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WVU honors passed student’s life Students, faculty attend bell ringing ceremony on campus in memory of 19-year-old Sara Pike by kayla asbury associate city editor @kaylaasbury_

West Virginia University celebrated the life of Sara Pike with a bell ringing ceremony on Friday.

Pike, 19, passed away on Jan. 24, 2016. She was from Madison, New Jersey, where she graduated from Madison High School in 2014. She was a transfer student from The Ohio State University and began her time at WVU in Janu-

ary of 2016.

Pike had been admitted to the WVU Medical Laboratory Science program.

She had a passion for singing, having auditioned for The Voice a few times, and also enjoyed playing basketball and lacrosse, according to Reem Alhusseini, a marketing student and friend of Pike’s.

“Sara was a really great friend. She was hilarious and such a positive light in everyone’s life,” Alhusseini said. “She loved her

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friends and her family a lot.”

Even when she attended OSU, Alhusseini said Pike felt happiest at WVU. “She always said that she loved that everyone here was free-spirited and non-judgemental,” Alhusseini said.

Pike’s roommate, Melissa Joubert, who met Pike during their freshman year in high school, remembered Pike’s energy, kindness, contagious laugh and her ability to brighten

a room.

“She was always there for me, whether I was wrong or right in a situation. That’s really what made her the best friend to me,” Joubert said. “She was always standing up for me. I was the only one who understood her; at times, she was the only one who understood me. She would always be there.”

Joubert said Pike was able to make friends eas-

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Tyler Yim rings the bell, starting the memorial service for Sara Pike.

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This We d n e s d a y marks the midpoint for West Virginia’s 2016 legislative session, and so far, two contentious bills have meandered their way through committee hearings and floor sessions, rife with criticism.

Sitting on Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s desk are two bills, one that would create a statewide right-to-work law and another that would repeal the state’s prevailing wage.

“I remain committed to growing West Virginia’s economy, but I do not believe right-to-work legislation is the best way to do that,” Tomblin said Thursday, vowing to veto the legislation.

Right-to-work laws prevent employees from being fired or not hired for refusing to pay union fees. Experts like John Deskins of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and Economics Research said this will drive down union membership because when a union negotiates with an employer, the resulting benefits of that negotiation will benefit all employees, not just union members.

This, those experts said, disincentivizes staying a part of a union and paying its fees.

The bill establishing a right-to-work law, SB 1, passed 54-46 in the House of Delegates Thursday after about five hours of heated discussion. Only Republicans supported the bill, while every Democrat and a few Republicans voted against it.

Tomblin and other Democrats face another hurdle with repealing the state’s prevailing wage, which sets the minimum wage for all state construction jobs.

The state’s prevailing wage law has been in effect for 81 years.

As of now, the state’s prevailing wage sets a minimum for how much workers on state construction project must be paid. This prevents outside contractors from underbidding a project and paying its workers

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Local environmentalist to run for W.Va. House of Delegates by corey mcdonald staff writer @coreymacc

Local resident Evan Hansen, the president of Downstream Strategies, an environmental consultant group in Morgantown, recently announced he is running for the 51st District of West Virginia’s House of Delegates.

Hansen explores resource and environmental problems and solutions for Downstream Strategies concerning water science and policy, as well as energy science and energy policy projects. He manages interdisciplinary research teams and performs quantitative and qualitative policy and scientific analysis.

Along with his work with Downstream Strategies, Hansen was the coauthor on a report used in state legislation to craft solutions for the Freedom Industries chemical spill in 2014. The bill passed unanimously.

He also spent much of his time in Charleston last year when there was a legislative effort to gut many of the protections that were put in place in his report.

“One reason I feel that I’m well qualified, even as an outsider who’s never run for office before, is that I’ve seen how things work in Charleston,” Han-

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sen said. “A lot of the projects I’ve been involved in over the past 20 years have been related to some of the key issues that the (state) legislature has to deal with: How do we develop our economy that looks to the long-term and not just short-term solutions?”

Hansen grew up in New Jersey and attended Michigan Institute of Technology, where he received a degree in computer science engineering in 1988.

Upon graduating, Hansen started traveling to various countries around the world creating computer models related to energy and water development.

“I had this great job where I was traveling all over the world training people in the use of these tools and that included many trips to South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as Egypt and China,” Hansen said.

One program Hansen specifically developed was called LEAP, the longrange energy alternatives planning tool, which allowed governments to look forward 10-20 years at their energy systems: What types of energy are being demanded and where said energy is being supplied.

This would prompt governments to make the best decisions to make sure sufficient energy was available to develop their economy. Many of the tools

Hansen created are being used today.

“We looked at alternatives to try to make life a little bit easier for people,” Hansen said.

But Hansen eventually turned his focus toward working in a smaller community rather than working abroad.

“I got a little bit disillusioned with that because I felt like a lot of money was being spent and the work that I was doing was not having as big of an impact as I would have liked,” Hansen said. “So I decided that I wanted to focus my efforts in my local community rather than around the world.”

Hansen went back to school, this time to the University of California, Berkeley, and got a Masters degree in energy and resources, a program combining environmental sciences with public policy and economics.

Hansen settled in Morgantown in 1997 and s t a r t e d D o w n s t re a m Strategies.

“What brought (my wife and I) here is that we wanted to live in a small college town that had access to great outdoor recreation activities, and we just really liked Morgantown,” Hansen said. “We felt really welcomed by the community.”

He has been running his small business for nearly

20 years now, but it was his recent visits to Charleston that prompted him to run for office. According to Hansen, seeing government working efficiently to craft solutions was inspirational for him. But seeing government push back had its influence, as well.

Hansen is running as a candidate who has directly created jobs through his small business, but his platform is focused on expanding the state’s economy in order to create more opportunities for the people of West Virginia.

“What we need to do is to think of ways to expand the economy so that we have many different industries that provide jobs, and we need to look at every decision that’s made in Charleston also in terms of how it impacts quality of life,” Hansen said.

“We need a high quality of life in order to attract businesses here, and we also need a high quality of life to attract people who actually want to move into the state and take those jobs. So that’s the biggest theme of my campaign - looking forward to try and find ways to expand the economy and improve the quality of life.”

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Spring fraternity recruitment at West Virginia University began Sunday and will continue through Friday.

Roy Baker, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, said changes have been put into place for this year’s spring recruitment, the main change being that new members are not permitted to have alcohol during fraternity social events or gatherings.

“We are trying to create a leveled playing field for all fraternities,” Baker said, “so that people don’t just join frats for alcohol and for parties.”

Other changes include requiring those interested in rushing to have at least a 2.5 GPA and the implementation of a new computer database that makes it easier to sign up online for recruitment.

Baker and other officials hope these new changes will help students have a better college experience when participating in Greek Life.

“We want (the students) to feel like they’re joining something more than what was offered in previous years,” Baker said.

Tanner McCallister, a fraternity member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said spring recruitment is an important opportunity for fraternities, as it allows them to get more WVU students involved with Greek life.

“It’s important to receive an influx of new members to keep the fraternity alive,” McCallister said.

McCallister said that by joining his fraternity, he was able to connect with many students he otherwise wouldn’t have met.

“Meeting new people and having connections later in life is a difficult task, but Greek life helps that aspect,” McCallister said.

Eric Arroyo, a fraternity member of Pi Kappa Alpha, said although there are many negative stereotypes associated with Greek life, in his opinion, many of those perceptions aren’t an accurate representation of the fraternities at WVU. “It really bothers me when people talk poorly

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WVU Heart Institute hosts ‘Women Love Your Heart’ event by madeleine hall staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University Heart Institute was packed with women excitedly chatting and laughing together on Saturday.

From 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., the WVU Heart Institute hosted the annual “Women Love Your Heart” event. Women throughout the Monongalia County community awaited free screenings and cardiac assessments, including blood pressure, body fat, cardiac risk, EKG and cholesterol and glucose tests.

“We had people lined up at 7:20 this morning,”

said Mary Withrow, clinical administrator of the Heart Institute. “It has been amazing.”

While many believe breast cancer is the No. 1 killer of women, Withrow said heart disease takes more lives than any other disease, causing a quarter of female deaths in 2009 according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Despite these numbers, the CDC reports that only 54 percent of women are aware that heart disease is their number one killer.

“Women often try to take care of their families and everyone else but not themselves,” said Holly Sabatino,

financial administrator of the Heart Institute.

One local woman at “Women Love Your Heart,” Sherry Gump, said she has a heart valve that was recently repaired and believes the event is a convenient way to keep a close eye on her heart health.

“We think of heart disease as mostly men, and much research has been done for men,” Withrow said. “We’re starting to go over that curve and really understand women’s health.”

There to help at the event was West Virginia University sorority Alpha Phi, whose philanthropy is focused on women’s cardiac care.

In addition to volunteering at the WVU Heart Institute, Alpha Phi hosts an annual red dress gala. The proceeds from the event fund the Alpha Phi Foundation, which benefits Cardiac Care for Women as well as the Milan Puskar Health Right for homeless women in Morgantown.

“It’s nice to see our efforts go to the community that we live in,” said Tori Moneyhun, former president of Alpha Phi. “As women, we can all relate to wanting to take care of each other. It’s empowering.”

Alpha Phi is also partnered with Milan Puskar Health Right, working on

creating a cookbook for low-income women in Morgantown. The cookbook is meant to give affordable options that promote a healthy lifestyle, since finding healthy and budget-friendly food options continues to be at the root of the high statistics for heart disease in West Virginia.

West Virginia has the fourth highest death rate from cardiovascular disease in the nation, and heart disease accounted for 23 percent of West Virginian deaths in 2010, according to the American Heart Association.

Women in West Virginia have been hit hard by heart

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Sanders campaign plans clash with political realities PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP)— Bernie Sanders promises voters a “political revolution” that will fundamentally remake the American economy and its education and health care systems.

“That’s what our campaign is about. It is thinking big,” Sanders said during a debate last month in Charleston, South Carolina.

“We are going to have a government that works for all of us, and not just big campaign contributors.”

Often left unsaid by Sanders, but increasingly at the center of Hillary Clinton’s arguments against her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is that the political reality of achieving such goals is likely to be a whole lot more complicated.

It would require Sanders not only to win the White House, but to sweep a wave of Democratic lawmakers into office along with him.

While Democrats may be able to gain the four or five seats necessary to win back control of the Senate in November, they need 30 seats to recapture power in the House.

But even with majorities in both houses of Congress, Sanders would face challenges. Clinton’s advisers often point out how difficult it was for President Barack Obama to convince

a Democratic-led Congress to support the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Sanders’ plan - called “Medicare for All” - would go significantly further by establishing a national health care system run entirely by the government.

Sanders also wants to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, break up the biggest Wall Street banks, pour $1 trillion into the country’s infrastructure, expand Social Security benefits and make college free at all public universities by raising taxes on Wall Street. All of those ideas are nearly uniformly opposed

by Republicans and would face strident opposition in Congress.

Many of those plans would require tax increases on corporations, wealthy taxpayers and middle-class families - a difficult political sell for lawmakers of both parties.

Campaigning at a union hall in Las Vegas on Saturday, former President Bill Clinton called Sanders’ ideas politically unviable, giving the realities of divided government and ability of the Senate minority to block proposals that lack the support of 60 members.

“You can’t get 60 votes!” he exclaimed. “Why, when we’ve got all this gridlock, would we waste any time

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Sanders does frequently acknowledge that it will take more than just winning the White House to accomplish his goals.

“No president can walk in there and make changes unless millions of people become engaged in the political process in a way that we have not seen for a very, very long time,” he told more than

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disease, which accounts for 29.7 percent of female deaths in the state, according to the AHA. Compared to other counties in the state, particularly those in the far south such as McDowell and Mercer, Monongalia County has a lower rate of heart disease according to the AHA. “‘Women Love Your Heart’ really gives people an awareness,” Sabatino said. “For those who can’t afford a lot of healthcare, it’s an opportunity for them to come and get the screening for free.” danewsroom@mail.wvu,edu

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Continued from page 1 about us because I’ve had an awesome experience in my fraternity, and most of them haven’t been involved with what people stereotype us as,” Arroyo said.

Arroyo said Greek life at WVU provides “amazing opportunities” to the student body at WVU and “makes the University better.”

WVU’s Greek community is home to three Greek leadership councils, 29 chapters and more than 2,000 students. The Greek community is founded on the ideals of scholarship, service, leadership and friendship and has more than 100 years of history on WVU’s campus.

According to WVU’s Greek life website, WVU fraternity and sorority members have a strong commitment to philanthropy and community service; last year, they raised more than $50,000 for various charities and performed more than 10,000 community service hours.

For more information on Greek life at WVU, visit http://greeklife.wvu. edu or http://wvupanhellenic.com.

a thousand supporters gathered in a community college gymnasium in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Sunday.

He casts his “revolution” in a long line of social movements that have reshaped American society, citing the progress made by civil rights activists, feminists and gay rights advocates. He argues that if voters line up behind him and fight for his plans, their collective power can overcome political intransigency, big campaign donors and special interests.

“Every day the media asks: ‘Your ideas are so ambitious, how are you going to get them done?’” he said.

“We will get them done because people are going to demand that we get them done.”

Clinton has tried to counter that message with promises to tell voters exactly what she’d do and how she’d do it if elected. Since launching her campaign in April, she’s rolled out dozens of policy plans, tackling issues from autism to the Islamic State.

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“Anytime we lose someone who is a member of our community, we want to honor them,” Mosby said. “Honor their memory as a student here and as a friend, a person who has brought something to our campus.”

The bell ringing ceremony is a way to commemorate students and show that the University is a unified community, said Tyler Yim, the bell ringer for Alpha Phi Omega.

“Being a Mountaineer means so much more than just sports or teams or friendship,

but also the bonds you make with someone else, even in passing,” Yim said.

Although Pike’s time at WVU was short-lived, her legacy will continue on the University’s campus.

“Each student brings something different but very special to our campus,” Mosby said. “I know that Sara will always be alive on our campus in our hearts and through our wonderful memories of our time and experiences together.”

state’s revenue or fiscal reliability.

“We heard the position of the (Senate) president earlier today, that in fact this legislation is revenue neutral. It has no impact one way or another,” said Sen. Bob Beach, DMonongalia. “So I’m asking… Why are we pursuing this legislation?”

Democratic legislators repeatedly asked for an economic impact study of how repealing the prevailing wage would impact the state’s economy, similar to the study conducted by WVU’s Bureau of Business and Economics Research for right-to-work.

Republicans repeatedly denied request for such a study.

A veto or even a threat of a veto from Tomblin has little power. There are enough Republicans in each chamber to override a veto.

While the right-to-work and prevailing wage bills are the more contentious pieces of legislation for members across the aisle, the legislature has passed others that will elicit

controversy.

As of Saturday, the Senate has passed 51 of the 543 bills introduced, according to Jacque Bland, director of communications for the Senate.

Senate Bill 387, sponsored by Sen. Robert Karnes, R-Upshur, would allow for a shared ownership agreements to consume raw milk. Selling or distributing raw milk would still be banned.

The bill is pending introduction in the House.

Tomblin vetoed similar legislation last year over concerns that drinking raw milk would be dangerous to children and pregnant women because of potential bacteria inside of it.

Another piece of legislation, HB 4007, which has bipartisan support from within the House and Senate, would clarify Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s ability to contract with outside lawyers to work on cases.

In a recent settlement with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Morrisey’s office paid a Charlestonbased law firm $600,000, more than the policy of his office allows for, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

Morrisey told the House Finance Committee in January that, despite the steep price, it saved taxpayers $300,000 overall.

The Senate passed HB 4007 on Friday and is waiting for the House to concur.

Continued from page 1 ily at WVU. “I think she really liked the environment. It was more friendly for her,” Joubert said. “When she came here, she made her own friends. There were people here that she knew that I didn’t even know.”

Kim Mosby, senior associate dean of students, spoke at the ceremony, which was an opportunity for faculty and friends of Pike to come together and support each other.

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Continued from page 1 too little, proponents of prevailing wage said.

Critics of the prevailing wage said its repeal will allow for more money to be used on other state projects.

“We have a duty and a responsibility to protect our state’s taxpayers, and we have an obligation to make sure their dollars are spent both wisely and fairly,” said Senate President and gubernatorial candidate Bill Cole, R-Mercer, after the repeal passed the Senate on Thursday. “Repealing the prevailing wage rate is standing up for all of West Virginia’s taxpayers, not just protecting the special interests of a select few.”

Democrats attempted a last-minute stall of the bill, motioning to note in the legislation how it will impact the state’s budget.

Cole denied the request for a fiscal note, stating that the bill wouldn’t increase or decrease the

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A professor has left her position at Wheaton College, a Christian establishment in Illinois, after making headlines for her decision to wear a hijab as a gesture of solidarity toward Muslims. Dr. Larycia Hawkins was placed on administrative leave in December 2015 after making a social media post about the history of Christianity, stating Muslims and Christians worship the same god.

Several members of Wheaton’s faculty protested in support of Hawkins after the school’s president Philip Ryken and other administrators motioned for her dismissal, but an agreement was reached between Hawkins and the college’s trustees that led to her search for employment elsewhere.

In December, the school issued a statement saying it would “...explore significant questions regarding the theological implications of her recent public statements, including but not limited to those indicating the relationship of Christianity to Islam,” and

Dr. Larycia Hawkins is a former associate professor of political science at Wheaton College. that Hawkins’ social media posts were not conducive to the school’s “doctrinal convictions.”

Hawkins’ post about the origin of Christianity and Islam wasn’t factually wrong. Christian-

ity, Islam and Judaism are three major Abrahamic religions that share historical roots and even several of the same religious figures. Nearly all religious scholars today affirm that all three worship the same

god, just in different fashions and with different interpretations.

In light of terrorist attacks committed around the world by followers of ISIS, America’s relationship to Islam has been un-

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der intense strain over the last few decades. However, at West Virginia University, the Muslim Student Organization recently held an event on campus hoping to bridge the same theological gap as Hawkins.

On Feb. 3, students involved with the MSA invited non-Muslim students to wear hijabs for a day to help fight negative stereotypes against Islam.

They also helped correct misconceptions about the hijab, such as its unfortunate perception of being a form of oppression meant to subdue Muslim women.

Instead of highlighting differences and fostering attitudes of separation and “us versus them,” both Hawkins and MSA hope to promote peace and understanding instead of hatred and intolerance. This editorial board believes that demonstrating compassion and empathy toward those affected by harmful stereotypes will yield far more beneficial consequences than promoting isolation and bigotry.

“I don’t love my Muslim neighbor because (he or she) is American,” Hawkins said in her controversial Facebook post. “I love my Muslim neighbor because (he or she) deserves love by virtue of (his or her) human dignity.” daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Non-discrimination bill must be passed in W.Va. shelby bradford columnist @shelbybradfordda

Finding housing and applying to jobs is a task most West Virginians will partake in at some point in their life.

The process can be both exciting and stressful. However, some groups face additional obstacles upon doing so. Only seven cities in West Virginia currently have any policy in place to prevent discrimination based on a person’s sexual orientation, which means LGBT individuals have no statewide protection under the law.

On Thursday, the West Virginia House of Delegates introduced a bill to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the housing and employment sectors. I think that it is critical that this bill and others that ensure equal opportunities to all West Virginians enter into law.

An individual identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender can currently be denied business services, housing or even a job in West Virginia if the overseeing party objects to their sexual orientation. Without any legal protection, the LGBT community is already at a disadvantage.

Though the non-discrimination bill is in place, some lawmakers also want to pass the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Proponents of the non-discrimination bill fear this bit of legisla-

West Virginia still allows for discrimination against members of the LGBT community at the state level. tion could enable religious individuals to discriminate against LGBT people and cite their acts as simply exercising their religious beliefs.

The RFRA was introduced into the House on Jan. 26. It states that free exercise of religion will not be inhibited or burdened through the act of “…withholding benefits, assessing criminal, civil, or administrative penalties or damages, or exclusion from governmental programs or access to governmental facilities.”

While this alone will not allow for discrimination toward a group, the bill also includes “(actions that) compels any action contrary to a person’s exercise of religion.” With this phrasing, some individuals could argue that renting to, selling to or hiring gay people goes against their religious beliefs, similar to the Hobby Lobby decision to refuse coverage of contraception based on religious preference.

I believe that the RFRA does have some legiti-

macy. Alone, it serves as a means of protecting the exercise of all religions and gives a means of contesting constraint or denial of free practice. It is a bill with a lot of potential. However, it is written too broadly, and similar bills already passed in other states have been used to defend horrible acts against members of the LGBT community.

Some ways in which the bill has been used to discriminate against others include religious employees refusing to fill prescrip-

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tions for HIV medication and birth control, businesses turning away customers and law enforcement members refusing to attend police events they claim go against their religious beliefs.

Taking all of this into consideration, I believe that before passing a religious protection act, such a bill needs to be amended so as to protect the health and welfare of all West Virginians. A bill meant to protect one group from discrimination should not allow for another group

to become the recipients of discrimination as a result.

I feel that sexual orientation should have absolutely no influence on a person’s ability to receive a place of residence or employment. For this reason, I believe that West Virginia must enact non-discrimination bills to protect LGBT individuals.

If RFRA is to pass in West Virginia without amendment, a non-discrimination bill is definitely needed to assure equal opportunity and treatment to the LGBT community at the state level. One current effort to achieve this comes from Fairness West Virginia, a civil rights advocacy organization promoting the equal treatment of minority groups such as those who identify as LGBT in West Virginia.

One of the group’s biggest goals is to have sexual orientation and gender identity included in the Human Rights Act. To do this, they are currently attempting to pass the Employment and Housing Nondiscrimination Act, which would protect LGBT persons from discrimination in the home and workplace.

Protecting one group’s rights does not have to mean infringing upon the rights of others. Each resident of this state should have their quality of life both ensured and protected by the law, regardless of their religious affiliation or sexual orientation. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The Future of Future, Rihanna’s new single

Rihanna has just released a new single titled ‘Anti.’

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There are some memorable four-letter words, and now we have two more to add to our personal collections - “Anti” and “EVOL”.

Released by Barbadian pop superstar Rihanna and Atlanta rapper Future, the two albums were highly anticipated this month. While Rihanna’s album has been a common conversation topic since news of its existence came to fans’ attention last summer, Future surprised everyone with his third studio album, coming not long after his second, “DS2,” was released in July.

Aided by high profile guest features, both albums are set to make huge waves this month.

“Anti” was released strictly through Tidal on Jan. 28 for its first week and features main production from Kuk Harrell, one of the most sought-after producers in the industry, with appearances from Boi-1da, Hit-Boy, Travis Scott, DJ Mustard, 40 and many more.

“Anti” is all about Rihanna and her bad-girl persona. Her charismatic voice serves as the foundation for all of the songs on this album, even when she experiments with more trap-influenced records, like the guttural “Woo”. She sings dirty and clean, arguing that her pop music does not need to fall into the cookiecutter pattern as she performs songs about “Sex With Me” and smoking weed, which would be risky for other artists in Rihanna’s genre.

A buzz-boosting verse from Drake on the bump “Work” adds some value to the album and gives us a party pleaser track with a catchy, repetitive melody and a groovy bassline. Rihanna still returns to her comfort zone in places -“Love On the Brain,” for example - but “Anti” shows her doing a lot of experimentation with the growth of her sound. Vocal production varies from song to song, reflecting the artistic direction of each track as they all aim for a different outcome.

Album art for Future’s third album, ‘EVOL.’

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Future, on the other hand, brings his third studio album, “EVOL,” straight out of his Atlanta trap house comfort zone. The album is available for streaming through Apple Music or for iTunes purchase.

A heavier, more bouncy record than the syrupy, lamentful “DS2,” “EVOL” is a confident record through and through. Catering to the same audiences as normal, Future sings and raps over his customary array of instrumentals in his usual lyrical fashion with songs about his endeavors with codeine, crime and beautiful women.

This is the sixth project from the rapper in the past year and coming right off the hype of his mixtape, “Purple Reign,” Future has shoved his name into people’s mouths, whether they like it or not. The only recognizable song from the album is “Low Life,” which features everyone’s favorite R&B singer, The Weeknd, singing a raspy opening verse and simple hook, while all the rest are new titles.

A highlight from the album is “Lil Haiti Baby”, a championship-sounding record equipped with Rick Ross-style horns and a powerful 808 line that drives for four minutes straight as Future raps excitedly, “My water whipping issues now we packing pistols.”

Again, Future sticks very close to home with this album, with not much reaching or variation from the sound you’d expect from the artist - but if it isn’t broken, why fix it? daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The One-Act Play Festival started off with “Play About Bacon” by Carol Rice.

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One Act Play Festival showcases local playwrights’ work, winner chosen

by Melanie Smith A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Playwrights from across the globe came together for a weekend of hysterics and debuts of new works.

Local Morgantown theatre M.T. Pockets Theatre Company celebrated its third annual One Act Festival on Friday and Saturday.

The One Act Festival grows more each year, bringing in crowds from all across town. The advisory board selected 12 one-act plays written and directed by authors from across America. The acts are rated M for mature audiences due to intense situations, strong language and nudity.

The One Act Festival was originally planned for Jan. 22 and 23, but Winter Storm Jonas forced the dates to be pushed back.

The plays debuted across two acts throughout the weekend. Act I began Friday evening and included six acts. The festival continued with Act II on Saturday with the remaining six performances. Audiences casted votes on a ballot at the end of the evening to rate their top three favorites.

The general manager of M.T. Pockets Theatre Company, Vickie Trickett, believes all the acts were great as the festival proved to be another huge success. Trickett directed the act, “The Lady Killers.”

The sold-out crowd and line out the door reflected

the success of the festival.

“Friday was almost a full house, and Saturday was standing room only,” Trickett said. “I think packed, packed houses say it all. The audience loved it.”

Tracy Lynch, a director and coordinator for the festival, counted the ballot results of the top three most favored acts of the One Act Festival. Saturday’s performance of “The Back Massage,” by Ginger Reiter, won first place.

This act broke all barriers of sexuality as a 15-yearold girl begged her mother for a sex toy birthday gift.

“Happy Hour” by JoAnne Walton won second place, showing audiences what happens when mothers join their daughters at happy hour. Lastly, “Imported or Domestic” by Jeff Carter won third place.

This act struck laughter as two men met in a bar, one thinking he was interviewing to be a plumber and the other thinking he was interviewing a hit man.

Friday evening kicked off the festival with “Play About Bacon” written by Carol M. Rice. This act encompassed the struggle of a play selection committee trying to find something worth producing within stacks of play submissions.

“Housekeeping,” written

by Connie Schindewolf, followed by telling the story of new homeowners discovering an unexpected housewarming gift.

A battle between a cross-dresser and female

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The sold-out audience enjoyed the variety of plays performed during the festival. impersonator was depicted in “Jamie & Johnny” written by William Underwood. “The Wedding Night Tweets”, written by Daniel Guyton, displays a wife’s overzealous social media presence and her new husband’s affliction.

“Plug It In” by Irene Pynn presented a couple’s dependence on technology, making fun of the average person’s reliance. Lastly, “The Lady Killers” by Matt Fox brought the house down Friday evening as three female killers encouraged the audience to reconsider society’s views on crime and violence.

The top three favorite acts were all performed on Saturday evening. The remaining acts include “Surprise”, written by Michael Perlmutter, featuring

a blindfolded woman on a date which led to more than she bargained for.

Strangers in a love affair told each other who they really are in the play “Grilling” by Travis Teffner. The last act of the festival, “The Unabridged Kama Sutra”

by L.H. Grant, embodied the struggle of a young couple fighting to beat a world record.

The M.T. Pockets Theatre Company holds events year-round involving the Morgantown community.

An open microphone night for all arts, “Show Us Your Bits”, will debut at 7 p.m. on Thursday. For more information on upcoming shows and ticket prices, visit http://MTPocketsTheatre.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Pokemon returns to old favorites

by Westley Thompson associate A&E editor @westleyt93

It’s been 20 years since gamers first stepped out of Pallet Town and began their journey to become a Pokemon master.

Pokemon, Nintendo’s wildly successful video game series, was first released Feb. 27, 1996. To celebrate the monumental series’ 20th anniversary, Nintendo is rereleasing the original Pokemon games titled “Red,” “Blue” and “Yellow” for download on the Nintendo 3DS later this month.

The games will not be retouched and will feature original black and white graphics.

To further commemorate this two-decade anniversary, Nintendo is releasing a special editon 3DS that comes with both “Red” and “Blue” pre-loaded. This special edition handheld console will also come with two faceplates, each featuring box art from the original Pokemon games.

Pokemon tasked players with collecting and training elementally affiliated monsters, which they could then use to fight others. The game’s rock-paper-scissors approach to the elemental combat system is brilliantly

simplistic and has helped solidify the series’ popularity over the years. The combination of collecting, fighting and trading proved to be a winning formula, launching the original Pokemon games to the top of critics’ lists and sales charts. In 2009, the “Guiness Book of World Records” ranked the original Pokemon games as the bestselling RPG of all time.

It’s hard to overstate how big of an impact the Pokemon series has had on popular culture since its release 20 years ago. The video game series has spawned television shows, books, comics and a huge range of merchandise including plush toys, apparel, trading cards and action figures.

Due to its huge audience, Pokemon is ubiquitous in the childhoods of the millenial generation. Almost every ‘90s kid interacted with Pokemon in some way, either through the video games, television show or trading cards, and often all of the above.

With each new game release, more Pokemon were

added. As of today, more than 700 different Pokemon exist, a far cry from the 151 featured in the original games.

The re-release of “Red,” “Blue” and “Yellow” is exciting for fans who played the original games when they first came out, and Nintendo seems to be banking on this nostalgia by keeping the old school graphics intact. Whether this nostalgia will be enough to drive people to purchase the games and special edition 3DS will remain to be seen, especially since one can play these old games by

downloading them as ROMs, an easy, albeit illegal, practice.

Nonetheless, these games are an important part of many people’s lives, and it is cool to see them re-released.

However, Nintendo’s celebration of Pokemon’s 20th birthday does not end here, and the game company has a lot more Pokemon stuff planned for the upcoming months. wethompson@mail.wvu.edu

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Bernie Sanders makes an appearance on SNL NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a cameo appearance on “Saturday Night Live” three days before the New Hampshire primary, appearing in a skit with host Larry David, the comic who has done a dead-on impersonation of him.

The NBC comedy show resisted the temptation to have the Vermont U.S. senator appear next to David as he was playing him, however. Sanders portrayed a passenger on an endangered ship who argued with David about who should be allowed on a lifeboat.

Sanders is the third presidential candidate to appear on “SNL” this season. Fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton made an appearance last fall, and Republican Donald Trump hosted in November.

In Saturday’s skit, David played a ship crew member angry about women and children getting the first seats in lifeboats. Finally, David said he deserved a seat because he was richer than the other passengers.

At that, Sanders appeared, saying he was sick of the top 1 percent getting all of the advantages, echoing his campaign’s call for the super-rich not to get so many benefits in society.

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Bernie Sanders appeared alongside Larry David on Saturday Night Live.

“We need to unite and work together if we’re all going to get through this,” Sanders said.

“Sounds like socialism to me,” David said.

“Democratic socialism,” Sanders said.

Responded David: “What’s the difference?”

“YUGE difference,” Sanders re-

plied, imitating how Trump often pronounces “huge” as though it begins with a Y. Sanders said his name was Bernie Sanderswitzky but he was going to change it when he got to America so it wouldn’t sound so Jewish. David suggested it wouldn’t make much difference.

Later, Sanders stood beside David as he announced the show’s

musical guest, the 1975.

David had made two earlier appearances on “SNL” portraying Sanders in Democratic debate skits. He reprised his Sanders impersonation this time in a pre-filmed segment, “Bern Your Enthusiasm,” which echoed David’s character in the HBO comedy “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

David, playing Sanders, refused to shake a woman’s hand at a campaign event because she had just coughed into it, and he denied a woman’s request that he help pop her separated shoulder back into place so she could vote for him in the Iowa caucus. The people he slighted were then showed voting for Clinton in a caucus she won in real life by a razor-thin margin.

Beyonce releases new single day before Super Bowl SAN FRANCISCO ‑ Another Beyonce surprise project has lit up social media and caused a frenzy of excitement a day before the superstar’s planned Super Bowl performance.

Beyonce released “Formation” on Saturday as a free download on her artist page for the streaming service, Tidal, which she coowns with husband Jay Z, Rihanna and other artists. The song, along with a music video, was released as a gift to her fans and it can be downloaded without having a subscription to Tidal.

“Formation” is a gritty street anthem that, perhaps not coincidentally for Black History Month, has lyrics that express black pride with an exclamation point. One lyric: “I like my Negro nose with

Jackson Five nostrils.”

And a cheeky line about her man’s sexual prowess earning him a trip to Red Lobster had the seafood chain a top trending topic on Twitter Saturday afternoon.

The video features a brief cameo from her daughter, Blue Ivy, who dances with a group of young girls.

Beyonce will perform at the halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, with Coldplay and Bruno Mars. Beyonce headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in 2013 in New Orleans.

At the end of 2013 Beyonce dropped the album “Beyonce” unannounced on iTunes; it went Beyonce appears on a New Orleans cop car in the video for her new single ‘Formation.’ platinum in days.

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Memories of 50 Super Bowls and how the game was named SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ‑ Norma Hunt was buying some gifts for her young children in a Dallas toy store when she came across some balls that bounced so high they could go over a small house.

Her husband, the late Lamar Hunt, noticed what fun the kids were having with the Super Balls, shortly before the owner of the Kansas City Chiefs went to a league meeting.

The rest, as they say, is history.

“It just popped into his head,” Norma Hunt said. “He thought Super Bowl is what the name of the game should be.”

Others thought it was a bit corny, even though it was used unofficially from the first game in Los Angeles in 1967. Commissioner Pete Rozelle even held a contest with media members to come up with a different name, and it wasn’t until two AFL-NFL Championship games had been played before Rozelle decided to officially call it the Super Bowl.

“I loved it from the very beginning,” said Hunt, whose husband was one of the founders of the AFL. “Several years later he (Rozelle) wrote Lamar and told him what a great idea it really was.”

Hunt recalled the origin of the name Super Bowl on Friday during a gathering of 16 people who will have been to all 50 Super Bowls af-

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Katy Perry performs during halftime at Superbowl XLIX. ter Sunday. They included Hunt, the only woman in the group, eight fans, a groundskeeper and six reporters and photographers.

From finding a fuming Vince Lombardi in front of a Santa Barbara hotel for the first game in 1967 to seeing the game’s greatest moments, they shared moments of times gone by in what has become

the biggest game in sports.

Detroit News writer Jerry Green remembered attending a party put on by Rozelle at a Los Angeles hotel for the first game, when writers were squared off in camps supporting teams from the upstart AFL and those of the established NFL. “All the guys form NFL cities sat

on one side of the ballroom while the AFL writers sat on the other side,” Green said. “We were sort of glaring at them and they glared at us.”

Not surprisingly, several of the best memories revolved around Joe Namath leading the New York Jets to an upset win in the third Super Bowl, which finally gave the

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AFL credibility as an equal to the NFL. Green was one of those in the famous photo taken by Walter Iooss, Jr. of Sports Illustrated talking to Namath as he tanned himself poolside in Florida instead of attending press conferences with his teammates. Also in the picture were Brent Musburger, two women who went to all of Namath’s games and a writer used a newspaper to cover his head from the sun.

“If the Jets would have lost that game that picture would have been locked in the files forever,” Iooss said.

David Tyree’s helmet catch that helped the Giants upset the Patriots in 2008 still sticks with Donald Crisman, a Patriots fan who has been to every game.

“One of my nightmares,” he said.

Some of the moments happened during halftime. In New Orleans, where three Super Bowls were held in the early 1970s, Iooss remembers a stripper running onto the field in a bikini, while security chased her and tried to cover her with a fur coat.

Jerry Izenberg, the Star-Ledger (N.J.) columnist, was asked if he was happy to make it to 50 Super Bowls.

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As the New Year approaches it is common for many to make resolutions to create a better and healthier “me.” Often times losing weight and eating right goes hand in hand with such vows. Even if “losing weight” or “eating right” was not included on your list of resolutions for the year, it is still important to be conscious of what is going into your body.

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Monday February 8, 2016

CHRIS JACKSON ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @CJACKSONWVU

Miles finally breaks through in win over Baylor Nothing was stopping Daxter Miles from having a long-awaited big night from the 3-point line.

Miles hit four-of-five from long range, finishing with a team-high 20 points in Saturday’s 80-69 victory over No. 15 Baylor. It was the outing he and all the Mountaineers were waiting for, the breakout performance he desperately needed.

He came into the game failing to convert a 3 in the previous three games, going a combined 0-for-9 from deep. His shots weren’t falling no matter how much he worked to find a rhythm.

Then Miles found it all Saturday.

It was one 3 after another. His only miss came due to an expiring shot clock, forcing him to throw up a prayer from well beyond the line. And he was also finishing at the rim.

Every conversion sent the sold-out WVU Coliseum into hysterics. Each one was bigger than the last, and Miles’ shooting was the pivotal factor the Mountaineers needed to jump into the Big 12’s top spot.

“It feels great to be in first place, but we’ve got to focus on our next opponent,” Miles said. “We’re trying to play as hard as we can.”

His first 3 put WVU up 11-8 for just its second lead of the game. Then he hit another one to make it 3326, giving the Mountaineers all the momentum they needed to close out the half.

But his biggest made it 60-43 with 10:09 remaining.

Although Baylor started to trim the lead late and bring it back down to a singledigit deficit, his 3 ensured WVU would seize a spot among college basketball’s elite.

“It feels great,” Miles said.

“I’ve been back in the gym and getting my technique down. At the beginning of the season I was knocking down 3s because my technique was good.”

Saturday was exactly what Miles needed to get back into a rhythm. He was trapped in one of the worst slumps of his two-year career.

The previous six-game stretch saw Miles hit just 28 percent from 3-point range. He only reached double digits twice and had four games without a make from his once wellknown days of converting from long range.

Except Miles knew this one was coming. He knew he was destined to have a breakout performance that sent the Mountaineers one step closer to capturing one of their preseason goals.

“The minute I looked at my calendar at the beginning of the year,” Miles said, “I marked all the calendars up. I just came in with some confidence. I’ve been in a slump lately, and my teammates told me everything’s going to be good. Coaches said stay positive.”

Coaches pushed him in practice. They told him he needed to turn it up a notch and get him back into becoming one of the offense’s top producers.

All it took were minor tweaks in his shot. That’s all Miles needed to lift WVU into the reign of first place and a likely top-10 ranking.

“You have got habits ingrained for all those years, and it takes a pretty special guy to be able to stop doing what he’s doing wrong and fix it mechanically,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “He is and has been really receptive. In fact, he told me today in shootaround, ‘You’re right, I watched the film’. They want to be good players.” cgjackson@mix.wvu.edu

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WVU players celebrate after clinching first place in the Big 12 Saturday against Baylor.

West Virginia is alone in first after beating Baylor, 80-69

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

Some people say it’s lonely at the top. But as it moves into sole possession of first place in the Big 12 Conference, the West Virginia University men’s basketball team is right where it wants to be.

On Saturday night, the Mountaineers (19-4, 8-2 Big 12) conquered one of their toughest opponents, Baylor (17-6, 6-4), a team that has beaten them four straight times. Then they went into the locker room and found that Kansas State had beaten No. 1 Oklahoma, leaving West Virginia on top ahead of one of its biggest games of the season.

“It feels good, but now we have to go to Kansas and get one,” said junior center Devin Williams. “I wish it was the last game of the season. We just want to keep winning out.”

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starting forward Jonathan Holton, West Virginia deployed one of its better shooting efforts of the season in an 80-69 win, hitting 49 percent of its shots and seven of 14 3-point attempts.

Against a tough Baylor zone defense, starting point guard Jevon Carter (8 assists) and West Virginia consistently managed to work the ball through the middle to open shooters in the corners. The biggest beneficiary was guard Daxter Miles Jr., who broke out of a long slump with 20 points, while senior Jaysean Paige continued his breakout season with 17 off the bench.

West Virginia used a late run to pull ahead by nine at halftime and led by as much as 19 midway through the second half.

Baylor succeeded in slowing things down late and made things interesting in a foul-filled frame, but a corner 3 by junior Nathan Adrian (11 points) and a

jumper by Miles with just more than two minutes left ensured that WVU had an answer.

Under head coach Scott Drew, Baylor has long been one of the fiercest, most physical teams in the country, a spirit embodied by big man Rico Gathers – a 6-foot-8, 275 pound beast who, if he doesn’t end up in the NBA, might have a pro football future awaiting him.

But Gathers was neutralized Saturday night against one of the only players around who can stand up to him physically: West Virginia’s 6-foot-9, 255-pound Devin Williams.

Four days after recording a career-high 18 rebounds against Iowa State, Williams checked in with 16 points and seven rebounds against Baylor, while Gathers was limited to five points on 1-9 shooting.

“Keeping him off the boards was the key,” Wil-

liams said. “He’s a doubledouble machine, he’s their horse. Us getting more rebounds than them is always the key.”

It was easily Gathers’ worst performance of his career against West Virginia. Meanwhile, multitalented senior forward Taurean Prince, the fifthleading scorer in the Big 12, was held to just 10 points on 5-17 shooting.

But while West Virginia never fully deployed its press – forcing a relatively meager 10 turnovers – its defensive strategy wasn’t focused primarily on Gathers or Prince but on taking away Baylor point guard Lester Medford, who finished with nine points on 2-11 shooting.

“Cut the head off the snake,” Paige said. “Limit Medford’s touches. Without a point guard it’s hard to do certain things and run certain offenses.

We tried to take Medford out of the game and try to make the other

guards make plays, and it worked.”

With Williams neutralizing Gathers and Medford taken away, that left Prince to handle matters himself. However, Adrian turned in one of the best defensive performances of his career, harrying Prince into bad shots and helping the Mountaineers keep Baylor at arm’s length down the stretch.

Now, with Oklahoma’s stunning loss, West Virginia is a game ahead of the Sooners, Kansas and Texas for sole possession of first place. The Mountaineers will need to keep up the fight if they want to stay there – they face Kansas on the road Tuesday night.

“The dog with a bone is always in danger,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “When you have what everybody else wants, you have a whole bunch of people trying to get it.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WVU fends off press, tops K-State Saturday

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

Behind Bria Holmes’ third career double-double, the West Virginia women’s basketball team (18-6, 7-4 Big 12) defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 64-44 Saturday afternoon. KSU could not figure out a way to slow down the senior, who led the Mountaineers to their 18th win, surpassing last season’s regular season win total.

“She’s a special player,” said Kansas State head coach Jeff Mittie. ”It’s a pretty quiet double-double; I think she’s playing at a really high level.”

Holmes recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds, leading the team in points and finishing second in rebounds. The production didn’t come easy as the Wildcats (14-8, 4-7) started off the game bringing forth an aggressive press.

Any time the Mountaineers were at the point, Kansas State swarmed the WVU point guards and forced a turnover. As the system gave trouble to a few Mountaineer players, WVU head coach Mike Carey decided to call upon freshman Olivia Seggie to reverse their misfortune.

“Anytime we moved the ball, we got anything we wanted,” Carey said. “I thought she moved the ball better than any of the point guards.”

Seggie didn’t quite show up a lot on the score sheet, but she relaxed the tempo of the game and helped the offense get in a rhythm, including a play where the 5-foot-3 guard went through

WVU head coach Mike Carey looks on as guard Katrina Pardee attempts a shot against Kansas State. the legs of 6-foot-5 Breanna ter, the Mountaineers once for the Mountaineers, which Lewis to keep possession for again used an 8-0 run to virtually put the game way the Mountaineers. place KSU in an extremely out of reach. It goes to show Early on, the Mountain- tough hole to climb out of. that even when Holmes isn’t eers made Lewis a non-facHolmes was the only on the floor, Carey has the tor. By halftime, Lewis was Mountaineer to record a depth to keep the foot on already one-for-four shoot- double-double, although the gas. ing and had picked up two Arielle Roberson fell two Much like their previfouls. By the end of the points shy of recording one ous meeting with KSU, the game, while Lewis recorded herself. Roberson helped Mountaineers had an ineight points, the Mountain- control against the glass, re- credible offensive efficiency eers had placed Lewis in foul cording a season-high 13 re- rate as the team shot 58 pertrouble, limiting the amount bounds and 8 points. cent from the field; the mark of looks inside the paint.

“We knew that we can- was its highest in Big 12 play.

With Lewis being not give them any secondWhile the WVU offense swarmed at any point, KSU chance points,” Roberson executed to a tee, it had its had only one other scoring said. “We just needed to se- moments of mental lapses threat, Kindred Wesemann. cure the rebounds so we can at times throughout the Wesemann shot 28 percent push the ball and get fast game, resulting in Kansas from the field; four of the break opportunities.”

State driving down the other five shots that she did make As the fourth quarter was direction. underway, the WVU bench “We had too many turnwere beyond the arc.

Once the third quarter finally made its presence overs,” Carey said. “Too started, WVU jumped to after a relatively slow first many turnovers and missed a 6-1 run and extended its half. Tynice Martin and Te- shots and you get beat. We lead to nine. In the dwin- ana Muldrow accounted for have to work on it.”

The game had its modling stages of the quar- every point on the 11-0 run

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ments where the Wildcats looked like a comeback was in order, but KSU’s inability to capitalize on the turnovers played a part in the outcome. Mittie ultimately recognized his team struggled in certain areas of the game.

West Virginia doesn’t have long to rest after this game, as it is time to look toward Wednesday’s match against Iowa State at the WVU Coliseum. The Cyclones have lost six of their last seven; it will be the first time this season that Iowa State will meet the Mountaineers.

“We didn’t play well, but we got the win. We have to get ready for Iowa State,” Carey said. “We have to take care of business at home.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Rifle

WVU concludes home slate with win over No. 3 Kentucky

By Connor Hicks Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia University rifle team concluded its home slate for the season this weekend with a decisive 4,713-4,674 win over conference foe No. 3 Kentucky. Despite the Mountaineers’ lowest tally in over two months, the Wildcats were no match for the nation’s top team. The win is the 11th consecutive for the Mountaineers, dating back to last season. The Mountaineers conclude the 2015 home slate on a 25-game home win streak that dates back to 2012.

The matchup was highly anticipated all season, ever since Kentucky (7-2, 3-2 GARC) overtook the Mountaineers for the top spot in the nation in November. The Wildcats only held the spot for a week before the Mountaineers took it back while on a path of destruction.

Nevertheless, Kentucky is the only team in the nation to be ranked above West Virginia at any point this year, and the match had major postseason implications. Not only would the winner become the No. 1 team heading into the

NCAA tournament, but the conference matchup meant the winner would be the top team in the Great American Rifle Conference as the conference tournament approaches.

The Mountaineers were ultimately the same dominant force they have been as of late, winning both disciplines. However, the 39-point margin, which was the smallest since a 27-point win over No. 5 Alaska-Fairbanks on Jan. 17, wasn’t enough for head coach Jon Hammond.

“We are satisfied with today’s performance, but there are still a lot of things that we have to continue to work on,” Hammond said.

“It was a really good learning experience for all of us, and today’s match really highlighted a lot of areas that we need to continue to work on for the remaining matches this season.”

A Mountaineer shot the top score in both disciplines, with Garrett Spurgeon winning smallbore with a 587 and freshman Ginny Thrasher shooting a program record-tying 599 in air rifle, as well shooting the match-high aggregate of 1,182. Thrasher last shot a 599 mark in the team’s historic win over Akron on Jan.

17. Thrasher, a freshman from Springfield, Virginia, has quickly become the staple of the nation’s top team. “(Thrasher) has been doing a great job,” Hammond said. “Today’s performance was a world-class air rifle performance. She pays really close attention to detail, and that has allowed her to continue to improve. If you continue to put that kind of work and effort in, then you should be rewarded.”

Thrasher has been rewarded with a team rallying around her efforts to create a perfectly harmonious unit that has been firing on all cylinders through the second half of the season. After Thrasher’s 1,182 aggregate, five Mountaineers took the next-highest totals of the day. Spurgeon shot an 1,180, followed by Meelis Kiisk’s 1,178. Kiisk and Jean-Pierre Lucas tied for fourth with 1,175 totals.

Kentucky’s Hanna Carr paced the Wildcats, finishing 6th on the day with a 1,174.

With the win, the Mountaineers improved to 17-9 all-time against GARC foe Kentucky and ensure the top seed in the Great American Rifle Conference, regardless of the outcome of the team’s match against

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Patrick Sunderman takes off his suit following a victory over NC State earlier this season.

Navy.

The makeup of that match, scheduled for Thursday, will make it difficult for the Mountaineers to work on much this week.

The match was originally scheduled to take place in Annapolis on Jan. 23, but the impending snow of Winter Storm Jonas forced it to be postponed, giving the Mountaineers just three days to prepare for the No. 14 Midshipmen. A win in

Annapolis would mean an undefeated season for the Mountaineers, the team’s first since 2014, as well as maintaining the nation’s top ranking heading in to the postseason.

“It’s a short week, but we are ready to get back in the range for practice,” Hammond said. “We have to keep working on the little things. We are looking forward to that, and we will prepare as best as we can

this week.”

The No. 1 Mountaineers will travel to Annapolis, Maryland to face GARC opponent No. 14 Navy (43, 1-3 GARC) on Thursday.

The match will be the conclusion of the 2015-16 regular season slate for West Virginia. Following the match, the team will have just nine days to prepare for the NCAA qualifiers in Morgantown on Feb. 20.

Wrestling

Mountaineers secure big victory in annual Backyard Brawl

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Rivals can bring out the best in a slumping team.

Riding a six-duel losing streak, the West Virginia University men’s wrestling team desperately needed a win. It got it on Sunday against the University of Pittsburgh in the 61st Backyard Brawl.

The triumph marked West Virginia’s first duel victory since Dec. 12 against Lock Haven.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s

won four of the first five matches to kick-start an eventual 18-12 victory over the Panthers. West Virginia won four matches in its two duels against Virginia Tech and North Carolina State a week ago.

On Sunday, the Mountaineers won six of their 10 matches. Zeke Moisey, Tony DeAngelo, Zachary Moore, Dylan Cottrell, Bubba Scheffel and Jacob A. Smith all picked up wins for West Virginia.

Moisey began the day with a close 3-2 victory against Lorenzo Bent-

ley in the 125-pound battle. DeAngelo, Moore and Cottrell picked up consecutive victories to give West Virginia a 12-3 lead after five weight classes.

Cottrell’s 11-5 decision against Ronnie Garbinsky highlighted the three straight match victories.

After the Panthers picked up consecutive victories, the 184-pound Scheffel added to the Mountaineers’ lead with a 6-2 decision. Smith secured the victory over Pitt with a 2-0 decision against Zach Bruce in the

197-pound bout.

Scheffel’s victory was his second consecutive after losing three consecutive matches. Smith’s triumph was his first since his five-match win streak came to an end last weekend against North Carolina State. Smith has now won six of his last seven matches.

Only one of the Panthers’ ranked wrestlers battled on Sunday. Dom Forys, ranked No. 19 by InterMat Wrestling for 133-pound wrestlers, defeated Cory Stainbrook,

11-5. Pitt’s other ranked wrestler, Mikey Racciato (No. 5 at 141 pounds), did not participate. Instead, Nick Zanetta took his place and lost to DeAngelo, 10-7.

The win marks West Virginia’s first victory against a ranked opponent. Prior to Sunday, the Mountaineers were 0-6 against teams that appeared in the USA Today/National Wrestling Coaches Association Poll. Four of those losses came during the six-duel losing streak that began on Jan. 15. In this

past week’s poll, the Panthers were ranked No. 17.

The Mountaineers did not appear in the rankings.

Despite West Virginia’s victory, Pitt still leads the all-time Backyard Brawl wrestling series 33-26-2.

However, the Mountaineers have now won the last two matches. Both West Virginia victories have been upsets over ranked Pitt teams. The Mountaineers improved to 6-8 in the 2015-16 season, and the Panthers fall to 9-5. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia men’s and women’s diving teams ended the season on a high note at the JMU Invitational on Saturday.

Divers for the WVU men’s team finished 2-3-4 in both the 1-meter diving event and the 3-meter.

Sophomores Alex Obendorf, Michael Proietto and Logan McHenry claimed top-four finishes for the men in their last meet of the regular season. Diving coach Michael Grapner credited the young talent on the springboard for capitalizing on an opportunity to compete against competition similar to what the divers will see in the Big 12 Championships later this month.

“Today was a very good meet all around,” Grapner said. “The men really capitalized on an opportunity to compete against a strong team in our zone. We just need to stay focused and healthy.”

Proietto led the sophomore cast of WVU divers competing in the JMU Invitational, finishing second in the 1-meter with a score of 304.70. Proietto continued to produce in both platform events,

placing third in the 3-meter event to end the meet.

In the Mountaineers’ last meet at Ohio State, Proietto finished fifth in the 1-meter, just behind freshman Austin Smith. Smith placed eighth on the 3-meter to follow up Proietto and Obendorf on Saturday.

Th e Mou nt a i n e e r s owned the 3-meter with sophomore Obendorf coming up big with a final score of 318.15 to clinch second place. Proietto finished third behind Obendorf, tallying a score of 300.75 to end the day. Saturday’s meet at JMU marks the first time the Mountaineer men’s divers have finished with at least three divers placing in the top five since the Mountaineer’s last home meet versus TCU. For the women’s team, senior diver Lindsay Schmidt led the Mountaineers on the springboard, placing in the top three in the 3-meter. Freshmen Julia Calcut and Mary Smith joined Schmidt in the top 15 to round out the women’s team in the 3-meter event. Averly Hobbs followed up on the 1-meter, placing in the top 10 to accompany Schmidt, Calcut and Smith, who also competed in the event.

“For the women, Lindsay

was consistent and competitive on both boards,” Grapner said. “As freshmen, the other girls are still learning and figuring out how to compete at this level.”

Schmidt finished third in the 3-meter with a score of 275.95 to lead the women’s squad. Calcut, who scored 244.50, finished ninth, just ahead of fellow freshman Smith. The 1-meter board for the West Virginia women’s divers had four Mountaineers place in the top 20.

Schmidt added her second top-five finish of the day, scoring 255.80 to secure fifth place. Calcut placed ninth, posting a score of 239.20, ahead of Hobbs and Smith. Hobbs finished 10th while Smith placed 18th in the 3-meter.

“I am pleased with all of our divers and looking forward to training the next two weeks in preparation for the Big 12 Championships,” Grapner said.

The JMU Invitational concluded the regular season for the West Virginia swimming and diving program as the Mountaineers will now gear up for the postseason. Next up, West Virginia will travel to Austin, Texas for the Big 12 Championships set for Feb. 24-27. dasports@mail.wvu.edu