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PRT restoration reaches next phase by john mark shaver staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s Personal Rapid Transit is no stranger to harsh criticism. Now on its 40th anniversary, the PRT makes traveling between WVU campuses much more convenient, or at least it should theoretically. Despite touting a 9398 percent efficiency record, the University doesn’t keep track of when the PRT breaks down, according to

Clement Solomon, director of the Department of Transportation and Parking. “We are working on that,” Solomon said. “We started for this semester and will continue to monitor that.” To combat the PRT’s age and breakdowns, the Department of Transportation and Parking introduced a three-phase modernization plan to update the PRT system, which has remained more or less untouched since the 1970s. Crews have worked on the PRT since 2011, when

the plan was announced, and the project is now on Phase II. “Phase II would primarily be focusing on replacement of our train control system,” Solomon said. “That would be, basically, our guiderail electronics and substation and electrical gear … So that’s a big part of the system.” Phase II should be finished by next summer and the entire modernization by the summer of 2018. Solomon said although renovations will continue

for several upcoming summers, they’ve accomplished a lot in a short time. “In three months, there’s only so much you can do,” he said. “I think we finished a decent majority.” When renovations are completed, the PRT should run much more efficient, Arlie Forman, assistant director of the Department of Transportation and Parking, told The Daily Athenaeum earlier this summer. “It’s anticipated that the

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Students wait for the PRT dooors to open at the Health Sciences station.

WVU trying to become more ADA accessible

ONE WEEK DOWN

by paige Czyzewski staff writer @Dailyathenaeum

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The WVU freshman class stands in the shape of the state of West Virginia during welcome week.

How was your first week at West Virginia University? “The first week has already been so busy, but I love my classes so much that I don’t even mind it. I’m excited to learn everything I can,” thing I can,” said Megan Pumphrey, a junior business management student. “This year is going well so far; I knew where I was going and I didn’t have a panic attack,” said Olivia Seibert, a sophomore.

“It’s been interesting readjusting after my summer job,” said Ryan Wilkinson, a senior advertising student. “The first week of classes so far has been great. I’ve got a stacked schedule with it being my final year, but I’m excited to buckle down and push through to the end,” said Brandon Horn, a junior computer science student. “This week has been crazy, but I’m feeling positive about this semester. All of my classes have a great vibe to them so far, and I’m excited to get started,” Said Sarah Hott, a junior business management student.

“Classes have been going well. Most of my professors eased into the semester, but I have a feeling things are about to pick up,” said Joel Whetzel, a junior political science student.

Administrators at West Virginia University know the campus’ steep hills and aging buildings, some of which are left without elevators, are inaccessible or challenging for students with disabilities. The University hopes to remediate some of those challenges and is looking for an outside firm to assess how the school’s campuses comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. “A lot of West Virginia is geographically a challenge, especially if you have any kind of mobility impairment just because we’re typically built on a hill somewhere,” said Jill Hess, WVU’s ADA coordinator. “All of our campuses have experienced that.” The University’s Board of Governors made the request and will accept detailed plans for how a firm plans to assess the campus and develop a transition plan until Monday at 4 p.m. During a four to six month process, firms will design a transition plan to help the University come into compliance with the 2010 ADA Accessible Guidelines. A new guideline is expected to be released by the end of 2015. Hess said the school has been working to come into appliance since the guidelines came out and that the school is dedicated to resolving any problem areas. Improvements might range from checking appropriate ramp slopes to ensuring all campus doorknobs don’t require fine motor skills to open – or even just class accommodations. “Because we haven’t been able to fully go through and totally change every single build-

ing—to go building by building—major 2010 reflections are slow-coming,” Hess said. “But they are coming.” Hess contends that this walk-through of professional architects and engineers will help the University identify the areas on campus that require focus and attention. WVU’s status as an older, land-grant institution plays into how buildings will be taken into account. Date of building construction, past major modifications and certain federal protections determine whether a building complies with the 1990 guidelines or the 2010 standards. Structures exempt from making adjustments may leave spaces open for problems. But Hess argues WVU, as an institution and an administration, is proactive and will take steps for the campus to reflect true accessibility. “[A complication] can become a non-issue if it is effectively accommodated,” Hess said. The University’s Office of Accessibility, located within the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, helps students reach accommodations on a case-by-case basis. Employees of the office might alter a student’s schedule so their classes are closer to accessible entrances, provide transportation to difficult buildings and send letters and coordinate with professors to make accommodations for students in need. Accommodations most often have to do with ADHD and dyslexia. “Most people have one or more areas that may have a limitation, be that from a medical condition, a psychological condition, or a learning disabil-

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SGA initiatives include culture change, stronger sense of community by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Last year, many of the current Student Government Association members ran on platforms focused on community and making positive changes on campus. According to student body president George Capel and vice president Ashley Morgan, SGA plans on delivering those promises. This school year, SGA plans to implement a “culture change” across West Askar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Virginia University so stuSGA President George Capel and Vice President Ashley Morgan listen to student dents can “feel that Morganquestions at an SGA meeting held inside Hatfields on Wednesday evening. town is their home” and have

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more opportunities to interact with the community. “Students need to feel that Morgantown is home and for that to be the case, they need to be doing things that they would be doing in their own town,” Capel said. Part of the movement includes expanding service opportunities, not only across the city but the state as well. Over the summer, SGA members went on a retreat to Parsons, West Virginia to help with various projects around the town in order to revive the community. Morgan said she would like to see similar projects throughout the year stu-

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dents could also participate in. “We would love to get a group of SGA members and students to go do something to make sure that students are being seen across the state. WVU means so much to people in this state, and so it’s important to go to different areas and give back,” Morgan said. “It makes [prospective] students not just come here because they signed up to, but because they saw a student on a service trip and wanted to come to WVU so they could be like that person.” The major driving force behind new initiatives stems

from a conscious need to change the public’s negative view of the University, according to Morgan and Capel. “The culture change won’t happen overnight. It’s like a climate, and it will change over months, even years at a time,” Capel said. “But we think that we can contribute to that in several ways, not only through service and having students specifically, engaged, but also having students participate in activities they’re interested in.” SGA plans to raise participation rates in students by

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Continued from page 2 forming what they are calling a Student Programming Board. The objective is to involve students in the process of planning events in their own interest, giving them more of a say in what goes on around campus. Capel said he believes the initiative will be a success if not for the sole reason that “students know what students want.” The programming board will play an important role in “alternative activities”, a term Capel said he really dislikes. “They shouldn’t be the alternative. They should be the primary activities. It shouldn’t be the ‘alternative’ to going downtown and getting trashed,” Capel said. “Students are in a perfect position to plan these things because they know what students want more than any other person working at the University.” The students are not the only demographic SGA is trying to reach out to. City council members have also been approached by SGA members in an attempt to add a nonvoting

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The cost of redesigning an entire transportation system and its 71 mobile Continued from page 1 units is high. According to the departreplacement of the auto- ment’s website, Phase II matic train controls system alone is estimated to cost and replacement of the au- more than $50 million. tomatic fare collection system could reduce downdanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu time events by 40 percent,” Forman said in the interview. “By reducing the frequency and/or length of Continued from page 1 downtime events the system should become more efficient.” ity,” Hess said. “It’s unWhen contacted this derstanding that it’s not week for comment, For- just someone who uses a man directed all questions wheelchair or someone that has a hearing differto Solomon. “Due to its age, the PRT ence... It’s making things system now lacks techni- fundamentally accessical and vendor support, ble for all,” Hess hopes the negand a dwindling market for replacement com- ative connotation surponents has resulted in rounding students who a steep increase in oper- need help and the reational costs,” a release moval of barriers to acfrom the department read. cessibility continues “Additionally, the current to change with ADA PRT system reliability rate transitions. of 93 to 98 percent is not satisfactory.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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SGA representative to City Council to speak for students. While this has not happened yet, two SGA members, Matt Blair and Billie Murray, were appointed to the Morgantown Human Rights Commission earlier this summer. Apart from these immediate goals, SGA will use this school year to plan next year’s Big 12 Special Olympics event that will come to WVU’s campus in fall 2016. Morgan said she and a few SGA members will attend the Special Olympics event at the University of Texas this November to see how they can build off of the event and then make it better for next year. She said she hopes the 2016 event will be a showcase for what WVU can “bring to the table” and what a “true Mountaineer looks like.” Capel and Morgan have set the bar high for SGA this year, but they have repeated a particular sentiment over and over again— they want to be the beginning of a bigger, positive change to the University, and they want everyone to share their love of the University with everyone else possible. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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First women to pass ranger school are army pilot, military cop FORT BENNING, Ga. (AP) — The first two women to pass the Army’s notoriously difficult Ranger School impressed male classmates left in their dust during road marches and proved their mettle as teammates by helping carry heavy weapons when others were too fatigued to lift another ounce. As the Pentag on weighs a decision on allowing women to serve in combat jobs long held by men only, a Ranger School comrade offered a blunt assessment of Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver as they spoke to reporters Thursday. “They can serve by my side anytime because I know I can trust them,” 2nd Lt. Erickson Krogh said. “Especially these two. I’d have no qualms about serving with them in combat.” Griest, 26, of Orange, Connecticut, and Haver, 25, of Copperas Cove, Texas, will become the first women to wear the Army’s coveted Ranger tab when they graduate alongside 94 male soldiers Friday at Fort Benning. Despite proving their grit in the two-month Ranger course, the two women are still unable to

join infantry, armor and special forces units - including the 75th Ranger Regiment. That could change next year after the Pentagon makes its recommendations. At a news conference Friday, the women stopped short of saying they earned a place in combat units by finishing the notoriously grueling two-month Ranger course - something only about 3 percent of Army soldiers accomplish. But Griest said she hopes the achievement at least carries some weight in the final decisions. “I’m definitely interested to see what new doors do open up for women,” said Griest, a military police officer and Afghanistan veteran stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. She said she might be interested in a special forces career if that path was open to her. Haver, an Apache helicopter pilot stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, said she plans to stick with aviation. She acknowledged going into Ranger School with some doubts as to how male soldiers would react.

A&E

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Beechurst PRT Station getting an artsy facelift Caitlin Worrell a&E Editor @dailyathenaeum

The Beechurst PRT station is getting a little brighter with the help from a few creative West Virginia University students. With the masterpiece growing in size each day, it’s hard to miss the spirited mural being constructed under the downtown station. The project is led by international studies student Cecily Flight and geography student Gerardo Valera who paired up to turn their passion for art into a campus treasure. Together the two have created the student organized WVU Art Movement, which is overseeing the completion of the mural. “We created it so that people would have an outlet to support, promote and create art on campus,” Flight said. “Anyone can join because we always need supporters and promoters.” The WVU Art Movement has spent the last few months planning and selecting design options for the wall. “We had a lot of designs to choose from, but we settled on one that was obviously gold and blue themed,” Flight said. “Gerardo based it off of a Fibonacci design, which is sacred geometry. That’s where the center piece comes from.” The downtown mural, which features a large compass-like centerpiece, utilizes multiple painting styles. The centerpiece takes on a mosaic style, creating the compass rose by strategically puzzling out the space. Other ele-

ments of the mural, including gold spiral work, flowing water and even a few unexpected characters. “The stuff flowing out is supposed to represent the Morgantown River since we are all so close to the water,” Flight said. “It’s part of our town and our culture. The bird and the woman will both represent freedom.” But finishing the mural posed more challenges than Flight and Valera anticipated. The WVU Art Movement project, which started more than two years ago, overcame numerous obstacles before lead artist Valera could get paint on the wall. “The biggest challenge was so much pushback,” Flight said. “It’s taken us time with the school. We could’ve gotten it done a long time ago with money and support from them. That was our biggest concern. We wanted the money from the administration because it’s going to be a University thing. We got funding from other sources, like other student organizations and SGA.” Though the road to completing the project was a long and difficult one; students involved agree the project was well worth the trouble. “It’s really gratifying actually seeing our work come together,” Flight said. “Everyone is really positive about it, and that’s what we wanted from the beginning was to positively benefit students and impact them on the way to the PRT.” Flight hopes the positive feedback from the mural can help encourage the culture change at WVU and continue to inspire other

Mountaineers to make a difference. “I went to the SGA meeting last night with Johnathan Riseberg, someone who has been with us since we brought it to SGA. They were talking about how they are trying to change the culture on campus at WVU and we brought up the mural,” Flight said. “We got a round of applause, and it was really nice. I was tearing up because I didn’t know people were so happy about it. It’s just nice to know that people like it.” When completed, the mural below the Beechurst PRT station will be the first student painted mural on campus at WVU. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Cecily Flight, Grace Milliken, and Gerardo Valera painstakingly paint a decorative mural on one of the wall near the Beechurst PRT Station.

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Grace Milliken, Gerardo Valera, and Andre Minassian decorate their own parts of the mural, located close to the Beechurst PRT station.

Student Poll

West Virginia University students, what did you think of FallFest? At the beginning of every fall semester, West Virginia University hosts an outdoor concert called FallFest. FallFest is a fun way to kick off the school year and listen to some great performers live. Thursday, Aug. 20, I polled 100 random students in the Mountainlair and asked “What did you think of FallFest?” A little less than a third of the student body polled did not attend FallFest, instead choosing to go to parties or take part in other activities. Of those that did attend FallFest the opinions were generally positive. 37 percent liked FallFest, 21 percent thought it was “just okay” and 12 percent flat out did not like the event this year. A few different reasons for not liking FallFest, or not

attending, were repeated frequently. Some students found the heat to be unbearable. In the past FallFest has been held at night. Even without the sun blazing overhead, the body heat generated by so many students often made the event uncomfortably warm. FallFest was held earlier than usual this year, and the afternoon sun only exasperated the temperature problem. Other students didn’t like the lineup. Headliners from previous years included Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore, Mac Miller, Big Sean and other popular acts. This year’s lineup was slightly more obscure. This was another deterrent for a lot of students. -Westley Thompson, Associate A&E Editor

Didn't go 30%

Liked it 37%

Didn't like it 12% It was okay 21%

Keller and the Keels headline grand opening of Mainstage Morgantown Chelsea Walker a&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

It was one “Keeler” night with Keller and the Keels. Rolling into Morgantown, Williams alongside husband and wife duet Larry and Jenny Keel, took the stage at Mainstage Morgantown to make for one jamming opening night. In its debut show, Mainstage Morgantown, formally the building that housed Chic n’ Bones, was greeted by countless guests with flat foots blazing with Keller and the Keels as special guests. Getting his start in Williamsburg, Virginia, at a ripe age, Williams was introduced to a colorful world of music. Dabbling in country, bluegrass, hip-hop, funk and even go-go genres, Williams began playing the guitar, mimicking the sounds and styles of popular bands The Smiths and R.E.M. Then, the five jam band pioneers that made up the Grateful Dead appeared on the scene to forever impact Keller’s sound. In-

corporating his influences and his personal uniqueness, Keller created what he is, today, known for. Keller’s style isn’t static, however, the multifaceted musician was also written and produced a children’s album. Titled, “Kids,” Keller truly released his inner “kid,” with a 14-track record. On his debut children’s album, songs like “Hulahoop to da Loop,” are filled with energetic beats, while his tune, “Good Advice,” features the quirky lyric, “you can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your friends’ nose.” With an array of influences and works, Williams’ musical skillset is equipped with stellar guitar skills and serious soul. The acoustic artist now has more than 20 albums and stars in multiple projects with other talented musicians. One project: the bluegrass-fueled ensemble that makes up the Keller and the Keels. This string trio together has released three albums explicitly featuring cover songs. The

Keels are no strangers to the music scene. Founding father of his very own band, The Larry Keel Experience, Larry Keel was brought up in a musically immersed home, with bluegrass strumming parents. Keel’s upbringing and love of music, led him to his 14 released albums. His wife Jenny, now joins him, and together, the two create musically charged chemistry on stage. Trish Gordon, an avid Keller and the Keels enthwusiast, was pleased with the transformation Chic n’ Bones went. “It’s good to see all the lineups coming up,” Gordon said. Having no issue filling the dancefloor, Mainstage Morgantown welcomed a large crowd that kicked off the night with opener Alan Davis. Davis prepped the crowd for Williams, setting the stage for what would soon be a serious jam session from Williams. Williams, with an acoustic guitar and funky sound tweaking system, took the stage, addressing the crowd. “It’s an honor to open

up the place.” Sticking with some of his personal hits such as “In a Cadillac” and “Double Decker Doublewide,” Williams also channeled jam band influences from the Grateful Dead, playing “Scarlet Begonias,” and Garrett Yurisko/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM “Deep Elm Blues.” Joining onstage, Jenny Fans watch on from a far as Keller Williams plays. Keel, yielding a bass, and Larry Keel, with his acoustic guitar, started out with covers from classic rock bands. Songs like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” were given their own bluegrass flare, truly creating a unique listening experience. As a seasoned Keller and the Keels fan, Zac BeGarrett Yurisko/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM itzel truly thought the trio would bring their typical Keller Williams debuts at the grand opening of Mainstage Morgantown. folk and bluegrass sound. Easy. Safe. Secure. “The Keels normally do a bluegrass ensemble, but tonight they’ll make it a little more jam-ish,” Beitzel said. Access and manage bills online Through covers traced Get email reminders of payments due with bluegrass, funky and Go paperless jam band styles, Keller and Enroll in AutoPay the Keels proved what a multi-talented group they truly are. Morgantown daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Utility Board

OPINION

Friday August 21, 2015

editorial

Expanding Mountie Bounty uses Nearly every West Virginia University student with a meal plan has experienced the frustration of trying to use a meal swipe at a restaurant in the Mountainlair at the wrong time of day. When worldshattering tragedies like this occur, that delicious Whopper meal or Taziki’s gyro must be abandoned and replaced with a simple meal swipe at nearby dining halls like Boreman Bistro. Lucky for students, however, there are Dining Dollars and Mountie Bounty. Students can bypass their meal plan issues at any time of day by using these alternate payment options to fulfill their fast food cravings. While Dining Dollars only apply to food purchases from both of WVU’s campuses, Mountie Bounty can be used anywhere from JACs to, more recently, third-party restaurants and businesses

CVS Pharmacy joins the list of outlets in Morgantown that currently accepting Mountie Bounty as a payment alternative. on High Street, Beechurst Avenue and Patteson Drive. This editorial board believes the expansion in locations accepting Mountie Bounty will enormously benefit students, local

businesses and the University. Students can purchase essentials at CVS and Sheetz with money from the easily-loadable card instead of waiting for bank deposits or paychecks to go through. The

card also makes managing finances easier, as money allotted solely for school-related purchases can be kept separate from debit or credit card balances. Local businesses may

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also receive a boost in sales from the new policy. Restaurants like Campus Canteen and The Greeks will likely become new favorite eating places of students at the Downtown campus, as they’re now

accessible with Mountie Bounty along with both Panera Bread locations and the Burger King on Evansdale. As an added bonus, parents can feel comfortable depositing money onto their child’s card because they know the money can only go toward food or basic necessities. While the benefits to expanding Mountie Bounty’s uses are numerous, this editorial board believes expanding to places like Pita Pit and Subway on High Street should also be taken into consideration. Instead of only being able to choose from more traditional fast food restaurants, including healthier options may combat the aptly-named “Freshman 15.” Let’s face it: Wherever there’s food, students will follow. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

commentary

Removal of gendered signs in Target causes outrage kayla mccormick columnist @dailyathenaeum

Last week, Target announced it would be going gender-neutral in its toys, home and electronic departments. The company stated over the past year how customers have begun raising questions about unnecessary gendered signage throughout the store. For example, there was a sign in one store identifying “Building Sets” and a separate sign for “Girls’ Building Sets” in the same aisle. Those of us who understand the definition of “gender” breathed a collective sigh of relief. All others lost their minds. Perhaps there are parents out there who only want their daughters to play with pink dolls from the pink aisle of the store and their boys playing with G.I. Joes from the blue aisle of the store, but I’m going to give America the benefit of the doubt and say most parents aren’t that nauseatingly daft. More likely, I think, is a notable portion of the population confusing the definition of “gender” with the definition of “sex.” Gender is how each individual identifies internally as male, female or other. Sex, on the other hand, is the biological re-

ality of male or female or other. Following a faulty line of logic, some people assumed the exclusion of gendered signs was Target’s indirect acknowledgement of another sex. Feeling the Holy Binary of male and female being challenged, people began to swear to never step foot into a Target again, reminding me of a time in the recent past when a pastor threatened to set himself on fire if gay marriage was legalized. Both things are simply ridiculous. Putting aside the existence of scientific evidence proving sex is more complex than the male and female binary, how is the removal of pink and blue from store aisles going to negatively impact the lives of others? Removing unnecessarily-gendered signs will not make your little boy think he is a girl, and it won’t make your little girl think she is a boy. It won’t somehow instill homosexuality into your assumed-heterosexual child. Playing with a pink Tonka truck will not psychologically scar your son, and if your daughter somehow manages to find herself in a non-Barbie themed battery-operated car, she will not spontaneously grow a penis. The removal of gendered signs and toys will, how-

Target has become the focus of recent controversy surrounding its incredibly gendered toy aisles. ever, remove limitations on your child as to what they feel they are capable of and what they feel they are allowed to be interested in. It has the potential to eradicate preconceived ideas of masculinity and femininity. Some people probably think gendered toys are a

ridiculous thing to be arguing about in the first place and don’t believe they can impact the way a child behaves. Consider this: from birth, children are ushered into their respective binaries. Girls play with kitchen sets and dolls and are prepped for being a mother one day. Boys are given

building blocks and tools and taught to work, to be tough and to provide. From birth, their options are limited by their sex. Society tells each and every one of us what we can and can’t be, and we allow it purely because it is the way of things. A simple thing like re-

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moving gendered signs in department stores is an act of defiance and a step forward toward equality between the sexes. I commend Target for being bold enough to take that step, no matter how small it may be. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

commentary

Reverse racism: Can’t exist by definition, insulting to minority groups emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

I recently came across an online article written by a former high school classmate about racial tension on the campus of her southern college. The title immediately piqued my interest. With race relations currently at the forefront of the media, I thought the piece would give interesting insight into the experiences of people my own age on a college campus in the south. When I actually read the article, I was shocked, and not in a good way. It was about reverse racism rather than actual racism. To be more specific, instead of discussing the everyday experiences of people of color on her campus, my classmate claimed that she herself was racially discriminated against for being “white and preppy.” She compared being “mocked for drinking Starbucks and wearing sorority letters” to the actual racism experienced by minority groups at her 80 percent white and 50 percent Greek life-involved university. To add insult to injury, she claimed she could not

The riots in Ferguson, MO, prompted widespread discussion of racism and discrimination in America. be racist due to once dating a biracial student at our high school, and even included a photo of them together before the homecoming dance of freshman year. To say backlash on the piece was swift and heavy would be an understatement. Online comments ranged from constructively critical to completely outrageous. Many urged the publication to remove the article, which they felt was a poor representation of their

school and its values. This particular article, which has since been removed by its publisher, serves as a reflection for much of the race-based discussion taking place in the media today. We tend to hear just as much, if not more, about “reverse racism” and its effects on the white community as we do about actual racism and its effects on racial minorities. This is not only completely unfounded in fact, but also entirely problem-

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atic in nature. I’m not going to deny stereotypes about white people exist. I’m not going to deny these stereotypes sometimes hurt. What I am going to deny is the discriminatory nature of these stereotypes. To clarify, there is a difference between discrimination and prejudice, and the inability to understand this difference is one of the most pervasive problems keeping us from moving ahead as a country and closing the social and eco-

nomic gaps between races. Prejudice is a negative or incorrect attitude about a particular group. Prejudice is what keeps us telling jokes about white people loving mayonnaise and being bad dancers. Discrimination is a negative behavior or action directed toward a certain group. Discrimination is what keeps large numbers of minorities from living in certain neighborhoods and pursuing higher education. Reverse racism does not and cannot exist by definition. While racial minorities can certainly hold prejudices against white people, they cannot be “just as racist as white people” or “just as discriminatory as white people” because they do not hold the same economic, institutional and political power. Often, claiming reverse racism serves as a defense mechanism for the majority group. For those of us who don’t harbor racist attitudes ourselves, it is natural to come to the defense of our entire race in an effort to defend ourselves by making blanket statements like, “Not all white people are racist” and “Not all cops are racist.” It is redundant to say,

“Not all cops are racist.” To put it in a way that is easy to understand, if you are presented with a plate of cookies, and one cookie on the plate is lethally poisoned, you’re definitely not going to grab one at random. You’re probably not going to eat any cookies out of fear that one might kill you. Obviously not all cops are racist, but there are enough cops with racist attitudes to make it a problem. It would serve us far greater to recognize that while the majority of cops are definitely just good people trying to make a living, there are some that harbor enough racism to make racial minorities afraid of the entire group. Similarly, it would serve us far greater to recognize that while not all white people are racist, there are enough racist people to limit the upward mobility and social advantages of racial minorities. When we can face these truths, however uncomfortable they may make us, we may finally be able to empathize with disadvantaged minority groups. We may finally be able to move forward together. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Graduate Student Welcome Event to offer networking, giveaways Hannah Harless a&e Writer @dailyathenaeum

The Office of Graduate Education and Life will host its annual Graduate Student Welcome Event today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will take place on the Mountainlair Green, located directly behind the Mountainlair and across from Clark Hall. The event is organized and hosted by West Virginia University’s Office of Graduate Education and Life, an organization established to provide graduate students

with the tools and help they need to succeed at the University. The mission of the organization is to encourage graduate student success, both in and out of the classroom, by taking advantage of what the Morgantown area has to offer and organizing events like the Graduate Student Welcome Event. “The purpose of the event is to break the barrier between all of the graduate student programs by encouraging graduate students and educators to network amongst one another, as well as celebrate the be-

ginning of the new fall term,” said Graduate Student Assistant Lacie Geary. “Every year, the office puts a lot of effort into making this event a fun one for graduate students to come out and enjoy.” The Graduate Student Welcome will feature live music from local hip-hop DJ Strizy, free food, games and free giveaways. DJ Strizy is well known among students at the University and in the Morgantown music scene. Food at the welcoming event will be supplied and catered by WVU Catering

Dining Services. Giveaways at the event come from a selection of WVU gear, such as T-shirts, decals and face tattoos. The Office of Graduate Education and Life will also host a raffle during the event in which two popular pieces of WVU men’s and women’s gear will be offered. The winner will be announced at the Green. The Office of Graduate Education and Life promoted the event by posting flyers around campus as well as sending out releases and email blasts. “I first heard about the event via email from both

the administration at the University and the Office of Graduate Education and Life. I think the event is a great idea since there isn’t much cohesion amongst other students in the graduate education program. The event truly does sound very welcoming, and I’ve heard many people talking about it,” said graduate student Josh Lanham. “You don’t get the opportunity to attend an event like this where you can socialize with your peers and educators very often. The atmosphere of the event is going to resemble almost

a tailgate-like one,” Geary said. “It will be very laid back and social in nature.” The event is free and open to anyone belonging to the WVU graduate education program. It is required that graduate students bring either their WVU student ID to the event or register prior to the event at http://bit.ly/ lflpbbD to enter the event tent. For more information about the Graduate Student Welcome Event, visit graduate.wvu.edu online or call 304-293-7173. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Album Corner

Dr. Dre’s new album, British pop-punk rock & a goth-metal folk mix woody Pond

A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

“Compton: A Soundtrack” After 16 years of keeping the world guessing, Dr. Dre has released his grand finale just in time for the N.W.A. Biopic: “Straight Outta Compton.” The new film documents the controversial rise to fame of the rap group featuring Ice Cube, Eazy-E and Dr. Dre has coupled that with his third and final studio album “Compton: A Soundtrack.” An impressive blend of old-school rap and experimental modern, “Compton” is an expertly produced record with beautiful instrumentals and an array of featured artists that float in and out of every song, making the album sound like it’s the voice of Compton’s people. Dre is the primary producer on every beat, with a collaborative artist coming in to add flair. Dre has a handful of verses on the album, where his low voice comes at you aggressively rapping about the struggles of Compton and overcoming the challenges the lifestyle throws at you. Dre’s protégé, Kendrick

Lamar, is present on three of the songs—his verses are some of the strongest highlights. “Deep Water” is an extremely hectic song with a lot of effects and artists singing, speaking and rapping all over the joint; but it is also the best song because it has the best lyrical theme, one of the best beats and two of the hardest verses on the album from Lamar and Dre. I think Dre can sleep easy at night knowing he ended his rap career with an excellent record and Kendrick, a talented artist to take the torch and carry on for him. “Life’s Not Out to Get You” Pop punk and summer make sense together, so it’s no surprise so many pop punk giants released albums this summer—The Story So Far, Knuckle Puck and on Aug. 14, Neck Deep. The British band’s second album is titled “Life’s Not Out to Get You” and keeps its themes and overall mood in exactly that spirit regardless if the song is about being dumped, being stuck in your hometown or just being lonely and down on yourself for too long. It shows you the negative sides of life but

reminds you that you can surpass these limitations by keeping up hope and seeing you are the one depressing yourself and not the life that you live. The record was produced by the frontman of post-hardcore band A Day to Remember, Jeremy McKinnon, as well as the former bassist of the band and current producer Tom Denney. Full of some of the catchiest choruses of the year across all genres, as well as some very intelligent lyrics, “Life’s Not Out to Get You” shows Neck Deep’s lead singer Ben Barlow finding a critical confidence this time around. The 12-track album moves fast, most songs are very upbeat and up-tempo like “Gold Steps” and “Threat Level Midnight,” which may be a blessing or a curse, depending on the cultural longevity. The acoustic appearances are a pleasant surprise on songs like “Serpent” and “December,” and are another outlet for Barlow to showcase his vocals and his writing in a powerful medium. Even with such tight competition this summer for their genre, Neck Deep showed the world that the UK still does punk best.

“Abyss” This album is without a genre—elements of goth metal, neo-folk and experimental indie flooded my ears as I progressed through the “Abyss,” a new album from Chelsea Wolfe. Wolfe is a singer-songwriter from Sacramento who has been making music for around a decade. She was influenced by her father who played in a country band while she was growing up. What began as an underground following in 2011 has grown to a favorable audience now with the release of her fifth album on Aug. 7. Most songs—like “Dragged Out” and “Carrion Flowers”—are littered with dark distorted guitars, a haunting voice and a low, but driving backbeat of percussion that seems to push itself into your brain. The guitars are used in very unique ways, with effects and interesting playing styles being implemented in order to give it an almost droning sound that twists and shakes heavily over her vocals. Some tracks—“Grey Days” and “Simple Death” for example are less spooky, though still just as dark, and rely more on Wolfe’s singing to tell the story.

The album art for ‘Compton: A Soundtrack.’ I would not argue that these songs were better, but maybe they are more enjoyable at times because you can actually get into the song instead of being jarred out of it as most of the distortion tends to do. This al-

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bum is definitely only for a certain taste of music, but if this sounds like it is up your alley I can bet you will get a kick out of Chelsea Wolfe in “Abyss.”

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19 Least infirm 22 Paving stones 23 What Mexican Olympians go for 24 Doha is its capital 25 Pizzeria chain, familiarly 26 Liquid 32-Down 27 “My turn!” 31 Grand __ National Park 32 Solid 26-Down 33 “Gesundheit!” trigger 34 Spark producer 35 Sixth-day creation 37 Fooled (around) 38 Eastern royal 39 “Just __!” 43 Loads 44 One way to be washed 45 Comparable to a house? 46 Use a pocketknife, perhaps 47 Fantasize 48 Recurring Dana Carvey “SNL” character 49 Some spam

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SPORTS

Friday August 21, 2015

Construction at stadium to continue in 2015 season by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

Renovations to Milan Puskar Stadium have taken over, even with Sept. 5, the first home game, around the corner. Throughout the summer, there wasn’t much activity in regard to construction at the stadium, but if you pass by it today, it looks like a lot is going on. In a press conference held today, April Messerly, the West Virginia University assistant director in charge of facilities and operations, explained the purpose for the construction. The concourse renovations are part of more than a $100 million initiative, which will receive funding from private fundraising, bonds and West Virginia’s media contract with International Management Group. Work on the site will continue through the season to expand both concourses on each side as well as increased restrooms, concessions and kiosks for fans to use. Other renovations will be seating for people with disabilities in the student section and field boxes on each side will have televisions and padded seating. Sometime this year, there will be a model field box for fans to check out. Messerly said data from national studies showed fans desired having a clean restroom more than anything, as well as other options for food and quicker service. “We are not alone with the construction project going on at the stadium,” she said in an interview with WVUsports. com. “This is happening at a number of stadiums across the country, and we stress fans need to be patient as we make these necessary improvements.”

On the east side of the stadium, construction will proceed as normal every day until Fridays, when it will be changed into an area that can be used. Once the game for the weekend has concluded, the contractor will begin construction again on Sunday. The projected plan is to have the east and north side concourses completed by the 2016 season and work on the west and southwest sides before the 2017 season. Additional entry points and elevators on all four sides of the stadium are also included in the final plans. “We have major accessibility issues, and we are working to resolve all those,” Messerly said. “The concourse area has been relatively untouched since the stadium was constructed in 1980. Improving the fan experience was one of the major goals we wanted to achieve with this project. We believe these improvements will accomplish that.” While there will be changes to the size of the concourses, capacity for the stadium will not change. The new tradition of the Mountaineer Mantrip will continue but will be rerouted because of the construction. Players will be dropped off at the Light Blue Lot instead of the Blue Lot. According to Messerly, there will be new charging stations throughout the stadium as well as more televisions in concession areas so fans can continue watching. One renovation and addition that will benefit the team more than the fans is for the outdoor practice field. Behind the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility is a grass practice field. The surface will be replaced with an artificial surface to increase the available usage in the winter months. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

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Jonathan Holton puts down a slam dunk during last season’s game against Texas.

Lyons announces 2015-16 men’s basketball schedule BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

Following a 25-10 record and a run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen a year ago, the West Virginia Mountaineers men’s basketball team announced their full 201516 season schedule on Thursday. West Virginia is set to appear on national television 22 times, including all 18 Big 12 games and several marquee non-conference matchups. “We are delighted to already have 22 games scheduled for national television,” said head coach Bob Huggins in a press release. “I think Mountaineer fans by now are used to us playing one of the top schedules in the country.” Headlining their nonconference schedule is a trip to New York’s Madi-

son Square Garden for the second consecutive year, where they’re scheduled to face off on ESPN against a tough Virginia team in the Jimmy V Classic. The Mountaineers have three other neutral site games on their ledger, including a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. Huggins’ squad will first face off against Richmond on Thanksgiving, then take on either San Diego State or California four days later. After beginning their season on Nov. 13 against Northern Kentucky, West Virginia will play two games in Charleston: a matchup with James Madison on Nov. 16 and a renewal of an in-state rivalry with Marshall at the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic on Dec. 17. “We have 18 games in our great state, and Moun-

taineer Nation always supports us when we are on the road,” Huggins said. “Our guys benefited from the practices this summer and the trip to the Bahamas, and I know they are looking forward to getting the season tipped off.” West Virginia is also set to face major nonconference tests at Virginia Tech on Dec. 30 and at Florida in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Jan. 30. The latter game with Florida will be played well into West Virginia’s Big 12 Conference schedule, which is set to begin Jan. 2 at Kansas State. After stunning No. 8 Kansas in a major upset win last season, the Mountaineers will get two chances to repeat their success against the reigning Big 12 regular season champions. West Virginia will first host the Jayhawks in Morgantown on Jan. 12,

before traveling to Lawrence, Kansas for the rematch on Feb. 9. The Mountaineers will face one of the toughest parts of the schedule at the end of the season. Their last five games include a home game against Oklahoma on Feb. 20, an ESPNtelevised matchup with Iowa State two nights later and road trips to Oklahoma State and Baylor. All that leads up to West Virginia’s participation in the Big 12 Tournament, set to be held from March 9-12 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, as Huggins tries to ensure a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. The Mountaineers will next see the court on Nov. 6, when they face Division II’s Glenville State Pioneers in an exhibition game at the WVU Coliseum. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

women’s soccer

Buchanan ready to lead No. 12 Mountaineers BY CONNOR HICKS

SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia defender Kadeisha Buchanan takes a goal shot in a game against Georgetown last season.

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While most of the team was using the summer to recoup and prepare for the upcoming 2015 season, Kadeisha Buchanan was busy. Buchanan, a junior defender for the Mountaineers, spent the summer representing her home country of Canada in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and Pan-Am Games. Although the Canadian team was knocked out following a quarterfinal loss to England, Buchanan made a large impression and was awarded the Best Young Player award for the tournament. “It is definitely a big jump to be playing with the best soccer players in the world,” Buchanan said. “It was definitely a great experience, and I enjoyed every moment of the World Cup and the PanAm Games.” Just a month after being named the best young player, Buchanan was named a preseason firstteam All American with Canadian national teammate and WVU midfielder Ashley Lawrence and sophomore forward Michaela Abam. To round out an impressive list of preseason honors, Buchanan was named the favorite to win the Hermann Trophy, awarded to the best collegiate soccer player in the country by the Missouri Athletic Club. With all of these preseason awards, big things are expected of Buchanan. Although only a junior, Buchanan is the clear leader for the No. 12 ranked Mountaineers as the season approaches. Buchanan believes the ex-

perience she acquired this summer will help her lead the talented Mountaineer roster. “I learned that people listen when I speak, that I do have a leadership voice and it is very authentic,” Buchanan said when asked about the leadership skills she developed at the World Cup. Head coach Nikki IzzoBrown has all the faith in the world that Buchanan can use her leadership skills to push teammates to play at the same level. “I just knew that Keisha was a special talent who plays way beyond her years,” Izzo-Brown said. Izzo-Brown and Buchanan have developed a very special relationship throughout the past two years. So special in fact, that Izzo-Brown made the trip to Montreal to see Buchanan play in the Women’s World Cup this summer. They both expect this rapport, as well as similar relationships with the rest of the team, will be crucial in winning a third consecutive Big 12 title and making a deep playoff run this season. The No. 12 ranked Mountaineers open up their season this weekend at the Hoosier Classic with games against Southern Illinois University at Edwardsvilley and No. 11 ranked Virginia Tech. Their first home game is scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 30 against Duquesne. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia midfielder Jamie Merriam kicks the ball during last season’s game against Oakland.

West Virginia team rich with depth, experience BY ALEc GEARTY

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After losing during extra time to Bowling Green in the Mid-American Conference semifinals last season, the West Virginia University men’s soccer team is looking for an improved result in 2015. The Mountaineers are projected to heavily compete for the MAC title this year, even after the graduation of the 2014 MAC Player of the Year, forward Andy Bevin. The Akron Zips are the defending conference

champions, although they eventually lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Ohio State. WVU men’s soccer is ranked 52nd in the preseason rankings, putting them in second place in the division behind Akron. Many projections say the MAC title chase will be a toss-up with four of the six teams involved. “We’re going to have a good team this year, probably the best team I’ve ever had here,” said head coach Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with WVUsports.com. With the loss of

Bevin, WVU has nine starters returning for the upcoming campaign. WVU has five seniors returning, including midfielder Jamie Merriam who, last season, was named to the All-MAC first team, finishing second on the team in points (23) as well as second in shots (49) in 16 matches. Midfielder Ryan Cain is also coming back after being named All-MAC second team. Cain, a New Zealand native, was third on the team in shots (35) in 15 matches. In addition, midfielder

Zak Leedom recorded 1,198 minutes in 19 games, and earned Academic AllMAC honors as well in 2014. On defense, key center-backs Francio Henry and Haydon Bennett both return. Henry was fifth on the team in minutes (1,283) and Bennett, who was out for the season after appearing in five matches but did record an assist in that time. The offensive depth is returning as well in sophomore Joey Piatczyc, who received MAC Freshman of the Year honors last year

and sophomore Jad Arslan. Arslan finished top three in goals on the team in his freshman year. “We have to make sure we get on the right foot, in September, and win some of those games,” LeBlanc said. West Virginia’s schedule gets off to a challenging start, featuring games at Michigan and Michigan State and a home game against Georgetown. Georgetown is one of the top programs in the country, and they sit in the top five of the national rankings. The Hoyas are led by

senior Brandon Allen, who is considered one of the top goal-scorers in the country and was a unanimous pick for first team All-Big East in 2014. After the tough September, the dust will settle a bit for the Mountaineers as they focus on conference matchups, with the majority of those matches coming in the second half of the season. The regular season gets underway at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 when the Mountaineers host Navy at Dick Dlesk Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

GOLF

Golf prepares for first varsity season in 30 years by Neel madhavan sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

It’s been about 30 years since West Virginia University had a varsity men’s golf team. This means most WVU students probably weren’t even born the last time they tee’d off a competitive match. Due to the transition to the Big 12 Conference and the additional funding and revenue it brings, the WVU athletic department is bringing back the men’s golf team. The golf season has a lit-

tle bit of a different schedule than most sports at the collegiate level. WVU will open the season in a couple of weeks on Sept. 6, at the Tiger Turning Stone Invitational in Verona, New York, and will continue to play a total of six multi-day events this fall. Due to the winter weather, the team will take a hiatus starting at the end of October and will resume competitive play for spring on Feb. 15, 2016 at the President’s Day Challenge in Houston, Texas. They have a busy schedule dur-

ing March and April culminating in the Big 12 Conference Championships from April 29 - May 1 at the Whispering Pines Country Club in Trinity, Texas. This season, WVU has wasted no time jumping right into scheduling tough competition. WVU golf coach Sean Covich knows that in order to build a program to be the best, you have to play the best teams. The Mountaineers will face some of the top ranked teams in the country this season, especially at the Shoal Creek

Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, which last season included national powerhouse Alabama and defending national champion LSU. The Big 12 Conference has, for a long time, been one of the best conferences in the country for men’s golf. Texas and Oklahoma State are the two teams that stand out the most. Texas has dominated the conference in recent years, winning three straight Big 12 Championships from 2013-2015, and a national champion-

ship in 2012. But historically, Oklahoma State has been the premier powerhouse in the conference. The Cowboys have won 10 national titles and won five straight Big 12 Championships from 2007-2011. In recent years, the Big 12 has produced a number of golfers who have gone on to have successful and storied professional careers on the PGA Tour. Oklahoma State has produced big names like Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, Charles Howell III and Bo Van Pelt. But, the

two names that stand out the most are two time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, and more recently, 2015 Masters and 2015 US Open Champion Jordan Spieth, who both played for Texas. The Mountaineers will likely face some growing pains this season, due to the competition they’ll be up against. But since this team is young, it will prepare them well for the future as something to build on and be successful. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

VOLLEYBALL

Sunahara brings no-nonsense attitude to WVU BY KEVIN PIERSON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University’s volleyball team opens with the Gold/Blue Scrimmage this Sunday to show what’s in store for the Mountaineers this season. With new head coach Reed Sunahara, the season looks toward promising success under the honorable coaching style he has now been known for in the NCAA sports community. A veteran to the NCAA with more than 15 years in the division, Sunahara comes to WVU leaving a legacy in the past, most recently as head coach at Buffalo. He also spent 11 years coaching at Cincinnati, where he led the Bearcats to eight NCAA Tournament appearances. The WVU community has given Sunahara a warm welcome since the announcement earlier this year that he would take over as head coach, the position formerly held by Jill Kramer, who led a solid season last year with the Mountaineers.

“As long as you have WVU, you know what it stands for,” Sunahara said when asked about how it felt to come to West Virginia. “You know the University and the community that is within this University. It is a good program.” Sunahara said the program has a good foundation, and that it’s all going to come down to the players and the right mindset that can produce a good season. He shows a no nonsense mind, going into this season stating that he only has one expectation to show to the WVU community. “Our goal is to play and compete,” Sunahara said. Sunahara shows that his past is in the past, and that his only goal now is leading a good season with the WVU volleyball team. For Sunahara, control of the team has to be key to a successful run this season, and he said he will put as much effort and work into it that he can. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia senior Caleah Wells fights for the ball at the net during last season’s game against Texas.

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Friday August 21, 2015

Silent Brady stands out at joint Pats-Saints practice WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) -Tom Brady’s media blackout, purportedly on advice of lawyers handling the legal challenge to his “Deflategate” suspension, has left him unavailable to even discuss how the New England Patriots look on the football field. But the reigning Super Bowl MVP hasn’t been completely silent. During a pair of joint practices with the New Orleans Saints this week, the 38-year0old demonstrated how well his arm is holding up, and how sharp he remains on the football field even as the high-profile court case hangs over him. “He was throwing some dimes out there today,” said receiver Matthew Slater, who caught a touchdown pass of about 40 yards from Brady during 11-on11 drills Thursday. Then

Slater added, looking at reporters, “I think you could have caught `em.” Making aggressive, precision throws - both of the forceful and finesse varieties - Brady completed 16 of 18 passes he attempted against New Orleans’ full defense. The four-time Super Bowl winner connected on his last 14 throws. His only two incompletions were apparent drops by Rob Gronkowski, although the tight end also had half a dozen receptions from Brady, including a pair in the end zone. While the Saints didn’t try to sugar-coat their performance on defense, they weren’t about to panic. Not only is it early in the preseason, but New Orleans’ entire starting secondary - cornerbacks Brandon Browner and Keenan Lewis, and safeties Jairus Byrd and Kenny Vaccaro - sat out

practice. “They did some things to us. Any time you go against Brady, he’s one of the best,” veteran Saints defensive end Parys Haralson said. “You go back, you look on film. ... You understand what they saw and what we can do better and just kind of take it as a learning experience.” Veteran Saints defensive lineman Kevin Williams added, “Everybody knows Brady’s a Hall-of-Fame guy. He was making his calls, making his checks, kind of at his own pace out there, doing his thing. I mean, he’s a great quarterback. What more can you say?” While Brady has been taking the clear majority of first-team practice snaps, it remains unclear if he’ll play when the regular season starts. An NFL probe concluded that Brady conspired with Patriots employees to improperly deflate footballs

he used in last season’s AFC championship game. Brady was suspended four games, and Commissioner Roger Goodell rejected Brady’s appeal. Brady then sued in federal court, where he could potentially win an injunction allowing him to play until the case is resolved. For now, it looks like Brady is determined to be ready for Week 1. He wasn’t even throwing to his usual first-team receivers when he lit up the Saints at practice. Slater is a reserve who is better known as a special teams leader. But with Patriots receivers Brandon LaFell, Julian Edelman, Aaron Dobson and Brian Tyms all sidelined by injuries, Slater was called upon to run routes with the firstteam offense. So, too, were second-year pro Josh Boyce and rookie Chris Harper,

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whom Brady also found for touchdowns. The one to Slater was the longest, lofted over the head of defensive back Travis Manning and hitting the receiver in stride along the left sideline. The scoring strike to Boyce went for about 30-yards, lofted accurately into the end zone along the right sideline, out of the reach of defensive back Brian Dixon. Later, Brady fired a pass into the gut of Harper as he raced across the end zone with cornerback Kyle Wilson close behind and reaching desperately to swat at the ball. Observing all this was one of Brady’s ex-teammates, retired receiver Randy Moss, a West Virginia native who was visiting the joint practices at the Greenbrier Resort from his current home in Charlotte, North Carolina. “It looked like the game has slowed down for him,” Moss said of Brady. “Any time the game slows down for you, that’s dangerous. Because that means he’s

able to think a little bit slower to be able to make decisions for the offense. So, it just looked good to me.” Notes: Moss, who is 38, was asked if he’s certain he’ll never play again. “I would say never, but ... let’s leave it at that,” he said with a grin, then turned and strode away from the cluster of media interviewing him. ... Also attending practice was former Patriots receiver Troy Brown, who played in college at Marshall and now lives in Huntington, West Virginia. ... Saints cornerback Delvin Breaux, who had not practiced since leaving the preseason opener at Baltimore last week, was back in uniform and participating in drills. ... Saints defensive lineman Akiem Hicks, who left practice Wednesday with an undisclosed injury, did not practice on Thursday. ... Other celebrities at practice included pro basketball great Jerry West, who is a West Virginia native, and pro golfer Bubba Watson, who has a home in White Sulphur Springs.

Some NFL coaches speak out to curb fighting in camps SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera offered this edict to his players before the start of this week’s joint practices with the Miami Dolphins: You fight, you’re out. “We told our guys if you get thrown off the field, I’m going to treat you like you got thrown out of a game,” Rivera said Thursday. So players wouldn’t return to practice. Dolphins coach Joe Philbin agreed with the approach, and it has worked. Skirmishes at camps are not new, and to some extent even condoned. But Rivera and Philbin are among a group of coaches around the league who have spoken out to curb the fighting that has garnered training camps headlines in an effort to set the tone for workouts. And when coaches speak out, their voices are being heard. A r i z o n a C a rd i n a l s coach Bruce Arians said he has no patience for fighting in training camp, issuing a zero tolerance policy. If players fight, they run. “It’s not tolerated here,” Arians said. “Coaches that believe in it, they need to get new jobs.” The Dolphins and Panthers completed two days of fight-free work on Thursday, aside from one very minor scuffle between Panthers offensive lineman Michael Oher and Dolphins defensive end Olivier Vernon on Wednesday. “We talked to our players about making sure we took advantage of the opportunity,” Rivera said. “We didn’t come here to be disruptive and fight, we came here to get better as a football team.” Philbin said he and Rivera took measures before practices to make sure players were getting the message, calling them together in a group near midfield. And once practice started, the Rivera and Philbin split up and went to different fields, each with authority to discipline the opposing team’s players. “I told our team we’re not coming here to have a bar room brawl — and If we want to do that, we can stay down in Florida,” Philbin said. “We came down here to compete and to get tougher and to get a little more physical against a really good football team.”

In d i a na p o l i s C o l t s coach Chuck Pagano issued a similar statement to his team before scrimmages with the Chicago Bears. Pagano didn’t want a repeat of the sideline-clearing brawl that happened earlier this summer between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans, or even the fights that marred a joint practice between the Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams earlier this week. “If guys fight, if you do it in the game, they’re going to throw you out — and you’re hurting the team. So you can’t do it,” Pagano said. “... Treat them like we treat ourselves. It’s not about the chirping and the jaw jacking and taking cheap shots. It’s about getting better.” Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh emphasized to his team before their practices with the Philadelphia Eagles that when you practice together, you have to function as one team — and he felt like the two teams did a good job of that in their first joint workout with coach Chip Kelly’s squad. The New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints have had incidentfree workouts. Saints coach Sean Payton emphasized fighting is not necessary. “For as much as we are harping about avoiding it, the (NFL) network puts it on 11 times,” Payton said. “ ... We are both trying to do the same thing at this period of training camp and that is unfortunate when you see it happen with other teams. Clearly when you put a team on television like Hard Knocks and then practice with someone else, we’ve seen that formula two years in a row so that is nothing new.” Although several NFL coaches have praised what they’ve gotten out of joint practices, some coaches avoid it for competitive reasons. “Had a lot of opportunities to do it,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, “but probably from a selfish standpoint, in today’s world, with technology, there’s not a lot of secrets. You have your coaching points, teaching points — you try to teach on the field — and I really don’t want anyone hearing that.”