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Local business struggles in summer

BY JACOB BOJESSON STAFF WRITER

It’s summer time and the living’s easy.

But for some local businesses a slower-paced lifestyle yields slower business.

With a majority of the student population gone for the summer, local businesses in Morgantown are adjusting to a smaller

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West Virginia University “Our business is based around the student, has faced a summer enrollment of nearly 10,000 stuso it does get a little bit slower during the dents in recent years, comsummer time.” pared to 30,000 for the fall Bree Wiesen and spring semesters.

Manager at Joe Mama’s With nearly 20,000 seasonal residents – making up more than one third of the Morgantown pop- numbers over the summer. Mama’s. “Our business is ulation during the school “Summer definitely based around the students, year – many businesses see hurts the bars,” said Bree so it does get a little bit significant drops in sales Wiesen, manager of Joe slower during the summer

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In the social media world, 140 characters have the power to capture a story and make a significant impact.

Knowing full well the influence of social media, West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism is in the process of offering a new online social media minor.

According to the SOJ, the new minor will allow students to gain an in-depth understanding of how their tools will impact the journalism industry.

Due to social media’s growing influence on the journalism profession, WVU wants to offer these courses to help students prepare for the real world and have the tools necessary to succeed after graduation.

Chad Mezera, Director of Online Programs said the social media minor is not offered for journalism students, however, the SOJ has started a course titled Strategic Social Media.

The course will begin during the fall 2013 semester as an elective for journalism students.

“There’s obviously a great demand right now for people who are skilled at social media or using social media to build audiences and communicate values, brands and corporations that are trying to reach those audiences,” Mezera said. “Essentially, when we started offering the social media course,

“I feel like every bar tries to grab every night they can. We don’t want to turn anybody away, so we don’t do cover right now,” Wiesen said. “We drop to a smaller menu, and we’re not open until nine most nights.

“We just do like a fried menu with late-night bar food for the summer.”

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SOJ introduces social media minor

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time. I feel like we’ve been pretty busy, but it’s not the same as school busy.”

In order to cope with the declining number of customers, most bars cut their hours and eliminate cover charges for the summer months.

With a limited number of customers to compete for, they also lower prices and offer more happy hours.

originally it was with the graduate level, and as time has gone by, we have recognized a tremendous need for it in the undergraduate level as well.”

Mezera said the SOJ has prepared a full five-course minor that will be offered completely online to undergraduate students, and assuming the WVU senate accepts, the new minor will be launched this fall.

“Twenty years ago, we were talking about magazines, television, radio and billboards – that was pretty much your marketing mix,” Mezera said. “But now social media has just turned everything on it’s head, because being about to niche out your audience now is still relatively new.”

Undergraduate Online Programs Coordinator Aaron Hawley said WVU has been delving into social media for nearly five years; however, as employers have shown an increased demand for social media skills, WVU students’ interest has spiked also.

“It has just increased so much in the past five years.

It’s so hard to think about what was really going on before social media, because it’s been such an explosion,” Hawley said. “When you look at things like web traffic – the amount of time people spend online – so much of it is spent on Facebook or Twitter. Employers understand that.”

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A student puts his hula skills to the test during the Summer Luau event Wednesday.

Students beat the heat, kickoff the WVU summer session with Hawaiian Luau

BY CAROLINE PETERS STAFF WRITER

Ohana means family, and members of the West Virginia University family gathered on the Mountainlair green Wednesday to kick-off the summer in Hawaiian fashion.

The Mountainlair’s summer programming staff organized the luau for students enrolled for the summer session.

Senior Programming Administrator Sonja Wilson said each student pays a certain fee in their admissions that goes toward student programming. Wilson said she took special care into planning the luau and that it is just the beginning of activities for students.

“It’s a fun way to kick off summer. Last week was so bitter and cold compared to now,” she said. “HopeWYTHE WOODS/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM fully this serves as a great kick-off event for our sumStudents received ecei Hawaiian leis as part of the Summer at WVU Luau Wednesday. mer activities.”

Students who participated were served a BBQ meal before putting their competitive energies on the field.

The catered food consisted of BBQ pork, HawaiLLooking for more information on summertime at WVU? ian Cole-slaw, fresh fruit and “mock tails.” When they finished eating, the students divided into teams and took to the field.

Follow WVU Summer Sessions on Twitter: Teams competed in games of cornhole, limbo, a @WVUsummer mini obstacle course and a hula-hoop competition.

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WVU to launch new ‘Academic Innovation’ division July 1

BY CARLEE LAMMERS MANAGING EDITOR

With smart phones, tablets and e-readers, students today have access to myriad of technology not even dreamed of a few short years ago.

That’s why West Virginia University’s Extended Learning division is evolving to include a heightened use of technology online and in the classroom.

Last week, the University announced Extended Learning would evolve to the Academic Innovation

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division. The movement will work to boost innovation in the classroom setting.

“Advances in technology are happening at a rapid pace all around us, especially in the way education is delivered,” said Provost Michele Wheatly.

“Whether it’s through delivering classes exclusively online, or incorporating those technologies in a classroom environment, it’s imperative that WVU incorporate both into the educational environment we provide our students.”

Sue Day-Perroots, who

has been the dean of Extended Learning, will lead the new initiative as associate vice president of Academic Innovation.

Day-Perroots said WVU recognizes the important role technology plays in faculty and students’ daily lives, and she said she believes it only makes sense to champion technological innovation in the classroom as well.

“This is an exciting and challenging time for higher education, not just in the state but nationally,” she said. “Timing is everything,

and this is time to expand the strengths of Extended Learning for the broader campus community.”

Each semester, WVU’s online course enrollment exceeds 5,000 students.

Day-Perroots said as technology further advances, WVU projects the numbers to continue to rise.

She said the University hopes to add supplemental technological resources to its students – such as massive open online courses, MOOCs– just as many other universities have done.

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evolves, Day-Perroots said it is difficult to project what form the Academic Innovation division will take in years to come.

However, she said she hopes it will serve as a resource for faculty to experiment with cutting-edge technology and work to incorporate it into curriculum.

University President James P. Clements said he believes the movement speaks to WVU’s mission as a land-grant university.

“E xpanding online course delivery and enhancing the quality of those

courses is what a 21st-century land-grant university should be doing. It’s consistent with our mission of providing access to students,” he said.

The changes will go into effect July 1, and Day-Perrots said the funds from Extended Learning will be allocated to the new program. No new dollars will be necessary.

Staff will also be located in different places around campus to be more accessible to faculty. carlee.lammers@mail.wvu.edu

CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR The West Virginia baseball team fell short of earning a spot in the Big 12 tournament championship game.

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Sheriff says no immediate cause of death for ex-QB DETROIT (AP) — A cause of death was not determined Wednesday after an autopsy on the body of a Michigan man who played Division II football and was one of the most successful quarterbacks in college history.

There was no obvious sign of heart trauma on Cullen Finnerty, Lake County Sheriff Robert Hilts said.

Finnerty’s body was discovered Tuesday in woods in western Michigan, 65 miles north of Grand Rapids, following a search by dozens of people, including former teammates, coaches and current players at Grand Valley State University in Allendale.

The 30-year-old was with his relatives on a holiday weekend at a cottage in Lake County’s Webber Township. He disappeared Sunday while fishing a river separately from other relatives.

The autopsy “ruled out anything real obvious,” Hilts said in a phone interview. “There was nothing that stood out as to the cause of death. ...

We’re glad there is no foul play found at this time.”

He said more results could be available this week after an examination of the brain and other tests.

“We can’t move forward without that information,” the sheriff said.

Hilts said Finnerty had called his wife Sunday and expressed concern about being out on the river.

Dan Brink told MLive.com that his son-in-law “got bewildered.”

“He was just uncomfortable about his surroundings at the time,” Hilts said.

“He said he was getting off the river, and things went downhill from there.”

A small boat was found but no other trace of the 6-foot-3, 230-pound exathlete. Finnerty’s body later was discovered within a mile of where he disappeared.

Jeff Chaney, a Grand Valley football cen-

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Continued from PAGE 1 Bob Britten, assistant professor of journalism at WVU, said he believes social media helps people get their news faster and is becoming increasingly important to the industry as more individuals use it daily.

“I mean if you think about it, a lot of people get news through sharing instead of picking up the newspaper in the morning or going and watching television,” Britten said. “The big-ticket items are the best examples; when news breaks, that’s where

BUSINESS

Continued from PAGE 1 Other businesses in the area that often feel the loss of students are the liquor stores.

In a college town it comes as no surprise that liquor stores are often prosperous. However, with the vast majority of their paying customers gone for the summer months, business can be slow.

“The weekends are still slightly busy, but it’s nothing like during the school year,” said Holly McGinnis, store manager of Ashebrooke Liquor Outlet.

“I don’t know numbers of sales that are down, but I can see from just watching that it’s a lot.”

McGinnis estimates the weekly drop in sales for the store to be at least 50 percent.

ter in the 1980s, drove from Grand Rapids to join the search Tuesday.

Nagged by rain, mud and mosquitoes, he hiked through woods and water with Finnerty’s father, Tim. They looked in cottage windows and opened shed doors, thinking Finnerty may have twisted an ankle and sought shelter.

“People were yelling, ‘Quarterback, where are you?’ ... His dad was determined. He said to me once, ‘I want you to find him and pull him out.’ We all had hope, even though there was a lot of skepticism,” Chaney said.

Finnerty had led Grand Valley to more than 50 victories and three national titles, the last in 2006.

The searchers included current Grand Valley coach Matt Mitchell, who was a defensive coach when Finnerty played, as well as former Lakers coach Chuck Martin, now offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

Mitchell said he was “crushed” by Finnerty’s death, especially considering the family he left behind, a wife and two young children.

“It was a pretty quiet bus ride home,” he said.

Finnerty, a star at Brighton High School, accepted an offer to play at the University of Toledo but transferred to Grand Valley after the 2001 season.

He briefly was a member of the Baltimore Ravens and later the Denver Broncos but never got a snap.

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was Grand Valley’s coach during the 2003 national championship season.

“It’s ver y chilling,” Kelly said Tuesday, before Finnerty’s body was found.

“He led me to a national championship as a true freshman. When I left, coach Martin took over and won two more national championships.

My heart goes out to the family and to his beautiful wife.” we get it from most often – at least the newer generations, not saying the older generations aren’t, as well.”

Britten said while the old principles of journalism are still fundamental for teaching, there would be a huge hole in the curriculum without courses on social media.

“It is as fundamental now as teaching writing and speaking, however, this is just another tool, so it has to be taught,” he said.

For more information about the School of Journalism’s new minor, visit journalism.wvu.edu/. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

“We get a liquor truck in every day, and during the school year, it will be approximately 500 cases for a liquor truck. Now it’s like 200,” she said.

With fewer customers comes a smaller staff and less hours for the employees.

A positive aspect of the summer months is that the store can catch up on work that they otherwise don’t have time for.

“It’s difficult, because people need hours, but we have to (stay open) because there’s nothing to do really,” McGinnis said.

“When we’re here, we take up our time with cleaning and catching up on things we can’t get done whenever we’re busy.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Chance for sibling 1st at National Spelling Bee

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Bryce Tasso, of Eagle River, Alaska spells the word “shrieval” correctly during the second round of the National Spelling Bee, Wednesdayin Oxon Hill, Md. OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — She looks like her sister. She spells like her sister, tracing the letters on her palm as she calls out the letters.

Her goal is become the back half of the first set of sibling champions in National Spelling Bee history.

Eleven-year-old Vanya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., qualified Wednesday for the semifinals of the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee. She handled “intaglio” and “horologium” with no problem.

“My sister’s more like a bubbly person,” said Vanya’s sister, 2009 champion Kavya Shivashankar. “You can see that onstage, that she’s really excited to be there. I think I felt the same way, but it just showed differently.”

Forty-two of the 281 spellers advanced, having tallied the most points in a formula that combined Wednesday’s onstage rounds with a computer test that included a section on vocabulary for the first time. Officials originally announced 41 semifinalists, but added one more after a review of the written test. The semifinals are Thursday afternoon, with the finals set for Thursday night. The winner gets $30,000 in cash and prizes and a huge trophy.

Making the cut are several returning favorites, in-

LUAU

Continued from PAGE1 WVU sophomore Hayley Harman reached 3,000 spins in the hula-hoop contest.

“In elementary school I used to hula-hoop a lot.

I don’t think I’ve hooped since then, and I definitely didn’t think I was capable of reaching 3,000, but it sure feels good,” Harman said. “I never would have known if they didn’t host this luau.”

Harman isn’t the only one who felt the luau brought students together.

“The luau isn’t just fun; it brings people together,” said WVU student Sufyan Diab. “There are not a lot of school events over the summer, and everyone feels isolated, but having a luau allows people to network.”

Diab said he feels the atmosphere at WVU is differ-

cluding a speller with a sibling story similar to the Shivashankars. Thirteenyear-old Arvind Mahankali of New York, who finished third each of the last two years, is getting eager support from 9-year-old brother Srinath.

Two years ago, Arvind hilariously mispronounced “Jugendstil” as “You could steal” and saluted the crowd after he misspelled the word. Now he’s more bit more low-key and appears unfazed by anything, while Srinath talks up a storm and playfully bragged he will need only one year to win the title once he makes the national bee.

Eighteen spellers at this year’s bee have at least one relative who has competed previously. Vanya, who tied for 10th last year, isn’t the only one with a chance to make sibling history this year: 13-year-old Ashwin Veeramani of North Royalton, Ohio, is the brother of 2010 winner Anamika Veeramani.

A win by Vanya, Arvind or Ashwin would continue the recent tradition of IndianAmerican winners. There have been five in a row and 10 of 14, a run that started in 1999 when Nupur Lala captured the title in 1999 and was later featured in the documentary “Spellbound.”

Onstage, Arvind breezed ent in the summertime, but he enjoys the slower-paced lifestyle.

“You get to experience Morgantown differently in the summer, because you have more free time. You see the city and even outside of the city,” Diab said. “During the school year everyone is so busy they can’t come to things like the luau. There’s still work, there’s still school – there’s just a different tone to it.”

WVU’s student-run radio station, U92, broadcasted live from the event.

Students were also able to sign up to donate blood at the American Cross stand.

The Mountainlair Student Programming will host several more events this summer, including a scavenger hunt.

For more information, contact Sonja.Wilson@mail. wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

through his two words – “euphemism” and “belemnoid” – and he was one of only three spellers to get a perfect score on the computer test. The others are 14-year-old Grace Remmer of St. Augustine, Fla., and 13-year-old Pranav Sivakumar of Tower Lakes, Ill. The other top 10 speller from last year, 14-year-old Rachael Cundey of Evans, Ga., also advanced. She’s in the national bee for the fifth time, as is 14-year-old semifinalist Emily Keaton of Pikeville, Ky., who has her own sibling wish in her last year of eligibility.

“I hope my brother gets into it,” Emily said. “If Paul gets into it, I’ll be here next year and the next.”

The day opened with the word “glasnost” and was soon followed by “perestroika” – language from the Cold War-era for a group of youngsters born long after the heyday of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Twenty spellers breezed through words such as “mandir,” ‘’Eocene” and “tertiary” before the telltale bell rang for the first time when Alan Shi of Irvine, Calif., put an “s’’ instead of a “c’’ at the start of “cynosure.”

The spellers came from all 50 states as well as Canada, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, China, Ghana, Italy, American Samoa, the Bahamas

and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The youngest was 8-year-old Tara Singh of Louisville, Ky., who did not qualify for the semifinals. Last year there was a 6-year-old — Lori Anne Madison, the youngest speller ever to qualify — but she did not win her regional bee this year.

There was also a blind speller, 12-year-old Richelle Zampella from Muskogee, Okla. Richelle took the computer test in Braille and correctly spelled “capricious” and “trianon” onstage, but did not score high enough on the computer test to make the semifinals.

The daylong tension was evident, but there was also comic relief. When given the word “entourage,” Abirami Ratnakumar of Seneca Falls, N.Y., asked: “Can you draw me a picture of the word?”

Pronouncer Jacques Bailly replied: “I’m not that good at drawing.”

For a change of pace, there was 13-year-old Katie Denis of Gastonia, N.C., who asked the judges: “Would you mind if I were to sing the letters? It would help me.”

They said fine, as long as they could understand them.

Katie then sang the letters to “stabilimeter” – and got it right.

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Students battled it out in a corn hole competition during the Summer at WVU luau.

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THURSDAY MAY 30, 2013

Alice in Chains delivers with latest album JOSH EWERS

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Grunge-metal champions Alice in Chains have returned to the musical limelight. Tuesday, they released “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here,” their second record since their 2005 reunion.

With their previous effort, 2009’s “Black Gives Way to Blue,” the band proved they could make a new, interesting Alice in Chains album without the aid of tragically deceased, incredibly talented original vocalist Layne Stayley. They were triumphant in creating a sound that was very much Alice in Chains, but did it in such a way that it wasn’t just a cheap imitation of the Stayley-era.

It also helps that they proved their worth in a way that was found to be still commercially viable.

However, with this newest release, the band has the opportunity to prove that their success wasn’t just a fluke and that they’re here to stay for the foreseeable future.

Within the first few tracks ,there is a noticeable continuity from “Black Gives Way to Blue.” The exceptionally chunky and lowdown guitar riffing is back in full, crushing force.

Also the band’s lyrical style is fully intact, purveying weighty themes por-

trayed with enough ambiguity to really make you think about it and divine a more personal experience for the listener. All the words are delivered with the noticeable confidence and wisdom of a band that has been through most everything a band can go through.

Songs like “Hollow” use this tone with near-constant beautiful vocal harmonies to create droning, almost ethereal passages and lull the listener into a trance before delivering a wake-up call in the form of unisonally belted-out chorus. These harmonies of course aren’t the firemeets-ice legendary sound of Staley and Cantrell, but rather a more unified, water-meets-ice vibe between Cantrell and vocalist William DuVall.

While tracks like “Hollow” could be compared to most anything on their comeback effort, others like “Pretty Done” and titletrack “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” are chock-full of new creative innovations for the band and are representative of the majority of the tracks on the album.

If the emotionally charged nature of “Black Gives Way to Blue” was its strong point, a seemingly higher level of creative inspiration is certainly the strength of “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.”

In “Pretty Done,” wildly wailing bends echo out

over-driving chords before giving way to a song structure that is immediately distinguishable from other new era Alice in Chains songs – but more similar to something you’d hear on much older releases. It is an example of finding a balance between their two sounds.

What really sets the album off in terms of intensity is guitarist Cantrell’s menacingly aggressive guitar work. His down-tuned riffing is really second to none, bringing some much needed “oomph” back to

the current radio rock climate on the singles.

This is evidenced clearly on the main riff of “Stone” and on the very much metal leaning work of the bombastically powerful groove found in “Phantom Limb”. Cantrell’s writing is wonderful at conveying that certain type of creeping unease that only his half-step change and bendladen riffing can generate.

Both the drum and bass work is fairly subtle but good quality. It never really grabs the listener by the ears and shakes them,

but drummer Sean Kinney seems content to exercise his immense talents somewhat out of the forefront until the time the song calls for straight-foward but powerful fills. Bassist Mike Inez helps lay booming foundation for Cantrell’s already low register playing, giving the sound its fullness.

The only real weak point of the album comes on some of it’s more balladoriented tracks like “Scalpel” and “Choke” that seem to come up a bit flat in terms of songwriting rel-

ative to the rest of the material on “Dinosaurs” though just as good lyrically.

In short, Alice in Chains has done it again. With the dust of the past now fully thrown off, the band has shown that it is are every bit the powerhouse of a band it was in the ‘90s, just with a new look and a refocused gaze. I’m looking forward to seeing them release material for years to come.

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Lana Del Rey’s album perfect for summer meditation SHAWNEE MORAN

CORRESPONDENT

Recognized for her hauntingly beautiful song in the hit new movie “The Great Gatsby,” Lana Del Rey is finally getting the attention she deserves.

“Young and Beautiful” now sits at No. 22 on the Hot 100 Billboard, rising 37 spots since last week. With her advancing popularity, there is no doubt people will start to look back at her previous albums, in particular the “Born to Die – Paradise Edition,” which combines two of her most successful albums to date.

Elizabeth Grant, known as “Lana Del Rey,” has a voice and style that easily sets her apart from other artists.

Lana describes herself as a

“self-styled gangster Nancy Sinatra.” It is clear from listening to her album that she does indeed embody similar qualities of the 1960s singer.

Lana’s peculiar voice and style is also influenced by old movies, from the 1940s to the 1960s. The beauty and complexity found from these old movies are skillfully incorporated into her work. Watch any of Lana’s music videos and you will feel like you are stepping back into a different era, full of glamor and class.

Her music, along with her voice, is unpredictable. In this album, Lana combines different haunting melodies with a variety of rhythmic voices to create a one-of-akind experience. By manipulating her voice throughout the album, Lana Del Rey creates a wonderful contrast in her songs. Bouncing back

and forth from a sultry alto to a light soprano, Lana masterfully demonstrates absolute control of her voice.

Lana Del Rey is known worldwide for “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans,” which garnered a great deal of attention as singles. While these are the most popular songs to be associated with Lana Del Rey, some of the best songs of the album include “Off to the Races,” “National Anthem,” “Radio,” “Diet Mountain Dew” and “Gods & Monsters.”

This album is different than most of the music that you hear on the radio. Lana Del Rey provides a soothing and relaxing style of music, perfect for summer meditation.

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Rob Zombie makes strides on the big screen and on paper NEW YORK (AP) — It’s becoming harder and harder to define Rob Zombie.

The theatrical rocker who began his career with the ‘80s shock-rock band White Zombie has reinvented himself as a contemporary horror film master with new classics like “House of 1000 Corpses,” its sequel, “The Devil’s Rejects,” and the recently released, “The Lords of Salem.” And when the latter became the victim of budgetary constraints, Zombie turned to the written word for a more elaborate account of his witches’ tale in a novel version of “The Lords of Salem” released in March.

Zombie then turned his attention back to music with his fifth studio album, “Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor.” Released last month, he plans to support the record with a summer tour of the states, and an appearance at the Rock in Rio Festival in Brazil.

Zombie will switch gears again as he tackles some mainstream fare with “The Broad Street Bullies,” a movie that covers the aggressive nature of the Philadelphia Flyers and their assault on the NHL culminating with back-to-back Stanley Cup wins in the 1970’s. Zombie will write, produce, and direct the film.

Recently the 48-year old Zombie sat down with The Associated Press to talk about his music, movies, and whether he’ll ever bring his sound and vision to the Broadway stage.

AP: How hard was it to transition from producing

a movie to recording an album?

Rob Zombie: “The record was done at that point but what I did was I finished ‘Lords of Salem,’ I finished editing this movie in a barn, stripped the editing bay out, and moved the recording studio in. Went right into recording the record and just stayed away from California where we normally would record.

We were out in the sticks.

Stayed there for a couple months and this is the record we made and much like ‘Lords of Salem’ in a sense even though the projects aren’t connected I feel they both have the same free spirit of like not worrying about you know, `Oh, is this what anybody expects? Is this what anybody wants?’ I always feel when you think that way that’s usually when you do the best stuff because when you’re not concerned.

AP: Your movies and music have a lot of fans here, but it seems you’re appreciated more overseas. Any idea why?

Rob Zombie: I read this quote from Woody Allen and he was referring to the way Europeans have embraced cinema compared to Americans where in America you’re only as good as your last thing is the way that they’ll look at you, whereas in Europe you’re only as good as your best thing. So, if the best thing you did was 20 years ago they’ll still treat you like that’s where you’re at.

It seems like that’s just a different thought process.

Americans are more like, ‘What’s new? What’s the

next thing?’ Out with the old, in with the new perhaps. Over there you just feel that in the festivals and the shows are just bigger. Everything about the movie is a little bigger, a little more intense, and a little fanatical.

AP: You grew up a (Boston) Bruins fan, and are now doing a movie on the Flyers.

Rob Zombie: Someone just came to me who had the rights to the story and didn’t know I was a hockey fan. He had seen “The Devil’s Rejects” and for once, someone could look past the subject and just at the film. He said: “This movie feels like it was made in that time period. This movie has the spirit of what I can see a ‘70s hockey movie.” And that’s how it happened.

AP: So you want to be known as more than a horror director?

Rob Zombie: This reporter called me up one time and said: “These new horror directors, we’re going to call them the ‘splat pack,’ we want to talk to you about that.” I said I don’t want to have anything to do with it. I didn’t get into directing to be part of some club with a weird name you made up.

AP: There’s apparently much more to you than meets the eye. Music, horror movies, now a sports history flick. Do you have any plans to do a Broadway musical?

Rob Zombie: I’ve had this idea for a while...at one point I started making a few moves to get it going. I really thought my first film “House of 1000 Corpses”

could work as like a Broadway musical because I feel like it has those elements of ridiculousness that could translate to the stage of somewhere between “Hairspray” and “Rocky Horror Picture Show” on stage because it’s just the characters are that ridiculous, the scenarios are that ridicu-

lous, it just feels like that.

As things change... I look at Broadway the way I do Las Vegas and I used to go to Las Vegas and it always said Sammy Davis Jr. on the marquee and now it says Motley Crue just like you come to Broadway and you used to always see “Annie Get Your Gun” and now it

says “Spider-Man,” it’s like the crowds just change and I feel like soon, maybe in 10 years or 20 years, there will be a group of people that now are bringing their kids to Broadway like “Oh, `House of 1000 Corpses’ musical. Let’s go see that.”

It sounds ridiculous, but I feel that it could happen.”

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President Barack Obama attends the National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Congress must take action on student loans Senator Jay Rockefeller is in town today to hold a roundtable on student loans with students, parents, financial advisors and recent graduates.

Senator Rockefeller’s visit falls amid another congressional battle over subsidized student loans.

Last year, Congress narrowly avoided doubling the rates of the subsidized Stafford loans by reaching a compromise two days before the interest rate hike was set to take effect.

Of course, instead of coming up with a long-term solution for this issue, Congress merely kicked the can down the road for a year and the rates are once again set to double on July 1. This time, congressional Republicans insist they

aren’t going to bow to public pressure to extend low interest rates.

If no action is taken, the interest rate on Stafford loans, which are currently 3.4 percent, will rise to 6.5 percent. This change would affect more than seven million students, increasing their interest payments anywhere from $2,800 to $11,000, depending on the amount borrowed and the type of repayment plan. Thus far, congressional Republicans have balked at calls to prevent the interest rates from doubling due to concerns surrounding the skyrocketing national debt.

Although there is no disputing the fact the national debt, which is approaching $17 trillion, must be dealt with, students should

not bear the burden of decades of Congress’s fiscal recklessness.

Keeping the Stafford loan interest rates at 3.4 percent is estimated to cost the federal government $6 billion. While this cost may seem prohibitive, when the benefits of promoting college matriculation are examined, it is clearly a worthy investment.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average income for a high school graduate in the U.S. is around $28,000 per year. For college graduates, the mean is a startling $23,000 higher at around $51,000.

Although college certainly isn’t for everyone, rising costs and interest rates will dissuade many who would otherwise consider

pursuing a college education.

This will contribute to the erosion of the middle class and increase the strain on public assistance programs that are already struggling to deal with across-theboard budget cuts.

According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, only 3.6 percent of college graduates fall below the poverty line, and less than 1 percent receive public assistance.

There is clearly an economic incentive to prevent a dramatic decline in the number of college graduates.

We hope Senator Rockefeller and the rest of Congress will prevent these hikes from taking place.

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Simultaneous May 23 attacks in northern Niger, on a military base in Agadez and a French uranium mine in Arlit, killed 35.

Al-Qaida letter reveals management style straight out of ‘Office Space’ KIRK AUVIL COLUMNIST

The news as of late has often been truly horrific.

Between shootings, bombings and horrendous congressional deadlock, good news seems to have fl ed the headlines for good.

And now, a new, horrifying communique from AlQaida has surfaced that speaks volumes about the sadistic inner workings of the dastardly organization.

Al-Qaida is run by bureaucratic bean counters.

As it turns out, the structure of Al-Qaida is not all that different from that of a typical corporation. When you think of a damning letter issued by a terrorist organization, you’d expect a missive full of fire, brimstone, condemnation of infidels and a diatribe against

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the whole of western civilization. Instead, the letter is one reprimanding one of Al-Qaida’s underperforming employees named Mokhtar Belmokhtar, in a tone oddly reminiscent of something you might have heard in the movie “Office Space.” “(Al-Qaida gave you) a considerable amount of money to buy military material, despite its own great need for money at the time. ... and you didn’t participate in stepping up to buy weapons...So whose performance deserves to be called poor in this case, I wonder?” the letter says.

The letter was apparently a response to an earlier letter written by the now-disgraced Al-Qaida operative Belmokhtar, whose offenses and inadequacies were detailed throughout the letter. Chief among his offenses were failing

to charge enough for ransom, skipping meetings, refusing to get in touch with his supervisors, refusing to follow orders and failing to turn in his expense reports. That’s right; Belmokhtar the one-eyed AlQaida terrorist leader, was rebuked for the many of the same reasons as a junior manager at Outback Steakhouse. Aside from the ransom of course, but one can easily draw a parallel between that and giving out too many free Bloomin Onions.

Apparently chief among Belmokhtar’s offenses was his persistent desire to climb faster than the management structure would allow. He continually tried to go over his supervisors’ heads and get in touch with the big dogs at the top of Al-Qaida, to the continued vexation of his direct supervisors. The conflict grew

so bad that he decided to quit Al-Qaida and start his own terrorist cell called the “Masked Brigade.” Sources are unable to confirm if he wrote a response condemning Al-Qaida as corporate sellouts, complaining that it “used to be about the terror, not the money.”

Note that this doesn’t in any way shape or form make Al-Qaida less of a threat. After all, the fact that they are so regimented and organized should remind everyone that just because Osama bin Laden is dead, the serpent as a whole has not perished. But even so, it’s particularly amusing to think of bin Laden sitting at his desk poring over expense reports and tisking idly at underperforming employees.

For a group so adamantly opposed to all things Western, it’s quite ironic that Al-Qaida seems

to have adopted such a staple of Western culture with this bureaucratic approach to terror. It’s funny to think of how they might be trying to make it their own. Perhaps they have some sort of fatwa in place against casual Fridays in the office, or maybe anyone caught taking more than one slice of cake at an office party is stoned to death. Maybe they refuse to adopt org charts as the work of the Great Satan, or behead anyone who wears Crocs while on the job.

Anyone tickled by the idea of a supervisory committee chewing out a lowly terrorist for failing to meet expectations should read the whole 10-page letter, which is up all over the web. Let us finish with one final quote from the letter, which seems entirely at odds with everything we’ve ever thought we

knew about the seemingly monolithic, single-minded nature of Al-Qaida.

“The jihad brethren should know: Washing one’s hands of any dirt must involve a degree of stringency and harshness necessary to achieve the desired purity. So any stringency and harshness in our tone is intended to fix the situation, right the path and correct behavior.”

That’s right. You just read a branch of Al-Qaida prefacing their disciplinary action by apologizing for any offense that might be taken by the harsh tone of this letter. Al-Qaida, which killed over 3,000 Americans, is afraid that other terrorists might think badly of them if they discipline an unruly employee with undue harshness. If this fact does not tell you that America is winning the war on terror, nothing will.

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FEATURE OF THE DAY A CHILDREN’S SAFETY AND FITNESS EXPO, sponsored by the WVU Police, WVU Family Resources and the WVU Student Rec Center, will take place today from 5-7:30 p.m. at the Rec Center Fields. The expo is a free event. There will be food, games, and many other fun activities for children at this event.

If you have questions, contact Bruce Brubaker at 304-293-5053.

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LUTHERAN DISASTER RE SPONSE COLLEGIATE CORPS meets at the Lutheran Chapel at 8 p.m. The LDRCC responds to regional and national disasters. No experience is necessary. For more information, email Stephanie at szinn1@ mix.wvu.edu or visit www. lutheranmountaineer.org/ disaster.

MUSLIM STUDENTS ASSO CIATION hosts a weekly Islam and Arabic class at 6:30 p.m. in the Monongahela Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, contact Sohail Chaudhry at 304-906-8183 or schaudhr@mix.wvu.edu.

THE MORGANTOWN CHESS CLUB meets starting at 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church at 100 Cobun Ave. Meetings will not be held the last Thursday of every month.

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CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST holds its weekly CRU meetings at 9 p.m. in Room G24 of Eiesland Hall. People can join others for live music, skits and relevant messages. For more information, email roy.baker@ uscm.org or visit www.wvucru.com.

UNITED METHODIST STU DENT MOVEMENT meets at 7 p.m. at the Campus Ministry Center on the corner of Price and Willey streets.

TRADITIONAL KARATE CLASS FOR SELFDEFENSE meets at 9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the Student Recreation Center.

BISEXUAL, GAY, LESBIAN AND TRANSGENDER MOUN TAINEERS meets at 8 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair. For more information, email bigltm.wvu@ gmail.com.

CODEPENDENCE ANONY MOUS meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Chesnut Ridge Center Boardroom.

CONTINUAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS on topics such as drinkWELL, loveWELL, chillWELL and more are provided for interested student groups, organizations or classes by WELLWVU: Wellness and Health Promotion.

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NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS meets nightly in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas. For more information, call the helpline at 800-766-4442 or visit www.mrscna.org.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets daily. To find a meeting, visit www.aawv.org. For those who need help urgently, call 304-291-7918.

CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL ING SERVICES are provided for free by the Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services. A walk-in clinic is offered weekdays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Services include educational, career, individual, couples and group counseling.

WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN needs volunteers.

WIC provides education, supplemental foods and immunizations for pregnant women and children under five years of age. This is an opportunity to earn volunteer hours for class requirements. For more information, call 304-598-5180 or 304-598-5185.

NEW SPRING SEMESTER GROUP THERAPY OPPOR TUNITIES are available for free at the Carruth Center. The groups include Understanding Self and Others, Sexual Assault Survivors Group, Mountaineer Men: An Interpersonal Process Group, and Know Thyself: An Interpersonal Process Group.

For more information call 304293-4431 or contact tandy.mcclung@mail.wvu.edu.

DAILY HOROSCOPES

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR

BORN TODAY This year you display a very positive attitude in most areas of your life; however, you also become too focused on your work or health, which eliminates some spontaneity. If you are single, your desirability and openness to different lifestyles makes relating easier. Be sure you know what you want before committing. If you are attached, the two of you opt to go on a special trip together. AQUARIUS provokes interesting reactions.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) ★★★★ Zero in on what you want, and others will pitch in and help. This sense of hospitality and camaraderie makes your day. You might wonder how you could create an atmosphere like this long term. Assume that it will exist as long as you want it to. Tonight: Whatever you want.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) ★★★ Others will wait for your instructions. How often does that happen?

Seize the moment and run with it.

You could be shocked by everything that comes up. Let your ethics and strong sense of responsibility guide you. Others will like what they see.

Tonight: In the limelight.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) ★★★★ You may want to step back and be an observer. What you see by not participating on such an active level might surprise you. You will use this knowledge in many ways. A conversation with a person whom you feel is stuck will enlighten you. Tonight: Easy works.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) ★★★ Allow greater give-and-take with a child or loved one. You might need to follow through on what needs to happen. Listen to your inner voice regarding a friend at a distance. It is easy to forget this person, as he or she isn’t a part of your daily life. Tonight: Go to a movie or concert.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) ★★★ Someone will jump in and take control before you even can say “yes” or “no.”You have two choices; you either can be annoyed, or you can decide just to sit back and relax. A domestic matter or real-estate issue remains complicated. Tonight: Think through a decision.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) ★★★ Act as if there were no tomorrow as far as work or a project is concerned, and you could be delighted by the results. You might want to repeat this kind of intensity again. Return calls later in the day when you can chat and catch up on news. Tonight: In the thick of things.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) ★★★★ You might want to listen to a loved one carefully, as there could be nuggets of truth to be heard. A serious conversation about your funds needs to happen. Do not hesitate to say “no,” especially when it comes to taking risks. Seek feedback from others. Tonight: Fun and games.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) ★★ Your seriousness speaks for itself when dealing with a security issue. Others clearly get your message. Still, you might need to resolve a situation that appears to be a standoff. Try to initiate a conversation using a lighter tone. The response likely will be a

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22 Status __ 23 Safety feature at a dangerous intersection 28 Boxer played by Will Smith 29 __ the finish 30 Give one’s word 31 Business bigwig 33 Olympics sled 35 Mideast sultanate 39 English : John :: Welsh : __ 40 High male voice 41 Pro __: in proportion 42 Like the night 43 Seek prey 44 Agriculture goddess on the New Jersey state seal 45 Bigger than med.

47 Multinational coin 49 Scintilla 50 False start punishment, in football 55 Hush-hush maritime org.

56 AAA suggestion 57 Just hanging out 58 As expected, or, golfwise, a hint to numbers found in 17-, 23- and 50-Across 64 Work on the deck 65 Steamed 66 The stuff of legends 67 25-Down student 68 Shows up 69 Gets the picture DOWN 1 Museum display 2 “How’s that again?”

3 Instrument “played” for a hairbrush microphone user 4 Scornful look 5 Role for Keaton and Kilmer 6 “Here,” on Metro maps 7 Mojito liquor 8 Former Senator Lott 9 Discuss in detail

10 Note after fa 11 Kirkuk native 12 Excavated anew 16 France’s third most populous citŽ 18 “Desert Fox” Rommel 19 Dog food brand 23 Meant to happen 24 Tony whose #6 was retired by the Twins 25 New Haven sch.

26 Dumbfounded 27 Gave one’s word 32 Oft-sprained joint 34 Hopped out of bed 36 Bread with swirls stolen by Jerry in a classic “Seinfeld” episode 37 What the dog did with the homework?

38 Foul, as weather 40 Showy 44 Time-share unit 46 Greek street food 48 Treats again, as a sprain 50 Dandy fellows 51 Blown away

52 Like YouTube videos gone wild 53 Nostalgia-inducing 54 Homecoming group 59 “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity” org.

60 Nonkosher meat 61 Printemps follower 62 Holy mlle.

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good one. Tonight: At home.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) ★★★★ You have a unique way of saying things that opens up possibilities in others’ minds. You might be surprised at the feedback you get.

You could want to take someone’s suggestion and work with that person. Do not hesitate to ask for what you need. Tonight: Chat over dinner.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) ★★★ You might need to push someone whom you admire. Getting your point across could be exhausting, but know that it’s important. There always is a solution. Perhaps you need to let go so that the other party can see the outcome of how he or she is proceeding. Tonight: Your treat.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) ★★★★★ Enjoy all of the activity that is going on around you. People are taking their cues from you. A boss demands your attention. You won’t be able to lighten this person up, so don’t even try. Remember that you are a role model in some form. Tonight: Be a star in your own universe.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) ★★★ Be wary of someone who continues to close the door on you instead of opening it. You could be taken aback by this person’s actions. Learn to expect this behavior, and you will be much happier as a result. Tonight: Get plenty of R and R -- you are going to need it soon!

BORN TODAY American Revolution-era orator Patrick Henry (1736), author T. H. White (1906), former U.S. president John F. Kennedy (1917)

Pearls Before Swine

by Stephan Pastis

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Mountain Stage to close season Sunday

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Johnnyswim performs live in a past performance.

BY LACEY PALMER A&E EDITOR

West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s “Mountain Stage with Larry Groce” returns to the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center for its last broadcast of the of the 2012-13 season Sunday evening in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre.

This broadcast will feature music from Sonny Landreth, Lucius, Garland Jeffreys, Johnnyswim and James Maddock.

“Each Mountain Stage brings something different,” said WVU Arts & Entertainment Public Relations Specialist David Ryan. “This group features

a great collection of singersongwriter talent.”

Landreth is an accomplished blues musician with 11 albums including his latest 2012 release, “Elemental Journey,” which is also his first full instrumental release. For more than 40 years, Landreth has brought his eclectic style to stages across the nation.

“From the Reach,” another recent album from Landreth, features guest appearances by artists such as Eric Clapton, Vince Gill and Jimmy Buffett.

Vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig with Danny Molad, Peter Lalish and Andrew Burri make up the Brooklyn-born band Lucius, who are known for

their ability to step outside musical genres and create a sound of their own.

Seventeen magazine described the band as “alluring and magnetic.” Their full-length album is due for release in the fall.

Garland Jeffreys is sure to bring his wide range of genres from folk, jazz and R&B to rock ‘n’ roll with a mix of soul and funk to the stage. In 1977, Jeffreys was named Rolling Stone magazine’s “Best New Artist of the Year.”

Jeffreys’ current release, “The King Of In Between,” is his first original album in 16 years.

Jo h n n y s w i m , husband and wife duo Abner Ramirez and Amanda

Sudano, has been writing and producing songs since 2005. In 2012, the couple released “Home, Vol. 1,” a blend of soul, folk, pop and blues that has been compared to “a mix of Lauryn Hill and John Mayer.”

Once the front man of the band Wood – whose music was featured on shows such as “Dawson’s Creek” – James Maddock moved to the U.S. from England and began a solo career. Maddock has performed with Bruce Springsteen, Aaron Comess of the Spin Doctors and David Immergluck of the Counting Crows.

“Each show is unique, as a lot of the show feeds off audience interaction,”

Ryan said. “These artists are coming to perform because that is what they love to do. They’ll tell the audience stories, explain meanings behind certain songs and give a show unlike any other.”

After the last performance, the artists come together, creating a different yet unified sound.

As the 2012-13 Mountain Stage season wraps up in Morgantown, Ryan said he believes this season has been a success.

“We’ve had a fantastic lineup for each show,” Ryan said. “Our goal is to try and get those in Morgantown and surrounding areas to better understand what the show is – a

terrific night of live performances from acts you may never otherwise see on the stage together, as well as a broadcast later in the year, which you can always relive the night through later.

“It’s a great concert and we hope we’ve introduced new fans to the show and hope to see them back next year.”

Sunday night’s broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $23 the day of the show.

Tickets are on sale now at the Mountainlair and Creative Arts Center box offices, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling 304-293-SHOW. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

WVU Arts & Entertainment hiring event staff

BY LACEY PALMER A&E EDITOR

Many students on West Virginia University’s campus work while taking courses during the school year. The University provides many options for students regarding positions available.

One position in particular is event staff for the WVU Office of Arts & Entertainment, which hires students nearly every semester. Students of any class rank can serve as event staff.

According to WVU Arts & Entertainment Public Rela-

tions Specialist David Ryan, the student who works on the event staff would work with the Morgantown community and professionals within the entertainment world as an usher, ticket taker, security, stagehand or merchandise sales member.

“As a member of the event staff, we want you to be outgoing, friendly, have great customer service skills and have a love for the entertainment industry,” Ryan said. “You will be doing many things such as helping with seating, taking tickets, building stages and scenery and providing security for

many of our events.”

Each year, the WVU Office of Arts & Entertainment hosts a series of performances entitled the University Arts Series, featuring a variety of entertainment from theater productions that have appeared on Broadway, such as “A Chorus Line” and “Hair” to world-renowned artists such as Martina McBride and Don McLean. The office also hosts Mountain Stage productions, as well as many other arts and entertainment events the student would be able to be a part of.

The position is rather flexible, according to Ryan.

“We understand all college students need a little extra spending money, and joining the event staff is a great way to start,” Ryan said. “You have the ability to pick and choose how many hours (up to 20 hours per week) you work, so working for us is very flexible and easy to fit within a class schedule.”

Another unique aspect about the position is the ability to see many of the performances for free, while also making money.

“Working for Arts & En-

tertainment is a fun, unique experience that cannot be found anywhere else on campus,” Ryan said.

Aside from regular paid positions, event staff positions are also available through the Federal Work Study Program, which is a federal program through the University that allows undergraduate students with financial need to earn money to help pay educational expenses. If interested in work study, students should speak to the work study department in the Financial Aid Office for more information.

WVU student status and a 2.0 GPA is required.

To apply for an event staff position, visit www.events. wvu.edu and click on the “Join Our Staff ” banner. You will be asked to provide your MIX username and password to log in to the jobs site. Once there, you can fill out the application and submit it for review. The office will then contact you with further information at a later date.

For more information, students can call 304-293-2776. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

‘Best Song Contest’ to come to 123 and showcase local talent

BY LACEY PALMER A&E EDITOR

Partymonstas.com will present the “Best Song Contest” at 123 Pleasant Street Thursday night, where artists will perform a verse and a hook of one of their songs with the chance to win a $100 cash prize.

According to Music to Your Ears Productions Event Promoter Adam Payne, artists of any genre can sign up to perform in the bracketstyle tournament and compete against other musicians until there is one winner.

The contest winner will be chosen from one audience vote and one vote each from

judges Payne and DJ Monstalung. The best two out of three votes wins, according to Payne.

The artists can choose to use just one song or different songs as they advance through the competition.

“The previous ‘Best Song’ competitions held at 123 Pleasant Street have brought

out some amazingly talented artists of all genres,” Payne said. “Many of the acts have even benefitted by the exposure by earning upcoming shows at 123 and opening for national touring acts.”

Payne said the competition is also a great networking tool to get to know other

musicians and artists in the industry.

“It’s a great event because there are plenty of talented musicians in Morgantown that don’t get opportunities to display their talent to a public audience,” Payne said.

If interested, live performers and musicians must be

at the event by 9 p.m. for sound check and setup. All music must be on USB or CD, and musicians must be willing to share gear.

The entry fee is $5. The competition begins at 10 p.m., and competitors must be 18 years and older. lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia baseball team finished this season with 33 victories – the most since 2009.

West Virginia falls short of spot in Big 12 title game, ends first season under Mazey

BY MICHAEL CARVELLI SPORTS EDITOR

A season that began with expectations to finish last in the Big 12 Conference ended in disappointment last week when the West Virginia baseball team’s season came to an end at the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City.

After being a unanimous selection to finish in last place in the league by the conference’s coaches at the beginning of the season, the Mountaineers were just one TCU victory against Kansas on the final day of pool play away from an appearance in the Big 12 championship game.

“I love these guys,” head coach Randy Mazey said following the Mountaineers’ final game. “They

know how I feel about them. We could be behind 10-0, and I’d still feel like we could come back.”

The Mountaineers fell to Kansas – who would go on to lose to Oklahoma in the championship game Sunday – on the first day of the tournament but finished pool play with victories against TCU and Oklahoma State to finish tied for first with the Jayhawks in Pool Two. Due to WVU’s loss to Kansas on the first day, the Jayhawks won the tiebreaker to move on to the championship.

Following their 7-2 loss to start the tournament, the Mountaineers knew they would likely have to win both games to have a chance to make it out of their pool and into the championship

game, the Mountaineers stepped up to the challenge.

It began the next day in convincing fashion with a 10-3 victory against the Horned Frogs.

The Mountaineers received another stellar performance from Big 12 Pitcher of the Year Harrison Musgrave. The redshirt sophomore threw seven innings while allowing five hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts before Ryan Hostrander pitched the final two innings to seal the victory.

But the win didn’t come without plenty of help from TCU. The Horned Frogs came into the Big 12 tournament as the conference’s best fielding team but

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Mountaineers’ impact in Oklahoma about more than baseball AMIT BATRA

SPORTS WRITER

A successful season came to an end this week for the West Virginia baseball team. For the Mountaineers, however, these past two weeks turned into more than just wins and losses.

WVU had a chance to play for the Big 12 championship following a loss to Kansas and wins over TCU and Oklahoma State. Unfortunately for West Virginia, Kansas and Oklahoma were the two teams that met for the title. But for head coach Randy Mazey and his squad, this week represented giving back to communities in need.

Last week, a local town in Moore, Okla., and the wellknown Oklahoma City felt the wrath of a powerful tornado that made its way just miles from where the WVU baseball team was staying in preparation for the big week.

Twenty-four people lost their lives, while others lost their homes, supplies and the everyday necessities to survive following such a natural disaster.

Following the destruction, Mazey and his team went to a local Walmart in

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West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey, left, third baseman Ryan Tuntland, middle, and relief pitcher Pascal Paul shop at Walmart for the victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma prior to the Big 12 Conference tournament. order to help out with carts full of clothes and other items. It was just another moment that made you proud to be a Mountaineer and witness the class that this University can bring.

While WVU certainly didn’t lack in quality baseball this year – exceeding all expectations after being projected to finish last in the conference – it should be remembered for what it did in Oklahoma. Sports can be a big part of your life, but life is too short, and health is always the main priority.

Seeing the Mountaineers helping people who lost everything was a refreshing sight. Last Wednesday, Mazey, senior right fielder

Brady Wilson and junior outfielder Jacob Rice were given access to view the damage in Moore. The three then made an appearance on CNN to talk about what they learned from the experience.

Rice, a native of Tulsa, Okla., knows what the area can bring with natural disasters and such, but he’s never seen anything like this.

“This is pretty crazy. We drove past it yesterday, and seeing everything is just unreal. It’s just a different story,” he told CNN. At one point, the tornado was about five miles away from where the

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Heat, Pacers prepare for Game Five MIAMI (AP) — Several times around the start of these playoffs, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra insisted that the postseason path his team would wind up navigating had the potential to be more challenging than the route they took to the NBA championship a year ago.

He’s apparently correct, probably to his own chagrin.

The defending NBA champion Heat are in a bit of trouble. They can’t get enough rebounds, can’t get Dwyane Wade on track, can’t get consistency out of Chris Bosh – and will likely see all those story lines either grow exponentially or basically disappear Thursday night, when they host to the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of a super-competitive Eastern Conference finals that’s now knotted at two games apiece.

“We have a great locker room of Alpha competitors,” Spoelstra said Wednesday. “And so they take this very seriously.

We’re playing against a worthy opponent and if we don’t play well, they beat us. If they don’t play well and we impose our identity, we beat them. That’s what this is all about. So let’s lace ‘em up and let’s get ready for Game 5.”

Game 6 will be in Indiana on Saturday night, while the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs keep waiting to see who they’ll face in the NBA Finals starting on June 6.

History says the Game 5 winner when a series is tied at 2-2 has a colossal upper hand, though that’s an axiom that the Heat both proved and disproved last season.

When the Heat and Pacers split the first four games of their second-round series last year, Miami rolled to a 115-83 home win in Game 5 and captured the series in six games. One round later, Miami lost a home Game 5 of the East finals to Boston, then went on the road for Game 6 and got a virtuoso 45-point night from LeBron James to stave off elimination before coming home and winning a nailbiter of a Game 7 to advance.

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LeBron James and the Miami Heat are tied 2-2 with the Indiana Pacers heading into Game Five of the Eastern Conference finals. The winner of this series will move on to face the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals.

Given all that, it’s no wonder why Spoelstra said the Heat aren’t looking back at any series as a blueprint for how the final acts of this one should go.

“We don’t need confidence to go into any game,” James said. “We’re a confident bunch. We’re excited to get the opportunity to go back to our home and play Game 5.”

Confidence is not exactly in short supply around the Pacers right now, either.

Indiana came into the series saying – and believing – that it could find a

way to oust the team that was virtually preordained as a champion entering these playoffs. That hasn’t changed.

“We’ve got to be at our best,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said Wednesday.

“Our intensity, our determination, our focus, we’ve got to keep getting better if we’re going to beat this team.”

The statistical trends probably aren’t surprising.

The Heat have scored 402 points, the Pacers 394. The Heat have shot 47 percent from the field, the Pac-

ers 46 percent. The Pacers have shot 37 percent from 3-point range, the Heat 34 percent.

Miami is better at forcing turnovers, the Pacers are better at rebounding.

Miami has forced Indiana into 14 more turnovers in the series, but the Pacers are outrebounding the Heat by 10 boards per game. Pacers center Roy Hibbert is averaging 12 rebounds; Bosh has grabbed 13 rebounds – total – in the series, or as many as Miami guard Ray Allen has despite being half a foot

shorter and playing 32 fewer minutes.

“We know what they run, they know what we run,” Hibbert said. “So I guess it’s more about who wants it more.”

Hibbert has had no match in this series. Miami plays without a true center, and Bosh often ends up in the same general spots on offense as a guard would.

So at 7-foot-2, Hibbert almost seems like he has permission to do whatever he wants in the paint, and has picked the right time to play the series of his life.

“We don’t want to go home,” Hibbert said. “Miami is one of the best teams, along with San Antonio, and we know we have an uphill battle and we trust each other and love each other and that’s just grown, that love for each other. This is probably the first team I’ve felt like that about because last year even there were some guys were not all about winning.”

That can’t be said now.

“We understand that the champs are going to come back and be ready to play at home,” Pacers star Paul George said. “And we need to be ready to come out and play well.”

Game 5 was a cavalcade of mistakes for the Heat, who had their secondworst shooting night of the entire season at 39 percent.

James fouled out for only the fifth time in his career, though Miami was clearly miffed at some late-game calls. Bosh went 1 for 6 with only three rebounds.

Wade, that aching right knee still apparently an issue, missed 10 of his 15 shots. And despite it all, the Heat still had the lead in the final minutes.

“We missed an opportunity to go up 3-1,” Bosh said. “But we did get homecourt back. We did our job.

We have to come out and play with a lot of passion.”

Wade, who’s averaging an uncharacteristically low 13.4 points in his last 10 games, was more succinct: “Our whole team has to do more,” he said.

Being in a 2-2 series isn’t the right time for Heat panic over now being in what amounts to a bestof-three, or Heat lament over anything that isn’t going their way, Spoelstra said. At one point Wednesday, he took his left fist and right fist, banged them together to make a point, and insisted that the series will simply be won by the team that does enough to deserve a chance at facing the Spurs for the title.

“Our guys have respect for the other team in that locker room,” Spoelstra said. “We know nothing is earned easy in this series.

We’ve got to work for it. Being home doesn’t guarantee anything.”

Wrestling, baseball-softball, squash on IOC list ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — And now for the goldmedal match.

Three months after wrestling got kicked out of the 2020 Olympics, the ancient sport is back in the frame and will compete against baseball-softball and squash for a spot in the games.

“We had the opportunity to have a second chance to compete,” international wrestling federation head Nenad Lalovic said Wednesday after the three sports made the IOC short list. “We took the opportunity. We won the first match but there is another one to fight.”

Of eight sports competing for a place on the 2020 program, five were eliminated – karate, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu.

The IOC executive board decided to recommend wrestling, squash and base-

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“That was uncharacteristic of TCU,” Mazey said.

“They didn’t play a great game, but that doesn’t take anything away from the atbats we had against a really good pitcher. I thought we went out there and battled

ball-softball to the full IOC assembly for a final decision on Sept. 8 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Only one will get through.

“We are competitors. We had seven and now we have two,” said Lalovic, a Serb who has revamped FILA and led the campaign for reinstatement. “Be careful, we are good fighters.”

Despite a tradition dating to the Olympics of ancient Greece, wrestling was cut from the list of core sports by the IOC board in February. The decision caused an international uproar and prompted the United States, Russia, Iran and other countries to join forces in an unlikely political alliance to save the sport.

Wrestling has gone through a major upheaval since the rejection. Raphael Martinetti resigned as FILA president within days of the decision and was replaced

by Lalovic, who won election as full-time leader 10 days ago.

FILA has brought women and athletes into decisionmaking roles and enacted rule changes to make the competition more compelling. Matches will now consist of two three-minute sessions instead of three two-minute periods, and scoring will be cumulative instead of the previous bestof-three system.

“Everybody understood what we have done,” said Lalovic, wiping away sweat from his forehand after the decision was announced in a packed conference room.

“They probably trust us that we can do more and this is the result.

“But we have to do much more, and to prepare ourselves for Buenos Aires with additional arguments. These will not be sufficient in Buenos Aires.”

Asked whether the result showed the IOC’s earlier decision was a mistake, Lalovic said: “I can’t say that. Simply, I don’t judge them. They are in the position to judge us.”

Wednesday’s announcement came after the eight sports federations each made 30-minute, closeddoor presentations to the IOC board.

The board voted by secret ballot over several rounds, with a majority required for making the short list and low vote-getters eliminated. Wrestling showed its newfound strength by winning on the first round with eight of the 14 votes. It took baseball-softball and squash several votes before they secured enough votes for selection.

“The number of this vote today doesn’t have any influence on the voting in the session,” Lalovic said. “It doesn’t mean we have any

witness again.

“This is unbelievable,” Wilson said on Twitter following the tornado. “The town is five miles from us. It was literally destroyed. Literally just drove right where the tornado went through.

So sad. Everything is just

gone.

“This is definitely one of the craziest days I have been apart of. So sad for the victims, and I can’t wait to help out tomorrow in Moore.”

West Virginia had one of the best seasons in recent

memory and had one of the best pitchers in the Big 12 in Harrison Musgrave, but all that didn’t matter during that devastating time.

At the end of the day, it was more than just a game.

pretty well, went into it with a good game plan, and the guys executed it.”

And on the final day of pool play, the Mountaineers overcame a 5-0 deficit to beat Oklahoma State in extra innings.

In the sixth inning, WVU scored five runs to tie the game and shift the momentum into its favor.

The scoring started when third baseman Ryan Tuntland struck for a two-run

single that scored shortstop Michael Constantini and outfielder Jacob Rice.

West Virginia’s next hitter, Ryan McBroom, hit a two-run home run that was followed by the game-tying home run from outfielder Brady Wilson.

Even with the five-run deficit and five errors in the game, the Mountaineers never gave in.

“With the tornado here and all the victims, we as a

team decided that we are playing this week for a little bit of a bigger cause,” Mazey said.

“This team never surprises me. I knew right away that we had a special team here.”

The Mountaineers would end the game in the 10th inning after sophomore Bobby Boyd singled to start the inning.

Second baseman Billy Fleming went on to move him to second with a sacri-

advantage in Buenos Aires.

In Buenos Aires, we’ll have the same starting position.”

Baseball-softball beat karate 9-5 in a head-to-head vote to win its spot on the list.

Squash got through in the final round, getting eight votes to defeat wushu with four and sport climbing with two.

“It was never going to be an easy decision but I feel my colleagues on the board made a good decision in selecting baseball-softball, squash and wrestling to be put forward in Buenos Aires,” IOC President Jacques Rogge said in a statement. “I wish the three shortlisted sports the best of luck in the runup to the vote in September and would like to thank the other sports for their hard work and dedication.”

The process has created some embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee, which was forced to row back from its previous

ruling. The addition of wrestling to the mix has not gone over well with all the applicant sports and some IOC members. If wrestling wins the vote in September, that will defeat the IOC’s original goal of bringing in a new sport in 2020.

Men’s baseball and women’s softball, which have been off the program since the 2008 Beijing Games, merged into a single federation to improve their chances of getting back in. The two were cut by the IOC in 2005, the first sports dropped since polo in 1936, and failed several times to win reinstatement as individual sports.

“We’re just very happy that we made that shortlist and now I guess we’re in the seventh inning and we’ve got to go on to the ninth,” said Don Porter, the American co-president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation.

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fice bunt before Boyd scored under the tag of Oklahoma State catcher Victor Romero on Rice’s game-winning single.

Rice finished with alltournament honors after hitting .500 with three RBI. The Tulsa, Okla., native recorded two hits in each game.

After Kansas beat TCU in the final game of the night on Saturday, it ended all chances of the Mountaineers advancing to the champion-

ship game and also dashed their hopes of earning a bid in the NCAA tournament.

West Virginia’s 33 wins in its first season under Mazey was a 10-win improvement from last season’s 23-32 finish last year.

It was the biggest win differential since the 2005 and 2006 seasons, when WVU went from winning 25 games to a 36-22 season. james.carvelli@mail.wvu.edu

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Former WVU QB Smith signs deal with Roc Nation Sports

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Head coach Kliff Kingsbury and the Texas Tech football team will start playing Arkansas beginning in 2014.

FILE PHOTO

Former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was selected by the New York Jets in the second round of this year’s NFL draft.

BY AMIT BATRA SPORTS WRITER

Former West Virginia and current New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith is now a member of Roc Nation Sports.

The rookie quarterback confirmed early last week that he hired the firm run by rapper Jay-Z. Agent Kim Miale will handle Smith’s contract negotiations.

While Smith claimed that Jay-Z didn’t play a large role in him signing with the agency, he does believe the connections Jay-Z and his group have will work wonders for his career.

“I think it’s just his agency,” Smith said following his decision. “When you talk about being in New York from a stand-

point of what they can do in the city (and) the connections that they have, I think it’s a good move.

My mother and my family were comfortable with it.

I’m comfortable with it.

“I’m just going to move on from there. It’s not going to be a big deal and (I’ll) just remain humble and keep focusing on football.”

While Smith hasn’t necessarily been the most popular guy with the media following the Jets’ selection, he claims he isn’t phased by the negative media attention.

“The only thing that’s important to me is the image that is perceived around this locker room (and) the guy that I am to my teammates, to my coaches and the work that I

put in on the football field,” he said. “I’m all about getting better, and that’s the one thing that I’m focused on.

“I don’t worry about the outside world’s perception; I’m comfortable with who I am, strong in my faith ...

It’s just being comfortable with the guys who are going to represent me. That’s ultimately why I made that decision.”

With the hire of Smith, Roc Nation Sports now represents the likes of New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz and Tulsa Shock guard Skylar Diggins. Diggins, who previously played with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, recently received a Mercedes Benz from Roc Na-

tion Sports for her milestone in graduating from Notre Dame.

Roc Nation Sports seems to be one of the rising agencies in the industry.

Cano is expected to have one of the biggest contracts in baseball next offseason, while Cruz is also expected to have a new long-term contract with the Giants.

Smith parted ways with Select Sports following the NFL Draft last month. While he claimed that it wasn’t due to the second-round selection, there were reports that speculated otherwise.

For Smith, he said sure hopes Roc Nation Sports can help him in what he hopes to be a long and successful NFL career. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Texas Tech to start series with Arkansas in 2014

BY GREG MADIA MULTIMEDIA EDITOR

Texas Tech and the University of Arkansas agreed to a two-game home and home football series starting in 2014.

“We are thrilled to begin a home-and-home series with the University of Arkansas,” said Texas Tech Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt. “Texas Tech and Arkansas had many memorable games while conference foes in the Southwest Conference, so this should be very exciting for the fans.”

The series will begin in Lubbock Sept. 13, 2014, and conclude in Fayetteville Sept. 19, 2015.

“We feel like we will be placing ourselves in a great position as we kickoff the

College Football Playoff era in 2014, with a nonconference opponent the caliber of Arkansas and a challenging Big 12 schedule,” Hocutt said.

The Red Raiders will host Big 12 opponents Texas, Oklahoma and West Virginia in addition to nonconference foe Arkansas in 2014.

Miller Rejoins Jayhawks, KU also adds Nick Harwell Kansas head coach Charlie Weis announced this week that running back Darrian Miller is rejoining the football program. After being dismissed from Kansas following the 2011 season, Miller attended Butler Community College in 2012.

“After talking to Coach Weis, we have decided to try to get this right. Coach Weis is giving me an opportunity to rejoin the Kansas football team with stipulations. When I left Kansas after the 2011 season, I was in good academic standing.

I was dismissed for off the field issues that I take full accountability for,” Miller said. “I made mistakes as a freshman that not only led to my dismissal but hurt the Kansas football team.

I regret this happened, but I have learned a great life lesson during this ordeal.”

Miller will have immediate eligibility in 2013. He was Kansas’ second leading rusher in 2011 as a true freshman gaining 559 yards on the ground while scoring four touchdowns.

Miller joins a crowded backfield in James Sims, Tony Pierson and Taylor Cox. The three combined to rush for more than 2,000 yards.

Head coach Charlie Weis also added wide receiver Nick Harwell to the program. Harwell will transfer to Kansas after playing his first three seasons at Miami of Ohio. A former Sports Illustrated honorable mention all-American, Harwell finished No. 13 in the nation in receptions per game and No. 14 in receiving yards per game.

“We constantly research special situations concerning transfer students.

Each situation is unique,” Weis said. Occasionally through our due diligence we find a player who fits.

This was the case with both Darrian (Miller) and Nick (Harwell). We believe both young men are prepared to thrive at Kansas on and off the field.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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