I have when I perform. I strive to make both of those things infectious, both to the audience and to those I sing with,” Mei said.

Mei gained a large amount of experience touring and performing in many different places with many people while being involved in a highly-competitive music program in undergrad. That being said, Mei feels his experience there will set him apart from other contestants.

“Through that experience, I learned that I absolutely love the stage and I never want anyone leaving a performance of mine feeling like they could’ve gotten more or they wasted their time,” Mei said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Amanda Hutchison Amanda Hutchison, from the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania, is a senior at West Virginia University. Hutchison is currently majoring in sports and exercise psychology and minoring in disability studies and athletic coaching education.

Upon graduation, Hutchison plans to take time off from school to weigh out her career options. Eventually, Hutchison wants to seek further education by attending graduate school with a focus in either counseling or sport and exercise psychology. She plans on participating in adaptive sports after college as well.

Hutchison has been involved in numerous extracurricular activities while being a student at WVU, including being a former SGA governor, a member of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, the Vice President of Mountaineer Special Olympics and a member of the Sports and Exercise Psychology club. Hutchison also volunteers to aid children with disabilities in physical activity.

“When I have free time, I really enjoy being outdoors and playing sports. I also really enjoy singing or listening to music.

My parents said I started singing as soon as I could talk. I did singing competitions when I was younger and also participated in theater,” Hutchison said.

“The main reason I decided to audition for Mountaineer Idol was honestly because I like playing in front of an audience, and it’s almost like an open mic to me. It’s not about the competition,” Hutchison said.

Hutchison is a returning competitor for the Mountaineer Idol competition.

Hutchison first appeared on the Mountaineer Idol stage as a freshman in 2012.

“It really helped me come out of my shell because I was a scared freshman getting up on stage singing in front of a bunch of strangers. Now I’m blessed to know a lot of people on campus, so it might be a little less nerve-wracking this year,” Hutchison said.

Hutchison entered the preliminary round performing Judy Garland’s rendi-

Brianna Paul, a Martinsburg, West Virginia, native, is a freshman international studies student at West Virginia University. Upon graduation, Paul plans on joining the peace corps, then eventually working for the government as a geographer with a major in international development.

Outside of school, Paul enjoys singing, dancing, reading and playing sports. She has a love for the outdoors, and spends time hiking and swimming when she can.

“I am hopefully going to join Government and Politics Association this year, and also join Autism SpeaksU and WVU P.A.W.S.,” Paul said.

Paul first started singing at the age of 7 and hasn’t been able to stop since. It’s something that Paul is extremely devoted to and will keep with her for the rest of her life.

“I auditioned for Mountaineer Idol because it gave me a chance to be a part of singing again because my life in high school revolved around singing and I came here with no major or minor in it, so I wanted to continue my passion by participating in fun competition,” Paul said.

Paul entered into the preliminary round with an a capella performance of the song “Stay,” by Sugarland. After the audition, the judges panel then chose Paul to advance to the next elimination round, “song from your idol” along with 15 other contestants.

“I chose to sing a song by Sugarland because their songs have so much meaning to them and she has such an amazing voice,” Paul said.

While Paul doesn’t have a particular favorite music genre, she does have a musical icon who she looks up to.

Paul’s musical inspiration comes from the music industry’s female superstar Beyonce.

“She is so empowering and makes me feel good every time I hear one of her songs,” Paul said. “She’s smart, in-

dependent and got to the top of the game by being straight up and true to her values in life. She’s just doing what she loves 100 percent of the time,” Paul said.

Paul is most excited for “country” week because she already has a song in mind that she wants to perform. Paul feels that choosing the right “oldies” song will be one of the biggest obstacles she’ll face in the competition since she isn’t all that familiar with the genre.

“I would describe my performing as calming because I truly love just getting up on stage and feeling nervous jitters and knowing that even though I may not be the best singer, I am still doing what I love,” Paul said, “There aren’t many people out there that have this amazing gift to sing, and I just love sharing mine with anyone who will listen.”

Paul feels that Mountaineer Idol is more than just a competition, but an experience where people get to do something they are passionate about and meet people with common interests.

“I honestly believe everyone should win, but that can’t happen and it makes me sad,” Paul said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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tion of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

Hutchison was then selected to advance to the first elimination round.

“I chose this song because I have been having some vocal problems, and I sound a little raspy. I thought this would showcase that I can sing other genres besides country,” Hutchison said.

Country is Hutchison’s favorite music genre, which is why she is most excited for “country” week in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. That being said, Hutchison’s music inspirations come from none other than country music’s leading ladies, Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood.

“When I perform, I like to have fun with it. If I mess up… oh well. I’ll smile and keep going. I used to take voice lessons, and it was all so serious. Ever since I learned to play guitar and stopped singing competitively, I’ve obtained a more relaxed sound,” Hutchison said.

Hutchison feels her experience in competing in Mountaineer Idol before will help her out in the competition.

“I know what we all have in common, and it’s a love for music. I guess the fact that I’ve done this before makes me not as nervous as maybe some of the first-time competitors,” Hutchison said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Tyler Shaffer, a Parsons, West Virginia native, is a senior computer and electrical engineering student at West Virginia University. Upon graduation, Shaffer plans to start his own business with a focus on robot-based solutions.

“Outside of school, I’m involved with the IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers] and enjoy singing, teaching and hiking on my free time,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer picked up on singing at age 16 and hasn’t been able to stop since.

“I wanted to go to Governor’s School for the Arts, but I didn’t have any clear strong talents, so my parents encouraged me to sing at provided voice lessons,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer is a returning competitor in the Mountaineer Idol competition.

Shaffer first competed as a sophomore in 2013, where he made it to the top 15. He then went on to compete in the Mountaineer Idol competition in the 2014 season as a junior, where he made it as a top 10 finalist, but was eliminated during “country” week.

Shaffer garnered attention on stage last year with the raspiness of his voice and high-energy performances. Shaffer tended to bring the “old school” sound back in a new and innovative way. He’s not afraid to throw in a few dance moves or two either.

“Mountaineer Idol has improved my self-confidence on and off the stage, and I love the competition,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer auditioned for the 2015 season of Mountaineer Idol with the song “Who’s Loving You” by Michael Jackson.

Shaffer was selected, alongside 15 other contestants, to advance to the first elimination round.

“I would describe my performances as Bill O’Reilly doing it live,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer’s favorite music genre is Motown soul, and his top three music in-

spirations are Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and The Four Tops. He loves the soulfulness and passion the artists bring to Motown music.

“I am most excited for oldies night because there are many songs I enjoy singing. I am least excited for country night because I don’t have a lot of experience singing country music,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer feels that the energy he puts onstage is what separates him from other contestants. Shaffer’s passion for performing is quite evident through his dedication to his art.

“I am genuinely excited about everyone else’s performance, and I want every night to be a tough choice for who gets eliminated by the judges because everyone was on the ball,” Shaffer said.

Shaffer feels he will be able to hold his own in this year’s competition.

“Thinking I should be the Mountaineer Idol would be a bit big-headed of me. This, aside, I think I would make a great Mountaineer Idol because I am a dedicated Mountaineer and I represent all that the school has to offer,” Shaffer said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Open Mic Night at 123 Pleasant St.

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Ghost Road, comprised of Ben Costante, Michael Fowler and Blake Edwards, appears at 123 Pleasant Street for a Nick Greybeal sings and performs for Open Mic at 123 Pleasant Street on Wednesday night. performance.

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Making miners’ safety a priority In April 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine disaster rocked West Virginia to its core. Twenty-five miners were killed immediately by an explosion caused by methane gas and coal dust while working, and another four were found dead days later. Only two survivors escaped the mine after days of being trapped, making the disaster the most deadly accident to occur in a mine since the 1970s.

Many mines in the state have shut down since 2010 due to national exploration of alternative energy sources and subsequent lack of demand for coal.

However, for the mines still open, new technology may make going underground safer.

Installing proximity detection systems on hauling equipment such as ram cars and scoops will prevent workers from being struck by machines,

as mining equipment getting too close to miners has caused several fatal injuries in the past.

Machines will be able to detect how far away a miner is and will shut off if a certain distance is surpassed.

Unfortunately, even with this new development, the lack of complete assured safety for miners is primarily due to the companies operating the mines, such as Massey Energy. Massey, the corporation responsible for maintaining safe conditions and keeping equipment up to code inside the mine, admitted their safety violations concerning coal dust buildup directly contributed to the Upper Big Branch explosion.

Alpha Natural Resources purchased Massey Energy in 2011 after the disaster, but the company was later issued the largest environmental fine in history

($27.5 million) for dumping toxic waste into the rivers and streams of Appalachia. It filed for bankruptcy in early August after suffering from debts stemming from the acquisition of Massey Energy, but this likely doesn’t spell the end of environmental destruction or personal health risks involving mining in West Virginia.

Mining, an industry rooted in personal hazards, health risks and environmental strife, has been a part of West Virginia’s history since its beginnings as a state. Many argue for the continuation of support for mining simply because no other industry has been so influential to West Virginia’s culture, but the fatality rate and health risks are far too high to continue to be acceptable.

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This example shows how the new proximity detection systems on mining equipment will help keep miners safe underground. solve the root of the problem from either a longterm logistical or ecological standpoint.

This editorial board believes providing replacement job options for min-

ers is imperative as the search for reliable alternative energy continues. Both supplying our energy needs as a country and being able to protect miners’ health and the environment has

never before been so possible in human history, and we owe it to both miners and their families to find a solution. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Skipping works of literature does more harm than good

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Classic literature is taught to all age groups for a reason.

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When incoming students at Duquesne University received their summer reading lists, some were in for a scandalous surprise. Included among the book options was the acclaimed graphic novel “Fun Home”

by Alison Bechdel, a memoir about the author’s experiences with suffering, identity and sexuality. The book’s depictions of lesbian sex were what specifically caused several students to protest the book’s involvement in the curriculum, opting instead to pass over the book in favor of the seemingly more appropriate alternatives.

What followed from this

decision eventually became an open debate between students, faculty, parents and the public over the Internet. Some debated whether it was proper for schools like Duquesne to require sexually explicit material, while others debated whether it was the students’ place to bring religious censures into a learning environment.

But all of this debate skirted around the biggest (and arguably the most unanswered) question of all: What happens when a college student chooses what they should and should not learn?

To begin to find an answer, we must first start with a simpler question.

Why do we go to college?

The shortest answer would be “to learn.” Broadening that, we could define col-

lege as an experience that not only teaches crucial skills for our future vocations, but also teaches us to be critical thinkers, writers and doers who will make an impact on our respective environments.

But in order to become critical adults, a student’s ability to be receptive to new information is crucial to the learning experience itself. We hire teachers and professors who are experts in their fields because we can trust their judgments about what is necessary for us to learn. We assume that when a biology professor requires their students to learn a specific skill, it is because they view that skill as an important piece of learning about the nature of biology.

However, when a literature teacher assigns a book

they believe will broaden their students’ knowledge of literature, personal opinions begin to come into play.

It is rare for a student to approach a biology teacher and question their inclusion of the cell cycle in their curriculum, but it is normal for a literature student to openly question the necessity of reading “Moby Dick” in an English class. To many, creative literature is held to a different standard than scientific reading; where a biology textbook is considered important for its content and not for how one feels about its content, fictional works are instead viewed as subjectively important and only as integral as the reader interprets its worth.

It is easy to look at a book like “Fun Home” and ask,

“Why this? Why was this book selected over many others containing content students are more comfortable reading? Could a teacher not make a similar argument with a different book?” At first glance, the answer might seem like a yes. But by approaching books in this way, we gloss over the question the teacher is really trying to ask: “What can we learn from this specific book?”

Reading is not always easy, and it certainly is not guaranteed to be pretty.

Some of the most revered classics are considered as such because they challenge the way we think and perceive the world, especially concerning what is “right” and “wrong.” A teacher assigns a morally challenging book not because they want

to remove the morality of their students, but rather to teach them the skills to critically analyze the literature’s viewpoint, even if it is different than their own. Objectivity is learned only by interacting with something you do not agree with, and by refusing to read a book based on personal propensities, these students are rejecting an important learning opportunity.

While students can continue to skip “Fun Home,” they could learn a lot more by picking it up. Maybe then we can take a few steps away from the refrain of “Why does this matter?” and instead do what college students should be doing best: Critiquing, experiencing and ultimately learning. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Improving time management skills this semester, beating procrastination Megan Weyrauch Ohio State University

How would you rate yourself when it comes to time management?

If you’re a college student, I don’t even have to ask: I know you’re busy.

With academics, work, social activities, sports, clubs, family responsibilities and volunteering, time management is not an easy task.

While it is important to possess a well-rounded and satisfying schedule, juggling too many things at once can easily lead to fatigue and burnout.

According to a recent press release, 78 percent of students reported struggling with time management at some point during school, and of those struggling, 59 percent pointed to procrastination as the main culprit.

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Time management skills are especially important to learn in college.

Additionally, instructors agreed time management is a challenge for students with 91 percent of instructors surveyed in a recent Cengage Learning study reporting their students struggle with time management all or most of the time.

But never fear: Cengage Learning has some tips for you to kick procrastination to the curb, gain more control over your schedule and start the school year off right. Increase your classroom performance and improve your grades while

experiencing less stress, better focus and improved quality of life with the following practices for becoming a time management expert.

Creating a schedule will prevent suddenly remembering due dates at the last minute. Once your priorities are in order, create a schedule, which is an extremely helpful tool for tracking time. Each week, take a look at your upcoming assignments, projects and activities and design a schedule that makes time for the priority items.

You will find yourself more organized, focused and in control of your to-do lists.

Study in small chunks of time. Studying for a test doesn’t have to be done in marathon crunch sessions or all-nighters to be effective; some of the best studying occurs in small chunks where you can do a little bit at a time without burn-

ing out.

Take advantage of 10-minute commutes on public transportation, 15-minute breaks before class or even those 5-minute intervals when you’re waiting for a friend. Use flashcards and quizzes from mobile study tools like MindTap Mobile from Cengage Learning to test your knowledge on the go.

Ironing out your priorities is also a good tip. Take stock of all the different activities, commitments and responsibilities that make up your day-to-day life. Look at the big picture to identify priorities and cut unnecessary activities out temporarily. Then, you can more easily identify the priorities that are most important and make sure they take precedence over less pressing commitments.

Avoid unexpected interruption by getting organized. Make sure you have all the resources and tools

you need to complete assignments before you study.

Don’t get a groove going only to realize you’re missing a textbook or computer charger.

Remember, students who effectively manage their time tend to have more time for socializing and fun since they aren’t wasting time procrastinating or being unproductive. Schedule some free time each week to maintain high levels of productivity and upkeep your overall happiness.

Study smarter. Your study habits could be negatively impacting your attempts at time management. Ineffective study skills could result in zero grade improvement, even after countless hours of studying. Rather than simply reviewing your material, integrate self-testing into your study habits to ensure you know the material and identify the areas where you need more work.

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Mountaineer appears in new Brad Paisley video caitlin worrell A&E editor @caitlinwo7

With football season officially underway, it’s not uncommon to hear West Virginia University fans singing “Country Roads” on gameday. This year though, fans may be adding a new tune to their celebratory tradition.

On Friday Sept. 4, West Virginia native Brad Paisley released his new “College Nation” music video which featured 25 college mascots, including the WVU Mountaineer.

Michael Garcia, the Mountaineer Mascot for the 2015-16 school year, traveled all the way to Nashville, Tennessee, to appear in the country superstar’s video.

Paisley’s latest music video, which incorporates some of the most wellknown college mascots, was filmed on Vanderbilt University’s football field, in addition to other locations across Nashville.

“It was interesting because the call came through the alumni center… and it was Brad’s dad who got in touch. It was cool he made that personal connection to do that, said Garcia. “I was just excited from the get go.”

Garcia had to keep his

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“I had to keep it a secret from start to finish,” Garcia said. “We shot it around Aug. 10th, so it was almost a month. They wanted a really dramatic release right around the first gameday.”

“College Nation” is a unifying ode to college foot-

ball. The song celebrates the traditions of America and football, two things Mountaineer fans can appreciate.

For Garcia, “College Nation” was a chance to take the spirit for his state nationwide.

“It’s really cool to be considered part of an idea like that – of being represented by what you wear on your cap,” Garcia said.

“It was a great experience, and I think it reigns true that we get what call ourselves. And we call ourselves Mountaineers.”

Paisley name drops a number of college teams, singing about the love fans have for their school.

“It shows what the average Mountaineer does.

A Mountaineer - a person from ‘Country Nation,’ is someone who is a hard

worker, that is your everyday person,” Garcia said.

“At the end of the day we are going to cheer on the Mountaineers, we are going to tailgate in the Blue Lot before a game. And that’s a pretty cool idea for all of us because no matter how different we are, we are all brought together by certain similarities.”

The experience was more than embracing what it

means to be a college sports fan. It was also an opportunity for Garcia to interact with the many other college mascots involved with the project.

“I knew at least three guys were there. I met all the other ones, from the Oregon Ducks to Brutus the Buckeye and everyone else in between,” Garcia said.

“What people don’t see is in the locker room of how those guys are underneath.

They’re the funniest guys, and girls too.”

The video’s timely release came just before WVU’s win over Georgia Southern last Saturday and the extra hype may surrounding the video may be just what Mountaineers needed to keep up the momentum.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen our student section fill so quickly before a game started,” Garcia said of last weekend’s game. “I looked up about 30 minutes before game time, and it looked just about as full is it could get. That’s more students than I’ve ever seen at that point in time.”

To watch Brad Paisley’s “College Nation” music video, visit https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4tjg5c7Wo4g. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Brazaitis and Shearin present original works, offer advice to other writers keith amos

A&E correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Last night, at the Robinson Reading Room in the WVU Downtown Library, students got the chance to listen to the award-winning writings of Mark Brazaitis and Faith Shearin, read by the authors themselves.

Brazaitis has written six books in his career. Some of his accolades include the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Award for his book “The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala,” the 2012 Richard Sullivan Prize for “The Incurables: Stories” and the 2008 ABZ Poetry Prize for “The Other Language.”

Shearin is the author of many books of poems such as “The Owl Question,” which won the May Swenson Award, or “The Empty House.” Her most recent work can be found in both “Poetry East” and “Alaska Quarterly.”

Shearin read a variety of poems about her loved ones and various parts of life, while Brazaitis read two of his short stories where their humor eased the reader into more serious topics such as dealing with failure or fear.

Brazaitis is also a professor of English here at our own West Virginia University. Brazaitis started out writing in journalism. He worked with such papers as The Detroit Free Press and The Richmond Times Dispatch. However, Brazaitis found his passion in writing in fiction rather than journalism. “... I realized what I liked most about the writing was not the reporting aspect, which I think is 90 percent of what makes a good journalist, but the actual sitting down and writing,” Brazaitis said. “And I also thought ‘Gosh! It would be really great if I could start making up a few details’ which you can’t do with journalism, so I moved into fiction and found that I loved it.”

With Shearin, her desire to write goes all the way back to her high school days.

“I went to a high school where there was a creative writing department, and I took a class with a poet,” Shearin said. “I don’t think I knew poetry until I took his class... I just remember the first time he brought in poems by writers I’d never heard of before and read them out loud to us and feeling suddenly really ex-

cited, like it was a whole other world I hadn’t known about.”

The authors were asked after the reading if they had advice for students wanting to start a career in writing.

“I think the best advice I can offer is persistence. You can’t wait for inspiration, you’ve got to sit down and write as often as you can and even if that’s a letter, even if that’s an email, anything you can write in an hour or two hours or whatever you have,” Brazaitis said.

“Just sit down and participate in the disipline of writing because inspiration comes from hard work, and I definitley think it’s true of writing... The other component is reading all the time.

Reading great works, reading stuff that just interests you... Those are the two of the essential formulas I think for a budding writer to embrace.”

In addition to Brazaitis’ statement about passion for writing, Shearin also raises a point about who you surround yourself with.

“I think it’s good to have friends who also like to read and write and swap work with them and talk about it,” Shearin said. “I think if

you get super interested in it, then it’s sometimes good to go to just a couple formal things so you can find out how to send you work into places and submit it. There are plenty of good writers who don’t submit all the time. So it can be a more private enterprise depending on how you feel about it.”

This reading was put on by the Department of English and was organized by Professor Mary Ann Samyn, the director of the creative writing program at WVU. Andrew Spellman/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM “Our goal, always, is Mark Brazaitis, an English professor and director of the West Virginia Writers’Workto allow students to hear shop, reads a story about a killer cat. and meet the finest writers working today including some of our own faculty, such as Mark Brazaitis who teaches fiction and poetry writing here at WVU,” Samyn said. “Faith Shearin is a wonderful poet who has been a guest on campus before. I’m sure students and community members will enjoy listening to these fine writers read their work.”

For those interested in more readings by authors, the next reading will take place at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 in 130 Colson Hall with author Alison Bass.

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Panic! headlines Pittsburgh fest Chris Knight to rock out Schmitt’s brittany osteen

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On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Panic!

At the Disco released their new single “Death of a Bachelor.” Brendon Urie definitely learned a lot from inspiration Frank Sinatra and took some tips from crooners. The song will be added to their last single, “Hallelujah,” on their fifth album. The release date and name for the album is still unknown.

“Death of a Bachelor” was a tribute to Frank Sinatra, who would have turned 100 this year. It has strong sound influences from “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Brendon Urie wrote on Instagram, “His music has been a major player in the soundtrack of my life. So it’s only right that I return the favor and/or pay it forward.”

The song also brings back the beauty of the crooner community. Crooning is characterized with a low, soft voice usually with sentimental lyrics. The rhythm in the song has a more modern-day jazz or swing-like sound compared to their older music.

Over the years, the band has changed from a strong pop punk sound into more of a pop rock with hints of classic sounds. “‘Death Of A Bachelor’ is very important to me. It expresses the bittersweet (but mostly sweet) end of an era.

A look back at a part of my life now deceased. An ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’-esque look into a possibly different fu-

Sept. 11 will be commemorated through the power of music this year at Schmitt’s Saloon with Chris Knight and the Davisson Brothers Band.

Kentucky native Chris Knight will kick off Friday evening with a 90-minute music set. Knight will be follow the musical performance with his signature story telling.

Chris Knight is an American singer-songwriter. He was discovered in Nashville’s famous Bluebird Café after winning a spot in a songwriters’ night in 1998.

Knight’s musical journey has flourished since with the release of his most recent country album, “Little Victories” in 2012.

Knight is most known for his song writing abilities and his particular way with words. Knight has written music for a variety of country artists, including the hit Montgomery Gentry song, “She Couldn’t Change Me.” Chris Knight tells stories through his music with spoken stories throughout his performances.

Fans are eagerly anticipating Knight’s third appearance at Schmitt’s Saloon, with a big crowd expected to fill the venue Friday evening.

Troy Koon, entertainment director at Schmitt’s Saloon, reflected on Knight’s previous performances at

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Brendon Urie performs at Pier Six before the debut of PATD’s album. ture. But mostly an appre- Adia Victoria, Tha Riva, Grand ciation for the present,” Urie Piano and Courtesy. Saturday wrote on Instagram. While performers include Manchesthe song is a tribute to Sinatra, ter Orchestra, Raekwon and it is also a eulogy for his sin- Ghostface Killah, Lights, The gle life due to his recent mar- Sheepdogs and more. riage to Sarah Orzechowski in The entire festival is one 2013. week long with 25 musical Panic! At the Disco will acts and 30 innovation events. headline The Thrival Innova- It runs Sept. 21-26. The speaktion and Music Festival along ers are free, but a seat must with Wale and Andrew McMa- be reserved. The innovation hon on Friday. This will be the events are grouped by days. first time that the concert will Monday is focused on cities be held on the new Almono and global leadership; Tuesdevelopment in Pittsburgh, day is centered on new mePennsylvania. dia, gaming and information Thrill Mill, Inc. started the sharing; Wednesday’s dedifestival, which is a nonprofit cated to education frontiers; that supports early entre- Thursday is health and wellpreneurs. The week is filled ness; Friday is concentrated with new ideas and technol- on investment, entrepreneurogy, lectures and music. They ship and growth strategy; Satconsider themselves the “in- urday is devoted to creative cubator and accelerator for reuse and sustainability; Sunearly stage entrepreneurs,” day is an open house of Thrival as stated on their profile. Not Mill. only do they want to promote General Admission tickets forward thinking, but they for the Thrival and Innovation are trying to showcase the Music Festival are $35.

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the venue and what is expected of his performance this Friday.

“It was a very intimate set… kind of like a story teller experience,” Koon said. “He will have a music performance, then he will tell some stories and things of that nature.”

The West Virginia homegrown band, The Davisson Brothers band take the stage at 11 p.m. The band is well-known in the Morgantown area, performing at Schmitt’s Saloon a number of times due to their roots in Harrison County. Their popularity has grown since their latest single “Jesse James” hit airwaves.

“Our West Virginia fans, we could not thank them enough.” Donnie Davisson, the lead singer said in an interview with WBOY. “Still today, half the people in the front row have been watching us since I was four…For five generations, the Davisson family in these hollers in West Virginia played music.”

The Davisson Brothers Band is expected to bring high energy whether there are two people or 400 people. Koon described the band’s performances as animated and a lot fun to watch. Koon said the band gives it their all every time they take the stage.

There have been plans in the works to dedicate a part of the show to remembering the terror attacks that took place 14 years ago on Sept.

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Chris Knight will perform at Schmitt’s.

“I believe both artists are wanting to do a special for Sept. 11. Nothing is disclosed yet, but there are plans to create something special to commemorate 9/11.” Koon said.

Both artists will be performing Friday evening, possibly planning to also take the stage together.

Chris Knight and The Davisson Brothers Band have crossed paths in their music careers previous to this concert. There is a possibility the artists will collaborate to end the show with a bang.

General admission tickets for Friday night’s show are available online for $25.

For more information on the upcoming show, visit http://www.schmittssaloon. com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Set aside some personal time for yourself by signing up for a yoga class or participating in a different type of relaxing activity. You are only human, and you need downtime. Someone seems to tighten

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Use the morning for any heartfelt matters. The rest of the day, you might want to do some thinking about a situation that is not always comfortable. A friend could surprise you with an unexpected revelation.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might need to be more observant of a situation that you view as being changeable. Perhaps one of the reasons you are drawn to this matter is that you like the constant chaos -- it keeps your life exciting.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Others will be determined to take the lead. Let them, and you will be able to go off and indulge in some fun activities with a friend. Remember that you don’t always need to be at the center of everything that occurs. Tonight: Let others make the first move.

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West Virginia’s Karl Joseph records one of his three interceptions against Georgia Southern last Saturday.

WVU secondary showed just what they’re made of on Saturday night

BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

They hit hard, run fast and make big plays. And last Saturday night, the West Virginia University defensive backfield showed exactly why everyone’s been talking about them.

Loaded with depth and experience, the Mountaineer secondary was tipped to be one of the best in Division I going into the season, and they delivered against Georgia Southern, smashing the Eagles’ triple option, recording four interceptions and allowing only two completions.

And even though West Virginia held Georgia Southern’s sparkplug quarterback Favian Upshaw to a negative passer rating on Saturday night, the Mountaineers’ d-backs aren’t satisfied.

“It makes us feel good, but it makes us feel hungrier, because we want to be able to do that week in and week out,” said enior cornerback Terrell Chestnut. “We know we’re not always going to be able to hold teams like that, but we want to be able to limit the amount of passing yards

they get against us.”

“It just makes us want to go out there and work. We have a lot of experience out here, so we want to make people understand that you have to beat us.”

Few programs in America have what West Virginia has in the secondary. The Mountaineers boast a trio of star safeties – All-American candidate Karl Joseph, senior “spur” KJ Dillon and 2014 Freshman All-American Dravon Askew-Henry – and are deep at corner as well, fielding seniors Daryl Worley, Terrell Chestnut and Rick Rumph, along with junior Nana Kyeremeh.

That’s a lot of talent. Joseph, Dillon and AskewHenry are the hard-hitting anchors of the West Virginia defense, while the coverage skills of Worley and Chestnut are helping in WVU’s effort to turn Milan Puskar Stadium into a no-fly zone for opposing offenses.

And the potential of the Mountaineers’ defensive backfield was on full display in the season opener.

While Joseph, Dillon, Askew-Henry, Chestnut and Worley were flying around the field, they were also challenging each other on the sideline, push-

ing each other to greater heights.

“They were talking about it,” said safeties coach Joe DeForest. “‘I’m next.’

‘You’re not getting the ball next time.’ Jokingly, obviously, but any time you can have competition within the group, you’re going to be that much better.”

Among West Virginia’s assemblage of talent, senior Karl Joseph has stepped up as the defense’s unquestioned leader. A potential first-round NFL Draft pick and contender for national awards, Joseph returned to West Virginia for his senior season not only to help his team win on the field, but to lead them in the locker room as well.

“He’s been a great player,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “He’s played over 3,000 snaps in three years, and for him to take the next step to be the inspirational leader on defense and be the guy that I trust to stand in front of the room and talk and motivate everyone on defense is great. He’s a pretty motivated young man.”

After a mock game the week before West Virginia’s tilt with Georgia Southern, Joseph, sensing that his

GOLF

Max Sear adjusts to college life, start of new program at WVU

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

More and more, we see true freshmen come into collegiate athletics ready to make an immediate impact to their respective teams.

So when freshman Max Sear qualified for the No. 1 position on the West Virginia University men’s golf team this past weekend for their first tournament at Turning Stone, he was anxious to compete and ready to accept the challenge.

“It is honestly just an honor to be playing on the first WVU golf team in over 30 years, but the fact that I got to play the first event in the No. 1 spot made it feel even more special for me personally,” Sear said.

“I definitely think it added a little more pressure on me, but I think I was up for the challenge.”

Sear performed well at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational.

He started off strong with a 2-under 70 in the first round that put him tied for fourth, and a 1-over 73 in the second round left him in a tie for eighth.

But he struggled in the final round, shooting a 5-over 77 that dropped him to finish tied for 16th for the tournament.

“I could not ask for more out of a true freshman on his first event of college golf than

what Max did,” said head coach Sean Covich in an interview with WVUSports.com.

“That’s a great sign for our future.”

Even before Sear ever set foot on campus, the young Canadian had been no stranger to success on the golf course.

He was the top-ranked golfer in the Ontario area for the class of 2015, while at the same time being ranked the fourth-best golfer in all of Canada for his class.

In addition to that, he was also ranked just inside the top 200 in the world for the class of 2015. In 2014, Sear won the All-Ontario Secondary School Championship, the Team Ontario Cup and even the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier.

Like any student athlete, even golfers have to adhere to a strict daily and weekly routine that balances out their workouts, classes, practices and studies. Covich outlined a typical week for his players.

“Monday, 6:00 a.m., really 5:50 a.m.,” Covich said.

“If you arrive at 5:51 a.m., you are late. Let’s just say 6-7 a.m., workouts.”

“Class 8:30-12:45. Practice at 1:30 or 2 until about 6 or 6:30 p.m., Then, they are back for dinner, then study hall until 9. From 5 until 10 p.m., that is Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”

“Tuesday and Thursday is more relaxed. You just go to class, and you don’t have

to work out. We try to have them out of class by 12:45, or so. Those days, we go to Pete Dye or Stonewall. That takes 30 or 45 minutes to drive to.

Even those days where they don’t have to get up early, they are not getting back home until late because we have to travel. There is a lot of travel in golf. We can’t just turn on the lights. We are subject to the sun and the weather.”

Sear talked about adjusting to college life, and what his life is like as a student athlete.

“Ever since I got to WVU, I have been the busiest I have ever been in my life,” Sear said. “I found it hard at first to get around, but I think I have managed to adjust into a routine. I found out that managing your time is going to be a crucial thing if I want to see any success in the classroom and on the golf course.”

Sear is excited for what lies ahead in this inaugural season for the men’s golf team and looks forward to representing West Virginia University well.

“I’m just really excited for some great competition throughout the whole season,” he said. “I’m hoping to gain some experience and some knowledge being able to play against some of these great schools and great players and will be looking forward to it forcing me to raise my game up to a higher level.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

teammates were a bit too relaxed, called out his team and demanded that they focus harder on the task at hand.

The Mountaineers responded with the first shutout of Georgia Southern in nearly 20 years. Joseph led the way as usual, recording a career-high three interceptions and earning the first game ball that Holgorsen said he had ever given out.

Joseph also earned other accolades, taking home the Jim Thorpe Defensive Back of the Week and ECAC Football Defensive Player of the Week awards after his stel-

lar performance.

Joseph stepped up that night as a senior leader should, and it’s something he intends to continue doing all season long.

“I have to step up,” Joseph said. “I know I have to step up and fill in that leadership role, because I’ve been around here for a while now. Along with a lot of other guys on this defense, we’ve been here a while now and know what it takes to win in this league.

Stepping up and being a leader is really big for us on defense.”

West Virginia is set to face some of the best passing of-

fenses in all of college football this season, and they’ll rely on their defensive backfield to continue turning in top performances.

They showed what they’re made of on Saturday night, and they have the potential to keep it going as the season rolls on.

“Those guys are well coached,” Holgorsen said.

“They’re talented. They have a lot of experience.

They’re motivated. They’re a pretty good group. I’m really proud of where they are at and the development that they have shown.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Lyons announces 2015-16 wrestling schedule

BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

After turning heads with a Cinderella performance in last year’s NCAA Championships, the West Virginia University wrestling team, along with athletic director Shane Lyons, announced their schedule for the upcoming 2015-16 season on Wednesday.

The Mountaineers are set to face some top opposition this season, as they attempt to build on last year’s head-turning run.

“This year, we will be tested with some of two of the toughest tournaments in the nation at Las Vegas and the Southern Scuffle,” said West Virginia head coach Sammie Henson in a press release. “We also have added some new teams from the Big 12, Big 10, ACC and Pac 12. We want to prepare like there is no tomorrow and be the best team we can be today.

“The future is now, and we plan on attacking it head-on. We look forward to our fans coming out to

all of the home events, especially the Mountaineer Quad.”

West Virginia is scheduled to host seven events in Morgantown, starting with the season-opening Mountaineer Quad on Nov. 8, where the Mountaineers will face Drexel, Campbell and traditional wrestling Arizona State.

Other home meets include matchups with Lock Haven, Clarion, NC State, Big 12 opponents Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and a renewal of the old Backyard Brawl with archrivals Pitt on Feb. 7 in the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers will also travel for several tournaments against formidable competition. On Nov. 15, West Virginia will travel to Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York, where they will face Michigan, Buffalo and Oregon State in the Journeyman Northeast Duals. One week later, West Virginia will participate in the Joe Parisi Open in Henson’s hometown of St. Charles, Missouri, marking their

first open tournament of the season.

Over the winter, West Virginia will take part in two of the top in-season tournaments in collegiate wrestling. First, the Mountaineers will try to repeat their success in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in early December, the same tournament where they posted their best team showing since 2007 last season. West Virginia will then participate in the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.

West Virginia will additionally face the likes of Iowa State, South Dakota State, Virginia Tech and Stanford in the run-up to the Big 12 Championships on March 5-6 in Kansas City, Missouri.

This year’s NCAA Championships are set to be held March 17-19 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The NCAA Championships were the site of West Virginia’s greatest success last year, where unseeded freshman 125-pounder

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Senior Ross Renzi struggles against his opponent in a match against Edinboro last spring.

Zeke Moisey knocked off tional finals, where he be- Brandon Rader in 2007. four seeded wrestlers in came the Mountaineers’ a stunning run to the na- first All-American since dasports@mail.wvu.edu

club sports feature

Rugby moves toward tougher competiton

BY ALEC GEARTY

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

There are more than 40 organized club sports at West Virginia University, so it may be hard to keep track of every single one. However, the WVU men’s rugby club is the oldest organized club sport at the university, dating back to 1974.

The original team had only 18 members on the roster; currently they expanded to more than 30 on the roster.

It is a huge increase for this quietly successful club.

Led by head coach Richard Glover, a native of Northern Ireland,

the Mountaineers have been better than ever with Glover at the reins of the group. Glover took over the team in 2013 and is rejuvenating the system that is in place.

The club competed in the Keystone Conference in Division I-AA, where they went on to win Keystone Conference titles in Fall 2013 and Spring 2013, finishing 6-1 and 7-0, respectively.

Fast-forward two years, and the club decided to move into a more competitive division. WVU men’s rugby officially joined Rugby East, a conference that features the likes of

Army and Penn State.

“Coach Glover has completely turned this team around,” said club president Luke Ellis. “He is such a vital tool to us with his knowledge…he helped get us to Division I-A, the highest division in collegiate rugby, and we are now in the Rugby East conference…[Glover] has been a huge part of getting us there.”

“This is a great occasion for our club,” Glover said.

“Hopefully the start of yet another successful chapter in our program.”

Last season, the Army Black Knights won the Rugby East by going un-

defeated with an 8-0 record. However, despite bringing in a new coach this summer due to retirement, WVURFC is ready for the tall task of competing against the powerhouse.

“We intend to fully commit and work even harder to not only participate but compete against the best,” Glover said in a statement on the team’s move.

Ellis has been associated with WVURFC since his freshman year at WVU. After playing rugby in high school, he wanted to take his talent to the next level and play in college. Ellis believes that the club is taking a step in the right

direction.

“We are all very excited for the move, we are constantly preparing and practicing everyday getting ourselves ready for the goal ahead,” Ellis said.

The team isn’t in the Rugby East conference to learn the first couple of years. “[We want] to prove that we belong here. The teams will be a challenge, but we are taking the necessary steps to compete against them,” Ellis said.

The WVU rugby club opens up the 2015 season against the Bowling Green Falcons on Sept. 12.

The first home match is at 1 p.m on Sept. 19., when

the Mountaineers take on Notre Dame College.

Every home match is played at the Mylan Park Athletic Field Complex near the University Town Center.

“The best part is [that] anyone and everyone can join,” Ellis said.

Although there is an Aside and B-side on the team, Ellis said there will be a spot for anybody interested in either. If you are interested in playing for WVURFC, contact Ellis at lbellis@mix.wvu. edu, the club welcomes newcomers. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Plans for 2020 Tokyo Olympics marred by stadium mess, logo fuss TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s ambitions for a trouble-free 2020 Tokyo Olympics to showcase the country’s economic revival are facing an unexpected obstacle course as planners lurch from one fiasco to the next.

The 2020 games were dubbed the clinching “fourth arrow” of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ambitious strategy to restore Japan’s star stature after two decades of economic doldrums. But instead of burnishing the country’s image, the glitches so far have tarnished it.

Last week, organizers scrapped their Olympics logo, saying it was withdrawn by the designer due to allegations of plagiarism.

That followed Abe’s decision in July to drop a gargantuan new national stadium design that critics likened to a bicycle helmet, reducing the project to cut its cost by over a third, to a still-whopping 155 billion yen ($1.3 billion).

Some say the embarrassments show Japan has

yet to adapt its idiosyncratic, opaque ways of decision-making and planning to 21st century expectations for transparency and accountability.

“Tokyo 2020 is so symbolic of their lagging behind in globalization,” said Nancy Snow, a professor emeritus in communications at California State University at Fullerton. “This is a disaster in terms of communication and image management.”

The setbacks coincided with mediocre economic data and with massive public protests against legislation that will give the military, which has been constrained by the country’s post-World War II pacifist constitution, more leeway for involvement in armed conflicts.

Even the Yomiuri newspaper, which usually cheers Abe and his policies, described the scandal over the logo as a “big blunder.”

In an editorial, it urged the government and organizing committee “to brace themselves up and to recover lost

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Abe set the bar high in touting Tokyo’s status as an affluent, orderly, ultramodern city where safety, cleanliness and meticulous organization can be taken for granted. After all, the last Tokyo games, in 1964, were praised as a great success.

“The perception from outside is the Japanese are perfectionists and are very good planners. They run a tight ship. This is the leakiest ship,” said Snow, who is writing a book about Japan’s branding efforts.

The Tokyo organizing committee, the committee that chose the logo and designer Kenjiro Sano all shared responsibility for the logo mess, Olympics Minister Toshiaki Endo told lawmakers.

The Tokyo organizers saidTourists walk around the stadium in Tokyo built for the Olympics and other events.

Sano had asked that his “T’’ over works unrelated to the yond the 2020 Olympics. It shaped logo, which a de- Olympics logo. embodies structural probsigner in Belgium alleges reReports said Sano had lems endemic to the Japsembles one he created for a superimposed his logo on anese government as a theater there, be withdrawn banners and signposts in a whole,” Hideki Kato of the following fresh complaints photo of an airport that al- think tank Japan Initiative, legedly was taken from a wrote in a commentary in website without permis- the website Nippon.com.

That includes the custom sion. He also faced allegations that his design of adopting and planning for a zoo and for a mu- costly major projects with seum closely resembled little transparency or acother artists’ published countability, he said. works.

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi MaUltimately, Abe shares suzoe, who chafed at the responsibility for having projected costs for the new appointed those in charge, stadium, complained on said Michael Cucek, an ad- Twitter that both the logo junct professor of politics at and the stadium issues Tokyo’s Sophia University. showed “lack of clarity over “The person who put responsibility and informathose people where they tion disclosure.” are is Abe,” Cucek said. “It’s The about-face on the really a question of having design means the new Napeople who can execute this tional Stadium likely won’t at the top.” be ready for the 2019 Rugby Anything involving the World Cup, as initially Olympics, sponsorships or promised. Given shortages construction in Japan in- of construction workers volves huge sums of money. and other constraints, orGiven Japan’s tradition of ganizers and builders will awarding public works con- be struggling to meet the tracts via a collusive sys- revised deadline of January tem known as “dango” that 2020 set by the International spreads the largesse mainly Olympic Committee. among a top tier of major New proposals for the contractors, with plenty of stadium, which will seat extra padding built in, many 68,000 instead of the origihave questioned how the nal 80,000 and lack air condecisions were made. ditioning and the roof in“The debacle has impli- cluded in architect Zaha cations that extend far be- Hadid’s original plan, face

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a Nov. 16 deadline, three years after her design was first chosen.

Hadid announced Monday she is still hoping to find a contractor to work with her company and its partner, design and engineering company Nikken Sekkei, to meet the lower cost ceiling.

Whatever design is chosen and built, the changes to Tokyo’s skyline will be minor compared with those brought by the 1964 Games, which marked Japan’s reemergence as an industrial power from the ruins of its defeat in World War II. Rivers and canals were paved over or topped by towering expressways to minimize the cost of land purchases. The city rushed to finish its shinkansen “bullet train,” the world’s first.

Tens of thousands of city residents were relocated to make way for dozens of new sports venues and other facilities, but public complaints were muted for the sake of national pride.

Ultimately, it all went more or less like clockwork.

Today, 56 years on, Japan’s image is on the line.

“We need to treat the stadium fiasco as a wake-up call and stop this runaway train before it is too late,” said Kato.

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Big 12 has few chances for signature non-conference wins this season

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Oklahoma’s K.J. Young runs down the field in a game against West Virginia last season.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma goes to Rocky Top this weekend and Texas Tech follows next week with a trip to the foothills of the Ozark Mountains.

For the sake of the Big 12 Conference, the 19th-ranke d S o oners and Red Raiders need to do more than just visit two of the SEC-record 10 teams now ranked in the Top 25.

The Big 12, the conference snubbed by the first College Football Playoff last season, needs some signature victories against teams from other Power Five leagues. And there just aren’t many opportunities to do that.

Yes, third-ranked TCU won its opener at Minnesota, a good victory against a good Big Ten team that

was expected.

What stood out instead for the Big 12 on the opening weekend was Texas getting completely overwhelmed 38-3 at ninthranked Notre Dame, and Kansas losing at home to South Dakota State — the third year in a row an FCS team has won against the Big 12.

Among the 30 non-conference games this September, three for each of the 10 teams outside the league’s roundrobin schedule, there are as many opponents from FCS schools as from other Power Five leagues — eight such games each.

That leaves 14 games against other FBS teams, with Rice, SMU and UTSA each playing two Big 12 teams. Just with those games, C-USA teams Rice

and UTSA, and American Athletic squad SMU will play more non-conference games against Power Five opponents than nine Big 12 teams will.

Playoff-hopeful and No. 19 Oklahoma goes to No. 23 Tennessee for the first time Saturday, and a week later Texas Tech plays No. 18 Arkansas.

“We believe that if you’re going to be one of the top programs, you play other top programs,” Sooners coach Bob Stoops said.

“It’s exciting for our fans, it’s exciting for college football and it’s exciting for us, for our players and coaches. But it only works when you win.”

And the Sooners have, winning at Notre Dame in 2013 and Florida State in 2011. They play No. 1 Ohio

State the next two seasons, and have games scheduled against UCLA in 2018-19.

A look at some of the other Big 12 non-conference scheduling: POWER OUTAGE: Baylor, Kansas State and Oklahoma State won’t face a Power Five team until starting Big 12 play.

This is the sixth season in a row Baylor has such a non-conference slate. (TCU, while then a BCS buster, was still in the Mountain West when playing the Bears from 2010-12).

That certainly went against the Bears last season, when they won a share of their second consecutive Big 12 Conference title but were the first team left out of the initial fourteam CFP field. They had

outscored SMU, Northwestern State and Buffalo a combined 178-27 in nonconference play.

The Bears’ home opener Saturday against FCS team Lamar comes a week after winning 56-21 at SMU. “First and foremost, our job is to win,” coach Art Briles said. “Then whatever happens with that victory, that’s just the way it is.”

NOT GOING DOWN: Texas and Oklahoma are the only Big 12 teams not playing a lower-division FCS team.

The Longhorns, in coach Charlie Strong’s second season, are the only team with two games against top-tier non-conference opponents. After their home opener against Rice on Saturday, they host Pac-12 team California.

SCHEDULE RULES?: While there have been discussions among league athletic directors and coaches about non-conference schedules, Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said ADs have chosen not to make any scheduling mandates so far.

Bowlsby knows the non-conference schedule for each team affects the strength of schedule for every other league team.

“I don’t think it means that everybody has to play three top 20 teams in their preseason,” Bowlsby said before the season. “I also think it doesn’t mean that everybody has to play three that are FCS or in the bottom of FBS. So I think there’s a happy medium there.”

Carpenter, Piscotty lead Cards past Cubs, 4-3 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Matt Carpenter tripled and scored twice and Stephen Piscotty doubled in the winning run Wednesday, leading St. Louis past the Chicago Cubs 4-3 to end the Cardinals’ three-game losing streak.

The NL Central leaders scored three times in the eighth inning to avoid their first sweep at home this season and their first against the Cubs since September 2010.

Cubs left-hander Jon Lester left after seven dominant innings. He didn’t allow a hit after the third batter and retired 20 of his final 21 hitters.

Carpenter scored after a triple in the first, and his single in the eighth ignited the rally.

Piscotty’s double off the center-field wall scored Peter Bourjos and Carpenter. apexchange.com Jonathan Broxton (24) got the win and Trevore Stephen Piscotty and Yadier Molina high five after defeating the Cubs yesterday.

Rosenthal picked up his go’s second-inning rally. mound to kick off a four43rd save. Clayton Rich- The Cardinals have given game series Thursday at ard (3-1) took the loss. up hits to opposing pitch- Philadelphia. Arrieta has a Cardinals right-hander ers in four consecutive 17-inning scoreless streak Carlos Martinez needed games and each have led and was the NL Pitcher of 99 pitches to get through to runs. the Month for August. five innings. The Cubs Cardinals: LHP Jaime WEB GEM stranded at least one base Coghlan made a tough Garcia (8-4, 1.89 ERA) runner in each of his in- catch on a tailing fly ball kicks off a 10-game road nings, but Martinez was off the bat of Tommy trip Thursday at Cincinable to limit the damage Pham in the fifth. Coghlan nati. Garcia is 5-0 with a with eight strikeouts. caught the ball in foul ter- 1.76 ERA since Aug. 1.

Chris Coghlan took ritory, but his momentum advantage of Randal flipped him over the wall Grichuk’s compromised and into the crowd. throwing arm to score the WELCOME BACK Cubs’ first run on Anthony The Cardinals activated Rizzo’s double. Grichuk, Matt Adams from the 60starting for the first time day disabled list. Adams since straining his elbow was hitting .243 in 144 atAug. 16, had to flip the ball bats with four home runs to right-fielder Jason Hey- and 20 RBI before missing ward, who threw it in al- 91 games with the injury. lowing Coghlan to score Lefty Nick Greenwood was from first. designated for assignment Rizzo appeared to be to make room. caught in a run-down folTRAINING ROOM lowing his double, but Cardinals: Matt Belisle Martinez failed to cover (right elbow inflammathird, allowing Rizzo to tion) threw a simulated THE DAILY ATHENAEUM take an extra base. Tommy game, but no definite reLa Stella followed with a turn date has been set for Follow us on Twitter for all the breaking news updates and news feeds. two-out double to give the the right-hander. He has missed 65 games.

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