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Tobacco tax affects state revenue by corey mcdonald staff writer @coreymacc

Senate Bill 420—which would raise taxes on all tobacco products—was stalled in the House Finance Committee this past legislative session. However, there is still a chance for a recovery in a special legislative session this spring, and its implications would be tremendous for the state but devastating for one specific business.

The bill passing in its current form would mean a $1 excise tax rate increase on cigarette packs, raising it from 0.55 cents to $1.55,

and a 7 percent increase on smokeless tobacco on top of the current 7 percent rate. This increase would be in addition to the 6 percent sales tax for the state.

The passing of this bill would be critical in a time of financial desperation for the state, according to multiple analysts and economists.

“We estimate that the $1 increase will generate more than $100 million (in tax revenue),” said John Deskins, director of the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research. “We think maybe $130 million or so is the best-case scenario; right around $100 million is the

worst-case scenario, depending on how much people respond to the overall change.”

Deskins and a team of economic researchers recently published a study that considered this proposed tax rate increase and its effect on the state budget, which is currently suffering from a $380 million shortfall.

The 7 percent increase on smokeless tobacco would also generate revenue on its own: an additional $10 million, according to a report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

Along with potentially increasing state revenues,

the imposed tax would also incentivize people to try to quit smoking, which in turn would ease the burden of taxpayer-funded programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

West Virginia has one of the highest rates of adults who smoke in the country, at 26.7 percent, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s well known that tobacco products cause a number of different ailments—emphysema, higher rates of cancer and higher mortality rates— but the fiscal damage is not usually taken into account.

There is $1.3 billion in additional health care costs im-

MAYOR RECUSED

Citing conflict of interest, Shamberger recuses herself from voting on budget

posed on taxpayers through social healthcare programs, according to a report by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

“At that point, you actually start seeing some public health benefits,” said Sean O’Leary, analyst for the WV Center on Budget and Policy. “A reduction in smoking translates into savings in the long term.”

Even if the population is prompted to quit smoking, the decline in tobacco use would have a minimal effect on the revenue: the estimate reflects an anticipated 14 percent decline in cigarette purchases attributable to

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ity council narrowly approved its 2016-17 fiscal budget last night (4-2), without the help of Mayor Marti Shamberger. Councilmen Ron Bane and Wes Nugent voted in the minority.

Shamberger, after receiving mixed advice from the city’s attorney that the state’s Ethics Commission has issued somewhat conflicting opinions, recused herself from voting on the budget.

“Has this been a formal thing, or did this just come up?” asked Councilman Ron Bane, who usually votes in opposition to Shamberger. “Did someone give you some sort of document? Or are we just going on some sort of allegation?

I don’t understand.”

Shamberger’s husband, Thomas Shamberger, is the director of the central business office in the Division of Finance, according to West Virginia University’s online directory. The city allocated $25,000 to WVU for a Safe Communities partnership.

City Manager Jeff Mikorski said the mayor was contacted and told she might have a conflict of interest because of her husband’s job.

After Shamberger stepped out of the room and Bill Kawecki assumed

temporary chair of the meeting, other council members worried they, too, had a conflict of interest.

Wes Nugent is employed

by WVU in the Extension Services Office, which wouldn’t receive direct funding from the budget, as a professional technologist. Jenny Selin said she also used to be employed

by WVU. The city’s attorney, Ryan Simonton, pointed to several somewhat-differing opinions the Ethics Commission issued in the past.

The opinions, Simonton said, attempt to prevent someone from using a public office for private gain.

“In general,” he said, “there’s no private gain when there’s no money directed to the council member.”

One, issued in 2014, opines that County Commission members may vote on appropriating funds to local Boards of Education when the board employs their spouses. In another opinion, issued in 2013, the Commission advised that city councilors could vote on giving property to Boards of Education when the board employs their spouses.

But in a 2006 opinion, the Commission found that a mayor, as an employee of a state university, should have recused themself when voting on awarding the University

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Bill Kawecki argues with Wes Nugent over procedural matters at the Morgantown City Council meeting on Tuesday evening. funds.

“I don’t believe this type of thing is a conflict because we make partnerships with WVU and we share a number of issues,” Selin said.” No other council members recused themselves from voting on the budget.

“She’s not going to walk away with a check in her hand or anything like that,” Ron Bane said of Shamberger.

At one point, it appeared there would be a stalemate between three councilors who previously voted for the budget (Kawecki, Ganz and Selin) and three council members who hadn’t (Bane, Nugent and Redmond).

Redmond ultimately flipped his decision and voted in favor of the budget.

Also Tuesday evening, city council approved 6-1

the list of 72 streets the city will pave in the coming year. Money for paving those streets will cost about $2.5 million, all of which comes from the user fee implemented at the beginning of the year.

Nancy Ganz voted against the list. She felt that some streets were more in need than streets higher up on the list.

The list of streets was ranked based on the most in need of paving, traffic conditions and visibility to the city. That information came from 2010, the year that city interns walked each street “at least three times,” according to Damien Davis, city engineer.

City Council will meet again at 7 p.m. on March 29 for its monthly committee meeting. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU Libraries host symposium honoring first female WVU graduate by rachel mcbride

Mayor Marti Shamberger presides over the Morgantown City Council special meeting on Tuesday e vening.

the higher tax rate, according to the study conducted by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

The proposed legislation has some negative effects as well. The regressive tax would have a larger burden on low income families or individuals. Even so, the tax would not have a significant effect on individuals’ financial livelihoods.

“For the bottom 20 percent of West Virginia, so those earning less then $19,000 a year—now not all of them smoke—but on average the tax increase would be about $100 per year,”

This May marks 125 years since Harriet Lyon became the first woman to graduate from West Virginia University. In her honor and legacy, a symposium hosted by WVU Libraries March 15-17 will explore Lyon’s journey through earning a higher education and the progression for women since her revolutionary accomplishment.

Carroll Wilkinson, director of strategic library initiatives for WVU Libraries, said Lyon and her peers faced discrimination from their classmates and other individuals on campus who did not agree with allowing a woman to receive a college degree.

“Most people treated (female students) like outsiders,” Wilkinson said. “It was an exclusively male environment, and they felt strange.”

The three-day program, which is free and open to the public, builds upon the work of the celebration of the Centenary of women’s graduation in 1991.

The event is also meant to bring awareness to the challenges and discrimination that some women still face on and off college campuses.

“This whole idea where women enter fields where they make up 5 percent or less are areas that we need to look at,” Wilkinson said.

Wilkinson collaborated with librarians and library staff to create a lineup of a lecture, a forum, a panel discussion, a workshop, exhibits and a student poster session for the symposium.

Activities began at 4 p.m. yesterday with an opening program in the Robinson Reading Room of the Charles C. Wise Library.

Today there will be multiple presentations, a panel discussion, a poster session and a hands-on workshop.

The keynote address from Regina Barreca, professor of English and feminist theory at University of Connecticut, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Milano Reading Room in the Charles C. Wise Library. The presentation is titled “Courage, Curiosity, and Conviction: Celebrating 125 Years of Educating

Women at WVU.” Additional programs on for today include “Breaking through a Glass Ceiling in Mathematics,” where Dr. Marjorie Darrah, associate professor of mathematics at WVU and the first woman to receive a PhD. in mathematics at WVU, will reflect on her experiences and changes at the University over the last 25 years.

“A Discussion of the Triumphs & Tribulations of WVU Sisterhood during the Last Twenty-five Years” brings together panelists from throughout campus including Ethel Smith, associate professor of English; Martha Yancey, interim director of the Evansdale Library; Marjorie Fuller, director of the Center for Black Culture and Research; and Cathy Jasper, program coordinator.

Among these programs, there will also be a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, which will provide training on writing for Wikipedia. Kelly Doyle, WVU Libraries’ Wikipedian-in-Residence for Gender Equity, will lead participants through creating an account to editing an existing article about a West Virginia woman or posting an original researched article with references on the online encyclopedia. Interested participants should bring their own laptops and mobile devices to the event.

Wilkinson said she hopes students and faculty attending events will notice the change that has allowed women to advance educationally in the present as well as the possible change that could allow women to progress academically even more in the future.

“We need women to know that they are standing on the shoulders of the women who have gone before them,” Wilkinson said. “We are celebrating change, but we still have some work to do.”

Kaila Ilyes, junior business management student at WVU gave her opinion on what it is like to be a woman attending college in a predominately maleoriented STEM field.

“I feel like men are still more pressured in society to be the main provider, and that makes the distri-

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Clinton sweeps Ohio, Florida; Trump, Kasich split; Rubio out CLEVELAND (AP)—Hillary Clinton triumphed Tuesday in the Florida, Ohio and North Carolina presidential primaries, putting her in a commanding position to become the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party nomination. Donald Trump strengthened his hand in the Republican race with a big win in Florida but fell in Ohio to that state’s governor, John Kasich.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ended his once-promising campaign after his devastating home-state loss, so the GOP primary is now down to three candidates: Trump, Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

Trump also picked up wins in North Carolina and Illinois, and was locked in a close race with Cruz in Missouri.

The billionaire businessman told a victory rally, “This was an amazing night.”

Trump is the only Republican candidate with a realistic path to the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the July convention. But his loss in Ohio kept hope alive for mainstream Republicans dismayed by his candidacy and suggesting the real estate mogul can still be stopped in a convention fight.

“The campaign goes on,” Kasich declared at a victory rally. Now thrust into the center of a campaign that has been bitingly personal, Kasich vowed to “not take the low road to the highest office in the land.”

A confident Clinton pivoted quickly to November during her victory rally, assailing Trump’s hardline immigration positions and support for torture. “Our commander-in-chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it,” she declared.

Underscoring Republican concerns about Trump, Rubio focused heavily on an implicit critique of Trump in a speech announcing he was dropping out of the race. The senator urged Americans to “not give in to the

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Continued from page 1 O’Leary said. “That would be just under a 1 percent increase in their overall taxes.”

The main concern, and potentially one of the main hesitancies for the state legislature, is the possibility of

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledges the crowd during an election night event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 15, 2016.

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fear, do not give in to the frustration.”

A favorite of Republican leaders, Rubio is the latest candidate to fall victim to an unpredictable election cycle and Trump’s unmatched ability to tap into the public’s anger with Washington and frustration with sweeping economic changes.

Clinton’s victories in Ohio and Florida were a blow to rival Bernie Sanders and bolstered her argument that she’s the best Democratic candidate to take on the eventual Republican nominee in the general election. Her win in Ohio was a particular relief for her campaign, which grew anxious after Sanders pulled off a surprising win last week in Michigan, another important Midwestern state.

Clinton kept up her

large margins with black voters, a crucial group for Democrats in the general election. Democratic voters were more likely to describe Sanders as honest, but more likely to describe Clinton’s policies as realistic, according to exit polls.

Campaigning Tuesday in North Carolina, Clinton said “the numbers are adding up in my favor.”

She signaled an eagerness to move on to a possible general election showdown with Trump, saying he’s laid out a “really dangerous path” for the country.

Votes were also being counted Tuesday in Missouri, though races in both parties were too close to call. Sanders and Clinton were locked in a close contest in Illinois.

Trump entered Tues-

day’s primaries embroiled in one of the biggest controversies of his contentious campaign. The GOP front-runner has encouraged supporters to confront protesters at his events and is now facing accusations of encouraging violence after skirmishes at a rally last week in Chicago.

The atmosphere at his events has deepened the concern over his candidacy in some Republican circles. Rubio and Kasich have suggested they might not be able to support Trump if he’s the nominee, an extraordinary stance for intraparty rivals.

His closest competition so far has come from Cruz, who has kept relatively close to the businessman in the delegate count and has been urging other candidates

to drop out so he can take Trump on one-onone.

Even before Tuesday’s results, a group of conservatives was planning a meeting to discuss options for stopping Trump, including at a contested convention or by rallying around a third-party candidate. While such no candidate has been identified, the participants in Tuesday’s meeting planned to discuss ballot access issues, including using an existing third party as a vehicle or securing signatures for an independent bid.

A person familiar with the planning confirmed the meeting on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the gathering by name.

Despite concerns from party leaders, Republican

voters continue to back Trump’s most controversial proposals, with twothirds of those who participated in GOP primaries Tuesday saying they support temporarily banning Muslims from the United States.

The exit polls were conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.

Trump’s Florida victory brought his delegate total to 619. Cruz has 394 and Kasich 136. Rubio left the race with 167 delegates.

Clinton has at least 1,488 delegates, including the superdelegates who are elected officials and party leaders free to support the candidate of their choice. Sanders has at least 704. It takes 2,383 to win the Democratic nomination.

cross-border shopping. Our current excise tax rate for cigarettes is on par with that of Kentucky’s rate of 0.60 percent, and is higher than Virginia’s rate of 0.30 cents.

The $1 dollar raise would put us at the national average, and would put West Virginia at the same rate as Ohio.

“People who own con-

venience stores or grocery stores in Parkersburg or Huntington don’t want to see business go across the border,” Deskins said.

“They’re worried about people shopping in Virginia and Kentucky instead.”

This would reduce instate purchases, while also stalling any effect on reducing overall consumption of

tobacco products.

Cross-border shopping is a possible negative externality for this tax, but it is not guaranteed that it will occur and decrease in-state purchases. One thing that is guaranteed, however, is the devastating effect the legislation will have on e-cigarette businesses in the state.

Currently, the bill pro-

poses creating an excise tax rate on e-cigarette liquid—7.5 cents per milliliter—a drastic increase from a zero percent rate on a product that contains no form of tobacco. The product only contains nicotine and is available in varying levels of nicotine content, with certain liquids containing no nicotine whatsoever.

Shawn Dunn, owner of Evapor on High St. in Morgantown says that a good portion of his customers use e-cigarettes to wean themselves off cigarettes.

“The vast majority of our customers start with a high level of nicotine and a high percentage of them end up going down to a very low level of nicotine,” Dunn said. “A lot of people go to zero percent.”

The most popular sized liquid goes at 30 mL and is priced at $10-$20 depending on the brand and type of liquid. The excise tax would add $2.20 on to the price, and would add $13 on to a 180 mL bottle.

The fact that these products can be bought online would cause a slow collapse of similar e-cigarette businesses across the state. The nail in the coffin for Dunn is the written implications imposed on his business if the bill were to take effect come April 1, 2016.

“The way the bill is written, we would have to pay the tax for all of our existing

inventory upfront,” Dunn said. “Just the tax on the eliquid in my store right now, it would have been about $30,000 that I would have had to write a check for on April 1. I can not do that and I would have to close my doors.”

The written law of SB 420, along with the economic incentive to purchase these products online rather than in stores, “would put every vape shop in the state out of business,” Dunn said.

“The state doesn’t see the big picture,” Dunn said.

“They’re getting revenue in sales tax from (our business). We’re contributing taxes to the state and that would all vanish.”

Nonetheless, economists and analysts agree that the big picture for West Virginia’s financial situation is daunting, and something has to be done to try and fill the budget gap.

“The tax does discourage the purchase of the use of (e-cigarette products) so we would lose some business.

But I think when you look at the economic projection, it’s a fairly minimal effect on sales,” O’Leary said. “(The State is) not going to be able to get away with no new revenue. We’re just to the point where we don’t want to start eliminating programs and services.”

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sor emerita and founding director of the WVU Center for Women and Gender Studies. Barreca will moderate the discussion.

Immediately following the conversation, the closing session will provide a preview of upcoming events in the University’s celebration of the 125th anniversary of the graduation of women. Wilkinson said WVU’s Center for Women’s and Gender Studies will continue this significant celebration on campus throughout 2016.

For more information, visit http://symposium.lib. wvu.edu.

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Continued from page 1 bution of men and women in most classes unequal,” Ilyes said. “The majority of women still don’t make as much money as men because of the glass ceiling and because they aren’t encouraged to go into as advanced majors as most men are.”

The symposium concludes at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Robinson Reading Room with “Excellence through Equity: Are We There Yet?” a conversation with Wilkinson and Judith Gold Stitzel, profes-

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The downsides of group work in class Group work is a common practice in many college classrooms. It seems working in groups would be a winning situation for all parties, as professors would have fewer papers to grade and students would have less work to do. However, working within a group can sometimes cause more individual stress than if students worked alone.

Interdependence is meant to create a better learning experience for students, which is most likely why many capstone courses at West Virginia University rely heavily on group work. However, as capstone courses are vital to students’ graduation, being dependent on a stranger for your final grade can be nerve-wracking.

Several classes offered at WVU are based entirely on group work as opposed to lecture material, in which every student could have an equal opportunity to learn information presented by a professor. In

these situations, assigning large amounts of group work could actually deter students from learning the subject or make the course material tedious.

In addition, professors often step back from facilitating a class when group work is assigned, and as a result, students are unable to fully engage with them in learning.

Many students lament that group work is often distributed unequally between members, and apathetic individuals who don’t do their share of an assignment can drag the entire group’s grade down.

Students could be partnered at random with people who are often absent or even someone who drops the class altogether, which is unfair to diligent students who are present for each class.

In groups, one member typically assumes the role of the leader out of necessity, which leaves them to deal with the majority of the

work and stress. Pairing students who lack motivation with those who are willing to do anything for a great grade is an unfair combination and doesn’t benefit either group member.

Given the number of factors in which group work would either deter students from completing work on their own or make some group members unfairly take on the assignments of others, students should be able to opt out of group work for a more personalized timetable and learning experience.

Research shows that group work has the ability to foster improved and deeper learning, as well as improve test scores. However, educational institutions often ignore the downfalls of group work, which include disguised inactivity, unequal loading, inappropriate socialization and unfair assessment, according to an article in the American Federation for Teachers periodical “Amer-

Group work isn’t always full of compromise and hard work. ican Educator.”

In many classes, group members have the ability to grade each other on each person’s contribution to the assignment or project, and many professors would be willing to work with students who have a slacking group member. These measures are meant to prevent

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individual group members from falling behind, but more often than not, students don’t approach their professor or give a fellow member a bad grade.

Although group work is meant to simulate reallife work situations, classrooms simply lack the trust and pay that make teams

in businesses or offices successful. Students who thrive on working with others should have the option to do so, but students should be able to opt out of group work in order to get the most out of their education. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Raw milk bill endangers public health, offers no benefits shelby bradford columnist @shelby_b_127

There has recently been a growing demand for more organic or “natural” goods across the country. When concerning food, this usually means foods that have either been minimally processed, not genetically altered or cultivated locally.

While electing to purchase these types of materials is just as much of a personal choice as choosing to eat a vegetarian diet, there are many issues one should take into account as people continue the search for healthier dietary options.

For example, consuming unpasteurized milk has been debated as a more nutritious and natural choice than drinking what is currently sold in grocery stores.

What many people do not realize, however, is that the consumption of raw milk carries multiple health risks and almost no additional health benefits to consumers. With West Virginia’s raw milk bill now signed into law, citizens can enter “herdshares” with local farmers to obtain unpasteurized milk to drink. The individuals purchase shares of a farmer’s cow, and when it produces milk, they receive a portion of the product without ever having to travel to a store.

I am highly opposed to the raw milk bill, as the potential harm of distributing unpasteurized milk has been significantly overlooked by legislation and is putting West Virginians’ health at risk. Between 1998 and 2011, there were more than 2,000 illnesses that required hospitalization and two deaths in

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Unpasteurized milk often contains traces of E. coli and salmonella bacterial strains. the United States due to the consumption of raw milk and cheese products. In fact, the same legislators who signed the raw milk bill into law drank some to celebrate and became sick shortly after consumption.

I do not believe one required yearly health examination, as stated in the bill, is sufficient enough to confirm that an animal’s byproducts are safe for distribution. I also do not feel as though most people are made aware enough as to how easily milk can be contaminated or how severe the infections caused by raw milk can be. It’s as though this bit of legislation was pushed by people who were undereducated and overzealous about pasteur-

ized milk without actually understanding the risks and overall lack of health benefits which raw milk poses.

Pasteurization, which became common practice in the early 20th century, involves heating and rapidly cooling milk to kill any microorganisms that may be present. Cattle and poultry are frequent carriers of E. coli, salmonella and other infectious species, and these strains cannot be detected in their byproducts without testing. As a result, things like milk and eggs are often infected with these organisms and can cause severe infections of the stomach and intestines that can lead to diarrhea and vomiting when consumed.

In young children, elderly people or people with weak immune systems, side effects of an infection caused by raw milk can include kidney failure and even death.

These microorganisms can also infect fetuses in the womb, which can cause fetal abnormalities, miscarriages and stillbirths. While certain individuals are more susceptible than others, any person could potentially experience chronic infection from the bacteria in raw milk.

There has been a lot of debate as to whether or not pasteurization, while removing many harmful organisms, also takes away the health benefits of the milk.

Since pasteurization is not a selective process, all bacte-

ria and microbes are killed, which includes those considered to be probiotic and helpful to the stomach.

Some people believe drinking unpasteurized milk will allow them to regain these helpful bacteria. However, this also puts them at risk for ingesting pathogenic bacteria as well. A much safer alternative to supplement the beneficial bacteria in milk would be to eat more yogurt or simply include a probiotic in one’s diet.

I am not opposed to personal and small-scale usage of raw milk. If you are a dairy farmer who elects to drink your cow’s milk, that is your choice. However, sharing a quart of this milk with a family member or even

close neighbor does not pose nearly the same widespread health risks as opening the doors to the general public to buy potentially contaminated milk.

No one would eat raw beef or chicken just to obtain additional nutrients that may be lost in the cooking process. This practice is almost unheard of because nearly everyone is aware that uncooked meat carries harmful pathogens. Milk is exactly the same and should be treated as such. Pasteurization protects public health, and there will likely be severe consequences with this new health trend in West Virginia. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Pigeons Playing Ping Pong in Morgantown

by Ally Litten A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

With St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday and Spring Break starting on Friday, Morgantown is preparing itself for parties. All the craziness starts tonight, as the psychedelic funk band, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, kicks off the weekend.

Held at Mainstage Morgantown, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong will rock the house and get everyone in the groove for Spring Break.

The concert is just the start for the funky electric band, however - their new album “Pleasure” will be released April 1. With this upcoming release, local fans are getting pumped for the show.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong consists of four members: Greg Ormont, vocals and guitar; Jeremy Schon, vocals and guitar; Ben Carrey, bass and vocals and Alex Petropulos with the electro-swag.

Starting in Baltimore in 2009, the psychedelic band has developed a reputation for a good time. Since then, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have released an EP titled “Funk” in 2010 and an album, “Psychology,” in 2014.

The eccentric band is known for its wild antics and even crazier beats. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is one of those bands that puts its heart and soul into its music. The group has the ability to capture an audience and completely absorb them into the music.

This makes Pigeons Playing Ping Pong a great band to see live.

This is not the band’s first rodeo in Morgantown. It has frequented 123 Pleasant Street for many years.

Last year at this time, they stopped by on their winter

tour with guest Aqueous to blow the minds of local jam-banders.

Although the band has history in Morgantown, this is the first time Pigeons Playing Ping Pong has visited Mainstage Morgantown. With the new venue and laid-back atmosphere, it should be a perfect fit.

With the show only hours away, almost every ticket has been sold.

However, a select amount of tickets are on sale online for $15 at Mainstage Morgantown’s website.

The concert venue will also save 75 tickets to sell at the door for $20. However, those are first come, first serve.

Similar to the recent Lotus concert, people are flocking to Mainstage Morgantown from all over to see the band.

“We have a lot of people coming in for this,” said Mainstage employee Tim Crockett. “The Lotus concert a few weeks ago was like this - it drew people in from seven different states.

It’s a good thing. It’s good for the community, good for the economy with people coming and staying in hotel rooms.”

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is just the start of sold-out concerts at Mainstage Morgantown this weekend. Phil Vassar has a sold-out show on Saturday, and Deer Tick has a soldout show on Sunday.

The Pigeons Playing Ping Pong concert will begin at 8 p.m. tonight at Mainstage Morgantown.

For more information on the band, visit http://pigeonsplayingpingpong. com. To purchase tickets, visit http://mainstagewv. tu n e stu b. c o m / e ve nt. cfm?id=230395&cart. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Hoodie Allen to play in Pittsburgh

by Meg Weissend A&E WRiter @dailyathenaeum

Popular hip-hop recording artist Hoodie Allen is hitting Stage AE in Pittsburgh this St. Patrick’s Day. Known for his hits “Champagne and Pools,” “All About It,” “No Interruption” and “No Faith in Brooklyn,” the rap sensation has made his way to the top with the help of loyal fans.

Allen released his sophomore album, “Happy Camper,” as a free download in January. However, enough fans flocked to sites like iTunes and Amazon to propel the release to No.1 on the Billboard rap charts.

A deep connection with fans has been a focal point for Allen since he launched his career in 2010.

Known only professionally as “Hoodie Allen,” the 27-year-old from Long Island, New York was born Steven Adam Markowitz.

Allen was once a successful accountant executive at Google, but a few months into his career at the tech giant, he decided to leave San Francisco and move to Manhattan to pursue his dreams as a rapper.

“After about six or seven months, it just seemed like I was stretching myself too thin, and I asked myself, ‘Are you going to fully invest yourself in this thing that you’ve wanted to do since you were 13? Or are you going to take a more traditional route?’” Allen said during an interview with Billboard. “It was really an incredible opportunity to work at Google in the first place. It was a tough decision, but I knew within myself what I wanted to do. I moved back home and pursued music full time.”

Allen has been “DIY” since the very beginning.

Google employee turned hip-hop artist, Hoodie Allen, will play in Pittsburgh tomorrow night.

Similar to other emerging hip-hop acts like Chance the Rapper, Macklemore and Nipsey Hussle, Allen has thrived as an independent artist.

Building a strong social media presence with the release of mixtapes like “Pep Rally” and “Leap Year” before releasing his breakthrough “All American” EP in 2012 propelled him into his current fame.

Allen’s debut album, “People Keep Talking,” debuted in the top-10 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2014.

“Happy Camper” represents Allen’s most introspective release yet.

While it still contains the

fun-loving “hipster hop” he’s known for, the album also touches on insecurities (“So Close to Happiness”) and Allen’s connection with his father (“King to Me”).

It’s that mix of vulnerability and joy that causes fans to flock to shows early for meet-and-greets and reach out to Allen on social media, something he encourages.

“I wanted to make something that was truly reflective of what was going on in my mind,” Allen said.

“The title is partially sarcastic because I’m not always a happy camper. We put on a smiling face to the

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world at all times, especially on social media. But the truth is, everyone goes through a variety of emotions. We just decide what we want to show. I wanted to make songs that were reflective of a variety of emotions, whether it’s being super excited about something - dream chasing, but also about the anxiety that comes with not knowing if your next step is the right one or if certain situations haven’t worked out in your life.”

Allen is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Stage AE in Pittsburgh. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The Daily Athenaeum’s ultimate Spring Break playlist

by Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Once again, it’s reached the point in the semester where classes will pause for a brief moment of relaxation and recuperation. Whether you’re packing your swim trunks and sunscreen or planning for a week full of “Netflix and chill,” a spring break playlist is essential for getting through a week of vacation.

DJ and producer Sam Feldt has been known to remix some pretty potent house music, such as his single, “Show Me Love.” But it’s his track “Been Awhile” that is a must have on any spring break track list. As a feel good dance hymn, “Been Awhile” features touches of tropical house sounds such as light guitar plucks, whistles and trumpets. The music video itself is just as eclectic as the song, telling a love story between a girl and young man wearing a bear onesie. With catchy vocals and blissful beats, “Been Awhile” is a track meant for sunny days and endless nights on the dance floor.

Swedish indie-pop group Miike Snow is known for its bizarre melodies and unconventional aesthetic.

Members Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt make up the Grammy award-winning group. The group’s recent single, “Genghis Khan,” features all the eccentric styles of their artistry in a spring break anthem. With a minimal drum and piano beat, “Genghis Khan” hosts very little transition from minimal beat, only enhancing the track and adding catchy ballads. With a catchy hiphop twist, Miike Snow’s “Genghis Khan” is a must add track to any spring break playlist.

Fronted by Diplo, Jillionaire and Jamaican DJ Walshy Fire, American electronic music group Major Lazer remixes beats filled with reggae, house and electronic genres. Their track “Light It Up,” released from their June 2015 album “Peace Is The Mission,” wasn’t a tune that stunned listeners. It wasn’t until the release of their “Light It Up” remix that Major Lazer officially blew out the charts, staying within the top 10 on the charts in nearly 10 different countries. As one of the artist’s highest charting songs, “Light It Up Remix” opens with chopped trumpets and Caribbean-infused sounds. Featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG, “Light It Up Re-

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Reggae-house hybrid group Major Lazer produces the perfect songs to listen to while enjoying Spring Break. mix” is a perfect track for celebrating island vibes and good times.

Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Ariana Grande knows a thing or two about warm climates, sandy bathing suits and sea-filled days. Her newest track “Dangerous Woman” is a must-add to any playlist. As the title track of her upcoming record set to drop in May 2016, “Dangerous Woman” is a sultry ballad that speaks on dealing with tunnel-vision desire and temptation. From an artist who is so outspoken about issues surrounding sexism, Grande’s “Dangerous Woman” is a great sing-along tune for long car

rides.

Nicki Minaj regularly produces smash hits with catchy choruses and hiphop infused bass beats. Her recent remix of Yo Gotti’s “Down In The DM” is just one more pop anthem released just in time for spring break. With witty punch lines and typical Minaj attitude, “Down In The DM Remix” talks of Minaj’s public issues with pop star Miley Cyrus and Kylie Jenner.

Be sure to check out Spotify for The DA’s entire 20-track spring break playlist. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

“Been Awhile” – Sam Feldt “The Sound” – The 1975 “Work” – 5th Harmony “Get It” – Matt & Kim “Genghis Khan” – Miike Snow “Tangerine Girl” – Asher Roth “Be Right There” – Diplo “Ain’t No Time” – Future “Cheap Sunglasses” – RAC “Never Leave” – DVBBS “Light It Up” – Major Lazer “Pass Dat” – Jeremiah “Cheap Thrills” – Sia “Saved” – Ty Dolla $ign, E40 “I Got Two Phones” – DJ Slim D “Dangerous Woman” – Ariana Grande “Touchin’ Lovin’” – Trey Songz “Down In The DM (REMIX)” – Yo Gotti ft. Nicki Minaj “Best Friend” – Young Thug

student poll

When is the appropriate time to start drinking on St. Patrick’s Day?

Thursday is Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday celebrating a religious figure who supposedly banished snakes from an already snakeless island. However, across college campuses, the holiday has taken on a different meaning and has become a reason for students to celebrate and drink throughout the day.

Yesterday, 100 students in the Mountainlair were polled on when, in their opinion, was the appropriate time to start drinking on Saint Patrick’s Day. The most popular answer, with 29 percent of the responses, was it would be o.k.

to start drinking after class.

These responsible students rationalized that debauchery was better when it was used as a reward for hard work well-done.

One quarter of the students polled replied that it was appropriate to start drinking as soon as they woke up. Members of this group said either they were skipping their classes, their classes were cancelled or they were simply attending class intoxicated. One student said anytime was a good time to drink on Thursday.

The rest of the students polled responded with a

specific time they believed it was okay to begin drinking.

For convenience these times have been lumped together into morning (between 6-11 a.m.), noon, afternoon (between 1-5 p.m.) and evening (6 p.m. onward).

Noon was the most popular time with 14 percent of the replies. Afternoon recieved 14 percent of the replies and evening recieved 5 percent.

Three percent of students polled said they believed it was appropriate to begin drinking at midnight, not wanting to miss a second of the holiday.

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Jagger jokes about Penn-Chapo interview MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Rolling Stones made a tr iumphant return to Mexico a decade after they last performed in the country, delighting a crowd of about 60,000 fans who packed a sports stadium in the capital.

Mick Jagger celebrated Monday night’s concert by poking fun at actor Sean Penn, whose secret interview with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman while the convicted drug lord was a fugitive from justice has provoked controversy in Mexico.

“Sean Penn came to interview me at the hotel, but I escaped,” the British band’s frontman said to cheers and roars of laughter.

Penn’s article was published by Rolling Stone magazine in January a day after Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was recaptured by Mexican authorities following his second brazen prison escape months earlier.

Speaking in a heavily accented but charming Spanish, Jagger said

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger poked fun at the meeting between Sean Penn and ‘El Chapo’ while touring in Mexico. the Stones were “having a Mexico,” Jagger said. “It’s at the Foro Sol arena, the great time in Mexico” and cool to be back.” band kicked off the show expressed fondness for He also joked that the with the classic “Start Me the city’s iconic Zocalo, or band enjoyed drink- Up.” main square, for “lucha li- ing tequila but now they “Hola Mexico! Hola bre” wrestling and for the prefer mezcal, another guey!” Jagger exclaimed, ancient pyramid ruins of agave-based spirit which employing a uniquely Teotihuacan outside the is known for its smoky Mexican slang word that capital. flavor. roughly translates as “It has been 10 years Performing beneath “dude,” before launchsince we last came to three huge video screens i n g i n t o “ Tu m b l i n g

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Dice.”

Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts powered through other hits including “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It),” ‘’Out of Control,” ‘’Wild Horses” and “Paint It Black,” before sending the crowd home with a rousing rendi-

tion of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

The Rolling Stones are wildly popular in Mexico, and many local fans refer to the band as “Their Satanic Majesties” in a nod to the title of their 1967 album.

The Stones will play a second show Thursday in Mexico, the penultimate stop on their “Ole” tour of Latin America.

Then they’re off to Havana for a historic free concert on March 25, three days after U.S. President Barack Obama wraps up his own landmark visit to communist-run Cuba.

Like on other stops on the tour, it fell to a starstruck local band to warm up the crowd in Mexico City.

“It took us a whole day before we told our parents that we would open for the Stones’ concerts in Mexico. Even we didn’t believe it!” said Santiago Casillas, singer and guitarist for the group Little Jesus.

“My mom almost cried,” Casillas added, “and my dad was paralyzed by the news.”

‘Miracles from Heaven’ tones down religious themes LOS ANGELES (AP) ‑ For some filmgoers, hearing a movie described as “faith-based” makes it a must-see. But just as many others find the term a turn-off.

To reach audiences beyond the Christian churchgoers that generally propel the genre, some producers of faith-based films are ramping up the star power and tamping down the evangelical messages.

The latest example is “Miracles From Heaven,” starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah, which tells the true story of a 9-yearold Texas girl who inexplicably recovers from an incurable condition after surviving a 30foot fall.

Among the film’s producers are pastors T.D. Jakes and DeVon Franklin - the team behind 2014’s $100 million hit “Heaven is for Real” - who say they aim to make movies for all audiences, not just religious ones.

“I think sometimes when people hear ‘faith-based,’ to them that is code for preachy, that is code for more medicine, and it’s also sometimes code for lower quality, lower budgeted,” Franklin said in a recent interview.

“It’s the way people think when you use labels that is the barrier,” Jakes said. “It’s not necessarily the film, but the image that comes up in people’s minds ... It suggests a discrimination that was not intended. We didn’t do this film just for people of faith. We did this film for everybody.”

Other entertainment aimed at Christian audiences, including new films “The Young Messiah” and “God’s Not Dead 2,” and the live TV special “The Passion” (airing Sunday), take a more religious approach.

“Miracles From Heaven” is based on Christy Beam’s 2015 memoir, which describes her family’s struggles and her own crisis of faith when daughter Anna is diagnosed with an incurable digestive disorder, then has a potentially deadly fall. But following the mishap, Anna has no serious injuries and ultimately shows no signs of the disorder. She later tells her mom she went to heaven and talked to Jesus during the ordeal.

The film is being released Wednesday by Sony’s Affirm Films, the studio’s specialty faith division established in 2007.

Affirm also released “Heaven is for Real,”

starring Greg Kinnear, which is similarly based on a parent’s account of a child’s divine experience. The film had a reported $12 million budget and made more than $100 million at the box office.

Paramount’s “Captive,” released last fall, was a modest faith-based success. Also a true story, it stars David Oyelowo as Brian Nichols, an escaped murderer who takes a single mother (Kate Mara) hostage, then lets her go after she reads a Christian book to him. Despite mixed reviews, it more than doubled its small budget at the box office.

Marketing a film as faith-based means nothing if the content doesn’t speak to religious audiences, said Maria Elena de Las Carreras, a professor of international cinema at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

“It’s a label, but it’s not magical. It doesn’t guarantee box-office turnout,” she said, citing Paramount’s 2014 big-budget Biblical flop, “Noah.”

“Audiences flock to well-made films that deal with stories of optimism and renewal, even if there is suffering and there is loss,” she said. “That was true in classic Hollywood cinema and it’s true today.”

Hollywood has a long history of Biblical blockbusters, from Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” to the currently playing “Risen,” also released by Affirm and starring Joseph Fiennes. But such big names haven’t traditionally been drawn to the quieter God-related fare.

Garner, who plays Christy Beam in “Miracles From Heaven,” celebrated the film’s Christian themes.

“I wasn’t scared of doing a movie that had faith at its center, as long as it wasn’t preachy,” Garner told The Associated Press.

“And doing this movie, part of that is talking about something that I’ve always held dear and close to my heart... I’m proud of growing up a little good churchgoing United Methodist girl and I’m so, so proud of the film.”

Director Patricia Riggen (“The 33”) said she didn’t approach the film from a religious perspective.

“I wanted to make the movie have a wide

Jennifer Garner stars in ‘Miracles from Heaven.’ appeal and be able to be seen and enjoyed by people of any faith or no faith at all,” she said. “It was, for me, important to keep it open in that sense.”

Even films not branded as faith-based can be “promoted from the pulpit,” said de Las Carreras, who says she is Catholic.

“When the priest in the sermon mentions a film, I pay attention, because of the authority,” she said.

Churches are powerful marketing agents, said Alex Ben Block, founder of entertainment industry website BlockandTackle.biz, noting some congregations organize car-

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pools or hire buses to take members to the latest faith-based releases.

“That’s really fed some of the movies that have done well,” he said, adding that faithbased films also have long lives after their theatrical releases as they become regular viewing in Sunday school classes and daycare.

But echoing UCLA’s de Las Carreras, Block said producers aiming at broader audiences for their faith-based fare can’t obscure religious themes too much “because as soon as you try to make it more viable, you alienate the core audience.”

Review: Latest ‘Divergent’ film ‘Allegiant’ is dull, storyline lacks life Call me Indifferent.

In “Allegiant,” the latest installment of “The Divergent Series” (three out of four), dystopian Chicago might be in disarray, but it’s also become as dull as our heroine Tris’ shapeless, grey Abnegation frocks from the first pic. Unless the filmmakers really try to shake things up for the next and final film, this series might just end up being as forgettable as those duds, too.

And really, this is where things should start getting interesting and urgent. The faction system fell in the last one, “Insurgent,” also directed by Robert Schwentke, and with it all of those senseless names - Abnegation, Candor, Dauntless, etc. Now they’re trying to start a new society, but, it turns out Evelyn (Naomi Watts) and her band of punk rock factionless revolutionaries didn’t exactly have a theory of governance in place when they decided to storm Chicago.

So, she begins with probably the worst possible decision - killing off many of those who were loyal to the fallen leader Jeanine (who was played by Kate Winslet). This leads to a rift with Octavia Spencer’s Johanna, and they go to war.

But that’s all a side show to the exploits of Shailene Woodley’s Tris and Theo James’ Four who decide to escape the city along with a few others (Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, and Ansel Elgort). In the last movie, Tris learned that there was life outside of the walls and they resolve to find out what that means with all the casualness of a couple of urbanites deciding to try out that new brunch spot two neighborhoods over.

What is out there, located at the remains of Chicago’s O’Hare airport (which is only about 15 miles away from the city, by the way), is a headquarters run by a man named David (Jeff Daniels). He likes Tris because she’s geneti-

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Shailene Woodley and Theo James star in ‘Allegiant.’ cally “pure,” while everyone else in the Chicago experiment is “damaged” and he wants to show her off to some other committee in Providence to prove that the system can work.

And it’s here where things might start to feel a little jumbled for anyone who has engaged with the modern sci-fi dystopias of the past few years. The O’Hare outpost looks like “Oblivion,” their genetic perfection goals sound like “The Giver” meets “Gattaca,” the Russian doll world feels like “The Maze Runner” and the heroine like a less lively version of “The Hunger Games’” Katniss.

But unlike Katniss, who wore her trauma and moral confusion and apprehension on her face, Woodley’s Tris just plays it cool and affectless. She’s never ruffled by anything and

we’re never riled up on her behalf. Four, too, just pouts and broods his way through the film, which has become the de facto mode for YA heartthrobs ever since Edward skulked his way into that “Twilight” cafeteria.

It’s not completely the fault of the actors the story takes itself so, so seriously that even Miles Teller’s minimally amusing snarky asides feel like treasures in this leaden dud just because he gives some life to them. And while Spencer and Watts seem to have the more interesting plot, you’re almost grateful that their time on screen is kept to a minimum.

If you can learn anything about storytelling from “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent,” it’s that part one of a two-part finale is gen-

erally pretty disposable - a first act stretched out to feature length. As long as these series continue to break up single stories into unnecessary two-part finales, they might benefit from taking a cue from television and making the penultimate installment the one you can’t miss, the one where everything goes haywire.

Instead, it’s something to be tolerated and endured while we wait for an actual story to close out the series.

Next, please.

“The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” a Summit Entertainment release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “intense violence and action, thematic elements, and some partial nudity.” Running time: 121 minutes. One star out of four.

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WVU VS. THE WORLD

Mountaineers hungry for deep NCAA Tournament run this time around

By Chris Jackson

Associate Sports Editor @CJacksonWVU

Fresh off a loss to No. 1 Kansas in their first-ever Big 12 championship appearance, the No. 3 seed Mountaineers are ready to prove their worth once again.

There’s a matchup with Stephen F. Austin in the first round, a team that’s found success in the NCAA Tournament since Brad Underwood took over the program three years ago.

WVU is just 7.5-point favorites entering the contest, the lowest advantage for any of the No. 3 seeds.

They were in the same spot last year. As the No. 5 seed in the Tournament, the Mountaineers were slated to fall to Bobby Hurley’s 12-seeded Buffalo team in the first round.

But a late 3-pointer in the corner from Tarik Phillip saved the day.

Stephen F. Austin received 12 votes in the latest AP Poll, the fifth-highest total among unranked teams. The Lumberjacks defeated No. 5 seed VCU in the opening round two years ago, and it has qualified for the NCAA Tournament every year since Underwood took over.

“Last year was everybody’s first experience of being in the tournament so we did have to psych ourselves out, but being the second time around we know how important it is to put a team away,” said WVU junior Devin Williams. “The quicker we put the team away, the quicker some of the important kids on the team can get their rest and get ready for the second game.”

WVU went on to beat Maryland in the second round and onto the Sweet Sixteen before a 78-39 collapse against the Tournament’s goliath, Kentucky.

Although Kentucky fell to runner-up Frank Kaminsky and Wisconsin in the Final Four, it was 36-0 before the highly-regarded bout with border-foe West Virginia.

Most of last year’s team is back, except for guards Gary Browne and Juwan Staten. Senior Jaysean Paige has taken the conference by storm en route to becoming the team’s leading scorer, also earning the Big 12’s Sixth Man of the Year award.

Players have sported “Houston” T-shirts since the beginning of the year, the site of this year’s Final Four. There’s even a “2016 National Champs” banner that hangs on the door in the team’s practice facility, centralizing a goal that began since the defeat to Kentucky.

With Daxter Miles’ defense against some of college basketball’s top guards, it only adds to the team’s beaming confidence heading into March Madness. Miles held Big 12 Player of the Year Buddy Hield to six points on one-of-eight shooting in the Big 12 semifinals Friday.

He also contained Melo Trimble to 10 points and five turnovers in last year’s victory over Maryland in the round of 32, one of the many defensive menaces that’s brought “Press Virginia” to the national landscape.

Devin Williams is coming off a career-high 31-point outburst in Saturday’s loss to Kansas, hauling in 10 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season. It’s what he’s been working on all year, proving his worth against Kansas’ tough inside presences of Cheick Diallo, Perry Ellis and Landen Lucas.

That was Williams’ best game since arriv-

ing in Morgantown two years ago as a freshman from heralded Montverde Academy, and all Williams could do was agree.

“I think it was obvious,” Williams said. “Seven-forseven in the first half, and I did that against Kansas my freshman year, but it was all jumpers my freshman year. To actually go down there and bang against some of the premier bigs, that was a very special game to me. I think it opens a lot of people’s eyes, giving me the confidence to get in the gym and continuing to work on my craft.”

Although WVU earned its highest seed since receiving the final No. 2 after winning the Big East in 2010 and advancing to its first Final Four since 1959, this year’s team knows it has more to prove. Coming in second place in college basketball’s top conference usually garners higher than a No. 3 seed, especially when all your losses except for one came to ranked opponents. “ We a l w ay s get on the short stick so it’s kind of captain obvious now on how we’re treated,” Williams said. “At the same time, it’s better than last year. It’s a step forward.”

Jonathan Holton’s return since a four-game suspension sparked the full-court pressure defense once again, and he’s been dominant on the offensive glass ever since, averaging eight rebounds (3.1 offensive) per game during those 10 contests.

Junior guard Tarik Phillip’s also back for another postseason, scoring in double-figures in six of

the last 10 games. He hit a big go-ahead 3 to beat Buffalo last year, including the game’s final eight points earlier this year to beat Texas Tech.

Phillip steps up in bigtime situations, adding to one of the country’s deepest teams.

Jevon Carter scored 26 points to beat Oklahoma in the Big 12 semifinals Friday, and he’s been one of the team’s top defenders.

It ’s all been key to the team’s No. 8

ranking and h ig h e st f i n i s h since joining the Big 12 in 2012. Last year’s demoralizing defeat to Kentucky left a sour taste in the Mountaineers’ mouths, and they’ve been on a mission to play further into March and possibly April.

“We had a good run last year, but it was kind of short,” Paige said. “We made it to the Sweet Sixteen, but it went by so fast.

We want to make a little bit of a longer this year. Just do everything we can to be ready to play.” cgjackson@mail.wvu.edu

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Campbell earns first win as Mountaineers take out Radford, 6-1

WVU head coach Randy Mazey looks on last weekend against Old Dominion. because of all the emotion

BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS EDITOR Saturday night,” Mazey @DJSTATMAN77 said. “This was a trap game in every sense of the word.

After a weekend series You might not think there that saw a doubleheader was drama, but inside my and two extra-inning chest there was plenty of games, WVU head coach drama going on.”

In his second start of the Randy Mazey came into Tuesday’s game with Rad- season, Campbell had a ford a bit apprehensive de- shaky beginning in the first spite his opponent’s 2-14 inning, allowing the first record. run of the game on a twoBut West Virginia (10- out RBI single from Radford 4) dispelled any fears of a second baseman Danny hangover at Monongalia Hrbek.

But Campbell settled County Ballpark, following a strong outing from down afterward, cruising to freshman starting pitcher the first win of his career, alTanner Campbell and four lowing only that one run on RBIs from second baseman four hits in six innings and Shaun Corso to a 6-1 win. notching six strikeouts.

“This was a game as a “Things were sped up on coach that you worry about him a little bit in the first

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inning, and he was rushing himself,” Mazey said.

“It’s being a freshman. But once he settled in I thought he was really good, and he made some good pitches with men on base when he needed to.”

With Campbell holding the Highlanders down throughout the middle innings, all the Mountaineers needed was one big inning to break the game open.

They got it in the third, scratching out the only runs they’d score off Radford starter Tyler Swarmer.

West Virginia started the inning with three straight singles off Swarmer to load the bases, getting its first run of the day on a Darius Hill sacrifice fly. With

two outs, Corso broke the game open with a two-RBI base hit up the middle, and freshman Marques Inman followed with a single to right to make it 4-1.

Corso came back again with another two-RBI single to help put the game away in the seventh inning, finishing with four RBIs to break a 10-game RBI streak to start the season.

“I was just sitting on pitches,” Corso said. “First at-bat I got to see all his pitches, and next at-bat I got up and started sitting on curveballs because there were runners on scoring position. I got a curveball, drove in two runs. My fourth at-bat I was sitting on a submarine fastball, and

I got it. I guess I got lucky those two times sitting on the right pitches. About time I got some RBIs.” Freshman Braden Zarbnisky relieved Campbell in the seventh inning and threw two scoreless innings, and righthander Endy Morales made his WVU debut in the ninth inning.

Including those two and the starter Campbell, nine freshmen saw the field for West Virginia on Saturday, adding another notch in the belt for a freshman class that’s deep and talented.

“We’re not playing freshmen just to get them on the field, we’re playing freshmen because they’re good players,” Mazey said.

“Three of them had two hits apiece, three of them pitched and one of them got the win. These guys are all good players and they’re helping us win games, and that’s why they’re in there.”

And with Campbell’s strong outing in his first game at Monongalia County Ballpark, both he and Mazey are hoping he can seize the role of midweek starter for good this season.

“That’s what I came in wanting to do,” Campbell said. “It’s a good feeling knowing that you’ve earned it, but you can’t rely on that.

One thing happens and it’s gone.” djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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Women’s Basketball

WVU overcomes odds to achieve high amounts of success

By Roger Turner Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Claiming a bid in the 2016 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament was not the only accolade the WVU women’s basketball team achieved on Selection Monday. After climbing into the AP Top 25 twice more during the regular season, Coach Mike Carey’s group closed out the year ranked in both the AP and Coaches Polls.

Entering the 2015-16 season, the West Virginia women’s basketball team featured a roster of inexperienced freshmen and a fair share of transfers new to the program. However, that didn’t stop the Mountaineers from finishing with 20-plus wins and a trip to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Breaking into the top 25 polls was the least of Carey’s concerns to begin the season but became increasingly likely as the

Mountaineers made it to 15-4 during the third week of January. On Monday, Jan. 18, the Associated Press ranked West Virginia No. 25 in the country.

West Virginia’s return to the AP Poll was the first time the team was ranked since Dec. 22, 2014, when the Mountaineers eclipsed No. 21 in the poll. Not many people predicted the Mountaineers surpassing more than the 18 wins tallied a season ago, especially with 11 of the 14 players on this year’s roster being newcomers.

Experts had WVU picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 and possibly make another run for the Women’s NIT. Contrary to public opinion, Carey’s squad proved doubters wrong and even earned an at-large bid to play in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

To close out the season, WVU finished No. 23 in the final Associated Press Poll and tied with St. John’s at No. 25 in the

USA TODAY Coaches’ Top 25 poll. Although West Virginia finished with a record of 24-9, the team’s third place finish in the Big 12 was a significant factor in the rankings and tournament seeding of the Mountaineers.

After losing in the first round a season ago, the Mountaineers advanced to the semifinal round of the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City last week. WVU finished ahead of No. 24 Oklahoma in the conference standings with a 12-6 record in a conference that had six programs punch tickets to this year’s women’s tournament.

This week’s final coaches poll published by USA TODAY features West Virginia at No. 25 with St. John’s.

WVU had previously been hovering in the AP top 25 to end the regular season, but the Mountaineers remained unranked in the Coaches Poll.

West Virginia’s appearance in the Coaches Poll

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Lanay Montgomery attempts a layup against Baylor in February. is the first of the season and the first time WVU has entered the Coaches Poll since Jan. 6, 2015, when the team was ranked No. 25. Joining the Mountaineers in both polls are No.

4 Baylor, No. 7 Texas and No. 23/24 Oklahoma, who also received at-large bids in the upcoming NCAA Tournament.

The No. 23/25 West Virginia Mountaineers are a

6-seed in the Sioux Falls region of this year’s tournament, facing the No. 11seed Princeton Tigers in the first round. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Wrestling

Mountaineers losing some key pieces heading into next season

By Joel Norman Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

With the NCAA Championship this weekend, the West Virginia University men’s wrestling team is not focused on next season.

However, once this season ends, the team will have some holes to fill.

West Virginia will lose a combined 34 wins when Chris Nelson, Bubba Scheffel, Ross Renzi and A.J. Vizcarrondo all graduate. Scheffel, Renzi and Vizcarrondo were regular

starters this season at 184 pounds, 174 pounds and heavyweight, respectively.

The 125-pound, 157-pound and 197-pound categories are all certain because of NCAA Championship qualifiers Zeke Moisey, Dylan Cottrell and Jacob A. Smith, respectively.

Additionally, the 133-pound category seems to be Keegan Moore’s to lose after the freshman went 16-10 in a year that he was originally redshirted. Freshman Connor Flynn also appears to be the 165-pound candidate

after picking up 14 victories despite making his debut in December.

However, 141 pounds, 149 pounds, 174 pounds, 184 pounds and heavyweight are all up for grabs.

At 141 pounds, junior Tony DeAngelo received the bulk of the action, going 13-19. But freshman Christian Monserrat had a better record, 9-6, before being redshirted.

Six different Mountaineers wrestled at 149 pounds in the 2015-16 season and seven are listed on the depth chart.

Freshman Zachary Moore

got the most action, going 13-12.

However, junior James Dekrone, who went 7-6, could challenge Moore for this spot.

Besides Renzi at 174 pounds, only sophomore Parker VonEgidy received action. He went 8-4 in a short sample size, so perhaps freshmen Landon Mumford and Kyle Rogers will get an opportunity.

Scheffel was the only 184-pound wrestler for West Virginia in the 201516 season. No other wrestlers are listed at that weight class on the team’s

roster. Perhaps Mumford and/or Rogers at 174 pounds will be asked to gain several pounds and move up to this weight class.

Similar to the 184-pound class, no non-seniors remain at the heavyweight position on the roster. Vizcarrondo and Nelson were the only two options here.

However, earlier in his career, Vizcarrondo competed at 184 and 197 pounds. With Smith locked in at 197 pounds, sophomore Bryson Begley, the only other 197-pound Mountaineer wrestler,

may be asked to step up to heavyweight.

West Virginia faces dilemmas at multiple positions, but head coach Sammie Henson still has plenty of options on his roster.

All of the wrestlers listed above are current Mountaineers. This fall, Henson will gain a new batch of Mountaineers with the freshman class.

Like Moore and Flynn did this season, new wrestlers will arise at each position over time. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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NFL links football, CTE: Could it affect latest $1 billion deal?

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The NFL is standing behind a top executive’s acknowledgement that the brain disease CTE can be linked to football.

The comments by Jeff Miller, the senior vice president for health and safety, “accurately reflect the view of the NFL,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday.

Miller spoke Monday at a congressional committee’s roundtable discussion about concussions.

League officials have long denied proof of a connection between playing in the NFL and the condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Miller told the congressional panel that brain research on former NFL players “certainly” shows a link between football and CTE. Responding to questions, Miller referenced the work of Boston University neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee, who has found CTE in the brains of 90 former pro football players.

“Well, certainly, Dr. McKee’s research shows that a number of retired NFL players were diagnosed with CTE, so the answer to that question is certainly yes, but there are also a number of questions that come with that,” Miller said.

CTE is tied to repeated brain trauma and associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia. Players diagnosed after their deaths include Hall of Famers Junior Seau, Ken Stabler and Mike Webster.

Four Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter Tuesday to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, saying Miller’s comments are encouraging in that the league is willing accept the science linking repetitive hits with CTE. The con-

gressmen want answers from Goodell by March 29 on the NFL’s plans to protect both current players in the league and in youth programs.

Critics of the NFL’s proposed $1 billion plan to settle concussion claims call Miller’s sudden acknowledgement of a football-CTE connection a game changer.

The settlement is being appealed by players concerned that it excludes future cases of CTE - what they consider “the signature disease of football.”

The deal announced by lead plaintiffs’ lawyers and the NFL in August 2013 would instead pay up to $4 million for prior deaths involving CTE. “Given that, the settlement’s failure to compensate present and future CTE is inexcusable,” lawyer Steven Molo wrote Tuesday in a letter to the federal appeals court in Philadelphia that is hearing his appeal.

The court heard arguments in November on the fairness of the settlement and was expected to issue an opinion in the highstakes case soon. The NFL and lead plaintiffs’ lawyers have said they do not want to incentivize suicide by offering future payments.

CTE cannot yet be diagnosed in the living.

The settlement would resolve thousands of lawsuits and cover more than 20,000 NFL retirees for the next 65 years. The league estimates that 6,000 former players - nearly three in 10 - could develop Alzheimer’s disease or moderate dementia.

They would receive an average of $190,000, though the awards could reach several million dollars in the most serious cases, which include young men with Parkinson’s disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“We welcome the NFL’s a c k n ow l e d g e m e nt o f

what was alleged in our complaint : that reports have associated football with findings of CTE in deceased former players,” lead plaintiffs’ lawyer Christopher Seeger said in a statement. “The settlement achieves that, providing immediate care to the sickest retired players and long-term security over the next 65 years for those who are healthy now but develop a qualifying condition in the future.”

Chris Nowinski, a former professional wrestler who runs the Concussion Legacy Foundation, noted that millions of children still play tackle football despite the suspected risks. The foundation seeks to study and prevent head trauma in athletes.

“If we actually believe that football is linked to CTE now, then how is the NFL underwriting (youth) tackle football when kids could just as easily play flag and not be exposed to the risk of CTE at such a young age?” he asked.

How much impact this has on college football remains to be seen, but a lead attorney in a lawsuit against the NCAA also thinks this marks a milestone.

“It is amazing to think back to 2011, when we filed the first-ever class action against the NCAA for concussions, and compare the national conversation at that time to what we have now,” Chicago-based lawyer Joseph Siprut said.

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