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Student Health offers free HIV testing

By Madeleine Hall Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

One in six people infected with HIV are unaware they have contracted the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Dec. 1, West Virginia University’s Student Health Services will help lower those numbers, providing free HIV testing in solidarity with World AIDS Day, a campaign that raises aware-

ness and breaks down stereotypes about HIV. Free rapid HIV tests will be administered from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. in the Health and Education Building, with confidential results available within 20 minutes. Walk-ins and appointments are welcome.

“I think that understanding your risk and knowing there are places to get tested is incredibly important,” said Alison Tartaglia, a health education specialist for WellWVU.

“Giving (free HIV tests) is phenomenal.”

The CDC found 46 percent of sexually active adolescents in West Virginia did not use a condom during their last sexual encounter, a major risk factor for the spread of HIV. Over the last 20 years, medical breakthroughs have drastically improved treatment for HIV positive individuals and increased life expectancy, Tartaglia said, illustrating a night and day difference between

Teacher shortages and inadequate resources fail special needs students in W.Va

By Robert Devitt, Logan Helfferich and Kayla Kesselman Mountaineer News Service

Roy Stevens, a 17-yearold with Down syndrome, wasn’t receiving adequate special education services at his high school in Hundred, West Virginia, so the local school board required him to attend another school about an hour away from his home.

Because the Wetzel County Board of Education also said they couldn’t provide transportation for Stevens, his parents have to drive him an hour each way every day.

Stevens is among many special education students in West Virginia’s public school system who aren’t receiving proper services, in large because the state does not have sufficient funding for public education.

In 2013, only 10.5 percent of the state budget went toward education, compared to 15.1 percent in Virginia and 17 percent in Ohio, according to Ballotpedia, a nonprofit encyclopedia of American politics. West Virginia spent less on secondary public education than any other state that year nationwide.

As a result, special education teachers say they have to deal with both low pay and inadequate resources for helping students with special needs.

Such difficult working conditions have contributed to a shortage of special education teachers in many of West Virginia’s counties, observers say.

“People are just not willing to deal with the pay that you get, the lack of respect out there for public school teachers and the challenges of working in a special education classroom,” said Dale Lee, president of the West Virginia Education Association.

Education officials worry that Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s decision to cut an additional one percent in state aid to public schools will only make matters worse. The recently announced budget cut for 2016 will shave $16 million from the statewide education budget.

Even before the cut, special education in West Virginia had been starved for resources.

“You’re kind of beating

your head against the wall sometimes trying to get things that you know the kids need, but we either don’t have the resources or don’t have the money to get it,” said Cyndi Shaver, a special education teacher in the Harrison County public schools.

While state officials say they don’t have the means to raise more money for public education, others beg to differ.

Policy analysts with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy said the state should boost the severance tax on natural gas, a booming industry in West Virginia with all the drilling in the Marcellus shale.

Sean O’Leary, a fiscal policy analyst at the West Virginia Center on Budget Policy, recommends boosting the rate to 10 or 15 percent. Currently, the state collects a five percent severance tax on natural gas.

“When you’re looking at what our bordering states have done, and how the severance tax works, it is possible for our state to raise the severance tax a percentage point or two.

We could raise additional money and not see any negative effect on the natural gas industry,” O’Leary said.

However, others believe convincing the West Virginia state legislature to increase the severance tax on oil and gas production would be difficult given the power of fossil fuel lobby and the amount of money they contribute to politicians in the state.

“Raising the severance tax in West Virginia is about the most politically difficult thing to do,” said Stephen Smith, executive director of West Virginia Health Kids and Families Coalition.

Instead, Smith suggested the state could generate additional revenue for special education by raising the tobacco tax.

“That is a way more likely and buyable political strategy,” he said.

Whatever strategy is used, additional funding would sincerely help children with special needs, according to Shaver.

“There are kids who are sitting in regular classrooms that really shouldn’t be,” he said. “They’re not

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the height of the AIDS epidemic and today.

AIDS is the result of a significant breakdown in the body’s immune system due to an HIV infection, which makes suffering individuals prone to rare infections.

In 1981, 159 people in the United States were diagnosed with what would become known as HIV/ AIDS, after falling ill with extremely rare strands of pneumonia and cancer, according to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS

Research.

The number of those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS jumped to more than 200,000 in just 10 years, with more than 150,000 having succumbed to the disease.

“HIV is completely preventable,” Tartaglia said.

“But there are a lot of misconceptions still out there.”

This year, the World AIDS Day campaign is focused on combating dated stereotypes about HIV/AIDS and promoting accurate

information and positivity through the social media hashtag #rethinkHIV. A kissing booth will be set up in Soho Square, London, in unity with the campaign, featuring the tagline, “Kissing doesn’t spread HIV. Ignorance does.”

The campaign encourages people to spread information on HIV that challenges stereotypes, such as the World AIDS Day statistic that only 2 percent

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Roughly 250 people gathered in Charleston, West Virginia for the #WVWelcomes demonstration on Nov. 23. The event served to show Syrian refugees that West Virginians will welcome them with love and compassion, not hate and ridicule.

Kappa Sigma fraternity answers Burch lawsuit by caity coyne city editor @caitycoyne

The national chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity is claiming no responsibility in the death of Nolan Burch, according to a response filed by the organization in the Monongalia County Circuit Court earlier this month.

The response was an answer to a lawsuit filed by the Burch family in October, where they named several parties for negligence concerning their son’s death in November, 2014.

“Because Kappa Sigma owed no duty of care to the decedent on the date of November 12, 2014, there can be no negligence as

a matter of the law, and Kappa Sigma should be dismissed from the action, with prejudice, or, in the alternative, should be granted judgement as a matter of law,” the answer read.

Burch was found unresponsive in the GammaPhi chapter of Kappa Sigma’s fraternity house on Nov. 13, 2014, with a blood alcohol level of 0.493, more than six times the legal limit to drive in West Virginia.

On Nov. 8, 2014, the Kappa Sigma national chapter unanimously voted to remove GammaPhi’s charter, and on Nov. 10, Aaron Plitt, the district representative who overlooks Kappa Sigma fraternities in West Virginia, ar-

rived at the Gamma-Phi’s house to physically remove their current charter, past charters and fraternity memorabilia like their robes, effectively ending Gamma-Phi’s relationship with the national organization, according to its response.

“The termination and withdrawal of GammaPhi’s charter effectively halted any further duty owed to the then Chapter members or pledges,” the answer read. “Therefore, any perceived duty of care owed to the (Burch family)

by Kappa Sigma that may have existed at one time was wholly and completely extinguished upon the revocation of the Chapter’s charter.”

With the revocation of

the chapter’s charter, all pledges, including Burch, were “de-pledged” and held no relationship with the fraternity.

The Burch family’s lawsuit was filed against the Kappa Sigma national fraternity, the Gamma-Phi chapter and West Virginia University, among others.

Kappa Sigma, according to the lawsuit, acted negligently by failing to enforce rules that prohibit drinking and hazing within the Gamma-Phi chapter of the fraternity, not providing adequate supervision of fraternity events and not punishing the fraternity and its officers for drinking and hazing activities.

These claims are un-

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World leaders gather to try to save Earth from overheating LE BOURGET, France (AP)—With dramatic vows to save future generations from an overheated planet, the largest gathering ever of world leaders began two weeks of talks Monday aimed at producing the most far-reaching pact yet to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and avert environmental havoc.

“We should ask what will we say to our grandchildren if we fail,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said as the U.N. climate summit opened under heavy security on the outskirts of Paris, two weeks after the extremist attacks that left 130 people dead. “Instead of making excuses tomorrow, let’s take action today.”

Even before the gathering, more than 180 countries pledged to cut or curb their emissions, but scientific analyses show that much bigger reductions would be needed to limit man-made warming of the Earth to 2 degrees Centigrade (3.8 degrees Fahrenheit) over preindustrial times, the internationally agreed-upon goal.

The biggest issue facing the 151 heads of state and government at the summit is who should bear most of the burden of closing that gap: wealthy Western nations that have polluted the most historically, or developing countries like China and India that are now the biggest and third-biggest emitters of greenhouse gases?

“Addressing climate change should not deny the legitimate needs of developing countries to reduce poverty and improve living standards,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the conference.

The last major climate agreement, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, required only rich countries to cut emissions, and the U.S. never signed on. Since then, global temperatures and sea levels have continued to rise, and the Earth has seen an extraordinary run of extreme weather, including severe droughts and storms.

This new round of talks seeks to produce an agree-

ment that would require all countries, rich and poor, to take action.

While the specifics have yet to be worked out, the pact is meant to chart a path toward reduced reliance on coal, oil and gas and expanded use of renewable energy such as wind and solar power.

The negotiations will focus on whether emissions targets should be binding or voluntary and how to verify that countries are hitting their targets. Another big issue will be how to provide the finance and technology that developing countries will need to reduce their emissions and cope with the effects of rising seas, intensifying heat waves and floods.

“The future of the people of the world, the future of our planet, is in your hands,” U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told negotiators in his opening remarks. “We cannot afford indecision, half measures or merely gradual approaches. Our goal must be a transformation.”

China and India say they want the agreement to clearly reflect that industrialized nations bear the biggest responsibility for the problem.

President Barack Obama offered assurances that the U.S. isn’t trying to shirk its duty.

“I’ve come here personally, as the leader of the world’s largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it,” Obama told the conference.

Statistics since 1959 from the U.S. Department of Energy show the United States has been by far the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, the top man-made greenhouse gas. It has released about 258 trillion tons of carbon dioxide over the past half-century, compared with China’s 158 trillion tons, the figures show.

China is catching up, though, and is now the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter, accounting for

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, and French President Francois Hollande arrive to welcome world leaders for the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, outside Paris, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015.

28 percent of the world’s current emissions - twice as much as the United States.

Beijing has pledged to put a ceiling on its emissions around 2030 as part of the latest negotiations.

Developing countries say they need financial support and technology to make the transition to cleaner energy. On the bustling first day of the conference, a number of such initiatives were announced, including one backed by 19 governments and 28 leading global investors, including

Bill Gates and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

Their initiative would provide billions of dollars in investments to research and develop clean energy technology, with the ultimate goal of making it cheaper and more reliable.

Separately, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande unveiled an initiative to get rich and poor countries to cooperate on expanding solar power.

“It’s making the dream of universal access to clean

energy become more real,” Modi said.

Many of the leaders said the world must keep the average temperature within 1 degree C (1.8 degrees F) of current levels - and, if possible, to half that, to spare island nations threatened by rising seas. The world has already warmed nearly 1 degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial age.

Beijing on Monday reported one of the worst spells of air pollution in years, saying levels of soot were 25 times what the

World Health Organization considers safe. That’s a different pollution from carbon dioxide, but both come from burning fossil fuel, especially coal.

Unlike the Kyoto Protocol, which had binding emissions targets for wealthy nations, the new deal will be based on a bottom-up approach where countries set their own targets. One of the things being negotiated is a ratchet-up mechanism that would encourage countries to review and improve their targets every five years.

Police shooting of black teen cited in University of Chicago threat CHICAGO (AP)—Federal authorities said an online threat that led the University of Chicago to cancel classes Monday targeted whites and was motivated by the police shooting of a black teenager, video of which was released last week and led to protests.

Jabari R. Dean, 21, of Chicago, threatened to kill 16 white male students or staff at the school on Chicago’s South Side, according to the criminal complaint.

Dean, who is black, was arrested Monday morning. In court later in the day, he did not enter a plea on a charge of transmitting a threat in interstate commerce.

The threat was posted Saturday, just days after the city released a video of Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was black, 16 times. Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder. His bond was set for $1.5 million earlier Monday, and hours later, he paid the $150,000 needed and was released.

Authorities said Dean posted online from a phone that he would “execute approximately ... 16 white male students and or staff, which is the same number of time (sic) McDonald was killed” and “will die killing any number of white policemen that I can in the process.”

The criminal complaint said someone tipped the

burch

Continued from page 1 founded since the chapter’s charter was revoked, Kappa Sigma’s response read.

By allowing the Gamma-Phi chapter to operate as a student organization within the University and promoting the organization to students, WVU acted negligently as well, according to the lawsuit.

“West Virginia University owed a duty of reasonable care to its stu-

FBI Sunday to a threat that was posted on a social media website. The FBI was unable to find the threat online, and was provided a screenshot by the person who reported the threat.

That led them to Dean, who admitted to FBI agents that he posted the threat and took it down shortly after posting it, the complaint said. Despite the threat mentioning three guns, a prosecutor told Monday’s hearing that Dean did not appear to pose a threat. The complaint did not say whether Dean possessed any weapons.

Dean is a first-year undergraduate student in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC spokeswoman Sherri McGinnis Gonzalez. He wore a red sweat shirt emblazoned with the name of that school in court.

Phillip Rutherford, who later identified himself as Jabari’s uncle, said loudly in the courtroom as the hearing adjourned, “Hey Jabari. ... Just be cool, OK?” Rutherford later told reporters that Jabari was never serious about an attack and had done something “silly” and “stupid” because he’d had too much time on his hands.

“He’s run out of things to do,” Rutherford said.

Jabari’s lawyer declined comment Monday. A judge ordered Dean be held until Tuesday’s bond hearing, when prosecutors will likely dents, including Nolan Burch, to prevent Kappa Sigma and Gamma Phi from causing them foreseeable harm,” the lawsuit reads.

Burch was a new member of the fraternity and was participating in a “Big/Little” initiation event the night of Nov. 12.

The event was mandatory as part of the pledging process for Kappa Sigma, according to the Burch’s lawsuit.

Burch was 18 years old when he died in the hospital two days later. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, back middle, leaves the Cook County Jail after posting bond on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Chicago. Van Dyke has been locked up since Nov. 24, when prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. agree to let him be released fected more than 30,000 tragic events” at other campeople, though the Univer- puses nationwide. On Oct. 1 to his mother.

The University of Chicago, sity of Chicago Medical Cen- at Umpqua Community Colwhere President Barack ter was open to patients. lege in Roseburg, Oregon, a The normally bustling gunman opened fire and Obama taught law, first alerted students and staff campus was almost deso- killed nine people. Other Sunday night about a threat late Monday morning as shootings have happened in that mentioned the quad, a Chicago Police Department Arizona and Tennessee. popular gathering place, and and campus security vehiClasses will resume Tues10 a.m. Monday. The school cles patrolled streets. Se- day after what university urged faculty, students and curity staff guarded cam- President Robert Zimmer non-essential staff to stay pus walkways, including said was a “challenging day.”

Students closed their away from the Hyde Park the quad mentioned in the campus through midnight threat. The time mentioned books, shut down their lapMonday and told students in the threat came and went tops and hurried home Sunday when the school first in college housing to stay without incident. indoors.

The university had said alerted people to the threat, The cancellations of the decision to close was according to student body classes and activities af- taken following “recent president Tyler Kissinger.

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Continued from page 1 of HIV positive individuals contracted the disease through intravenous drug use.

Early in the 1980s, epidemic, HIV/AIDS was routinely referred to as Gay Related Immune Deficiency.

Although more than half of those newly diagnosed with HIV are gay and bisexual men, more than a quarter of HIV infections occur in women through intercourse with men, according to amfAR, which

challenges the assumption that only homosexual men are at risk of contracting HIV. Sexually transmitted infections are at their highest rate in history, said Dr. Carmen Burrell, who noted this could be due to both better data collection and an increase in unprotected sex.

“STDs nationwide are a problem in the young adult population,” Burrell said, “but HIV is sometimes considered less. We hope there will be a large turnout for the free testing.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

students

Continued from page 1 gaining anything from it.

They’re just kind of passing the time. If we had more teachers and extra funds, we would then be able to pull those kids out and give them the proper education on the level that they need.”

Kristi Wolford from Fairmont, West Virginia knows all too well what it’s like to not have the adequate educational resources for her child. She is the mother of a 7-year-old with autism.

“At school, he has his

“I work in the campus coffee shop and when people got the notice (announcements and online) they really cleared out of here immediately,” the 21-year-old senior said.

Junchen Feng, who’s pursuing a doctorate, said the threat raised his awareness about gun violence in Chicago and beyond.

“For the first time I was thinking about people who live in Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan ... where they live under constant threats of death and violence,” the student from China said. “It’s a mindset that we just don’t have.”

Police have said that McDonald was carrying a knife and an autopsy revealed that he had PCP, a hallucinogenic drug, in his system.

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said last week in announcing the first-degree murder charge against Van Dyke that the 3-inch blade recovered from the scene had been folded into the handle.

In the audio-free video, McDonald can be seen walking down the middle of a four-lane street. He appears to veer away from two officers as they emerge from a vehicle, drawing their guns.

One of the officers, Van Dyke, opens fire from close range. McDonald spins around and crumples to the ground. The officer continues to fire. regular speech therapy and special education teacher, but we also have to pay out of pocket to get services that the school feels is not necessary for my son,” Wolford said.

Lee and other educators note Wolford isn’t alone— the entire public educational system in West Virginia is in dire need of additional funding.

“There should be necessary resources available for all students attending public schools across all counties in the state,” O’Leary said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Identifying terrorism in the U.S.

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Residents mourn those killed in the shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs: A police officer, a veteran and a mother of two.

Terrorism is defined as “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.” Though terrorism has led many to quick conclusions about what terrorism looks like, a recent shooting at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado has led many to question the true nature of its identity.

Robert Dear, a 57-yearold white male, opened fire at the clinic before noon

last Friday, which killed three people and injured nine others. Though the police have yet to name any true motive for the attack, Dear was reportedly muttering phrases similar to “no more baby parts” after he was apprehended.

Among those killed were police officer Garrett Swasey and two civilians who were accompanying friends receiving services at the clinic.

Dear’s statement refers to presidential candidate

Carly Fiorina’s claim that she had viewed film of an abortion from a Planned Parenthood clinic where doctors surrounding the fetus had indicated they wanted to “harvest its brain” to sell for profit.

Though experts studying the footage have stated the video was heavily edited, Planned Parenthood’s reputation has continued to fall due to confusion surrounding its tissue donation policy.

According to Fact-

Check.org, women receiving abortion services have the option to donate fetal tissue to medical research when their procedure is over. It’s common practice in hospitals to give tissue and receive payment between $100 and $500, but Planned Parenthood does not make a profit from the money received in reimbursement for transporting the tissue to laboratories.

As if Dear’s crime wasn’t horrific enough, several Twitter users expressed

sentiments condoning Dear’s actions. “...I would think this brave hero is saving innocent baby lives,” one tweet reads. Another says, “Planned Parenthood kills a million babies and no one bats an eye, but one brave hero tries to put a stop to that, everyone loses their minds.”

Reacting to an act of terrorism by applauding brutality is not the answer in moving forward. Three people entirely unaffiliated with Planned Parenthood

lost their lives in what was ultimately a senseless shooting, and even more may suffer if gun violence continues to be an option in voicing political discontent.

With this single event, many have come to realize terrorism is not attached to any race or religion. The true potential for terrorism lies in bigotry - something separate from any deity or skin color. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

commentary

Coffee cups don’t affect meaning of holiday season jenna gilbert columnist @J3NN_1F3R

The holiday season is upon us. The trees in town have white lights wrapped around their branches, lamp posts are adorned with snowflake decorations,and every restaurant has broken out their unique holiday drinks. However, the recent Starbucks holiday “cup-gate” had me thinking: What makes Christmas Christmas?

I grew up celebrating Christmas as a Christian holiday. The name was derived from the Old English words “Christes maesse,” meaning “Christ’s mass:” A clear indicator of Christianity. It’s most commonly celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ. That’s not all Christmas is, however; there is so much more to the festival that has borrowed elements from other cultures and religions.

It’s not uncommon for religions to borrow from each other as they develop and

evolve, and Christianity is no different. Many of the symbols we associate today with Christmas were derived from pagan traditions.

The concept of the Christmas tree, for example, was taken from ancient Egyptian and Roman religions, with the idea of the fir tree specifically coming from Rome. Many of the plants we see today as signs of the holiday season were at one point in the ancient world believed to be representations of fertility.

Santa Claus is another iconic character of Christmas but where this character came from is another combination of traditions from other cultures. Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas, is in fact supposed to be a representation of the Christian St. Nicholas of Asia Minor. However, not all of the famed characteristics of Santa were from the original St. Nick. The tradition of leaving gifts under the tree began far before St. Nicholas’ time, even predating the worship of some Scandinavian gods like Odin.

The tale about Santa

coming through the chimney was borrowed from the Norse goddess Hertha, who was believed to appear in chimneys and bring good fortune to the house.

These traditions were simply taken from some cultures and adapted in order to create the perfect Santa.

In this way, Christmas is not an original holiday with unique traditions.

When some people get upset about the phrase “happy holidays” used in place of “merry Christmas,” they may not only be forgetting Christmas’ rich history as a holiday, but also the fact that Christmas isn’t the only holiday celebrated in December. There’s Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, the Pagan Winter Festival and several others.

“Happy holidays” should be taken as a greeting that’s inclusive to the season.

The use of “happy holidays” is understandable: businesses likely don’t want to offend patrons by assuming they celebrate one tradition when they may celebrate another. Christians wouldn’t want to be told

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The controversy surrounding Starbucks’ holiday cup design loses the reason for the season. “happy Hanukkah,” for example, and similarly, Jews wouldn’t want to be told to have a merry Christmas.

Its intent is to be respectful to everyone and every celebration.

December is supposed to be a joyous season, but with the recent craze (or, rather, anti-craze) over the Starbucks cup design, the true meaning behind this time

of year is being lost. The holiday season is not about a cup with festive pictures on it, nor is it about the generic saying inside a greeting card.

Christmas is about embracing family and friends.

It’s about spending time with your loved ones, giving back to your community and enjoying the present moment. Whether a

stranger says “happy holidays” instead of “merry Christmas,” “happy Hanukkah” or “joyous Kwanzaa” doesn’t affect what this holiday season means for each individual. Some of our traditions may have come from unexpected places, but that doesn’t make celebrating them any less important. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Spanking is harmful to children, does not cause lasting behavior change kayla mccormick columnist @kayattheda

A woman is working the cash register at a convenience store when a man comes in to purchase cigarettes. He takes one look at her and decides she can’t possibly know anything about cigarettes, despite the fact that she works in a convenience store that sells them. Instead of specifying a brand, he points and directs her with a condescending stream of instruction. “No, to the left, yes and down a row. The blue ones.

No, the other blue ones.”

He gets hostile toward the end, raising his voice and beginning to mutter under his breath about the woman’s lack of intelligence.

She immediately ceases her hunt for the correct pack of cigarettes, reaches across the counter, smacks the man on the top of his hand with enough force to get his attention and scolds him for his lack of respect.

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Spanking is known to cause increased deviant behavior in children.

Not even taking into account the customer/employee power dynamics, there is no circumstance in which the aforementioned scenario would be deemed acceptable. In today’s society, there is no instance when it is acceptable for an adult to hit another adult.

However, the fact that it is widely accepted as a good

practice to spank children as punishment is baffling to me. To hit an adult is a criminal offense, yet it is often considered good parenting to exert physical force on a tiny, defenseless human who may or may not understand what they’ve done wrong.

There is no scientific proof spanking as punish-

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ment causes long-term negative effects on children, but there is an overwhelming amount of evidence proving the correlation. As reported in the Huffington Post, psychologist Elizabeth Thompson Gershoff analyzed more than 80 studies and found a strong correlation between corporal punishment and negative behavior, including

increased aggression and antisocial behavior. Following this, she conducted her own studies and found evidence supporting her conclusion that spanking children as punishment has an array of negative effects on the child.

Children who are spanked as punishment are less hesitant to react aggressively to peers and superiors, often choosing to instigate aggression rather than wait to be aggressed upon.

Furthermore, it is proven that punishment through spanking is not effective in behavioral change longterm. Spanking may get the child to stop unwanted behavior in that specific instance, but, according to Gershoff, it does nothing to dissuade future deviant behavior.

According to Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D., a psychology professor and principal investigator for the Child Violence and Trauma Laboratory, the child stops unwanted behavior, not because he or she is learning a valuable lesson, but be-

cause the child is afraid.

Physical punishment, in the long-term, has only been proven to make behavior worse.

While all of these facts should be reason enough to retire the practice of corporal punishment, they are not my main opposition to spanking as punishment.

I myself was spanked as a child, and, while I don’t think it ruined me as a person, I remember it making me mistrusting and deviant: A common reaction to being hit by someone you trust implicitly, as children do with their parents.

Simply put, physical punishment is lazy parenting.

Children are so bright, and their entire brain serves to absorb information and to learn the rules of the world around them. They are capable of being reasoned with, and to bypass that capability because it takes more time to sit down and explain to a child what they did wrong and why they shouldn’t do it again is lazy and neglectful. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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GUIDE TO FINALS

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Healthy Habits

The first semester at West Virginia University is coming to an end, and visions of grade point averages are dancing in student’s heads. For many, it’s the “most wonderful time of the year.” For college students across the nation, it’s time for final exams.

To help calm the nerves, here are 10 survival tips to keep in mind over the next few weeks.

Checking It Twice One of the most common methods of organization, making a to-do list can help eliminate stress. Write down goals you wish to accomplish each day, and hang up one list at a time. Switch the list out when every task is crossed off and completed. Creating a visual of what needs to be done will prevent the stress-induced panic.

Cut out Netflix There is a time and place for binge watching episodes of The Office again. Unfortunately, now is not that time. The claim of “one more episode” can turn into a deadly game, where Netflix wins and your chemistry grade does not. Breaking Bad and House of Cards can wait.

Back to Bedtimes Pulling an all-nighter may seem necessary, but it will actually do more damage.

Impairing reasoning, cognitive skills and memory. Loss of sleep lowers energy levels crucial to performance the following day.

Forming a regular nightly routine including eight hours of sleep each night during exam weeks will improve your testing re-

A study conducted at the University of Oxford proved the performance levels of students significantly declined when consuming a high-fat diet. Eating balanced meals including fruits and vegetables and exercising on a regular basis will increase energy levels and reduce stress. Staying hydrated and remembering to take care of your body will benefit you.

Study Guides Creating your own study guide can help organize that pile of papers with notes scribbled in the margins. Starting with the first chapter, collect all the information you gathered and type or write out a concise version.

Keep repeating until you have covered the whole chapter, then move on to the next.

Highlight, color-code or make flashcards of the information requiring your special attention.

One-on-One Meet with your professor during his or her office hours. Even if you are not struggling, talking with your professors about the work requirements may put your mind at ease. Sometimes, just hearing reassurance about what needs to be accomplished is enough to help you succeed. Who knows?

Your professor may give you an extra-credit assignment to help boost your grade, or help you calculate the grade you need to obtain to pass the course.

Switching Up The Scenery According to The New York Times, simply alternating the room where a person studies

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Finals week is the time to put down the series you’ve been binge watching and pick up your textbook to studying. improves retention. Supposedly, the brain makes subtle associations between what it is studying and the background sensations it has at the time. While studying at the library serves a good purpose, spending hours on end in the same chair, facing the same shelf of books will drive your brain crazy.

Treat Yourself Studying should not be a miserable 12hour process. Taking small breaks will put you in a better mood, giving you an incentive to reread those textbook pages. Set aside time to relax and stretch, promising to get lunch with your friends after you finish an hour of studying.

Turn Off Notifications

It is not easy to finish a final project when your phone is buzzing every few minutes from a group chat. If you reach for your phone to check Twitter, it is likely you will be checking Instagram, Facebook or Yik Yak as well. This procrastination method will haunt you when trying to recall definitions you should have been studying when you were on your phone.

Don’t Worry, Be Happy Final exams may seem like the end of the world, but they are not. As long as you try your absolute best, there is nothing more you can do. Make the most of these last few weeks and study hard, Mountaineers. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘Soaked in Bleach’ investigates Kurt Cobain death theories chelsea walker A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Giving a voice to the countless rumors and conspiracy theories, one of Netflix’s newest releases, “Soaked in Bleach,” tells the experience of private investigator Tom Grant as he investigated the disappearance and death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.

Filmmaker Benjamin Statler allowed Grant to project his findings to the world for the first time on record to bring to light the messy death of Cobain. With valid evidence from audio records to interviews with close friends and family and visual reenactments, PI Grant unveiled a side to the story that is hard to ignore.

Pegged as a typical rock star with psychological issues and a serious drug problem, no one seemed to doubt that Cobain’s death on April 5, 1994 was anything but suicide. While countless conspiracy theories seem to revolve around the incident, none provide quite the hard-nosed evidence that is packed into “Soaked in Bleach.”

Cobain’s wife Courtney

‘Soaked in Bleach’ takes a second look at Cobain’s death scene and contemplates mutiple theories surrounding his death.

Love hired PI Grant to investigate the disappearance of her husband leading up to the days before his death. As Grant tells the stories of the film, audio recordings act as the main source of narration in the visual reenactments.

Grant’s evidence not only cast shadows of doubt against Love, but the Seattle Police Department

as well. The group that was called to the scene reported and concluded that Cobain’s death was without a doubt a suicide within the first 48 hours of investigating, opting not to look further into the events leading up to Cobain’s death.

Grant ’s re cordings countlessly showcased Love’s inconsistencies and mysterious cryptic mes-

sages as well as exposing Love’s reluctance to tag along with Grant as he traveled looking for Cobain.

Aside from Love’s sheepish behavior, Grant’s evidence raised many questions and backed each up with solid proof. One of Grant’s most compelling pieces of evidence includes the scene fixated on the positioning of both the gun and car-

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tridge. The cartridge taken from the scene of Cobain’s death was found on the left side of Cobain, while the gun itself was also found on the, “left and back” from Cobain’s body. The gun being spun while in Cobain’s hand can only explain the strange positioning of both the gun and cartridge. The likelihood that this event happened is im-

possible, as explained by Grant, due to the fact that the gun would have had to be in a serious grip in this position to have caused the trauma that killed Cobain.

Grant suggested the positioning could only be explained if someone placed the gun and cartridge there.

Grant’s indisputable evidence, from the positioning of the gun itself, to the odd letters found by Cobain’s attorney, Rosemary Carol, indicating someone was tracing Cobain’s notes and handwriting, as well as the large amount of heroin that was found in Cobain’s system, raise valid questions. “Soaked in Bleach,” succeeded in what it sought out to prove: there are more unanswered questions surrounding Cobain’s strange and unexpected death.

Love’s attorney has requested a cease-and-desist order banning the film from being shown in theatres across the country.

Love’s attempt to shield the film has failed to stop the showings and has only raised even more doubts surrounding her innocence in regards to the case. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Bono, Clooney, Kardashian part of all-star campaign for aids NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Would you like to spend quality time with George Clooney as he showers you with compliments?

How about walk a red carpet with Meryl Streep or visit the set of “Game of Thrones”?

They are all possible: Bono is a launching an all-star campaign featuring “once-in-a-lifetime experiences” that can be won after donating at least $10 to his organization (RED), which raises funds to fight AIDS. The campaign kicks off Tuesday to coincide with World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1.

And Bono isn’t just the face for the movement: The U2 frontman will go on a bike ride with one donor - a year after he was seriously injured in a bike accident

in New York’s Central Park that forced him into surgery.

“I’m not sure that was as funny to my band as it was to me,” Bono said in an interview with The Associated Press. “But I think we’re going to have fun and yeah, we’ll go visit the scene of the crime.”

Jimmy Kimmel is dedicating his Tuesday late-night show to the campaign. He and Olivia Wilde will host (SHOPATHON), a tongue-in-check play off of home shopping, and the special episode will feature celebrity guests like Tom Brady, who is offering one donor a chance to learn how to pass a football, and Shaquille O’Neal, who will take a photo with a winner for his or her 2016 holiday card.

And Kimmel is offering him-

self up, too: He is willing to give someone’s kid “the talk.”

“There’s no age limit - if you have a 45-year-old kid, I’ll explain it to him, too, as long as the parents are OK with it. I’m happy to do the job,” said Kimmel, who appears in a promo video for the campaign with Scarlett Johansson and Barry Manilow.

Other “experiences” that can be earned after donating on Omaze.com/RED include a contour makeover wiwth Kim Kardashian; a portrait painting by James Franco; or attending a University of Texas at Austin football game with alum Matthew McConaughey. Entries close on January 21, 2016.

“Even though red is the color of emergency, there’s a sort of

optimism about the whole campaign and a kind of defiant humor. We have always had that, but the (SHOPATHON) will really take it to another new level,” Bono said.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will match every dollar raised up to $20 million.

R&B singer The Weeknd is offering fans a chance to hang backstage at a concert; there is a one-day “wellness break” with Snoop Dogg in Colorado; and Ryan Seacrest will let someone announce the No. 1 song on his radio show.

“When you see how much work Bono does personally to fight AIDS, it’s almost embarrassing, it’s the least we can do or anyone can do to help,” Kim-

mel said.

“Also, it’s Christmas season, you have to figure out what to buy. It’s almost like my Oprah’s favorite things list,” he added.

Bono won’t appear on the special episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” which airs on ABC and tapes in Hollywood. Instead, he will be in New York celebrating the 10-year anniversary of (RED) at Carnegie Hall with Vice President Joe Biden, the Edge, Stephen Colbert, Miley Cyrus, Trevor Noah and others.

“It’s a big day, World AID Days. It’s crucial this year. This is the most crucial year,” Bono said. “We can feel people going, ‘Oh yeah, that AIDS thing is done now,’ and we’re like, ‘No! It’s not!’”

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Documentary to bring awareness to vanishing species LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Discovery Channel’s “Racing Extinction” debuts worldwide, the documentary’s creators will be looking for more than ratings and critical reaction. It’s action they’re after.

Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos (“The Cove”) says the film is intended as a call to arms to prevent a grim future for Earth and its steadily vanishing species.

“The loss of biodiversity will be unimaginably horrific for future generations if we don’t do something about it now,” Psihoyos said. “My intention in making the film is not just to create the awareness, but to create a campaign, a movement” that inspires change.

The film’s rollout matches Psihoyos’ ambitions for it.

“Racing Extinction,” airing 9 p.m. EST Wednesday in the United States and in local prime time in 200-plus countries and TV markets, required some 50 versions to accommodate varying languages and other needs, said Discovery documentaries chief John Hoffman.

“If we can’t stand up and say that we are a network that must tell stories about how

we are putting the health of the planet at great risk, who else should?” he said.

Hoffman, at Discovery for a year after a long tenure at HBO shepherding well-regarded documentaries, says more such environmental programs are planned.

He declined to put a price tag on “Racing Extinction,” which Discovery bought after its Sundance film festival screening earlier this year.

Its telecast coincides with this week’s United Nations conference in Paris on climate change. That’s one of the threats to life on land and sea that the film, paced like a thriller, explores with help from experts and activists.

One dire warning comes from Stuart Pimm, a Duke University professor of conservation ecology, who says that species are becoming extinct at a rate a thousand times faster than would happen naturally, without human influence.

“It’s like we’re living in the age of the dinosaurs, but we can do something about it,” Psihoyos says.

His 2009 documentary, “The Cove,” depicted how Japanese fishermen hunt dolphins for their meat,

considered a delicacy. “Racing Extinction” paints with a much broader brush but retains a focus on the sea.

“The world can’t live with an unhealthy ocean. Plankton generates over half the oxygen we breathe,” but faces destruction from the increasing concentration of carbon in the planet’s waters, Psihoyos said in an interview earlier this year.

Rising levels of dissolved carbon dioxide are jeopardizing the survival of sea organisms including corals and shellfish and as a result could “substantially alter” ocean biodiversity, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says in its description of climate change indicators.

In the Discovery film, an underwater photographer compares a photo taken of a barrier reef in 1960 to one that was shot in 1989, showing the once-beautiful area now gone “to hell,” as he puts it.

The outcome of other, more immediate human assaults on marine life are graphically illustrated, along with the efforts of those determined to document and

expose them.

One sequence shows thousands of shark fins, especially valued for soup in Asia, spread across a rooftop at a Hong Kong warehouse. At another business, described by Psihoyos as the “Wal-Mart for the endangered species trade in Hong Kong,” a worker contends that every shark part is harvested and that no shark, contrary to claims by what he calls “greenies,” is left to die in the ocean.

That contrasts with underwater footage of a maimed shark off the coast of Indonesia, its fins sliced off and struggling to swim.

As disheartening as such images are, “Racing Extinction” manages to be exhilarating as well. One sequence offers breathtaking images of endangered animals projected onto landmark New York buildings made into theater screens for mass enlightenment.

A companion effort, #StartWith1Thing, is aimed at getting people to make a single change to help protect the world, said actor Fisher

Stevens (“The Grand Budapest Hotel,” ‘’The Blacklist”), a producer on “The Cove” and “Racing Extinction.”

“If you connect emotionally to the characters or species in the film, it’s going to affect you and make you question certain things you do in your life ... even if it’s just not eating a hamburger or volunteering for a day” with an environmental group, he said.

A crucial step, he suggests, is realizing what confronts the planet and its inhabitants, humans included.

“Part of the big problem, and it’s t h e reas o n we make t h e s e

fect them. But the truth is that everything is affecting them,” Stevens said.

movies, is that people don’t really know (the situation) or think it doesn’t af-

‘Youth,’ a captivating portrait of friendship, aging Catholic rock Superheroes and franchise blockbusters may dominate the multiplex, but Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth” is a reminder of the touching, unexpected and unusual places movies can go.

Original and unpredictable, “Youth” trusts its audience’s curiosity and powers of perception. Sorrentino doesn’t over-explain his story or characters - they simply stand as written, awaiting discovery. “Youth” is almost the antithesis of the Hollywood blockbuster, and not just because of its non-linear narrative. Despite its title, the film centers on a relationship between two octogenarians, and presents people of all ages, sizes and appearances as worthy of interest and love.

The film’s idyllic setting is a vintage health spa in the Swiss Alps that offers nightly live entertainment and daily nude hot-pool

soaks amid breathtaking mountain landscapes. Retired composer Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) is there for his annual retreat, accompanied by his daughter, Lena (Rachel Weisz). Fred’s lifelong friend, Hollywood filmmaker Mick Boyle (Harvey Keitel), is there, too.

Also staying at the resort is famous American actor Jimmy Tree (Paul Dano), who is preparing for his next role. He befriends the older men as they check out their fellow guests, including an obese retired soccer player, an elegantly dressed couple who never speak, a teenage masseuse with braces, a meditating monk, a pudgy young prostitute, and Miss Universe.

Lena is worried about Fred, who has just declined an invitation from the Queen of England to conduct his most beloved composition at a concert for Prince Philip. Fred in-

sists he’s retired and done with life; Lena says he’s apathetic. But when no one is watching, Fred imagines himself conducting the sounds he hears in nature.

He talks about life and age and memories with Mick, who’s otherwise focused on his latest screenplay, which he calls his “testament.” He brought a group of young screenwriters with him to help brainstorm the film’s ending.

Jimmy, meanwhile, spends most of his time observing everyone else.

The men connect over questions of creativity: Fred and Mick struggle with the idea of legacy and continuing self-expression into old age; Jimmy wonders about the best use of his creative skills and what makes them meaningful.

The other resort guests also face challenges during their stay. Lena suffers a crisis of self-confidence and identity after some un-

expected news. The obese soccer player gasps for breath with each step but yearns to kick the ball. The pudgy young prostitute is sad and confused. The meditating monk wants to levitate.

Every performance from the outstanding ensemble cast rings true. Even the supporting players and silent performers are superb.

The music itself is a character, from Fred’s original compositions to the songs by the eclectic entertainers who appear at the hotel. Sorrentino tapped Pulitzer Prizewinning composer David Lang to create Fred’s music and the film’s score (his first), and crafted a varied soundtrack with such artists as Mark Kozelek, David Byrne and Grammywinning Korean soprano Sumi Jo. “Youth” might have alternately been called “Us” for its loving perspec-

tive on people - how peculiar we can be and how comforting it is to recognize that in one another.

It’s about how we relate to each other broadly through art and intimately through words and actions. More than anything, it’s a loving portrait of friendship, one that Sorrentino dedicates to his friend and mentor Francisco Rosi, the Italian director who died in January.

With its artful soundtrack, excellent performances and big questions about life, fear and creativity, the musical and narrative themes of “Youth” play on long after the film ends.

“Youth,” a Fox Searchlight Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “graphic nudity, some sexuality and language.” Running time: 118 minutes. Four stars out of four.

Sinatra’s birthplace commemorates his 100th birthday TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New Jersey city where Frank Sinatra was born is finding the centennial of his birth to be a very good year.

T h ro u g h o u t 2015, Hoboken has remembered its native son, who died in 1998 at age 82, with outdoor screenings of his movies, a “Sinatra Idol” competition and concerts that will be capped by a centennial birthday bash on Dec. 12 at the Stevens Institute of Technology, which awarded the high school dropout an honorary degree in 1985.

The small-scale event is not generating the same buzz as “Sinatra 100 - An

All-Star Grammy Concert” on Dec. 2 in Las Vegas, featuring Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and other performers.

Even so, the Hoboken Historical Museum has seen a 300 percent jump in visitors since opening a Sinatra exhibit in early August and has hired extra staff, director Robert Foster said.

“Whenever we do something on Sinatra, people come out of the woodwork,” Foster said.

“We enjoy the fans because they are so loyal and he means so much to them.”

Lacking any major items that belonged to Sinatra, the museum tells his story through media displays and visitors receive a map with their $4 admission that features Sinatra sites.

Greta Wilson, who was born and raised in Hobo-

ken, said Sinatra is “always the first thing” people ask her about when they learned where she is from.

“They always wanted to know if I had seen him in a store or a movie theater or some other place in town, and if he was like a regular person or if he acted like a stuck-up movie star,” she said.

A plaque marks the f o r m e r bu i l d i ng at 415 Monroe St. where Sinatra was born in 1915 to middle-class parents.

“He had a nice life,” said Chuck Granata, who coproduces and engineers the “Nancy for Frank” satellite radio program with Sinatra’s oldest daughter, Nancy. “Frank was not poor and was probably one of the more fortunate kids growing up.”

His mother made sure

her son had nice clothes and even a car, which helped him gain a spot in 1935 with the singing group the Hoboken Four.

They won first prize on a national radio program for amateur entertainers, and Sinatra started along a path that led to big bands, bobby soxers and fame.

However, some Hoboken residents felt Sinatra had forgotten them, reflected in the reception he got when he rode on a float in a 1947 parade and was pelted with tomatoes, according to biographer Ed Shirak. Sinatra later called Hoboken a sewer.

Urban blight plagued the city until the 1970s, when New Yorkers started crossing the Hudson River to renovate brownstones and build condominiums.

The icy relationship began to thaw in 1979 when the

city changed River Road to Sinatra Drive. A park and the city’s main post office would also bear his name.

Hoboken these days reflects Sinatra cool, where fashionable young hipsters roam the city’s bars and restaurants after spending the day working in Manhattan.

Wilson, 68, who now lives on Long Beach Island, said she thought Sinatra was a great representative for Hoboken.

“People unfamiliar with Hoboken seem to think of it as a dumpy small Jersey town, filled with people who really want to live in New York City,” she said.

“Frank helped put Hoboken on the map, and people still come there to this day just see ‘his town’ and learn more about him.

Hoboken owes Sinatra a lot.”

Pope Francis, “Wake Up!” (Believe Digital) He’s a global pinup who fills stadiums and thrills fans. And now Pope Francis has released what is, essentially, a rock album.

He doesn’t sing, but the pontiff who has energized millions of Roman Catholics with his vision of a compassionate, socially committed church lends his voice to an album of spiritual spoken-word Euro-rock.

“Wake Up!” mixes excerpts from the pope’s speeches, homilies and prayers with Christian hymns that have been reworked by modern composers to include dollops of everything from Gregorian chant to rock guitar.

Francis’ words - in Spanish, Italian, English and Portuguese, with a booklet providing translation - touch on key themes of his papacy: youth, the environment, the joy of faith and the degrading effects of consumerism.

The musical settings take in Pan pipes, sinuous beats and a veritable tsunami of synth. It’s a bit of a hodgepodge and clearly the work of many hands, with credits for more than half a dozen composers and arrangers as well as artistic director Don Giulio Neroni.

The mix is at its most arresting on the lead single yes, Francis is a pope who releases singles - “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!” The track sets the pope’s exhortation to embrace “the beauty of holiness” amid wailing guitar licks and rousing trumpet bursts.

If that sounds odd, it is.

At times “Wake Up!” feels like a 1980s middle-ofthe-road rock album interrupted by soft-spoken spiritual musings. But while it’s not always a heavenly mashup, it’s a heartfelt offering that should burnish Francis’ image as the people’s pope.

Pink named UNICEF ambassador in fight to end child malnutrition Trailblazing pop star Pink saw firsthand severely malnourished children during a recent visit to Haiti as a part of a UNICEF program to provide therapeutic food packets to children in need.

The singer, whose given name is Alecia Moore, was named a UNICEF ambassador Monday to help promote a new effort to encourage physical activity in young children in the United States and at the same time raise money for nutritional, vitamin-rich peanut paste to be delivered to malnourished children all over the world.

“I got to watch mommas learning how to feed it to their kids,” Moore said during a phone interview from California. “And within a

week, you can see the difference in these children.

It brings them back to life.

It’s amazing.”

Moore is the national spokeswoman for the UNICEF Kid Power Band, which is a child-friendly fitness band that encourages exercise through an interactive app. Kids can earn points by doing things like taking 12,000 steps a day or completing a goal. As the children earn points, UNICEF’s partners, including Target, Disney and Star Wars: Force for Change, will provide the funds needed to send the food packets to places like Haiti.

Moore, who has a 4-yearold daughter with her husband, Carey Hart, said the trip to Haiti strengthened her passion for UNICEF’s

project. She visited Portau-Prince this summer, where she saw children who came back from the brink of starvation because of these food packets.

“When you get to see it with your own eyes and you see that something works, then it’s a lot easier to get behind and advocate for it and try to make other people aware of it,” she said.

The Kid Power app also teaches children about the countries and cultures they are helping and they can unlock special videos and messages and track their progress online.

“They found a brilliant way, and a fun way, to get kids here involved and empowered and motivated,” Moore said. “And they are also turning them into

global citizens and they get to be hands-on.”

The Grammy-winning singer is a natural role model for a program that encourages physical activity and exercise. Her concerts are full of high-energy choreography, including flying through the air on wires over the crowds or spinning from large silk ribbons like a Cirque du Soleil dancer.

In fact, her daughter, Willow, is already following in mom’s footsteps. At home, her daughter plays with a smaller, kid-sized version of the silk fabric that she uses to spin around on during concerts.

“I put a silk in her room, so she is spinning nine times out of 10,” Moore said. “It’s kind of amazing.”

Singer Pink has joined UNICEF to fight malnutrition.

The singer was to join her trainer Jeanette Jenkins at an elementary school in New York City on Monday to test out the bands with children in grades three through five. She said that she plans to get one for

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everyone in her family so they can start earning points and raising funds for UNICEF. “Between Carey, myself and Willow, it’s going to get a little competitive,” she said laughing.

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West Virginia senior linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski celebrates after an interception earlier this season against Texas.

West Virginia’s seniors come up big in final home game against Iowa St.

BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

In the morning before its final game at Mountaineer Field, the West Virginia Mountaineer defense gathered for an emotional meeting with defensive coordinator Tony Gibson.

With eight starters graduating after this season, the defense contains the lion’s share of the players being honored on Senior Day. Several declined to speak to the team, fearing they’d get too choked up – the ones who did tugged at their teammates’ heartstrings.

Afterward, it was time to play football, and the

Mountaineers sent their seniors out on a high note, stifling Iowa State 30-6 on a dreary, drizzly day in Morgantown.

“It was a special day for them, and I’m just so proud of them,” said defensive coordinator Tony Gibson.

“They kept fighting all year, through all their four or five years, through the (conference) transition. I’m very, very proud of these guys.”

On their special day, West Virginia’s defensive seniors made some of the biggest plays of the game.

Safety KJ Dillon punctuated their first series by picking off Iowa State quarterback Joel Lanning, linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski and corner Terrell Chestnut each

recorded two pass breakups and a normally unproductive pass rush rattled the Cyclones with five sacks, including big takedowns from seniors Kyle Rose, Shaq Petteway and Eric Kinsey.

And along the way, the Mountaineers pulled to .500 in the Big 12, with an eight-win regular season — which would be the best in the Dana Holgorsen era — in sight.

“We got to seven wins, and a lot of people didn’t think we would do that,” Holgorsen said. “The seniors will remember this for a long time. It was a little ‘blah’ out there and a little gray, but getting the win was huge.”

On offense, the new equation of West Virginia football was in full effect, as the Mountaineers ran the ball 45 times to 26 passes from junior quarterback Skyler Howard. Although it took West Virginia a while to break through on the ground, it wound up combining for 213 yards, including touchdowns from Howard and running back Rushel Shell.

Howard also added 202 yards and a touchdown through the air, with most of that production coming down the field to his favorite target, sophomore Shelton Gibson – including a 60-yard bomb for the first score of the game.

West Virginia success-

fully opening up the game on the ground was the deciding factor Saturday after Iowa State put together a 19-play drive - with two successful fake punts - that resulted in a field goal, making it 13-6 West Virginia at the half.

Although Senior Day is always a big moment for all the players being honored, no one took more away from it than senior offensive lineman Stone Underwood, who received his first-ever start against Iowa State filling in for Adam Pankey at left guard.

“It was unreal getting my first start in D1 football,” Underwood said. “I still really don’t know how I feel about it. It’s just sur-

real for me to be able to get out there and play.”

And Underwood wasn’t just happy to be there. In the third quarter, Underwood threw the key pull block that sprung Skyler Howard for a 32-yard touchdown run, making it 23-6 West Virginia.

Shell plowed into the end zone on a 9-yard run early in the fourth quarter to put the game away for good, sending the Mountaineers to 6-1 on the season in the friendly confines of Mountaineer Field. West Virginia can wind up with an 8-4 record with a win at Kansas State in the season finale next Saturday. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Penn State ends WVU’s historic season in Elite Eight

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s soccer team’s historic season came to an end this weekend in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The team suffered a difficult 2-0 loss to regionally top-seeded No. 6 Penn State (20-3-2, 8-2-1).

The No. 4 Mountaineers (19-3-1, 6-0-1) might have lost but have a lot to be proud of. The loss marked the end of what was arguably the best season in the program’s 20year history.

With a list of program records, West Virginia capped off the season with two impressive tournament wins to reach only their second Elite Eight in program history.

The Mountaineers, who will graduate only four of their top 10 scorers, boast top 10 finishes in both offense and defense.

The team’s 15 shutouts and

11 goals allowed set program records and rank second in the country. The offense finished the year with 61 goals, which also breaks a program record and ties the team for fourth in the country.

The team’s 19 wins are the most in program history, and its No. 2 ranking prior to falling to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Tournament was the highest ranking the squad had ever achieved.

“It’s hard to not think about and celebrate the 19 wins – it’s just that this last loss hurts a whole lot more than those 19 wins,” said head coach Nikki IzzoBrown in an interview with WVUgame.com. “It’s tough.

In no way do these 90 minutes sum up this season. We had a lot of great and special moments.”

The Nittany Lions went ahead early with a goal in the 12th minute as midfielder Emily Ogle took a shot from far out and was able to curve it past Mountaineer goal-

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Senior midfielder Leah Emaus wheels away after having a shot saved in the NCAA Tournament against Duquesne. keeper Hannah Steadman. saved by Nittany Lion netThe 2-0 lead would stand until the final horn, which The goal was just the third minder Britt Eckerstrom.

Penn State’s Frannie would mark the end of the time all season the Mountaineers trailed.

Crouse took a shot in the 30th historic season for the MounSenior point-leader Kai- minute that Steadman was taineers. Several late atley Utley nearly tied the game able to save, but Crouse’s sec- tempts by the West Virginia less than five minutes later ond attempt in the 39th min- offense would not be enough with the team’s first shot, but ute would find the back of the to net the two goals needed her shot from directly in front net to give Penn State a two- to stay alive. of the net was miraculously goal lead going into the half.

West Virginia beat the Nit-

tany Lions earlier in the season 1-0, but the region’s top seed continued their path of destruction, not allowing a goal for their third shutout in just as many games to go along with a tournamentleading 17 goals.

The Nittany Lions will go on to face conference foe Rutgers, which boasts the top defense in the country.

While one semi-final features two Big Ten opponents, the other semifinal will feature ACC foes in No. 1 Florida State and No. 13 Duke.

The team will graduate six seniors, including top scorer Kailey Utley and goalkeeper Hannah Steadman, who graduates with the top goals allowed average (0.52) in school history. However, the majority of the team will return next year, including Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, who will play for Team Canada in the Olympics this summer. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Press pushes WVU to new heights in Vegas victory

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Behind its combative defense, the West Virginia University men’s basketball team’s preseason tournament win in Las Vegas wasn’t the only accolade to highlight the team’s weekend.

After a 72-50 demolition of San Diego State (4-3) in the championship, WVU (60) found its way into the Associated Press Top 25 rankings for the first time this season, entering at No. 20.

“I thought we played better as a team today than

we have at any time up to this point,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

WVU forced 21 turnovers, had 30 points off turnovers and finished with 13 steals, sending San Diego State players and heralded head coach Steve Fisher through the most frustrating 40 minutes of their season.

“That was the face of Press Virginia right there,” said junior Devin Williams.

“Hopefully we just build off of that.”

Daxter Miles led the way with six steals of his own, alongside fellow sophomore Jevon Carter’s three.

The duo’s impressive dis-

plays once again catapulted a resurgent Mountaineer defense and earned AllTournament honors.

Miles finished with a team-high 14 points, going 5-of-10 from the field.

Four others reached double digits, including Jaysean Paige’s 10 off the bench.

Paige lifted an early and much needed run after a struggling beginning, scoring eight straight points, and led an 8-0 run to put WVU up 12-6. A pair of threes right off the bat started a Mountaineer run that just kept on going.

“Our energy level was high, it was high today,”

Miles said. “All of us bought in. Coach Huggs sat us down this morning and he got at it. He let us know what we were doing and what we could do to become a good team. We just bought in tonight and came out strong.”

Star center Williams put the Aztecs’ hopes of a comeback to rest early into the second half, scoring six straight points and making it 46-30 Mountaineers with 15 minutes remaining.

After a scoreless first half, Williams returned with his usual potent force to reach 10 points and nine rebounds and be named the tournament MVP. However,

his nine rebounds ended his streak of five straight double-doubles to start the year.

Williams also snagged 23 points and 12 rebounds in the opening round against Richmond, a 67-59 victory over a Spider squad that defeated then-ranked California in the third-place game.

“I understand as a leader that I’m not always going to score 18, 19 points because that’s not always needed, but I can always rebound the ball and that’s what I tried to do in the second half,” Williams said. “Just rebound the ball and be a presence. I just think I did

that in the second half.”

WVU heads into Saturday’s tilt versus Kennesaw State with considerable momentum, especially after defeating two teams that defeated one of the Pac-12 favorites in Cal. Six straight victories and a preseason tournament victory for the second straight season have also added to the team’s rapid start.

“The team will tell you we’re trying to make a name for ourselves,” Miles said.

“As long as all of us buy in, we’re just trying to win everywhere we go.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia head coach Mike Carey watches from the sideline at a game against Seton Hall last season.

Carey hits 300 wins as WVU draws even on road trip

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

After traveling nearly 4,000 miles, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team ended its road trip with a 2-2 record, bringing the record to 4-2 overall.

“It seems like we’ve been all over the country for four games,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey.

“It will be good to be back home.”

While in Spokane competing in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Challenge, the Mountaineers dropped their first matchup to Gon-

zaga after coming back from a 19-point hole. The Bulldogs took advantage of the Mountaineers’ failure to close the game out, as the game could have gone in either team’s favor. The Bulldogs outlasted the Mountaineers as Gonzaga walked away with the 6257 victory, led by Gonzaga’s Elle Tinkle.

WVU had no time to dwell on the loss as it focused on USC, who beat Grand Canyon the night before.

Like its game against Gonzaga, WVU found itself in a double-digit deficit until a late run tied the game and forced overtime.

However, in overtime, the

Mountaineer offense was at a standstill, only recording three points from freshman guard Katrina Pardee.

The Trojans scored 12 in overtime, giving them the 78-67 win, while WVU walked away with a bad start to the tournament.

The Mountaineers regrouped the next night, for what would turn out to be a memorable night for Carey. The 68-50 win over Grand Canyon earned Carey his 300th career win at WVU. “I’ve always said that you can’t achieve success without great players, coaches and staff,” Carey told WVUsports.com.

“Without these individ-

uals, 300 wins would not have been possible.”

It was a night of freshmen as Pardee finished in double-figures, while Alexis Brewer and Tynice Martin contributed with eight points each.

After the win, the Mountaineers traveled to Connecticut, where the team went on to face Yale to round out the tournament after a few days off.

WVU’s effort in the paint led to the 70-60 win over Yale and a positive end to its trip.

Senior Bria Holmes continued her offensive success with 18.3 points per game and a .584 shooting percentage from the field.

Holmes ended the road trip averaging 19.5 points, taking home Most Valuable Player honors.

“We still have to learn and do things Coach Carey wants us to do, like have everyone on the same page,” Holmes said. “I feel like everyone isn’t there yet, but we are coming along.”

Even with its succes, Carey noted that the team must learn to improve going forward. The overtime loss to Gonzaga served as a lesson for some of the team’s younger players.

“We must learn how to close games out,” Carey said. “We have a lot of work to do as we move for-

ward… It doesn’t surprise me because we are a young team.”

WVU’s sparkplug off the bench, Teana Muldrow, continued her own success, leading the Mountaineers past Yale with 20 points.

Muldrow could prove to be a key bench piece for the Mountaineers going forward.

Carey looks to become the program’s winningest coach as the Mountaineers take on Morehead State on Wednesday. It will be Carey’s first shot to add another accolade to his resume. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

volleyball

West Virginia falls to TCU, ends season on 16-game losing streak

BY JOHNNA HERBIG SPORTS CORRESPONDENT @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University volleyball team’s last game of the season ended in a 3-0 loss against the TCU Horned Frogs Friday.

Even with two Mountaineers contributing double-digit digs, they were unable to keep up with the opposing Horned Frogs. The set scores for the match were 25-12, 2520 and 25-19.

Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery led WVU with a matchhigh 11 kills, while sophomore middle blocker Mia Swanegan followed behind her with 10. Senior middle blocker Caleah Wells contributed five as well.

Junior libero/defensive specialist MaTia Hughes led the defense for the entire match with 12 digs, and freshman outside hitter Abby Brown chipped in eight digs in the Mountaineer loss. Sophomore libero Gianna Gotterba

and sophomore defensive specialist Taylor Cross followed them with seven digs each.

Natalie Gower led TCU’s defense with 10 kills, followed by junior middle blocker Regan McGuire with seven. Junior outside hitter Jillian Bergeson, junior outside hitter Ashley Smith and junior outside hitter/opposite hitter Sarita Mikals were all able to contribute six kills each.

Bergeson and Mikals both led the Horned Frogs defense posting 11 digs each. Smith was able to contribute nine digs on the night, and senior outside hitter/defensive specialist Sutton Sunstrum helped with six.

WVU didn’t have a pleasant season, losing 75 percent of its games. They had a 5-24 record for the entire season, and a 0-16 record in Big 12 Conference play.

The Mountaineers closed their season with a 16-game losing streak.

West Virginia only won one set in Big 12 competi-

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tion, and was swept in every match since its 3-1 loss at Robert Morris on Oct. 7.

But while wins were few and far between for the Mountaineers, a few players were able to shine individually.

Montgomery was able to achieve the highest amount of kills for the Mountaineers, 374, and had the second-highest amount of digs, 171.

Wells contributed to WVU’s offense, bringing in 218 kills. Swanegan also had a high amount of kills, gaining 178 for the team, and Bridgett Talia followed behind her with 143. Hannah Shreve had a notable number of kills herself, scoring 114 for the season.

Defensively, Gianna Gotterba dominated this season, getting a whopping 356 digs herself.

Haley Roe contributed 157 digs, Melvin Brown notched 115 and Brittany Sample had 106.

Ashley Smith led the Horned Frogs for the season with 285 kills. Tegan McGuire contributed 208 kills, and Sarita Mikals followed with 187 for the entire season overall.

Sunstrum led TCU’s defense, with 304 digs, Smith contributed 278 for the season. Bergeson was a huge help to the team with 269, and Mikals was able to bring in 221 digs for the season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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