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Wednesday October 14, 2015

Residents petition to remove councilors

By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @NewsroomJake

More than 50 Morgantown residents signed a petition to remove Mayor Marti Shamberger and city councilors Jenny Selin, Nancy Ganz and Bill Kawecki from their positions.

Signatures from councilors Wes Nugent, Jay Redmond and Ron Bane are among the 57 names that claim, among other things, Kawecki and the other elected officials are guilty of misconduct, malfeasance in office, incompetence and neglect of duty.

George Papandreas filed the complaint on Thursday in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Papandreas, president of Main Street Morgantown’s Board, unsuccessfully ran for the First Ward seat on city council during the most recent election.

The petition focuses on the 2015 election, during which Kawecki violated the state’s election laws by asking city employees to donate their money and time to his political action committee Morgantown Together.

“I hate to impose on your time; we’ve made some progress, but it won’t continue unless we get involved,” Kawecki allegedly wrote in an email to city employees prior to his re-

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election. “A grassroots effort is our best strategy.

That’s why I’m asking for your help…”

Kawecki told other media outlets at the time the email was accidentally sent to the wrong contact list.

In addition to endorsing Kawecki, The Morgantown Together PAC endorsed Shamberger, Selin and Ganz. The three elected officials used Kawecki “as their agent to solicit contributions” for the PAC, the complaint alleges.

The complaint alleges Shamberger, Selin and Ganz used their positions to prevent the Wards and Boundaries Commission from redistricting the Fourth and Seventh Wards as it saw fit.

At the time, the commission found a way to redistrict the two districts’ boundaries so they would be equal to each other within nine registered voters.

But the redistricting would have placed Selin and Ganz in the same ward.

Rejecting the commission’s plan, Shamberger, Selin and Ganz drafted their own plan while acknowledging the conflict of interest, the complaint alleges.

“This example of political self-dealing is emblem-

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Above: Miss West Virginia Chelsea Malone waves to the crowd at the West Virginia University Homecoming Parade.

Below: The West Virginia University Cheerleaders walk down High Street during the Homecoming Parade.

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WVU professor speaks about HIV, AIDS awareness

Local businesses struggle as a result of University recesses

By John Mark Shaver Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Dr. Melanie Fisher gives a history on the HIV epidemic and early treatments inside the Health Sciences Center.

By Robert Lee Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

In the 1990s, Ryan White, a teenager from Indiana, contracted HIV from a tainted hemophilia treatment.

After being diagnosed, he stood in front of the United States Congress and sparked a momentous movement in modern medicine to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and research.

A few months after his death, the Ryan White CARE Act became the largest federally funded program in the U.S. for people living with HIV/AIDS, according to Dr. Melanie Fisher, a West Virginia University professor of Medicine of infectious diseases.

On Tuesday afternoon, Fisher spoke on behalf of

the Student Healthcare Alliance for Pride Equity about HIV, AIDS awareness and WVU’s Positive Health Clinic.

“HIV exists in West Virginia, like all states in the United States, and what we promote is wide-spread testing and education of awareness of how HIV spreads,” Fisher said. “If someone is diagnosed, our goal is to try and get them into care as soon as possible because it is very treatable.”

WVUPHC, which receives funding from the CARE Act and provides comprehensive primary care services to HIV patients in Morgantown, currently has around 350 patients, 25 percent of which are women, Fisher said.

There is also a satellite clinic in Wheeling, a teleconference satellite clinic

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Students listen to Dr. Melanie Fisher give a presentation on HIV care services in America on Tuesday morning. in Shenandoah that con- that helps patients in state nects with WVUPHC every prisons. three months and a multiWhile still a prevalent disciplinary clinic consist- problem, Fisher said HIV/ ing of physicians, nurses, AIDS care has grown much pharmacists, psychiatrists, more manageable in the care managers and social past few decades. workers.

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For students, fall break is a time for rest, relaxation and a possible journey to their hometown, but for some local businesses, the break isn’t as welcome.

“Today has been pretty slow,” said Miranda Bissonnette, storefront manager of Tailpipes Gourmet Burgers, on the last day of break. “I would say college students are our main customers… At least a third of our business has been gone (this weekend).”

Due to the majority of the restaurant’s workers being students, the temporary departure of some Tailpipes employees also puts extra stress on the store, Bissonnette said.

“We have less staff and our employees are working more with overtime,” Bissonnette said. “So that’s more money that we have to be putting out in overtime and less money coming in. In the long run, it affects us.”

Not every local business has been hurt by the two day break, however. Josh Kisner, manager of Vapor Hut on Walnut Street, explained—in terms of daily monetary sales—business has only been down by around 3 percent during the break. “(During Fall Break), I’ve noticed the same percentage of young people,” Kisner said.

Kisner said while this

fall break—which has been the year-old store’s first— has not greatly affected the store’s business, but longer breaks definitely hit a little harder.

“This would be our first fall break,” Kisner said, “but we have definitely experienced winter and summer break.”

Some businesses, like Vintage Video and Games, actually see a moderate increase in customers during the break.

“I don’t think it negatively impacts us,” said store owner Lee Ann Riggleman. “Truthfully – and I do not mean this to be anything against the students – I think residents feel a little less anxious about coming downtown when the students do take a little break.”

Riggleman said with students on break, the traffic eases, and the atmosphere is less intimidating, causing an influx of business from residents.

With Vintage Video and Games celebrating its 19th anniversary this year, Riggleman has enough of a regular customer base that the absence of college students doesn’t dent the store’s business too much, even after moving from High Street to Walnut Street earlier this year.

This year’s fall break will be the University’s last, and while all three of these businesses have experienced its presence in

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Wednesday October 14, 2015

WVU student copes with cinnamon allergy during fall season

By Jake Jarvis Staff Writer @NewsroomJake

For some college-aged women, fall is the season of pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie and all things cinnamon. For one collegeaged woman, it’s the season of fear.

Emma Van Der Aarde is a student at West Virginia University studying international relations. For as long as she can remember, her skin has been sensitive to chemicals.

At 15, cinnamon had to be added to the list.

Van Der Aarde has a condition called contact dermatitis, a fairly common condition wherein one’s skin becomes inflamed after coming into contact with a particular sub-

stance. What sets off Van Der Aarde’s skin? Well, a lot of things.

She has a growing list of toothpastes, detergents, sunscreens, body washes, salt water (yes, at the beach and in sweat) and shampoos.

Contact dermatitis is more common than some might realize. If you’ve ever had a piece of jewelry you couldn’t wear because of skin irritation, you can probably thank contact dermatitis.

But Van Der Aarde’s condition is more extreme than a simple irritation.

“Sometimes the sores can stay around for three weeks,” she said, glancing at the crease of her elbow where a remnant scar lingers.

It all started when Van

Der Aarde was in the womb.

She said the amniotic sac she was in burst before her mother gave birth to her and credits this for her skin sensitivity.

As a child, after a serious outbreak where her entire right leg was red and inflamed, she was taken to a special conference of dermatologists to be examined.

“They all basically said, ‘Huh, we have no idea what that is,’” she said.

Her parents began the process of trying to eliminate any chemicals that could cause a similar reaction.

Eating a mince pie one day, Van Der Aarde learned cinnamon was on the list of no-touch items. She remembers breaking out in large, red patches that hardened and felt like bee

stings.

Confused because her parents had eliminated most every chemical from their home, the family began to search for another answer. Then, Van Der Aarde read something on the Internet suggesting the cinnamon in the mince pies might be the cause of her irritation.

Van Der Aarde cut out cinnamon—and all artificial products that try to mimic it—and voila, her skin returned to normal.

Now, Van Der Aarde avoids Starbucks at all costs, as well as Kroger, Wal-Mart and basically any place promoting seasonal products that might contain cinnamon.

By now, she’s learned it’s better to be safe than sorry.

One time while walking

through an airport, Van Der Aarde walked past an escalator where a Cinnabon store was located beside it. The escalator churned the air around the airport so much, that just walking past induced a reaction to her skin.

“It’s not that bad, really,” she said. “It’s really just about managing myself and making sure I don’t put myself in a situation that’s not healthy for me. Or, if I am in that kind of a situation, removing myself as fast as possible.”

She further recalled a recent tea time with a friend who whipped out a bag of chai tea.

“Which, you might not know, probably has cinnamon in it,” she said.

Van Der Aarde took the incident in stride and

backed away slowly.

And then, half way through a car ride with a different friend, she realized the air freshener hanging on the rearview mirror had cinnamon.

So she hung her head out of the window, “you know, trying to get away from the cinnamon.”

Van Der Aarde isn’t so concerned with finding a cure to her condition, if there is one. She figures it will probably worsen as she gets older, but she’s not thinking of that just yet.

She pushes the thought from her mind, avoids pumpkin spice lattes like the plague and tries to spend her remaining time as a Mountaineer having fun. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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Clinton, Sanders clash on guns, economy, foreign policy LAS VEGAS (AP)—Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed on U.S. involvement in the Middle East, gun control and economic policy as they opened the first Democratic debate Tuesday, outlining competing visions for a party seeking to keep the White House for a third straight term.

Clinton was an aggressor from the start, an unexpected shift for a candidate who has barely mentioned her Democratic rivals since launching her campaign six months ago. Until now, Clinton and Sanders - who has emerged as her toughest competition - have circled each other cautiously and avoided personal attacks.

After Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist derided “a casino capitalist process by which so few have so much,” Clinton said it would be a “big mistake” for the U.S. to turn its back on the system that built the American middle class.

Asked whether she thought

Sanders, who has a mixed record on gun control legislation, had been tough enough on the issue, she said simply,” No, I do not.”

Sanders defended his gun control record, and called for better mental health services, stricter background checks and closing a loophole that exempts gun shows from background checks The two also tangled over foreign policy, an issue where Clinton is often more hawkish than others in the Democratic Party. The former secretary of state reiterated her call for more robust U.S. action to stop the Syrian civil war and defended her judgment on international issues, despite having voted for the 2002 invasion of Iraq.

Sanders called the Iraq war “the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of our country” and said he would not support sending American combat troops back to the Middle East to fight terrorism.

“Nobody does, Sen-

ator Sanders,” Clinton interjected.

Joining Clinton and Sanders on stage in Las Vegas was a trio of low-polling candidates looking for a breakthrough moment: former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley; Jim Webb, a former Navy secretary and U.S. senator from Virginia, and Lincoln Chafee, the Republican-turned independent-turned Democrat from Rhode Island.

Not present but eager to make his presence known, Republican front-runner Donald Trump was commenting live on Twitter.

“Who knows, maybe a star will be born (unlikely),” Trump wrote shortly before the debate was to begin.

Also hanging over the debate: the lengthy deliberations of Vice President Joe Biden, who is weighing a late entry into the Democratic race. Debate host CNN kept an extra podium on standby just in case Biden decided to show up, but the vice president in-

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each day. As a result of effective research, the number of pills has been reduced to a single, orally administered pill.

“The medicine seems to be much stronger and patients are more compliant now that the medications can be given in a much less

intrusive way.”

Fisher discussed a relatively new concept called Pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. PrEP was developed for those having sexual relationships with HIV positive patients.

“If the HIV negative per-

Continued from page 1 some incredible advances both scientifically and medically,” Milam said.

HIV patients used to consume nearly 30 to 40 pills

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, listens as Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, speaks during the CNN Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. stead stayed in Washing- her tenure in the Obama ad- publicans to drive down her ton, where he was watching ministration. The email is- poll numbers.

The former secretary of the debate at his residence. sue has shadowed her rollFor Clinton, the debate out of numerous policy state has also faced critiwas a much-needed oppor- positions and has hurt her cism that she’s shifted her positions on trade, gay martunity to focus on policy in standing with voters.

Clinton said her email riage and other issues to addition to the controversy over her exclusive use of use “wasn’t the best choice” match the mood of voters personal email and a pri- and cast the issue as a politi- a charge she vigorously devate Internet server during cally motivated effort by Re- nied Tuesday. son takes PrEP and uses condoms everyday it can greatly reduce their risk of acquiring HIV,” Fisher said. “It’s still not a 100 percent prevention, but it does help.”

Initially diagnosing cases of HIV remains a huge problem within the medical community, as well as facing the chance of patients building up a resistance to HIV/AIDS medication, according to Fisher.

“About 30 percent of people in the United States are HIV positive, but don’t know about it,” Fisher said.

West Virginia is a ru-

ral area, so the number of HIV/AIDS patients in comparison to other states is lower. Fisher said it is still important to acknowledge the disease’s existence, and the transmission process of the virus.

In 2014, there were 972 cumulative cases of HIV in West Virginia, with 25 to 44 year olds having the highest occurrence, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Fisher said clinic patients aim to get their viral load “undetectable,” meaning the virus doesn’t show up

on a blood test because the patient is adhering to the treatment regimen.

“Our clinic actually has a higher undetectable rate than the national average,” Fisher said. “I believe the national average is about 80-85 percent, and we are above 90 percent.”

Even if a patient’s viral load is undetectable, however, there is still a chance of transmitting the disease, Fisher said.

“It won’t make it zero,” she said, “but it’s still a good goal.”

petition

berger sought special treatment from the Morgantown Police Department. Ganz asked officers to come by and check her and Shamberger’s homes while they were away.

Although the complaint suggests this is a form of special treatment, MPD provides this service to anyone who will be out of town and away for their home for a period of time, according to Cpt. H. Sperringer.

Shamberger additionally called MPD to ask officers if they would ticket an “Asian” man’s car parked on her block. The complaint alleges identifying the man’s race is a “mis-

guided” attempt to “protect a certain aspect of that neighborhood.”

Selin also allegedly advised city management to selectively enforce the different sections of city code.

Papandreas requested a three-judge panel remove Shamberger, Ganz, Selin and Kawecki from office immediately.

City Council will meet again at 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 in City Hall. The meeting’s agenda was not posted as of yesterday afternoon. It isn’t clear if the council plans on addressing the issue at this meeting.

Continued from page 1 atic of the incumbent’s selfobsessed desire to preserve their political influence and control,” the complaint reads.

A group of Morgantown residents, including Papandreas and Chair of the Wards and Boundaries Commission Guy Panrell, asked the Monongalia County Commission in March to launch an investigation into what they consider gerrymandering.

The complaint also alleges Ganz and Sham-

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Continued from page 1 different ways, they all welcome its departure.

“A break is a break,” Bissonnette said. “Everyone could use the break, but I’ll be glad to have the business back.”

Riggleman said she didn’t necessarily understand the concept of Fall Break and agrees with its discontinuation, saying the college students bring a good balance to the town and her customer base.

Regardless of whether or not students agree with WVU getting rid of Fall Break, its absence will certainly stimulate Morgantown’s local businesses.

“In the years to come,” Kisner said, “I think that ending fall break and keeping more of those students here locally… will definitely be a lot better for local businesses here in Morgantown.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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OPINION

Wednesday October 14, 2015

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Preventing exclusion and offense From the mid-2000s to present day, the United States has experienced a culture shift benefiting minorities and underprivileged social groups. Advertisements, films and television shows known for featuring sexist or racist pictures and comments have turned away from these marketing tactics and have become inclusionary and all-encompassing.

Community programs and companies have altered their admittance and employee policies to make them accommodating to people from all walks of life. Even animal welfare isn’t overlooked—some people have been known to break into cars to rescue pets trapped in overheated conditions.

However, is this new era of inclusion and social equality going too far?

Some college students in Los Angeles think so. Students from Pitzer College were denied the formation of a yacht club because the governing body on campus deemed the name and nature of the club too “elitist,” “classist” and historically

Pitzer College attempts to encourage inclusion, but in doing so has excluded its own students from learning the basics of sailing. exclusionary.

Though the student spearheading the club’s formation stated the club had zero rules in place to exclude any student from joining, the word “yacht” was enough to cause the

school’s student government to veto the idea on the grounds that it was offensive. However, the same school senators previously approved the formation of a “Stitch ‘n Bitch” club, with the offensive language

deemed appropriate in context.

The mention of “yacht club” may immediately bring to mind images of young, upper-class men and women drinking champagne from the deck of an

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expensive luxury boat, but the idea of what yacht clubs were in the past doesn’t necessarily dictate what they may become in the future. In the words of the club’s founder, “I think (Pitzer College has) been

going further and further every day with what they’re deeming offensive. It’s becoming increasingly trivial, concerning what should be censored or banned.”

Something can also be said of Pitzer College’s exclusionary qualities itself.

With a tuition of more than $60,000 a year, the school itself is highly exclusionary on the basis of socioeconomic status and family income. If the school can deny the formation of a club based on premature assumptions about exclusion, perhaps it should take a look at its own policies and requirements first.

Causing offense should be avoided whenever possible, but being too critical is missing the big picture.

Though the promotion and acceptance of historically disadvantaged groups will be increasingly important in the next few decades, excluding students from participating in a club because it might not be inclusive enough is a step backwards in social progress. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Male nudity in Hollywood: Gender’s new equalizer? kaitlin licause columnist @kaitlinlicauseda

Major Hollywood films have never been shy when it comes to nudity; in fact, a quick Google search will show just how many Oscarwinning movies have featured stars getting down to their skivvies in the name of acting. However, bias shows up in numbers alone when it comes to how many female actresses are required to shoot scenes with nudity compared to their male counterparts and Hollywood is starting to notice.

Prominent actors such as Tom Hiddleston and Kevin Bacon are openly speaking about the need to increase the number of nude scenes for male actors in films. Hiddleston claims he wants to “redress the balance” in an interview with E! News about his upcoming role in “Crimson Peak,” where he appears nude in the name of Victorian sexuality and horror. He calls the imbalance between the screen times of naked men and women “unfair” and hopes more actors will begin taking up the challenge by following his example.

Kevin Bacon shares similar views, and his humorous hashtag #FreeTheBacon has garnered huge support across the Twitterverse for his efforts to spread awareness about this specific inequality between genders. He has openly championed for more full frontal nude scenes for male actors to counterpoint the number of actresses who have done the same and has even offered to take roles in major TV shows (such as “Game of Thrones”) to begin normalizing the practice.

Is the movement the grand gender equalizer Hollywood needs? In my opinion, yes and no. While the benefit of a solid stripdown by a profile actor certainly takes a step in the right direction, there are some problematic issues with sexuality in Hollywood that can’t be solved by simply grinning and baring it.

Let’s start by showing men and women on equal ground in sexual encounters. While it’s great to imagine a future where both sexes get equally as nude for a steamy scene, it is probably more important to begin showing different dynamics than the usual male-dominant, fe-

Kevin Bacon is a notable advocate for gender equality in the amount of nudity depicted in films. male-submissive couple appearing in nearly every genre of film. Instead of simply making men strip and keeping the script the same, showing scenes where women have a say in their experience, communicate with their partner and switch roles rather than the usual onenote ravishment makes for a much more fulfilling and believable sex scene.

There also needs to be a

balance between sexuality for storytelling and sexuality for its own sake. There is nothing wrong with a movie showing nudity simply to show nudity; no one is judging the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” for being too sexual without having a point for it all. But when a movie claims to be realistic and uses sexuality within that lens, then it should be just that: realistic. Stop focusing on the aggressive, heterosexual one-night

stand and portray more of the varieties of everyday sex people are capable of having.

Hollywood should show us couples who have been together for years, couples who work beyond differences in their sexual preferences and homosexual couples, who are currently given so little screen time in modern cinema and beyond. The film industry will be much closer to portraying realism in film as a

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Films are supposed to be a lens through which we see reality. So if a film attempts to frame a sexual encounter in a way that makes it seem realistic, why not go the full mile? Let’s start showing that women don’t have to always be the ones getting nude and that being nude does not always have to mean being vulnerable. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Drawing the line between cyber violence and innocent pranking kody goff columnist @Retrosyk

It’s no secret that being a part of an online community has its ups and downs.

You may be lucky enough to be a part of a niche group with similar interests as you, but it’s well known that online communication is vastly different from talking face-to-face.

The Internet is experiencing some rather harsh growing pains as a result of communication barriers experienced by its users, and innumerable online communities are at odds in deciding what kind of online behavior is acceptable.

Two recent events demonstrate what limits should be set for online methods of communication, dictating where to draw the line and take legal action.

On one end of the spectrum, a recent United Nations report declared “cyber violence” as equivalent to physical violence. The actual U.N. report was mainly focused on the effects of cyber violence on

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“Swatting” not only distracts police officers from handling real crimes, but also terrorizes innocent streamers. women and young girls, but attention-grabbing gender politics are largely unnecessary in this discussion.

Cyber violence was defined very vaguely in the report and could be interpreted as including minor actions like insults or name-calling. Being the recipient of curse words and slurs is

generally unpleasant and unpalatable but should not be equated to violence.

Though words may certainly incite later physical violence, saying or typing nasty things to others is not, and should never be, a crime punishable by law.

On the flip side, the internet can cause real, tangi-

ble harm, but not by calling someone stupid or criticizing their ideas. Matthew Tollis unarguably crossed the line in 2014 when he “swatted” Internet users on six separate occasions.

“Swatting” is a term used to describe when a SWAT team is dispatched to an innocent individual’s home,

usually while the person is live-streaming to an online audience from a webcam.

Traditionally, “swatting” happens to video game streamers on the website Twitch TV, where the streamer’s digital antics are violently disrupted on camera by a SWAT team barging in. There are many videos of incidents such as these currently circulating online; while they are often played off as pranks, they are unsettling to watch and even more horrifying to consider in the context of one’s own safety and privacy.

In order for someone to be “swatted,” their personal information and home address must be released to the public, which is normally done through suspicious or illegal means. Not only this, but the valuable time and resources of the police officers sent to the streamer’s home are wasted on what simply amounts to a prank gone too far.

To the best of my knowledge, “swatting” has not yet resulted in much more than unnecessary police paperwork and a brief moment of terror experienced by the victims of these at-

tacks. However, though it seems no one has yet been harmed or had their lives ruined by swatting, the line on practical jokes should be drawn here before anything more extreme becomes the next trend in online pranking.

Ultimately, the feelings experienced from communication made online are subjective. Like so many other heavily nuanced topics, the limits of these could be debated seemingly forever. While it can be argued that words have the power to influence negative actions in individuals, they ultimately do nothing to a person on a physical level.

Many resources block or ban certain users from interacting with each other, and these should first be utilized before undergoing any immediate action.

However, a line must be drawn between practical jokes and cyber violence soon. You have a choice in what you do if someone insults you online, but you don’t have a choice when your door is wrongly busted down by a SWAT team. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Fall crock-pot recipes to keep you warm at night

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This three-meat chili is just enough spice to warm up a cool fall day.

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Potato Soup is an easy, filling meal for students with a busy schedule. inthekitchenwithkath.com

Baked Potato Soup

Chicken is the main ingredient in this quick, crock pot dish.

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Three chicken Breasts One ounce of dry ranch seasoning mix 2 Tb of butter

This recipe is tasty, yet simple. The first step is to combine the chicken and ranch dressing mix. To spice things up, you can even throw some hot sauce in for a buffalo-ranch flavor. Then simply put it in the crock pot for 4-6 hours on low heat. A half an hour before serving, add in the butter mixture.

When the chicken is fully cooked, take a fork and shred the chicken. It can be served on bread, pasta or even a salad.

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One 30-ounce bag of frozen diced hash browns One 32-ounce container of chicken broth One can of cream of chicken soup 8 ounces of cream cheese Three ounces of bacon bits One cup of cheddar cheese Additional seasonings such as salt, pepper or garlic powder

Everyone loves Mom’s potato soup. This recipe takes a classic dish and makes it easy for people on the go. First, add the hash browns, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup and half of the bacon bits.

You can also add additional seasonings here. Put the crockpot on low for 7-8 hours or until the potatoes are fully cooked. An hour before serving, add in the cream cheese. When the soup is finished, add in the cheddar cheese and the bacon bits.

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Two generic chill seasoning packets (these range from mild-hot depending on your personal preferences) One pound of ground beef One pound of Italian sausage One pound of bacon One can of corn One can of kidney beans One can of butter beans A minced, white onion A few jalapeños 5 cloves of garlic 24 ounces of tomato sauce 24 ounces of water

This chili recipe is awesome, and it makes a ton of leftovers, which reheat really well. The first step is to brown the hamburger, sausage and bacon in a pan. While the meats are cooking, dice the jalapeños and garlic. When the meat is cooked, cut the bacon into small pieces. Next, add all three meats to the crockpot. Add the corn, kidney beans, butter beans, water, onion, chili seasoning, jalapeños, garlic and tomato sauce to the crockpot. Stir the ingredients together and let the chili cook for four hours at low setting. When the vegetables cook through, the chili will be ready to devour. This recipe can be eaten as soup, a topping for nachos or a creative spin on sloppy joes. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘iZombie’ entertains with creative premise, witty writing Westley Thompson Associate A&E Editor @westleyt93

Although “iZombie” premiered in March, the recent inclusion of season one on Netflix and the quickly approaching Halloween holiday make it a perfect time to review the show. “iZombie” follows protagonist Liv Moore, a zombie who works at the city morgue and helps solve crimes.

Liv was an overachieving medical student until an isolated zombie outbreak on a party boat left her infected.

Post-infection, Liv’s color drained from her body, leaving her skin and hair as white as chalk. However, she retained her intelligence and control.

Distraught by her new undead station in life, Liv broke up with her fiance in fear of infecting him and gave up her dream of being a heart surgeon to instead take a job in the city morgue to feed her cravings for human brains. While working at the

morgue, Liv discovers eating the brains of crime victims gives her flashbacks which help solve cases. Working with her colleague, Dr. Ravi, who knows she is a zombie and Detective Babineaux, who thinks she is just a psychic, Liv solves Washington’s crimes.

The show’s fresh take on zombies is one of its most outstanding characteristics.

In “iZombie,” zombies aren’t mindless, shambling killers.

While some do devolve into that shambling state if they go without food for too long, a steady diet of brain matter keeps most functional as very pale people.

The writing is funny, quirky and a bit tongue-incheek. It has some dramatic moments, as well. The best thing to compare “iZombie” to in terms of style would be “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” It has excellent comedic timing and can be touching when it needs to be.

Episodes are very formulaic. By consuming the brains of a victim, Liv gets access to their memories

through flashbacks. These flashbacks are activated by sights, smells and sounds, so Liv must travel to different crime scenes throughout the city to piece together what happened.

A side effect of accessing the victim’s memories is that Liv is also affected by their personality and skills. By eating their brains, Liv temporarily develops the victim’s idiosyncrasies, often to a hilarious effect.

In one episode, Liv suddenly develops kleptomania while trying to solve a case involving a dead prostitute. Another time she developed a fear of pigeons. Sometimes this side effect works to her advantage, however. After consuming the brain of a dead Asian gang member, Liv knew martial arts for a brief period of time.

The show is a lot of fun to watch and has been renewed for a second season. However, there are some pitfalls.

The “missed love connection” between Liv and her exfiance may prove to be the show’s glaring weakness. As

iZombie is now available for streaming on Netflix. with all television romances, the audience can only be strung along for so long until they grow tired of the situation. Liv’s ex-fiance, Major, still loves her but is confused about why she broke things off. Liv loves Major still, too, but cannot reveal to him that she is now a zombie. This can only be played off for so long until the couple somehow reconciles and ends the story arc or the audience gets

bored and gives up.

Another potential issue is repetitiveness. So far, every episode has followed the same formula. While the writing and acting are spot on and clever enough to keep people interested for a while, this steam may potentially run out one day. However, it is important to mention there is a developing overreaching story arc. If done well, the series can find its legs for a

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Overall, “iZombie” offers a fresh twist on the zombie genre and oozes witty and clever writing. It is entertaining to watch Liv suffer through different personality quirks as she tries to solve the latest murder mystery. Check out season one on Netflix and season two weekly on The CW. wethompson@mail.wvu.edu

‘American Horror Story’ season 5 episode 1 review Woody Pond

A&E WRiter @dailyathenaeum

Ryan Murphy pushes the limits of cable television with a giddy smile on his face. “American Horror Story: Hotel” premiered with an hour-long episode last Wednesday and had Twitter aflame with both awe and disgust as “Hotel” showed again and again how deep into the depths of horror its has delved for the fifth season of the anthology.

Once viewers got their first glimpse of the Hotel Cortez, they were shown a beautifully designed set filled with all of their favorite returning cast members— most of them playing very different roles than usual.

Let me start with one of the oldest members of the cast. Dennis O’Hare— who had interesting roles in seasons one, three and four where he most recently played the sinister con man who visited the freak show to steal their

body parts—plays a bald transvestite who works as a front desk employee. He, or rather she, is named Liz Taylor, and she shows a glimpse of her wisdom and experience with people’s souls in a tense elevator ride with Wes Bentley’s character John Lowe.

Bentley, who played the satanic character Edward Mordrake in season four, plays the protagonist of the season—a LAPD detective who is going through marital troubles while doing poor parenting for his young daughter. Lowe is investigating a serial killer who has been brutally murdering Los Angeles citizens as a part of what seems to be a Ten Commandments- inspired murder scheme, and through a series of mysterious messages and phone calls from the killer is led to the hotel where he checks in.

Also returning is Sarah Paulson, playing the presumably undead spirit d r u g g i e Hy p o d e r m i c Sally, who has a strange

relationship with a waxylooking humanoid demon in the hotel that disturbingly attacks and ravishes an addict. She also shows she has some sort of power in the hotel, as well as some power over her enemy Iris. Played by Kathy Bates, Iris is essentially the hotel manager whose son also stays there and is in an arguably aggressive relationship with The Countess.

The Countess, played by eccentric pop star Lady Gaga, owns the hotel and also has a strange blood drinking fetish that she satisfies with the help of her employees and boyfriend Donovan. The two go to an outdoor theater and allure another couple to return to the hotel for a foursome, where they then kill the two violently and lick up their blood.

As lovely as this sounds to watch, AHS played some very appropriate music to intensify the dramatic twist as viewers cringed at yet another disconcerting image from the FX show.

Gaga was mainly silent but

still quite scary looking throughout the episode so it was hard to judge her acting accurately, but her spooky demeanor may be able to carry her through the season.

All we really know is a lot of bad things happen at the hotel, and many of the employees have a hand in allowing that to happen.

But, at the end of the first episode, it was revealed that The Countess had just sold the hotel to a fashion mogul named Will Drake.

What he will do and see in the hotel can only be guessed at, but my guess is it will continue to get quite dark from here. My guess for the first main character to get killed is the pretentious boyfriend Donovan. He’s just dying to take a metal fingernail to the jugular.

The second episode of “American Horror Story: Hotel” airs tonight at 10 p.m. on FX. The episode lasts an hour and then is shown as a repeat immediately following its conclusion. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Mayday Parade returns

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‘Black Lines’ Mayday Parade

Woody Pond

A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

««««« Mayday Parade released its fifth album, “Black Lines,” on Oct. 9 after streaming only one or two songs the week before its release. The downfall of this sort of promotion is that I was not anticipating the album - I did not even know of its existence until the day of its release. But, had I known about it, I would in no way have expected what “Black Lines” was going to be.

Mayday Parade took a couple steps away from the path it had been following over the course of its last two albums, as they continued blurring the line between pop-punk and pop rock and went with a much grittier sound. Vocalist Derek Sanders sings with such force and pas-

sion that his voice breaks while the guitar riffs lean more toward rock ‘n’ roll and incorporate heavier distortion.

There are other interesting uses of vocal effects that include elements of Brand New and Taking Back Sunday recordings, probably because the executive producer on “Black Lines” was Mike Sapone, known for his work with both bands. Mayday sticks to its recipe of riffing, short, sweet verses and extremely catchy choruses even with the new shift in style, giving listeners the sound they have been fans of. It also shows a creative initiative and a fearless understanding of the poppunk age Mayday Parade has been part of for more than 10 years.

If the opening track does not make you want to continue with “Black Lines,” then you probably did not want to like it in the first place.

‘Revival’ Selena Gomez

««««« Selena Gomez is undergoing a musical revival - she has freed herself from her Disney aesthetic, her emo pop band past and her old label as she explores the style of pop-EDM. Gomez released her second solo studio album on Oct. 9 under her new recording contract with Interscope, entitled “Revival.”

The album features 11 songs, including her popular single “Good For You” featuring A$AP Rocky.

Gomez’s instrumentals present a complex arrangement of synth effects that blend into surprisingly relaxed songs once Gomez adds her fluttery voice to

the mix. Most pop music is leaning toward the successful aspects of EDM, filling songs with melodic drops and thumping house 808s so that the genre does not get suffocated by the nightclub scene.

Gomez has obviously been influenced by this style on “Revival,” as we hear a whistling drop on track two, “Kill Em With Kindness,” followed by a few more as the album progresses. This works for Gomez: Since she has never been known as a singer with legendary pipes like Rihanna or Sia, she can use her catchy singing and her image alongside infectious dance music to continue expanding her enterprise.

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S U D O k U

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Across 1 Volkswagen Type 1, familiarly 4 Yemeni neighbor 9 Old-timey oath 13 1956 Gregory Peck role 15 Add a lane to, say 16 University of New Mexico athlete 17 Irish city in a recession?

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No. 20 West Virginia heads into critical regular season finale

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WVU’s Jamie Merriam celebrates after scoring a goal last weekend against Western Michigan.

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LeBlanc earns career win No. 100, for WVU

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On Tuesday, head coach Marlon LeBlanc earned his 100th career win as the West Virginia University men’s soccer team won 2-1 over the Penn State Nittany Lions (5-5-2).

“I think it’s ironic that it comes against my alma mater and the place where I got started,” LeBlanc said.

“I hope 100 wins isn’t the pinnacle of my career. I am pleased I got to do it with this group of guys.”

Penn State is a team that LeBlanc is very familiar with. A Penn State alumnus himself, LeBlanc served on the Nittany Lion staff from 2001-05, before being named the ninth head coach in WVU program history.

Ryan Cain started in his first game since an ankle sprain sidelined him for four games. Cain logged 84

minutes; his first shot on goal came three minutes into the game. It would be his only shot of the game.

Making his sixth straight start, goalkeeper Alec Boerner has started to solidify his spot as the team’s starter. Boerner’s first save came in the 8th minute off a corner kick.

It was a tale of two teams in the first half, as Penn State had 10 shots with five of those reaching the net.

The Mountaineers took advantage of the opportunities put in front of them, with all three of their shots reaching the net.

After a slow, sloppy first 15 minutes by Penn State, they later dominated possession throughout the rest of the half. Connor Maloney led the Nittany Lions with four shots, while four of his teammates recorded at least one shot.

Jamie Merriam put the Mountaineers up 1-0 in the 37th minute. Zak Leedom

played Merriamin from 25 yards out, while Merriam broke free from defenders to put it past Penn State’s Matt Bersano. Joey Piatczyc also assisted on the play.

Piatczyc’s 12th assist of the year places him in a tie for first place in program history for most assists in a season. He ties a 48-yearold record first set in 1967 by Len Forslund, and most recently Darren Eals in 1991.

“It feels great, and it’s a great honor,” Piatczyc said.

“But obviously, I can’t do it without the guys putting the ball in the back of the net. I credit it all to them.”

Merriam wasn’t finished yet. In the 43rd minute, the senior gave the Mountaineers a 2-0 cushion after an assist from Mike Desiderio and Zak Leedom.

It is the second multi-goal game for Merriam this year, the first coming against San Francisco.

“It was critical for us to get back to .500 tonight,”

Merriam said. “We’ve been crawling back and forth and to get back to .500 against a Penn State team is massive.”

In the second half, Coach LeBlanc made the decision to take Boerner out in favor of Daniel Diaz, who made a brief appearance in the 2-0 loss to Virginia Tech.

Boerner made five saves, two shy of his career high.

The move was made because Boerner was shaken up and was not feeling 100 percent.

However, Diaz did not disappoint in his performance. In the 67th minute, Diaz made a save off a free kick as Penn State’s Robby Sagal redirected the shot.

WVU played a more conservative style of play in the latter half. It seemed as if they were content to try and keep their lead, rather than adding to it.

While the Nittany Lions attempted to scratch and claw back into the game, it was Diaz and the Mountain-

Two races in two days is the task confronting the West Virginia Mountaineers women’s cross country team this weekend.

Friday, the Mountaineers will race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin. On Saturday, they compete at the Penn State Open in State College, Pennsylvania.

Head coach Sean Cleary has confirmed that no West Virginia runners will compete in both races.

“We’re taking our fittest and fastest (runners) to Wisconsin. Millie Paladino, Maggie Drazba, Anna French, Bryn Harshbarger, Amy Cashin, Kelly Williams, Savanna Plombon and Brianna Kerekes will race there,” Cleary said.

Cleary is putting the majority of his focus on Friday’s race, simply because of its size. “(Teams ranked) 1-31 will compete at Nationals.

The teams competing (at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational) are probably 44 or 45 of the best 50 teams in the country,” Cleary said. “This will be the biggest race of most of their lives.”

Cleary does not want to avoid the importance of the Penn State Open either. While the 10 runners the Mountaineers are taking to State College are not competing for something as important as in Wisconsin, Cleary said several are still trying to earn a place on the Big 12 Championship eer defense that stood tall.

Joey Piatczyc put the dagger in the Nittany Lions’ hopes as he scored his first career goal in the 89th minute.

Penn State finished with 15 shots overall, eight on goal, but the Mountaineers put the offense that generate 1.18 goals per game, at a standstill.

“I’m awfully proud of my guys right now,” LeBlanc said. “That’s a very big win over a good team.”

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team. Practice leading up to this weekend has been important, regardless of which race the runners are preparing for.

“We’ve done a touch bit more of speed work since Louisville, but the biggest work we’ve done is keeping them focused mentally.

(The Wisconsin Adidas Invitational) is a big race, and we’re just trying to prepare them for it like any other race,” Cleary said.

West Virginia has not raced since their first-place finish at the Greater Louisville Classic on Oct. 3.

The Mountaineers’ schedule has extended periods in between races. After Saturday, West Virginia’s next race is Oct. 31 for the Big 12 Championship.

“Some like to race every week, some don’t. At West Virginia, we put all our marbles in one basket for that race at the end of the year,” Cleary said. “We’ve had to make adjustments with the breaks, but I think it’s for the better.”

The Penn State Open on Saturday is the final race of the regular season. Despite placing first at the Greater Louisville Classic two weeks ago, West Virginia fell from No. 13 to No. 20 in last week’s United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Poll.

“We’re trying to build off of Louisville. We ran a good race there, but we need better than good this weekend,” Cleary said. “This weekend will determine 90 (percent) of the teams at Nationals.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

will look to continue their good fortunes as they continue MAC action at Buffalo this Friday. The Bulls have a record of 5-5-3, and 0-1 in conference play after losing to Akron in the conference opener.

“Everything we got going on now is positive,” Merriam said. “We are going in the right direction, everybody is positive. The moral is everything is great and we just keep moving forward.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers prepare for road test at No. 2 Baylor by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

The West Virginia University football team hits the road again this week to take on the No. 2 Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas. After taking its second loss in a row to thenNo. 20 Oklahoma State over the weekend in overtime, WVU has a couple weeks of road work, with opportunities to add two important and necessary wins to the season record.

Saturday night following the loss to OSU was a bit emotional with some noticeable hurt due to not being able to finish the win.

Junior quarterback Skyler Howard was visibly ticked off in post-game interviews and head coach Dana Holgorsen said Howard wasn’t alone in being upset.

“It hurt me a good bit too,” Holgorsen said. “No one was more disappointed for 62,000 fans than I was.

That place was electric, the fans hung in there while we were stinking it up in the first half. With that said, we can’t feel sorry for ourselves, we can’t expect anyone to as well.”

While Howard was down on himself Saturday night, he knows what his team needs to improve on moving forward. Against Oklahoma State, West Virginia had three fumbles from three different players, which ended up hurting the Mountaineers’ chances to score and gave the Cowboys good field advantages to score. The previous week against Oklahoma, WVU fumbled twice. Fumbles as well as the penalties are not helping WVU recover.

“Ball security is the number one thing right now,” Howard said. “We are moving the ball, and we are putting up numbers as an offense, we just have to continue to put an emphasis on taking care of the ball.”

Last season against Baylor, WVU committed three turnovers and had 14 penalties and still managed to take the upset win at home.

While Holgorsen admitted he had never seen anything like that game before, the adjustments he is prepared to make against Baylor are not a long list.

“We know what we are going to do, it’s the wonderful world of college football,” Holgorsen said. “It’s life in the Big 12. We are going to prepare our guys with a game plan and we are going to practice today (Tuesday), tomorrow and Thurs-

day. We fly out Friday, and we will wake up early Saturday to lineup and play ball, we will have fun doing it.”

Running back Wendell Smallwood was out of practice all last week from a slight ankle injury and ended up leading the Mountaineers’ offense in rushing yards. Having him come in and play, even with missing practice, ended up having a positive impact on WVU’s run game and scoring.

Holgorsen mentioned that Howard was rushing things against the Cowboys, and he needs to be able to do what the coaching staff asks of him. Part of that “rushing things” mentality might have come from being down a running back for the most part, although Smallwood did end up going in, but Howard was

quick to pass, often times not being ready to throw the ball, going 18-35 for 188 yards.

Even though Smallwood wasn’t at full health, Holgorsen said he really worked hard against Oklahoma State but was still limping at practice Monday.

What might be hurting the West Virginia offense is the chemistry between quarterback and receivers.

“The rapport that Clint (Trickett) and Kevin (White) had doesn’t exist right now,” Holgorsen said.

“We have to keep working until that develops. There are some decent things that exist with Skyler and Shelton down field, there are some decent things that exist with Sykler and Daikiel Shorts from the immediate routes.”

After defeating Bay-

lor last year, Holgorsen said that remembering the win is something he wants his team to do. The Big 12 schedule allows each team to play all nine others each season, creating a memory in how they all play.

The team watched the film from last year’s game against Baylor and he said after the two teams face off this weekend they will probably use the film from this season in next year’s preparation.

Baylor is the best team West Virginia is going to face so far, and WVU holds the series record 2-1, this is the fourth time the two teams have met. The Bears come in undefeated, having put up at least 56 points in each of their wins so far this season. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

women’s soccer

No. 2 West Virginia reaches highest-ever ranking

BY CONNOR HICKS SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Just two weeks after rising to the highest ranking in program history, the West Virginia women’s soccer team did it again, moving up to No. 2 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll this week. The ranking comes after a definitive win over then-No. 13 Texas Tech.

The Mountaineers (12-11, 3-0-1) also moved up to No. 3 in the Coaches’ Poll, the highest in program history. Texas Tech, the only other Big 12 team in the

poll, fell to No. 24 following the loss this weekend.

West Virginia has continued to climb, moving up 12 spots in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll after falling to No. 14, following an early season loss to Virginia Tech. The Mountaineers have been unstoppable since, going 11-0-1.

The first instance of a team being able to slow the Mountaineers down came in Norman, Oklahoma, Friday night in a 0-0 tie with the Oklahoma Sooners. Even with the tie, the Mountaineers were able to move up a spot, surpassing

Virginia, which has been unimpressive in conference play.

Florida State returned to the No. 1 ranking they began the season with. With a difficult ACC schedule remaining for the Seminoles, it is possible the Mountaineers could obtain their first top ranking in program history before the conclusion of regular season play.

The 4-1 win over No. 13 Texas Tech (8-2-4, 1-12) was the Mountaineers’ third win of the year over a ranked opponent, which moved them up to No. 9 in the RPI. The RPI deter-

mines rankings based on the difficulty of schedule and how teams fare against them.

“This was such a tough weekend for us. We went into double-overtime at Oklahoma Friday night and then played in a tough venue today, and we earned points in both matches,” said WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “This is huge for us. I’m so proud of this team.”

And what an important weekend it was, with the two opponents faced likely putting the difficult stretch of Big 12 play behind them.

The Mountaineers are now in first place, despite the tie to Oklahoma, with only four games between the team and its fourth consecutive Big 12 title.

Two of those games will be this weekend at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, where the Mountaineers are unbeaten in 27 consecutive conference games, dating back to 2009 when West Virginia was still a member of the Big East Conference.

Assuming the Mountaineers continue the path they’re on, they would head into the NCAA Tourna-

ment as a top regional seed, which would put them on pace for a late postseason run. Izzo-Brown set her sights on a return to the Elite Eight at the beginning of the season.

The Mountaineers take on Kansas at 7 p.m. on Friday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, where they have been dominant this season.

The team will then be back in action on Sunday against Iowa State for Senior Day. The team’s six seniors will be honored prior to kickoff at 1 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior running back Rennie Childs breaks a tackle during the Cowboys’ game against West Virginia Saturday.

OSU Cowboys climb into conference contention

BY DAVID STATMAN

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

We’re just about at the midpoint of the college football season, and we’re starting to see just how the Big 12 will shake out. Here are the Big 12 power rankings heading into Week 7.

1. Baylor The rollicking murder machine that is Baylor’s offense just keeps churning along. The Bears haven’t scored fewer than 56 points in a game this season, as receiver Corey Coleman – who has caught 13 touchdowns already, in just five games – has become a sleeper Heisman candidate. This Saturday’s game against West Virginia is a

test, as the Mountaineers easily have the best defense Baylor has yet faced.

2. TCU Corey Coleman is incredible, but he might not be the best receiver in the Big 12. TCU’s Josh Doctson has been remarkable through six games, recording 50 receptions for 877 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Trevone Boykin, eat your heart out. TCU has struggled to scrape out wins over Minnesota, Texas Tech and Kansas State, but at 6-0, they’re right where they’re supposed to be.

3. Oklahoma State The Cowboys have pushed their way into the conference title conversation with a 6-0 record. Although West Virginia man-

aged to neutralize many of their best offensive weapons, Mountaineer errors help give OSU a 33-26 overtime win – and if they can jump up to take out Baylor and/or TCU, things will get interesting.

4. Texas Tech Don’t look now, but the Red Raiders might be legit.

Their defense still would struggle to stop a particularly urgent nosebleed, but the brilliant Patrick Mahomes and their high-octane offense could put up points against anyone in the country. They’ve already been bled in surprisingly competitive games with Baylor and TCU, and they have the ability to give anyone in the conference a big-time headache.

5. Oklahoma Oklahoma was 4-0, with some of the best skill position players around, looking like they were in great position to make a run at the top. Then Saturday’s head-scratching loss to Texas happened. That’s the kind of loss that can completely derail a season – with two tests against Texas Tech and Kansas State coming up, we’ll see how the Sooners respond.

6. Texas Texas Longhorns fans won’t mind too much if they go 1-11, so long as that one win was over Oklahoma. Saturday’s upset win was essential for embattled head coach Charlie Strong, and we really got to see Texas for what it is – an

extremely young, raw and talented team that can surprise a top squad or two if they aren’t looking.

7. Kansas State Behind backup quarterback Joe Hubener, K-State has found their identity as a hard-nosed, groundand-pound team, just the way Bill Snyder likes it. KState has given both TCU and Oklahoma State major scares in the past two weeks, while Hubener has done his best impression of former Heisman candidate Collin Klein – the junior ran for four scores in the Wildcats’ 52-45 loss to TCU Saturday.

8. West Virginia The season-ending injury to Karl Joseph hurt dearly, but West Virginia’s biggest

problems lie on offense, with a shaky offensive line and a shaken Skyler Howard. The Mountaineers have one of the best defenses in the conference, but upcoming trips to Baylor and TCU could leave them 0-4 in the Big 12 and 3-4 overall – and with head coach Dana Holgorsen fighting for his job.

9. Iowa State The 2015 Cyclones are a boring, mediocre sort of bad, just as usual. They did, however, at least snag one conference win – against the indescribably bad Kansas Jayhawks. Take them where you can get them.

10. Kansas They’re not winning a game this year. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

SWIMMING AND DIVING

Young talent emerges on WVU diving squads

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

For the West Virginia men’s and women’s diving teams, talent from underclassmen on the springboard played a major factor in the Mountaineers’ season-opening meet last week in the WVU Natatorium.

Last week’s annual West Virginia State Games provided the Mountaineers with their first bid at competition this season, both in the pool and on the diving platform. WVU swept the meet, winning every event and claiming victory for the fifth consecutive year. With experience

all over this year’s swimming and diving program, it’s hard to overlook the competitive edge provided by talented freshmen and sophomores on the diving platform last Thursday and Friday.

The men’s team placed first in diving in its first meet of the season, as sophomores and freshmen dominated for West Virginia. Returning sophomores Alex Obendorf, Logan McHenry and Michael Proietto leaped off to a good start as all three placed in the 1-meter board event last Friday. Obendorf competed in the 3-meter board event and qualified for the NCAA Diving Zones Championships in December.

“It was a good day on the diving board for everyone,” said WVU diving coach Michael Grapner after last week’s performance. “Alex qualified for Zones on the 3-meter, and I’m excited to see what this young group can accomplish this season.”

Obendorf and Proietto return as the only men’s NCAA Diving Zones qualifiers from a year ago. Obendorf finished in 12th place overall and Proietto placed 16th to conclude their freshman season. The top six divers of each event at Zones qualify for the NCAA Championships, a mark Grapner hopes his young divers will surpass.

“Overall, the divers did

great last year at Zones. We have been so close with qualifying for the NCAA meet. I’m determined to get some divers qualified,” Grapner said.

While the top six men’s divers qualify for NCAA Championships, the top seven women at Zones will qualify for NCAAs. Senior Lindsay Schmidt started her final season on the springboard for the Mountaineers on the right foot, as she also qualified for Zones in the 1-meter diving event in WVU’s opening meet.

Schmidt comes in as the leader on the diving platform for the women’s team, which boasts promising freshmen. Freshman

Averly Hobbs also qualified in the 1-meter event, finishing in second place behind Schmidt.

In her freshman debut for the Mountaineers, Julia Calcut led the women’s team in the 3-meter event last week with a score of 292.40, on Thursday. Although only Obendorf qualified for the 3-meter event in the season’s first meet, it won’t be long before the youth factors in for the women’s team.

WVU head coach Vic Riggs anticipates the young talent on the springboard for the Mountaineers to get better as the season moves along, hoping last week’s state meet provided quality preparation heading

into this week’s two-day quad meet.

“Now we’ll turn our attention to next week’s challenge,” Riggs said. “It’s been a great start to our season, and each week we’re trying to improve.”

Divers from ACC opponents Georgia Tech will face off against the Mountaineers Friday, and the Mountaineers will be in competition against rival Virginia Tech Saturday.

West Virginia will host the meet, putting the Mountaineers’ promising young talent on the diving platform back in comfortable waters for the third meet of the season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

VOLLEYBALL

West Virginia looks to end six-game losing streak by johnna herbig sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

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Tonight, the West Virginia University volleyball team will continue conference play against the Texas Tech Red Raiders at home.

Both teams are coming in off shutout losses, after West Virginia lost to Kansas State over the weekend and Texas Tech lost to TCU. WVU has lost six games in a row.

Even with the match being so close, the Wildcats defeated WVU with set scores of 25-20, 25-20 and 25-23.

WVU’s libero Gianna Gotterba led the defense with a team-high of 16 digs while senior middle blocker Caleah Wells led the Mountaineer offense with 11 kills. Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery and Mia Swanegan both tallied nine kills each.

“I thought we did some nice things,” said WVU head coach Reed Sunahara in an interview with WVUsports. com following the game. “We were a lot more competitive today. We need to work on finishing these sets.”

In Texas Tech’s last match against the Horned Frogs, senior outside hitter Meghan Stacy tied with two other players for leading the offense. Stacy along with junior Lauren Douglass and sophomore Alyssa Ybanez all posted seven kills. Sophomore Audrey Fragniere was right behind the trio at the net with six kills herself.

The Red Raiders’ defense was strong in this match, with three girls having double digit kills, but they were still no match for TCU. Senior Carlie Foust led the team with 20 digs, and sophomore Ashley Morgan was right behind her with 14 as well as 10 from junior Marguerite Grubb.

Grubb posted her sixth double-double of the season in her game against TCU, with her 10 digs she also posted 35 assists, it was her ninth double-double of her collegiate career.

Last year when these two teams met, the Mountaineers took the win, 3-0. West Virginia enters the game at 5-12 on the season and Texas Tech is sitting at 12-7 with a 1-4 record in the Big 12, the Moun-

taineers have yet to take a conference win this season.

When WVU swept Texas Tech at home last year, it ended a five-game losing streak that the Mountaineers were on later in the season.

Leading the offense last year were Jordan Anderson and Nikki Attea who are no longer on the team, but junior middle blocker Hannah Shreve got some playing time against the Red Raiders.

On the Texas Tech side of the net, outside hitter Jenna Allen led the way with 12 kills and she is continuing to produce for her team this year.

The senior from South Carolina is averaging 2.97 kills per set this year with a 133 total thus far, behind Douglass who has posted 195 kills for a 3.25 average. This is the ninth time these two teams will meet and the teams are tied 4-4 overall, but since joining the Big 12 Conference, West Virginia leads the series 4-2.

The match begins at 6 p.m. at the Coliseum and is celebrating faculty and staff appreciation night for WVU. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Spurrier resigns, takes blame for Gamecocks’ slide COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Steve Spurrier knew it was time. South Carolina was struggling and the gregarious and once innovative coach was a big reason why.

Always one to do things his way, Spurrier believed he needed to step aside, and no one was going to change his mind.

Spurrier resigned as Gamecocks coach Tuesday, resisting pleas from the University of South Carolina president and athletic director to stay through the season - accepting the harsh reality that the team’s awful first half was oh him.

“You can’t keep a head coach as long as I have (coached) when it’s heading in the wrong direction,” Spurrier said.

The 70-year-old Spurrier considered leaving several times during his 11 seasons at South Carolina, most recently after last year’s 6-6 regular season. But a win over Miami in the Independence Bowl re-energized him and gave him hope for better things ahead.

The Gamecocks, though, have struggled at 2-4 and are 0-4 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in Spurrier’s 23 seasons in the league.

“I’m responsible. I’m the head coach,” Spurrier said.

“It’s time for me to get out of the way and let somebody else have a go at it.”

Spurrier said he felt he needed to step down now because he doesn’t believe there is accountability with players if they know the coach won’t be back next year. He also said he would be a recruiting liability.

Spurrier said it was unlikely he’d ever be a head coach in college again because of the recruiting aspect. He did hope to consult for a team one day and promised players he’d still see them in the weight room and around town.

He tried to keep things light hearted throughout the press conference.

“Why’s everyone all dressed up?” Spurrier said entering the room. “This isn’t a funeral.”

Spurrier’s decision ends a 16-year run for South Carolina football, which was led by two of college football’s all-time greats in Lou Holtz (1999-2004) and Spurrier.

Spurrier had never had a losing season in 25 previous seasons coach at Duke (1987-89), Florida (19902001) or South Carolina, where he has been since 2005 talking about achieving things that hadn’t been accomplished before with the Gamecocks.

Steve Spurrier at his press conference announcing his retirement.

“I was the best coach for a firm to help identify canthis job 11 years ago, but I’m didates going forward. Tannot today,” he said. ner said Elliott would be a Interim head coach candidate to earn the fullShawn Elliott said his job time job. was to help the team move Spurrier was in the forward. middle of his 11th sea“Our team is not in son at South Carolina and shambles, as some might while the Gamecocks are say,” he said after Spurrier struggling, university ofleft the podium. “Not sure ficials praised his accomthe change is what they’ve plishments and impact needed but the change is he has had on the football what they’ve got. Going program.

The winningest coach at to do everything we can to make the University of Florida and South Carolina, South Carolina proud of this Spurrier joins the late Bear football program.”

Bryant as the only coaches Athletic director Ray Tan- to win the most games at ner said he would form a two SEC schools. search committee and hire Some questioned Spur-

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rier might want to last long enough to surpass the Bear’s mark of 159 SEC wins.

“Had I wanted to break that record, I would’ve stayed at Florida,” Spurrier, who finishes with 131 league victories, said in 2013.

Spurrier said this summer he planned to coach two or three more years, then extended that to four or five years when several recruits who had committed to South Carolina backed away before signing day in February.

Then in July, Spurrier held a defiant news conference, telling Gamecocks

fans not to listen to “enemies” questioning his commitment level, or implying he could no longer effectively coach at his age.

“We haven’t lost it,” Spurrier said in the summer.

“We’ve got a dang good team.”

But things have quickly spiraled downward this season.

The Gamecocks lost to Kentucky at home in the season’s second week, then were blown out by SEC Eastern Division rival Georgia, 52-20, a week later.

Losses at Missouri and No. 6 LSU last week guaranteed Spurrier no better than a break-even season in the SEC. South Carolina’s inconsistency on offense this season has surely frustrated Spurrier, a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback at Florida who played for San Francisco and Tampa Bay in the NFL. After beginning his coaching career in the USFL, and leading Duke, he returned to the Swamp and took the Gators to a national championship with a highflying, Fun-n-Gun attack.

The Gamecocks are 11th in total offense in the SEC, averaging 341 yards a game.

South Carolina plays at home against Vanderbilt (23, 0-2) on Saturday.

Haden: Sarkisian fired for failing to meet standards LOS ANGELES (AP) —Southern California athletic director Pat Haden defended both his hiring and firing of Steve Sarkisian on Tuesday, saying the troubled football coach passed a thorough background check and had no behavioral missteps until the last two months.

Haden said he sent a letter of termination to Sarkisian when he was unable to contact the coach personally, one day after Sarkisian showed up to work “unwell.” Interim coach Clay Helton will lead the Trojans (3-2, 1-2 Pac-12) against No. 14 Notre Dame on Saturday.

“I was able to gather facts and determine that Steve’s

conduct did not meet USC standards and expectations of a head coach,” Haden said.

“He knew those expectations and failed to meet them, so we made a decision in the best interest of our studentathletes, and that was to terminate Steve.”

USC President Max Nikias issued a statement in strong support of Haden, who is under scrutiny for his handling of Sarkisian’s problems and the football team’s struggles.

Haden allowed Sarkisian to keep working after an embarrassing alcohol-related incident at a pep rally in August because he decided the coach “deserved a second chance,” he said.

“I felt at that time, it was in the best interests of our players, who had been through an incredible amount of adversity during the (NCAA) sanctions and the coaching changes they had gone through, and to Steve, not to suspend or fire him,” Haden said.

“Based on the input of trusted medical professionals and staff, it was determined he could continue coaching while seeking treatment. I felt a great deal of compassion for Steve Sarkisian.”

Haden initially placed Sarkisian on an indefinite leave of absence Sunday, but echoed similarly vague recent statements about the reasons

for the decision Tuesday.

Haden said his investigation over the next day revealed that Sarkisian had violated those unspecified “expectations” for his behavior following the August incident, persuading Haden to fire the coach just 18 games into his tenure.

Haden said an unnamed national search firm helped with Sarkisian’s hiring despite his anecdotal history of boisterous alcohol-related behavior during his time at the University of Washington, but the AD couldn’t explain why USC saw nothing wrong with the public records obtained by the AP, the Los Angeles Times and other outlets that dem-

onstrated Sarkisian’s enthusiasm for hefty alcohol purchases while traveling for the Huskies. Haden said Sarkisian also had background checks done by USC and the NCAA. “At the time of Steve’s hire, I firmly believed he was the right choice and fit for USC,” Haden said. “The decision didn’t work out, and I own that.”

Sarkisian, the Trojans’ fourth head coach in just over two years, went 12-6 with a talent-stacked roster, losing four games to double-digit underdogs. He lost two of his last three games, both to unranked Pac-12 opponents.

Haden and Nikias, who are close friends, have

stressed the positive aspects of Haden’s tenure, including strong success in smaller sports and the football program’s successful navigation of heavy NCAA sanctions predating their time in charge. “(Haden) is a man of true character and integrity,” Nikias said. “He cares deeply for our student-athletes, and he always makes their wellbeing his highest priority. Pat Haden has been doing an outstanding job in leading Trojan athletics in the past five years, and I want to take this opportunity to reiterate my unwavering support for him. I look forward to working with Pat Haden as our USC AD for many years to come.”

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New films scrutinize Brazil’s World Cup legacy RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Last year’s World Cup in Brazil may have been the “cup of cups” for soccer fans, but for Brazilian taxpayers, who forked out some $11.5 billion for the month-long tournament, its legacy has proven negative, according to two new films.

“Brazil vs. Brazil” and “The March of the White Elephants” show the dark underbelly of the mega-event, which saw thousands of poor people removed from their homes and billions poured into state-of-the-art stadiums, some of which are now being used as parking lots or wedding venues.

The critical documentaries, which screened at the Rio Film Festival that closes Wednesday, come as Brazil enters the final stretch before next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and amid an unfurling corruption crisis at World Cup organizer FIFA. “I think it was terrible for Brazilians,” said Laura Colucci, a Sao Paulo native who co-produced “White Elephants” along with her South African husband, Neil

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Brazil defender David Luiz reacts in shock after another German goal in Brazil’s 7-1 defeat in the 2014 World Cup. Brandt. hospitals. Thousands took 2007 police drama “Elite “They felt betrayed, they to the streets in the big- Squad,” while “White Elfelt embarrassed, they gest protests in a genera- ephants” is by Australian felt defeated,” said Co- tion. Once the ball started documentarian Craig Tanlucci, adding that the harm rolling, however, most here ner. However, both reach wrought by the tournament left politics aside, embrac- similar conclusions about has gone well beyond Bra- ing Brazil’s five-time cham- what hosting the World Cup zil’s 7-1 pummeling by Ger- pion national team and the meant for Brazil. many in the semi-finals. chance to host soccer’s bigBoth films draw on interviews with similar sources, In the year leading up to gest event.

The documentary direc- including anti-World Cup the 2014 tournament, many Brazilians were angered by tors come from very differ- activists, academics, politithe spiraling costs of prepa- ent backgrounds. “Brazil cians and people who were rations and the chronically vs. Brazil” is by celebrated forced out of their homes to woeful state of the coun- Brazilian director Marcos make way for stadiums and try’s public schools and Prado, who produced the other infrastructure.

Taxpayers, the films show, ended up stuck with the bill for stadiums that cost several times their initial estimates. Some were built in cities such as the remote agricultural capital of Cuiaba, which does not have a first-division soccer team. In some cities, including Rio, slum dwellers were pushed out of their homes, in principle to make room for parking lots or other facilities.

And with World Cup tickets out of the price range for most in this middle income nation, local spectators were overwhelmingly from the country’s elite, exacerbating the divide between rich and poor in this most unequal of societies.

Today, without permanent tenants, those socalled “white elephant” stadiums are now playing host to the occasional wedding or are parking lots.

The only real winner from the 2014 World Cup, the films suggest, was FIFA. The Zurich, Switzerland-based not-for-profit posted revenues of nearly $5 billion off the Brazil World Cup.

Images of top Brazilian officials including President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Luiz da Silva, embracing FIFA head Josep Blatter and other FIFA top brass drew groans from the crowds at the Rio Film Festival.

Both the FIFA officials and the Brazilian leaders have suffered major reversals of fortune since the World Cup. Criminal probes on two continents into allegations of large-scale corruption helped forced last week’s suspension of Blatter, who had reigned over FIFA for 17 years.

In Brazil, Rousseff’s political future appears uncertain amid a tanking economy and a spiraling investigation into corruption at the state-run oil giant at Petrobras that’s ensnared lawmakers from her governing Workers’ Party.

“There is nothing in the film that’s new - not one scrap of information in there that’s not publically available with a Google search,” said Brandt, co-producer of “White Elephants.”

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