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100 years of camping celebrated by john mark shaver staff writer @Dailyathenaeum

Last weekend, West Virginia 4-H celebrated 100 years of camping, learning and fun at this year’s State 4-H Days at the Mountainlair.

The event took place Thursday through Saturday of last week and featured many activities, ranging from matching games to planetarium visits to sto-

rytelling events. Alicia Cassel, Co-Director of State 4-H Days, said the biggest events of the week were the public speaking competitions.

“We do a pretty intense public speaking program throughout the year for 4-H’ers in their home counties,” Cassel said. “Those who qualify and do well in public speaking qualify to come to the state level competition, and that is what we’re holding as part of State 4-H Days.”

While the awards for the speaking competitions were much coveted 4-H ribbons (and a sense of pride), Cassel explained that other prizes would be raffled off throughout the weekend.

“Every day, a 4-H member wins a state camp scholarship,” Cassel said. “We also have iPods that they win every day, and some slightly larger prizes, as well.”

Around 75 kids competed in the speaking competitions on Saturday, add-

ing to the total of over 100 kids and their families who enjoyed the activities at State 4-H Days. Participants ranged from 9 to 21 years old, and came from all over the country.

One such participant was Ben Minor, a 10-yearold who will be starting 5th grade at Mountainview Elementary School this fall.

“I like how easy it is to make friends,” Minor said.

Minor also said he liked camping, cooking and

shooting air rifles as a part of 4-H, and was excited to go on Friday’s planetarium trip.

The 4-H event also saw the debut of Quench, the official mascot for West Virginia University Extension Service’s Rethink Your Drink campaign, a campaign focused on choosing water over sugary drinks like soda and juice.

“As we were putting together our campaign, of course, we [were] working

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Statler College hosts fourth annual engineering camp for children by caity coyne city editor @Dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’ Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources hosted its fourth annual summer camp opportunity throughout July as a part of its outreach program.

The camps allowed high school students to stay overnight in dorms, while middle school students and elementary school students were offered day camps throughout the month where WVU engineering students served as camp counselors.

New this year was the Makers Camp and the Engineering in Entertainment camp, which came about after feedback and suggestions from former campers.

“Our new maker camp will allow high school students to use 3-D printers, turn earbuds into Bluetooth capable headphones and develop some basic programming skills,” said Cate Schlobohm, outreach coordinator in the Statler College, in a WVUToday press release.

The Engineering in Entertainment camp, taking place in June, allowed students to see how engineers become involved in movie making and music.

Each different camp offered held different points of focus for the students participating.

The Engineering in Action high school camp focused on the engineering science necessary to construct stadiums, allowing students to tour the new West Virginia Black Bears stadium and see the ideas the discussed in action.

The middle school camp focused on the engineering premises behind several exciting professions including zoologists, racecar drivers and astronauts.

The elementary aged students were able to partake

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Younger students play their own instruments they made during their time at the engineering camp.

with our graphics and communication staff. They created this water droplet character to go on our materials.

After a while we though ‘We need to give this little water character a name,’” said Elaine Bowen, a state specialist with the WVU Extension Service. “So we asked people to come up with names and had lots of fun and creative ideas - Hydro Man and things like that. We

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A camp teacher helps students with their project in a lab.

in themed half-day camps, where different themes negated what type of engineering science the students would be learning about each week. “’Truss’ Me Day” focused on civil engineering, “I Spy Day” focused on biometrics, and “Holy ‘Mole’-y Day” focused on chemical engineering, making the complicated theories the children were learning about fun and approachable.

Also offered was the third annual STEM all-female high school camp, where female students alone were taught and directed by female alumnae and faculty while developing projects for various competitions.

The Statler College of Engineering offers several K-12 outreach programs throughout the year in an attempt to keep young students and community members in-

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A proposal to fix Monongalia County’s roads by establishing a surcharge on alcohol and tobacco products was discussed during the Monongalia County Commission’s meeting on Wednesday, July 22.

Tom Bloom, the president of the Monongalia County Commission, constructed a plan involving hiring private companies to fix the county’s potholes, clean culverts and ditches, clear vegetation overgrowth and maintain the rights-of-way of local roads. The plan would be achieved with the funding of an additional sales tax, often called a “sin tax,” on alcohol and tobacco products.

The sin tax would range from 10 to 25 cents per item, whether it’s a six pack of beer, a glass of wine at a restaurant, a pack of cigarettes or a pint of liquor.

“It has become a perception that Monongalia County is seen as an island within the state of West Virginia,” Bloom said.

“The maintenance and repair of roads is perceived as less than desirable compared to other areas of the state.”

According to Bloom, the proposed additional sin tax is a measure the legislature could consider as either a pilot project for Monongalia County or a statewide project, with counties choosing to be a part of the program.

Arthur Gallagher, an employee of The Morgantown Brewing Company, expressed his opinion on the additional “sin tax” as a Monongalia County citizen as well as an alcohol distributer.

“Like many Monongalia County residents, I understand the need for us to reinvest in our infrastructure, including our roads.

What I take issue with is that a proposed sin tax is not an equitable way for all

of us to pay our fair share,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher believes a solution that does not negatively affect one group of people or industry would be the most suitable option for the county.

“Fortunately for us, he (Bloom) is in a position to do something about our roads,” Gallagher said. “I just ask that he and his colleagues come up with a way that does not single out one particular industry, but allows us all to pay our fair share.”

Bloom defended his proposal, saying that if the sin tax were approved, he believes it would not negatively affect local businesses.

“A person isn’t going to leave the county and not pay the extra 10 to 25 cents,” Bloom said. “Morgantown has a unique atmosphere, there’s really no effect.”

While Bloom’s proposal may not be a commission approved plan, it was presented at last Wednesday’s commission meeting as a starting point for the legislators.

“I’m trying to get discussions started,” Bloom said. “I want to change the mindset of the West Virginia political system.”

Bloom said he wanted to focus on two main “innovative” ideas stated in the Blue Ribbon Committee Report. These ideas involve private partnerships and the Community Empowerment Transportation Act, which Bloom said would place the focus for renovation on local financing.

According to Bloom, the focus on these two ideas would solve the three areas of road improvement needed in West Virginia.

These areas include the need for federal dollars to help build the roads and infrastructure, the state funds to be used to pave existing roads and the improvement of pot-

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WVU students take part in “Bridging Selma” by caity coyne city editor @DAILYATHENAEUM

Earlier this year, a group of West Virginia University students joined forces with Morgan State University students in Selma, Ala., where they produced a multimedia project documenting life in Selma on the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s march through the city.

The project, “Bridging Selma,” was created by documenting the reality of the differences between

1965 Selma and 2015 Selma while observing what true outcomes the promises of the civil rights movements left behind.

“Our method is to look at Selma today through the prism of the past,” the “Bridging Selma” website says.

The WVU students were lead by Dr. Joel Beeson of the Reed College of Media as they explored the history of the town.

“It was pretty exciting to go to a place that is an icon for the civil rights movement,” Beeson said. “I feel

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honored and really blessed to be able to work on this project.”

Beeson, who lived in Alabama for a time but had never visited Selma, said his work had always been in African American culture and history, making “Bridging Selma” an excellent use of his experience and skills.

“One of the great myths of our culture which I think is pushed by a political agenda, is that there is no longer institutional racism and that it’s an equal playing field for people of color,” Beeson said.

Some stories presented in “Bridging Selma” support this idea, including the story of Selma’s still segregated country club.

“The myth is that we live in a color blind society. I hope people looking at the project realize it’s not just in Selma and it’s not just 50 years ago,” Beeson said.

“What we witnessed firsthand is that this racial divide and the racism and white supremacy still exists in our country and it’s deeply ingrained in our pasts and it’s still with us.”

While being the 50th

anniversary of Dr. King’s march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge for voting rights, 2015 also marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and the Battle of Selma, where Confederate forces where defeated by the Union soldiers.

“I think the students were kind of familiar more with Dr. King and the civil rights movement because they get that from school, I think they were less familiar with the Confederate history and the sentiment down there that views that history with

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nostalgia and commemorates it,” Beeson said.

Beeson talked of the Civil War reenactments the Confederate sympathizers in Selma thrived on, and how they were so willing to welcome people and talk of their history.

“There’s a lot of this performing history and people want you to see a certain aspect of things,” Beeson said.

“There’s an implied kind of criticism, (the Confederate supporters) want to push a version of history that is a

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put it to a vote with our Extension staff across the state.

Quench was the number one vote getter.”

The campaign now has a costume for Quench, and plans to travel across the state with the mascot, including the West Virginia State Fair taking place in a few weeks.

In addition to having kids meet Quench, Rethink Your Drink also had several stations set up at State 4-H Days, including a match game and a video maker.

Both activities focused on the consequences of consuming too much sugar.

“We know that a lot of Americans consume sugar added in drinks on a daily basis,” Bowen said. “In fact, if you look population wide, 20 percent of our daily calories come from sugar added drinks. It’s a big part of our daily habits and choices, and we’re trying to make a change – a healthy change.”

State 4-H Days happens annually, and Cassel encouraged both kids and WVU students to visit them next year.

“I would say that 4-H is one of those resources here in West Virginia that people often don’t know the value of,” Cassel said. “A lot of times, unless the experience 4-H for themselves, they really don’t know that this program helps them with leadership skills, speaking skills, collaboration skills in addition to allowing kids to just have a lot of fun and make new friends.”

For more information on 4-H, visit www.4-h.org. More information on Rethink Your Drink can be found at 4-hyd.ext.wvu.edu/learning/curriculum-spotlight/ rethink-your-drink.

myth.”

The stories in “Bridging Selma” touched on the war reenactments and confederate sentiments through enlightening slide shows and video presentations, including one piece focusing on African American Confederates.

One issue Beeson and the reporters had while investigating was the lack of documents available from before desegregation in 1974. According to Beeson, the Selma newspaper destroyed all their archives

before this time.

“It’s hard for me to understand why any newspaper would destroy its archives unless there was something in there that was damaging to them,” Beeson said.

According to Beeson, one archivist in Selma said, “It’s almost like the black community didn’t exist before 1974.”

The pieces in “Bridging Selma” range from stories on individuals in the area, like Randall and Betty Miller, an interracial couple who married 25 years ago when racial tensions were still high in Selma, to stories of the community, like their efforts to raise money for

Grow Selma, a community garden organization meant to educate locals on eating healthy and maintaining a garden.

All stories were produced by students from WVU and Morgan State University, a historically black college from the Baltimore area.

“I hope what was illuminating to our students was that the civil rights movement was started by young people in the south,” Beeson said Beeson and the faculty involved in the project purposely mixed the students together to make them more comfortable with each other, making them work together on the

Wednesday July 29, 2015 projects and share hotel rooms.

According to Beeson, all but one of the WVU students were white, while all but one of the MSU students were African American.

“I think the students had more in common with each other than they did in this community,” Beeson said.

The students were in Selma around the time the Freddie Grey protests in Baltimore were making headlines nationally.

“It brought home (to the MSU students) what they were seeing in Selma. What they were seeing wasn’t happening 50 years ago and it wasn’t gone,” Beeson said.

Beeson said there are

plans to continue the partnership between WVU and MSU come this spring, however staff are not fully decided on a project.

“With everything going on with the shooting in Charleston, this is the time to have a needed conversation about race,” Beeson said. “I think it’s really important for our students and WVU especially to be involved and to be engaged in the conversation. It’s not easy but I think we’ll become better people because of it.”

To view “Bridging Selma” visit http://bridgingselma. com/. crcoyne@mail.wvu.edu

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Latest on missing Florida teen fishermen

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The latest on the search for the two Florida teens who went missing while on a fishing trip off Florida’s Atlantic coast: 7 p.m. Tuesday Though the odds could be against the survival of two Florida teenagers lost at sea, experts say it’s still possible.

Laurence Gonzales, the author of “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why,” says the very vague rule of thumb is humans can stay alive three minutes without air, three days without water and three weeks without food, but examples of defying that abound.

Gonzales said the longest someone has been known to survive in the open ocean without water was about five days, but because it’s not known whether the boys had any supplies, are wearing life jackets or might be clingdanewsroom@mail.wvu.edu ing to or floating on something, they could still be alive.

“People will constantly surprise you,” he said.

“You’ll think, ‘Surely this Continued from page 1 guy is dead.’ And you’ll go out and there he will be alive.” holes as well as the cleanDr. Claude Piantadosi, ing of ditches, culverts and a Duke University medbrush alongside the existing roads.

“I’m not singling out anyone,” Bloom said. “I’m willing to come up with any option, as long as the BLOOMINGTON, Minn. money stays in the county (AP) — An avid Minneto fix the roads and hire sota hunter accused of ilprivate companies (to do legally killing a protected the road repair work).” lion in Zimbabwe said Tuesday that he thought danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu ever ything about his trip was legal and wasn’t aware of the animal’s status “until the end of the hunt.”

Walter Palmer, who Continued from page 1 has a felony record in the U.S. related to shooting volved in STEM. a black bear in WisconFor more informa- sin, released a statement tion on the Benjamin M. through a public relations Statler College of Engi- firm after being identified neering Outreach pro- by Zimbabwean authorigrams please visit http:// ties as the American instatler.wvu.edu. volved in the July hunt.

They said Palmer is crcoyne@mail.wvu.edu being sought on poaching charges, but Palmer said he hasn’t heard from U.S. or Zimbabwean authorities.

“I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared Find us on and part of a study until Facebook the end of the hunt. I relied on the expertise of my lo-

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ical professor who authored “The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments,” agreed, saying the obstacles were steep but the teens could still be alive.

“Even though the odds are against them, I certainly wouldn’t call off the search,” he said.

Piantadosi sees dehydration as the biggest threat to the teens and says, without water, they are reaching the edge of survivability.

11:35 a.m. Tuesday The Coast Guard says it’s still optimistic two teenage fishermen missing at sea can be found alive.

Chief Petty Officer Ryan Doss says Tuesday that three Coast Guard cutters, a Navy ship and an airplane are still searching from the waters off Daytona Beach, Florida, north through Savannah, Georgia, and that they have no immediate plans to stop.

Though he conceded the probability of finding someone alive decreases as time passes, he notes others have survived longer at sea.

“We know it can happen and we’re hoping it happens again,” he says.

He says the Coast Guard

is constantly looking at a mix of factors to determine whether the search should continue.

10:30 a.m. Tuesday The stepfather of one of the Florida boys lost at sea says the teens were not supposed to be on the ocean.

Nick Korniloff says his 14-year-old stepson Perry Cohen and the boy’s friend Austin Stephanos were supposed to remain on the Loxahatchee River and the Intracoastal Waterway during their fishing outing Friday. He says he doesn’t believe the boys were heading to the Bahamas, as some have speculated, but that they obviously ended up in the deep waters they were supposed to steer clear of.

Still, Korniloff says “if there are any two 14-yearold boys out there qualified, it’s Perr y and Austin.”

The stepfather says private planes are surveying the waters off Florida and Georgia outside the area the Coast Guard is searching. He’s also encouraging people to head to their beaches to look for any clues that might wash ashore.

7:55 a.m. Tuesday The mothers of the

two boys who went missing while fishing off Florida’s coastline say they believe their sons have the knowledge and skills needed to survive in the water.

Speaking Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show, Pamela Cohen says she believes her son, Perry Cohen and his friend Austin Stephanos are “doing everything they can to stay afloat.” The 14-year-olds have been missing since Friday when they took a 19-foot boat into the Atlantic to fish.

Carly Black said her son Austin has been around the water since he was born. Both said their sons learned to swim before they could walk.

Responding to criticism that the teens were too young to operate a boat alone, Pamela Cohen said the boys had been around boats their entire lives and life on the water is second nature to them. She compared it to kids who live on a farm and drive tractors or children who live in the mountains and learn to hunt at a young age.

The mothers said they don’t believe their boys were heading to the Bahamas, as has been widely

reported. Instead, they believe they were fishing offshore when the weather turned bad and “something went amiss.”

7:15 a.m. Tuesday The U.S. Coast Guard has expanded its search for two 14-year-old Florida boys who went missing while on a fishing expedition.

Petty Officer Anthony Soto said Tuesday that crews are searching in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as Savannah, Georgia, and as far south as Cape Canaveral, Florida, for Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos.

The pair was reported missing from Jupiter, Florida, on Friday afternoon.

They were last seen purchasing $110 worth of gas for their 19-foot boat and were believed to be heading toward the Bahamas.

Their capsized boat was found Sunday morning off the coast of Ponce Inlet, more than 180 miles north of where they started their journey.

The search has continued day and night.

Soto said three Coast Guard cutters and a C-130 Hercules airplane searched throughout Monday night for the boys.

Man accused in African lion shooting thought hunt was legal

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cal professional guides to ensure a legal hunt,” said Palmer, a dentist who lives in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie.

The 55-year-old was identified by the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe and police as the American facing poaching charges for the crossbow killing of Cecil, a well-known and protected lion.

Local authorities allege the lion was lured from a protected area and killed in early July. Zimbabwean conservationists said the American allegedly paid $50,000 for the trip.

The lion’s death has outraged animal conservationists and others, including U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat. In a statement late Tuesday, the congresswoman called for an investigation by

the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to see whether any U.S. laws were violated.

Palmer’s hired spokesman, Jon Austin, said he believed Palmer was in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Tuesday. No one answered the door at Palmer’s home, and a woman who came out of his dental office in nearby Bloomington said he wasn’t there or taking patients Tuesday. Phone calls to listed home numbers went unanswered.

According to U.S. court records, Palmer pleaded guilty in 2008 to making false statements to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about a black bear he fatally shot in western Wisconsin.

Palmer had a permit to hunt but shot the animal outside the authorized zone in 2006, then tried to pass it off as being killed elsewhere, accord-

ing to court documents.

He was given one year probation and fined nearly $3,000.

Doug Kelley, a former federal prosecutor and Palmer’s attorney in the bear case, was unavailable for immediate comment Tuesday, according to his assistant.

Palmer has several hunts on record with the Pope and Young Club, where archers register big game taken in North America for posterity, said Glenn Hisey, the club’s director of records. Hisey said he didn’t have immediate access to records showing the types and number of animals killed by Palmer, but noted that club records involve legal hunts “taken under our rules of fair chase.”

Although African game wouldn’t be eligible, Hisey said he alerted the group’s board that Palmer’s ethics were being called into question.

He said Palmer’s domestic records could be jeopardized if he’s found to have done something illegal abroad.

A Facebook page for Palmer’s Minnesota dental practice was taken offline Tuesday after users flooded it with comments condemning Palmer’s involvement in the hunt.

Hundreds of similar comments inundated a page for his dental practice on the review platform Yelp, which prior to Tuesday had only three comments.

Palmer is properly licensed and able to practice in the state, according to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry.

Board records show that Palmer was the subject of a sexual harassment complaint settled in 2006, with Palmer admitting no wrongdoing and agreeing to pay a former receptionist more than $127,000.

Boy Scouts lift ban on gay members and leaders SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The lifting of the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on gay adult leaders prompted some gay Eagle Scouts to quickly rejoin the movement on Tuesday. But the Mormon church — the nation’s largest sponsor of Scout units — warned that it may split away to form a global scouting organization of its own.

The contrasting reactions followed the BSA national executive board’s 4512 vote on Monday to lift the nationwide ban while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to continue excluding gay adults.

Across the country, scores of gay Eagle Scouts signed forms with the advocacy group Scouts for Equality, expressing interest in rejoining the Boy Scouts as volunteers.

Among them was Charles Spain, a 56-year-old attorney in Houston who had not worn a Scout uniform since his post-college years as an in-the-closet Scout employee before he entered law school. On Tuesday morn-

ing, he registered as an adult leader with the local Scout troop that his 13-year-old son belongs to, then hurried out to buy a uniform and posted a photo of it on his Facebook page.

“I haven’t worn a Scout uniform in 30 years,” said Spain. “I support and believe in the Scouting program. It’s the best youth program that’s ever been invented.”

The mood was different at the Salt Lake City headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which described itself as “deeply troubled” by the BSA’s decision to lift the nationwide ban.

Just two weeks earlier, Mormon leaders indicated they were comfortable with the pending policy change.

But in a strongly worded statement issued after Monday’s final vote, Mormon officials described the admission of openly gay leaders as “inconsistent with the doctrines of the Church.”

One possibility, church officials suggested, would

be for the Mormons to form their own worldwide scouting movement.

The Mormons’ statement noted that the church has members in 170 nations, many of them without scouting programs. “Those worldwide needs combined with this vote by the BSA National Executive Board will be carefully reviewed by the leaders of the Church in the weeks ahead,” the statement added.

At Boy Scout headquarters in Texas, reaction to the Mormons’ declaration was muted.

The BSA issued its own statement expressing appreciation for its long relationship with the Mormon church, and asserting, “America’s youth are better off when they are in Scouting.”

A conservative activist in Utah, Gayle Ruzicka, applauded the Mormons’ tough reaction and noted that the church already ran its own scouting-style program for young women.

“There’s not any reason

why the church can’t start their own boys’ program — one that will teach the same things,” she said.

Brad Daw, a Republican legislator in Utah who’s been involved in Scouting since he was 11, said he was disheartened by the BSA vote to allow gay leaders, but also saddened about the “pretty big hint” by church leaders of a Mormon exodus from Boy Scouting.

Given that most units in Utah are Mormon-affiliated, Daw said, being part of the BSA is “an opportunity for us to welcome boys from other faiths to be part of the Scouts.”

The Mormon church — which serves more than 427,000 boys in nearly 38,000 scout units — still opposes gay marriage and believes homosexuality is a sin. But the religion’s leaders have shifted their tone on gay rights in recent years, away from harsh rhetoric and toward compassion and acceptance of gays and lesbians.

The church was deeply in-

volved in compromise legislation enacted in Utah in March that extends nondiscrimination protections to gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, while providing exemptions for religious groups and for the Boy Scouts.

After the Mormons, the next largest sponsors of U.S. Scout units are the United Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

The Methodists’ General Commission on United Methodist Men said decisions on whether or not to accept gay adult leaders would rest with individual churches.

“Local churches will continue to select and approve Scout leaders based on the church’s Christian convictions and the evaluation of the character and skills of potential Scout leaders,” the commission said. “No church will be required to accept any volunteer as a Scout leader simply because of the new policy.”

Catholic Bishop Robert

Guglielmone of Charleston, South Carolina — who helps oversee Catholic scouting programs — said he and his colleagues were “cautiously optimistic” that ties with the BSA could be maintained even though the church is wary of accepting adult leaders who are open about being gay.

“We’ve always had the right to select leaders for the units that we charter,” Guglielmone said. “My concern is whether that right will be upheld.”

“Wholesale removal (from the BSA) — I don’t see as something that would happen,” he said. “We don’t have the resources to set up those kind of programs on their own. We just have to see how it all plays out.”

Eric Hetland, a 25-yearold Eagle Scout from Aurora, Illinois, had no interest in waiting. He was one of many former scouts quickly heeding the call from Scouts for Equality to “rejoin the fold” and help build a more inclusive Boy Scouts movement.

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‘Bachelorette’ Kaitlyn hands out her final rose Caitlin Worrell A&E Editor @dailyathenaeum

Bachelor Nation made waves again last night with the much anticipated season finale of the Bachelorette Monday evening. After a tumultuous season filled with unsuspecting love triangles, jealous feuds and steamy one-on-ones, the fight for the final rose came down to two spotlight contests. Shawn Booth and bitter rival Nick Viall held the final two spots in Kaitlyn’s heart and eagerly awaited her final decision on their journey in love.

Following family dates with both Booth and Viall’s family, it was Kaitlyn’s turn to introduce the boys to hers. The episode took place in California at the Bachelor Mansion, a change from the finale’s usual exotic location. The Canada native was apprehensive for her parents and siblings to meet the guys, especially after informing them that Nick was still in the competition. Nick meets the Bristowes first and the tension is definitely a little high amongst her family, who is well aware of Nick’s not-sospotless Bachelorette past.

He has a private conversation with Kaitlyn’s mother, where the two begin to open up. Nick becomes emotional when expressing his desire to propose, which couldn’t delight her mother more. The two share

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‘Bachelorette’ Kaitlyn awaits contestants Nick Viall and Shawn Booth in her final rose ceremony at the Bachelor Mansion. a touching, but most likely scripted moment together.

With her family changing perspectives on Nick, Kaitlyn is even more torn on who to choose.

Shawn visits the following day and immediately clicks with the Bristowe clan. Shawn was put on the hot seat though by Kaitlyn’s mother about his jealous tendencies. Shawn’s ongoing feud with Nick sparked some concerns for Kaitlyn and viewers throughout the season, making us wonder how he will handle being a couple in the real world.

With a strong defense, Shawn melted hearts once again, gaining the trust and blessing of Kaitlyn’s parents and sister.

The final dates approach and the guys are more anxious than ever. Kaitlyn is a bit off her game as well, being a bit awkward on her low-key picnic date with Shawn. Her date with Nick went smoothly as always with Viall’s quick-witted humor and ability to share his feelings. At the end of their date, he left Bristowe with a framed photo of them, accompanied by a handwritten love poem. Bristowe, obviously touched was overcome with emotion following their date.

Booth also got sentimental with his parting gift, giving her a memory jar filled with memories from the dates they had shared over the past two months.

After a rollercoaster of a week, the time arrives for the final rose ceremony.

Dressed in a gorgeous vintage-inspired ivory lace gown, Bristowe glowed in the garden of the scenic Bachelor Mansion. The first limo approached as hearts stopped across the country, with guts wrenching for whoever is inside. It is unfortunately Nick who steps out of the first limo - the first often indicating the contestant will be eliminated. The two met and held hands as he continued to confess his love and commitment to Kaitlyn. She finally stopped him though as he progressed with the proposal, leaving him crushed.

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crying.

With little luck consoling Nick, Kaitlyn escorted him into a car and bid farewell to her passionate fling. Shawn arrives quickly after and the mood instantly changes.

The two share a heartfelt moment together as both Kaitlyn and Shawn gave honest speeches promising their love for each other. Shawn takes no time hesitating to his knee for a proposal, in which Kaitlyn quickly exclaims a “yes!”

Perhaps it was destiny that Shawn received the final rose after being given the first rose of the competition.

Though this seems like a flawless, happy ending, a true Bachelor fan knows it’s not over until the “After the

Final Rose” special.

Chris Harrison and a live studio audience sat down Monday evening alongside Shawn and Kaitlyn for their first public appearance as a couple. The giddy couple compared the occasion to the anticipation of Christmas morning, claiming they are just excited to hang out with friends and family together.

Though we all were ecstatic to see the Bachelor couple still engaged and happy, the juicier catch-up is with the eliminated contestant, Nick. His harshly worded exit was tough to watch, but even tougher to confront the second time around. He and Kaitlyn talked out their issues and admitted they could’ve handled the breakup better.

It wasn’t over yet, as Nick sat down with Shawn oneon-one to possibly settle their feud over Kaitlyn now that she has made her final decision. Though no one was quick to hug it out, both guys admitted their season long battle was immature and ultimately took time away from their journey with Kaitlyn. For that, the two apologized and moved on from the situation.

There is no official word yet on next season’s chosen Bachelor, but rumors online indicate fan favorite Ben Higgins, to be the next star of the longtime hit reality series. daa&e@mailwvu.edu

TK’s Fruit and Produce turning heads with bold bubble tea specialty Jillian Clemente A&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown has a little bit of everything, making it unique and ideal for college students that are curious about a little bit of everything in the world. One more part of the world moved into High Street and it offers bubble tea and organic foods.

“We have part organic foods from West Virginia University farms and have regular vegetables and foods. It’s healthy,” said Nark Kumaravelan, the owner of TK’s Fruit, Produce, & Bubble Tea located on High Street.

Previously, he lived in New York with his wife, Saracha, and son TK. “Bubble tea is popular in New York and Asia. My wife is from Asia,” Kumaravelan said, and she suggested opening a small store downtown to provide this tea and healthy options.

How the location of the tea and produce store was chosen was not a strategic business move. Rather, it was instinct and what felt right for the family.

“We actually had no clue about anything in Morgantown,” Kumaravelan said.

He moved to West Virginia less than a year ago. One day, his family drove around the city just to hang out, saw a place and decided to run a business out of it.

Luckily, the landlord craved a small business to

fill the space.

“The landlord didn’t want a big-scale commercial company,” Kumaravelan said. “He wants to support small businesses.”

The landlord also saw the need for bubble tea and fresh fruits and vegetables in this town so Kumaravelan signed the lease in March.

In fact, it’s a win-win situation for Kumaravelan.

“We get fresh vegetables for ourselves,” he said on why he decided to sell fresh foods, “In New York, you can find it everywhere (and they) have varieties of fruits and vegetables and it’s hard to find it in Morgantown.”

Since the whole family wanted fresher foods, he figured the rest of Morgantown would too, since he couldn’t find them close by.

“We want to support the university and also ourselves. We can’t afford to buy pallets from organic suppliers.”

Kumaravelan figured that selling the food to others and providing for the community by purchasing from WVU would be the best situation for his family and Morgantown.

Speaking of family, it’s how the name of the store came about.

“TK is named after our little boy. He’s two and a half years old and he’s the boss,” Kumaravelan said.

He opened last month – June 4, to be exact - just to open, he said.

“I was surprised about how many students will be

around. This is unexpected,” he said. “I didn’t expect 2030,000 students turning up in August.”

Kumaravelan employs a few WVU students currently and will hire more if needed.

“It depends how many we need. Right now, we already have a couple of part-time workers,” he said, hopeful he’ll need more.

Towns and stores can change for the better by increasing options to find out those neat tidbits of information about the world, and TK’s Fruit, Produce & Bubble Tea adds to the sum of the town of Morgantown. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

TK’s brings new local produce to High Street.

TK’s brings new life to High Street with bubble tea and fresh produce such as pineapples.

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Mon County Fair returns to Morgantown for an action-packed weekend woody pond

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Summer in Morgantown is incomplete until the opening of the Monongalia County Fair in the final week of July. From Tuesday July 28 to Saturday August 1, Mylan Park is abuzz with rides, live music, a demolition derby, carnival food vendors and a spirit of unbridled joy. The fair itself is preceded by the annual parade on High Street the Monday night before, and the fairgrounds open their gates to the public at five o’clock the following evening until 11. That same schedule is in effect for the remainder of the fair, besides Saturday when it opens at noon. By purchasing an all-inclusive pass at the gate for $10, a new feature of the fair, visitors ages

six and up can participate in all events and rides for free.

The Mon County Fair began in 1959 in Westover where it stayed for almost 50 years. Originally called the Westover Fair, it was remodeled and renamed in 1978. The event’s growth began to become a problem as the years went by, until finally in 2005 it was decided that the fair needed to be relocated to somewhere expandable.

That place was Mylan Park, but unfortunately it was not ready to accommodate the fair and the event was put on hiatus for five years. A new fair board got together and restarted the fair at Mylan Park in 2010, where it has continued to grow in size and popularity.

There are many exciting activities to enjoy at the fair—pony pulls, bounce

houses, pageants, karaoke and other talent contests, motorsports and more. But, there are two new events that the board is very excited to unveil. On Friday, there will be a Fight Night boxing match followed by a livestock auction on Saturday. Amee Blake, treasurer and director of Mon County Fair pageants, is very excited about the potential of these new events.

“Not everyone wants to watch a pageant or motorsports, so we want many things going on so you have to choose what you want to do,” Blake said of the new attractions. “The livestock auction is something we have always wanted to have here at the fair. It has just taken some time to get things figured out.”

Blake is not the only one excited about these events.

Local Nick Chauffer has

gone to the Mon County Fair every year with his family since its resurgence in 2010, and he has been very pleased with all of the recent development.

“I think these events are going to change Morgantown…make it a more iconic West Virginia city,” Chauffer said. “The community can really benefit from the auction, not to mention it’s entertaining.”

The parade Monday night will have fire trucks, visiting royalty, the General Manager of the Black Bears, 2014 Fair Queen Katelyn Lester, as well as the contestants of this year’s pageants and other entertainment. This year the fair board has also teamed up with United Way and Mon Power for a nonperishable food collection for local food pantries. The parade will begin marching down

High Street at 7:30 p.m.

The Monongalia County Fair runs from 5 to 11 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday at Mylan Park. All-inclusive passes are $10 at the gate, and that accounts for

all events and activities at the fair. Children five and under are admitted for free.

For more information, visit http://moncountyfair.org or call 304-291-7201. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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This year: party hard, work harder

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WVU students sometimes struggle to balance schoolwork and social lives.

In just a little over two weeks, it will be time for students to head back to West Virginia University to start classes for the 2015 fall semester. Morgantown’s summer quiet will once again be broken by the arrival of thousands of Mountaineers, some fresh faces and some seasoned WVU veterans. The beginning of the school year inevitably comes with much excitement, as friends separated for the summer re-

unite and new students enjoy newfound freedom away from the watchful eyes of their parents.

However, sometimes that excitement causes more trouble than students bargain for, ending a fun night out in a way that is a bit too memorable. It’s not uncommon for a night of partying to have serious consequences such as a citation, arrest, or injury. As we all know, WVU students have become infamous for

letting things get a little too out of hand sometimes.

Many news outlets have capitalized on this fact, broadcasting WVU’s image as an out-of-control party school across the nation.

Unfortunately, such an image can harshly discredit the University’s academic merit, cheapening the reputation of the school and all who attend it.

Of course, no one would be crazy enough to suggest that WVU students cease

partying altogether. The needed solution is hardly such a drastic change.

Overall, we just need to find more of a balance between working hard and playing hard. Sure, if you are of legal drinking age you should absolutely go have a wonderful and memorable time bar-hopping around High Street with your friends, just remember to spend some time working on that upcoming research paper be-

forehand. There is nothing in the rule books that states it is impossible to be academically and socially successful in equal measure.

We should not only do our best to out-party other schools, but we should also attempt to out-study them.

As proud Mountaineers, we should want the world to know us not only as people who know how to have a good time, but also as people who are able to buckle down and get things

done when it’s time to do so. By all means, celebrate to your heart’s content upon returning to WVU. Every Mountaineer knows just how exciting it is to return to their home among the hills for yet another year. Just don’t let the allure of all the fun Morgantown has to offer make you forget the real reason you made the decision to come to WVU in the first place. agumbare@mail.wvu.edu

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Dolezal’s identity crisis stems from childhood abuse gardiner smith guest columnist @dailyathenaeum

Rachel Dolezal is not ridiculous. Rachel Dolezal is a byproduct of psychological conditioning no one can fully understand. Her choice to cultivate a black identity, thus lying to everyone she interacted with, was vivid: a pronounced decision. This choice has been stampeded by the media. How could she do this!? She sought financial gain through a fallacious existence! The identity debate has gone too far! Gender, okay. Race, no way! We will not accept this!

Folks, black and white merely applies to the surface of this story. At its core, this is a story about how a troubling childhood led a woman to become psychologically unstable. The decision that we should be scrutinizing is the decision that Rachel made when she fled home, disconnecting from her parents, or the decision that Rachel made when she accepted guard-

ianship of her adopted brother Izaiah in 2010.

These decisions speak volumes more about the true matter in question compared to the decision that Rachel made to act black.

The point at issue is that Rachel had an abusive upbringing. Rachel was homeschooled under the teachings of a very religious family. The lessons that she underwent as a child were provided by the Christian Liberty Academy Satellite School (also known as CLASS). CLASS is one of the same programs the organization White Pride Homeschooling references on their website as a good resource for how to raise your children. Multiple reports have circulated that physical abuse is customary in this type of child development program. Although her word is lightly heard at this point, Rachel herself has said that she was subjected to an abusive childhood.

Court documents pertaining to Izaiah’s emancipation have surfaced.

Izaiah, in the filing, re-

quested that his parents not be notified of his intentions to become emancipated. He feared that they would hurt him if they knew of his agenda. Izaiah referenced his safety as one of the reasons why he wanted to live with Rachel.

He stated that the Dolezals used physical forms of punishment in order to discipline their children. If the children did not cooperate with their ideals of religion and rules, they would be sent to other states, to new group homes. It’s also worth noting that Rachel’s biological brother Joshua was accused of molesting a young black girl in the early 2000s. At the time she was 6 or 7 and he was 25 or 26. The charges have since been dropped, but the connection still burns in my head.

Rachel identified her father figure as a black man named Albert Wilkinson.

Even after she was exposed as a fraud, she continued to say that he was her father in terms of providing the love and support that a father should provide. I believe

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that Rachel found peace in the black community after she left a traumatic situation. Yes, Rachel consciously made the choice to lie and portray herself as black, but it was due to post traumatic stress-like symptoms acting on her brain which made her want to

erase her childhood memories and form a new identity which revolved around positivity.

Before the truth came out, Rachel moved quickly up the ranks at her local NAACP chapter and was well received by her peers.

Rachel Dolezal was not de-

ceiving people in order to achieve financial gain or to get a thrill from acting. Rachel Dolezal was trying to maintain sanity and move forward in achieving a better life than she previously had. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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5 treatments to help with your senioritis Senioritis (noun) – a debilitating affliction most common in graduating high school or college students. May cause restlessness, carelessness, inability to focus, and lack of interest in attending class and doing work. To date, senioritis has only one cure, which is graduation, though various treatments have been researched, with inconclusive results.

The last year of college can cause many students to feel mixed emotions. On the one hand, you made it — you’ll be graduating with your degree and heading off to start a life somewhere, or perhaps to continue your education with an advanced degree.

On the other hand, you’re leaving the school that has been your home for four

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years, which is bittersweet.

But perhaps the feeling most universally experienced by seniors at colleges across the country is that of senioritis. Here are some possible treatments that may work for you and help you focus for just a bit longer, as graduation is just around the corner.

1. Computer Control.

If you’re having trouble concentrating on your schoolwork while using your computer and instead find yourself relentlessly scrolling through BuzzFeed or visiting Facebook, you may want to look into downloading a lockdown browser program.

If you have a Mac, you can download an app called SelfControl which allows you to easily block your own access to dis-

tracting websites for whatever period of time you designate.

The app lets you put website URLs on a blacklist and then set a timer for how long you want to be locked out of those websites. Plus, it’s smart and won’t let you try to circumvent it by using another browser, like Firefox or Safari, even if you set it for Google Chrome.

2. Motivate Yourself.

Senioritis is very easy to give in to, so you’ve really got to dig in your heels and fight it if you want the chance to finish your semester, and your undergraduate college career, strong. To combat senioritis, try motivating yourself to keep focused. Make a playlist of motivational songs, like Kanye West’s

“Stronger,” Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger,” and “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor. You can also write down a few motivational quotes on paper and hang them within eyesight around your room or write them down on sticky notes (either using a computer app or real paper ones), or change your background picture to a quote. “The secret to getting ahead is getting started,” “Dreams don’t work unless you do,” and “You don’t want to look back and know you could’ve done better,” are some good ones to help inspire you to work hard.

3. Create a Calendar.

Write down whatever date you’re graduating on or the day you’ll be done with finals and the other events, tests, and due

dates you’ve got standing between you and that day. Cross off each day as you get through it and keep yourself studying hard and focused on your goal of finally being done.

You’ve worked hard for the last four years to get to this point; don’t screw it all up now by slacking off and giving in to senioritis.

4. Make a List.

Each day, make yourself a list of things you need to get done for the next day; whether it’s reading a textbook chapter, studying lecture notes, or going grocery shopping, and then cross or check things off as you get things done. Maybe it’s the nerdy list-maker in me but personally, being able to check things off that I got done that day feels really good.

5. Set Up a Reward System.

Make a deal with yourself, like for every hour of studying or homework you do, you get to watch one episode of some TV show, or you get a half hour to waste on the Internet.

You can even go bigger and make rewards for yourself like getting to order takeout, buying that item you’ve been eyeing, or that you’ll let yourself book that trip you wanted to take this summer or go to a concert if you just get through the rest of the semester and fight your senioritis. Hopefully these “treatments” will help stave off your senioritis and allow you to stay focused and studying hard until graduation finally comes — it’ll be here sooner than you think!

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WV Public Theater takes on Beauty and the Beast Chelsea walker A&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Morgantown’s Metropolitan Theatre is transforming from downtown venue to epicenter of enchantment as it hosts the timeless play Beauty and the Beast.

Yearly, the West Virginia Public Theatre hosts five shows, showcasing four throughout the summer and one in the winter months. Thus far, the West Virginia Public Theatre has overseen summer shows including A Grand Night For Singing, Footloose, Smoke on the Mountain and Beauty and the Beast.

The West Virginia Public Theatre is set to host its first-ever rendition of the Broadway classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Following the tale of the animated movie, the West Virginia Public Theatre will produce one of the most

noted fairytales that has been viewed by 35 million individuals across 13 different countries. Performed for more than 13 years, Beauty and the Beast is an ageless Broadway production that has been nominated for nine TONY Awards, including an award for “Best Musical.”

Beauty and the Beast follows the whimsical story of a young prince whose arrogance places him under a wicked spell, turning him from royalty to Beast.

The young prince must learn to love and be loved as a beast, before the curse ends and he can return to his normal life. When Belle, a youthful village girl, enters the Beast’s castle, she attempts to show the headstrong and doomed prince how to accept and allow waffection.

Director and choreographer Gavan Pamer will bring magic to life combining songs taken from

the original version, as well as additional songs added for the Broadway performance. Lead roles will be played by Amanda Smith, as Belle, Rick Mugrage, as the Beast, Reed Worth as Lumiere, Andy Harvey as Gaston, Joe Cannito as Cogsworth and Becky BarrettJones as Mrs. Potts.

Joseph Greer, West Virginia Public Theatre Administrative Intern, said the organization strives to involve the community in many ways. Greer said Mugrage is a WVU grad student, and many other ensemble members are also students and community locals as well.

With one week of rehearsing under their belts, the members playing crucial roles in this timeless tale will take the stage in front of countless key backdrops recognizable from the animated movie.

Scenes from the village, the castle and the hunting

lodge will tower behind actors and actresses for this production. This show, specifically set for viewing at the Metropolitan Theatre in downtown Morgantown, will be West Virginia Public Theatre’s last summer show of the season.

Greer said those looking to attend West Virginia Public Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast will be in for a treat, hearing new songs and old in this family-friendly tale.

“It is an excellent chance to hear some songs that are familiar to you and some that are not,” Greer said.

“Plus, it’s a great way to support arts and artists in the community.”

West Virginia Public Theatre will showcase Beauty and the Beast from July 29 to August 2. For more information on tickets or show times, visit http://wvpublictheatre.org/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The WVPT ensemble performs a musical number during their production of “Footloose” on the Metropolitan Theatre stage.

Album Corner: Hardcore style reemerges with underground rockers Woody pond

A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

“Copacetic” by Knuckle Puck Chicago keeps getting recognition for its rappers, so why not a pop punk band? Knuckle Puck is a band that has been quickly rising in their genre as of late, a genre that I absolutely love, and since I had never listened to them I decided to take a crack at their debut album “Copacetic.” I was very impressed and can definitely say this band and this album has been added to my rotation. Fast and relentless drums, rhythmic driving bass lines and some fantastic guitar work done by two complementary guitarists whose writing and playing chemistry is part of the reason this album came out so well. Pop punk is a much more melodic genre than its punk rock older brother, and Knuckle Puck excels in their ability to make a very pleasing yet raw and rocking sound full of head-banging moments. But there are also some really nice slower moments on the album where they switch from banging out chords to plucking away at lovely riffs while vocalist Joe Taylor sings with a much more supported and restrained voice. Beautiful guitar work is what re-

ally draws you into this album—some places to check out are the opening riff of “Swing” and the two minute outro of “True Contrite.”

The album’s recurrent theme is that though life is making you feel defeated, you smile and tell the world that “everything is copacetic” or “everything is fine.”

Signing with Rise Records indicates a bright future for the Chicago band, and “Copacetic” is a very promising introductory album due July 31.

“We Came As Romans”

by We Came As Romans This 10-year-old melodic metalcore band left Detroit and came into the music world as Romans with their new self-titled album. The fourth studio release from the six-piece band finds them taking further strides into a poppier, softer direction. WCAR dropped the whole album on July 28 after promoting it with two singles and a music video for the opening track. “Regenerate,” as it is called, is a heavier track laden with the grizzly unclean screams of frontman Dave Stevens.

Stevens has also begun contributing clean vocals alongside the band’s other frontman and singer Kyle Pavone, with a more rockn-roll sound compared to the bubblegum poppunk Pavone is known to sing. A

surprising majority of “We Came As Romans” features melodic chord progressions with varying and changing tempo, led or accompanied by some very ingenious synth patterns and mainstream melodies that build toward big choruses. In their grittier moments, the guitar sound is crunchy for chugging and playing tangent riffs.

Occasionally the songs will get too poppy and will start to fizzle out about halfway through if they cannot keep your attention locked.

This new direction for We Came As Romans suggests big things for the band’s continued exploration of mainstream post-hardcore.

“Collateral” by Nervo Collateral is our first look at Nervo putting together a full EDM record after the radio success of their 2012 single “You’re Gonna Love Again.” The Nervo sisters, Miriam and Olivia, are able to contribute good vocals to their songs which automatically give them an edge— twin Australian girls who can sing and mix a loud bumping beat. Their careers began at age 18 when they worked as songwriters for pop artists. Nervo’s claim to fame came when they wrote the song “When Love Takes Over” for Kelly Rowland, which later won them all a Grammy Award.

They started releasing some of their own music, showcasing their dance instrumentals with their pretty, mainstream vocal styles.

The songs on their July 24 debut “Collateral” are undeniable club anthems—simple, loud, regular bass patterns with repetitive synths combined with a couple chorus motifs. modern-vinyl.com The album is hit or miss, with some treasures littered Knuckle Puck attempts to make a splash on the scene with their “Copacetic” album. throughout a sea of anticlimactic potential. Opener “Bulletproof ” and closer “It Feels” are some of the greatest moments on the record—with strong memorable vocals coupled with a dance beat that proves itself but does not overexert itself.

Some places in the middle of the album find the twins attempting to add some attitude but instead falling mtv.com short and losing listeners’ interest by the time they We Came as Romans evolves with pop influence from mainstream. skip to the next club beat.

There a lot of collaborators on “Collateral”—Kreayshawn, Steve Aoki, etc.— and their creative additions to the album help prevent the Nervo twins from repeating their own recipes too often. Radio is definitely achievable by “Collateral” and Nervo, but anything more substantial than that is probably not going to happen. wonderlandmagazine.com Nervo breaks through the EDM boundries with their “Collateral” album. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

The Wine Bar at Vintner Valley supports Dann’s Angels through charity series Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

If it’s a Monday, The Wine Bar at Vintner Valley is almost definitely doing a fundraiser for a local organization.

“We opened in December 2012 and we started the monthly ‘Dine and Donate’ (event) in 2013,” said Lysa Lockwood, the general manager of the bar. July’s event was associated with Dann’s Angels.

Dann’s Angels raises awareness and money for

Alzheimer’s disease, one that progressively causes people to lose their memory over time. There is currently no cure but only some treatments available, according to alz.com, the site of the Alzheimer’s Association.

“We try to reach out to local organizations that we can help with,” Lockwood said. “It definitely touches home for owners and staff.”

The way the whole “Dine and Donate” process works is rather simple, explained Lockwood. “For every bottle of wine purchased, we

donate $10 to the organization, and that’s typically how we do our fundraising.

You can also do monetary donations if they’d like. If you come in and purchase a bottle of wine and want to donate, we give them the option for sure,” Lockwood said.

It’s really just about giving back to the community, she said.

“A lot of our owners are local business men and women so they definitely want to participate,” she said.

The Wine Bar still keeps

it local and partners with Tutto Gelato Café in Morgantown.

“They (Tutto) make all of our gelato, all of our pasta that we sell here,” Lockwood said. “They do coffees and desserts and cakes.”

Tutto even has gelato that’s edible for dogs, which may be best suited for next month’s organization, the Humane Society of Marion County.

In the past, The Wine Bar has worked with a plethora of different local organizations, including the Ronald McDonald House, St.

Francis School, Mon General’s Cancer Center, West Virginia University’s Children’s Hospital, Autism Awareness, the Bartlett House and more, according to Lockwood.

“It’s nice because we’re not a chain, we’re an independent (restaurant),” Lockwood said, and this allows flexibility and availability to set up the “Dine and Donate” nights.

The Bar also supplies jobs to the community by hiring WVU students, Lockwood herself being a WVU alumna. She graduated in

2000 and decided to stick around.

“We really are fortunate that we have access to culture in this state,” said the Fairmont native.

The Bar will now have expanded hours and will be open for lunch starting Aug. 3. The previous hours were 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. but it will now be open Monday through Friday starting at 11 a.m. The Wine Bar’s Facebook will have more information on specials of the week. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

New Dr. Seuss book explores what came before ‘One Fish Two Fish’ HANOVER, N.H. (AP) – Move over mockingbirds and watchmen. There’s a new Yent in a tent in town.

Dr. Seuss’ new book, “What Pet Should I Get?”, features the same siblings seen in his 1960 classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”

The book went on sale Tuesday, two weeks after the release of Harper Lee’s longawaited second novel, “Go Set a Watchman.”

But unlike some fans of Lee’s 1960 book, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” those who love Dr. Seuss are unlikely to be disappointed, says Donald Pease, author of two books about Seuss and an English professor at the author’s alma mater, Dartmouth College.

“It’s a classic Dr. Seuss treatment,” he said. “What it does is it brings a child, actually a brother and sister, into relationship by way of a problem almost every child addresses in her or his life: What pet should I get?”

As the siblings ponder which animal to acquire Dog? Cat? Fish? - they start to

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The new book by Dr. Seuss serves as a precurser to an old Seuss classic. imagine more fanciful creatures: the aforementioned Yent, or a “thing on a string.”

All the while, they face the constraints of what their parents would allow. The final illustration, which shows two eyes poking out of a basket, leaves readers guessing about their choice.

Pease suggests Seuss didn’t publish the book because he used it as a jumping-off

point for “One Fish Two Fish” instead.

“In a sense, the pet shop is giving the children access to the difference between the world of pets they can encounter in a pet shop, and the world of creatures they can only enter encounter by opening the book equivalent of a pet shop: the archive of Dr. Seuss’s children’s books,” he said.

For example, in “One Fish Two Fish,” the children have a Gox, a Gack, and a Wump with one hump.

Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Geisel, grew up in Massachusetts, but it was at Dartmouth that he found his passion for writing and drawing.

“I began to get it through my skull that words and pictures were Yin and Yang. I be-

gan thinking that words and pictures, married, might possibly produce a progeny more interesting than either parent,” he told the Dartmouth alumni magazine in 1975. “It took me almost a quarter of a century to find the proper way to get my words and pictures married. At Dartmouth I couldn’t even get them engaged.”

The Ivy League school is

also where the Seuss pseudonym was born. When Seuss was a senior, he and his friends were caught drinking alcohol in his room during Prohibition. (“We had a pint of gin for 10 people, so that proves nobody was really drinking,” he recalled.) Part of his punishment included being booted off the staff of the campus humor magazine, but he got around the sanction by signing his cartoons with his mother’s maiden name and his own middle name: Seuss.

Un0like Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman,” in which the heroic Atticus Finch disparages blacks and condemns the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw segregation in public school, the new Seuss book joins other Seuss classics such as “The Sneetches and Other Stories” and “Green Eggs and Ham” in affirming equality, Pease said.

In general, Pease said, the world that Seuss created didn’t have race or class distinctions but instead celebrated differences.

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VICTORY LANE

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West Virginia University student Travis Braden celebrates his first-ever win on the ARCA Racing Series last week.

West Virginia senior Travis Braden gets first ARCA Racing Series win By ashley conley sports writer @Dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University senior Travis Braden made his first career ARCA Series start last weekend in the Sioux ChiefPowerPEX 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana. After a tough start to the race going a lap down early on, Braden’s chances at a decent finish weren’t looking very good. As the race progressed, a few risky pit stop adjustments including a four-tire change prompted by his crew chief Matt Weber with 90 laps to go allowed Braden to make a run at the checkered flag.

As the race unwound, everything went the youngster’s way. Braden crossed the finish line 3.142 seconds ahead of the second place driver, taking his No. 1 West Virginia University Chevrolet Impala to the victory lane for the very first time.

“It honestly is an unreal feeling and it really hasn’t 100 percent become a reality in my mind,” Braden said. “The ARCA Series is a

very, very high level of racing. Some of the teams that we were racing against have budgets well up into the millions of dollars each season. For us to even be able to compete on that level was a huge honor and to somehow beat all of those teams is just simply unreal to me.”

Braden’s car is easily recognizable to West Virginia students. The Chevrolet is doused in old gold and blue and carries the iconic “Flying WV” on the hood as well as the trademark “West Virginia University” logo down both sides of the car.

Thanks to an advertising agreement between Braden and West Virginia University, the mechanical engineering student has the opportunity to represent not only his school but also his home state. Both the school and Braden benefit from the advertising value but in order to keep WVU on his car, Braden had to produce in the classroom by keeping good grades and maintaining a decent GPA. After receiving close to a 4.0 his freshman year, Braden was

easily able to continue racing with the Flying WV on his car.

How Braden got this far so quickly is quite a story within itself. After years of preparation, he was finally ready to make his first career ARCA Series start. At the age of five, Braden began racing four-wheelers and go-carts. Shortly after, he fell in love with motorsports. While watching NASCAR legend and four-time Winston Cup Champion Jeff Gordon, Braden started learning how to go fast and win races.

“When I watched my first race I liked Jeff Gordon just because his car looked like candy,” Braden said with a laugh. “As I grew older, it became about more than that.

Jeff’s driving style is very unique if you watch him closely and it turned out that I became the same way.

Jeff could always go fast and win races while never looking like he was being aggressive. I picked up those same tactics from watching him so closely as I learned how to drive myself, and I think

he’s obviously a good guy to learn from,” he said.

According to Braden, the road to the ARCA Series has certainly been a long one.

He has worked exceptionally hard at each level that he’s raced at thus far including quarter midgets, legends cars, modifieds and late models to reach this point.

“Throughout each level, we pride ourselves in waiting until we are winning at that level before moving on to the next and I have won a championship in each different car I’ve driven since day one,” Braden said.

Braden’s biggest challenge hasn’t always been the racing itself. Being a racecar driver and a fulltime college student in the engineering field is no easy task. While racing takes an enormous amount of time, effort and money, the added strain of time and effort needed to do well in college can make things difficult.

“Sometimes it is no problem and other times it is nearly impossible,” Braden said. “One always seems to take a little bit away from the

other. When I’m in school, I don’t get to spend as much time racing and working on the cars and working with sponsors as I would like to.”

“When I miss quite a few days each semester to go racing, it can be easy to get behind on my work. Thankfully, I have made it all work well so far with only a few instances where I had a quiz or something the day I was absent. Most of the time the professors will work with me and let me take tests or turn in homework a few days early if I’m going to be gone,” he said.

While juggling both school and racing at such a young age has had it’s ups and downs, nothing can take away from how rewarding being successful on the race track has been thus far for Travis Braden.

“Being both a student and a racer can be very difficult at times, but that also makes it very rewarding to have success at both. It is easy to take for granted carrying those colors and logos around the racetrack.

But when we get a big win

like last weekend on national TV, I’m reminded why it is so special,” he said.

“The number of responses from Mountaineer nation on social media or when they meet me in person is simply one of a kind. That is something that most drivers never get to experience with their native “family”.

After Braden graduates from West Virginia University next year, he hopes to continue his racing career first and foremost.

“I would love to make a career as a driver obviously, so that will be my first focus.

I will be able to work on my driving career much more often, so I’m going to give it at least a few years of trying my hardest to find sponsorship to race at the NASCAR level. If it doesn’t work out, I think my next bet will be starting a career working on a NASCAR team as an engineering mechanic, or even a crew chief or team leader eventually,” Braden said.

“I’m fairly confident one of those will work out.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

SWIMMING AND DIVING

2015-16 swimming and diving schedule released by roger turner

sports correspondent @dailyathenauem

WVU athletic director Shane Lyons announced the schedule for the WVU swimming and diving team’s upcoming 2015-16 season this past Thursday.

The Mountaineer men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will jump into the season on October 3 in the WVU Natatorium for the intrasquad GoldBlue Meet. On the following weekend, WVU will remain in Morgantown for the West Virginia State Games, which will feature last year’s host and in-state rival Marshall.

“We start our season with three weekends in a row at home, providing our teams great opportunities to compete,” head coach Vic Riggs said in a press release. “The quality of these teams to start our dual meet season is a great addition to our schedule,” he added.

On Saturday, October 16 and Sunday, October 17, the team will then face off against Georgia Tech, followed by ACC foe Virginia Tech in the first ever Big 12 vs. ACC weekend.

October ends with the West Virginia women tak-

ing on Butler, and the men competing against Xavier and Seton Hall during the Big 12 vs. Big East Weekend. West Virginia’s 2015 fall competition concludes in Knoxville for the Tennessee Invite, taking place November 20-22, and the USA Swimming and Diving Nationals taking place throughout the month of December.

“These meets give our teams top level competition as we enter the halfway point of the season,” Riggs said.

To open the second-half portion of the season, West Virginia’s diving team will make their way to Coral Springs, Florida for the Coral Springs Classic on January 3.

Both teams will reconvene in action five days later on January 9, as Pitt comes to town for a headto-head meet.

The Mountaineers will then depart for Fort Worth, Texas on January 16, where they look to defeat TCU for the third year in a row. Senior Day festivities for WVU will take place on January 29 in the Natatorium when former Big East opponent Villanova travels to Morgantown for the final home meet of the season.

Concluding the month of January, West Virginia heads to Columbus for competition against Big Ten foe, Michigan–as well as host team Ohio State and MAC opponent, Buffalo–for a one-day meet on January 30. The diving team finishes regular season competition on February 6 at the James Madison Invite in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

“Wrapping up our dual meet season at Ohio State will give us an opportunity to compete against three strong teams, which will help challenge us as we enter the championship portion of our schedule,” Riggs said.

February 24 marks the start of the Big 12 Championships, which will be held in Austin, Texas until its conclusion on February 27th. In last year’s conference meet, WVU’s men finished in third place and women in fourth place, and with a strong competition slate on this year’s schedule, WVU hopes to have a solid shot to overtake the crown of Big 12 Champions. Currently, Texas reigns conference supreme after sweeping the previous two Big 12 championships. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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A West Virginia diver prepares to hit the pool at the WVU Natatorium last season.

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Black Bears

Black Bears reel off crucial nine-game win streak

West Virginia Black Bears infielder Ulises Montilla turns a double play in a game at the Monongalia County Ballpark last month.

by nicole curtin managing editor @nicolec_WVU

The West Virginia Black Bears have been on a hot streak in recent weeks, winning nine straight games.

Last Tuesday the Black Bears entered a series against the Brooklyn Cyclones and came out with a 5-3 win. Wednesday against the Cyclones, West Virginia tallied another win 8-1. In the first inning left fielder Ty Moore hit an RBI single, scoring second baseman Kevin Kramer. Brooklyn returned in the second inning to tie the score up 1-1 before the offensive storm of the Black Bears in the bottom of the second.

Catcher Christian Kelley brought home left fielder Ryan Nagle with an RBI single to start off the runs.

Shortly after, with bases loaded, center fielder Casey Hughston scored on a wild pitch, followed by an RBI single from Kramer. Runners were left on first and second after the third run of the inning, they both advanced on a double steal, then right fielder Logan Hill hit a two-run single. That was Hill’s 29th RBI of the season, a league high.

With the score at 6-1 going into the third inning, Kelley scored on a run from a bad attempt of the pitcher to pickoff third basemen Mitchell Tolman, who scored later on a wild pitch extending the lead to 8-1.

In game three of the series last Thursday night the Black Bears were swinging strong again, defeating the Cyclones 8-3. Short stop Kevin Newman led off the first inning with a triple

to left-center, then designated hitter Maximo Rivera scored Newman later on in the evening on a fielding error. Center fielder Alex Bastardo came up to bat with the bases loaded and hit a two-run double bringing the lead to 3-0 in the end of the first.

No one scored again until the third inning when Black Bears first basemen Chris Harvey doubled to left-center and was scored on an RBI from Bastardo.

In the bottom of the fourth, Newman scored from third thanks to a steal attempt from Moore extending the lead to 5-0.

Brooklyn came into the fifth inning with a vengeance that included a three-run homer, which was the only scoring the Cyclones would do that game.

In the end of the sixth

second baseman Eric Forgione stole home while Moore struck out followed by two more runs from a passed ball and a ground ball from Bastardo to score another baserunner.

The Black Bears returned to action Friday night against the Staten Island Yankees and won the first game of the series 7-5. Both teams battled throughout eight innings, when the score was 6-5 a Black Bears lead in the bottom of the eighth, Hill hit a double to right field tacking on the last run of the evening.

Friday night’s game had a season-high 15 hits for the Black Bears.

Saturday’s game kept the mojo going with a 3-0 shutout of the Yankees. It was not until the fourth inning that either team would score, Black Bears third

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baseman Daniel Arribas advanced to third base on a single from Nagle, and was scored in on a ground ball from Hughston.

West Virginia scored two more runs in the eighth inning when first baseman David Andriese hit to right field scoring Moore and Arribas to make the score 3-0.

The Yankees not only didn’t score all night but only had one hit in the game which came in the sixth inning.

In the series finale against Staten Island, the Black Bears took another win 4-3. The Yankees attacked early with two runs on four hits in the first inning, and West Virginia responded on a double to left center from Nagle scoring Arribas. Nagle advanced to third base on a groundout when Andriese smacked an RBI single to left field. A tri-

ple from Tolman scored the third run of the inning for the Black Bears taking the lead 3-2.

In the bottom of the fifth Newman scored Tolman on a double to the left field wall. Staten Island scored in the top of the ninth threatening to tie the game, but pitcher Sean Keselica forced a double play to end the game Following the double sweep and the Black Bears’ record improved to 20-16 on the season. This week they are on a six-game road stint against the Tri-City ValleyCats and then the Connecticut Tigers. The Black Bears will return to the Monongalia County Ballpark next Monday in a series opener against the Auburn Doubledays. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Huggins adds transfer TyQuane Goard to frontcourt

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West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins discusses matters with an official in last season’s NCAA Tournament game against Buffalo.

by david statman sports editor @djstatman77

Evidently, in-state rivalry doesn’t mean a whole lot to forward TyQuane Goard.

While West Virginia and Marshall have a history of bad blood, Goard, once one of Marshall’s key players, is just happy to have found a home across the state in Bob Huggins’ crowded frontcourt.

After a protracted transfer saga, the senior forward from Charleston, W.Va., had his transfer waiver request approved by the NCAA this past week. Having already graduated from Mar-

shall, Goard has enrolled at WVU as a graduate student and will have one year of eligibility.

With junior forward Brandon Watkins’ status this season in doubt after knee surgery, head coach Bob Huggins said that Goard will be a welcome presence on the Mountaineer roster.

“With the injury to Brandon Watkins, TyQuane adds much-needed depth and athleticism to the front line,” Huggins said in a press release. “His athleticism and skill set are well suited to our style of play.”

West Virginia will be Goard’s third school. Af-

ter a state championshipwinning career at George Washington High School in Charleston, Goard committed to Ohio University, where he averaged 1.7 points and 1.5 rebounds during his freshman season.

Goard transferred to Marshall following his freshman year, and after sitting out the 2012-13 season in accordance with NCAA regulations, he became a key member of Tom Herrion’s rotation in Huntington.

Goard started 16 games for the Thundering Herd in 2013-14, averaging 6.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as Marshall went 11-22. Goard’s best mo-

ment came early in the season against Arkansas State, where he posted 21 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in a one-point Marshall loss.

But Goard was dismissed from the team for an unspecified violation of team rules before last season, and while transferring to West Virginia was his first choice, he announced on Twitter last month that Marshall was not allowing him to move to WVU for a fifth year.

Although Goard indicated that Marshall had effectively put an end to his dreams of playing for the Mountaineers and listed

Troy, Hawaii and Missouri State as possible alternatives, Marshall has evidently since relented and allowed Goard to head to Morgantown.

While Goard doesn’t present an especially imposing physical specimen at 6-foot-7, 210 pounds, his athleticism allows him to play bigger than his size, and his rebounding and ability to score around the basket could prove to be valuable to West Virginia this upcoming season.

Goard will join a West Virginia frontcourt that features returning starters Devin Williams and Jonathan Holton, along with vet-

eran big men Elijah Macon and Nathan Adrian.

With Brandon Watkins’ status for the upcoming season in doubt and forward BillyDee Williams set to transfer from West Virginia, Goard will have a chance at some minutes for a Mountaineer team that, at times, ran 11-deep last season.

After last year’s run to the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen, the West Virginia Mountaineer men’s basketball team is set to open their 2015-16 season on November 13, when they face Northern Kentucky at the WVU Coliseum. djstatman@mail.wvu.edu

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MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING Full or part-time experienced cooks, servers and bartenders. Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave./3117 University Ave. or e-mail resume to fishbowl@mountain.net THE HILTON GARDEN INN MORGANTOWN is still looking for a few more fun, self-motivated people to join our team!!

Positions are available in the following areas: F/T room attendants, P/T lobby/laundry attendant, line cooks open availability preferred, F/T & P/T servers/bartenders, & P/T maintenance personnel with valid driver’s license & proper drug test. Apply in person at the front desk.

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THE VARSITY CLUB SPORTS TAVERN is now accepting applications for experienced line cooks to fill day and evening shifts. Apply in person at the Varsity Club Tavern, 910 Don Nehlen Drive (next to stadium) from noon to 9:00pm TUTOR NEEDED For 11th grade math 3 and honors chemistry.

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

10 | SPORTS

WEDNESday JULY 29, 2015

Thanks for an amazing, unforgettable experience CONNOR MURRAY SPORTS WRITER @CONNORKMURRAY

When I began my time at The Daily Athenaeum as a freshman in the fall of 2012, I never could have imagined the places this job would take me, and the people I would meet along the way.

It was somewhat intimidating, walking into the office for the first time. I had familiarized myself with the DA in my first couple of weeks on campus, and was impressed at how a group of college students could produce a professional quality product day after day.

Maybe the fact that I was just a freshman had something to do with it, but I had doubts about my ability to actually contribute on the same level as what I had been reading before I decided to apply. That’s when I met two people who have helped to shape my career aspirations

more than anyone else has to this point.

It was a Friday afternoon in October when I sat down with Michael Carvelli and Nick Arthur, the sports editor and associate sports editor, for the first time. For whatever reason, they had found my resume intriguing enough to call me in for an interview about a position on their staff.

After a 10 or 15-minute conversation, I was on my way out the door, completely unsure about how I had done. A couple of days went by, but eventually I received an email from Carvelli letting me know I had the job.

I was probably the youngest writer on staff at the time, and was eager to take control of my beat, whatever it was, and do my best to show I belonged. My first assignment was to cover the gymnastics team, which eventually evolved into gymnastics and swimming.

I didn’t know anything about either of those sports,

which Carvelli and Nick warned me might happen, but I tried to learn as much as I could and really make the beat mine.

Apparently I accomplished that to a certain degree, because by the time February rolled around, I was covering baseball.

This was my “welcome to the big leagues” moment.

Just a few months earlier I was wondering if I would ever hear back from the DA after submitting my application, now I was covering Big 12 baseball. Taking the PRT out to Hawley Field on a Tuesday afternoon after class to cover a WVU-Eastern Kentucky game in a cramped press box might not seem too glamorous, but to me it was like a dream.

That assignment motivated me to no end. My editors had told me this newspaper would provide me with incredible opportunities if I worked hard enough, and I had seen it happen right before my eyes. I was picking up

a head of steam as a writer, starting to craft a unique voice in my work, and had enough confidence instilled in me by my bosses to apply to be an editor near the end of my freshman year.

After another nervewracking interview process, it was for me at least, I got the promotion and was set to join the editorial staff as the associate sports editor.

This is when another lifelong DA friendship was born. Amit Batra, who was appointed the sports editor, became my partner-in-crime for the next year. As editors, we had the privilege of traveling to cover WVU football games, and a couple of basketball games too, where we made memories, got great experience and had the time of our lives.

Those trips were counter balanced by the long nights we spent at the office, pretending we hated our jobs, but all the while knowing every hour we spent there was worth it. It may be hard to re-

alize when you’re at the DA waiting for a women’s basketball recap to come in until midnight on a Wednesday, or when the server goes down and everyone loses their pages and is stuck there until 2 a.m., but those are the times you’ll never forget.

Just two years into my time at WVU, I had visited almost half the schools in the Big 12 for football games and been able to cover the men’s basketball conference tournament in Kansas City, all thanks to the DA. Following my sophomore year, I got the bump up to sports editor, and started working with another great battle partner, Anthony Pecoraro.

A couple of old souls, Anthony and I shared a similar view on most topics of discussion, and had plenty of great experiences in our travels covering WVU sports. As the fall 2014 semester wound down, Anthony was headed for graduation, and I decided my time had come to give up the reigns of the sports section to someone new, while taking on a less involved role as one of its beat writers.

After training Nicole Curtin and David Schlake and interviewing David Statman, I was confident the sports

section would be in good hands. Over the last few months, that sentiment has been confirmed, and now the time has come for me to say goodbye to the paper for good.

Thanks to Michael Carvelli, again, I received an offer to join Blue and Gold News’ coverage of WVU football and basketball as a staff writer, which I accepted. I will be joining them for at least the upcoming year, and am looking forward to the challenge of climbing the ladder at a new publication, a challenge that I have been prepared for because of the DA. I have spent plenty of space thanking those who helped me along the way at the paper, but I would be remiss not to express my gratitude to everyone who reads this publication and supports it. Without the students who support us, our work would be futile.

While we might not have seen eye-to-eye on everything along the way, I hope you found yourself a better informed person for having read our paper, and I thank you for challenging all of us to bring you the best coverage possible every day. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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NFL upholds Brady’s Deflategate suspension NEW YORK (AP) -- Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for his role in using underinflated footballs during the AFC championship game has been upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

The league announced the decision Tuesday, with Goodell saying that the New England quarterback told an assistant to destroy Brady’s cellphone on or just before March 6. Brady met with independent investigator Ted Wells on that day.

“He did so even though he was aware that the investigators had requested access to text messages and other electronic information that had been stored on that phone,” Goodell said in his decision.

“During the four months that the cellphone was in use, Brady had exchanged nearly 10,000 text messages, none of which can now be retrieved from that device.”

Calling the appeal process “a sham,” Tom Brady’s agent, Don Yee, said Goodell “failed to ensure a fair process” in upholding the quarterback’s four-game suspension.

The Patriots used the words “folly” and “incomprehensible” in their statement, then said they “unequivocally believe in and support Tom Brady.”

Brady acknowledged in his testimony he was aware of investigators’ request for information from the cellphone before he had it destroyed, the appeal decision said.

After releasing the report in May, Wells said he had told Brady and Yee he did not need to see his phone and would have accepted a list of communications.

Wells’ investigation had no subpoena power and Brady was under no legal obligation to cooperate.

The NFL had some messages from Brady sent to an equipment manager’s phone, but investigators wanted to see if Brady’s cellphone had other messages related to footballs.

The four-time Super Bowlwinning quarterback was suspended by NFL executive Troy Vincent in May following the Wells report. The Patriots were fined $1 million and docked a pair of draft picks. The team didn’t appeal its penalty, but Brady appealed.

The NFL Players Association had said previously it would challenge the decision in court if Brady’s suspension wasn’t erased. The union said in a statement on Tuesday that it would appeal in court.

Moments after announcing Goodell’s decision, the league filed action in U.S. District Court in New York against the union, saying the NFL commissioner has the right under the labor agreement to hand out such discipline “for conduct that he determines is detrimental to the integrity of, or public confidence in, the game of profes-

sional football.”

Goodell mentioned exactly that in the conclusion of his appeal decision.

“Especially in light of the new evidence introduced at the hearing - evidence demonstrating that he arranged for the destruction of potentially relevant evidence that had been specifically requested by the investigators my findings and conclusions have not changed in a manner that would benefit Mr. Brady,” Goodell said.

But Yee argued that Brady’s side was given only four hours to present a defense, and when he asked for documents from Wells, that request was rejected on the basis of privilege.

“We therefore had no idea as to what Wells found from other witnesses, nor did we know what those other witnesses said,” Yee said.

Yee adds the electronic data presented in Brady’s defense was ignored during the appeal hearing.

Brady and the Patriots have denied knowingly using deflated footballs in the AFC title game win over Indianapolis. The Patriots went on to beat Seattle in the Super Bowl and Brady was the MVP. In its statement, the team said “We cannot comprehend the league’s position in this matter.”

The NFL announced in late January that Wells would head an investigation into New England’s use of underinflated balls against the Colts. More than three months later, the 243-page Wells report was issued, saying it was “more probable than not” that Brady was “at least generally aware” that footballs he used were improperly deflated by team personnel.

Brady appealed and the union asked Goodell to recuse himself from hearing the appeal because he could not be impartial and might be called as a witness. But Goodell said it was his responsibility to oversee the hearing to protect the integrity of the league.

Scientific arguments were a major part of Brady’s defense. Brady’s lawyers tried to shoot down the findings of an independent firm hired to provide scientific analysis of the air pressure inside the footballs used by the Patriots and Colts.

Brady, who turns 38 on Aug. 3, took nearly every snap last season. But he’ll miss the first four games this season unless the case goes to court.

Jimmy Garoppolo, a second-round pick in 2014, would replace Brady, the twotime NFL MVP and threetime Super Bowl MVP. New England hosts Pittsburgh on Sept. 10 to open the regular season. It then goes to Buffalo, hosts Jacksonville, has a bye, and is at Dallas in the last game of Brady’s suspension. Brady would return against, yes, the Colts on Oct. 18 in Indianapolis.