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Alum donates $1 million to WVU by david schlake staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Student debt constantly weighs on the mind of many college students. The headache it creates generally lasts for a long time after they graduate and does not ease up until they finally work themselves out of debt.

Fred Tattersall, a West Virginia University graduate, has donated a generous gift of $1 million in scholarships to the College of Business and Econom-

ics, to help reduce the burden of student debt. Tattersall, a finance student who graduated from WVU in 1970, is chairman of 1607 Capital Partners, an investment firm located in Richmond, Va. He said after everything, his degree from WVU has helped him accomplish, he feels he has some responsibility to give back.

“I’ve been in the investment business for 44 years,” Tattersal said. “I’ve been very fortunate with the success that I’ve had.

This is my way of paying it forward to other students who want the same

Rachel Poe runs for Homecoming Queen

things that I did.”

Over the course of their junior and senior years, elected students have the opportunity to earn a sum of $19,000 in scholarships. Two juniors will be elected each year, and initially they will be rewarded a $9,000 scholarship. If each student maintains a reasonable GPA, they will be eligible to receive a second $9,000 scholarship their senior year.

Each student also has an opportunity to receive an additional $1,000 scholarship from Beta Gamma Sigma, a prestigious

honor society for business students.

The scholarship is only offered to West Virginia residents, and only two students are selected each year.

“There’s an obvious problem of student loan debt build up that has really accelerated over the last 10 years,” Tattersall said. “I have a bias that if someone works hard at school and does well, the last thing they need is the burden of a loan that will make it difficult to get started right out of school.”

Tattersal said the idea behind the schol-

arship funding was not only to benefit students who excelled in academics, but also for those who work hard in other areas.

“Ultimately, I want to make a difference for those who work harder. I know how hard it is for students to balance school and work, as well as extra-curricular activities like Greek life and clubs. I hope that with these scholarships, those who prove they have the drive to work hard can focus on academically succeeding rather than staying financially stable,” he said.

The tw o students elected for the scholarship this year were Tyler Anderson and Nicholas Kirby. Anderson is a finance student from Morgantown and Kirby is an economics student from Charleston.

“I’m lucky to have the resources to do something like this,” Tattersall said. “When people come up to me and say, ‘It’s because of scholarships like these that I could get my degree,’ it makes me happy that I could help.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Retired CEO William Foote speaks at Distinguished Speakers Series

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Rachel Poe has spent the last 21 years watching West Virginia University students walk across the football field to be named Homecoming King and Queen. Now, she plans on claiming the title herself.

As a Morgantown native, Poe said she always thought Homecoming Queen was one of the highest and most respected honors a WVU student could receive.

“To me, this is just the highest honor that WVU could appoint to one of its students, so I thought it would be a great way to see my hard work pay off,” Poe said.

Poe, a senior accounting student, is involved in many aspects of the University. She currently serves as the president of the Panhellenic Council, the organization sponsoring Poe, and is an active sister in Alpha Phi. Poe is also a member of the Honors College, Mortar Board and Beta Gama Sigma, a business honorary society.

Poe said her favorite part of the Homecoming Court process so far has been getting to meet the other court members.

“So far the thing I have liked the most is getting to know all of the other court members. We are very, very different from each other, but it is really clear that everyone, no matter what they are involved in, has excelled tremendously throughout the last four years,” Poe said. “I

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really like getting to know all of the different personalities and seeing the different ways we have taken (at) WVU.” Poe said she is already working toward positive change for WVU within the Morgantown community and hopes to continue if elected.

“One thing I have really tried to do is create a positive face here at WVU and in the community for WVU Greek Life,” she said. “Because there is such a negative stereotype.

If elected, Poe would like to work on campaign programs against drunk driving, as well as work with student advising to better accommodate student needs and help find their passion.

In the past, Poe said she has noticed that once elections are over, Homecoming Kings and Queens disappear.

This is not what Poe wants if elected.

“One thing I would really like to do is stick around, get to know the students and their faces,” Poe said. “I want to try and take the problems students have and put a face to it and take it to the higher

Glen Smithberger runs for Homecoming Court Glen Smithberger, a senior secondary mathematics education student, is running for Homecoming King to represent all the organizations and ideals he loves about West Virginia University.

Smithberger is the president of the men’s ultimate frisbee team and has served as captain for the past two years. He is also community service director of the Mountaineer Maniacs.

“These (organizations) have given me a great group of friends for sporting events, friends who have become family, and my teammates now and those who have graduated are more like brothers, and

West Virginia University‘s College of Business and Economics Distinguished Speaker series hosted its second speaker of the semester on Tuesday. The event featured retired chairman and CEO of USG Corporation, William C. Foote.

Foote spoke about leadership, careers and specifically his own journey as a professional that led him to become the CEO and the youngest chairman of USG. USG is a multi-billion dollar manufacturer and distributor of highperformance building systems.

“I think the major reason for starting the Distinguished Speaker series was about role modeling. We wanted to have role models for our students to see success-

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I looked up to a lot of them when I was a freshman and sophomore,” Smithberger said. “Ultimate has allowed me to be a leader for a team and more importantly stress relief from class throughout the week.”

Smithberger decided to run for Homecoming King

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ful people in industry and in government,” said Jose V. Sartarelli, a Milan Puskar Dean of WVU’s College of B&E The College of B&E has had success with the Distinguished Speaker series and plans to host three to five speakers a semester.

“For some people, their parents are role models or maybe their friends, and then there are a bunch of bad role models on TV and the internet, so if you’re in business you want to know how and get insight from people who know the ropes and Bill is an example of that,” Sartarelli said.

Foote gave his perspective and advice to the audience about building a network to help open more doors for opportunities. He gave insight to how he began working internships when he was

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Foote talks to the crowd about his past positions.

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Club Sports crowdsources fundraising efforts

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Students listen intently to William Foote, a retired Chairman and CEO of USG Corporation, in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. Foote was one of many speakers chosen to present at the College of Business and Economics’ Distinguished Speaker Series.

Club sports give students at West Virginia University the chance to participate in physical activity in an organized, team-oriented environment. However, for most clubs, funding can be hard to find.

In order to help gain funding, WVU Club Sports has teamed up with the WVU Foundation to implement the Club Sports Fundraising Challenge.

Through the Friends Asking Friends peer-topeer fundraising tool, each club sport has been challenged to ask their friends, families and peers to help financially support their organization.

Kaylea Dulaney, a senior exercise physiology student and president of the WVU Mountaineer Swim Club, said this is a great way to spread awareness about options beyond varsity sports, while gaining financial backing.

“The goal is that by just communicating, using social media, talking to friends and family and just using every form of communication out there, we come together and we try to raise money for our club team,” Dulaney said. “By doing this, it gains awareness that the college does have different club teams and you don’t just have to do varsity level sports.”

Friends Asking Friends allows club members to fundraise on a social level,

allowing them to share their campaign via social media and other online sources.

This software helps to make the fundraising for a group personal and puts a face to each club team as a whole through each member.

Dulaney said the Swim Club has had a great response, and they have already raised $455 in just under a week.

“So far, we have just communicated within the club team and told everyone ‘Hey, go on to the website and join our team,’” she said. “Then from there, it is up to everyone individually.”

She also said they have made an incentive within their own club to reward

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the member who raises the most money with a prize.

“We really want to get people excited about this so they want to raise the most money,” Dulaney said. “This is a very effective way to raise money. It is really easy. We don’t have to sell anything with order forms and make sure everyone has the money. Here, it is just bing bang boom.”

Dulaney said this is also convenient for club presidents because they don’t have to create fundraisers and try and collect money and resources for each member. The Swim Club hopes to use the money raised from this fundraiser to support its trip to nationals in the spring.

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Wednesday September 24, 2014

AP

Denver area students walk out of school in protest

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Pamona High School students engage with passing motorists in a busy intersection near their school, during a multi-school protest against a Jefferson County School Board proposal to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history, in Arvada, Colo., Tuesday. Students from several high schools walked out of class Tuesday in the second straight day of protests in Jefferson County.

ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, in a show of civil disobedience

that the new standards would aim to downplay.

The youth protest in the state’s second-largest school district follows a sick-out from teachers that shut down two high schools in the politically and economically diverse area that has become a key political battleground.

Student participants

said their demonstration was organized by word of mouth and social media.

Many waved American flags and carried signs, including messages that read “There is nothing more patriotic than protest.”

“I don’t think my education should be censored. We should be able to know what happened in

our past,” said Tori Leu, a 17-year-old student who protested at Ralston Valley High School in Arvada.

The school board proposal that triggered the walkouts in Jefferson County calls for instructional materials that present positive aspects of the nation and its heritage. It would establish a committee to regularly review texts and course plans, starting with Advanced Placement history, to make sure materials “promote citizenship, patriotism, essentials and

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The club that raises the most money overall and the most per member will win the challenge as well as an additional cash reward.

“Even if we don’t win, we still have all of that money coming to us...” Dulaney said. “If we don’t win its not like ‘Oh man, we didn’t get anything we worked for. Instead, even if we don’t win we get that money we can use.”

WVU offers more than 40 different club sports for students to participate and compete in at a national level, with options such as Quidditch, roller derby and outdoor adventure.

To support a club team, visit http://wvuscf.kintera. org. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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“I got the idea then. I thought it over and realized that it was something I wanted to do,” Smithberger said.

Smithberger said he wants to represent the student body as a West Virginia native. Although

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young and how hard work, confidence and leadership skills brought him to the place he is today.

“Everyone has a different thing to say about what makes a good leader and their own personal leadership style, and I think it is interesting,” said Kimmy Lane, a junior accounting student. “I really want to take bits and pieces from every one of the speakers that B&E brings in to

benefits of the free-market system, respect for authority and respect for individual rights” and don’t “encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.”

The proposal from Julie Williams, part of the board’s conservative majority, has not been voted on and was put on hold last week. She didn’t return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment Tuesday, but previously told Chalkbeat Colorado, a school news website, that she recognizes there are negative events that are part of U.S. history that need to be taught.

“There are things we may not be proud of as Americans,” she said. “But we shouldn’t be encouraging our kids to think that America is a bad place.”

A student demonstrator, Tyrone G. Parks, a senior at Arvada High School, said Tuesday that the nation’s foundation was built on civil protests, “and everything that we’ve done is what allowed us to be at this point today. And if you take that from us, you take away everything that America was built off of.”

The proposal comes from an elected board with three conservative members who took office in November. The other two board members were elected in 2011 and oppose the new plan, which was drafted in response to a national framework for

teaching history that supporters say encourages discussion and critical thinking. Detractors, however, say it puts an outsize emphasis on the nation’s problems.

Tension over high school education has cropped up recently in Texas, where conservative school board officials are facing criticism over new textbooks.

Meanwhile, in South Carolina, conservatives have called on an education oversight committee to ask the College Board, which oversees Advanced Placement courses, to rewrite their framework to make sure there is no ideological bias.

The College Board says the outline provides a balanced view of American history, and officials plan clarify instructions to teachers to make that clear by the end of the month.

Participating students were not punished, school district spokeswoman Lynn Setzer said. They will receive unexcused absences unless their parents call to relay permission for missed classes, Setzer said.

Superintendent Dan McMinimee has met with some of the students and renewed his offer to continue discussions on the issue. “I respect the right of our students to express their opinions in a peaceful manner,” he said. “I do, however, prefer that our students stay in class.”

Smithberger is actively involved with leadership roles in multiple organizations, he said he is just a regular guy.

“This University and the student body have molded me to be a better person and I believe I’m a good representative of what it means to be a Mountaineer,” Smithberger said.

On top of classes and activities, Smithberger said he wanted to run not only

for the students, but also for himself. He has been involved so much that he wanted to see if he could do it.

“I want to help benefit the campus as a whole.

I want to be able to represent the (student) body and Mountaineer spirit,” Smithberger said.

Smithberger wants to make a difference at WVU through community service with both Maniacs and the mandatory service

talk to us and get a better understanding of the corporate world and what it takes to climb the corporate ladder.”

Normally individuals who are chosen to speak at the series are the number one person in a company, but not necessarily. Dean Satarelli said the College of B&E picks individuals who have proven themselves to be influential people.

“I really like the speaker series. I think it’s a good way to open the minds of students and make them truly believe that if they work hard enough, they

could be someone really fantastic in the business world one day too,” said Jessica DiRocco, a senior marketing student.

In addition to the Distinguished Speaker series, the College of B&E will host an economic outlook conference in October where someone will be coming to speak about the U.S. economy.

For more information about any events the College of B&E offers or information about the speakers, visit http:/be.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Wednesday September 24, 2014

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Pastor: UPS gunman was ‘troubled’ over work BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The man who killed two former co-workers and then himself at a UPS shipping center Tuesday had told some people that he was having problems at work but never suggested the situation might turn violent, his pastor said.

Birmingham police late Tuesday identified the shooter as 45-yearold Kerry Joe Tesney of suburban Trussville.

They did not release the slain people’s names but said they were part of management. They are investigating as a double homicide and suicide.

Tesney and his wife have two children, and they’ve been members at NorthPark Baptist Church since 2003, said the church’s pastor, Bill Wilks.

Wilks described Tesney as being “troubled” over his work and financial situation.

“I think it’s been an ongoing situation,” Wilks said. “In his own spirit he’s been troubled, and he’s asked for prayer about that.”

Tesney and his wife, Melissa, are listed as distributors for Advocare, a multi-level marketing company that sells health and fitness products. They have a website advertising the business that says: “Just tell us your needs, your dreams your desires ... and we’ll make it happen!”

UPS spokesman Steve Gaut would not say what Tesney’s job duties had been before his firing was finalized Monday.

Police said Tesney had gotten that final notice in the mail.

Court records showed a Birmingham business sued Tesney and UPS in 2010 claiming he had wrongly picked up a $4,000 radiator for shipment either intentionally or by mistake. The lawsuit went on for years before a judge ruled in favor of Tesney and the shipping company exactly one year ago — Sept. 23,

2013.

However, it was not immediately clear why Tesney had been fired or whether that lawsuit may have played a role.

The UPS warehouse, a light brown building sitting on a hill with company logos on the front and side, is used to sort packages and send them out on trucks. About 80 drivers had already left on their routes, and a small number remained when the shooter drove up in a private vehicle Tuesday morning and walked inside through a truck dock door in the back of the building, Gaut said.

The building has a parking lot surrounded by barbed wire.

The man was wearing a UPS uniform and opened fire either in or near some offices inside the warehouse in an industrial area just north of the Birmingham airport, Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper told reporters.

The gunman had apparently shot himself by the time officers got inside the warehouse, Roper said. No one else was hurt.

Employees who were at the warehouse when the shooting happened were being taken to another location so that they could be interviewed by investigators and provided with counseling, Roper said.

Late Tuesday morning, a long line of police cars with their lights flashing left the area as part of a motorcade with a white school bus. Also, a wrecker with a police escort left the scene towing a dark red Honda SUV. Vonderrick Rogers lives on the same street as the UPS facility and said he drove past the building shortly after it happened. There were already 10 to 15 police officers on the scene with more arriving, he said.

“Cops were jittering and running around like they were ready to go grab somebody,” he said.

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Assad backs efforts to fight terrorism

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This image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, which is consistent with AP reporting, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State group in Iraq’s Anbar Province. The Syrian foreign ministry said Tuesday that Washington informed Damascus’ envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, attacks that activists said inflicted casualties among jihadi fighters and civilians on the ground.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Bashar Assad said Tuesday he supports any international effort against terrorism, apparently trying to position his government on the side of the U.S.-led coalition conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.

Assad’s remarks came hours after the opening salvo in what the United States has warned will be a lengthy campaign to defeat the extremists who have seized control of a huge swath of territory spanning the SyriaIraq border. Damascus said the U.S. informed it beforehand that the strikes were coming.

One Syrian activist group reported that dozens of Islamic State fighters were killed in the pre-dawn strikes, but the numbers could not be independently confirmed. Several activists also reported at least 10 civilians killed.

Some Syrian rebels fighting to oust Assad welcomed the American-led strikes, but others expressed frustration that the coalition was only targeting the Islamic State group and not the Syrian government.

One rebel faction that has received U.S.-made advanced weapons, Harakat Hazm, criticized the airstrikes, saying they violate Syria’s sovereignty and undermine the anti-Assad

revolution.

“The only party benefiting from the foreign intervention in Syria is the Assad regime, especially in the absence of a real strategy to bring it down,” the group said in a statement posted on its Twitter feed.

The air campaign expanded to also hit al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, known as the Nusra Front, which has fought against the Islamic State group. Washington considers it a terrorist group threatening the U.S., although Western-backed Syrian rebel groups frequently cooperate with Nusra Front fighters on the battlefield.

In a meeting Tuesday with an Iraqi envoy, Assad voiced his support for “any international anti-terrorism effort,” according to the state news agency SANA. Assad did not specifically mention the coalition airstrikes, but said Syria is “decisively continuing in the war it has waged for years against extremist terrorism in all its forms.”

He also stressed that all nations must commit to stop support for terrorism — an apparent reference to countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar who are strong backers of Syrian rebels, whom the Syrian government calls terrorists.

In recent weeks, Syrian officials insisted that any international strikes on its soil must be coordinated with

Damascus or else they would be considered an act of aggression and a breach of Syria’s sovereignty. The United States has ruled out any coordination with Assad’s government.

Still, Damascus appeared to want to show it was not being left out, vowing in a statement to fight extremist faction across Syria and pledging to coordinate “with countries that were harmed by the group, first and foremost Iraq.”

Syria “stands with any international effort to fight terrorism, no matter what a group is called — whether Daesh or Nusra Front or something else,” it said, using an Arabic name for the Islamic State group.

Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Washington told Damascus’ U.N. envoy of the impending raids shortly before they began. It also said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry passed a message through Iraq’s foreign minister to Syria’s top diplomat to inform Damascus of the plans.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States informed Syria through the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. of its intent to take action, but did not request the Assad government’s permission or coordinate with Damascus.

Syria’s two key allies, Iran and Russia, condemned the

strikes. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in New York that the U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes are illegal because they were not approved by or coordinated with Syria’s government.

Russia warned that the “unilateral” U.S. airstrikes are destabilizing the region and urged Washington to secure either Damascus’ consent or U.N. Security Council support.

The Lebanese Shiite militant Hezbollah group, which has dispatched fighters to Syria to bolster Assad’s forces, also condemned the strikes.

“We are against an international coalition, whether it is against the regime ... or whether it is against Daesh,” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech. “This is an opportunity, pretext, for America to dominate the region again.”

The strikes, conducted by the U.S., Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, hit Islamic State training compounds and command centers, storage facilities and vehicles in the group’s de facto capital, Raqqa, in northeastern Syria, and the surrounding province, U.S. officials said. They also struck territory controlled by the group in eastern Syria leading to the Iraqi border.

Countries, companies pledge to end deforestation NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 countries set the first-ever deadline on Tuesday to end deforestation by 2030, but the feasibility of such a goal was eroded when a key player, Brazil, said it would not join.

The United States, Canada and the entire European Union signed on to a declaration to halve forest loss by 2020 and eliminate deforestation entirely by 2030.

“This is the family photo we have been looking for for decades,” said Charles McNeill, a senior environmental policy adviser for the U.N. Development Program in an interview with the Associated Press. “The forest issue is where everyone comes together.”

But, like any family, there were signs of dysfunction before the agreement was formally unveiled on Tuesday. Brazil, in an interview with AP, said it would not join.

Brazil’s position also highlighted the divisions between countries as they prepare to continue formal negotiations later this year in Peru in the hopes of meeting a late 2015 deadline for a new international treaty.

“Unfortunately, we were not consulted. But I think that it’s impossible to think that you can have a global forest initiative without Brazil on board. It doesn’t make sense,” said Brazilian Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press.

If the goal is met, the U.N. says it would be the equivalent of taking every car off the road in the world. The group also pledged to restore more than one million square miles of forest worldwide by 2030. Norway vowed to spend $350 million to protect forests in Peru and another $100 million in Liberia.

But without Brazil, a halt to deforestation would

nearly be impossible.

“A deforestation agreement without Brazil is like a carbon reduction plan without the United States,” said Paul Wapner, professor of international environmental policy at American University.

McNeill said “there were efforts to reach out to Brazilian government people but there wasn’t a response.”

“There was no desire to exclude Brazil,” said McNeill. “They are the most important country in this area. An effort that involves Brazil is much more powerful and impactful than one that doesn’t.”

Teixeira says her government had concerns that the text could clash with Brazil’s national laws, which allow for managed felling of the Amazon and other forests.

“It’s different to have legal deforestation vs. illegal deforestation. Our national policy is we want to stop illegal deforestation,” she said.

McNeill, who said the UNDP facilitated the forest declaration process, said the effort to get countries to sign on to the initiative would continue until the Paris summit. “Hopefully, Brazil will have a chance to get on board,” he said.

Teixeira emphasized that Brazil is committed to protecting the Amazon rainforest, which is considered one of the world’s most important natural defenses against global warming because of its capacity to absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide.

The minister said her country has set a goal of slowing the pace of deforestation to 3,900 square kilometers (1,505 square miles) annually by 2020. That would be down from about 5,843 square kilometers (2,256 square miles) in the August 2012 through July 2013 period, when Brazil made its last annual survey

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Brazil’s Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira speaks at a news conference on deforestation in the Amazon in Brasilia, Brazil. Despite its critical role in protecting the Amazon rainforest, Brazil will not endorse a global anti-deforestation initiative being announced at the U.N. climate summit, complaining it was left out of the consultation process. A U.N. official disputed that claim. measuring the destruction push for big infrastructure commit every country to treaty, Brazil set a voluntary of the forest by studying sat- projects like dams, roads emission reduction targets goal of reducing its emisellite images. and railways is pushing for beyond 2020, “but only if sions by nearly 40 percent Brazil’s rate of defores- deforestation. every country is on board.” by 2020, mostly through Teixeira denied that the After the last climate reducing deforestation tation has fallen 79 percent since 2004, accord- increase had anything to change talks in Copenha- and promoting renewable ing to government figures. do with the revised For- gen five years ago, which energy and sustainable But last year, the govern- est Code law, which was failed to produce a binding agriculture. ment reported that annual passed two years ago afdestruction of its Amazon ter more than a decade of rainforest jumped by 28 efforts by Brazil’s powerpercent after four straight ful agricultural lobby. The years of declines. changes mostly eased reThe destruction was still strictions for landowners the second-lowest amount with smaller properties, al263 Beechurst Ave. Sunnyside of jungle destroyed since lowing them to clear land Brazil began tracking defor- closer to riverbanks and Specials Spin Every 1/2 Hour All Night estation in 1988, but envi- other measures. ronmental activists blamed On the broader climate the increase on recent loos- change talks, Teixeira said ening of Brazil’s environ- Brazil — the world’s sixth mental law meant to pro- largest emitter of carbon 21+ tect the jungle. They also dioxide — is open to a say that the government’s binding treaty that would

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Giving back: All about the experience Fred Tattersal’s donation toward scholarships is worth a lot more for West Virginia University than the $1 million itself.

A $1 million donation from a single individual is rare, sure, but the University raises much more than that in any given week.

The WVU Foundation recently extended its “A State of Minds” campaign with the goal of reaching $1 billion by the end of 2017.

Since June 2012, the Foundation has raised more than $770 million, showing just how much money the University raises and how little $1 million is in the broader perspective.

For WVU, an alumn giving back to the place where he or she was fos-

tered is a major receipt of success.

Not only has Tattersal had a successful business career after receiving his education at WVU, but more importantly, he feels like WVU is to thank for all of it.

Ultimately, that’s what any institution of higher education should have as its main goal.

Years from now, when you look back at your experience at WVU, you should strongly consider donating money, or make a conscious decision to not donate money.

If you enjoyed your time in Morgantown and feel as if you grew as a person, let the University know by donating. It doesn’t have to be

a large amount. Look at it as more of a symbolic gesture of gratitude.

The same goes for those of you that don’t feel as if the thousands of dollars you’ve spent on your education were worth it.

In the end, we all expect a return on the investment we place on our education.

Tattersal and the other 30,861 alumni that have donated money to WVU in the past two years show the University they are doing something right with the institution.

In the long run, that will attract more students to come to WVU and hopefully, make it a better place moving forward.

Tell us what you think about giving back. Send a tweet to

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The evolution of WVU: The good, the bad, the ugly hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

In my three and a half years at West Virginia University, there have been more changes than I can keep track of. My school went from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism to the Reed College of Media, Grant Street as I knew it was completely knocked down and 700 numbers became 800 numbers. Mutt’s was destroyed and then relocated, and new buildings sprouted up every time I blinked. As a resident of Sunnyside, I have watched the complete transformation occur every single day since 2012.

When I reflect on it, I can’t even believe how much has changed. I decided to get in touch with WVU alumni to see just how much the school has transformed since before my time.

Doug Taylor, a member of the graduating class of 1993, said that WVU is “physically vastly different.” Now that his son attends the school, he still visits the area and he said the amount of construction is amazing. When he was a student, the B&E building was non-existent; that area was the old football stadium. Taylor said the drinking age was raised to 21 during his time in college, but the rule wasn’t strictly enforced

because it was so new. Students would be drinking in Towers for football games, and he described Sunnyside as one big bar. Taylor remembers the Grant Street Block Party drawing up to 5,000 party-goers in its heyday, before the school created “FallFest” to try and control what he calls “couch burning and craziness.” He said it seems the University has cracked down since then, but it has certainly not lost the whole “party school thing.”

Professor Catherine Mezera also recalls a huge physical change in WVU since she was a student in the late 1990s. Mezera said it wasn’t as common for students to live offcampus like they do now.

When they did, it was in Sunnyside or South Park; not anywhere remote enough to require a shuttle or bus. She remembers a WVU with “no Student Rec Center, no coffee shop on every corner (and) no Black Bear.” Mezera also remembers the Downtown Library being vastly different.

“It wasn’t the new and spacious area that it is today. It was quite creepy studying in these small nooks and crannies up in the stacks with books from floor to ceiling.”

The Mountainlair had nowhere near as many food options, and Mezera recalls Woodburn Hall looking much different

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West Virginia University began construction by tearing down Grant Street in March 2013. when lit up today with big bulbs that outlined each of the windows.

A Morgantown native who wishes to remain nameless had less to say about the physical change of the school and more about the change of spirit.

He believes WVU has gone downhill since he graduated in 2006, and that both the student population and authorities are at fault. He said he thinks the police has tried to push everyone downtown to make

the policing easier, by cracking down on Frat Row and Sunnyside - and that’s where there’s a big clash of culture. At the same time, there is less respect for authority and fellow peers on the part of the students, and he said he believes students are more violent and less welcoming. “Back then, we didn’t keep score.

We wanted everyone to have a good time,” he said.

This alumnus remembers when kids would post fliers all around town adver-

tising their party, and everyone could go. Now, he said students care more about themselves and that there’s been a definite increase of fights over the years.

It’s clear that WVU has undergone changes over the years, not just with construction, but also with policies. Change is a part of life; seasons change, and life changes with the times. People have mixed opinions on the issues, and some would even

say that the more things change the more they stay the same. WVU has always been a special place and always will be, something most Mountaineers know in their hearts without a doubt. Visiting other schools only confirms my belief even more. No matter what has changed so far, or how much is to come, my feelings of love and pride for this school will never fade. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The vicious Ebola virus continues to rapidly spread around the world Maria Fernanda Pereira Ywazaki florida state university

For months, West Africa has been plagued with the deadly Ebola virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the health centres in Liberia are filled to their maximum capacity. This outbreak has become the biggest one in history with more than 2,000 deaths, and 4,000 infected.

There are many issues surrounding this virus, two of them being myths and misinformation, starting with Hollywood movies such as “Outbreak” that have made the disease into an uncontrollable outbreak that will turn into a pandemic. However, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Thomas Frieden, assures that the disease can be stopped. He stated that part of the reason Ebola is such a feared virus is because a movie had been made about it.

This is not the only reason for the fear, though.

The virus is not only deadly most of the times, but some of the symptoms are rather “ugly.” Because the body cannot keep up with all the clotting, Ebola turns into a very bloody dis-

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ease. Nevertheless, Ebola is not contagious or airbornelike the flu–but it is infectious. This means that the virus is transmitted by direct contact - be it small with infected bodily fluids, which will spread throughout the body quickly.

The virus has proven difficult to control for several reasons. Healthcare workers are sometimes stoned away from places because people fear that they will be diagnosed with Ebola and taken to the health centers. For them, this is equal to a death sentence because people never come back. People are scared of contracting the virus so they may even shun or attack those whose family are known to have died or are diagnosed with the disease.

Not only that, but rumours and articles published in newspapers create confusion for people.

Newspapers stating that salt water is a cure for the disease, only for another to state that people have died using that “cure.” In the past months, people have become more and more weary of the disease and there has been an increase in cooperation.

In Liberia, there is a unit specifically to dispose safely of bodies suspected to be contaminated with

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Ebola Virus particles viciously attack an infected cell. Ebola continues to rapidly spread.

Ebola. Previously, the unit sis for 21 days and see if top of that, many times the were rarely informed of the they show any symptoms. addresses given were pointcases, but now they receive If they do, they are quaran- references, this makes the tined and people they were tracking extra difficult, or at least one call a day.

Another issue aside from in contact with, are also in some cases, impossible. people’s lack of coopera- traced.

Not only that, but one unThe process is simple traced person could lead to tion, is that the previous methods to contain other enough, if not slightly long another outbreak, or previruses - such as SARS - on how thorough those do- vent the control of this one. contact tracing, is proving ing the tracking have to be.

The myths and misinchallenging. Contact trac- The problem with this sys- formation of the disease ing is following all the peo- tem in Africa, is that many have made Ebola into one ple the infected person was of these countries’ slums of the scariest and deadin direct contact with and are a web of streets with liest viruses in the world. could have contracted the no name, and people take This, coupled with the disease, then, check-up on their doors with them when overwhelming amount of those people on a daily ba- moving to save money. On victims, means there is a

shortage of staff for treating, diagnosing, and helping the patients, and for contact tracing.

The WHO has already declared that there is a lack in facilities to take care of the patients, and a lack on health personnel. It doesn’t help that in several occasions the health personnel also became infected with the virus. Nevertheless, doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers are still volunteering to help stop this virus.

Ebola has already spread to The Democratic Republic of Congo, which shares borders with nine other nations. This could prove precarious. The U.S. government and the U.K. started rapid research and testing on vaccines in hopes of developing a cure faster.

The virus is still far from a pandemic, and should the situation reach us here, due to a better city infrastructure and better equipped hospitals, it is not believed that an outbreak of such a magnitude will happen in developed societies. However, what concerns those at WHO, aside from all the casualties happening, is that further spreading of the disease could cause a mutation that might be worse. The Ebola virus, though, is far from being another black plague.

Letters to the Editor can be sent to 284 Prospect St. or emailed to daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu. Letters should include name, title and be no more than 300 words. Letters and columns, excluding the editorial, are not necessarily representative of The Daily Athenaeum’s opinion. Letters may be faxed to 304-293-6857 or delivered to The Daily Athenaeum.

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AP

‘Boxtrolls’ delights audiences with stopmotion art style A spooky surrealism has been the specialty of the Oregon-based animation studio Laika, the Pacific Northwest purveyors of 3-D stop-motion.

The self-stylized descendants of the Brothers Grimm and Neil Gaiman (whose “Coraline� they adapted for their first of three features), Laika seems to yearn for a little more darkness, a touch of Gothic in our children’s films - a laudable and very welcome impulse that makes one inclined to celebrate their fanciful grotesqueries on intentions alone.

Laika’s talented animators, though, often seem to conjure their puppetry whimsy quicker than their screenwriters can spin a story. That was the case with their last one, the brilliant-looking but meandering “ParaNorman,� about a boy who alone sees and uncomfortably lives with the lingering spirits of dead people, and it’s true with their latest, “The Boxtrolls.�

The film is set in the British village of Cheesebridge where cheese is the most prized currency and the town’s aristocracy - a trio of clueless men dubbed “White Hats� for their tall head-ware -

spend their time slathering over gouda. (In both location and cheese worship, Laika is intruding somewhat on the territory of its sunnier stop-motion rivals, Aardman Animation of “Wallace and Gromit.�)

The supposed scourge of Cheesebridge are the Boxtrolls, little nocturnal creatures who wear dis-

carded boxes like a turtle shell and scavenge for mechanical parts on nighttime streets.

Archibald Snatcher (a deliciously snarling Ben Kingsley), having promised to rid the town of the Boxtrolls, hunts them with his existentially confused henchmen (Richard Ayoade, Nick Frost), who - in the movie’s cleverest bit

J. California Cooper dead at 82 SEATTLE (AP) — Prolific writer J. California Cooper, who was writing plays until Alice Walker suggested she switch to short stories and novels, because they were an easier path to a paycheck, has died at age 82.

Cooper died early Saturday after experiencing several heart attacks over the past few years, her daughter Paris Williams said Tuesday.

She lived most of her life in northern California and wrote more than a dozen plays and had about a dozen books published after switching to prose fiction.

She met Walker after the Pulitzer Prize winner came to see one of her plays. “Her advice to my mother was you should write short stories or novels because it was easier to get paid. She went home and wrote 12 stories,� Williams said.

When Cooper asked Walker to write an introduction to her first story collection, the writer who had just been honored for “The Color Purple� asked to publish the book at her own publishing house. Walker also helped Cooper get one of her stories published in Essence magazine and the book took off from there, Williams said.

Williams called Cooper a hard worker who worked a variety of jobs from a teamster on the Alaska pipeline to an escrow officer and a manicurist to pay the bills.

She went to the pipeline to work as a secretary and switched to bus and truck driving after she realized she could make a lot more money, her daughter recalls. She drove welders up to their work site and then panned for gold while waiting for the return trip, Wil-

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J. California Cooper reads a book she wrote. liams said. “Never mind that the nar“My mother tried a lot rator, Clora, is a ghost,� Hoffof things when I was grow- man wrote. “In its strong ing up,� she said. “Writing rhythms and colloquial exwas something she always pressions, this book is a livdid. She just stuck them in ing woman’s monologue. At a drawer.� times, Clora even seems to She was known for a lean toward us, grabbing at folksy, conversational style our lapels.� and for stories of women Williams said her mother scarred by violence or be- never took her fame trayal. Her work was praised seriously. for its power and at times “She used to say people criticized for being didactic. have forgotten all about me,�

Her collections included Williams said. “But all her “A Piece of Mine� and books are still in print. It’s “Homemade Love.� pretty amazing.�

Reviewing her novel Her mother did not “Family� in The New York want a funeral and reTimes in 1990, Roy Hoff- quested instead that she man called it “the sort of be remembered with book that ought to be read personal acts of kindness or out loud.� charity.

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- are in a quandary over whether they’ve unwittingly become bad guys. “I’m not a stooge, am I?� wonders one.

The Boxtrolls - naturally, not the monsters they’ve been made out to be - live peacefully underground, charmingly stacking themselves for bed as if preparing for UPS pickup.

They mutter a little like the

minions of “Despicable Me,� fleeing like springing accordions or camouflaging themselves beside a fruit cart.

Among them is a child (voiced by Isaac Hempstead Wright) they’ve raised from infancy named “Eggs� (they all take their names from their boxes, like “Fish� and “Shoe�).

He begins to confidently

explore Cheesebridge above ground, defending his Boxtroll brethren, and befriending the assertive, overlooked daughter of one of the White Hats, Winnie (Elle Fanning).

The grubby Victorian designs overseen by directors Graham Annable (the story artist of “ParaNorman�) and Anthony Stacchi (co-director of the 2006 animated film “Open Season�) are ultimately a little suffocating. “Boxtrolls,� loosely based on Alan Snow’s “Here Be Monsters,� belongs to a subgenre called Steampunk, a kind of Victorian fantasy full of neo-futuristic machines. (It’s a little like a Tom Waits video.)

The sensibility here is probably more than some small children will enjoy. Leaches, for example, don’t come standard in kids’ movies. But “The Boxtrolls,� despite a rather uncertainly structured story by screenwriters Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, has its pleasantly demented charms.

Surely, it’s only to the good that an animated film can include a devilish little girl like Winnie lamenting that the Boxtrolls aren’t as fearsome as foretold: “I was promised rivers of blood!�

‘Scandal’ inspired clothing line launches NEW YORK (AP)—Kerry Washington wants women to look as powerful and put together as her TV persona.

Fashion retailer The Limited has teamed up with the “Scandal� star and the show’s costume designer, Lyn Paolo, for a collection inspired by the ABC drama, which premieres its fourth season on Thursday.

Washington appeared at a launch party for the line on Monday, where she said it was important for clothing to be accessible. “There are women who can literally afford to dress like Olivia Pope, and I don’t know how, because those clothes are very, very, very expensive,� she said with a laugh. “There are other people who can’t, and there is no reason why only the people who make a certain amount of money should have access to this feminine power in fashion, you know? This line is created so that everybody can find their own inner gladiator.

That every woman can be powerful and sexy, brilliant and smart and gorgeous, fashion-forward.

You know, it’s just there’s no limit to who you can be.�

There are 42 looks in the Scandal Collection, including tops, jackets, outerwear and, of course, pants, because, as Washington says: “Olivia Pope wears the pants both literally and figuratively.�

Last year, Paolo, with Washington’s input, created window displays for Saks Fifth Avenue by dressing its mannequins like “Scandal� characters. The displays featured

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‘Scandal’ star Kerry Washington at the Variety Emmy Studio. clothing by high-end de- ishingly tone-deaf and out signers such as Giorgio of touch.�

Armani, Calvin Klein, Mi“I really think it’s imchael Kors, Donna Karan portant to focus on all the and Carolina Herrera. good things that are going The 37-year-old actress on,� she said. “It’s such an wasn’t as keen to talk honor to be a part of an about a New York Times historic Thursday-night article by TV critic Ales- lineup and to be in one of sandra Stanley, where the her three shows, to be part writer referred to “Scan- of her magical (production dal� producer Shonda company), Shondaland.�

Rhimes as an “angry black Rhimes is also the prowoman.� On Monday, the ducer of “How to Get Away newspaper’s public editor With Murder� and “Grey’s called the article “aston- Anatomy.�

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Werner talks Emily Dickinson, poetry

By Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Marta Werner is making a stop at West Virginia University to give a lecture about the works of poet Emily Dickinson.

Werner is an author and an associate professor of English at D’Youville College in New York. She studied English and fine arts at Ithaca College and received her Ph.D. from the State University of New York Buffalo.

Soon after, Werner became an author and edi-

tor of works like, “Emily Dickinson’s Open Folios: Scenes of Reading,” “Surfaces of Writing, Radical Scatters: An Electronic Archive of Emily Dickinson’s Late Fragments and Related Texts” and “Ordinary Mysteries: The Common Journal of Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne” with Nicholas Lawrence.

Werner’s work primarily focuses on the thorough analysis and consolidation of poetics as well as textual cognition. She has written numerous articles covering a wide variety of authors and genres from 19th and 20th cen-

tury literature, but Emily Dickinson’s work impacted her more than the rest.

“I’ve been thinking about her work for so many years,” Werner said.

“Indeed, every time I try to think about something else, and believe me, I have tried, I always find myself returning to her.

She’s as close to the infinite as I can get.”

Emily Dickinson was an American poet who often wrote about death, immortality and love.

In order to have more freedom in writing, Dickinson often published work anonymously. Most

of the ideas Dickinson wrote about came from her own personal experience and thoughts. Some of her most famous works include “Hope is a Thing with Feathers,” “Death Sets a Thing Significant” and “A Light Exists in Spring.”

“I don’t believe Dickinson ever visited this state, but she lived in a town ringed by mountains, and she would have loved the terrain here,” Werner said.

“It makes me think of her beautiful poem beginning ‘Bloom upon the mountain, stated.’”

Werner’s invitation to speak at WVU came from

Professor Mary Ann Samyn, the director of the creative writing program at WVU. Samyn has known Werner for several years and admired her work on Dickinson for longer than that.

“Marta’s work has brought Dickinson’s poems to a wider audience, including, now, here on campus,” Samyn said. “Marta’s visit is definitely a highlight of the semester for me and, I hope, for others as well.”

Werner plans to focus on particular pieces

by Dickinson and analyze them. By doing

this, Werner will show key literary techniques

by Dickinson, as well as give reason as to why she chose to use them.

“I’m looking forward to talking about Dickinson, but I’m also looking forward to hearing how she has influenced the poets writing here and now at WVU,” Werner said. “I hope I’ll have a chance to meet some of them.”

The lecture will take place at 11 a.m. today in room 130 of Colson Hall. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Photos of pop legend shows prison, age effects Retro band Tennis LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two newly released photos of Phil Spector show the toll of age and prison on the once flamboyant music legend.

The most recent photo shows a bald, somberlooking 73-year-old Spector staring straight into the camera on Oct. 28, 2013.

An earlier photo of a smiling Spector is dated July 24, 2013.

California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said Tuesday that the October photo was taken when Spector was moved to the prison system’s huge California Heath Care Facility in Stockton. The facility provides medical and mental health care to the state’s sickest inmates, including those with chronic conditions.

Thornton said she couldn’t reveal details of Spector’s health because of state medical privacy regulations. He is serv- rock music with his “Wall nius was eclipsed by deing 19 years to life for the of Sound” before his ge- cades of bizarre behav2003 killing of actress Lana hosted.ap.org Clarkson.

The legendary music Newly released photos show effects of prison on Phil Spector, 73. producer revolutionized

ior that culminated in his conviction for murder. He claimed he was innocent and his defense team argued that Clarkson, despondent over a fading acting career, killed herself at his castle-like home.

His appearance in bizarre wigs at his trials and testimony about violent behavior tarnished his reputation as a musical genius who created the “Wall of Sound” that merged beautiful vocal harmonies with lavish orchestral arrangements to produce such pop hits as “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Be My Baby” and “He’s a Rebel.” His production of the Righteous Brothers’ version of “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” remains a classic.

His first jury deadlocked, but a second one found him guilty of second-degree murder in 2009 six years after Clarkson’s death. By then, he had married his muchyounger wife, Rachelle, who was at his side throughout the trials and continues to live at the mansion and visits him in prison.

Best-selling book banned from school RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The bestselling book “The Fault in Our Stars,” narrated by a 16-year-old cancer patient, has been banned from Riverside Unified School District middle schools over sexual content, but it is still

allowed in high schools.

The Riverside PressEnterprise reports that a district committee voted Monday to ban the 2012 novel by John Green that was made into a movie starring Shailene Woodley.

The newspaper says

parent Karen Krueger challenged the book at Frank Augustus Miller Middle S chool over the sex and crude language in the love story involving terminally ill teens.

The committee voted

6 to 1 to pull the novel from the middle school and not allow others to buy or accept the book as a donation. Committee chairwoman Christine Allen says the book will be allowed at high schools.

‘True Detective’ returns for second season, Farrell, Vaughn join cast as detectives LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn will star in the second season of HBO's "True Detective."

The e i g h t- e p i s o d e drama series will begin production in California this fall, the premium cable channel said Tuesday.

Farrell will play a compromised detective, Ray, who is divided between his loyalty to his bosses in a corrupt police department and a mobster with a hold over him.

Vince Vaughn co-stars as Frank, a criminal whose move into legitimate business is disrupted by a business partner's murder.

HBO had a critically acclaimed hit with the first season of "True Detective," which starred the Emmy-nominated Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

The air date for the second season was not announced.

Season one of "True Detective" paired two actors known primarily for their big-screen work in a twisted, noir-ish tale. McConaughey and Harrelson played former Louisiana State Police detectives interrogated in 2012 about a homicide case they're shown working, in flashback, in 1995.

The crime drama provoked some grumbling when it was entered in the Emmy Awards drama series category despite its abbreviated eight-episode run and the likelihood its stars wouldn't return for the next go-around.

"True Detective" ended

regrets name choice

NEW YORK (AP) — Besides terminal unhipness, the band Tennis has a practical reason to regret taking its name from an inside joke between founding couple Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley.

“It’s hard to have a name that no one can Google,” said Riley, who has his own search engine problems sharing a name with a multi-ringed pro basketball coach.

Here’s what a search might turn up: Coloradobased indie rock band generating buzz for an airy, organic sound centered on Moore’s voice and Riley’s guitar. New disc with three producers who carry serious cred the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, Jim Eno (who worked with Spoon) and Richard Swift (worked with The Shins). Toured with the band Haim and shares their classic melodic sense. Hooks that won’t quit on songs like “Origins,” “Mean Streets” and the new “I’m Callin’.”

The couple, who met at the University of Colorado, began a musical career after essentially giving up on one.

Riley, 28, had played in local bands and tried but failed to get work at record companies before taking a job at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver. Moore, 29, had studied music but was exploring law school.

They were married in 2009.

The couple bought a sailboat and meandered along the East Coast for

months, writing songs for fun along the way. They shared the music with friends, and one posted the song “Baltimore” on a music blog. Word spread online, and they were offered a recording contract. The songs they wrote while sailing made up their first album.

Tennis’ sound is often described as retro. They prefer “timeless.”

“Our guiding principle is to make choices that don’t specifically tie us to any particular moment or trend in time,” Moore said. “That means we draw from the past because it has already proven its value. We have great respect for artists who take bigger risks and actually pioneer styles and innovate genres.

I’m jealous of people who do that, but I know myself and I know my gift.”

Riley and Moore have an easy rapport, and he gently picks out stray strands that go awry from his wife’s mop of curls as she talks.

“When we were married we made no formal vows,” she said. “Instead, we promised to never be a hindrance to each other’s goals, and to always help each other become our best selves even if it means growing apart.

Leading a life of discovery and fulfillment is all we’ve ever wanted for each other, so when we stumbled upon the chance to make music together, it felt like a natural extension of that promise.”

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Festival brings wine tasting, live music

By Caitlin Worrell A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The annual West Virginia Wine and Jazz Festival returns to Morgantown this weekend to give locals a chance to enjoy live music and indulge with some of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest delicacies.

This Saturday and Sunday mark 21 years of the festival that celebrates local flavor, music and culture.

The Wine and Jazz Festival will host a wide range of local vendors, showcasing an array of fine cuisine and West Virginia wines.

Wine enthusiasts can anticipate a wide selection at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festival with nine local wineries turning out the most prestigious blends the state has to offer. Both days will feature tastings and a sampling of the vineyardsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most popular bottles such as Port, Cabernet, Chardonnay and Merlot.

The festival will not only be a chance to taste some of these local blends, but also expand your wine knowledge.

A local favorite, Lambertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vintage Wines is one of many vendors showcasing its wines. It will feature 12 blends for tasters to choose from ranging from

white wines to red and blush wines. Lambertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will also feature a new creation for those seeking a more adventurous drink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be having wine tastings as well as featuring the concoction that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come up with called the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Winerita,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? said J.B. Lambert, vintner and manager of the Lambertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a frozen wine slurpee.â&#x20AC;?

The festival provides opportunity for local businesses to showcase their specialties and get the community involved in their selections. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It allows people to actually come out and sample the wines and make the decision, whereas youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not just going to the store and reading the description on a bottle,â&#x20AC;? Lambert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It also helps out sales in Morgantown, Fairmont and Clarksburg because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where a majority of people are drawn from. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just good for all the wineries.â&#x20AC;?

Other local favorites featured are Forks of Cheat Winery, Heston Farm Winery and Watts Roost Winery.

Besides wine tasting, live music will be the primary source of entertainment for festival-goers.

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Moss, lichens, ferns - oh my

By Westley Thompson Associate A&E Editor @dailyathenaeum

Just a short distance from campus lies a world featuring a dazzling variety of plant life.

The West Virginia Botanic Garden hosts walks throughout the year, each focusing on a different aspect of nature.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s walk will feature moss, ferns and lichens.

Facilitating the walk will be Susan Studlar, a West Virginia University biology professor.

Joining her will be a few of her independent study students, each of specializing in three species of flora they will discuss.

Do not worry if this sounds like a lot of learning. Studlar said the event will be more akin to a re-

laxing stroll through the woods. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, this should be a fun walk in the woods where we look at mosses, ferns and lichens,â&#x20AC;? Studlar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn to tell them apart and discuss their biology.â&#x20AC;?

The organisms that Studlar and company will focus on have many interesting facts about them.

Mosses and ferns are two of the most primitive plants on Earth. Despite their simplistic structure, they have adapted to a variety of environments and lifestyles.

Lichens are symbiotic organisms comprised of a photosynthetic lifeform and fungi.

By living intertwined with each other, the photosynthetic lifeform and fungi are capable of living

on a variety of surfaces they would not be able to on their own.

Studlar said she hopes the attendees will find the plants and lichens both interesting and beautiful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These organisms are a way of opening peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eyes to beauty on a different scale you can see year round,â&#x20AC;? Studlar said.

Unlike most plants people interact with daily, such as bushes, f l ow e r s a n d t re e s, many of these organisms are visible all year round.

Despite their yearround lifestyle, fall is one of the better times to see these plants.

As the canopy opens up due to the cooler weather, the mosses take advantage of this sunlight and begin to reproduce. This makes them even more

visible.

An expertise on moss, ferns and lichens is not required to enjoy the walk.

Attendees will still be able to appreciate the wide varitey of species present. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to tell (the different species) apart.â&#x20AC;? Studlar said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Many people think it is though.â&#x20AC;?

The weather this Sunday is shaping up to be sunny and in the low 80s.

Take advantage of the fall season by attending the West Virginia Botanic Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Moss, Lichen and Fern walk.

The event will be from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday at the WV Botanic Garden.

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Vampires, social anxiety

By Ashley DeNardo A&E Editor @amdenardo

In the Mountaineer Room of the Mountainlair, The Faculty Dinner Series continued Tuesday night with a lecture from Lisa Di Bartolomeo of the Department of World Languages.

The lecture, hosted by the Office of Student Life, was about supernatural, science-fiction and horror and how those genres reflect societal fears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just seemed like something fun to talk about,â&#x20AC;? Di Bartolomeo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An interesting way to approach a topic is to find something that everyone can relate to and start a discussion.â&#x20AC;?

At 6 p.m., the 22 attendees stood to fill their plates and make conversation as they became acquainted with the food, the atmosphere and each other.

As the small crowd consumed the catered dinner, Steve Staffileno from the Office of Student Life welcomed Di Bartolomeo to the front of the room to begin the presentation.

Di Bartolomeo began by questioning the audience. She asked about the fears and anxieties our society faces today and how television reflects those.

The engaged audience took part in a lively discussion, citing death, the unknown and serial killers as some of the many frightening things society faces today.

Science was a large topic, too. From evidence of fears about nuclear warfare after World War II to the sharks that killed Samuel L. Jackson in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deep Blue Sea,â&#x20AC;? there was a wide range of frightening concerns, no matter how unrealistic.

After a while, there was a noticeable lull until Di Bartolomeo brought up the subject of vampires, a subject which she is teaching an entire threecredit class about this semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why do vampires draw us in,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The crowd displayed a deeper knowledge of this and offered intelligent answers about beauty, immortality, affluence and romance.

There was also discussion about the history of vampires and how some original folklore existed to

teach moral lessons about honesty.

The group noted that, over the years, societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fears have changed, causing a change in the portrayal of vampires in the media and that supernatural romance novels are one of the fastest growing genres among best-selling novels.

Werewolves were another creature said to be a comment on the inner primal beast in every human.

The part of a human being that is all natural, but closeted away in every day embarassment.

Throughout the discussion, an underlying theme was that the fears of society are timeless, but spring up in different contexts throughout the years.

The fears and portrayal of them through supernatural beings including E.T., Di Bartolomeo said, made people and the creatures more human in the exchange of the knowledge of each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence.

While the subject was somewhat serious and deep, Di Bartolomeo kept the atmosphere light and comfortable with humor sprinkled throughout the discussion, which was about a topic she enjoyed presenting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always fun to get people to think critically about things they usually donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think critically about,â&#x20AC;? Di Bartolomeo said.

Sophie Neville, a student in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, was in the audience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was interesting,â&#x20AC;? Neville said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you could go so deep into the topic. It brought light to my eyes about how our subconscious is a part of it..â&#x20AC;?

The Faculty Dinner series will continue throughout the semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soul Mate, Life Partner, Mr. Right or The Old Ball and Chain?â&#x20AC;? presented by Al Kasprowicz, director of the Carruth Center, will take place 6-8 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Greenbrier Room in the Mountainlair.

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men’s soccer

West Virginia falls to James Madison in overtime by ryan minnigh sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The goals kept coming early in the match, but the final score of the game resulted in another tough loss for the WVU men’s soccer team.

West Virginia was able to salvage a chance to go to overtime with the Dukes, but fell late in the second part of the extra session when Connor Coward scored, lifting the Dukes to a 4-3 victory Ryan Cain was dominant for the Mountaineers, recording a hat trick.

Four different Mountaineers recorded assists in the back and forth affair,

but it was not enough to come away with a win.

The scoring came early and often in the first 17 minutes of play.

James Madison got the first chance of the game on a cross into the box but could not capitalize.

After that, the Mountaineers wasted no time getting into the act.

Ryan Cain received a pass in the box and got past Kyle Morton and slipped a slow roller into the net to give the Mountaineers the early lead at the 5:03 mark.

One minute and 20 seconds later, Jamie Merriam put a pass right on the foot of Cain, who found the back of the net for his

second goal of the game.

West Virginia held a 2-0 lead only six minutes and 30 seconds in the game, but the Dukes were ready to make a charge back to the front.

Toby Appleton got into the box and buried a shot into the back of the net to bring the Dukes within one goal.

Jamal Umar beat the West Virginia defense and kicked in a knuckler to tie the score 2-2 only 14 minutes into the game.

After taking the early lead, West Virginia surrendered it in a flash. Josh Grant headed the Dukes’ third goal in less than seven minutes to put them ahead 3-2 just under the

17-minute mark.

West Virginia came out aggressive in the second half and looked to even the score early. Missed chances left the Mountaineers a goal down, but not for long. At the 56:40 mark, a long pass entered the box, and Ryan Cain netted his third goal of the night. With the scored knotted at three and plenty of time remaining, both teams looked to put the game away.

Just after his third goal, Cain missed a chance at a fourth on a header, followed almost directly by a Connor Coward shot that was saved by WVU keeper Brent Arnold.

After a long stretch of

swapping possession, James Madison got a lead pass by Joe Vyner into the box, but no other players could corral it. Tony Appleton also had a chance to score but fell before he could make something of the possession.

The Mountaineers held the Dukes to zero corner kicks until the 85:21mark, when they came up with four straight. They could not convert and the game headed to overtime.

In the first overtime, both teams struggled to find chances. Andy Bevin had the first big chance, but missed just high of the goal. James Madison put together a chance late in the period, but the game

pushed on after no goals were scored.

In the second swing of overtime, Kyle Morton stopped the Mountaineers’ first chance and put the Dukes back on offense. Up to this point of the game, Connor Coward had taken five shots, but for him, the sixth time was the charm.

Coward weaved the ball wide through a defender and slammed home the game-winning goal, giving the Dukes a 4-3 victory.

West Virginia finished their first road trip of the season 1-2 and will return home to take on Niagra Friday at 7 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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UCLA travels to take on Arizona State

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UCLA QB Brett Hundley sets to throw a pass earlier this season.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – Taylor Kelly will not play against No. 11 UCLA. Arizona State acknowledged it more than a week before the game.

Beyond that, well, we’ll have to wait and see; the 15th-ranked Sun Devils are keeping a lid on their injured quarterback’s availability until after backup Mike Bercovici plays against the Bruins.

UCLA is taking a different tack with its quarterback’s status.

Brett Hundley may play against Arizona State after injuring his left arm in UCLA’s last game. Then again, he may not. The Bruins aren’t saying.

Regardless of UCLA’s Hundley rope-a-dope, the Sun Devils have a pretty good idea who’ll be under center Thursday night at Sun Devil Stadium.

“No doubt in my mind, we’re planning for their quarterback to play,” Arizona State coach Todd Graham said Monday.

The hush-hush on Hundley has added a layer of intrigue to the first regularseason matchup between ranked opponents in Tempe since 2007.

Not that it needed any.

Arizona State still sees Arizona as its top rival and the Bruins will always want to beat Southern California more than any other team.

Beyond that, this budding cross-state rivalry is quickly becoming the top game on the schedule for both teams.

For one, the schools compete for many of the same recruits.

Southern California is a rich bed of talent that the Sun Devils have attempted

to harvest in Graham’s three years as coach. Beating one of the teams you’re competing with for a recruit could go a long way toward swaying his decision.

On the field, the Bruins and Sun Devils have essentially played a de facto Pac12 South title game the past two seasons.

In 2012, the first season for Graham at ASU and Jim Mora at UCLA, the Bruins came into the desert and rode off with a wild 45-43 win on a last-second field goal. UCLA still had some work to do after that, but the victory over Arizona State effectively clinched the South for the Bruins.

The Sun Devils returned the favor last season, clinching the Pac-12 South by outlasting UCLA 38-33 in Southern California.

This year’s game comes

much earlier - the past two were in late October and November - but will be no less significant with both teams going into it 3-0.

“You don’t give any motivational speeches for this game, you don’t have to worry about if the kids are flat,” Graham said. “They’ll be fired up and ready to go.

It’s been one of the marquee games each year.”

Now, about those quarterbacks.

Kelly injured his right foot against Colorado on Sept. 13 and was still on crutches and wearing a protective boot on Monday.

In his place against UCLA – and maybe beyond – will be Bercovici.

The big-armed junior has been waiting for his chance since Kelly beat him out in a tight preseason battle to be the starter in 2012. He’s

thrown a total of 24 passes since then, but has treated every practice and rep as if he were the starter, waiting for this moment.

Arizona State had a bye last week, giving Bercovici extra time to work with the first team before facing UCLA. “Going into this game is nothing new, as far as anxiety or anything like that,” he said after Monday’s practice. “I’ve just got to go in and do my job, not turn the ball over, get the sticks moving.”

Since UCLA’s Sept. 13 win over Texas, the question surrounding the Bruins has been: What about Hundley?

Mora isn’t saying.

Actually, he isn’t saying much of anything other than his team will need a quarterback against Arizona State.

Could be Jerry Neuheisel, who rallied the Bruins to a win over the Longhorns.

Could be redshirt freshman Asiantii Woulard. Could be Hundley.

The message out of Los Angeles is purposefully vague, like this comment

by Mora after being asked if Hundley will play: “All of our players who are out, what we try to do is make the best decisions for them based upon the knowledge we have,” he said.

“We depend on our doctors to get us good information, and we got the best doctors in the nation in my opinion. If they clear him, and they say he can play, just like everyone else, then we’ll play him.”

Hundley or not, this will be a big game for both teams.

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WOMenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer

Emaus aims to continue success early on in 2014 by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The Big 12 title defense will go into full force Friday night as the West Virginia womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer team will enter conference play against TCU. With stiff competition within the conference, WVU will need all of its players to step up and provide all they can for the team to claim their third Big 12 Championship.

One player whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been providing a spark for West Virginia is junior midfielder Leah Emaus.

Emaus managed to record two goals in West Virginiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-1 win over La Salle on Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is so critical for us right now,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a game today,â&#x20AC;? Emaus said following the win against La Salle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to be a commander in the box and if the ball is coming in the box, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get

it. I just had that tenacity tonight and wanted to put the ball in the back of the net.â&#x20AC;?

Emaus began to find her groove several weeks back.

While sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a starter, Emaus still leads the team in goals with four on the season.

Izzo-Brown said she had previously stressed how important it was to have players come off the bench and produce and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what Emaus has been doing.

She said, however, she

credits a lot of her success to the team that surrounds her. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a team, I think we were working well together,â&#x20AC;?

Emaus said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were connecting on our passes and I think going into Big 12 play itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important to get all these wins. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that as a team, Ashley (Lawrence) with her assists and (Kailey) Utley with goals as a combined effort, I think that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really putting it together to say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be the best team.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

West Virginia has been dominating the competition in recent weeks. Along with the 4-1 victory over La Salle, the Mountaineers also downed Villanova 4-0.

Riding a six-game winning streak, Emaus and company will strive to keep this success rolling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a player, coach gives you roles on the team and playing center-mid or back or center-back or centerforward or wherever I am on the field, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get the job done,â&#x20AC;? Emaus said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No

matter how many minutes are in the game Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to find a way to get it in the back of the net.â&#x20AC;?

Emaus currently has a .556 shot-on-goal percentage and has also tallied eight total points this season.

In order to retain the Big 12 title, the spark Emaus has provided will need to be maintained.

The Mountaineers will face fellow Big 12 opponent TCU at 8 p.m. Friday at TCU. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Razorbacks aim to snap SEC streak against Aggies

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Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jonathan Williams scored past Texas techâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s San Eguavoen earlier this season.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to be Bret Bielema these days at Arkansas.

Exactly how long the good vibes can last for the coach of the Razorbacks is likely to be determined over the next month during a brutal three-game stretch - beginning with a visit to Arlington, Texas, to face No. 6 Texas A&M on Saturday.

After two seasons of disappointment and transition, Arkansas (3-1, 0-1 Southeastern Conference) has finally shed its losing ways with three blowout wins under its second-year coach.

Led by the top rushing attack in the SEC, the confident Razorbacks have

won their last three games by a combined score of 174-49 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including a 5214 win over Northern Illinois last week. The winning ways have been a marked and welcomed change for a school coming off a program-worst 10-game losing streak.

Arkansas hopes to end another streak on Saturday when it tries to snap a 13-game SEC losing stretch against the high-flying Aggies (4-0, 1-0), who lead the conference in scoring with an average of 55.3 points per game and are seeking their first 5-0 start since 2001.

The Razorbacks havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won an SEC game since a

49-7 win over Kentucky in 2012, and Bielema â&#x20AC;&#x201C; who was still at Wisconsin at the time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; said he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t used the losing streak as a motivating factor.

That said, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also well aware of how far Arkansas has come - and how much a win against Texas A&M would mean for the resurgent program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made progress; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done certain things better,â&#x20AC;? Bielema said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think, without a doubt, our guys have a lot more confidence than they maybe had a year ago. But until youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done it on a big stage and against a quality opponent like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see Saturday, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just talk.â&#x20AC;?

While the Aggies lead the SEC in scoring, the Razorbacks are close behind with an average of 48.8 points per game.

After failing to score more than 34 points in any game last year, Arkansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense has flourished this season behind the running back duo of Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams.

Collins leads the SEC with 490 yards rushing, while Williams is fourth with 391 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including an average of 8.1 yards per carry.

Also, quarterback Brandon Allen is fifth in the conference in passing efficiency â&#x20AC;&#x201C; completing 43 of 70 passes (61.4 percent) for eight touchdowns and one

interception.

The success is a far change from the first season under Bielema and offensive coordinator Jim Chaney, when the Razorbacks lost their final nine games of the season. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also served as a teaching point for the coaching staff, with Bielema saying he needs to work as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;humblerâ&#x20AC;? this week to temper any potential overconfidence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arrogance can always sometimes get in the way of production, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be careful of that,â&#x20AC;?

Chaney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that our kids feel confident in what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing.â&#x20AC;?

Arkansas has a bye after

Texas A&M before hosting No. 3 Alabama and No. 12 Georgia. Bielema stressed the importance of the bye week for the Razorbacks before adding he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very well aware that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only team in the SEC West thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ranked.â&#x20AC;?

That would likely change with a win on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done anything to deserve that,â&#x20AC;?

Bielema said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re beginning to establish some value to your name that has nothing to do with dollars. It has to do with what people are saying and what people talk about you.

We will earn what we get this Saturday by what we do this week.â&#x20AC;?

Ryder Cup: An unbalanced ledger in Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favor GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Paul McGinley is not trying to reinvent the wheel at the Ryder Cup. He just wants to keep Europe rolling.

The European captain spoke in mysterious terms Tuesday about a â&#x20AC;&#x153;templateâ&#x20AC;?

his team has followed toward dominance in these matches.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer many details, though the recent record should be all the evidence he needs.

Even though the teams are evenly matched, the power-

ful Americans have won only twice in the last 21 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see myself as a maverick,â&#x20AC;? McGinley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see myself as a guy who has been very lucky to ride shotgun on a lot of success, both as a player and vice captain.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned a lot from the captains. This is not a time for me or Europe to have a maverick captain. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a time for me to go in, identify the template, enhance it and try to make it better, roll it out again and hopefully you hand it over to the next captain.â&#x20AC;?

McGinley speaks from experience.

The Irishman has played a part in five of the last six Ryder Cup matches, all of them European victories dating to 2002 when McGinley made his debut by holing the winning putt at The Belfry.

So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the secret?

Matt Kuchar, one of nine American players who have only posed with the prized trophy during team photos, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there is one.

Asked whether too much is made of European dominance because all but two of those victories came down to the wire, Kuchar suggested it was a coincidence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put my finger on anything, so that would be random,â&#x20AC;? Kuchar said.

Even more aggravating for the Americans is that they have won the majority of the five sessions the last two times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why do they keep winning? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know yet,â&#x20AC;? Zach Johnson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other than the fact that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played well and won the tournament, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t answer.â&#x20AC;?

Players from both teams got in a full round of practice at Gleneagles in the long week leading to the opening tee shot Friday, which sets off three days of relentless action. U.S. captain Tom Watson began to tip his hand with some of the groupings, such as Kuchar playing with 21-year-old Jordan Spieth, and Jim Furyk with Ryder Cup rookie Patrick Reed.

McGinley sent his players out in threesomes, a sign that he has plenty of options to mix and match.

Watson has not been at any Ryder Cup since 1993, when he was captain of the last U.S. team to win on European soil, though he was quick to point out that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been there every time watching intently on TV. It has looked like a horror show at times, especially two years ago Medinah when the Americans squandered a 10-6 lead on the last day.

Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Ian Poulter won the last two holes for 1-up victories in three pivotal matches.

From Watsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s viewpoint in front of a television screen, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Europe keeps winning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have been able to pull it out a little better at the end than we have. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen,â&#x20AC;? Watson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have pulled it out. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain why. I have to

give credit to the Europeans.

They have played better at the end.â&#x20AC;?

Told about McGinleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s secret template, Watson smiled and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can you tell me what his template is?â&#x20AC;?

The Europeans always have been able to rally around some cause. They were regarded as underdogs even when they were winning regularly. The Ryder Cup was a chance for them to show their tour should not be portrayed as a secondclass citizen in the world of golf, even though most players are joint members of the PGA Tour. One year, the Europeans were put off by promotional chatter that the Nationwide Tour (now the Web. com Tour) was the secondbest tour in golf.

Now they go into this Ryder Cup as favorites, and that has only emboldened the Europeans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe in each other.

Twelve becomes one,â&#x20AC;? said Thomas Bjorn, on the European team for the first time in 12 years after three stints as a vice captain. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the importance of the European team, that we have a strong belief in each other.

We stand by each other all the way through the week, and we have that camaraderie throughout the year thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done us good when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come in here.

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WVU linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski misses a tackle against Oklahoma’s Sterling Shepard last Saturday.

Second half struggles consistently hurting West Virginia early this season by anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

Second half struggles have been a primary reason for West Virginia’s .500 record this year at 2-2, instead of a potential 3-1 or 4-0 start to 2014.

Though both losses in 2014 have come against topfive teams in the nation, being able to execute when it matters most has been a struggle for this Mountaineer squad. This has ultimately led them to second guessing just how well they can compete in one of the toughest conferences in the nation.

As West Virginia and No. 4 Oklahoma were all notched

up going into halftime Saturday, 24-24, the potential for the Mountaineers to upset a top-five team was at their fingertips.

However, similar to the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game in which WVU came out in the second half only trailing then-No. 2 Alabama 20-17, WVU eventually lost control of the game as the third and fourth quarters took their tolls. The same would occur Saturday against the Sooners.

Offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson said the differences he saw out of his offense and the entire Mountaineer team in the second half were completely different than the fired up

squad he saw in the first half Saturday.

“Coming out after halftime, I just didn’t feel we made plays in the third quarters,” Dawson said. “I thought we played decent in the first half, made some big plays, which you (have) to make some big plays and you (have) to capitalize on their misfortunes, which we didn’t do again.”

Now, with the Mountaineers on their bye week and looking ahead to Kansas at home in a week and a half, Dawson said the timing of the off week is great for everyone, but a lot still has to be accomplished before Week 6. “(The) bye week is always

good just to give them some rest, give them some time away from us, which they probably need,” he said.

Senior wide receiver Kevin White, who posted his third straight game with at least 10 receptions and at least 100-yard receiving, while catching a career-long 68-yard touchdown reception, said unlike the Mountaineers’ first three games in 2014, this game had a different feel around the team, which proved to be costly for them.

“We left a lot out there, just the little things again, same things (from) Alabama – miscommunication, receivers dropping balls and we just didn’t click like we usu-

ally do, but we lost to a good team (and) we’ll be alright,” White said.

“I guess we just came out a little relaxed. We didn’t give up on each other, but we didn’t win, so we have to make a lot of corrections.

(We) wanted to beat these guys, but (we) came up short and have to go out (the) following week and win.”

Fortunately for West Virginia, having a bye week now gives WVU that much more time to prepare for a team who hasn’t won a road game since 2009 and hasn’t beaten a Big 12 team on the road since 2008 in the Kansas Jayhawks. anthony.pecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

volleyball

Mountaineers open Big 12 play with Texas by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Tonight the West Virginia University volleyball team will play on a big stage as it takes on the No. 2 Texas Longhorns at home. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Texas is 8-0, 0-0 in the Big 12, and WVU is 10-3, 0-0.

The Longhorns are coming off a big win against No. 8 Nebraska and the Mountaineers are ready to take the court against them in their Big 12 opener.

After suffering two losses in North Carolina against Duke and UNC last weekend, senior libero Anna Panagiotakopoulos said the girls are busy get-

ting prepared for tonight’s match.

“It was a tough weekend getting two losses on the road, but we did some good things,” Panagiotakopoulos said. “We also know what we need to work on before we play Texas and I know we’re going to do a lot of serving and passing, watch video and work on some little things before (the match).”

Head coach Jill Kramer said the team was preparing for their sets the same way they did before going into their matches against Duke and UNC. “I think the great thing about playing Duke and UNC was that we could see our deficiencies in some areas that we haven’t been able to see the past couple

of weeks,” she said.

“So we’ll prep for them the same way. We clean up some things on our side of the net and defend them well, they’ve got some physical players, we’ve got some physical players and I’m perfectly fine going head to head with them.”

Texas leads the all-time series 4-0 and is projected to finish first in the Big 12 for this season. Their star senior, Haley Eckerman, is leading the team with 46 kills this season and was named Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year for 2014.

Kramer said the atmosphere of playing the Longhorns at home is something they have been looking forward to.

“It’s usually our best volleyball environment when

Texas comes to town,” she said. “It is helpful for us that we have the same home crowd type of advantage that all these other teams do when Texas comes, we’re excited about that, the girls are always amped up for this.”

The match will be held at the Coliseum and entry is free for students, the game is also a white out. The Pride marching band will be playing in the stands as well as a drum line show at halftime.

Kramer and her team will be at the Mountainlair for chalk talk around lunchtime today.

Kramer said having a full house for the showdown will be beneficial for a few reasons.

“I think with any team

it’s important, it gives us the feel of a home court advantage,” she said.

“But secondly, I think it helps with recruiting.

We’re on ESPNU, we’re going to be on a national stage and that is maybe the most important thing about it.

We have an opportunity to show the country how important volleyball is here at WVU and how the community is behind it, you don’t get that chance every year.”

Panagiotakopoulos said she and her teammates are also in high spirits for the game.

“Everyone’s really excited, those of us who have played such a big team before, we know what it’s like,” she said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Florida key to WVU recruiting West Virginia added the 18th commit and ninth Florida native to its 2015 recruiting class Monday night.

Four-star cornerback Tyrek Cole, from longtimeWVU pipeline Miramar, Fla., decommitted from Florida State before announcing his pledge to the Mountaineers.

Cole joins Miramar High School teammates Jovon Durante, Kendrell McFadden, Alex Anderson and Kahlil Lewis in the nation’s No. 21 recruiting class.

West Virginia has successfully recruited from south Florida over the past several years. The Mountaineers’ 2014 roster consists of 24 players from Florida, including key contributors Karl Joseph, K.J. Dillon, Andrew Buie, Isaiah Bruce, K.J. Myers and Marquis Lucas.

Running backs coach JaJuan Seider, a Belle Glade, Fla. native has led the charge for West Virginia’s coaching staff in south Florida. Seider, who is currently the Big 12 Conference’s No. 1 recruiter and No. 25 nationally, has been instrumental in landing high-profile recruits since his return to WVU last season.

West Virginia defensive line coach Damon Cogdell was the head coach at Miramar High School from 2007-2013. During his tenure, Cogdell, who was a linebacker at West Virginia in the late 90s, coached former WVU stars Geno Smith, Stedman Bailey and Ivan McCartney.

Cogdell also coached current Mountaineers Devonte Mathis and Yodny Cajuste.

Seider and Cogdell have been the lead recruiters for most of West Virginia’s Sunshine-state targets since Cogdell was hired in January. Of the nine 2015 commits from Florida, Seider has been responsible for landing eight of them.

One might ask how West Virginia has such great success in Florida. Why would a kid from south Florida want to travel 16 hours north?

“It’s a great place to be,” Cogdell said in a 2012 interview with collegefootball. ap.org. “Most people hear of Morgantown, and they think, ‘Who wants to go there? It’s a boring college town.’ But it’s very modernized. Great fan base. Great people. The community is great. It’s an environment that you can raise your family in. And that’s what you want your kids to be in.”

Cole might be one of Seider and Cogdell’s biggest commits yet. The four-star prospect spurned the reigning national champion Seminoles, and chose the Mountaineers over other offers from Alabama, Clemson, Florida, LSU and Miami, among others.

Although national signing day isn’t until Feb. 2015, West Virginia appears to be in good shape with its 2015 class.

With Florida having one of the deepest talent pools in the country, teams from the SEC and ACC will surely be after a few of the Mountaineers’ commits until they officially sign letters of intent.

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen applauded Oklahoma’s depth on all three sides of the ball after Saturday’s 45-33 loss, and mentioned that’s what it takes to be successful in the Big 12.

The Sooners recruit as well as any team in the conference, and West Virginia is showing signs it is closing the talent gap.

Current indefinitely suspended sophomore Daryl Worley has developed into one of the best cornerbacks in the Big 12 and true freshman Dravon Henry has been a consistent playmaker at safety.

One thing is for sure: The south Florida to WVU pipeline is flowing better than ever with Seider and Cogdell leading the way. dasports@mail.wvu.edu