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City Council approves $3 user fee by jake jarvis staff writer @newsroomjake

Beginning next year, everyone who works in the city of Morgantown will see $3 taken out of their paychecks each week—$156 a year.

Last night, Morgantown’s city council voted 4-3 to approve a resolution establishing a ‘city user fee’. This follows nearly a full year of debate and discussion where city councilors tried to find a new stream of revenue.

“Human nature is such that people just don’t pay

attention until it’s something that affects them personally,” said Deputy Mayor Bill Kawecki, Second Ward.

“Everything that has been said tonight is true. No one wants to pick the pocket of anyone else. But you have to understand, if you buy a cup of coffee, you pay a fee.”

Kawecki joined Mayor Marti Shamberger, Jenny Selin, Nancy Ganz in voting to approve the fee. Wes Nugent, Jay Redmond and Ron Bane voted against it.

City council had to choose between implementing a user fee—which at least five other cities in

West Virginia have already done—or increasing the city’s sales tax.

City Manager Jeff Mikorski said it wasn’t until the end of August that the city decided to pursue the former.

“I just feel like it’s too soon for this issue,” said Student Body President George Capel, echoing heavy demands from the community to postpone the vote. “Students don’t know enough about it. I don’t know enough about it.”

Redmond, Sixth Ward, felt sympathetic to those concerns. He motioned for

the council to postpone the vote until more community members are able to learn about the fee.

His motion failed. Shamberger and other members of the council who ultimately voted to approve the fee said “more time” wouldn’t actually make a difference.

Selin, Fourth Ward, said many public forums were held on how the city should raise taxes, but the turn out was slim.

“I would support tabling it if I thought it would make

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Members of the city council listen to the feedback of the citizens of Morgantown at the city council meeting on Tuesday night.

WVU law school receives 5 percent increase in student applications

TAKING A STAND

By John Mark Shaver Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

This year, the nation saw a steep downward trend in submitted law school applications; however, the West Virginia University College of Law experienced something different.

For the 2015-16 school year, the College of Law received a 5 percent increase in student applications, according to Director of Admissions Tina Jernigan.

“Twenty five percent of our applications came from instate,” Jernigan said. “But what you’ll see is we get a lot of applications from out of state. It used to be that students would apply to five law schools; now they apply to like 20… So we get a lot of out-of-state applications, but our yield is much stronger with West Virginia residents.”

WVU’s College of Law is the only law school in the state, which Jernigan said could help explain the number of applications the school receives.

While the rise in applicants is promising, the College of Law’s Standard 509 reports the number is still 42 percent lower than it was 2011. The College of Law re-

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SHAPE members wear purple to stand against LGBT bullying.

SHAPE group hosts Spirit Day, members wear purple in stand against bullying by hollie greene staff writer @dailyathenaeum

For most of his young life, Bradley Milam, president of the Student Healthcare Alliance for Promoting Equality, faced bullying due to his sexuality.

Tuesday afternoon, Milam—along with fellow SHAPE members—took a public stand against bullying in the Health Sciences Center by hosting a Spirit Day where students wore purple to show their support of the LGBTQ

community.

“Wearing purple is just a simple way to show an outward support among our peers and some youth on behalf of the School of Medicine,” Milam said. “It’s a way to say that we are aware of the situation, and we stand in support of the LGBT youth that feel they’re being bullied.”

The concept of Spirit Days originated from a national organization called the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Eight out of 10 LGBT youth report being bullied at some

point during their time in school, according to Milam.

Zachary Carry, a sophomore West Virginia University student, believes bullying is not just a problem for LGBT youth, but LGBT adults as well.

“Just because (bullying) doesn’t exactly look the same as you get older, doesn’t mean that it’s not happening everywhere,” Carry said. “It’s the stigma that (is) attached to you. Sometimes it can be harder to get someone to take you seriously, especially professionally.”

Organizations like SHAPE give students the confidence and support to stand up to these types of bias, according to Carry.

One of the main goals of SHAPE is to spread awareness among health care professionals and patients about special interests concerning the LGBT community, according to Ben Hackett, SHAPE member and former treasurer.

“SHAPE is a great organization for the LGBT community to sort of say to the medi-

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ceived an all-time high of 1,107 applications that year.

“A lot of people look at law school as an option, and always have an interest in it, but don’t explore it or aren’t able to do it because life happens,” Jernigan said.

Russell Schaffer, senior communications manager at Kaplan, believes the national decrease in applications is due to the recent job market.

“Applications had (gone) down for years because of a poor market for new lawyers,” Schaffer said. “Prospective law school students saw the tough path ahead, and many chose other fields.”

Nationally, Kaplan’s study found that last year’s law school applications were the lowest they had been in 40 years.

Despite the recent decline, Kaplan reported in a study that this year 88 percent of law schools in the United States predict a rise in received applications, up from 46 percent in 2014.

“That points to possibly the most competitive law school admissions cycle in years, news that potential applicants should be aware

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A look at this year’s Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer candidates West Virginia University has announced the top 10 finalists—five men and five women—who embody the Mountaineer spirit for the 2015 Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition. The candidates were chosen based on academic achievements, extracurricular involvement and their individual successes as students at WVU. The Daily Athenaeum will feature biographies on one Mr. Mountaineer candidate and one Ms. Mountaineer candidate in several issues leading up to the annual Mountaineer Week later this month.

The Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer competition is an annual tradition during Mountaineer Week, which is dedicated to paying tribute to West Virginia’s heritage and traditions. This year’s Mountaineer Week will be held Oct. 30 – Nov. 8, and the winners of Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer will be announced during halftime of the Nov. 7 WVU football game against Texas Tech.

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

Nolan has participated in the WVU marching band, the Pride of West Virginia, for three years, as well served as the alternate Mountaineer Mascot for the 2014-15 school year.

“Being able to be the alternate Mountaineer, I got to see just what the Uni-

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

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

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

Speer is the founder and president of UNICEF cam-

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versity means to the state and how important it really is to so many people,” Nolan said.

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In addition to being a presidential member of the Honors College, she is also a member of the Psi Chi in-

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Webb dropping Democratic bid for president WASHINGTON (AP)— Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday he is dropping out of the Democratic race for president and is considering his options about how he might “remain as a voice” in the campaign.

Webb said at a news conference that he is “withdrawing from any consideration” of becoming the Democratic party’s nominee and would spend the coming weeks exploring his options about a possible independent bid.

“The very nature of our democracy is under siege due to the power structure and the money that finances both political parties,” Webb said, joined by his wife, Hong Le Webb.

“Our political candidates are being pulled to the extremes. They’re increasingly out of step with the people they’re supposed to serve.”

Webb said many of the issues that he cares about are not in line with the hierarchy of the Democratic party, saying he did not have a “clear, exact fit” in either party. Asked if he

still considers himself a Democrat, Webb said, “We’ll think about that.”

If Webb chose to run as an independent, he would face long odds in raising enough money and building a strong enough organization outside of the twoparty system to get on the ballot in 50 states. Outsider candidates have struggled to amass broad support in the past: Ross Perot got 19 percent of the vote in 1992 and 8 percent in 1996.

Ralph Nader got 3 percent of the vote as a Green Party candidate in 2000 but garnered enough liberal support in Florida to prevent Democrat Al Gore from carrying the state and winning the presidency.

A Vietnam veteran and former member of President Ronald Reagan’s administration, Webb complained that he did not get the chance to make his views fully known at the first Democratic debate.

He has trailed badly in the field that includes Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Webb has been polling in the back of the pack

with former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee.

Webb has raised only about $700,000 and ended the month of September with more than $300,000 in the bank. Rivals like former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have raised millions for the campaign.

Webb surprised many fellow Democrats when he became the first major figure in the party to form a presidential exploratory committee in November.

In a sign of Webb’s impending decision, the Iowa Democratic Party said he would not appear at Saturday’s major JeffersonJackson fundraiser in Des Moines.

Webb, 69, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, has promoted criminal justice reform and an overhaul of the campaign finance system and has been critical of the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

He has urged Democrats to appeal to working-class Americans and white vot-

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ormer Virginia Sen. Jim Webb announces he will drop out of the Democratic race for president, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. ers in the South who have left the Democratic party in recent elections.

Webb was a Navy secretary under Reagan and an author who became a Democrat in response to the Iraq war, which he opposed.

Webb’s opposition to the war, in which his son

Jimmy served, was critical to his surprise Senate election in 2006 against Republican Sen. George Allen.

Webb’s campaign was helped by an anti-Iraq war fervor and missteps by Allen, whose campaign imploded after he called a Democratic tracker “macaca,” an ethnic insult.

In the Senate, Webb focused on foreign affairs and veterans issues and was the driving force behind a GI Bill for post-9/11 veterans seeking to attend college after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan. He announced he would not seek re-election in 2012 and returned to writing.

Canada to return to its honest broker role under Trudeau TORONTO (AP)—The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will reverberate beyond Canada’s borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically ended a decade of rule by the most conservative leadership in the country’s history.

Among the areas in which Trudeau differs from his predecessor, Conservative Stephen Harper: airstrikes against the Islamic State group, climate change, immigration and whether relations with the U.S. should hinge on the future of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Trudeau said he spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday and told him he will remove Cana-

da’s six fighter jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Speaking at a rally in Ottawa, the 43-year-old Trudeau - son of one of the country’s most dynamic politicians - underlined the sea change.

“I want to say this to this country’s friends around the world: Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years. Well, I have a simple message for you on behalf of 35 million Canadians. We’re back,” he declared.

With Trudeau’s decisive victory on Monday, Cana-

dian voters reclaimed their country’s liberal identity, giving the new prime minister a commanding majority in parliament that will allow him to govern without relying on other parties.

That means change in Canadian policies on a broad spectrum of issues.

“Trudeau will return Canada to its traditional approach in foreign affairs which is characteristic of every single government but Harper’s,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor at the University of Toronto. “Canada will go back to multilateralism, back to strong support for the United Nations.”

There will be a “new way for Canada to be on the

world stage,” agreed Liberal lawmaker Marc Garneau, who won re-election Monday.

The son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who swept to office in 1968 on a wave of support dubbed “Trudeaumania” and governed for most of the next two decades, the younger Trudeau channels the star power - if not quite the political heft - of his father.

Tall and trim, he is a former school teacher and member of Parliament since 2008. He becomes the second-youngest prime minister in Canadian history and has been likened to Obama.

“The whole tone of the U.S.-Canada relationship

will change. Philosophically Obama and Trudeau are much closer,” Bothwell said.

The White House said Obama called to congratulate Trudeau on Tuesday afternoon and said in a statement the two leaders “committed to strengthening the countries’ joint efforts to promote trade, combat terrorism and mitigate climate change.”

Obama “also teased me about my lack of grey hair, but said I’d probably get some quite soon,” the darkhaired Trudeau quipped at a news conference later.

Trudeau’s victory will likely improve ties with the United States, at least for

the remainder of Obama’s presidency. Harper was frustrated by Obama’s reluctance to approve the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas and clashed with the president on other issues, including the Iran nuclear deal.

Although Trudeau supports the Keystone pipeline, he argues relations should not hinge on the project.

“Theoretically, Justin is for Keystone, but he can obviously jettison that,” Bothwell said of the project, which Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton recently expressed opposition to. Republican contenders are for the project.

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try to convince me they’re residents,” Redmond said, “then they come here and ask this.”

Capel and others in the Make a Difference Movement asked city council earlier this semester to allow a WVU student to serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the council.

This request was met with considerable opposition from some councilors who don’t think students deserve a “seat at the table,” and others who didn’t want to go through the lengthy process of altering the city’s

charter.

“I think the problem is that students who have to work to pay for school are the ones who are less able to pay the $3,” said Randy Jones, former chief of staff in the Student Government Association. “And the ones who don’t work, I’d figure can probably pay it easier.”

Jones said he’d like to see the burden to support the city, its roads and its police spread out to all of WVU’s nearly 30,000 students. Others from the community wondered if the city could require a fee for every WVU

student.

Mikorski said he spoke to some of the University’s administrators earlier in the year about that, but they wouldn’t go for it. “They said it would require legislation, which would be difficult to get through,” he said.

The ordinance allows employers to pay the fee for their employees, instead of taking the money out of their paychecks.

When the user fee was first proposed five years ago, Mikorski said representatives from WVU seemed interested in paying the

fee, for their employees and students workers. This time around, he said, they weren’t keen on the idea.

Student workers at WVU who work only part-time and don’t have to file a tax return won’t have to pay the fee, according to Mikorski.

Those who will have to pay the fee, however, are all full-time or part-time workers who primarily work in city limits. If an employer’s headquarters are located outside of city limits, they will still have to pay.

“What about independent contractors?” Red-

mond asked MIkoski. “You know, say if you have a landscaping business and you go around mowing peoples’ grass. Or if you’re a plumber and work in and outside of the city on contract and don’t have a primary location?”

In the case where a person doesn’t have a primary location, Mikorski said they wouldn’t have to pay the fee.

The city’s committee of the whole will meet at 7 p.m. next Tuesday in City Hall.

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Capel said it isn’t fair for West Virginia University student workers to be targeted by the fee, since they usually work to pay for their school.

Redmond took issue with the idea that students should be exempt from paying the fee at all.

“They come here to try and ask for a seat at the table, they come here and

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Continued from page 1 cal community, ‘Hey, we’re here, and we have our own special needs,’” Hackett said.

“We really want to highlight those needs because they often get overlooked in the health care community.”

For example, SHAPE emphasizes the increased risk LGBT youth have for mental disorders, while highlighting the lack of support systems they have when coping with these disorders.

SHAPE attempts to call attention to the lack of sexual education provided to LGBT youth in schools.

Carry believes organizations such as SHAPE and Spectrum, another WVU student organization dedicated to raising awareness about LBGT concerns, are a vital part of the happiness of some students on campus.

“I personally know quite a few people in the LBGT community that have found themselves inside of these organizations,” Carry said.

“They really give students a place to belong. A place to call home away from home.”

Students can become involved in SHAPE by contacting Bradley Milam at (203)815-4505 or bkmilam@mix. wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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With such a high number of applications, a certain level of competitiveness is to be expected, as well.

Of the 639 potential law students who sent WVU an application this year, only 16 percent became Mountaineers.

“We used to have a class size of about 140 students a few years ago,” Jernigan said. “We purposely shrunk it to between 100 and 105 to keep the quality up. We want to make sure that our standards are high. That if

we’re admitting you, we think you can succeed, and you can go out and do great things.”

Jernigan believes the numbers won’t stop there, and she encourages any students interested in law school to contact the college’s office.

“I believe we’re going to see an increase (in applications),” Jernigan said.

“Maybe just a little at a time, but we’ll take what we can get.”

For more information on the WVU College of Law, visit http://law.wvu.edu or contact the admissions office at (304)-293-5304. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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ternational psychology honorary, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Laurel Chapter of Mortar Board.

Previously, Speer worked in the psychology department’s Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory for two years and has been published in the Journal of Neurochemistry. She currently works in the Food Justice Laboratory in the Geology and Geography Department, which addresses issues of food access and hunger in West Virginia.

“I think it’s important to have a service-oriented heart. It’s not unknown that there’s so much need in West Virginia—hunger, medical, dental, all those things,” she said. “… and being willing to give back to your community and the state as a whole, I think that’s essential to being a mountaineer.”

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

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

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

New Student Orientation leader for three years.

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

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

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

“It would put a great ending to my undergrad career,” Nolan said.

“WVU has always meant a lot to me, and I’ve put a lot of dedication into the University…”

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

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

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

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Wednesday October 21, 2015

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Protecting body autonomy online Pornhub, one of the Internet’s leading pornography websites, has announced it is taking new measures to prevent “revenge porn” from circulating on its site. Bitter exboyfriends and girlfriends have unfortunately made a practice of uploading pornographic videos of their former significant others online in an attempt to create blackmail material or receive retribution, but Pornhub has made the process of requesting videos be taken down much faster and easier than ever before.

Pornography has been the subject of much debate long before the invention of the Internet. Opinions are largely divided today on whether pornography influences unhealthy attitudes about sex in both genders. Former porn stars and anti-pornography fem-

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Pornhub is creating new policies to prevent the exploitation of “revenge porn.” inists have claimed that pornography oppresses women, stating actors are often forced to perform non-consensual acts during their shoots. On the other hand, sex-positive feminists believe some instances of

porn should be considered a symbol of female empowerment and sexual freedom instead.

Consent, though widely preached on college campuses and in social media campaigns, is an area

steeped in ambiguity in pornography. It can be difficult to tell which acts are consensual and which aren’t on camera, and exploitation of non-consensual sexual encounters happens frequently

online.

Though someone may give consent to have sex with someone and be recorded at the time, giving consent to share recorded sex acts with others are two entirely different matters.

Unfortunately, the latter is infrequently addressed among college students.

Pornographic images and videos shared between two people in confidence have proven to be nearly impossible to remove from the vast expanses of the Internet in the past and have the potential to ruin chances at future successful careers and relationships.

In a generation where everything we do is published online, having autonomy over published images of one’s body should be guaranteed to every Internet user. Pornhub’s new feature sets the standard in promoting consent by allowing users the right to be forgotten while employing stricter limitations on porn consumption in the process. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Star Trolls: Media gives in to Internet trolls’ pranks kody goff columnist @retrosyk

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you know about the upcoming release of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” The next installment of the famous franchise has made promising headlines for a while now, but the most recent Star Wars news story is disheartening to fans of all ages.

Internet users are calling for a boycott of the new film, claiming it promotes “anti-white” sentiments because the movie has chosen to feature a highly diverse mix of actors. This whole story is patently idiotic, but not for the immediately obvious reason.

One of the film’s main protagonists, Finn, is portrayed by John Boyega, a relatively new rising star from Britain. Boyega happens to be of African descent, and the vast majority of Star Wars fans have absolutely no qualms with this fact. Why should they? Diversity has seen a steady increase in film for years with no major outcry. So why are some Twitter users suddenly protesting this movie on grounds of it being anti-white? I speculate it is because these people are committing the age-old act of trolling.

“Trolling” in an Internet context is quite sim-

“Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens” has been a subject of controversy over its diverse cast. ple. One person - the troll - advocates for a position in direct opposition of another person’s opinion in order to deliberately spur the onset of other users’ impassioned and inflammatory comments. You could even call trolls an extreme online form of “devil’s advocate” pranksters, as many trolls deliberately spout incomprehensibly stupid views about reality simply to get a reaction

from gullible users. Trolls mean no actual harm and are just contrarians who push people’s buttons for fun.

One user’s tweet, “#BoycottStarWarsVII because it is anti-white propaganda promoting #whitegenocide,” sounds far too against current social norms to be true. While I admit this certainly isn’t enough evidence to dismiss the issue’s seriousness, I ask

the reader to take a look through Twitter: Tweets featuring the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII staunchly opposing the boycott far outnumber those actually in favor of it. Could it possibly be because this level of public outcry was the desired result?

If this is true, then news coverage of this story has completely missed the mark. All major media outlets are decrying those par-

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ticipating in the “protest” as racists and bigots. While those supposedly in favor of the boycott are deliberately using racist rhetoric, I don’t believe they are the least bit serious in their intent. Hear me out: I’m not condoning the use of racist terms in the media simply because it’s meant in jest. I only ask the reader to consider the possibility that the media’s response to these trolls is precisely what they

want.

Mainstream news media has never been very adept at reporting on Internet subcultures and communities. Their historically awful representation of Anonymous and 4chan, clumsy use of hashtags and Internet memes and constant mischaracterization of online gamers have all become the substance of endless mockery. Because of this, when these outlets use the word “troll,” it is more often translated as “anonymous hate-monger” more often than the more appropriate “slightly immature provocateur.”

There is a saying online that states, “Don’t feed the Trolls.” It’s a simple thought containing far more meaning than one might suspect. The best way to deal with harassers and haters is to simply ignore them.

This may not always work at first, and trolls may pull even more extreme stunts in retaliation. However, as with everything, eventually their chatter will disappear and fall on the next controversial subject instead.

What these particular trolls have said concerning “Episode VII” might seem harmful on the surface, and I won’t deny the fact that there may well be actual racist idiots among them. However, I believe a cursory glance over the hashtag on Twitter will reveal many more clowns than klansmen. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Limiting the political influence of “Big Money” in future campaigns emily torbett columnist @emilytorbsda

Bernie Sanders made headlines across the country earlier this week when he refused a campaign donation from the infamous Big Pharma C.E.O. Martin Shkreli. Shkreli has recently skyrocketed to “super villain” status in the eyes of the public after his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the prescription drug Daraprim and promptly hiked its price upward by 4,000 percent. Daraprim is currently the only available treatment of a rare parasitic infection, and the cost to patients has risen from $13.50 to $750 per tablet.

After Shkreli went public on his personal Twitter account with the news that he’d donated an undisclosed amount in exchange for a one-on-one meeting with the candidate, Sanders was quick to announce he would not only turn down the meeting, but also reject Shkreli’s donation, choosing instead

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Bernie Sanders has demonstrated he isn’t interested in being bought out by Big Pharma executives. to donate the funds to the Whitman-Walker Health Clinic in Washington. “We are not keeping the money from this poster boy for drug company greed,” said campaign spokesman Michael Briggs in a quote from Salon.

Sanders, the self-described “democratic socialist,” is not only an advocate for lowering the cost of prescription drugs by requir-

ing Medicare to negotiate for cheaper prices and allowing the importation of drugs from Canada, but is also an adamant proponent for campaign finance reform.

While this particular donation has become the subject of national controversy, it raises questions about the types of people choosing to donate large amounts of money to candidates of

their choice in the upcoming presidential election.

In 2010, the historic Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission secured the right of billiondollar corporations and the wealthiest Americans to spend unlimited and undisclosed amounts of money to finance elections and essentially purchase our elected officials.

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While Wall Street, Big Pharma and other big money organizations have poured money into our political system in exchange for influence and favor for years, the problem has grown to near-epidemic proportions. In the upcoming 2016 election alone, the billionaire Koch brothers plan to spend nearly $900 million dollars on candidates’ campaigns.

Such massive and rampant political spending is not only a threat to the interests of the middle and lower classes of the United States, but is also a threat to our democracy as a whole. It has created an oligarchical system where the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans are able to influence policy in their favor. They have rigged the system to such an extent that they are on pace to hold more wealth by the end of the year than the rest of the 99 percent combined.

As the gap between the wealthiest and poorest Americans grows wider, discontent with the current unchecked system continues to spread.

With the 2016 presidential election projected to be the most cash-laden in history, there has never been a better time to examine the true extent to which big money has rigged the election game. Public support for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United has never been greater, and now is the most opportune time to advocate in its favor. daperspectives@mail.wvu.ed

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MBGC looks to WVU stars for ‘Day of Play’ hannah harless A&e writer @dailyathenaeum

The Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club joined forces with West Virginia University’s star athletes to host a mini Day of Play event for local Morgantown children.

The Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club is a nonprofit organization established in Morgantown, West Virginia which aims to instill a sense of belonging, endowment, value and guidance in children in the community who are at home with no adult care or supervision.

The Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club regularly offers club programs and services to improve the quality of life for the children in Morgantown to ensure that they have the opportunity to engage in positive recreational activities while building healthy relationships with peers and program volunteers. The Club currently serves more than 250 children in the area.

“I usually come here every school day I have and usually during the summers. I usually put my bookbag away and play games in the game room,” said 7-year-old Eric Jones.

“I have a lot of friends here.”

The mini Day of Play event, which occurredMonday at the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club facility, was organized to promote the “Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer ” annual spring event. The organization teamed up with WVU Strategic Communications students and WVU star athletes from the football, basketball, soccer and dance teams to put the event together.

“There were many steps in getting this event organized. We worked closely

with the Once a Mountaineer, Always a Mountaineer group in getting certain contacts and other funds in order to bring this event to life,” said Courtney Brooks, a strategic communications student.

“Outside of that, it was a lot of planning and constant emailing back and forth in order to confirm appearances.”

The Day of Play event featured an activity camp, which included stations with football and basketball drills, Simon Says, a push-up challenge and tag. Children also enjoyed playing on the playground equipment with their role models on and off the field.

“I just love being out here with the kids and seeing them smile. I think this event is important because everyone sees us and idolizes us as some sort of celebrities. It’s nice to show them that we’re just regular people who happen to play a sport, to dance and do whatever we do. We just wanted to come out here and do what we can,” said WVU cornerback Terrell Chesnut.

The goal of the event was to promote healthy lifestyles as well as positive life choices among students at the Boys and Girls Club, all while having a little fun. Forty local Morgantown children participated in the event, having a blast meeting some of their biggest idols and their peers. The children grinned from ear to ear as they clinged to each other.

“I just loved playing with the little kids, they looked like they were having so much fun. We really wanted to encourage them to go outside and be active.

It was nice spending time with children of the community,” said WVU dance team member Kylie Frame. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Amanda Stoner, the president of the Sierra Student Coalition, heads the group meeting at Oglebay Hall.

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Dedicated to protecting wild and wonderful West Virginia, WVU’s Sierra Student Coalition does a lot more than hugging trees.

The club is an official branch of the National Sierra Student Coalition, a broad network designed to train, empower and organize youth to run effective campaigns that result in tangible environmental victories and develop leaders for the environmental movement. Established in 1991, the student-led chapter of the Sierra Club carries on the long legacy of protecting American wildlife.

With successes ranging from helping to pass the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act to preserving millions of acres of wilderness, the organization’s environmental reputation has been upheld for over a century.

Applying the original concepts, WVU’s Sierra Student Coalition provides an outlet for students interested in discovering activism opportunities.

“We get the student body engaged through advocacy awareness and outreach campaigns to communicate with the state and the federal government and our community about environmental issues that affect our day-to-day life,” said SSC President Amanda Stoner, a junior International Studies and Geography

student at WVU. Although the club meets weekly on campus, most of the projects require off-campus attendance.

Recently, the SSC traveled to a federal hearing in Pittsburgh to voice concerns and support the proposed Stream Protection Rule, which will ultimately protect the affected waterways in West Virginia.

“The SSC has done multiple outreach events to raise awareness about critical issues concerning the environment such as mountaintop removal, the Keystone XL pipeline and the multiple bills that are in legislation,” said SSC Vice President Rebecca Speer, a senior Psychology student at WVU. “We also do biannual tree planting events to try and make a positive impact on the environment that future generations can be proud of.”

On Nov. 1, members of the SSC will participate in “Clean-Up Day.” By picking up trash downtown and recycling items with the help of fraternities, sororities and other student organizations, the environmental deed will not only benefit the University but extend to the surrounding community.

Members of the organization are given the opportunity to hike, ski and camp in the beautiful West Virginia wilderness.

“I love the SSC, and I’m very passionate about the environment,” Stoner said. “I think it’s important that we recognize how heavily we de-

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The West Virginia University Sierra Student Coalition convene on Monday night inside Oglebay Hall to discuss various agenda topics pertinent to the group. pend on the earth’s natural resources and the effects that human activity can have on the earth’s natural amenities and ecological services. It is crucial that we are good stewards of the earth and protect its precious resources for future generations. The SSC is a really fun organization to be a part of, and I love going on outings and adventures with my fellow SSC members.”

For those looking to get involved in the SSC, students are encouraged to attend one of the weekly meetings at 7 p.m. on Monday in Oglebay Hall. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Shakespeare gets new life in ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ musical mel smith

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Prepare to be humming tunes on the way home after seeing the musical “Kiss Me, Kate!” this weekend at the Creative Arts Center at West Virginia University.

The musical is a modern twist of the Shakespeare classic “The Taming of the Shrew,” featuring music

by Cole Porter. Known as one of the most delightful musical comedies of the American theatre, “Kiss Me, Kate!” opens Thursday evening and is playing until Sunday. The musical will be showcased in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre of the WVU Creative Arts Center.

“Kiss Me, Kate!” is a show set in the 1940s about the premiere of the musical “The Taming of the Shrew,” portraying the conflict on and off stage between the show’s director, producer and star Fred Graham and his leading lady and exwife, Lilli Vanessi. Other conflicts between opposing sexes spiral through the plot of this musical, creating a battle of the sexes that makes the production comical. Popular songs from the production include “Too Darn Hot” and “So in Love.” The orig-

M.F.A. acting students Cassandra Hackbart and Rick Mugrage as Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham star in ‘Kiss Me, Kate.’ inal production has won a the show before it was cast. and spectacular lights and Amber Steffey, a WVU sound… It’s incredible,” Tony Award for Best Musical and has run for more sophomore and the pro- Steffey said. “The technical than 1,000 performances duction stage manager elements are only thrown on Broadway. for the show, is looking in the weekend before the Students of the West Vir- forward to seeing the full opening, so to see the show ginia University School of product come to life on- go from an empty room to Theatre and Dance have stage since she has been the grand spectacle that worked on production for a part of the process from people get to come see is this musical since the end day one. amazing.”

“I look forward to the of the spring semester. EvThe cast has conducted eryone involved in the pro- full product. Watching a full-cast script readings duction is a WVU professor show come together from and research on slang or student. The production scratch, just a script and terms and cultural events crew as a whole decided on some ideas, to a grand that occurred in the 1940s a vision and direction for set, fantastic costumes and ‘50s. Cassie Hack-

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bart, a first-year graduate student pursuing an MFA in acting, is the leading lady of the musical, otherwise known as Lilli Vanessi. Hackbart worked with a Shakespearean vocal coach who helped precisely interpret the character of Lilli through practice.

Hackbart is eager about her experience with her vocal coach.

“I feel like Shakespeare is one of my biggest challengers as an actor,” Hack-

bart said. “To be thrown into a show with ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ written in as well was rather daunting, but having that coaching to help me interpret the Shakespearean vernacular was such a big help.”

Hackbart is looking forward to presenting the Morgantown community with her very own version of Lilli Vanessi. She is following the footsteps of many famous actresses who have played the same role, but Hackbart believes none of them have had the same experience as she has, and she is enthusiastic to show that to the world.

“Audiences should expect to be sucked into the over-the-top set pieces, costumes and characters of the Shakespearean playwithin-a-play, as well as the bombastic, post-World War II era of the 1940s. They should expect to be humming the catchy tunes on the way home,” Hackbart said.

Tickets can be bought at the WVU Box Office or online on Ticketmaster for $25. The show opens at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Creative Arts Center.

For more information, visit http://theatre.wvu.edu/ our-season/kiss-me-kate. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia Folklore: Mothman and eerie spirits in Harpers Ferry ally litten

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The wild and wonderful state of West Virginia is known for its haunted history.

In this history lies folk tales that have been passed through generations. Many West Virginians can remember growing up and listening to their grandparents tell old tales about the local community.

One of the most famous

West Virginia folktales is the story of Mothman.

The first sighting was reported in November 1966.

Five men were preparing a grave in a cemetery in Clendenin when a dark, birdlike human suddenly flew over the trees and past the mens’ heads.

A few days later, two young couples had a runin with this mysterious creature. While driving past an old factory in Point Pleasant, the couples saw a large human-like figure that suddenly took off flying and followed their

car to Point Pleasant city limits.

The same evening, a man in Salem heard a strange sound coming from outside. The man and his dog went out to the yard and saw an unusual sight by his barn. Piercing red eyes were staring through the dark of night at the man. His dog, Bandit, took off after the beast and was never seen again.

The tale even made it to the big screen in the 2002 movie “The Mothman Prophecies,” star-

ring Richard Gere, and the 2010 film, “Mothman.”

Another infamous folktale is the story of Screaming Jenny, a poor young woman who lived in Harpers Ferry. Living alone in a small shack by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Jenny did not have anything or anyone.

One evening, Jenny was sitting by her small fire when her skirt suddenly burst into flames. Panicked, Jenny ran outside to get someone’s attention. Running toward the train station, Jenny stag-

gered into the train tracks and was suddenly hit by an oncoming train. Jenny did not survive the fire nor the collision.

A few weeks later, a train was coming around the bend toward the train station. Suddenly, the engineer saw a burning figure on the tracks, but it was too late to stop. After plowing over the ball of fire, the engineer stopped the train and ran toward the person. However, when he got off the train, the glowing person was gone.

Sightings such as these

have been told throughout the years. Buried in an unmarked grave in town, Jenny is known for haunting the town of Harpers Ferry still today. As the tales tell it, she comes out onto the tracks, hoping and waiting for someone to save her.

These are just two of our great state’s infamous folklore stories. For more tales like these, ask around. You never know what stories lie in the Appalachian hills of West Virginia. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Cheap, easy last-minute Halloween costumes jillian clemente a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

College is filled with last-minute decisions, from papers to plans to Halloween costumes. In that last-minute crunch to create the perfect witty costume, here are some ideas to help that process along. Some require small purchases, but others are just using everyday objects.

Cat Ears: A staple costume idea for women, it can be jazzed up in a variety of ways. Be a cat burglar by adding black eye makeup and a nifty hat. Turn it into a metaphor by adding an umbrella - say it’s raining cats and dogs. This also lends itself to being a couple’s costume, with the partner wearing dog ears or mouse ears.

Flannel: Don a coonskin cap and become the Mountaineer.

Grab a roll of Brawny paper towels and become that brand’s mascot. Wear

a straw hat and some overalls and become a farmer, pitchfork optional. And for girls, be Pippy Longstocking with overalls and red hair spray. Don’t be afraid to twist open a wire hanger and thread that through the pigtails, either.

White T-Shirt: Be the guy from Taylor Swift’s “Style.” Write on a bar code, say you’re a library book and people can check you out. Glue on a variety of coins to accompany an artist’s name (50 Cent, Nickelback, etc.) or M&M’s to be Eminem.

Write the word “Great” on it and carry around a pumpkin to be The Great Pumpkin.

Shoe box: Put a picture of Dick Cheney in it and wear the box around your neck, hanging in the front. Or, put some junk in it and wear it hanging in the back.

Makeup: Red lipstick paired with a denim shirt and red bandana leads to Rosie the Riviter. Bright colors and

sparkles lead to fairies pair with an old formal dress. The bright Halloween makeup can transform a face into a candy skull, and there are a plethora of tutorials online.

Red Polo Shirt: Ron Swanson. Accompany with your choice of meat. And stick to a natural stache - you don’t want to look like Tammy One is coming after your money.

Red Striped Shirt: Where’s Waldo, glasses optional.

Other easy finds: Trash Bag: Stuff it with balloons and tie it around your body to look like a gumball machine.

Cereal Box: Serial killer.

But the pun is the real thing to slay here.

Paint Samples : “50 Shades of Gray.” Or whatever color you choose, really. It all depends on what you wanted to paint your apartment.

Red scarf and overcoat: John Bender from “The Breakfast Club.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

A bandana and blue shirt makes an easy Rosie the Riviter costume.

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‘Star Wars’ fans clamor for tickets, wonder where is Luke LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of fans cried out in joy after they saw the latest trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” but it also left more than a few wondering where Luke Skywalker has been during all the marketing.

Twitter said there were more than 17,000 tweets a minute when the trailer aired Monday night and over 1.1 million tweets since then.

Facebook reported that 1.3 million people had 2.1 million interactions related to “Star Wars” within the first hour of the trailer screening. Even Mark Zuckerberg commented on the official fan page, writing “this looks amazing. I love Star Wars.”

It didn’t take a Jedi to no-

tice that Luke Skywalker was missing from the promo.

The ads have focused mainly on new characters such as Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s Finn. But the clips also have strategically teased out the return of original characters such as Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia.

Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker is nowhere to be seen - in full at least.

Fans have heard Luke’s voice and seen what is presumed to be his gloved hand on R2-D2, but his conspicuous absence from the most recent trailer and the official poster had many Twitter users asking #whereisluke and wondering what that means for his character.

Director J.J. Abrams is

somewhat notorious for keeping the plots to his films under wraps, and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has been no different.

The 2-minute, 35-second spot debuted during ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” halftime and was made available online immediately after. Overnight ratings for the game show a definite viewing spike during halftime, suggesting that many tuned in solely for the trailer, not the Giants-Eagles game.

Tickets for the “The Force Awakens,” out Dec. 18, went on sale earlier Monday, causing sites like Fandango and MovieTickets. com to experience intermittent crashes as a result of demand.

The initial fervor has dis-

sipated, though, and sites seemed to be back up and running and getting fans their tickets. AMC theaters are also selling tickets for 39 “Star Wars” marathon events, where they will be showing all seven films on Dec. 17.

Sellouts have been reported for many of the Thursday night preview showings of the latest chapter. AMC alone sold out 1,000 shows in less than 12 hours but also noted that there are still nearly 4 million tickets available for opening weekend.

Ticketing sites tend to keep specifics about actual sales secret. MovieTickets. com did reveal, however, that “The Force Awakens” had accounted for a whopping 95 percent of

sales on the site in 24 hours.

Fandango experienced unprecedented demand for tickets as well.

They’ve already sold eight times as many tickets as they had for their previous record holder, “The Hunger Games.”

“Movie theaters are continually adding new show times on Fandango to meet the phenomenal demand,” a Fandango company statement said.

Viral marketing movies Misty Copeland’s career is really just beginning LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood is counting on you and your Instagram to help promote its latest movies. If you “Peanutized” your profile pic with “The Peanuts Movie” app or declared yourself Straight Outta Somewhere when “Straight Outta Compton” hit theaters, you’re playing along perfectly.

The personalized meme is the entertainment industry’s latest marketing tool. It works by enlisting fans to spread awareness about new movies by integrating ads with shareable selfies.

The “Star Wars” app, for example, lets you pose for photos with Yoda. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2” app, available later this month, allows users to apply outlandish virtual makeup like the film’s colorful Capitol residents. An interactive site for “The Last Witch Hunter” invites guests to witch-ify their photos.

“Social media has become a channel where we share things about our own lives, so marketers very cleverly have asked the next question, which is: how can we get consumers to care about our products in a way that makes it about their own lives?” said marketing consultant Dorie Clark. “And to the extent they’re able to do that, they’re able to create fun, viral phenomena.”

By making the images personal, fans don’t experience that hard-sell feeling.

“As an individual, you risk looking like a shill if you’re just passing on ads for no good reason,” Clark said.

“But when studios come out with innovative campaigns that allow you to somehow personalize an element of the movie to yourself, it becomes sharing about you rather than sharing about the movie.”

Yet every time someone posts one of these personalized images, their friends and followers are also reminded of the film.

“It keeps a movie in the minds of potential moviegoers, and that’s a very valuable thing,” said Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com.

Movie memes work as a complement to traditional trailers, he said: “It keeps the brand alive after the momentum of a trailer might have died down a little bit.”

Some six million people personalized and downloaded the Straight Outta Somewhere meme in the first week it was online. The simple website allowed users to add any city and photo to N.W.A.’s famous albumcover logo, then instantly download and share the image. “Compton” went on to top the box office for three consecutive weeks.

Millions of unique Peanuts characters have been created since the “Peanutize Me” app launched last month. Users of the site can customize a Peanut by choosing the character’s hairstyle, skin color, outfit and accessories. Fox plans to update the site this week with Halloween-themed content to continue building buzz for the film’s Nov. 6 release.

All kinds of advertising, not just movie apps, are getting more personalized, Clark said.

“With the rise of big data, companies know far more about their customers, both in general and at a very granular level,” she said, “so the ability to personalize... is going to be an increasing part of everything we do.”

Coca-Cola tried out the trend with its personalizedcan campaign. Consumers can also personalize their own Vans, Adidas and Nike shoes on those companies’ websites.

And while moviegoers might be faced with a glut of film-related photo apps as studios scramble to replicate the success of Straight Outta Somewhere, Clark said “personalization fundamentally is here to stay.”

“You can imagine horror movies where you’re inserting yourself into a GIF and get your own head bitten off by a monster,” she said. “You can imagine a moody, foreign film where you can create a cool image of yourself being seduced by the leading man or glamorous heroine. There are a lot of directions this can go.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has already achieved a crossover pop culture fame that few dancers could ever hope to have.

She’s a best-selling author, a celebrity spokesperson, and a role model. In just the last five months, she’s appeared in a Broadway show, presented at the Tonys, danced on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and attended a White House state dinner. And now she’s in the movies the subject of “A Ballerina’s Tale,” a new documentary

by Nelson George.

And yet, Copeland on Wednesday begins just her first season as a principal ballerina with American Ballet Theatre. “I do feel that my career really is just now beginning,” she says, laughing at how incongruous that sounds.

The offers and opportunities keep coming - but no matter the distractions, one thing comes first, she says.

“I’ve never sacrificed a ballet class, I’ve never sacrificed a rehearsal, and that will NEVER happen,” Copeland said in an interview last week, scheduled on a Monday because that’s the only day she can ever take off from her ABT duties.

“It’s not a hard balance. The dance is always first.”

It’s been less than four months since Copeland, now 33, made dance history by becoming the first female African-American principal dancer in ABT’s 75-year history. That came just days after her widely covered New York debut in the ultimate ballerina role, Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake.” It’s a famously demanding role for any ballerina, but for Copeland, it was that much tougher because the world was watching.

From a purely dance perspective, it’s clear she wishes she’d had a little time to quietly grow into the role.

“I clearly am in a different position when I make these debuts and all the critics are coming,” she says, somewhat wistfully.

“That doesn’t happen to

most dancers on their debuts, that they’re being critiqued like that. It’s a very interesting position to be in.”

There was another challenge, too, one that hardly anyone watching that historic performance was aware of. Copeland was still feeling the effects of surgery she had in 2012 to repair six stress fractures in her left tibia. It was a career-threatening injury; she’s still not 100 percent.

“It’s been three years and I’m still not jumping fully,” Copeland says. “I mean, 32 fouettes (whipping turns) in ‘Swan Lake’ are on my surgery leg, and still today it’s a struggle. It’s so painful.” But there’s a reason the public didn’t know about her injury, Copeland says: “We’re not MEANT to expose those things. We’re on stage presenting this beautiful, effortless experience for the audience.”

George met Copeland at her 2012 debut in “Firebird,” a huge leap in her career at the time. Backstage afterward, though, Copeland confessed she was in terrible pain, and she had to pull out of later performances. Once she’d had her surgery, George suggested a film that would chronicle her struggle.

“I saw it as this unique window into an artist’s life,” George says, “when they’re coming from a period of great heights, to go down and pick themselves back up.”

They began shooting as Copeland attended one of her first post-surgery ballet classes, clearly nervous and unsteady. The film also includes footage of Copeland’s first post-surgery guest performance, with a small company in Brooklyn. She performed the “Dying Swan” solo, and she’s the first to say she wasn’t at her best.

“It’s so hard to watch!”

Copeland says now. “But it was just something I had to do, for my own sanity and confidence. Nelson captured these moments where I knew I wasn’t going to be happy with ... and

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Misty Copeland has achieved crossover fame as a dancer.

I wasn’t.”

An obvious perfectionist, Copeland also worried about the deal the audience was getting. “Why am I putting people through this?” she says she wondered at the time. “They don’t know that I’ve gone through this surgery, and this may be the first time and the last time they will see me perform.”

The film, which opened in New York last week and goes into wider release on Oct. 23, also touches, not surprisingly, on the obstacles - including loneliness and self-doubt - that Copeland experienced as she rose through the ranks in the heavily white environment of classical dance. She comments early in the film that some people think she focuses too much on her race - on the fact that she is not just a ballerina, but a black ballerina.

“It’s true,” she says now.

“It’s brought up to me all the time that I focus too much on that, that art isn’t about that, and you don’t see color in art. But so much of the accomplishment that I have is that I’m a black ballerina. It wouldn’t BE the accomplishment that it is if I were just another girl who happened to have bigger breasts and was made a principal dancer!

It’s the fact that I am an African-American woman that makes it a feat.”

Though Copeland is undeniably thrilled to be a principal dancer, there is, she notes, a down side: You dance less, because there are many principals vying for the few starring roles.

“It’s kind of a scary thought: in the rest of my career, if that’s 10 years, I may have 20 ‘Swan Lakes’ and that’s it,” she says.

For now, Copeland needs to dance as much as she can, and fit in the rest when possible. Her twoweek Broadway run with “On the Town” evoked misery at first - she felt unprepared - and then great enjoyment. George predicts she’ll be back on Broadway soon. Copeland says no, she’s only thinking about ballet - where you can’t cut corners, no matter you who are.

“There’s no, like, I’m gonna go off and be this celebrity and then I’ll come in and do this performance,” she notes. “It just doesn’t work that way. And the company, they could care less if Jay Z wants me to come and perform at his concert! Their focus is putting on the best performers and performances they can.”

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk.

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Across 1 Punch kin 4 Refuse 9 Debussy’s sea 12 __ Scotia 14 Makes arrangements for 15 Chopper 16 Three-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee 18 Sleep phase initials 19 1990s Polish president 20 Ocean State sch.

21 California’s __ Valley 22 Master thespian’s skill 25 Pretentious sort 27 Used Grecian Formula on 28 Uses for a fee 29 Civil War nickname 30 Artist’s shade 31 “La Bamba” actor Morales 33 Burroughs’ feral child 35 Welcomes to one’s home 39 Actress Sommer 41 Sets for binge watchers 42 Rapid-fire weapon 43 Fireplace piece 46 Maker of Air Zoom sneakers 48 Eyewear, in ads 49 Brew produced without pesticides 52 Regatta implements 53 Shout of support 54 Burglars’ concerns 57 Former AT&T rival 58 “One Thousand and One Nights” transport 60 See 62-Across 61 Endless, poetically 62 With 60-Across, big name in desserts 63 Harris and Asner 64 Gave the wrong idea 65 Duplicates, briefly ... and a hint to 16-, 22-, 49- and 58-Across Down 1 Once again 2 Latina toon explorer 3 Superhero’s nemesis 4 Long Island Iced __: cocktail 5 Public stature 6 Not sidesaddle 7 Hard to arouse 8 Sweetie pie 9 Ohio county or its seat 10 Not obliged to pay

11 Neglectful 13 Harsh 14 Focus of an annual 26-Down contest 17 Jefferson Davis was its only pres.

21 Mideast chieftain 23 Reply to Bligh 24 Ill-mannered 25 Convened 26 Hoops gp.

30 Drummer Alex Van __ 32 Avoid embarrassment 34 Epsilon followers 36 Large political spending org.

37 Ending with civil or social 38 Put the kibosh on 40 Behind bars 41 Ring result, briefly 43 Help in many a search 44 Like many violent films 45 Goes with the flow 47 Asian MLB outfielder with a record 10 consecutive 200-hit seasons 48 Craftsman retailer

50 Really boiling 51 Jeb Bush’s st.

55 Cougar maker, for short 56 Dots on a subway map: Abbr.

58 Voice legend Blanc 59 Channel founded by Turner

Tuesday’S puzzle solved

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Sear, Renwick step up at Intercollegiate

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia goalkeeper Alec Boerner carries the ball away from goal during a game against Western Michigan last week.

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WVU loses lead, falls 3-2 in overtime at Princeton

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @dAILYATHENAEUM

Freshman Alec Boerner’s stellar 11-save effort wouldn’t send WVU back to .500.

Pr inceton’s (6-4-2) game-winning goal in double overtime sent the West Virginia University men’s soccer team (6-8) home in disappointing fashion, handing them their second straight defeat in a 3-2 thriller.

“We had two leads, and unfortunately with four minutes and change left, we didn’t close the game out,” said WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc in an interview with wvusports. com.

Then with two minutes left in overtime, an unfortunate error resulted in a free tap into the box.

After Mike Desiderio lifted WVU to a 2-1 lead in the 86th minute,

it appeared that the game would result in a Mountaineer victory. Instead, Princeton had an answer of its own just 19 seconds later.

Thomas Sanner capitalized on his 11th shot of the evening, knotting the score up at two apiece, with his effort coming within inches from another save from Alec Boerner.

Sanner’s 11 shots added to a Princeton offense striking at every opportunity that came its way.

Princeton outshot WVU 26-11, including a 14-9 advantage in shots on goal.

Over the past two games, opponents have outshot WVU 42-26 and mustered out wins in the latter stages of the contests. Friday’s loss to Buffalo resulted after the Mountaineers surrendered two goals in the final 20 minutes.

Ryan Cain tallied the other Mountaineer goal, giving them an early 1-0

advantage in the sixth minute. However, Princeton would again answer back with a score of its own, evening things up at 1-1.

Cain’s goal was his sixth of the season, tying senior Jamie Merriam for the team-high. They’ve combined for 26 points, becoming two of the three players on the roster to have double-digit point totals.

Boerner’s injury scare early in the second half was much ado about nothing, and he came back in, to replace junior Daniel Diaz after missing nearly 11 minutes of action. Following a dive into the post, Boerner was taken to the sideline.

Diaz didn’t need to record a save during Boerner’s stint on the bench, aided by tremendous defensive play throughout his time at the net. But his ability to successfully re-

place Boerner for a brief stint showcased the rare depth at one of the sport’s most important positions.

Another test to WVU’s schedule awaits at Bowling Green on Saturday, topping off the three-game road trip. Bowling Green enters with an 0-2 record in MAC play, suffering one-point losses to Northern Illinois and Western Michigan.

The last time the two squared off, Bowling Green earned a 3-2 overtime victory to end WVU’s season in the MAC semifinals and end its hopes at an NCAA Tournament berth.

“We have to recover quickly and get ready for Bowling Green,” LeBlanc said. “The guys battled hard tonight, but it literally came down to an unfortunate mistake in the back that cost us the result tonight.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Nestled deep in the rolling hills of Appalachia, 14 schools from all over the Midwest and East Coast met to compete in the West Virginia University men’s golf team’s inaugural Mountaineer Intercollegiate at Pete Dye Golf Club. Despite a rough showing on the first day of play, the Mountaineers were able to rebound on day two to finish the tournament in 10th place with a team score of 31-over 607.

The tournament teed off Monday morning with a “musket” start rather than the usual shotgun start, thanks to a special appearance from the Mountaineer Mascot.

Overall, head coach Sean Covich was satisfied with how the tournament ended up playing out.

“It seems like everyone really enjoyed themselves, all the teams,” Covich said. “Everyone was very impressed with Pete Dye, and I am very impressed with how the staff ran the golf tournament.”

The par-72, 7,098-yard course certainly lived up to expectations about its difficulty, as none of the teams competing tallied a total round under par over the two rounds of play. In fact, of the 79 players competing, only five finished under par at the conclusion of the tournament. The back nine, especially the stretch of 16, 17 and 18, really hurt the Mountaineers, as they gave away a number of bogeys, double bogeys and even triple bogeys during the closing stretch of the golf course.

Expecting the moisture and cold temperatures in the days leading up to the tournament to slow the speed of the course down, the Mountaineers were not prepared when the opposite occurred. Even with mornings of frost and dew, by midday the course dried up quickly and the greens were playing much faster than the players anticipated. The speed of the greens only contributed to the overall difficulty the Mountaineers faced.

“We know the golf course, but it was firm and fast, more so than what we are used to,” Covich said. “After we got that hard freeze, the greens were really firm and fast. We were not used to that. I think we were even in shock because the putts were rolling

out three, four, five feet faster than normal. That affects your putting, affects your chipping and affects your approach shots. I think that may have hurt us a little bit.”

Freshman Max Sear looked like he was going to continue the tear he has been on in the last couple weeks, as he spent the majority of the opening round in the top five on the leaderboard, but a disappointing double-bogey finish on the 17th and 18th holes dropped him down the leaderboard and out of the top five. Unfortunately, his struggles continued into the second round, and he finished with a 4-over 148 to tie for 10th.

Senior captain Easton Renwick struggled in the first round, shooting a 7-over 79. Renwick, along with Sear, had been one of the team’s best and most consistent players thus far this season.

Renwick managed to reverse his fortunes in the second round, however, and shot one of the best rounds of the tournament with a 3-under 69 that allowed him to climb 46 spots up the leaderboard and finish tied for 10th with Sear.

Junior Chris Williams had a solid start but struggled in round two as he finished 9-over 153 for a tie for 37th.

After some decent performances the last couple tournaments, sophomore Avery Schneider fought through back-to-back 79s to finish tied for 60th, while junior Alan Cooke struggled to find his game as he finished tied for 69th with a 17-over 161.

One of the perks of being the host team is that the whole roster can compete in the event, even if they aren’t listed in the “starting five.”

Senior Mason Short took advantage of the opportunity and managed to finish tied for 31st, along with freshman teammate Cole Hand. Both tallied scores of 8-over 152. Sophomore Tae Wan Lee shot a 10-over 154 to finish tied for 43rd. Jon Ransone and Tristan Nicholls really struggled, as Ransone shot a 21-over 165, and Nicholls shot a 27-over 171 to finish tied for 75th and 77th, respectively.

To conclude the fall season, the Mountaineers will travel to Vero Beach, Florida to compete in the Quail Valley Intercollegiate from Oct. 26-27. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

volleyball

West Virginia looks to end losing skid at Iowa State by nicole curtin & Johnna herbig sports staff @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University volleyball team is back on the road to take on the Iowa State Cyclones tonight. The Mountaineers are coming into this game with an overall record of 5-14 and are coming off of a 3-0 loss to Baylor.

“We had a couple good days of practice,” said head coach Reed Sunahara. “That kind of led us into the first set where we did some really nice things. The energy was good, we were up 21-16, then we had a meltdown. We have

to retain our focus and that level of execution, and it has to be high all the time. If we can do that, we can play with any team. “ Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery had 13 kills against Baylor, carrying the team’s offense. Freshman outside hitter Bridgett Talia followed with seven. Junior setter Haley Roe led the defense with seven digs, contributing to the team’s overall 22.

On the other hand, Iowa State enters the match after defeating the TCU Horned Frogs last week, 3-1. The Cyclones are 11-6 so far this season, with a 4-2 Big 12 record.

Freshman outside hitter Jess Schaben was the team’s leading player with 16 kills.

Red shirt junior outside hitter Morgan Kuhrt followed behind her with 12 while Samara West had 11 kills and Alexis Conoway posted 10.

Senior libero Caitlin Nolan completed her seventh 30dig match and also her 35th straight match in double digits.

Sophomore libero Branen Berta helped the defense by posting 15 digs herself, followed by junior outside hitter Ciara Capezio and sophomore setter Monique Harris, both getting 10 digs.

This is the first time these

two teams have met since 2014. In last season’s first matchup, Iowa State took a 3-1 win at home; they returned to Morgantown in early November for another win this time a 3-0 shut-out.

Schaben is really succeeding in her freshman year on the Cyclones; she leads the team and ranks sixth in the Big 12 in kills per set, averaging 3.23. So far she has tallied 197 kills for the offense, but she isn’t alone on the attack. Capezio has posted 129 kills this season, averaging 2.58 kills per set, and middle blocker Samara West has scored 2.37 per set, with a season total of 128 so far.

While defending these hitters might be one of the biggest challenges West Virginia faces tonight, it also has the issue of attacking errors from its own players.

Montgomery has been leading the offense all season. With 266 total kills, she averages 3.8 per set and is third in the Big 12 for kills overall. Junior middle blocker Hannah Shreve usually puts down some important kills in any match and will probably need to do so tonight, while also trying to stop ISU’s West from her conference-leading hitting percentage.

Errors seem to be haunt-

ing the Mountaineers this year and will have to be continuously improved upon.

As the leading scorer, Montgomery has racked up 141 errors on the net this year.

Giving Iowa State those free points and the ball back on its side of the net will make it that much easier for the Cyclones to take the win again.

West Virginia could surely use one now to break its losing streak.

Tonight’s match begins at 6 p.m. Eastern time, and fans can keep up with the live stream at http://cyclones. com. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

football

Injuries hold WVU back, need bye week to recover by dj deskins

sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Depth wasn’t an issue at most positions entering the season for the West Virginia University football team, but the wear-andtear the Mountaineers have faced through the first portion of Big 12 play has taken its toll.

The obvious loss people immediately think of is AllAmerican safety Karl Joseph. A non-contact practice drill proved to be the last football activity he would partake in after suffering a knee injury.

Joseph led the nation in interceptions and main-

tained his role as one of the hardest hitters in college football by routinely separating his man from the ball.

Considered to be the team’s inspirational leader on defense, the Mountaineers have looked to other seniors like KJ Dillon and Terrell Chestnut to take the reins.

Unfortunately for head coach Dana Holgorsen and defensive coordinator Tony Gibson, Chestnut came out of last weekend’s game against Baylor with some lingering shoulder soreness and has yet to practice this week as he’s listed day-to-day.

“He’s had a shoulder (in-

jury) for quite some time,” Holgorsen said. “He had it before the (Baylor) game and tried to play through it.”

On the offensive side of the ball, WVU found itself a bit banged up on the offensive line.

Holgorsen said freshman left tackle Yodny Cajuste was feeling the effects of three straight top 25 opponents, and Tyler Orlosky was having trouble walking during practice this week.

With backup linemen like Tony Matteo and Stone Underwood, Holgorsen feels he has a few guys who are able to step up and allow the line to not skip a beat; however, he would

certainly like the potential future star Cajuste and Rimington Trophy-hopeful Orlosky taking the reps.

Another reason is to help create holes for running back Wendell Smallwood, who has been a revelation for the Mountaineers in this season’s rushing attack.

Smallwood has reportedly not practiced in nearly two weeks with a lingering injury but will absolutely be needed if West Virginia hopes to break its three game losing streak.

Smallwood has recorded 678 rushing yards and five touchdowns on the season, including an average of 6.7 yards per carry. Last week-

end’s lossto Baylor was the second game in which he hasn’t found his way into the end zone.

“A lot has been said about (Smallwood), and certain guys are questioning why we’re not using him so much,” Holgorsen said. “I assure you, we would use him as much as we can. He hasn’t practiced a day in the past two weeks, and he just gets out there and gives everything he’s got for the team.”

Holgorsen said 3-0 was the team’s goal after their non-conference slate, but 3-3 and 0-3 in the Big 12 likely wasn’t on the ball for the Mountaineers.

“We need this week.

We’ve had four hard games in a row, and the rest will do them all some good.

We’ll utilize this week to get everyone as healthy as we can,” Holgorsen said.

If West Virginia can’t find a way to put a healthy team on the field, it could find itself below .500 and on the wrong end of a fourgame losing streak.

Unfortunately for the Mountaineers, next Thursday’s game won’t do them any favors as they’re thrown into a hostile environment against No. 4 TCU, who is 7-0 on the year and hasn’t lost at home in their last 10 attempts. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Wednesday October 21, 2015

swimming & diving

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A member of the WVU men’s swimming team participates in the freestyle race in last weekend’s meet against Georgia Tech.

WVU hopes to get it going against Big East teams by roger turner sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams returns to the Big East Friday in the first Big 12 vs. Big East weekend, marking the second consecutive groundbreaking meet to be held at the WVU Natatorium.

A packed crowd of Mountaineer and Hokie fans filled the WVU Natatorium on Saturday for the last day of the firstever Big 12 vs. ACC Weekend meet. Both the men’s

and women’s teams competed in the quad meet, as the teams took on ACC opponents Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. The women’s team walked away victorious against Georgia Tech on Friday, while both teams came up short on Saturday against Virginia Tech.

“Obviously we have our traditions, but I think having a different team come in challenges us,” said head coach Vic Riggs. In his eighth season as WVU’s coach, Riggs welcomes the tougher competition from power conferences, believing the better opponent makes for an even better

learning experience for his athletes. “If we’re expected to get better and compete at a higher level, we have to go up against teams that are better than us.”

Riggs has built the program to a nationally acclaimed status in his career and anticipates the firstever meets featured on this year’s schedule to challenge the talented group of Mountaineers in the pool and on the diving board.

“It’s a tough challenge for both programs to perform better than our opponents each week, so we need to take care of ourselves and prepare correctly,” he said.

West Virginia returns to Big East competition this weekend when they host Xavier, Butler and Seton Hall, but the Mountaineers will enter the meet representing the Big 12. Last week’s meets provided the Mountaineers with their first taste of competition from outside the state. Although both teams came away with a loss on the meet’s final day of action, Riggs and his staff remain as positive as ever heading into their fourth consecutive home meet of the season.

“I think we’re moving in the right direction,” Riggs

said. “I’m very pleased after last week, and I think if we take it one day at a time, we’ll be able to do something pretty cool this year.”

Thus far in the season, the men’s team has accomplished some impressive feats that could be the driving force as they come into the first-ever Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend.

Senior swimmers Andrew Marsh and Nate Carr have already broken two WVU pool records, and the men’s 400 medley relay team, which also features Marsh and Carr, finished a record-setting performance against Virginia Tech. Even

though the men’s team has two losses on the season, the defeat suffered early on gives the Mountaineers added motivation heading into this week and the remainder of this year’s tough schedule.

West Virginia is just getting warmed up for the 2015-16 season. With a chance to host Big East opponents this weekend following the loss to rival Virginia Tech, the Mountaineers control their destiny when they host their second inaugural meet this week. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

CROSS COUNTRY

NCAA spot in jeopardy for unranked Mountaineers

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s cross country team was ranked No. 20 before last weekend.

Now, after two races over the weekend, the Mountaineers did not appear in this week’s United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll.

At the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Friday, the Mountaineers finished 27th out of 36 teams. The next day at the Penn State Open, West Virginia did not compete for a team score but instead sent individual runners. Without a team score on Saturday to help make up for Friday’s letdown, the Mountaineers paid for it in the USTFCCA Poll.

“For some reason, we are not running the way we are capable of. I did see some good things out there today, but it just wasn’t enough,” said head coach Sean Cleary in an interview with WVUsports.com on Friday after the Invitational. “We fully understand that we have to improve in order to return back to the NCAA meet.”

It’s easy to understand why Cleary was frustrated with Friday’s results considering he had previously said the team’s “fittest and fastest” runners would be competing at Wisconsin.

West Virginia started the 2015 season ranked No. 7 in the USTFCCCA Poll but have only fallen since then.

Cleary also said the teams competing were the best in the nation and called the race the biggest of some of

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Runners start their watches at the beginning of the WVU Alumni Open in September. the runners’ lives. ginia’s spot in the NCAA on Oct. 31. “(Teams ranked) 1-31 will Championships on Nov. 21 The only Big 12 teams that compete at Nationals. This in Louisville, Kentucky, is in finished the regular season weekend will determine 90 jeopardy. ahead of West Virginia are (percent) of the teams at NaHowever, the Big 12 the No. 11 Iowa State Cytionals,” Cleary said prior to Championships in Stillwa- clones and the No. 23 Oklater, Oklahoma are not far homa State Cowboys. the Invitational.

By falling out of the na- away. The Mountaineers Iowa State is the fourtional rankings, West Vir- have a shot at redemption time defending champion of the Big 12 women’s cross

country title. 2015 Big 12 Championship host Oklahoma State has never won it before.

Despite the tough finish to the regular season, West Virginia had a bright spot that could prove useful. On Oct. 3, the Mountaineers won the six-kilometer blue race at the Greater Louisville Classic.

The course for the Classic, Tom Sawyer Park, is the site of the NCAA Championships. Should the Mountaineers qualify for the Championships, they will race once again at the site of their peak moment this season.

While the regular season can be deemed a disappointment, West Virginia will continue fighting for a chance to qualify for the NCAA Championship. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Ohio State to start Barrett over Jones at QB The starting quarterback job at Ohio State is J.T. Barrett’s now. Though maybe FOR now is more appropriate.

The never-ending story of this college football season entered a new chapter Tuesday. Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer announced that Barrett would replace Cardale Jones as the starter when No. 1 Ohio State plays at Rutgers on Saturday.

This was no unexpected plot twist. The move seemed inevitable after Barrett accounted for four touchdowns in relief of Jones against Penn State on Saturday.

Conceivably, Barrett could take the job and run with it and the quarterback questions will end in Columbus. But as Meyer said after the 38-10 victory against the Nittany Lions: Whatever it takes to win.

“Cardale is going to be a very active part, too,” Meyer said Tuesday during the Big Ten coaches’ conference call. “Hopefully, we’ll keep him very much involved. So, it was a difficult decision.

But red-zone production and third-down production were the two areas that made the difference. (Barrett) earned that with the way he played Saturday.”

Barrett helped the Buckeyes break out of a redzone funk, guiding the offense from inside the 20 into the end zone six times in six

trips two weeks ago against Maryland. The trend continued against Penn State. Barrett ran for two touchdowns and threw two more in six red-zone trips for the Buckeyes. The other resulted in a field goal.

The Buckeyes (7-0) are 81st in the nation in converting third downs into first downs at 37.5 percent. They are 72nd in converting redzone trips into touchdowns at 60.7 percent (17 for 28), and most of those TDs have come with Barrett on the field.

The way the Ohio State offense is built this season Barrett seems the better fit.

He is nifty runner and quick decision-maker in the zoneread option.

He ran for 102 yards on 11 carries against Penn State, neutralizing a good pass rush that was giving Jones problems.

The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Jones has one of the strongest arms in college football, but the Buckeyes have not been able to use it to exploit defenses down the field. Last season, when Jones took over in the postseason, field-stretching receiver Devin Smith became a force. Theses Buckeyes don’t have that kind of vertical threat.

“I have two great guys that I have a tremendous amount of respect for. I’m just trying to do the right thing,” Meyer said.

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FIFA lifts veil on ethics cases

ZURICH (AP) — Sticking with plans for a presidential election in February and revealing a series of reforms, FIFA sought to move the scandal-tarnished governing body into a new era on Tuesday.

But the shadow of corruption will return on Wednesday when ethics investigators reveal the identity of senior officials facing sanctions.

The new freedom to lift the veil of secrecy on cases will be exercised - once the accused have been notified - after FIFA’s executive committee approved a request by its ethics court.

Sitting on FIFA’s soon-tobe-overhauled ruling body as a senior vice president is Angel Maria Villar, who The Associated Press has previously reported is under investigation in the corruption probe into the bidding contests for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups but has never been publicly named by the executive body.

The Spanish federation head is de facto acting UEFA president following Michel Platini’s provisional suspension two weeks ago over a 2011 payment from FIFA. Villar on Tuesday replaced Platini as the acting chairman of the 2018 World Cup organizing committee.

German great Franz Beckenbauer, who was a FIFA voter when Russia was chosen to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar secured the 2022 tournament, is also under scrutiny.

Beckenbauer was provisionally suspended last year for initially refusing to assist the bidding investigation

by Michael Garcia, then FIFA’s prosecutor. Separately, World Cup-winning player and coach Beckenbauer denied on Sunday paying anyone to secure votes for Germany’s 2006 bid following allegations that bribes were involved.

In the official 2018-2022 investigation, FIFA announced last year that “a number of formal cases” had been opened against unidentified individuals.

“In future, it will be possible to confirm the opening of proceedings against leading representatives of world football on request,” FIFA ethics committee said Tuesday.

The committee’s decision two weeks ago to suspend Platini has created uncertainty around the election to select Sepp Blatter’s successor. The FIFA president is also provisionally banned for 90 days over a 2011 payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2 million) to Platini.

Acting FIFA president Issa Hayatou led an executive committee meeting for the first time. It decided the Feb. 26 election should proceed as planned.

With no clear timetable for Platini to challenge his provisional suspension, officials who have supported the UEFA leader’s presidential campaign - such as Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa - must now decide whether to also apply

by Monday’s deadline.

Platini submitted his candidacy ahead of the Oct. 26 deadline but faces being kept out over the 2011 payment from FIFA for work he says was carried out at least nine years earlier.

Platini has challenged his suspension, pending a full ethics investigation, and is awaiting the verdict of the FIFA appeals committee.

UEFA is pushing for a swift decision in appeals at FIFA and possibly the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

FIFA said its election oversight committee will not rule on Platini’s eligibility as a candidate - including a mandatory integrity check until “such a ban be lifted or expire before the FIFA presidential election.”

Sheikh Salman, the Asian Football Confederation president from Bahrain, should now enter the race as part of an agreement with UEFA, key backer Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah told The Associated Press.

Sheikh Salman has written to his AFC executive committee members saying he has “recently been urged by a growing number of senior” people within the game to run for the FIFA presidency.

The Bahraini royal was seeking advice from colleagues before making a decision.

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Familiar faces ready to star in Big 12 this season KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In college basketball these days, top players rarely stick around for long, the best of them using school merely as a year-long springboard to the NBA. Things are a little different in the Big 12.

While there are still plenty of talented freshmen on Big 12 rosters this season, the bulk of the premier players are back from last year. Many had the chance to leave school, but they instead chose to return, giving the league the veteran flavor of a bygone era.

“You talk about rosters and we return a lot of the top players from the league last year,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said during the Big 12’s annual media day Tuesday. “The top three teams, two-thirds of those return leading scorers, leading rebounders.”

The Sooners return AllAmerican guard Buddy Hield, who may have been a first-round pick had he declared for the draft after last season. He’ll be joined by fellow seniors Isaiah Cousins and Ryan Spangler, two players who

also started all 35 games for Oklahoma a year ago.

Things are no different at Kansas, the preseason pick to win its 12th consecutive Big 12 title. AllAmerican forward Perry Ellis opted to return for his senior season, and he’ll be joined by talented guards Wayne Selden, Frank Mason and Devonte Graham, all players who logged crucial minutes as the Jayhawks rolled to another conference championship last season.

Iowa State may have a new coach in Steve Prohm, but not a whole lot of new players. Georges Niang, Jameel McKay and Naz Long provide a core of seniors with high expectations.

“All the way down the line,” Kruger said, “it seems like it’s a league that’s not only very talented, but it’s older talent, which will make it even tougher.”

Eight of the 10 players who were voted first- and second-team All-Big 12 by The Associated Press last season are back. So are four of the eight who were honorable mention.

That’s not to say the Big

12 didn’t lose any talent to the pro ranks. Myles Turner parlayed his one season at Texas into becoming the 11th overall pick of the Pacers, and Kelly Oubre Jr. was the 15th overall pick of the Hawks after his one year at Kansas.

But the veteran talent at every school harkens back to the 1980s and early ‘90s, before the one-and-done era changed the game.

Back then, the best teams were often the most experienced, and fans didn’t need to follow recruiting just to know who was going to be on their teams.

“We have one of the more experienced teams around, not just in this league but around the countr y,” said Shaka Smart, who has taken over for Rick Barnes at Texas.

“But at the same time, there’s a lot of experienced guys in this league.”

All that experience creates a unique challenge for Prohm and Smart.

While both new coaches said they would rather have a veteran presence, players ingrained in a system may be reticent to

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