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U92 wins Station of the Year WVU radio station earns three CMJ awards

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U92 wins Best Station of the Year. tenership and little more dent record label is things I said. “It’s been a very intepopularity because of this.” try play the most.” gral part of my life. I love McIntyre also mentions music a lot, so to actually get McIntyre’s job as a music director is to select and refer that she prefers to use en- nationally recognized for it music from a diverse range tire albums in her rotation feels good. We all work reof platforms ally hard at to create the station.”

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Be ban Diner sive rotation. But as professional about it like we always have been is a twiceM c I n t y r e and just keep rolling with it. Hopefully we w e e k l y mentioned, hip-hop p i c k i n g get some more listenership and a little more takeover di-Cody Roane tracks that popularity because of this. rected by appeal to Roane. Lisa broad teners can student body can be as opposed to just individ- tune in late-night to all challenging. ual tracks to give listeners things hip-hop with tracks “When making my selec- a more complete sample of from numerous sub-genres including trap hip-hop, tions, it’s really just looking an artist.

U92 also stands out for its funk and even west coast. for a sound I haven’t heard before,” McIntyre said. “It’s other exceptional aspects, Roane’s particular favorite also my job to play things such as its Urban Diner hip- tracks though, are his unthat I know people will like hop show. Roane, who was derground finds.

- that maybe I don’t like. I recognized as top Specialty “Song choices are just always would push local Music Director, digs deep about what I think sounds music as far to the top of for the newest, up and com- good, or what I think can be the chart as I can get it. It’s ing music. on the cusp of making hipplayed the most. Anything “I’ve always loved hip- hop start on the fore-front,” that is from an indepen- hop from the start,” Roane Roane said. “Basically, I just

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scour Sound Cloud, scour the internet and read hiphop blogs.”

Like Roane, McIntyre also works hard off-air to prepare her multi-genre rotation.

“It’s not an easy job, that’s for sure. It’s a very subjective job because music a very subjective thing,” McIntyre said. “I think the most rewarding part for me is when I can show people new music, honestly - something they haven’t heard before…

I like music that makes you think critically.”

Roane and McIntyre both agree their simple passion for music ultimately drives their award-winning content, making their everchanging track lists sound effortless.

“We just kind of do it for the love of the music,” Roane said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

U.S. Marine Corps lets students try flight simulator

By Robert Lee Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

On Thursday afternoon, students were given the chance to experience a United States Marine Corps fighter jet through a simulation offered by the organization.

The Corps visited West Virginia University with aircraft simulators for students to try as part of a new program meant to raise recruitment and inform about the organization, said Captain Ian Merry.

“My mission is to bring awareness and enthusiasm about aviation officer opportunities in the Marine Corps, specifically on college campuses,” said Captain Rich Jacobs, 4th Marine Corps district aviation assistant for officer procurement.

The aviation operations presentation was set up to change preconceived notions many hold about the USMC. When thinking of the Marines, Merry believes most think of infantry, elite ground forces and artillery, but realistically, 30 percent of marine officers are pilots.

The USMC will visit WVU once each semester with the flight simulators, but once a month, the organiza-

tion will also set up an information booth for interested students and faculty members, said Gunnery Sergeant Julian Torres.

Before the simulation, people were asked to sign up, giving them the chance to participate in a pull-up challenge or the flight simulator, Torres said, in addition to acting as a point of contact for further information.

“Our goal is to get 100 people to sign up, and we’re really close to that—if not, have already passed it,” Torres said.

Though the weather and location does affect turnout rate, Merry feels Thursday’s event had more participants compared to previous ones.

Bringing the flight simulators to WVU started last spring as a test run, Jacobs said. Fortunately, the newer version of the program has far less issues compared to the older one. “(The old version) was expensive, there were safety concerns, and not many college campuses (had) an airport available to them,” Jacobs said. “Since replacing the aircraft with replicated simulators, we have seen 100 times (the) increase in participation and enthusiasm so far.”

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Project MUSHROOM provides aid for homeless

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U92 FM is now turning the heads of listeners across the nation, thanks to a little recognition from CMJ Radio.

The 2015 CMJ Awards were selected on Wednesday, with U92 receiving three awards, including the most-coveted Station of the Year. Of the six categories the station was nominated for, U92 also took home awards for Music Director of the Year and Specialty Music Director.

This is the first win for U92 and its staff at the CMJ Awards since 2006, putting WVU college radio back on the map.

Among the hardworking team is U92 Music Director Emmi McIntyre who reflects on the progress made by the station over the past few years.

“The only other nomination we have won for is ‘Specialty Show Director’ for ‘Middle’ back in 2006,” McIntyre said. “This is the first ‘Station of the Year’ award and first ‘Music Director’ to win, so it’s pretty insane.”

Taking home top honor of ‘Station of the Year’ is a major achievement for the primarily student-run station, making the national notoriety even sweeter for this small town staff.

“We are just going to keep doing our thing,” said Cody Roane, Specialty Music Director for U92. “Be professional about it, like we always have been, and just keep rolling with it. Hopefully we get some more lis-

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Gunnery Sergeant Stephens explains how the F-30 fighter jet simulator operates for recruitment and awareness, but for training, as well, Jacobs said. The simulators are safe, effective and helpful for improving a pilot’s performance.

In some cases, simulators completely replicate an aircraft cockpit, which gives the operator the sense of an actual jet, Jacobs said.

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BODY POSITIVITY Movement emphasizes unhealthy obsession with appearances

Students are taking to the streets of Morgantown to provide the local homeless population with aid and warmth as part of West Virginia University’s Multidisciplinary UnSheltered Homeless Relief Outreach of Morgantown organization, otherwise known as project MUSHROOM. Traveling the streets by foot and helping the less fortunate with “street rounds,” project MUSHROOM will bring health professionals, like doctors, dentists and social workers, directly to Morgantown’s homeless.

Emily Witsberger, a second year medical student, is one of three co-leaders of the organization and began volunteering last year.

Although she has always been involved in community ser vice, Witsberger said no matter how many times she’s given back to the community, providing service always makes her grateful.

“It’s so easy to get tunnel vision in school,” she said. “I wanted to keep my perspective broad and (continue to) give back because it makes you thankful.”

Modeled after a Pittsburgh program called “Operation Safety Net,” Project MUSHROOM’s goal is “to reach out to those most marginalized from society.”

During “street rounds,” volunteers provide the homeless with basic essentials and care necessary for everyday life, which includes giving locals food, water, clothing, basic medical intervention and compassion for the human spirit.

The organization operates completely from donations, so volunteers are continuously accepting highly demanded donation items, like socks, underwear, packaged foods and water bottles.

Currently, they are working on a coat drive for the project—an organized effort to provide coats of all sizes to the Morgantown homeless this fall and winter season.

McKenzie Mills, a second year medical student, is also a co-leader for the organization.

She said volunteering for Project MUSHROOM and participating in the coat drive is a good way to give back to Morgantown residents who lack proper clothing for the colder weather. “(The volunteers) see so many people that are cold in the winter,” Mills said. “It opens your eyes to all of the people that need help, right here in Morgantown.”

Both Witsberger and Mills said while on their “street rounds,” they’ve seen a lot of people with

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Obama extends U.S. military mission in Afghanistan into 2017

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, arrives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, to announce that he will keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017.

WASHINGTON (AP)— When President Barack Obama leaves office in 15 months, he’ll hand his successor military conflicts in the two countries where he promised to end prolonged war: Afghanistan and Iraq.

There will be far fewer troops in each, and the American forces won’t have a direct combat role.

But for Obama, it’s nevertheless a frustrating end to a quest that was central to his political rise.

“As you are all well aware, I do not support the idea of endless war,” Obama said Thursday as he announced he was dropping plans to withdraw nearly all U.S. forces

from Afghanistan by the end of next year. Instead, he’ll leave office with at least 5,500 on the ground to help protect gains made during 14 years of war.

As a result, the winner of the 2016 presidential election will become the third American commander in chief to oversee the Afghan war.

The president’s goal of ending the wars he inherited had already been tarnished by the return of U.S. forces to Iraq last year, 2½ years after they left. The troops are there to help Iraq fight the Islamic State, a mission Obama has said will likely outlast his presidency.

Obama never mentioned Iraq Thursday, but the tenuous situation there has no doubt hung over his decision-making on Afghanistan. Obama’s critics contend the decision to withdraw from Iraq created the vacuum that allowed the Islamic State to thrive and warned leaving Afghanistan next year could have the same consequences.

Military commanders have argued for months that Afghans needed additional assistance and support from the U.S. to beat back a resurgent Taliban and keep the Islamic State from using the country as a haven.

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The president had originally planned to withdraw all but a small embassybased force from Afghanistan in late 2016, shortly before leaving office. Under the new $15 billiona-year plan, the U.S. will maintain its current force of 9,800 through most of 2016, then begin drawing down to 5,500 late in the year or in early 2017.

O b a m a’s decision thrusts the war into the middle of a presidential campaign that so far has barely touched on Afghanistan. Candidates now will be pressed to say how they will try to do what Obama could not - end a conflict that has killed more than 2,230 American service members and cost more than $1 trillion.

On Thursday, leading Democratic candidates - including Hillary Rodham Clinton, who served as Obama’s secretary of state - were silent about the president’s decision.

Last year, after Obama announced his original 2016 withdrawal timeline, Clinton said she would be open to extending the U.S. presence if Afghan leaders made that request.

The president’s revamped plan was welcomed by several Republican presidential candidates, but some said 5,500 troops would not be enough.

“If he is truly committed to fighting terrorism and securing a stable Afghanistan, he shouldn’t shortchange what our military commanders have said they need to complete the mission,” said Jeb Bush.

The former Florida governor did not say how many troops he thought would be sufficient.

According to a defense official, the president approved the highest number requested by commanders, with the greatest amount of flexibility.

Former technology executive Carly Fiorina called Obama’s decision a “recognition of reality” in Afghanistan. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the president was “waking up to the fact that disengaging America from the world and allowing there to be safe havens for terrorists is not the right way to protect American homeland security and national security.”

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was an outlier among Republican candidates.

He vowed to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan immediately if elected president.

U.S. officials say Afghan President Ashraf Ghani asked Obama to keep the troops in his country when they met in Washington earlier this year. Obama sees Ghani as a more reliable partner than former President Hamid Karzai, a mercurial leader who deeply frustrated the White House.

Obama’s meeting with Ghani set off a monthslong re-evaluation of the U.S. role in Afghanistan.

The president’s decision was reinforced when Taliban fighters took control of the key northern city of Kunduz late last month, leading to a protracted battle with Afghan forces supported by U.S. airstrikes.

During the fighting, a U.S. air attack hit a hospital, killing 12 Doctors Without Borders staff and 10 patients.

The Associated Press reported Thursday that

American special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the hospital days before it was destroyed because they believed it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity.

The U.S. forces that Obama spoke of Thursday will continue with their current two-track mission: counterterrorism operations and training and assisting Afghan security forces. The troops will be based in Kabul and at Bagram Air Field, as well as bases in Jalalabad and Kandahar.

Ghani welcomed the decision, saying it sent a message to the Taliban and terrorist groups that their actions “will produce no result other than defeat.”

Officials said the drawdown to 5,500 would begin late next year or in early 2017, with the pace determined by military commanders. They said NATO allies had expressed support for extending the troop presence in Afghanistan, but they did not outline any specific commitments from other nations.

White House officials said they were still pleased with the progress Obama had made in drastically reducing the number of U.S. troops from a high of about 100,000 in 2010 and ending America’s direct combat role.

Still, there’s no doubt the situation he’ll leave behind is far different from what he envisioned last year, when he announced it was time to “turn the page” and withdraw from Afghanistan.

“Americans have learned that it’s harder to end wars than it is to begin them,” he said at the time.

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they just want us to listen to them,” Witsberger said.

“That’s what they really need.”

The coat drive will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today in room 1106 of the WVU Health Sciences Center. Donations of all sizes are valued and appreciated.

If interested in donating but unavailable to do so

on the provided date, contact Witsberger at emwitsberger@mix.wvu.edu.

For more information on project MUSHROOM or upcoming volunteer opportunities, visit http://medicine.hsc.wvu. edu/fammed-mushroom/ home/.

“It’s the closest thing to getting to fly a jet, without actually getting into one,” said Austin Ousley, WVU sophomore in Air Force ROTC. “People don’t realize the technical fundamentals that go into this such as, airspeed, angle and altitude.”

The idea is to make flying appear effortless, and what’s quickly understood is the difficulty of multitasking, Jacobs said.

“What took me by surprise were the foot petals and how to use them when trying to land,” said Julian Figaretti, junior agricultural business management

student.

And for some students, just the opportunity to fly a simulated Marine Corps jet was an ecstatic feeling.

“I’ve always wanted to get into a jet, so having that much power at any given moment is an awesome feeling,” Figaretti said. “I got to ask a couple of questions and actually learned that even with my eye sight, there’s still a chance for me.”

For more information, contact Captain Ian Merry at Ian.merry@Marines. usmc.mil

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different needs. Sometimes what the homeless need most, however, is a good listener.

“Some people who have been homeless for a while start to recognize us, and

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“The reason we use simulators is because of safety.

If you crash a simulator, it’s no big deal, you can just reset it,” Jacobs said. “But in an aircraft, you’re in a not so forgiving environment, so a lot of safety issues are taken into consideration.”

Learning to fly an aircraft can be challenging, however, most students who participated didn’t realize the simulator could be equally as hard.

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Desensationalizing mass murder Earlier this month, a small community college in Oregon was devastated after a gunman opened fire in a classroom and deliberately caused the deaths of nine people. Media outlets were immediately flooded with details of the shooting and descriptions of the personality and background of the killer, detailing everything from the words he’d said to victims before shooting them to his recent Instagram posts.

After the shooting, cries for increased gun control followed when the shooter’s father issued a statement questioning the lax laws surrounding gun licenses and purchases. Arguments both for and against gun

legislation were at the forefront of the discussion surrounding the shooting until the story ceased to be covered by major news outlets and dropped off the radar.

However, only a few news outlets told the story others didn’t want to tell.

Numerous psychological studies have suggested mass killers have an innate desire to be in the limelight.

An article from the Wall Street Journal published in 2013 details accounts of the personality traits found in most mass shooters: “...

Massacre killers are typically marked by what are considered personality disorders: grandiosity, resentment, self-righteousness, a sense of entitlement…

What these findings suggest is that mass shootings are a kind of theater,” with media outlets being the stage.

Whether the shooters survive their attack or not is irrelevant, as “mass shooters aim to tell a story through their actions” in order to impact society.

The article and many others published after other major shootings in recent years have attempted to open up discussion surrounding how the publicity created by mass shootings may be a contributing factor in their increasing prevalence.

However, it appears that every case made for changing the way mass suicides are depicted in the media

is continuously ignored.

The faces and names of the shooters in Aurora, Colorado, Newtown, Connecticut and Columbine, Colorado still made the news after each tragedy.

Mass shootings often occur in broad daylight and in public areas, which indicates the need for the shootings to be witnessed by others as a kind of statement about society. Taking away this outlet for troubled individuals contemplating murder may be a key factor in preventing future shootings.

Decreasing publicity has already been effective in decreasing suicide rates.

Suicides have ceased to be publicized since the Vienna

train suicides in the 1980s, when a contagion effect surrounding suicide was discovered. After one suicide committed by subway train was made public, the Austrian city was hit with a surprising number of suicides caused by the same method over the next few years. After sensationalized media coverage of the suicides stopped, suicides caused by subway trains dropped by more than 75 percent.

Extending this same logic onto mass shootings may yield similar positive results. The public deserves to know when a mass shooting has occurred, but covering the story in too much detail and focusing on the killer’s

motives and personal history may be increasing the number of mass shootings by glorifying the situation.

This editorial board believes a change of reporting tactics in journalism is crucial in protecting public safety in the future.

The police chief of Douglas County in Oregon, home of Umpqua Community College, said he refused to say the name of the killer on national television and add to the infamy the shooter has already attained posthumously. If more news outlets adopted this attitude about mass shootings, future tragedies may be prevented. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Body positivity misses the mark in raising self-esteem kayla mccormick columnist @kayattheda

From Aerie’s “AerieReal” campaign to Dove’s #choosebeautiful campaign, the rise in attention and overall awareness of the body positivity movement is evident. It is gaining attention for good reason, as an alarming amount of young females today suffer from a negative body image. According to the NYC Girl’s Project, “Over 80 percent of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat. By middle school, 40-70 percent of girls are dissatisfied with two or more parts of their body, and body satisfaction hits rock bottom between the ages of 12 and 15.”

Since the introduction of near-constant social media access, girls and young women have been bombarded with images of “the perfect body.” Because of this, it isn’t surprising they’ve developed issues with body image.

The NYC Girl’s Project also stated, “Sixty-three percent of girls think the body image represented by the fashion industry is unrealistic and 47 percent think it is unhealthy, yet 60 percent say that they compare their bodies to fashion models, 48 percent wish they were as skinny as the models in fashion magazines, and 31

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Body positivity may seem like a positive movement on the outside, but isn’t what it seems. percent of girls admit to starving themselves or refusing to eat as a strategy to lose weight.”

On an individual level, the body positivity movement is incredible. Each and every person deserves to feel satisfied in their skin, feel comfortable wearing whatever they please and feel confident enough to be the person they envision themselves to be. The body positivity movement in the face of negative self-

esteem can be viewed as a gift.

This being said, I believe body positivity as a social movement can be seen as a distraction from the real problem: a societal obsession with beauty in general. In today’s society, attractive children are favored more by both their peers and teachers, attractive interviewees are more likely to receive job offers and an attractive person is more likely to be found not

guilty in the face of a crime.

These statistics are regurgitated to the public so regularly, however, that people have become desensitized to their meaning.

Children are receiving a lower quality education in a less welcoming environment because of their physical appearance, applicants more qualified for jobs are being passed over for people more aesthetically pleasing and attractive people are less likely

to be charged for a crime.

This is both terrifying and repulsive.

The body positivity movement contains the same problematic societal features as before, but is simply cloaked by good intentions. It still displays an obscene obsession with physical appearance, particularly that of women.

While the movement takes into account the wide-scale issue of negative body image, it continues to per-

petuate a society-wide infatuation with physical appearance.

Instead of promoting body positivity, I believe the movement should concentrate more on body indifference. As stated by Kaila Prins for “Everyday Feminism,” “The body-positivity movement asks us to focus on our bodies when, in reality, we should be focusing on making a change in the world or living our lives, or being positive about things that have nothing to do with our bodies.”

Beauty standards have existed throughout history and have proven to be trivial and entirely subjective to era. Not too long ago, women with fuller figures were preferred over the thin frame idolized in today’s society. The fact that society puts so much stake into the importance of something as inconsequential as beauty—and then puts such great pressure on men and women to uphold these trite, unrealistic expectations—is outrageous and an insult to our collective intelligence as a species.

In order to move forward as both a society and as individuals, I believe we must let go of our preoccupation with beauty and explore the other immensely valuable aspects of being human. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Human trials of HIV vaccine ushers in new era of public health shelby bradford columnist @shelbybradfordda

Vaccinations are one of the most important health decisions one can make for oneself, one’s family and society as a whole. They are the best safeguard against devastating diseases such as influenza, tetanus, meningitis, pertussis and countless others. Fortunately, progress only continues to be made in eliminating and treating these preventable ailments.

For example, on Oct. 14 of this year, Dr. Robert Gallo, the man who discovered AIDS was directly caused

by HIV, announced the beginning of human trials with a vaccine to combat the virus.

Dr. Gallo’s vaccine is designed to help the body’s antibodies find and eliminate HIV while the virus is attempting to bind to a T-cell (otherwise known as white blood cell) before it fully infects one. It has shown promise in monkey trials, but future human trials will need to first evaluate the immune response and safety of the immunization. At the end of this phase of testing, if the vaccine proves to pose no health problems in humans, the team can begin analyzing the efficiency of the drug in people. As HIV/ AIDS is one of the largest

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A vaccination for HIV could save millions of lives. and most contagious diseases in the world, this vaccine could save the lives of millions of people.

The idea of vaccination is accredited to Edward Jenner, who came up with the concept of inoculating people with weak forms of a pathogen in order to protect against deadlier strains. He used pus from cowpox sores to deliberately infect people with the disease, which later proved to protect people from contracting smallpox. Vaccines have come a long way since then and

have saved millions of lives along the way.

In 1980, the world was declared completely free of both smallpox. Polio, a paralyzing ailment that wreaked havoc on the young and elderly in the early 20th century, is currently on its way out as well. Depending on the vaccine, an individual can be given decadelong to lifelong immunity against debilitating or fatal infections.

Despite all of this, I’m sure many are aware there is an increasing movement to

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not vaccinate children. As a student of the Immunology and Medical Microbiology program at West Virginia University and with a deep interest in infectious diseases, I cannot stress how deadly a decision this is.

The majority of the negative criticisms vaccines receive is due to an article published in 1998 that incorrectly linked the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine to increased rates of autism in children.

It took 10 years for the paper to be discovered as com-

pletely unethical and its data as completely fraudulent. However, even though the paper has been retracted from scientific literature and widely labeled as a hoax, it sparked a general fear in parents of vaccinating children against preventable diseases. The severity of this was seen last December, when unvaccinated children visiting Disneyland helped spread a measles outbreak to 131 people.

In my studies at this University, it’s been repeatedly stressed that humanity’s best defense against deadly microbial pathogens are vaccinations. To think that people will openly volunteer to leave themselves, their children and those around them at risk for developing life-threatening disease on the basis of personal beliefs and false science is something I simply cannot tolerate.

I don’t believe children with healthy immune systems should be allowed to enter public school without receiving all required vaccinations, regardless of ideological or religious preference. You should not be allowed to work with the people or enter the country if you have not had or do not receive, at the very least, immunization against the most severe infections.

There are people who

cannot receive vaccines due to age or health complications. If people choose not to protect themselves, they should at least do what they can to protect others.

Even so, there is a high number of exemptions given to individuals to bypass mandatory immunization, with California having a total of 18,000 people exempted from vaccination at the time of last year’s Disneyland outbreak.

An article from Physician’s First Watch stated that at this time in 2014, 27 states had not met their goal for promoting health among kindergarteners because of the number of unvaccinated students in schools.

This is a serious health risk because outbreaks of preventable infections will be higher in areas where immunization is lower and could lead to endemics even greater than the one in California.

To put it simply, immunizations help all of society, and breakthroughs like Dr. Gallo’s provide hope and opportunity to millions of people worldwide. As a first world nation, if we want ourselves and our loved ones to have a healthy future, then we need to embrace what defenses we have against the diseases that will continue to threaten our societal wellbeing. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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WV Public Theatre hosts Oktoberfest celebration Brittany Osteen A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia Public Theatre is hosting Morgantown’s first annual Oktoberfest. Locals can gather for true Bavarian food, beverages and music and still catch the West Virginia University football game.

The National Radio Talk Show will host Lex and Terry to share the Oktoberfest experiences.

The event is open to people of all ages, and those under 21 can benefit from a lower entry fee.

“They can take advantage of the food and the non-alcoholic beverages while listening to the music,” said Herb Faulkenberry, director of sales and marketing for Lake View Resort and Chairman on the Oktoberfest committee. “We have TVs there to watch the Baylor game, which is why we are positioning it as Morgantown’s largest tailgate party.

It is just going to be a good time with Bavarian music and beer samplings and a very good array of food.”

The event will give participants the opportunity to sample a variety of Bavarian food, drinks and desserts.

There will also be dancing to music from some of the regional volksmusik and polka bands.

With the purchase of a ticket, attendees are given a mug to taste or buy beer from different vendors. With a mug, a person can try up to eight different drinks.

There are vendors from many local and regional restaurants bringing their specialties.

“We wanted to give everybody in town the opportunity to join or not and grow from there,” Faulkenberry said. “Needless to say, we are very limited in this market for true Bavarian food, day in and day out, so a couple of local restaurants have

chosen to do a Bavarian style theme and are serving some food. On the same token, we have a Greek restaurant and a Latino, if you will, food outlet and subs, so a little of everything. It is a very eclectic mix.

“In a perfect world, it would be a bunch of people serving pretzels and wiener schnitzels and bratwursts and things like that, but there will be people serving what they are really good at so people can get a good mix of food.”

As a nonprofit, the West Virginia Public Theatre holds two large fundraisers. Currently, the funds will help support the holiday production of “James and the Giant Peach” and other events throughout the year. Faulkenberry said many nonprofit organizations hold a couple of large events such as a gala ball or a golf outing, but the theatre was not interested in those types of events at the time.

“There isn’t an Oktoberfest in the area, so we thought that West Virginia Public Theatre would be able to host this as its signature event,” said Larry Mabrey, executive director for the West Virginia Public Theatre.

Throughout the year, the organization does more than just theatre productions. They also work with students. They bring in about 10,000 students from around the area every year. Their goal is to improve literacy by introducing kids to the idea of literacy through drama in live theatre.

Oktoberfest will take place from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. this Saturday at Mylan Park.

For more information on the West Virginia Public Theatre and Oktoberfest, visit http://www.wvpublictheatre.org/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

NEW GRAPHITE ART

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A collection of drawings made by John Pena, a visual artist, hang in the Mesaros Gallery of the Creative Arts Center.

Mesaros Gallery to feature cartoon art by John Pena Jillian Clemente a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a stone’s throw from Morgantown, West Virgina. This makes it convenient for visiting artists from the Steel City to set up at West Virginia University’s art galleries, the Laura Mesaros and Paul Mesaros galleries.

Starting yesterday, John Pena’s work is featured in the Laura Mesaros Gallery at the Creative Arts Center at WVU. “We thought he (Pena) would fit well within our program of visiting artists,” said Robert Bridges, the curator for the Mesaros Galleries. “There are approximately 150 of his daily drawings that reference his life, so they’re very contemporary works.”

Pena has a daily project that he’s done the past five years called “Daily Geology.”

In Pena’s “About” section on his website, johnpena. net, he said, “(“Daily Geology”) consists of a collection of daily compositions that I have made over the last five years in which I have recorded a memorable moment or experience from each day. This daily routine is at the heart of my practice.”

He says he’s interested in the daily, gradual changes and small moments throughout the day that people seem to simply miss or ignore.

“Through my artwork, I am trying to communicate with nature and, in many ways, emulate it as well,” Pena writes. “By engaging with the natural world in such a way, I hope to create poetic and magical mo-

ments that reveal the subtle relationships between humans and nature.”

He does this through simple sketches with some words.

“I wouldn’t call them cartoons, but they’re kind of based on daily observations – they’re beautiful little graphite drawings,” Bridges said.

Bridges loves the contemporar y example Pena sets for the art students.

“It’s great for our students to see a contemporary artist who’s very active in a process-related piece where he’s doing this single drawing daily,” he said. “It’s good for drawing students as well as printmaking students. It’s always better for the students to be able to see the actual artwork when they hear the artist speak, so it’s nice to have both, but

I also think that the art is compelling.”

There’s also a 3-D sculpture on display, a large word bubble.

“That references the idea of language and how artists use language – it’s used in a comic book but here, it is in a three-dimensional sculpture form.”

The Paul Mesaros Gallery was supposed to open concurrently with the Laura Mesaros Gallery, but there was an unfortunate miscommunication with artist Jen Mussari. Her artwork will be at the gallery later in October. Mussari will speak at 5 p.m. on Nov. 4 with a reception to follow.

The Laura Mesaro Gallery opened yesterday and is open from 12:30 to 9:30 p.m. daily and is located at the CAC. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Discover Life in West Virginia sets out to find every species at Coopers Rock Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The wild side of West Virginia includes almost too many flora and fauna to count; Almost.

There’s a team out there who want to identify every taxa in the Coopers Rock State Forest, and those people need the people reading this article to help.

Discover Life in West Virginia is a program that allows citizen science and wildlife and fisheries management practices to come together by gathering all the taxa information in local citizens’ backyards - in this case, Coopers Rock.

“We are bio-blitzing Coopers Rock State Forest,” said Adam Rossi, a

first year RPTR graduate student at West Virginia University. “We’re going to identify all the herps, birds and trees that we can find.”

This is the third time Discover Life is happening at Coopers Rock. It occurred last fall and spring.

“We had the idea for us to do a citizen science outreach education program that still had roots in research,” said Ross Andrew, a PhD candidate at WVU and co-founder of Discover Life in West Virginia.

“We were basically getting people that would not have an opportunity to see fish and wildlife close and firsthand show (them) what we do.”

Participants will meet at the picnic area at Coopers Rock State Forest and divide into three groups: a

bird group, a flora group and a herp (amphibian) group. Leaders of the group are experts in their specific fields. From there, the participants will learn and identify various specimen in their criteria. The birders will go mist netting, a way to capture and sample birds. The herp group will look under pre-set boards, and the flora group will go on a hike to search for different types. All will record the data, and it will be used

by WVDNR for management practices.

This program shows and allows citizens to embrace the natural resource management sector of science.

“It’s on a weekend, it’s really easy, it’s non-threatening,” Andrew said. “We’ll show you different tech-

niques, different species - you’ll get to see birds or fish or salamanders or whatever we’re working with that day, and you get to see firsthand what the process is for that kind of research.”

The main purpose behind citizen science is to expose the people to what wildlife and fisheries management professionals do on a daily basis and allow the citizens to help out.

“The goal behind citizen science is to get more feet on the ground, so to speak - or, eyes in the sky if you’re working with bird species,” said Daniel Hanks, a fellow PhD candidate at WVU and co-founder of Discover Life. “We can go into the woods and look under rocks or cover boards, (but) if it’s just Ross and I, that’ll

take a lot of time to cover a lot of ground.”

That’s why getting the community involved is so important to fuel and obtain the necessary records of the second part of the project.

“The second goal is to provide actual researchbased inventory of fish and wildlife populations within a given area that we’re sampling,” Andrew said. “When we do this work at Coopers Rock, we eventually get a complete inventory of the different biota that are there - fish, birds, mammals, even plants, trees, insects - and, so by doing it in different groups at different times, we can build up a catalog of what we’re capable of seeing and doing - a complete inventory.”

Community members

and students in Morgantown - no matter the age can participate in this data collecting event.

Discover Life in West Virginia will be from 9 a.m.

- noon for the first session and 3 - 6 p.m. for the second session this Saturday rain or shine at Coopers Rock State Forest. The first session is suggested for people who are most interested in mist netting birds because the birds are most active in the morning hours.

WVU will provide transportation at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Meet at Percival Hall on the Evansdale campus.

The Coopers Rock Foundation will also be hosting a free lunch from noon - 2 p.m. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Student poll

Solving the age-old debate: Are hot dogs sandwiches, or no?

This week, coming fresh off of Fall Break, it was time to tackle the real issues of our age with the weekly student poll.

For centuries, mankind has argued over philosophy, religion, politics, money and ethics. However, no argument has torn families and friendships apart like the status of the humble hot dog.

The hot dog is a ubiquitous American food. A cheap sausage made out of unknown animal parts and served everywhere from sports arenas to amusment parks, boardwalk eateries to backyard barbeques.

Everyone can tell a hot dog when they see one.

What is hard is classifying it. Is the hot dog a sandwich or a standalone food item in a category of its own?

Yesterday, 100 students in the Mountainlair were asked if a hot dog is a sandwich or not.

A vast majority of the students polled, 86 percent, said that the hot dog was not a sandwich.

The reasoning for not

classifying the hot dog as a sandwich varied. All students against classifying the hot dog as a sandwich said it didn’t meet the definition of a sandwhich. However, the definition of a sandwhich was not clear.

Some students said that a sandwhich needs to be made of two pieces of bread, and a hot dog only uses a single sliced bun.

But what about Subway sandwiches? They only use one slice of bread, do they count?

Others said that sandwiches have sliced meat on them, and since hot dogs are a solid piece of meat, they do not count. But what about meatball subs, or peanut butter and jelly, which lacks meat entirely?

Only 14 percent of students polled said a hot dog is a sandwich. Although not traditionally thought of as such, these students said that technically the hot dog meets the requirements to be a sandwich. It is portable food with bread on the outside.

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Tune-in to terror: A look at the greatest Halloween films woody pond

a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Holiday seasons wouldn’t be the same without channels like ABC Family showing us all of the holiday-inspired movies. The month of October would not be complete without a little taste of spooky horror to get you in that Hallow’s Eve mood. Here is a list of five classic films or film franchises that I think are the most important for the festivities in our generation.

“Hocus Pocus” This obviously tops the list, considering it is probably the most famous family-friendly Halloween movie of them all. Hocus Pocus is on the more comedic side of the Halloween movie spectrum, which is what makes it so beloved by fans. Released in 1993 and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Milder and Kathy Najimy as the Sanderson sisters—a trio of witches from 17th century Salem. They are inadvertently resurrected by a local boy and his younger sister, whose soul they are desperate to take to gain back power. The witches try their best to adjust themselves to the 20th century, which is the basis for most of the comedy, and must struggle to get used to the fact that Halloween is now a holiday. At the same time, the children use one of the witch’s spellbooks to combat the evil magic of the trio and hopefully protect their family. “Hocus Pocus” is a great Halloween film for all ages—full of magic, hilarious antics, and a fun story about kids saving their town on Halloween.

“Beetlejuice” Another spooky but comedic holiday classic is “Beetlejuice.” Directed by the legendary Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and a young, goth Winona Ryder, “Beetlejuice” is the story of a young couple who drive off a bridge and are unexpectedly killed. Unfortunately, they are unable to pass on to the afterlife and have to deal with the obnoxious new inhabitants of their home who are making drastic renovations. New to the haunting game, Baldwin and Davis’ characters try their best, but the new tenants are seemingly unaffected. Finally, out of desperation, the two call out the infamous line, “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!” and Michael Keaton appears to play one of his best roles.

A selfish phantom with a motive of his own, things do not go exactly according to plan, and so the dead couple must team up with the humans to save their home and possibly their world from the evil entity. As funny as it is freaky, this 1988 comedy-fantasy flick is perfect for October nights.

“Halloween” It’s Halloween after all, so of course the 1978 slasher film that took its name from the holiday must be on the list. The masked face of psycho killer Michael Myers is one that we all know, as well as the haunting piano melody that is his horrific theme music. The story is of a 21 year old psychopath who escapes a mental asylum and returns

to his hometown to stalk a teenage girl and her friends on Halloween night. He is being hunted down by his psychiatrist at the hospital, who has a feeling of what Myers will attempt to do. The movie is typical of a ‘70s slasher film and is a lot less scary compared to contemporary horror films. But the film is still indicative of some of our biggest fears on Halloween—late at night having a good time until all of a sudden you’re fearing for your life from a faceless murderer.

The movie spawned a franchise, with seven sequels, a remake and a sequel to said remake. Myers’s legacy lives on, as the mask and song will forever remind people of the hacking and slashing villain of Halloween.

“Halloweentown” Definitely not the spookiest film on the list, “Halloweentown” is a 1998 Disney Channel original movie and a cult classic that led to three more sequels that were also well-received. The story of a 13-yearold girl named Marnie who learns that her grandmother is actually an expert witch from a magical town called Halloweentown, where she and her siblings visit her. They get caught up in Aggie’s, the grandmother’s, affairs—solving the case of the missing people of Halloweentown, which means hunting down and banishing an evil hooded demon that she sees in her cauldron. The town is full of quirky Halloween-themed characters, such as a talking skeleton cab driver named Benny, and some spookier looking individuals. Since it is a Disney Channel movie, this movie won’t make you jump or cover your face in fear—but instead will make you chuckle and will entertain you with its ‘90s magic and infectious Halloween fun.

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” Last but not least, Tim Burton makes a second appearance on the list with the stopmotion fantasy musical film “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” Infamous for its stylized aesthetic, the dark palette and eccentric, creepy set of characters wows the audience as they all sing in a Halloween montage to the catchy tune “This is Halloween.” Jack Skellington is the star of the movie—a tall, gangly skeleton who leads Halloween Town in its festivities and preparation for the holiday. He is a surprisingly nice guy for someone who runs the spookiest town on the planet, but he grows bored of Halloween every year. So he ends up in Christmas Town, where he falls in love with the splendor of Christmas and tries to take Santa Claus’ job for the year. With an evil sack of bugs for a villain, and lots of creative art designs to enjoy, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is another Halloween cult classic that goes just as well in October as it does in December.

Honorable Mentions: “The Nightmare On Elm Street” “Corpse Bride” “The Addams Family” “Poltergeist” “Monster House” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Hocus Pocus is a ‘90s Halloween classic.

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Michael Keaton stars in ‘Beetlejuice.’

Brian Davis takes keen songwriting ability to Schmitts Stage Mel smith

A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

A small town country boy became an apprentice to one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

This small town musician, Brian Davis, will be shaking the stage of Schmitt’s Saloon tonight.

Davis is known for his alternative country style and natural songwriting skills. He started singing at the age of six in the small town of Biboa, North Carolina and worked his way up to a nationally known country musician.

Davis learned of his love for country music hanging out in honky-tonks of his town. His career took a ride to his highest point, as he became a partner to legendary songwriter Harlan Howard, the writer of the song “I Fall to Pieces”.

Davis is known as a modest musician, living by the motto “If you build it they will come.” After performing all over North Carolina, Davis opened for his friend and co-writer Brantley Gilbert on the Hell on Wheels tour of 2013. Six al-

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Brian Davis will sing and greet fans at Schmitts Saloon on Saturday. bums deep, Davis is now promoting his newest album “Under the Influence” on his tour. “Under the Influence” is a musical biography of Davis, portraying his life and the evolution of his music work.

Davis made a guest appearance at the Lee Brice concert at Schmitt’s Saloon on Wednesday. He is eager to come back Fri-

day night for his own show in Morgantown. Davis has toured through West Virginia three times, once in an arena with Brantley Gilbert and twice at Schmitt’s Saloon. Davis is looking forward to “throwing down” with Morgantown fans once more this week.

“I am looking forward to the usual West Virginia

party. A packed room full of people read to have a great time,” Davis said. “I think everyone coming should expect a high-energy party and be ready to throw down.”

Davis revealed his favorite part of performing is watching fans react to his music. He does not enjoy pushing his music on audiences, so it is special when

he can share that bond with his loyal fan base.

Country music fan and junior psychology student Courtney McDonald never heard of Davis until after his show with Lee Brice this past week. Country music is her outlet to escaping reality. McDonald is interested in the concert after hearing about Davis’s music and upcom-

ing show.

“I know Brian Davis toured with Brantley Gilbert, so I am sure I will love him as much as I love Gilbert,” McDonald said.

“My favorite type of country is the rock style. I know his single “Hurt Like Hell Yeah” so I think the show will definitely be right up my alley.”

An exclusive pregame event is offered through Davis’s Facebook event page. Fans can pay $25 to “Meet and Drink with Brian Davis” which includes one cold alcoholic beverage, one coozie, one CD and an intimate, acoustic performance along with a photograph with Davis.

“We have recently gained our first number one single. I co-wrote it with my friends Brantley Gilbert and Michael Dekle.

We are so excited to celebrate with you all,” Davis said.

The concert begins at 8:30 p.m. tonight at Schmitt’s Saloon. General admission tickets can be purchased online for $10 at http://www.schmittssaloon.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Authorities begin to retrace Lamar Odom’s visit to Nevada brothel LAS VEGAS (AP) ‑ Authorities are retracing Lamar Odom’s $75,000 visit to the brothel to find out why the former NBA and reality TV star was found unconscious.

There’s been no official word on Odom’s condition at a Las Vegas hospital, but the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Wednesday he’s on life support. Odom’s grandmother, Florence Odom, declined to comment on his status Thursday, saying she was distressed at unfounded speculation that her grandson would be taken off life support. His father, Joe Odom, also declined to discuss his condition, saying that information was confidential.

Nye County law enforce-

ment and brothel officials said Odom’s incident was a rarity for the Love Ranch, in the rural community of Crystal. They described it as a possible drug-related medical episode.

Odom was found unconscious at the brothel Tuesday with white and reddish substances coming from his nose and mouth.

His breathing was consistent, but he seemed to be in a deep, sleep-like state, said Richard Hunter, a Love Ranch spokesman and one of the people who called 911.

Officials tried to fly him by helicopter about 80 miles to Las Vegas, but he had to be taken by ambulance because he was too tall to fit in the aircraft.

Odom’s estranged wife, Khloe Kardashian, rushed to his side at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

Since then, friends, teammates and loved ones have visited and posted requests for prayers on social media.

Authorities have taken a blood sample to find out if Odom overdosed on drugs or alcohol, but the results could take several weeks.

Hunter said Odom scheduled his brothel visit a week in advance and asked for a ride to the business Saturday, arriving at 4:30 p.m. He paid by credit card after putting down an initial 10 percent deposit for the reservation, Odom’s firstever visit to the Love Ranch.

He chose two women to accompany him. Per Ne-

vada law, prostitutes negotiate services and prices privately with customers as independent contractors.

Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof gets 50 percent.

Odom spent about $75,000 for a minimum four-day stay, Hof said. The site has a five-day maximum policy, but the owner said Odom talked about staying the entire week to celebrate Hof ’s recent birthday.

When he got to the brothel, Odom told at least one of the women he had done a “small amount of cocaine” that day, Hunter said.

He added Odom knew the brothel has a strict antidrugs policy, and the only drugs anyone there saw

him take were herbal sexual performance enhancement capsules. Hunter couldn’t rule out the possibility that Odom used other substances.

“The only way that’s possible is if no one knew it and he had it completely to

himself,” Hunter said. Hof also said earlier that Odom drank alcohol from the brothel bar.

Odom bought the supplements Reload and Libimax Plus - marketed as sexual stimulants or “herbal Viagra” - at the brothel.

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S U D O k U

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Difficulty Level Medium

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.

thursday’s puzzle solved

LET’S GO MOUNTAINEERS!

Cheer on the Mountaineers as they battle the Baylor Bears!

Across 1 Type of hippo 6 59-Down product 9 Color guard accessory 14 Child on TV for decades 15 Virgo preceder 16 “I’m here” 17 Hummingbird feature?

19 Enjoyed Vegas 20 Valley 21 Place to live in Spain 23 Sore feeling 24 Purported ancestor of Ragnar Lothbrok on TV’s “Vikings” 26 Foothills?

29 Crazy scene 30 Call-day link 31 Value 32 Did a cobbler’s job 34 Stain 37 Hot Wheels Volkswagen?

41 Hoedown move 42 Taking place 44 Is in store for 47 Pine product 49 Maker of the GreenSaver Produce Keeper 50 Potty-training tool?

53 Absolut rival 54 Explosive letters 55 Collector’s __ 56 Reveals in an unwelcome way 58 Naming 60 Mouthpiece for a Lilliputian horse?

64 Nursery supply 65 Psyche component 66 Hiding __ 67 No longer an item 68 Oversaw 69 Teamed (with) Down 1 Jams 2 Good remark?

3 Plants with sword-shaped leaves 4 Lombardy’s capital 5 Everyone in Mississippi?

6 Big ring name 7 AT&T, for short 8 Grinder 9 1969 hit with the line “You are my candy girl” 10 Botanist Gray 11 Candy heart words

12 Show one’s face 13 Make amends for 18 Outdo 22 Volume measure 24 Abbr. on some cans 25 Hardly a happy ending 27 Where the Santa Maria sank, nowadays 28 Dined on, biblically 30 Dash warning 33 “I suggest you move on” 35 Pie makeup?

36 Stock 38 Plus 39 Doesn’t exactly help one’s reputation 40 Stunning or cunning 43 One under a tree, maybe 44 Nissan sedan 45 Start of a pitch 46 Fifth-century Roman Empire enemy 48 In a little while 51 1996 A.L. Rookie of the Year 52 Psi follower 53 Needles

57 Org. whose logo features an eagle head 59 6-Across maker 61 Awfully long time 62 Rocks in a bucket 63 “Ideas worth spreading” acronym

Thursday’S puzzle solved

C R O S S W O R D

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the rules, and use them to win. Get the best ideas from children. Have fun with dear people. Immerse yourself in activities that you love. Romance flowers when you’re not looking.

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Mountaineers gaining confidence ahead of Buffalo game

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Everything seems to be falling into place for Marlon LeBlanc’s squad.

After starting the season 2-5, the West Virginia University men’s soccer team has won four of its last five games, adding major momentum heading into Friday’s conference affair at Buffalo.

“We’re back to .500, back to a clean slate and the start of a new year,” said senior midfielder Zak Leedom.

“We’ve won four of the last five games, so we’re going on a run here and just try to take it into the postseason.”

Midfielder Joey Piatczyc tallied his first career goal in the 3-0 victory over Penn State on Tuesday, also registering his 12th assist of the year to tie the program record.

Zak Leedom’s two assists put him at six for the season, tied for second in the Mid-American Conference. Senior Jamie Merriam’s two-goal effort also raised his total to six, the conference’s third-best.

But Buffalo’s Russell Cicerone is displaying just as impressive a season, leading the MAC in points (24) and goals (9). Cicerone is currently the 83rdrated player in the nation

by Top Drawer Soccer, and third in the MAC. Cicerone has four goals in the last three games, including scoring the lone goal in the Bulls’ loss to Akron.

His stellar season up to this point is another challenge for WVU’s defense, which has held opponents scoreless in two straight games.

“It’s definitely a tough environment, but we’re well aware of that, and

we’re ready,” said senior Ryan Cain.

“We know what we need to do, and we trust ourselves and we know that it’s a big game. We need to go out and get a win.”

Buffalo nearly reeled off an upset over the MAC title favorite, instead falling 2-1 to Akron following the game-winning goal in the 84th minute.

Since suffering losses in four of its first six contests, Buffalo has since gone 2-1-2 and outscored opponents 8-0 in its two victories.

“We’ve been there before, and my whole senior class has been there, so we’ve had experience there and telling the guys what to expect,” Cain said. “Just ready for a big game.”

WVU’s recent string of success bodes well heading into the heart of conference play.

Four of the six remaining contests involve MAC opponents, including trips to Princeton and Bowling Green after Friday.

A victory over a surging Bulls squad would signify the Mountaineers are primed for a late conference title run, improving on an October stretch that has historically been in their favor.

Last year, they won the last five regular season games before falling to Bowling Green in the MAC semifinals.

“Everything that we’ve got going right now is positive,” said Jamie Merriam.

“We’re going in the right direction. Everything’s clicking. We’re getting results. The locker room’s positive. Everything is great so we’ll just keep plugging away and keep moving forward.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia’s Justin Arndt tries to make a tackle against Baylor during last year’s game in Morgantown.

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West Virginia heads to Waco for No. 2 Baylor by nicole curtin sports editor @nicolec_WVU

The West Virginia University football team is back on the road this weekend to take on the No. 2 Baylor Bears in possibly the biggest challenge it faces this season.

Coming off a devastating loss to then-No. 20 Oklahoma State in overtime last weekend, the Mountaineers have several things to work on. Three lost fumbles against the Cowboys, as well as other issues like 107 yards lost due to penalties, have haunted West Virginia’s ability to finish its last two games.

In the Baylor series, WVU leads 2-1, and this is the fourth time the two teams will face each other. Last year the Bears came in ranked No. 4 and in huge upset, West Virginia took the win.

In 2014 the Mountaineer defense held Baylor to just 95 rushing yards and 223 passing, also sacking quarterback Bryce Petty four times. Saturday this defense will have to have the same kind of per-

formance, and the offense will have to step up in order to win.

The Bears enter the contest on a 5-0 record, having scored at least 55 against each of their opponents this year. The only team that came close was Texas Tech two weeks ago, who lost the game 63-35 but was actually hanging in there through the first quarter. Baylor scored 28 points in the first quarter alone against the Red Raiders and followed up with 21 more in the second, completing the takeover.

While last week’s opponent for Baylor, Kansas, performed the way most people would anticipate, West Virginia brings a different test to Waco as well. The Mountaineer defense has been putting in work this season, ranking No. 4 nationally in fourth down defense, No. 9 in first down defense, No. 14 in third down defense and No. 1 in interceptions with 13.

Following the loss of senior safety Karl Joseph last Tuesday, West Virginia started Jarrod Harper in his position; Harper proved he

was willing to step up to the plate. The entire defense has to be on that same page this week. Head coach Dana Holgorsen said they will have to blitz against Baylor because its offensive line is just that good.

“You have to do whatever you have to do to get pressure,” Holgorsen said. “They are big and physical up front, they are going to protect with a tight end at times and a back as well.”

While stopping the Bears’ offense is not going to be an easy task, their playing style is not all that complex.

“It’s not overly complicated, you know how they’re going to line up,” Holgorsen said. “Obviously they have a few new wrinkles. Their up tempo is as fast as anybody. They’re going to run the quarterback at times, and when they have matchups, they are going to try to exploit you. No one does it better than them.”

Junior quarterback Seth Russell is averaging 305.4 yards per game, and the back up quarterback has been in play a fair amount of times,

most likely based on the fact that no team has put a threat up against the offense.

West Virginia junior quarterback Skyler Howard hasn’t had that kind of connection with his receivers so far this year. Howard is averaging 255.4 passing yards per game. Junior wide receiver Daikiel Shorts Jr. said the WVU offense needs to cohere more in order to succeed.

“As an offense, we definitely need to come together as a unit,” Shorts said. “As receivers, we need to do everything in our power to make sure that we’re running our routes hard, blocking properly and getting downfield.

We have to do what we have to do.”

Baylor is going to be a big test for West Virginia. After losing their first two Big 12 games, the Mountaineers need to take a win sooner rather than later. Tomorrow’s game kicks off at 12 p.m. eastern time, 11 a.m. central time and will be broadcast on Fox. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

football

Baylor’s passing offense a tall task for West Virginia

BY DJ DESKINS

SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Baylor’s offense is no joke. It’s the main reason the Bears have reached No. 2 in the AP Top 25 and 5-0 this season.

The combination of Seth Russell, Shock Linwood and Corey Coleman make the Bears more dangerous than most college football teams this year, or any year, for that matter.

West Virginia faces the daunting task of slowing down the nation’s top offense, particularly its passing attack, which ranks as one of the best ever in Mountaineer head coach Dana Holgorsen’s book.

“It’s about as deep of a

team that I’ve seen offensively,” Holgorsen said.

“It’s probably the deepest receiving corps in the country, maybe in the last several decades. If they keep improving, maybe ever.”

Baylor has become known as “Wide Receiver U” because of their recent success in sending wideouts to the NFL, including Terrance Williams of the Dallas Cowboys and Kendall Wright of the Tennessee Titans.

“Anyone averaging 700some yards a game and 63 points, it’s hard to argue that they’re not the best to ever do it because no one’s ever done it,” said WVU defensive coordinator Tony Gibson.

Coleman is the star of Baylor’s receiving corps, having notched an FBSbest 13 touchdowns, fifthbest 678 receiving yards and eighth-best 21.9 yards a catch.

He’s joined by sophomore KD Cannon, who received Freshman AllAmerican honors last season. He’s added three touchdown catches and 232 receiving yards this season; good enough for third on the team in both categories.

Jay Lee has also been one of Russell’s favorite targets this year, collecting four touchdowns and 405 yards through the air.

West Virginia’s secondary has been more than impressive this season and

has held its own through the team’s first five games.

The Mountaineers have totaled a nation-best 13 interceptions and have broken up 22 passes as well.

Five of those interceptions came from senior and Big 12 All-American Karl Joseph, who WVU has to continue without this year due to a knee injury he suffered in a non-contact drill before the Oklahoma State game.

Gibson has had trouble coping with Joseph’s absence but feels his secondary is talented and mature enough to compete at a high level with or without No. 8 anchoring the defense.

“It’s a challenge,” Gibson said. “Are our kids going to

back down? No. Are they going to win some? Yeah.

Are we going to win some?

Yeah. I’m anxious to see our kids go and perform against this kind of offense.”

Terrell Chestnut, Daryl Worley, Dravon AskewHenry and KJ Dillon bring a high level of competitiveness to the field and have been looking to move forward without Joseph.

“That’s not something we like to worry about,” Worley said. “There are still 11 people on that field whether (Joseph) is there or not. He played a big part in our scheme and he was the heart of our defense, but that’s not something we like to harp on.”

The team doesn’t lack confidence either and goes

into this weekend with a familiarity of the other side of the ball.

“I think we’re going to do well,” Chestnut said. “A lot of us played against them last year, so we have a general idea about the receivers they are. They’re a fast offense and like to take a lot of shots, so it will be an opportunity to out and make some plays.”

Baylor ranks eighth in the nation with a 367.4 average yards per game through the air, and could very well be the toughest challenge for the secondary this season – despite the fact that they face TCU, with the sixthbest passing offense in the nation, the next game. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Local rivalry fuels the revival of the Backyard Brawl in 2022

BY DAVID STATMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @DJSTATMAN77

In most spheres of life, hate is not viewed positively. It’s become an almost universally held view that one should not despise others for being different from them. Hate is ugly, hate is mean, hate is something that should be fought against.

Except in college football.

Decades of tradition, history and local competition have produced rivalries where hate is encouraged, fetishized, even demanded.

Ohio State-Michigan, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma – that hate becomes a part of our culture. People write books about it.

And few college football rivalries are older and more hated than West VirginiaPittsburgh, the Backyard Brawl. The Mountaineers and Panthers had been facing off on the football field since 1895, and after a hia-

tus, the Backyard Brawl is finally back on the schedule in 2022.

Although the return of the Brawl is still seven years off, the announcement has invigorated Mountaineer fans and drawn the attention of current and former players and coaches, who see the return of one of college football’s most historic rivalries as a welcome sight.

“It’s a game that needs to be played, for college football and for both programs,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. “It’s a game that should never have went away, but we’re excited to play it again and our fans are, and I’m sure Pitt and their fans are also. It’s something that definitely needs to be back on the schedule, and we need to play them every year.”

The proximity between Morgantown and Pittsburgh – about 75 miles – and the fertile recruiting grounds

around them has naturally bred the rivalry, played between athletes who know each other.

“We recruit the same kids,” said former West Virginia running back Quincy Wilson, who went 3-1 in his four Backyard Brawl games.

“Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, we’re all in the same boat there. You’re usually either playing against us or with us. There’s always a Pittsburgh correlation. It’s just a natural rivalry.”

West Virginia’s roster is filled with players from the Pittsburgh area, and vice versa. Some of West Virginia’s best players – like record-setting quarterback Marc Bulger – were born and raised in Pittsburgh. More rarely, players and coaches have moved from one school to another, such as current West Virginia running back Rushel Shell, a transfer from Pitt.

A native of the Pittsburgh suburb of Aliquippa, Shell is

one of those unusual players who have worn both jerseys in the rivalry. Shell was Pitt’s starting running back as a freshman in 2012, before falling out with the program and transferring to West Virginia, where he’s found a productive role in the Mountaineer backfield.

Although Shell is still a proud Pittsburgh-area native and still follows some of his old teammates, there’s no love lost, and he was more excited than most to see the rivalry back on the schedule.

“I said, ‘Can it be next year?’” Shell said. “I feel like that’s a game that is good for both programs, not just for West Virginia, but for Pitt too. That’s something really unique, and I just want to beat them and get a win for the Mountaineers.”

Shell elected to transfer to West Virginia after originally committing to UCLA. The proximity to home, and the local rivalry, is a big facet

for him.

“We’re basically bordering each other,” Shell said. “I get home in an hour. I feel like that’s why it’s a rivalry that a lot of people like.”

A number of other Pittsburgh products have found their way to Morgantown, including fellow Aliquippa native and starting safety Dravon Askew-Henry and senior linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski, who grew up a Pitt fan just minutes away from their campus.

A West Virginia native, Gibson has been a coach at West Virginia for 10 years.

But when the last Backyard Brawl was played in 2011, Gibson found himself on the other side of the field, wearing Pitt colors.

“It wasn’t a good feeling,” Gibson said. “Coming into Morgantown at night, I knew it was going to be tough. It was tough for me to do it. I try to forget about all that right now. I’m on the right sideline again, happy to be

home.”

Gibson followed Rich Rodriguez to Michigan in 2008, and the interregnum between his two tenures at West Virginia saw him spend a single season at Pitt, in 2011, before conference realignment separated the two schools and he went on to the University of Arizona.

Gibson has seen the Backyard Brawl from both sides of the field, and he said he’s grateful to see the rivalry renewed. So too is the old veteran Wilson, who is eager to see the new generation of the Backyard Brawl be born.

“It’ll be brewing,” Wilson said. “(The rebirth of the rivalry) is not going to take long. Seven years from now, all the kids who are in school now will be coming back, all these graduates will be bringing their families back to the game. We’ll start the new generation of the PittWest Virginia rivalry there.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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FOOTBALL

Rest of season rests on Skyler Howard’s shoulders

BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The emotion in Skyler Howard’s face and voice was apparent during interviews following the West Virginia University football team’s gut-wrenching overtime loss to Oklahoma State last week. The WVU quarterback was clearly disappointed over his performance and the outcome of the game.

Throughout the first three games of the season, Howard could hang his hat on his ability to protect the football and avoid turnovers.

In fact, it wasn’t until late in the game against Maryland, when the result was no longer in question, that he threw his first career interception - and that includes the games at the end of last season when he started in place of an injured Clint Trickett.

Perhaps the biggest contributor to the Mountaineers’ past two losses to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State was an unusually high number of turnovers in both games. Against the Sooners, WVU had five total turnovers, including three interceptions from Howard.

The next week, an interception from Howard and three fumbles, including a Howard fumble that was recovered in the end zone for an Oklahoma State

touchdown, plagued the Mountaineers.

At the start of the season, Howard looked poised in the pocket. He didn’t rush his passes, he waited for the play to develop, and he successfully got the ball into the hands of WVU’s many playmakers.

But over the past two weeks, against admittedly stronger competition, Howard has struggled. He hasn’t looked settled in the pocket, he’s rushing decisions, not making the right reads and he’s giving up on the play too easily by just scrambling and attempting to look for yardage with his feet.

“He rushed things all game (against Oklahoma State), and he did against Oklahoma. It was disappointing to see,” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen.

“His clock is ticking a little quicker than what it needs to be right now. He just needs to slow down.

He needs to trust where people are going to be at and see if that’s the appropriate thing. He needs to know when to throw it or don’t throw it.”

Many fans and pundits have called for redshirt freshman William Crest Jr. to be given a start should Howard’s disappointing performances continue.

But the fact of the matter is Howard, despite his shortcomings, gives the Moun-

WVU’s Skyler Howard marshals the offense during their game with Oklahoma this season. taineers the best chance to the field. body sees. What he sees win this season. “(Crest is) a redshirt allows us to get to a point Crest, even with all his freshman. He’s taking reps. where we are rushing for physical gifts, does not yet He has to continue to un- 200-plus yards a game. have the reps or the expe- derstand what I want him William has to keep unrience within Holgorsen’s to do with the ball and derstanding offensive offensive system to run it where I want him to put football.” effectively. Howard, when his eyes. He has to make The competition isn’t on his game, can make the appropriate checks in getting any easier durthe checks and reads be- the run game,” Holgorsen ing this brutal October fore the snap and during said. “There are some cer- stretch of schedule, with the play to help the of- tain things that number the Mountaineers facing fense move the ball down 3 (Howard) does that no- No. 2 Baylor this week, and

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then are on the road again 12 days later in Ft. Worth, Texas taking on No. 3 TCU. After such a promising start, Howard needs to regain the composure that made him the country’s leader in passing efficiency, and it all starts Saturday afternoon in Waco, Texas. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

CROSS COUNTRY

Mountaineers finish regular season this weekend

BY JOEL NORMAN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University women’s cross country team is set to face two opponents this weekend nearly 700 miles apart.

However, no runners will compete in both races.

The back-to-back races begin today in Madison, Wisconsin, with the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

Tomorrow, the Mountaineers compete at the Penn State Open in State College, Pennsylvania.

Earlier this week, head coach Sean Cleary said Millie Paladino, Maggie Drazba, Anna French, Bryn Harshbarger, Amy Cashin, Kelly Williams, Savanna Plombon and Brianna Kerekes will be the only runners racing at Wisconsin. Cleary wants to go with his “fittest and fastest” runners at a tough Wisconsin course.

“Wisconsin is a monster.

While there will be some of the best teams in the country missing from this meet, we will basically be running the national champi-

onship tomorrow,” Cleary said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “Instead of 31 teams competing at the NCAA meet, tomorrow will feature 35.”

The Wisconsin Adidas Invitational has two different races for women: The Women’s A six-kilometer race begins at 11 a.m., followed by the Women’s B six-kilometer race at 12:30 p.m.

After a fifth-place finish last season at Madison in 2014 and a first-place finish two weeks ago at the Greater Louisville Classic,

expectations are high this Friday.

“It’s important to come into this race and simply run to our potential.

Keeping one’s emotions in check and not getting discouraged being in the pack is essential,” Cleary said. “Our training is progressing nicely, and our spirits are more confident.

We are running our fittest girls, and with seven good races, we will accomplish our goals.”

While not getting the same type of attention as Wisconsin, the Penn

State Open is also important. A month ago, the Mountaineers finished third out of four teams at the Penn State University Spiked Shoe Invitational.

The Open and Invitational both take place on Penn State’s Blue-White Gold Course.

West Virginia returns to the scene of their least impressive race with a chance at redemption.

“Our Penn State crew has a very unique opportunity. They are running on one of the courses that we feel at home running on,”

Cleary said. “Meets like this are invaluable for our program. This is our developing group; young ladies that I fully expect to be impact athletes over the next few years.”

The regular season concludes with the Penn State Open. West Virginia begins preparation for the Big 12 Championships on Oct. 31. Less than a month later is the NCAA Championship. As Cleary said previously, success this weekend is crucial. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

SWIMMING AND DIVING

WVU takes on Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech at home

BY ROGER TURNER SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University swimming and diving teams are set to square off against Georgia Tech tonight in the first ever Big 12 vs. ACC Weekend Meet hosted at the WVU Natatorium.

“We are home and in our pool and aren’t traveling,” said Mountaineer head coach Vic Riggs. “I believe that gives us a distinct advantage. It’s up to us to use that energy and excitement to compete well.”

This year’s Big 12 vs.

ACC Weekend comes after West Virginia’s fifth consecutive win in the West Virginia State Games, which was also hosted in

the Natatorium last week.

WVU dominated the meet on both the men and women’s side, winning all 39 events for the first time in the meet’s history.

West Virginia competes against Georgia Tech Friday and longtime rival Virginia Tech on Saturday.

Friday’s matchup against Georgia Tech will be the first time the Mountaineers have ever faced against the Yellow Jackets, and Riggs is looking forward to hosting a quality ACC opponent.

“We are very excited to host Georgia Tech this Friday,” he said. “They are new to our schedule and are a very talented and well-coached team.”

Two weeks ago, the Georgia Tech men and women’s teams opened

the season against Penn State and Liberty in Atlanta’s GT Aquatic Center, with the men claiming victory over both opponents. The women’s team defeated Liberty by a score of 178-120, but lost to Penn State 173-119.

“Georgia Tech swam very well two weeks ago.

We will have to be at our best to get the win,” Riggs said.

Georgia Tech senior captain Yuval Safra leads the Yellow Jackets into Morgantown after finishing first in the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 free two weeks ago. Sophomores Moises Loschi and Brian Woodbury also claimed multiple victories in the Yellow Jackets’ opening meet.

“We will have a good indication of how we’re swimming and diving after GT and can make adjustments if needed,” Riggs said.

For the Mountaineers, both teams look to build on the slew of victories each squad came away with a week ago. Andrew Marsh comes into this week’s two-day meet with a new pool record and 10 wins from the State Games already under his belt.

Marsh and Woodbury will feature in the 100 backstroke, as both athletes won the event in their previous meet.

Senior Jaimee Gillmore will lead the women’s team in the pool on Friday and Saturday. Gillmore comes into the second meet of

the season after finishing first place in six events last week.

Divers Lindsey Schmidt, Averly Hobbs, and Julia Calcut all qualified for the NCAA Diving Zones Championships in their first meet, and will face off against Georgia Tech’s Shannon Lumbra, who won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events for GT two weeks ago.

Following Friday’s competition versus Georgia Tech, West Virginia will face Virginia Tech in the WVU Natatorium on Saturday.

“Virginia Tech will present a great opportunity for us to compete,” Riggs said.

“We will be Virginia Tech’s second meet, so we know they will be ready to race.”

Action for the 2015 Big 12 vs ACC Weekend quad meet begins at 5 p.m. this evening when the talented Georgia Tech and West Virginia programs dive into the Natatorium pool for the meet’s first day of competition. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Tomorrow, the West Virginia University volleyball team will host a match against the Baylor Bears.

The Mountaineers have an overall record of 5-13 this season and are coming into this game with a loss against Texas Tech.

The set scores for that match were 20-25, 19-25 and 20-25.

“We did some things well,” said WVU head coach Reed Sunahara to WVUSports.com. “We’re just making too many errors. We had way too many hitting errors. If we’re taking some good swings and have good body control, I say go for it. If we don’t, then somehow we’ve got to keep the ball in play.”

In this game, sophomore middle blocker Mia Swanegan had 10 kills and led the team in kills.

Behind her followed sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery and senior middle blocker Caleah Wells, both notching nine kills each. Sophomore libero Gianna Gotterba led the teams defense, having 11 digs.

Baylor is also coming into this game coming off a loss, as they fell 3-1 to Kansas in their last time out. The set scores for that match were 21-25, 25-13, 20-25 and 17-25.

Senior outside hitter for Baylor, Andie Malloy had a double-double in this match, having 12 kills and also having 12 digs. Fresh-

man Shelly Fanning had a match-high 14 kills, while sophomore outside hitter Katie Staiger followed behind with 10 herself.

Sophomore libero Jana Brusek led the team’s defense with 16 digs. Junior Morgan Reed and senior Mackenzie Mayo had nine kills each.

These two teams competed against each other twice in the most recent season.

Both times they came together, WVU took the win. The first time they met in 2014, West Virginia won 3-1, with set scores 25-20, 25-21, 22-25 and 25-19.

In that game, Gotterba had the highest amount of digs for both teams, with 18 digs. Wells had 7 kills, which helped the team greatly.

That night, the WVU players communicated well and came together as a team to get the win.

The second encounter between the teams last season, the score was 3-0, with set scores of 25-22, 25-21 and 26-24.

This was a big win for the WVU volleyball team, and it was first time in the history of the series that WVU beat Baylor in Morgantown, and their first Senior Night win, in their last four tries.

The match between West Virginia and Baylor will be at 3:30 tomorrow held at the Coliseum.

Entry is free for those who have a valid student ID. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Cubs SS Addison Russell ruled out for NLCS

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs will send Jon Lester to the mound for Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Saturday night, and Javier Baez will start at shortstop after Addison Russell was shelved by a left hamstring injury.

Russell got hurt while legging out a triple in Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Cardinals.

He said he felt the hamstring grab while he was rounding second, and manager Joe Maddon said the rookie had a moderate strain.

“Addy right now will not participate in this next round,” Maddon said Thursday. “We’re not going to utilize him. Continue to work on him. Hopefully if everything plays properly and we have another opportunity to play in another round he might be available at that time, but for sure not this one.”

Maddon said they haven’t made a decision on Russell’s replacement for the NLCS roster against the Los Angeles Dodgers or New York Mets, which must be submitted by Saturday morning. Reliever Ja-

son Motte, who has been out with a right shoulder strain, is a possibility for this round, and Maddon said he likely will use four starters in the best-of-seven series.

The Cubs worked out for about two hours Thursday, with their young sluggers putting on another show during batting practice.

But there was nothing like the drive Kyle Schwarber hit during the final game against St. Louis, a massive solo shot that settled on top of the scoreboard in right field.

The team authenticated the ball, and then placed a case over it. The plan is to leave the ball there for at least the rest of the playoffs.

“It’s pretty cool that it’ll stay out there throughout this postseason,” Schwarber said. “Just a good honor. You know, it’s, I just look at it as another home run.”

Baez, another one of those promising young hitters, replaced Russell in the NLDS, and hit a three-run homer in Chicago’s seriesending 6-4 victory in Game 4. The 22-year-old slugger has big-time power, but he has struck out a lot during his brief time in the majors.