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College of Law holds DNA lecture

By Jamie Mason Correspondent @DAilyAthenaeum

This afternoon, Professor Christopher Holman will visit West Virginia University to give a lecture on copyrighting engineered DNA during the annual John W. Fisher II lecture in Law and Medicine.

The Fisher II lecture, which takes place at the College of Law, provides students, faculty and the community the chance to listen and learn from notable law professors across the country, according to Dean of the College of Law Gregory Bowman.

“My lecture will discuss the

rationale for extending copyright to engineered genetic sequences, public policy benefits of extending copyright to engineered genetic sequences and recent efforts I have been involved in,” said Holman, a law professor from the University Of MissouriKansas School of Law. Currently, copyright laws only protect music, art and writing, but Holman thinks engineered DNA should be copyrighted as well.

Prior to his career in education, Holman worked as a scientist and an attorney in the biotechnology industry.

“Professor Holman is one of the nations leading ex-

perts in the area of engineered DNA,” Bowman said.

“It’s a cutting edge, fast moving, exciting, important subject for people to hear and learn about.”

Engineered DNA, a centerfold for the field of synthetic biology, is fairly new in the world of science, and, according to a WVU Today press release, “has the potential to overcome some of mankind’s most pressing challenges in energy, food and medicine.”

While engineered DNA can be placed under patent protection, Holman believes if it becomes possible to copyright, such legal opportunities will lead to greater in-

Reedsville Farm to expand opportunities for students in the WVU Davis College

By Hollie Greene Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust recently lent West Virginia University a helping hand by funding the redevelopment of the Reedsville Experiment Farm in Preston County.

With the $6.7 million donation, WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture is working to increase enrollment and become more competitive in the area of equine studies, while revitalizing the farm’s facilities.

“This project is really going to launch us into the next level of being able to serve our students, to teach our students and to do all kinds of research associated with the equine aspects of the farm,” said Dan Robison, dean of the WVU Davis College of Agriculture.

The Davis College estimates a 100 percent increase in enrollment for the equine studies minor after the facility, now named WVU’s J.W. Ruby Research Farm, is complete, according to the

Request for Proposals issued by WVU’s Department of Procurement, Contracting and Payment Services.

The proposal also stated the Davis College estimates the amount of people visiting the farm upon completion of the project will double, resulting in a $1.4 million increase in the local economy.

“It’s a beautiful farm right now, and now we’re going to have beautiful facilities to go along with it…” Robison said. “This is really important to us because it represents all of the things that we’re trying to do, and we think it’s going to have an impact on enrollment too.”

Christi Schweninger, a WVU animal sciences student and equine management minor, believes the redevelopment of the farm coupled with the structure of WVU’s equine program will allow the University to become more nationally competitive.

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novation within the synthetic biology field.

“The law affects everything that we do in our lives… this is an example of that,” Bowman said. “Law is incredibly important to the area of medicine and intellectual property.”

Bowman said Holman’s lecture is important, especially with how fast the field is moving, and students should be “fascinated” by what they’ll learn.

Thirty years ago, few people knew about engineering DNA, Bowman said. Today, it’s a large and expanding field.

“Engineered genetic se-

quences will play an increasingly important role in incentivizing the next generation of medicines and a variety of other products,” Holman said, “including green technologies.”

Katie Krause, a junior prelaw and legal studies student, said she’s excited to attend the annual lecture and hear Holman’s presentation.

“I am planning to go to the WVU College of Law so every time they host a lecture, I can go and learn more,” she said.

Equally enthusiastic to share his knowledge and beliefs, Holman is happy to meet with his colleagues at

the law school, in addition to the students who attend the University.

“I was here a few years ago, and I really like West Virginia,” Holman said. “Also, I published my first article on copyright for DNA in the West Virginia Law Review, so this is an appropriate venue for this lecture.”

Holman’s lecture takes place at noon today in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom.

Following the presentation, there will be a reception in the lobby.

This event is free and open to the public. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

ALL TREATS NO TRICKS

Students involved in various organizations hand out candy at this year’s ‘Trunk-or-Treat’.

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Members of the community gather at annual Truck-or-Treat

By Cameron Gleason Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The Chick-fil-A on West Virginia University’s Evansdale campus hosted its annual Trunk-or-Treat event Thursday night for families of the Morgantown community.

As costumed adults lined the parking lot passing out handfuls of candy to miniature super heroes, Disney princesses and the occasional gang of cowboys, children were given a wholesome environment to enjoy the holiday.

“Growing up, the neighborhoods used to be a lot safer and it wasn’t a big deal to be able to walk through neighborhoods and just have a trick-or-treat and celebrate Halloween,” said Tom Koon, marketing director for Chickfil-A. “But, you know as the years have

progressively gotten worse…it’s better for the community to be able to have a place like this where we can block off a parking lot and have all the kids come in a safe environment.”

Chick-fil-A’s Trunk-or-Treat has been an annual event for more than eight years.

Members from different areas and professions around the city rallied to make this years’ experience as successful as possible for the children.

“Trusted people are giving out candy too, it’s not just strangers. We’re all community based,” said Bonnie Dwire.

Dwire was with the Morgantown Public Library and dressed as Dr. Seuss’ “Thing 2.”

“We’re bringing the library to the people,” said “Thing 1,” who formally goes by the name of Jay Gummer.

Safety was a reoccurring aspect for

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the Morgantown adults present at the festivities who spoke to The Daily Athenaeum—which is not surprising considering Morgantown is predominately overrun with young adults and college students who are not known for trick-or-treating on Halloween.

“It’s a safe place for the kids to go and have fun,” said Tim Bradley, a parent and father of two, “and at the same time, they get to dress up and see some other friends and get candy.”

From the looks of the packed parking lot and the smiling faces of the young ones who filled it, it was apparent that Chick-fil-A accomplished the goal it had set out to achieve.

Another Trunk-or-Treat, sponsored by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, will take place at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the WVU Coliseum parking lot. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Prep school grad gets one year for sexual assault CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A graduate of an exclusive New England prep school was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-yearold freshman girl as part of a competition among upperclassmen to rack up sexual conquests.

Owen Labrie, 20, of Tunbridge, Vermont, was also ordered to register as a sex offender, perhaps for the rest of his life, and serve five years of probation after he gets out of jail.

He could have received 11 years behind bars.

In imposing the sentence, Superior Court Judge Larry Smukler called Labrie a “very good liar.”

A glum-looking Labrie hugged his weeping mother. He was allowed to remain free on bail while he appeals his conviction.

The case scandalized St. Paul’s School in Concord,

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Continued from page 1 higher education institutions, Schweninger said.

“Most other big universities will have an animal science major, and they may have an equine minor, but they’re mostly all gearing you toward going to vet school,” she said. “WVU, though, offers within the equine minor a science track, a management track and an equine assisted therapy track.”

The facility currently possesses some site and infrastructure issues the redevelopment project is aiming to fix, as well.

For example, several acres of the farm’s pasture are unusable because of a drainage issue, said Michael Mullenax, a Reedsville farm worker.

“There’s so much land that we could use here if it would drain right, but it won’t. It’s just too wet all the time,” Mullenax said.

“Once everything’s done though, it’s going to have a big impact on everyone (such as) the students and the community.”

Schweninger believes several aspects of the renovation will additionally improve the overall equine program at WVU. “The new layout is going to be so much better and easier for students to learn in and the working students to handle on a daily basis,” Schweninger said. “We’ll be able to host more public events out there as well which is helpful for the entire community.”

Phase one of the redevelopment project includes improving the farm’s appearance, addressing infrastructure issues and constructing a multipurpose building, a gathering plaza and an Education and Research Center.

Phase two of the project, which has not yet been funded, will include restoring the pre-existing riding track and adding a new equine barn, wind turbines, composting shed, equicizer, lunging pens and machine shed.

Robison said one thing universities focus on is planning for the future, so the new farm will be built to last and benefit WVU for decades.

“Things we do today will be important 40 or 50 years from now…” he said, “… (the farm) is fundamental to a number of the programs in this college, and we need to be planning out many decades so that our farms will still be highly functional for our students, our scientists and the public that we serve.”

Phase one of the project is expected to be mostly complete by the end of 2019. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

a 159-year-old institution that has long educated future members of America’s elite.

Its alumni include Secretary of State John Kerry, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, at least 13 U.S. ambassadors and three Pulitzer Prize winners.

Labrie was originally charged with rape, accused of forcing himself on the girl in a dark mechanical room in 2014, just before his graduation. He was 18 at the time. A jury in August cleared him of rape and convicted him instead of misdemeanor sexual assault for having intercourse and other sexual contact with an underage girl.

He was also found guilty of a felony count of using a computer — specifically, Facebook and email — to lure the girl. Under New

Hampshire law, anyone convicted of a felony sex crime must register for life as a sex offender, though Labrie can petition to be removed from the list 15 years after he finishes his sentence.

With good behavior, he could also be out of jail in eight months.

Labrie did not speak in court, instead submitting a statement that was not immediately made public. But the judge found it lacking: “The consequences you spoke about all revolve around yourself and your family.

They do not consider the victim.”

Labrie’s arrest exposed a tradition at the $55,290-ayear boarding school called Senior Salute, in which upperclassmen kept score of how many younger students they had sex with.

Labrie, an aspiring divinity student and captain of the soccer team, told authorities that he and the girl had consensual sexual contact but not intercourse, saying he stopped short in a sudden moment of “divine intervention.”

In a videotaped statement played in court Thursday, the girl, now 17, said she was subjected to verbal and physical retaliation from other students after her return to St. Paul’s and has been living in almost constant fear since the assault.

She said she has been made to feel as if she “didn’t deserve to live” and “would be better off being dead.”

Prosecutor Catherine Ruffle had asked the judge to give Labrie 3½ to 7 years in prison.

“The evidence was very clear this was not a date,”

she said. “This was a mission for him. This was a sexual conquest. It was a game.” Crude Facebook exchanges between Labrie and friends “show his true attitudes toward young women. His style is to feign intimacy, then throw them in the dumpster.”

She said there is no question Labrie is “a gifted individual. He is intelligent, articulate, engaging — often the same qualities we see in very dangerous sexual predators.”

Labrie’s lawyer, J.W. Carney Jr., argued for probation and community service, saying that what the jury called sexual assault was really a “consensual encounter between two teenagers.”

Carney said his client felt “enormous remorse,” and he lamented that Labrie will be marked for the rest of his life by having to

register as a sex offender.

He suggested that Labrie had been severely punished already.

“He’s now known by so many people as the St. Paul’s rapist even though the jury rejected that moniker,” Carney said.

“His life has been one of trauma trying to deal with these allegations and the emotion of the trial.”

In the wake of the scandal, Labrie lost his full scholarship to Harvard, and St. Paul’s refused to add his name to an engraved list of graduates.

As the sentencing approached, Carney also accused prosecutors of overreaching in bringing the luring-by-computer count, saying the charge was intended to protect young people from adult predators who use bogus identities online.

Plane catches fire at Florida airport, one seriously injured DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A jet plane’s engine caught fire Thursday as it prepared for takeoff, and more than 100 passengers had to quickly evacuate using emergency slides. One person was seriously injured, officials said.

Dozens of passengers could be seen in video footage gliding down the slides of the Dynamic Airways flight bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Some ran away from the plane into the terminal at Fort Lauderdale/ Hollywood International Airport as fire crews rushed to put the blaze out.

Andres Gallegos said he was one of the first passengers to use the chutes to evacuate.

“I heard a loud bang. I turned around, saw the lights, saw the flames and I ran to the front of the aircraft,” said Gallegos, who said it took about 30 seconds for the plane doors to open. “It was pretty nervewracking, knowing that the door wasn’t opening and that something was

on fire.”

Other passengers reported chaos as people screamed, cried and ran through the plane. Several people said the flight crew remained calm and acted quickly.

“In that moment, the only thing going through my mind is trying to get off the plane,” said passenger Daniela Magro.

A total of 21 people were injured, most of whom were treated at a hospital and released, said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue spokesman Mike Jachles. A male passenger who fell and hit his head while running on the tarmac was seriously injured and still hospitalized late Thursday, Jachles said.

Once inside the airport, passengers expressed frustration, saying they’d been held in a room for over an hour and had not heard from the airline.

Don Dodson, the director of operations for Dynamic Airways, said airline officials had set up a crisis

center, flown in additional airline representatives to help passengers and arranged for a relief flight to take passengers to their final destinations.

Dynamic is a 5-year-old airline that connects Fort Lauderdale, New York, Venezuela and Guyana. It operates seven 767s. Dynamic said on its website its Boeing 767s can accommodate up to 250 people.

Officials said 110 passengers and crew were onboard this flight.

Passengers on another plane on the runway recorded the fire and posted video to Twitter showing plumes of thick black smoke coming from the plane.

An air traffic controller told the pilot “a lot of fluid” was leaking from his left engine and then urgently said the engine had caught fire and that he was dispatching firefighters, according to an audio recording posted by WSVN. Airline officials said the onboard fire extinguishing

fluid was not enough to put out the fire.

The airport closed briefly after the fire. The south runway reopened Thursday afternoon, and the north runway reopened Thursday night. As a result of the fire, 226 flights were delayed and 43 were canceled, airport spokesman Gregory Meyer said in an email late Thursday.

Dynamic began servicing Caracas in July, after several other major airlines ended or slashed service to Venezuela over the government’s refusal to pay an estimated $4 billion the carriers say they have trapped in the country.

For Venezuelans hoping to travel abroad, the options have been severely reduced to little-known carriers such as Dynamic or domestic carriers, which due to the country’s economic crisis, have struggled to import replacement parts.

Airline officials said they’ve already started reviewing records for the

crew and the plane, which was last inspected in June and had a new engine with less than 200 hours of flight time. Nine crew members were onboard — more than required — and were a very experienced team, which helped evacuating passengers quickly and seamlessly, Dodson said.

“It’s just a very unusual event. Something malfunctioned. We’re not aware of what happened,” he said.

The National Transportation Safety Board sent a four-person team to Fort Lauderdale to investigate.

Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and Dynamic will also take part.

NTSB online records show only one previous accident involving Dynamic.

In 2011, a Dynamic flight attendant suffered serious injuries when a flight encountered moderate turbulence. The plane was undamaged and landed safely.

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State police use shotguns to deflate wayward military blimp MUNCY, Pa. (AP) — State police used shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward military surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland and floated for hours before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside.

Curious residents trickled into a staging area as the military began gathering up some 6,000 feet

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of tether, the blimp’s huge hull and a smaller tail piece, a process expected to take at least through Friday.

The white behemoth still had helium in its nose when it went down in a steep ravine on Wednesday afternoon, and the easiest way to drain the gas was to shoot it, U.S. Army Captain Matthew Villa said. State police troopers peppered the blimp with about 100 shots.

The slow-moving, unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Ground and then floated over Pennsylvania, causing thousands of electrical outages as its dangling tether took out power lines.

The 240-foot helium-

filled blimp, which had two fighter jets on its tail, came down near Muncy, a small town about 80 miles north of Harrisburg, the state capital. No injuries were reported.

Very sensitive electronics onboard have been removed, Villa said. The military is considering using helicopters to ferry the wreckage from the site, he said.

He said it was unknown how the blimp broke loose, and an investigation was underway.

Kay Houseknecht looked out her family room window Wednesday and saw the blimp in the woods behind her house, “flapping in the trees.” She said Thursday that she hopes the military figures out what went wrong.

“What a waste,” House-

knecht said.

Michael Negard, spokesman for the Army Combat Readiness Center, said a two-person accident-investigation team was heading to the site.

He said the probe is considered Class A, a label applied to an event that might have caused at least $2 million in property damage; involved a destroyed, missing or abandoned Army aircraft or missile; or caused injury.

People gawked in wonder and disbelief on Wednesday as the blimp floated silently over the sparsely populated area.

Ken Hunter, an outdoors writer and wildlife illustrator, was working from home when he got a call from his wife that a

blimp was coming down nearby.

He drove up the road a short distance and, sure enough, there was the tail section hanging from a tree, looking to him like a big white sheet. He took some pictures before state police closed the road.

Hunter said it came within a few hundred yards of his son’s house.

“We’re very fortunate that there weren’t some people hurt up here,” he said.

Hu nt e r q u e st i o n e d how such a pricey piece of equipment could just float away.

“I don’t drive a brandnew car, but I take pretty good care of it,” he said.

“And it’s probably a $10,000 vehicle if I’m lucky.”

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Before the rise of modern mental health care, mentally ill patients were sent to asylums for months or even years at a time to receive treatment. Behind closed doors, many unfortunate events occurred to patients who may have not needed treatment.

A proposed children’s mental health facility to be constructed in Logan County, called the Dazzy Vance Mountain Retreat, brings to mind eerily similar instances. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported a “disturbing lack of transparency” surrounding the project, with mentally ill children being required to stay in one of its 70 beds undergoing psychiatric treatment instead of receiving home-based care. Children aged four through 21 would be separated from their families, friends and communities while at the facility.

The American Psychological Association reports 15 million children are or can be diagnosed with some type of mental illness that actively impairs their life, and the National Institute of Mental Health indicates half of diagnosed lifelong mental illnesses begin around age 14. Given this information, it’s no doubt that ensuring early and effective mental health treatment should be a priority.

However, while some cases of severe mental illness may require hospitalization at times, separating children from families and other support systems has historically not proven as an effective way to administer treatment. Instead, parents and guardians should be actively involved in their child’s mental wellbeing. NIHM recommends children are supported by the adults present in their lives throughout

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The severity of mental illness can worsen when patients are separated from their families. their treatment, and that parents with a mentally ill child should undergo special training to learn how to take care of their child in the way he or she needs.

Bringing children treated at inpatient facilities out-of-state back to

West Virginia serves to justify the project, as other organizations in West Virginia capable of treating children long-term only offer 98 beds in total. However, the cost of boarding a child at the Dazzy Vance Mountain Retreat would be far more

expensive per day than care received out of any child’s community in West Virginia.

Keeping mentally ill children with their families is crucial to ensuring effective treatment.

However, what may be most important overall is

continued support from the children’s communities for families dealing with a child’s mental disorder. When combined, solutions can become more possible than ever before. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Antibiotic resistance: A global health concern shelby bradford columnist @shelbybradfordda

Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem worldwide and contributes to a rise in untreatable illnesses each year. Unfortunately, finding a solution to this problem may be even more complex than once thought.

Antibiotic resistance describes pharmaceutically susceptible microorganisms that are able to become resistant to the medicines used to treat them. This has been attributed for years to over-prescribing antibiotics and prescription misuse by patients.

Since resistance to microorganisms was first identified, there has been an overall push in the health care industry to cut back on prescribing antibiotics for minor illnesses or infections.

As the Food and Drug Administration and Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, doctors are advised to only give antibiotic prescriptions when absolutely necessary. Patients are also encouraged to follow the instructions of their doctor and pharmacist with any pharmaceutical they are given. This is to reduce the instances of unnecessary antibiotic use which can lead to several adverse side effects, such as a worsening infection or even potential increased antibiotic resistance.

Livestock receive a majority of the antibiotics produced in the United States and globally. They consume a shocking amount

When antibiotics are prescribed to people with minor infections, the bacteria causing their infection may become resistant to that form of treatment. of pharmaceuticals. While these are given for preventative measures against illnesses and bacteria growth among the animals, drugs used to encourage growth are also slipped into an animal’s food supply. This can be very dangerous to humans, as these drugs resistant to bacteria enter human food supplies through the animal products we consume.

One issue with the antibiotics dispersed in livestock feed is that their inclusion is highly unregulated.

Large-scale farmers want to increase the longevity and amount of product from

their livestock. This means taking every measure to reduce illness and spur growth, and pharmaceuticals like antibiotics and hormones can provide that.

However, these chemicals often affect both the animal byproducts and environment because of pharmaceutical misuse. Excessive or improper treatment of antibiotics in cows, pigs and chickens has led to an increase in resistance strains of Shigella and E. coli, which both cause illness in humans. As the global market continues to expand and farmed products treated with antibiotics

are shipped overseas, consumers face serious potential health risks.

Only recently has there been a push to address these concerns in the U.S. The CDC and FDA both restrict the use of antibiotics in farm animals, unless under the supervision of a veterinarian. These medications are not permitted to be given regularly and are only used to treat infections.

The FDA and CDC also restrict these companies from labeling growth hormones as antibiotics, as many do. Some meat producers are beginning to remove antibiotics and hor-

mones from their feed as an advertising tactic. Globally, however, many meat producers do not have any regulation, and consumers deserve to be aware of this act.

In recent years, the U.S. and other countries have seen a spike in multi-drug resistant strains of mild infections like upper respiratory infections and stomach bugs. While more developed countries may be able to combat these drug-resistant strains and outbreaks with increased treatment options, others suffer from the consequences of antibiotic resistance more harshly. For example, outbreaks of anti-

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biotic resistant tuberculosis are plaguing regions of Africa and Southeast Asia with death tolls that nearly rival those of HIV. As current circumstances show, the number of untreatable, life-threatening infections rises when antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread. This renders the problem a global health issue we all should work to prevent. A world without effective antibiotics leads to more hospital visits, slower recoveries, more expensive medication and ultimately more unnecessary deaths. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Annual Motown Throwdown snowboarding event to return to downtown Morgantown woody pond

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This Halloween, the bottom of High Street will be closed for something a little more unusual than a parade or road work. Local outdoor store Pathfinder is teaming up with Seven Springs Resort to bring the ninth annual Motown Throwdown snowboarding competition to the main street of downtown Morgantown. There will be many snowboarders and skiers participating in a street course competition on a course built by the

Seven Springs Resort.

The event was started in 2007 by the Pathfinder store, and its success has grown over the years as more and more riders and teams have become interested in the event. Participation is invite only and usually a pretty limited group of riders get the chance to take on the ramp and stair rail. Motown Throwdown is a good chance for members of the WVU club snowboarding team to test their skills and compete in a local competition that has a special meaning to the town.

This year the event is sponsored by Oakley, a brand that designs eyewear from sunglasses to snowboarding goggles, which is a big name for Pathfinder to team up with. Past partners have been the energy drink and extreme sports company Red Bull and Wisp, another ski resort in Maryland. Along with all of this there will be a DJ playing crowd-pleasing music during breaks and during runs as well as an announcer to coax the audience’s enthusiasm and crowd participation.

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ogy student Haydon Stanley is a fan of the sport and loves the atmosphere on High Street during the Motown Throwdown.

“I’ve been to Throwdown a few times, it’s a blast,” Stanley said. “They have music going on and tons of people are cheering their friends on and partying together. The finals are especially fun to watch, because everything is on the line.”

Potential competitors emailed the people taking submissions at Motown Throwdown, hoping their footage and background would earn them a spot

in the battle. The Throwdown is infamous for being one of the most fun snowboarding competitions on the east coast, becoming essentially a block party as the Halloween evening progresses. The idea of a fun gathering of college age snowboarders and skiers coming together to ride, compete and party sounds very appealing.

The event has been getting increasingly more popular with the public, and senior economics student Anthony Thompson is looking forward to checking out the scene.

“I have never been but my friends go a lot and I like watching intense snowboarding and stuff on TV so I’m definitely trying to see what it’s all about this year,” Thompson said. “Also, my friend got invited to come back from his school in New York City to participate so I have a personal stake in the whole ordeal this year.”

The Motown Throwdown is free to watch and kicks off at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31 outside of Pathfinder and Dollar General on High Street. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Country Club Bakery: Home of the pepperoni roll chelsea walker a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

When West Virginia comes to mind, many think of John Denver, the Mountaineers or the rolling Appalachian hills.

However, just as iconic to the Mountain State, is the pepperoni roll that originated in the small town of Fairmont, West Virginia.

Nestled in the hills, the Country Club Bakery invented the world’s first pepperoni roll between 1927 and 1938. Owner Giuseppe “Joseph” Argiro is coined as the master creator of the West Virginia staple treat.

As an Italian immigrant in a small, coal-fueled town, Argiro was working as a baker when he noticed fellow Italian immigrant coal miners were carrying non-perishable items, such as bread and pepperoni, into the underground mines. Sparking a clever idea, Argiro decided to combine the two foods, creating the miniature, pocketsize calzone that instantly became a hit in the area.

Today, The Country Club

The Country Club Bakery in Fairmont, W. Va. still uses tried and true machinery to make their pepperoni rolls.

Bakery is owned and operated by Chris Pallotta, who continues to use the recipe that has been popular for centuries.

Now as a cultural staple of Appalachia, The Country Club Bakery’s iconic pepperoni rolls continue to fill bakeries, convenience stores, gas stations and delis up and down the east coast. While

the quintessential pepperoni roll will always be deemed a staple tradition of West Virginia history, pepperoni rolls have different tastes and qualities depending on the baker. Options include stuffing the roll with sliced pepperoni rather than sticks and the many cheeses that could be included in the sweet bread. While many

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bakers use standard mozzarella, pepper jack is also often used to provide a subtle, spicy kick that couples well with the natural spice of pepperoni.

Pallotta has been operating the Country Club Bakery for 18 years, continuing the pepperoni roll legacy.

“Today, we still bake every single day. Everything is

baked fresh and we still use the same recipe as they did 50 years ago,” Pallotta said.

“We try not to deviate too much from that.”

Pallotta said he bought the bakery, along with the topnotch recipe, from a friend who fell too old to continue the operation.

“He trained me, and he helped me get involved in

the business,” Pallotta said.

As a fan of the pepperoni rolls, Pallotta said he grew up eating the cheesy stuffed delicacies. Not knowing years down the road he would own the operation that first began crafting them in 1900s.

While many try, it’s hard to recreate the secret recipe housed in the Country Club Bakery. With the demand for the West Virginia staple snack so high, the Country Club Bakery ships all over the country, sending pepperoni rolls coast to coast. Pallotta said he has seen pepperoni rolls that have been shipped to nearly every state, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

“I just want to keep the tradition here at the Country Club Bakery going,” Pallotta said.

“I just hope to maintain the business and hope things keep going well, as they have been.”

For more information on the Country Club Bakery, visit http://hollyeats.com/ CountryClubBakery.htm. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Suncrest Yoga offers peace, love and wellness for patrons mel smith

A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Do you just want to “namaste” in your bed? Let Suncrest Yoga change your mind.

Suncrest Yoga is a power yoga studio located on 1052 Maple Drive. The studio offers 60 to 75 minute power yoga classes that combine physical exercise with breathing to control weight, reduce stress and enhance focus. The classes offer a variety of postures and routines that cater to students of all levels. Suncrest Yoga is a heated studio to encourage flexibility and strength, which is usually only offered through hot yoga sessions at other studios.

Suncrest Yoga offers classes like Power Vinyasa

Yoga, Power Yoga Basics, and Body Barre. They also offer SUP yoga classes at Cheat Lake in the summer season.

The establishment recently participated in the inaugural Morgantown Marathon as a volunteer shirt sponsor and expo participant. Suncrest Yoga stays active in the Morgantown community by supporting local charities through donations of class passes and merchandise.

14 total instructors reside at Suncrest Yoga and teach a variety of different classes.

Suncrest Yoga sees a wide range of customers from both the local and university community. The regular class attendees are described as men and women who are interested in fitness and mental health.

Co-Owner, Nicole Yost,

opened Suncrest Yoga in April 2013 after she completed her Yoga Teacher Training at Moonglow Yoga in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

She wanted a studio similar to those she attended when she lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

Yost began her journey by practicing Baptiste yoga while residing in Ohio, while balancing the demands of teaching high school full time and raising two teenagers. Yost’s passion is teaching, so she transitioned from high school to attending an Amazing Yoga teacher training in Maya Tulum, Mexico.

After long, strenuous hours of training, Yost became officially certified with Lazy Dog Yoga of Key West and the World Paddle Association as a Level 1 SUP Yoga instructor. Yoga has led Yost all over

the world to soak in as much knowledge as possible.

Yost believes a challenging yoga practice becomes a meditation on the mat. Yost strongly advocates that the ability to remain calm and breathe deeply during yoga teaches us to remain calm and breathe deeply through all of life’s challenges. She hopes she can allow others to find their own strength and potential through her teachings.

“I love yoga and the way it has changed my life,” Yost said. “The yoga community in Morgantown is varied and strong and I am proud to be a small part of that.”

West Virginia University student and occupational therapy student Andria Ormsby has never been to Suncrest Yoga but is very

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The Suncrest Yoga Studio is located inside an office building on Maple Drive. familiar with the yoga scene yoga class but I think it’s a in Morgantown. She believes great form of exercise and I the yoga community is grow- am glad there is a lot of vaing as new classes are becom- riety for people to fall in love ing available. with.”

For prices of memberships “I would love to try a class or two at Suncrest Yoga,” and hours, visit http://www.

Ormsby said. “I am excited suncrestyoga.com/. Free for the alternative things that parking is provided. studios are beginning to offer more than the traditional daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Student Poll

What adjective is the best way to describe your Halloween costume?

Halloween is an exciting time of year no matter what one’s age. Children wear costumes and get free candy, adults enjoy decorating their house and handing out candy and college students...well any excuse to party right?

Halloween parties are a lot of fun. For one night a year students have an excuse to dress up like they are kids again. Costumes range from detailed and frightening horrors to comical jokes and some creative last-minute throw-togethers.

Yesterday, 70 students in the Mountainlair were

asked what adjective: cute, funny, scary or risque best describes their costume for Halloween this year.

Funny costumes came in first with 37 percent of the responses, but just barely.

Examples of funny costumes included characters from television shows and movies, costumes playing off of pop-culture and one funny couples-costume which consisted of a gender-bending Hawaiian tourist theme.

A close second in popularity with 36 percent of the responses was costumes described as “cute.” Cute seemed to be the catch-

all term for women’s costumes that didn’t fit in the other categories. Examples of cute costumes included an “Incredibles” costume and a fox.

Risque was the third most popular costume category with 21 percent of the responses.

Scary was the least popular category with only 6 percent of the responses.

Although Halloween is traditionally a scary time, scary costumes do not seem to be popular. This may be due to the masks and horror makeup inhibiting sociability.

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Friday October 30, 2015

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Japanese Nuclear film plays on human themes TOKYO (AP) ‑ The film set in Japan after a nuclear catastrophe depicts greed, discrimination, loyalty, beauty - traits made more heartbreakingly human by the cast’s inhuman star - a robot.

In this eerie film, aptly called “Sayonara,” people fearfully wait to be picked for evacuation abroad to flee radiation. Politics is involved. The sick, people with criminal records and foreigners are doomed.

The android, created by robot researcher Hiroshi Ishiguro, steals the show.

The director Koji Fukada refers to the robot as “actress,” and it’s listed as a member of the cast.

The robot, called Geminoid F, speaks in flat tones, wheels instead of walks, and apologizes for not understanding emotions.

And by sticking by its owner, with a quiet mechanical loyalty, the robot proves a machine might be far more human than some real-life people.

“Sayonara,” shown in the competition section of the Tokyo International Film Festival, which closes Saturday, is a stark commentary on the inhumanity of society.

And it’s a sobering reminder of the realities of post-Fukushima Japan.

The reactor meltdowns at the coastal nuclear plant following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami became the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

Keeping the reactors stable still requires tons of water daily, and tens of thousands of displaced people may never be able to return to the heavily radiated communities nearest the plant.

The nuclear catastrophe in “Sayonara” is even more deadly, requiring the entire nation to be evacuated.

“Even though contaminated water is leaking, our nation’s leader claims things are under control,” Fukada said of the Fukushima disaster. “I find it extremely disturbing that it’s as though the accident never happened.”

Bryerly Long, an American from Washington, D.C., who has lived in Japan for five years working with a theater troupe, delivers a touchingly forlorn portrayal as the robot’s owner.

Seriously ill and unprotected as a foreigner, her character can only wait for a lonely death, abandoned even by her Asian lover.

Long recalled that her favorite scene is when her character realizes the woman-shaped robot’s sensibilities of beauty were acquired from herself.

“That is the most heartbreaking scene in this film: The thought that the person whom I was dialoguing with, this robot - actually, I was only dialoguing with myself,” she said.

Shot in a surprisingly efficient 10-day period in what Fukada calls the perfect “Andrew Wyeth landscape” of Nagano prefecture, the film depicts the theme of death, he said, by juxtaposing a dying woman with a machine that will never die.

“Even if you have a family, no matter how many friends you may make, even if someone is right next to you, even if you’re holding hands, a human being is trapped in the physical body and alone,” said Fukada, an unpretentious man who vows to keep directorial powers to a minimum to encourage creativity from the other participants.

Fukada believes it’s not far-fetched to think a robotloving society like Japan will use them more and more as companions.

Fukada added the nuclear element to the original script, which was based on a 2010 play that explored human-robot relations, also starring Long and Geminoid F. He purposely avoided computer graphics to drive home his point about the ambiguous, perhaps perilous, border between human and machine.

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Friday October 30, 2015

No. 2 WVU heads to Waco for season finale by connor hicks sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s soccer team concludes its season this weekend at Baylor. The No. 2 Mountaineers (15-1-1, 6-0-1) have already claimed their fourth consecutive Big 12 Conference title, but have their eyes set on concluding their season with a 16game unbeaten streak.

With TCU and Baylor playing to a draw Wednesday night, WVU gained the outright possession of the regular season conference championship. The title is just the latest hardware to go in the Mountaineers’ record book. With a win at Baylor (9-5-3, 4-1-2) tonight, West Virginia will push its record against conference opponents to 28-1-3 since joining the conference in 2012.

Baylor will be no easy opponent for the Mountaineer squad. The Bears will likely finish second in the Big 12 regular season standings and could easily wind up playing the Mountaineers again in next weekend’s Big 12 Championship.

When WVU met with Oklahoma on Oct. 9, the Sooners were the only team to prevent the overpowering Mountaineer offense from scoring a goal this season, playing to a 0-0 tie. However, the Sooners weren’t able to do the same against Baylor, allowing a goal on just two shots on net, to fall 1-0. This alone is reason for concern for head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown and her team.

However, the same Baylor team that beat Oklahoma fell to a weak Kansas team who WVU defeated 6-0 in a record-breaking conference win.

Both teams boast a dominant defense with an equally powerful offense.

The Mountaineers are second in the country with

13 shutouts this season.

A shutout against Baylor on Friday night would tie for the program’s single-season record. In like fashion, the Bears have posted eight shutouts this season. If not for Baylor’s rough 2-4-1 start, the Bears could likely be sitting in a similar position to the Mountaineers.

Since that start, the Bears have gone 7-1-1, shutting out nearly every team they’ve faced.

The Mountaineers have been similar, going 14-0-1 since starting 1-1. During that stretch, they have outscored opponents 43-3 and posted a shutout in 12 of 15 games.

Both teams have showed fairly inconsistent offenses, scoring big in some games, but having trouble finishing scoring chances against some weaker teams. Regardless, Baylor and West Virginia both possess the ability to put up big numbers. Baylor posted a seven goal game against Incarnate Word and posted eight goals just a week later against Texas San Antonio.

The Mountaineers, while known for their dominant defense led by FIFA Women’s Player of the Year finalist Kadeisha Buchanan, also possess a strong offensive unit. Senior Kailey Utley has led the way with eight goals and six assists for a team-leading 22 points. Michaela Abam leads the team with 10 goals, four of which came in an 8-0 win over Villanova on Sept. 6.

The game is expected to be another physical, low scoring battle for the Mountaineers, as has been the case for much of their hard-earned conference wins this season. Regardless of the outcome, the Mountaineers will play the part of tournament favorite as the No. 1 seed in Kansas City next weekend for the Big 12 tournament. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Wide receiver Shelton Gibson misses a pass from quarterback Skylar Howard in last night’s loss to TCU.

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WVU loses on the road to No. 5 TCU, 40-10 by david statman associate sports editor @djstatman77

Sometimes when you’re facing an opponent that is overwhelmingly good, there’s little else you can do except stop, smile and appreciate greatness.

Midway through the West Virginia University football team’s blowout loss at No. 5 TCU, the Mountaineers’ fourth straight loss to open the Big 12 schedule, they reached that point.

WVU took itself out of the game early with some critical drops and bad pass interference penalties – meanwhile, TCU’s Heisman candidate quarterback Trevone Boykin put on an absolute show, earning multiple highlight plays and a high-five from head coach Dana Holgorsen in a 40-10 TCU win.

“We lost to a really good football team,” Holgorsen said. “I’m tired of saying it, but it’s true. They’ve won 22 out of the last 23, and there’s a reason for that. With all due respect to Corey Coleman from two weeks ago, Boykin’s the best player in college football.

You can’t tackle him.”

Facing off against one of the most productive offenses in college football, West Vir-

ginia knew that it was simply a matter of keeping pace. But the Mountaineers wasted numerous opportunities, opening the door for Boykin.

The senior quarterback shredded the Mountaineers for 388 yards and four total touchdowns, and West Virginia’s defense could hardly get a hand on him all night long.

Aside from his exploits dancing around would-be tacklers, Boykin terrorized a battered WVU secondary, linking up with star receiver Josh Doctson for 11 completions, 183 yards and two touchdowns.

“He’s a phenomenal football player,” Holgorsen said.

“I’m glad we don’t have to play him anymore. If there’s a better one I’d like to see him.”

On the other side of the ball, it was a different story for WVU’s Skyler Howard. Playing in his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas for the first time ever, Howard saw four potential touchdowns dropped, completing 41 percent of his passes for one score and one interception.

After Boykin and TCU went up 17-0 to start the game, Howard hit sophomore Shelton Gibson for a 32-yard touchdown pass, and a 51-yard Josh Lambert field goal cut the Horned Frog lead to just seven. West Virginia

would not score again.

West Virginia continually tried to beat TCU with the deep ball, but Howard saw four potential touchdown passes dropped – including particularly brutal errors from freshmen Jovon Durante and David Sills. Holgorsen continued to dial up the big play, but the limitations of his offense were sorely exposed.

“We could have played it safe and lost 31-7 or something like that,” Holgorsen said. “We could have played it close. If you want to win against a team like TCU, Baylor or Oklahoma, you have to try to score. We have to try and improve offensively to the point where we can score.

I’m failing at my job to get that done offensively.”

Meanwhile, the defense allowed 616 total yards to the Horned Frogs, in no small part due to multiple injuries. Almost all of West Virginia’s regulars in the secondary went down at some point in the game, and starting linebacker Shaq Petteway battled an injury that limited his snaps.

Fourth- and fifth-string corners Nana Kyeremeh and Rasul Douglas proved little match for the likes of Josh Doctson and Kolby Listenbee on the outside, and the Mountaineers were forced to exper-

iment with moving players to unfamiliar positions: former starting middle linebacker Isaiah Bruce saw heavy use at defensive end, one-time defensive end recruit Marvin Gross made an appearance at “spur” safety, and littleknown reserve corner Khairi Sharif was pressed into service at safety at one point.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and against the likes of TCU, it was too much to handle. Now, the Mountaineers are 3-4, and they urgently need to rediscover their mojo before their bowl hopes evaporate.

“People just have to make plays when the opportunity presents itself,” said senior safety KJ Dillon. “I left a couple plays out there I could have made. If you want to be a playmaker, you want to be a baller, you want to be good, you have to make plays.”

The Mountaineers have faced the four best teams in their conference – Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Baylor and TCU – and emerge winless.

Now, West Virginia will have a few extra days to prepare for its next game against an explosive Texas Tech team on Nov 7 in Morgantown. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

West Virginia faces Shepherd in exhibition game by alec gearty sports writer @dailyathenaeum

A new season of women’s basketball at West Virginia University is upon us, as the team looks to build on a season after reaching the finals of the 2015 National Invitation Tournament and ultimately losing to UCLA. The Mountaineers face the Shepherd Rams at the WVU Coliseum in their only exhibition game this weekend. The Rams, who play in the Mountain East Conference, finished last year with a 22-10 record.

Coming into the season, head coach Mike Carey needs to solve a few questions concerning the team.

He faces the task of finding a replacement for Kayla Montgomery, who is out for the season with a torn ACL. “We have to establish a backup center,” Carey said in an interview with WVUsports.com.

Montgomery is coming off her first year at WVU,

Guard Bria Holmes fights for control of the ball in a game against TCU last season. where she finished with 25 been very pleased with the rebounds in 27 games, log- effort and we continue to do things better.” ging in 114 minutes.

Returnees for the After sweeping their European trip and getting 2015 season include sepractice underway, Carey is nior guard Bria Holmes happy to get things started and junior center Lanay up again.

Montgomery, both vi“I’ve been pleased in tal players in the starting practice,” Carey said. “I’ve lineup.

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Holmes, who was named to preseason All-Big 12 Team, says this team is different from last season.

“Compared to last year, we have a lot more shooters, more people that contribute on offense,” Holmes said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “I feel [as

if ] all the pressure is not going to be on me this year.”

With the departure of Averee Fields, the team hopes Arielle Roberson can fill the void left by one of the top offensive players in 2014-15.

“She’s very patient around the rim,” Holmes said. “She will be a good replacement for Averee.”

Roberson, who is a senior transfer from the University of Colorado, led her former team in scoring as well as rebounds in 2013-14. She brings more of an offensive presence to an already solid team.

Lanay Montgomery is coming off a monster year at WVU. The Pittsburgh native finished in the NCAA top 10 in blocks per contest (3.26) and set a program record with 126 blocks, the most ever by a sophomore at West Virginia. Carey finding a backup for Montgomery will ease her workload, after she recorded 875 minutes last season.

Coach Carey is due to set a program record as well.

He sits five wins away from being the program’s winningest head coach. Kittie Blakemore, head coach for 19 years, currently holds the record with 301 wins.

The Mountaineers are expected to finish sixth in the Big 12 according to preseason poll; WVU earned 40 votes. While defending Big 12 champions, the Baylor Lady Bears received 80 votes and eight first place votes.

The Lady Bears are coming off a year where they finished 15-2 in conference play, ultimately losing in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Saturday’s exhibition will be the team’s fourth annual “Haunted Hoops” night, where fans will be able to get a first look at the 201516 Mountaineers. Admission is free to the public and several activities for children will take place on the WVU Coliseum concourse. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

rifle

No. 1 West Virginia heads to second competition of the season by connor hicks sports writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s most successful program is finally back in action following a long offseason. The No. 1 WVU Rifle Team (2-0, 1-0) is seeking its fourth consecutive and 18th overall National Championship this season, and all signs indicate that it’s extremely likely.

Th e Mou nt a i n e e r s opened their 2015 slate with wins over No. 9 Air Force and GARC opponent, No. 14 Nebraska. Their 4714 points against Nebraska were the

highest for any team in the country through Oct. 24.

West Virginia is 32-2 since 2011, the last time they didn’t conclude the season with a national championship. One of those two losses came against AlaskaFairbanks last year, whom they later beat by two points in the national championship. The 4702-4700 result was the closest in a national championship in NCAA rifle history. The Mountaineers will play host to Alaska-Fairbanks on Jan. 12. Alaska-Fairbanks sits at No. 3 in this week’s poll.

The Mountaineers’ schedule this season is

filled with highly-ranked teams. The Mountaineers don’t play a single unranked team, and the easiest match they have this season will be next weekend at No. 16 Ole Miss. The most difficult match will be the proceeding weekend, when West Virginia faces Murray State, who is tied with the Mountaineers for the top spot at the Akron Invitational.

Senior standouts Meelis Kiisk and Garrett Spurgeon return for their final year and hope to set the pace for the team this year. They did so in their first two matches, both posting nearly perfect

scores in air rifle. Spurgeon posted a career-best 595 against Nebraska. Freshman Ginny Thrasher tied Spurgeon, posting a 595 in just her second meet as a member of the WVU team.

Thrasher, a Springfield, Virginia. native, is the youngest member of the team, but experience is no concern for her. She is a member of the women’s national rifle team, and placed 9th in the 2015 ISSF World Cup. She was also a 2015 Virginia air rifle state champion and was one of the most sought-after recruits of the 2015 class.

Will Anti is the only other

freshman to join the team.

Anti, a Fort Benning, Georgia. native, also posted impressive scores in his first two matches and will surely be a big part of the team for years to come.

Michael Bamsey, a Wales native who joined the team last year, returns for his final year of eligibility. Bamsey was an All-GARC slection and placed 33rd in the 2015 ISSF Men’s World Cup as a member of the Great Britain and Wales national teams. He has shot in six world cups, and posted one of the highest scores in the country last season with a 597 against Akron.

The team is rounded out by sophomore Elizabeth Gratz, senior Patrick Sunderman, and junior JeanPierre Lucas. The three made large contributions in several matches last season and Gratz posted a 593 against Nebraska on Oct. 11. They will be essential in a fourth consecutive national championship.

Despite a difficult schedule ahead, things look good for the WVU rifle team. The team’s first home match is on Nov. 14, against No. 11 Army, the first of a four match homestand. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia travels to Stillwater for Big 12 finals by joel norman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

As the leaves fall and temperatures drop, the playoffs commence.

Two weeks after the final regular season race, the West Virginia University women’s cross country team begins postseason racing this Saturday with the Big 12 Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

The women’s race begins at 10 a.m. and takes place on the Okla-

homa State Cross Country course. West Virginia is seeking its first Big 12 Championship.

The Mountaine ers’ season has not gone as planned. In early September, West Virginia was ranked No. 10 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll. Nearly two months later, WVU is no longer ranked.

By not appearing on the 30-team USTFCCCA poll, a chance at competing in the NCAA Championships as

a team on November 21 is in jeopardy. West Virginia has appeared as a team at the Championships all but two times in head coach Sean Cleary’s eight year tenure.

The primary reason the Mountaineers are in jeopardy is due to a 27th place finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational two weeks ago. In the final race in which they competed for a team score West Virginia disappointed only two weeks after winning the blue race at the Greater Louisville Classic.

“This was obviously not the performance that we were hoping for today,” Cleary said in an interview with WVUsports.com after the race.

“For some reason we are not running the way we are capable of. I did see some good things out there today, but it just wasn’t enough.”

The Mountaineers face stiff competition Saturday.

No. 11 Iowa State and No. 23 Oklahoma State are the only other Big 12 teams on the USTFCCCA poll, but like West Virginia, Texas

was ranked in the previous poll. Other competition includes Baylor and Oklahoma State, who began the season ranked No. 28 and No. 30, respectively.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s toughest opponent will be Iowa State. The Cyclones are the four-time defending Big 12 Champions and rank No. 1 in the Midwest Region. By comparison, the Cyclones finished seventh at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational two weeks ago.

A strong showing by individual runners could

earn them a spot in the biggest race of the year three weeks from now.

The top 15 runners to finish the race are named All-Conference. Regardless, West Virginia is focused on getting to the NCAA Championship as team.

“I am confident that this group will do what is required to see results,” Cleary said. “We fully understand that we have to improve in order to return back to the NCAA meet.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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7-year-old Iowa State fan invited to TCU game FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A 7-year-old Iowa State fan photographed with TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin kneeling to speak to her in an image that went viral got to see her new favorite player again.

Abby Faber and her family attended the fifthranked Horned Frogs’ game Thursday night against West Virginia.

She was wearing a No. 2 Boykin jersey when shown on the large video screens at the end of the first quarter, and got a huge ovation.

“Great,” Faber said. “I think it’s much fun. ... I feel famous.”

When TCU played Oct. 17 at Iowa State, Faber was an honorary captain and

wearing a Cyclones jersey for the pregame coin toss, when Boykin leaned down to the girl in her wheelchair and asked, “What’s your name?” Fort Worth Star-Telegram photographer Paul Moseley took the touching picture.

“I just thought it was really cool at that time.

(Boykin is) pumped up, ready for the game,” her mother, Jenny, said when asked about the original photo. “To not only walk over to her but ask her what her name is and take that time is just truly a class act. It’s very cool.”

The second-grader, who has a form of cerebral palsy, stood Thursday night, supported by

her mother, with her father and three older siblings also there.

A TCU donor provided a private jet for the Faber family to travel to the game from their home in Iowa. The family arrived earlier in the day and met with Frogs coach Gary Patterson.

A YouCaring page for donations for the young girl’s medical expenses was set up and has raised more than $33,000, easily passing the original goal of $25,000. Many of the donations have come from TCU fans.

“It speaks volumes about TCU and the school and their alumni and their fans. Everyone we met to-

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TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin greets Iowa State fan, Abby Faber, in last week’s game against the Cyclones. day has just been incred- TCU,” Jenny Faber said, ers, it’s just awesome. It ible, so welcoming. We her voice starting to crack. helps fill your heart back can’t help but not love “The support from strang- up.”

Praying coach’s suspension opens split on religion in school SEATTLE (AP) — A football field in Washington state has become more than a battleground for athletes as the suspension of an assistant coach for praying at midfield after games divided people around the country over the religious rights of school employees.

District officials put Joe Kennedy, Bremerton High School’s assistant football coach, on paid administrative leave because he ignored orders to stop overt religious displays on the field. Citing past Supreme Court and appeals court cases, officials said they did not want to be seen as endorsing religion.

“While attending games may be voluntary for most students, students required to be present by virtue of their participation in football or cheerleading will necessarily suffer a degree of coercion to participate in religious activity when their coaches lead or endorse it,” Bremerton School District said.

The senior class president was among some students and teachers who pressed for the district to clarify its policy on religion. Abe Bartlett said he was one of those who invited a group of self-described Satanists to attend

the Thursday night game in a push for answers.

“The main reason I did it is to portray to the school district that I think we should either have a policy that we’re not going to have any religious affiliation or public religious practices, or they should say people are going to be allowed to practice their religion publicly whatever their beliefs,” the 17-yearold said Wednesday.

“They need to either go black or white,” Bartlett said, noting that the issue has become a topic of discussion in his government class. “I don’t think this controversial middle ground is what our school needs.”

Meanwhile, supporters filled Kennedy’s Facebook page, verified by his attorney Hiram Sasser, with messages. His profile picture showed a group of people in “Praying Coach” shirts, and he posted a message urging people to “forget me and come support these incredible young men” playing Thursday.

Kennedy has prayed before and after games, sometimes joined by students, since 2008, but the district asked him to stop when the practice recently came to its attention.

He initially agreed, but then, with support from the Texas-based Liberty Institute, a religious-freedom organization, he resumed the postgame prayers, silently taking a knee for 15 to 20 seconds at midfield after shaking hands with the opposing coaches.

His lawyers insist he is not leading students in prayer, just praying himself. Dozens of lawmakers in the Congressional Prayer Caucus sent a letter this week to the superintendent expressing support for the coach.

Kennedy was still employed and will be paid through the remainder of his contract term unless his status changes, the district said Wednesday night. He won’t be allowed to participate in any activities related to the football program, although the district said he can attend games as a member of the public. The district also said it appreciated his long service to the football program.

Kennedy’s lawyers said they expected him to attend Thursday’s game.

Sasser said the decision to put his client on leave was shocking. He said they plan to file a charge

of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a step that could lead to a lawsuit.

About 10 members of the Satanic Temple of Seattle clad in robes still plan

to go to the game to support the teachers and students who invited them.

The organization said the district created a forum for religious expression open to all groups by allowing the coach to con-

tinue praying and cheered the decision to put Kennedy on leave.

“Clearly, they’re taking a strong position to keep church and state separate,” chapter head Lilith Starr said Thursday.

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FOREVER IN BLUE, WRAPPED IN GOLD

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West Virginia University’s annual Mountaineer Week kicks off with traditional craft fair

By Rachel McBride Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Arch A. Moore, Jr., former governor of West Virginia and West Virginia University alumnus, started a University tradition that has been stirring up school spirit among students for more than half a century.

That tradition is Mountaineer Week, and on Friday, this year’s celebration begins.

“I think we have a lot to offer for our region and our state,” said Sonja Wilson, senior programming administrator for the Mountainlair. “We (officials) want to educate our students on the rich culture and heritage of the Mountain State.”

The annual tradition, which began 68 years ago with a simple parade and bonfire, has evolved into a series of events full of arts and crafts, competitions and food that showcase the state’s past and

When it was all said and done Chi Omega squeezed 73 people into a PRT in 2014, about 24 short of the school record. present. generation involved to much more than that.

Mountaineer Week is carry on the torch, we “Working as a student, WVU’s way of paying trib- might lose those tradi- it’s pretty crazy to see how much goes into it, how ute to West Virginia’s heri- tions,” Wilson said. tage and traditions, Wilson While many think of much beforehand work,” said, as well as remind- Mountaineer Week as a said Josh Young, graduate ing WVU students and the time to buy funnel cakes, assistant for Mountainlair community about “the kettle corn and other Ap- Programming and Special culture that has made West palachian treats outside of Events. “It’s pretty amazVirginia what it is today.” the Mountainlair, for those ing how it comes together.”

“If we (officials) don’t involved in the planning, Young said officials usuget some of the younger the celebrated week is ally start planning the cel-

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ebration during the spring semester.

Each Mountaineer Week has a different theme, and this year’s festivities are centered on Appalachian Dance.

The week begins with opening ceremonies at noon on Oct. 30 in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

Cindy O’Brien, an Appa-

lachian Dance Scholar and a member of the Friends of Old-Time Music, will serve as the keynote speaker. A brief history of music in West Virginia will be presented during the event.

“We have a lot of people that come in to enjoy Mountaineer Week,” Young said. “It’s a really unique culture.”

Mountaine er We ek has previously been chosen as one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.

Current and former students, in addition to the local community, are welcome to join and enjoy the week and its events.

“We want this to be a progressive celebration,” Wilson said. “Constantly enduring.”

For an entire list of the activities and events occurring during Mountaineer Week, visit http:// mountaineer week.wvu. edu/events. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Family Fun Day offers kid-friendly events, live music hannah harless A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University will host Family Fun Day during the 68th annual Mountaineer Week, a celebration of West Virginia heritage and culture.

Family Fun Day originated out of a tradition of inviting county school children to the Mountainlair during Mountaineer Week. Previously children were taken on field trips during school to take part in various handson activities, eat traditional Appalachian foods, listen to music, see quilts and visit the WVU campus.

Due to school system budget cuts about 15 years ago, the field day became nearly impossible to achieve. The Mountaineer Week Committee felt it would be beneficial to set aside a day on the weekend of Mountaineer Week so children and their families could take part in the fall festivities. The event has become a Mountaineer Week tradition ever since.

“Mountaineer Week is a showcase event for WVU and it gets better each year when we have more visitors

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Mountaineer Week fiddle contestants play two West Virginia heritage tunes for the judges. that grow up taking part in the event,” said Mountaineer Week Committee Director, Gwen Perrott.

The Mountaineer Week Committee invites families to participate in the many activities available, including participating in making origami crafts with the WVU

Japanese Club, and watching a puppet show organized by the Morgantown Fire Department.

“This is all in addition to the regular Mountaineer Week events such as the train display, the quilt show and the craft show,” Perrott said.

Children will also have the opportunity to take part in meet and greets with Cooper the Black Bear Mascot, Woodsy the Owl and the WVU Mountaineer Mascot.

Other vendors and community groups participating in the event include the Avian Conservancy bring-

ing rescued raptors, Prehistoric Planet bringing fossils, and visits from West Virginia children’s authors.

“Once you pack all this into the Mountainlair the atmosphere will be full of energy, noise and laughter,” Perrott said. “We hope that people will come and spend

the afternoon with us. We intend to have as much fun as our visitors.”

Family Fun Day will feature performances from a variety of music groups including PopShop Bands, Kate Dillon, InStep Cloggers, Sugar Maple Band, WVU Irish Dance Team, String of Pearls Dance Team, WV Symphony Orchestra Flutist Pam Murchison and WVU’s Paul Robeson-Mahalia Jackson Choir.

All of the music performances will give ode to the historic Appalachian music of the region and expose children and their families to a unique sound.

“Putting this event together is an adventure of discovery involving WVU staff and students. We couldn’t get it done without everyone’s ideas and willingness to pitch in,” Perrott said.

Family Fun Day is presented by Mylan Pharmaceuticals and is free and open to the public. Some vendors may have items for sale.

The event takes place from 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Mountainlair. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Maniacs and Intramurals team up for Huggins 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament hannah harless A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University students are being called on by the Mountaineer Maniacs and WVU Intramural Sports to participate in the 3rd annual Bob Huggins 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament to help raise awareness and funds to benefit the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Endowment Fund and cancer research.

The tournament games organized by the Mountaineer Week Committee, Student Recreational Center, Mountaineer Maniacs and the WVU Athletics Department, will take place from 7 – 11 p.m. beginning on Monday, Nov. 2 through Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Rec Center.

“Between all of these departments, we are able to organize registration, scheduling, marketing efforts, offer a prize, offer a championship location, reach large masses of the student body to offer a recreational aspect of Mountaineer Week and overall honor Bob Huggins’ late mother and assist him in his efforts of

raising funds for the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Endowment Fund,” said WVU Intramural Graduate Assistant Alyssa Leonard.

Norma Mae Huggins was the mother of Men’s Basketball Coach, Bob Huggins. Norma Mae passed away in May of 2003 after a long struggle with colon cancer. Huggins created the Cancer Endowment Fund shortly after her death to raise money for research and make clinical trials more available to the people of West Virginia.

“By coming to this event, you are showing your Mountaineer Pride, supporting Mountaineer Week and the recreational component of the week. It’s a tremendous way for the Mountaineer community to come together and support a tremendous cause,” Leonard said.

Students must enter the tournament by completing a team registration form on IMleagues.com and paying the team entry fee prior to the close of sign-ups at 5 p.m. today. Team entrance fees for the tournament vary between $15 and $20, but the individual registration fee for all students is $5.

Currently there are 22 teams signed up for the tournament.

The tournament is set up as a double elimination series, and will continue until there are only two teams remaining for all of the leagues, including the men’s, women’s and co-ed leagues.

The championship games will be held at halftime of the Men’s Basketball Exhibition game against Shepherd at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6 at the WVU Coliseum.

The check will be presented to coach Huggins prior to tip-off.

“The atmosphere of the event will be fun, friendly and recreational. Since we play 3-on-3 half court, there will be six games going on all at once. It’s going to be a great time to be had by all, we’re hoping for a bigger turnout than we’ve had the past two years,” Leonard said.

Each participant in the tournament will receive a free tournament T-shirt. Members of the winning team for each division will have the chance to receive a private tour of the Basketball Practice Facility. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The 3-on-3 basketball tournament honors Huggins’ late mother.

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Mountaineers lead the way Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer Candidates for 2015

West Virginia University has announced the top 10 finalists—five men and five The Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition is an annual tradition during Mountaineer women—who embody the Mountaineer spirit for the 2015 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer Week, which is dedicated to paying tribute to West Virginia’s heritage and traditions. This competition. The candidates were chosen based on academic achievements, extracur- year’s Mountaineer Week will be held Oct. 30 – Nov. 8, and the winners of Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer will be announced during the Nov. 7 WVU football game against Texas Tech. ricular involvement and their individual successes as students at WVU.

Reed Andrews is a chemical engineering student with a pre-medical emphasis from Morgantown, West Virginia. He has already been accepted into West Virginia University School of Medicine’s class of 2020.

A fifth-generation West Virginian, every member of Andrews’ family has been a Mountaineer. “(Being a Mountaineer) means you are willing to serve your state,” he said. “(It means) you are humble,

strong, resilient and fair.”

Andrews is the treasurer of the Society of Biological Engineers, the community service chair for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the fundraising chair for Omega Chi Epsilon, the national chemical engineering honor society.

Additionally, he is a member of WVU MEDLIFE, the WVU pre-medical club.

Andrews plans to use his passion for medicine and work as a physician in West Virginia, particularly as a trauma surgeon.

Andrews is also the alternate mountaineer mascot for the 2015-16 school year.

As the alternate Mountaineer Mascot, Andrews attends events three to four times each week where he represents the University by publicly speaking to current and prospective students.

“Being Mr. Mountain-

eer would mean that I get to serve and represent my state in the years to come, and it would be an honor to look back and know that I made a difference,” he said.

Andrews’ proudest moment as a Mountaineer was on his third day volunteering in Ruby Memorial’s emergency department. Assigned the task of obtaining a supply of the correct blood type for a patient with lifethreatening injuries, Andrews was able to play a role in saving the patient’s life.

“Mountaineer pride is in my blood,” he said.

Ultimately, Andrews thanks WVU and hopes he can serve the University as much as it has served him.

“I owe a lot to WVU,” he said, “They’ve raised me ever since I was born in the WVU hospital, and they’ve given me so many opportunities and blessings.”

Jared Ballard is a senior communication sciences and disorders student from Weston, West Virginia.

While he spent his freshman year of college at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, Ballard was pleased to find, upon trans-

ferring to WVU, a field of study connecting music and speech. After graduation, he hopes to work in a hospital and become a speech pathologist.

Ballard has played in The Pride of West Virginia, WVU’s marching band, for three years and is a member of the National Student Speech Language Association.

As a tutor for the MindFit Academic enhancement program, Ballard also works with students with disabilities. Knowing he has helped students in need is what has impacted him most, he said.

“I think tutoring has been the most rewarding to me,” Ballard said. “Seeing some-

one struggling through college as hard as it is, and with a disability on top that. I love seeing (students’) stress melt away once they understand the information from a certain course.”

Ballard is interested in becoming Mr. Mountaineer because he wants to show how someone from a small community can come to the University and be successful.

Overall, it’s his passion for service and helping others that pushes him forward.

“I get to service people academically with tutoring and do simple acts of kindness every day,” he said. “I love seeing people (understand) a concept or have a better day.”

Brady Nolan is a senior athletic coaching education student from Reader, West Virginia. While he is graduating from WVU in May, he plans on applying to the Physical Therapy Graduate Program at WVU to further his education.

Nolan has participated in the WVU marching band, the Pride of West Virginia, for three years, as well served as the alternate Mountaineer

Mascot for the 2014-15 school year.

“Being able to be the alternate Mountaineer, I got to see just what the University means to the state and how important it really is to so many people,” Nolan said.

As well as being a student in the honors college, Nolan has been a New Student Orientation leader for three years.

Both of Nolan’s parents graduated from WVU, and he has attended WVU football games and events since he was five years old.

“I just fell in love with it then,” he said. “I didn’t even apply anywhere else. I knew from day one I wanted to come here.”

Nolan said he applied to be Mr. Mountaineer so he could have one last chance to represent WVU before he

graduates.

“It would put a great ending to my undergrad career,” Nolan said. “WVU has always meant a lot to me, and I’ve put a lot of dedication into the University…”

Nolan said he wanted to thank God for giving him the opportunities he had while at WVU, and his friends and family for always supporting him.

For Nolan, winning Mr. Mountaineer would be a great honor since the title is only awarded to two students each year based on their academic achievements, community involvement and extracurricular activities.

“I feel like (the winners) are chosen to represent what the University embodies…,” Nolan said. “It would be a tremendous honor to earn (this) title.”

Kevin Noreen is a second year graduate student from Minneapolis studying industrial relations. Upon graduation, Noreen plans to work for Marathon Petroleum, the fourth largest oil refiner in the nation, according to Marathon’s website.

Noreen believes becoming Mr. Mountaineer would be the best way to end an already successful career at WVU. “I really think winning this award would be a great way to wrap up the college expe-

rience, as well as shed some light on a few things that are important to me,” he said.

During his time as an undergraduate student, Noreen played for the WVU men’s basketball team where he served as team captain for two years.

Noreen also spent a large amount of his time volunteering for outreach programs through the athletic department. As a result, he won the 2015 male community service athlete of the year award.

Currently, Noreen works in the office of admissions recruiting new students for WVU. In addition, he is vice president of the Industrial Relations Student Association and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization.

Noreen believes these opportunities, along with his experience on the basketball team, are what make him a good candidate for

Mr. Mountaineer. He said when reading about what it means to be Mr. Mountaineer, Noreen thought about how he tried to represent similar qualities while playing basketball.

“I always tried to play my hardest because of something that was ingrained to us

by Coach Huggins, ‘We represent the people we’re playing for, not just the students and our alumni, but all West Virginians,’” he said.

Though he was not born in West Virginia, Noreen believes his time at WVU has taught him what it means to be a true Mountaineer.

“To me, being a Mountaineer means knowing who I’m representing when I play,” he said. “(It means) working my hardest for the people of West Virginia because the way they approach life, with the bluecollar spirit, is the way I want to approach it as well.”

Emma Dolan is a senior biochemistry student from Wheeling, West Virginia.

Dolan is passionate about her field of study because it allows her to focus on the aspects of biochemistry she genuinely cares about.

“My degree program allows me a lot of flexibility

to tailor my class schedule to topics I really enjoy,” she said. “This will allow me to better prepare myself for the next step in my education.”

Dolan is WVU ambassador in recruitment and promotion, a chemistry tutor for the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates and the Vice President of American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Student Affiliates.

Also a member of the Honors College, she has established a University course called “Life Science Literacy” and mostly enjoys her job working with scientific research.

“I work as a lab technician in the Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences performing research on treatment of breast can-

cer metastasis to the brain.

This experience will translate directly into my PhD candidacy after graduation,” she said.

Dolan hopes to become this year’s Ms. Mountaineer, so she can continue bringing positivity to the places she cares about the most.

“With this title,” she said, “I wish to become an even stronger ambassador for the University and for my home state, bringing positive change to the lives of West Virginians.”

Ruth Williams is a senior dual aerospace and mechanical engineering student from Summersville, West Virginia.

Because she always wanted to become an engineer, Williams started college with the intention of majoring in mechanical en-

gineering. When she realized her love for airplanes, aviation and airspace, Williams decided to double major.

“I want to be working with things that fly,” she said. “I like rockets, spaceships, airplanes, helicopters—anything that goes up in the sky.”

Though she has already accepted a job for after graduation with GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio, Williams has the additional long-term goal of becoming an astronaut.

“It gives me something to work toward even though the odds of that are low,” she said.

Williams’ dream may be closer than she thinks, how-

ever. Recently, she was a finalist in a student astronaut contest for the TV show “Xploration Outer Space.”

Williams also has a passion for STEM Outreach programs and inspiring female scientists as a member of the Society of Women Engineers. She frequently travels throughout the state of West Virginia to give presentations about space and science to students in elementary and middle schools.

She said such hands-on activities make “these big scary space and science concepts seem a lot more real, easy to understand and more fun.”

Whitney Oliverio is a second year graduate student from Harman, West Virginia working toward a Masters of Counseling degree. After graduation, Oliverio hopes to obtain a position working at WVU and connecting students with “all our University has to offer.”

“I really love working with students,” she said. “My ultimate goal is to get WVU’s retention rate to 100 per-

cent because I had such a great experience here. I really want others to have that chance as well.”

Oliverio was the student coordinator for new student orientation, a member of 4-H, a devotional intern for Suncrest United Methodist and a member of the Spanish, Russian, German and religious studies clubs during her undergraduate years.

Since then, Oliverio has served on the Graduate Student Advisory Board and acted as a graduate student ambassador.

Currently, Oliverio is the graduate assistant for campus and community life, an addiction counselor at Hazelton Federal Prison and a mother of two. She said she would love the opportunity to work full-time at Hazelton depending on the op-

portunities available after graduation, as well.

Oliverio wants to become Ms. Mountaineer to ensure other students make the most of their time at WVU. Oliverio believes she is a prime candidate because she embodies the hospitality WVU is known for.

“I love being a Mountaineer,” she said. “I just want to help other students network within the community and show them the services and programs that they might otherwise miss out on.”

Rebecca Speer is a psychology student with a biology minor from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.

Pursuing a career in medicine, Speer hopes to work in underserved regions, either domestically in rural Appalachia or internationally with children in areas of conflict or natural disaster.

“Being a Mountaineer is having a pioneering spirit in anything that you set out to accomplish,” Speer said, “That means taking the initiative to see where something is needed and imple-

ment a solution.”

Speer is the founder and president of UNICEF campus initiative at WVU, and the vice president of the Sierra Student Coalition.

She is a presidential member of the Honors College, as well as a member of the Psi Chi international psychology honorary, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Laurel Chapter of Mortar Board.

Previously, Speer worked in the psychology department’s Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory for two years and has been published in the Journal of Neurochemistry. She currently works in the Food Justice Laboratory in the Geology and Geography Department, addressing hunger in W. Va. “I think it’s important to have a service-oriented heart. It’s not unknown that there’s so much need in West Virginia—hunger, medical, dental, all those

things,” she said. “… and being willing to give back to your community and the state as a whole, I think that’s essential to being a mountaineer.”

Speer said her most meaningful experience at WVU was when she traveled with other student members of UNICEF to Kodak, Tennessee during Spring Break to work with the Remote Area Medical organization. In the two-day clinic, RAM, Speer and other volunteers provided more than $250,000 of free healthcare to disadvantaged families in the Appalachian region.

Speer believes she should be Ms. Mountaineer because she represents the “opportunities that the University has to offer.”

“As someone who has taken advantage of these opportunities and succeeded academically,” she said, “I represent the best aspects of West Virginia University.”

THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Friday October 30, 2015

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, Noon – 4:00 P.M., and Flatt & Scruggs to the 2015 Mountainlair, second floor more modern sounds of Nickel Creek and The BoxEmpty Bowls Kidwell’s Funnel Cake cars. The group’s arrange& other Appalachian Noon – 5:00 P.M., Moun- ments are also influenced Treats by country, folk and jazz tainlar, first floor Ou t s i d e, f ro nt o f styles.

Mountainlair Jackson’s Mill: Boy5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M., hood Home of Stonewall Hatfields, Mountainlair Wild West Kettle Corn Jackson & Pork Rinds Presented by Anna M. Jeff Fedan – Hammered Ou t s i d e, f ro nt o f Schein, Associate Curator, Dulcimer Mountainlair WV and Regional History 5:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., Center, WVU Libraries First Floor, Mountainlair Bavarian Nuts and CotThis exhibit features ton Candy Mountain Music Conhistorical photographs of Mountainlair, first floor Jackson’s Mill and other cert featuring the WVU West Virginia mills from Bluegrass Band & OldWest Virginia History on- Time Band Apple Butter Featuring the sounds West Augusta Historical View. Enter a drawing to Society from Mannington, win a Jackson’s Mill Christ- and instr uments of mas Ornament (drawing Appalachia.

West Virginia will be held Saturday, Oc8:00 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Sale & Demonstration 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Out- tober 31 at 4:00 p.m. in the Mountainlair side, front of Mountainlair Food Court. You do not The Hillbilly Gypsies need to be present to win.)

Mountaineer Week 12 P.M.–5:00 P.M., First FREE, all ages show!

Photo Contest Display Floor, Mountainlair 9:30 P.M., Mountainlair Presented by All-Pro Food Court Photography Jackson’s Mill FarmSATURDAY, OCTOBER Mountainlair, first floor stead at WVU Presented by WVU Jack- 31, 2015 – FAMILY FUN DAY “Fiesta: A Mountaineer son’s Mill Country Tradition Since Living history programs 1936” Exhibit Mountaineer Week featuring the sale of stonePresented by Anna ground corn meal and Family Fun Day Schein and Martha Yancey other items from the Old Numerous activities for 7 A.M. – 7 P.M., Evans- General Store. children and their families. dale Library, main floor Noon – 5:00 P.M., All events take place and second floor Mountainlair, First Floor from Noon – 5:00 P.M, on the First Floor of the Corn Roast Larry’s Cards by Larry Mountainlair, unless othPresented by the WVU Buchman erwise noted.

Collegiate 4-H Club Handmade cards.

11:00A.M. – 4:00P.M., Noon – 5:00 P.M., First Kidwell’s Funnel Cake & other Appalachian Outside, front o f Floor, Mountainlair Mountainlair Treats Mountaineer Week Outsi de, Front o f WVU Clay Club Craft Fair Mountainlair The WVU Clay Club is Enjoy the works of 60 Wild West Kettle Corn comprised of WVU stu- artisans from West Virdents interested in the ce- ginia and the surround- & Pork Rinds ramics field. Their goal ing states. Take a piece of Outsi de, Front o f is to educate in the field homemade art home for Mountainlair of ceramics, promote the the holidays.

Bavarian Nuts and CotNoon – 8:00 P.M., ceramics department and participate in the Mountainlair Ballrooms ton Candy community. and second floor hallways Mountainlair, First Floor 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M., f irst floor, Mountainlair Mountaineer Week Apple Butter Quilt Show West Augusta HistoriMountaineer Week OpPresented by the Coun- cal Society from Manningerating Train Display ton, WV try Roads Quilt Guild.

Presented by the Mon Sale & Demonstration Detailed quilts on view, Valley Railroad Historical through the Country Roads 10:00 A .M. – 6:00 Society, Inc. Quilt Guild.

P.M. Outside, Front of The scale model railNoon – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair road will be comprised of Mountainlair Mountainscenes influenced by fa- eer Room, Second Floor Mountaineer Week miliar West Virginia MounPhoto Contest Display tain State railraod and inWest Virgina University Presented by All-Pro Press Book Sale Photography dustrial locations.

11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Showcasing a sale of Mountainlair, First Floor Mountainlair, first floor, books and CDs about West Shenandoah Room Virginia and WVU projects.

“Fiesta: A Mountaineer Noon – 8:00 P.M., Country Tradition Since Mountaineer Week Mountainlair Second Floor 1936” Exhibit Presented by Anna Craft Fair Op ening Ceremony Country Vittles Dinner Schein and Martha Yancey Welcome the opening Buffet 10:00 A.M. – 7:00 P.M., of not only our Craft Fair, Featuring live music and Evansdale Library, Main but the beginning of our a delicious dinner buffet. Floor and Second Floor 67th celebration of West Live “acoustic honky-tonk Corn Roast Virginia! music” provided by Blue Keynote Speaker: Ms. Yonder, featuring John Presented by the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club Cindy O’Brien with the Lilly.

WhiteWater is a newly 11:00A.M. – 4:00P.M., Friends of Old Time Music formed bluegrass band, O u t s i d e , front of Noon, Mountainlair hailing from Morgantown, Mountainlair Ballrooms, second floor West Virginia. Covering a wide spectrum of blueMountaineer Week Hammered Dulcimer grass, WW draws from the Craft Fair Performed by Pat Harper traditions of Bill Monroe Enjoy the works of 60

The WVU Clay Club is comprised of WVU students interested in the ceramics field. Their goal is to educate in the field of ceramics, promote the ceramics department and participate in the community.

Mountaineer Week Noon – 8:00 P.M., First Quilt Show Floor, Mountainlair Presented by the CounTellebration try Roads Quilt Guild.

Presented by the Office Detailed quilts on view, through the Country Roads of Multicultural Programs Quilt Guild. and the Appalachian Cul11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., tures Committee, featuring Mountainlair Mountaineer various storytellers.

Room, Second Floor 3:00 P.M., Vandalia Lounge, Mountainlair First West Virgina University Floor Press Book Sale Showcasing a sale of Walking Ghost Recepbooks and CDs about West tion & Tour Virginia and WVU projects.

Presented by the Soph11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., omore/Junior Year ExperiMountainlair Second Floor ence & the Office of Multicultural Programs Mountaineer Week OpThe walking tour will erating Train Display visit various buildings on Presented by the Mon the downtown campus that Valley Railroad Historical are said to be haunted. The Society, Inc. tour will leave from the The scale model rail- Vandalia Lounge. road will be comprised of 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M., scenes influenced by fa- Tour will meet in the miliar West Virginia Moun- Mountainlair Vandalia tain State railraod and in- Lounge and then visit several buildings on the downdustrial locations.

11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., town campus.

Mountainlair First Floor, Shenandoah Room Elmer Rich Memorial Appalachian Old-Time Hammered Dulcimer Fiddle Contest Performed by Pat Harper Featuring the best fidNoon – 4:00 P.M., Second dlers from West Virginia Floor, Mountainlair and neighboring states.

Registration begins at Jackson’s Mill: Boy- 7:00 P.M., Hatfields. hood Home of Stonewall 7:30 P.M., Gluck Theatre, Jackson Mountainlair First Floor Presented by Anna M. Old-Fashioned Square Schein, Associate Curator, WV and Regional Dance Presented by Friends of History Center, WVU Libraries Old Time Music This exhibit features Caller: Taylor Runner. historical photographs of Live Music provided by Jackson’s Mill and other Gerry Milnes and Friends.

No experience is necesWest Virginia mills from West Virginia History on- sary and no partner is reView. Enter a drawing to quired. Come kick up your win a Jackson’s Mill Christ- heels and have a great mas Ornament (drawing time! will be held on Saturday, 9:30 P.M., Mountainlair, October 31 at 4:00 p.m. in Food Court the Food Court. You do not need to be present to win.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, Noon – 5:00 P.M., First 2015 Floor, Mountainlair Kidwell’s Funnel Cake Jackson’s Mill Farm- & other Appalachian stead at WVU’s Jackson’s Treats Outsi de, Front o f Mill Living history programs Mountainlair featuring the sale of stoneground corn meal and Wild West Kettle Corn other items from the Old & Pork Rinds Outsi de, Front o f General Store. Featuring paper marbling for kids.

Mountainlair Noon – 5:00 P.M., First Bavarian Nuts and CotFloor, Mountainlair ton Candy Jeff Fedan – Hammered Mountainlair, First Floor Dulcimer Noon – 5:00 P.M., First Apple Butter Floor, Mountainlair West Augusta Historical Society from ManningEmpty Bowls ton, WV Noon – 5:00 P.M., Sale & Demonstration Mountainlair, First Floor 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. Outside, Front of Mountainlair WVU Clay Club

artisans from West Virginia and the surrounding states. Take a piece of homemade art home for the holidays.

11:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms and second floor hallways

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Mountaineer Week Photo Contest Display Presented by All-Pro Photography Mountainlair, First Floor “Fiesta: A Mountaineer Country Tradition Since 1936” Exhibit Presented by Anna Schein and Martha Yancey 10:00 A.M. – Midnight, Evansdale Library, Main Floor and Second Floor Mountaineer Week Operating Train Display Presented by the Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society, Inc. The scale model railroad will be comprised of scenes influenced by familiar West Virginia Mountain State railraod and industrial locations.

11:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair First Floor, Shenandoah Room Mountaineer Week Craft Fair Enjoy the works of 60 artisans from WV and the surrounding states. Take a piece of homemade art home for the holidays.

11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Ballrooms and second floor hallways Mountaineer Week Quilt Show Presented by the Country Roads Quilt Guild.

Detailed quilts are on view, through the Country Roads Quilt Guild.

11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Mountaineer Room, Second Floor West Virgina University Press Book Sale Showcasing a sale of books and CDs about West Virginia and WVU projects.

11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair Second Floor Corn Roast Presented by the WVU Collegiate 4-H Club 11:00A.M. – 4:00P.M., Outside, Front of Mountainlair WVU Clay Club The WVU Clay Club is comprised of WVU students interested in the ceramics field. Their goal is to educate in the field of ceramics, promote the ceramics department and participate in the community.

11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair, First Floor Empty Bowls 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair, First Floor Larry’s Cards by Larry Buchman 11:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M., Mountainlair, First Floor Hammered Dulcimer Performed by Pat Harper Noon – 3 P.M., Second Floor, Mountainlair

Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer Candidates, Continued

Dylan Johnson is a second year graduate student studying agriculture and extension education from Flatwoods, West Virginia. In 2014, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the same area of study and with a minor in horticulture.

Johnson is deeply rooted in his major because it has been a part of his life since birth.

“I greatly value the importance and tradition of agriculture and promoting the industry,” he said. “We often don’t realize how important agriculture is and the impact it has on the country, and even on a global scale.”

Johnson was a member of the WVU Marching Band, during his undergraduate career and is now involved in the Alumni Marching Band.

Johnson is also a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, the WVU Brock and Bridle Club and the Mountaineer Collegiate Future Farmers of America chapter.

“I really enjoy being part of these groups because of the service aspect,” he said.

“I have always lived by the motto of serving others over myself, and I have found that in very different ways, these organizations promote service, whether it be profession, local community or even state.”

If he wins, Johnson said he hopes he can continue to promote service and action throughout the state.

“First off, it would be a high honor to receive the distinction of Mr. Mountaineer,” Johnson said. “I would have the opportunity to represent the state and University and Joy Wang is a dual major continue to serve as well as in biochemistry and chemispromote the mountaineer pioneering spirit of service and education to not only WVU students, but the entire state of West Virginia.”

try from Charleston, West Virginia, and a senior at WVU, according to a press release from WVUToday.

She is a part of the Honors College, the Mountaineer Marching Band and served as a governor in the Student Government Association for two terms, the press release reads.

Currently, she serves as an executive in SGA’s Bureau of Finance, according to the press release.

Wang is also the fundraising chair of the Mortar Board student honorary, a national honor society, and president

of WVU Global Medical Brigades, where she will lead a medical mission trip to Panama, according to the press release.

Wang is also a Foundation Scholar, the press release reads, and is being sponsored by the WVU Global Medical and Dental Brigades.

Wang was unavailable for an interview with The Daily Athenaeum by the time of publication.

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