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SGA: WVU has privileges in Big 12 by alyssa lazar staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Following the Big 12 Student Government Conference in Ames, Iowa, West Virginia University students may learn that while there are concerning aspects of student life in Morgantown, there are also points of privilege.

Student Body President Chris Nyden, along with adviser Daniel Brewster, Governor Julie Merow and Jessica Harris, attended the Big 12 Student Government Conference in November with representatives of student governments at other Big 12 institutions.

Nyden said attendees were able to talk about problems they were all having.

“Part of the Affordable Care Act requires any em-

Body cameras now mandatory for MPD by jake Jarvis Managing editor @jakejarviswvu

All officers in the Morgantown Police Department will now be equipped with body cameras to monitor their activity and to “provide more transparency to the public,” according to a press release from MPD Chief Ed Preston.

The cameras must be manually activated by the officer wearing it as he or she exits their vehicle. The recordings, which can be more than 18 hours, can then only be downloaded by a supervisor at the police station.

“Anything that’s going to improve your evidence collection and documentation ability is a benefit,” Preston said in the release. “It benefits the courts. It benefits the public. It benefits the officers because it more accurately depicts the incidents as they happen.”

Police cars are already outfitted with in-car cameras to monitor all activity, but Preston said body cameras are to provide the officer’s direct view.

Morgantown’s school resource officers and special response teams have worn cameras for almost 20 years, according to the release.

MPD was given $10,000 by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program to purchase the body cameras and other equipment.

“It’s been an entire effort to better equip the officers to better do their jobs over the past several years,” Preston said. “We’ve incorporated radars. We’ve incorporated portable breath-testing instruments. We’ve obtained laptop computers and cameras. All of these things together enable the officers to perform their jobs more efficiently and more effectively.”

Many police departments have moved toward adopting body cameras as a standard of practice after riots broke out across the nation following controversial decisions to not indict several white police officers after they killed unarmed black men.

Though there weren’t riots for these decisions in Morgantown, Preston told The Charleston Gazette in October that he wished the body cameras would have come in for the rioting after West Virginia University’s football victory over Baylor.

ployer who has a worker who works over 30 hours to supply them with insurance.

What employers have been doing is dropping their student worker hours to under 30 hours,” Nyden said.

Representatives of each institution attended breakout sessions, where issues such as diversity, sustainability, and university and city relations were discussed.

Brewster attended the diversity breakout session, coming to find that most institutions have students from the same general diversities, including veterans, ethnicities, religions, and even first generation college students.

He said WVU can compete and may be ahead of most other schools in terms of diversity.

Merow attended the sustainability breakout session,

where representatives discussed ways to improve sustainability on campus.

“WVU, like Brewster said, I think is far ahead of everyone else is terms of this,” Merow said.

At the session, schools talked about getting recycling bins in their student unions.

“You can’t really walk thirty feet without seeing a recycling bin here,” Merow said.

Nyden attended the university and city relations breakout session.

“The student governments that have a good report with the city governments have an actual position and say in their city government,” Nyden said.

Students in Ames, Iowa, and at Texas Tech are fortunate to have a position in their city government for student government.

“That is something that I would be interested in bringing here to Morgantown,” Nyden said.

Compared to other institutions, a major point of concern for WVU is the way elections are run.

“Our elections are vastly different than every other institution in the Big 12. We spend more money here on individual campaigns,” Nyden said.

At Oklahoma State, representatives engaged in hours-long debate to be able to expand their election campaign-spending cap to $2,000. At WVU, each ticket is allowed to spend up to $14,250.

“It is a bit of a wake-up call when you are used to the campaign culture here,” Nyden said.

Despite being able to

spend so much on campaigning, the overall budget for student government is significantly lower than other Big 12 institutions.

“Our budget is $170,000 versus Kansas where their budget is $24 million,” Brewster said. “Student governments at institutions like Kansas, however, are responsible for things like building a new rec center.”

Harris said a majority of the money in their budgets goes toward programming like student ticketing and anything else students normally pay for. TCU has an annual Christmas party that costs millions.

“Some of the ticketing issues like athletics we take for granted. We get mad if you’re a senior and you don’t get a ticket to the football game.

That is a major deal for many

of you. At most of these schools, you have to buy your tickets just like anyone else has to,” Brewster said.

A major point of concern for WVU students is only yet to come.

“The numbers for the state budget came out a few days ago in terms of shortfalls. The state looks to be about $200 million short,” Nyden said.

“For those of you who don’t know, higher education is one of those few discretionary parts of the budget. Over 60 percent of the budget is already mandatory spending each year. The only parts left to take are from higher education.”

Students can expect to see some substantial cuts to higher education during this legislative session. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

THEY’RE JUST BINDING THEIR TIME Female prisoners at Bruceton Mills can receive free books from new book project by lauren caccamo correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The Appalachian Prison Book Project has opened a new chapter here in West Virginia. Inmates at the U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton, a female institution in Bruceton Mills, will now receive donated books and participate in a book club supervised by head members of the new chapter.

“We see this as a logical extension of the book program already in place.

This will give women the chance to explore various ideas and interests all with the hope that it will improve their lives and help them in the post-prison process in terms of acclimating back into society once they’re released,” said Cari Carpenter, executive board member at APBP and WVU associate professor of English.

Since the project’s beginning in 2004, the group has received more than 20,000 letters from inmates expressing their need for books and why reading these books was essential.

According to Carpenter, the types of books prisoners ask for might surprise you. “ There’s so much knowledge they’re asking for - incredibly specific books in history, philosophy, biology and all sorts of things for people with higher degrees,” Carpenter said.

While some may argue that prisoners’ recreational interests shouldn’t be a priority, senior WVU student Samantha Lang says she feels differently.

“I think even people in prison still have the right to be educated in some sense. Maybe the books that we’re sending them will help them realize their mistakes in life. It’s important to keep learning, even for those who may have slipped somewhere along the way,” Lang said.

Senior WVU student Robert Lee said he can see where some issues might arise surrounding

A prisoner who received a book from this project wrote a letter to the project’s coordinators, thanking them for the book.

But, then again, if they decide to change in prison because of these books, then yeah we should help them,” Lee said.

Whatever concerns arise from personal opinions and views, Carpenter said after years of involvement in the project, she believes APBP is essential to the betterment of the fallen individuals in society.

“I think there’s something to gain by having people who are able to get back to being productive. There’s a real sense of intimacy and knowledge expressed in sharing these books, and I think it gives them ideas and makes them better prepared for the world outErin Irwin/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Volunteers meet at the organization’s office in the Aull Center in downtown side,” Carpenter said.

Morgantown to organize and wrap books, respond to letters and make con- “Sure, we could be a society where we lock peotacts with prison libraries. ple up, throw away the key the project’s mission. other side of me is like, and forget about them un“Part of me thinks it’s a ‘maybe they shouldn’t til their time is up so that great thing, but then the have privileges like this.’ when they get out they

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wouldn’t be in a position to rehabilitate at all. But this offers the chance for them to feel like people again and to mature.”

Carpenter and APBP associates visit the prison roughly twice a month to conduct the book club, sometimes discussing a novel while other times inviting inmates to share their own writing.

“Going into the prison for the book group faceto-face, I was surprised how these people are just like you and me,” Carpenter said. “They’re not the type of people that society suggests they are.”

APBP consistently seeks book donations throughout the year, accepting only paperback novels due to prison regulations.

To learn more about the project, visit http://aprisonbookproject.wordpress.com/. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Ten dead when Texas prison bus skids off highway

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Officials investigate the scene of a prison transport bus crash, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Penwell, Texas. Law enforcement officials said the bus carrying prisoners and corrections officers fell from an overpass in West Texas and crashed onto train tracks below, killing at least 10 people.

ODESSA, Texas (AP) — A prison bus skidded off an icy Texas highway, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing freight train Wednesday, killing eight inmates and two corrections officers, including the bus driver, authorities said.

The overpass on Interstate 20 was slick with ice Wednesday morning when the Texas Department of Criminal Justice bus left the roadway in Penwell, just west of Odessa, according to Ector County Sheriff Mark Donaldson.

The prisoners, who did not have seat belts, were handcuffed together in pairs, officials said. Some of them were ejected from the bus after it struck the train, said Trooper Elizabeth Barney of the Texas

Department of Public Safety.

An earlier accident on the I-20 overpass may have contributed to the prison bus losing control, Donaldson said.

“It’s as bad as you can imagine,” Odessa Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Kavin Tinney told the Odessa American newspaper. “In 32 years it’s as bad as anything I’ve seen.”

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed the 10 deaths in a statement, adding that four prisoners and one corrections officer were also injured.

Jason Clark, a Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, said the bus was new and had been placed in service only this past summer. It was taking

the inmates from the Middleton prison in Abilene to the Sanchez prison in El Paso, which is about 250 miles west of where the accident happened.

The prisoners did not have any leg restraints, said Jason Heaton, agency director for the region.

Only the driver’s seat had a seat belt, he said. Like many buses, the vehicle did not have seat belts on the bench-type seats where the prisoners were seated.

After the accident around 7:30 a.m., the white bus came to rest on its side, next to the railroad tracks, crumpled with heavy damage to its front and undercarriage. The top of the bus was caved inward.

The Union Pacific

freight train with four locomotives and 58 cars came to a stop soon after.

None of the cars derailed, but two containers at the rear of the train were damaged, said Mark Davis, a railroad spokesman.

The containers were carrying hundreds of parcels and packages, many of which were strewn along the tracks.

No Union Pacific employees were injured.

A prison system statement identified the dead as correctional officers Christopher Davis, 53, and Eligio Garcia, 45; and inmates Byron Wilson, 34; Tyler Townsend, 29; Jesus Reyna, 44; Kaleb Wise, 22; Adolfo Ruiz, 32; Michael Sewart, 25; Angel Vasquez, 31; and Jeremiah Rodriguez, 35.

The statement did not say which officer was driving the bus. Davis was had more than 17 years of service with the Department of Criminal Justice, and Garcia had nearly 23 years of service. The inmates were serving sentences that ranged from one year for labeling unauthorized recordings to 20 years for drug possession with intent to distribute, according to online prison records.

Correctional officer Jason Self, 38, and inmates Terry Johnson, 22, and Damien Rodriguez, 22, were hospitalized in critical condition, the prison system said. Inmates Remigio Pineda, 34, and Hector Rivera, 37, were in serious condition.

The train, which was

traveling from the Los Angeles area to Marion, Arkansas, remained stopped at the accident site several hours after the accident, Davis said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team of inspectors to the scene.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a statement offering condolences to the families of those killed in the wreck.

“I also pray for a speedy recovery of a third correctional staff member and four offenders who were transported with injuries,” he said.

In June, an inmate was killed and several other people were injured when a Department of Criminal Justice van collided with a car in Central Texas.

Albuquerque police say shot suspect wore stolen body armor ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man shot and killed by Albuquerque police was wearing sheriff-issued body armor and fired a stolen gun at officers, police said Wednesday.

John Edward Okeefe, 34, died after a shootout with two officers on Tuesday in what was the Albuquerque Police Department’s first fatal shooting of 2015.

The latest incident follows a string of shootings that have prompted public protests, federal scrutiny and even charges from a local prosecutor.

According to police, Okeefe fled from officers who responded to a call about two suspicious men in an eastside neighborhood. Police said Okeefe then shot at an officer chasing him. That officer took cover and did not return fire as Okeefe ran across a busy street, police said.

Okeefe fired at officers again, police said, and two officers then returned fire, killing him.

Police said the gun and bulletproof vest found on Okeefe were stolen from a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputy. It was unclear why the suspect was wearing body armor.

Authorities said Okeefe had been previously arrested for narcotics charges and armed robbery in Missouri.

The names of the officers in the shooting were not released. The other suspect was taken into custody and briefly questioned before being released. Charges are pending.

Tuesday’s shooting comes a day after a dis-

trict attorney announced that she is seeking murder charges against two Albuquerque officers in the death of a homeless man in March.

It’s a tumultuous start to 2015 for Albuquerque after months without a police shooting and for a department that will enter federal monitoring.

The announcement Monday by Bernalillo

County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg marked the first time her office has sought charges against any of the more than 40 officers involved in shootings since 2010 and a rare move by a district attorney anywhere in the country.

Meanwhile, two officers are recovering from gunshot wounds in a separate case this month.

And on Sunday, a marked

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New Mexico State Police vehicle was vandalized with spray paint with expletives at an Albuquerque apartment complex.

“We really need to have a major shift in views on how the public views the police and the police views the public,” Barbara Bergman, a law professor at the University of New Mexico. “It shouldn’t be a war.”

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and the U.S. Justice Department are working to decide on a monitoring team that would oversee the police force. Officials had hoped that the agreement would ease tensions between police and critics, which boiled over last year with protests, the takeover of a city council meeting and the hacking of city websites.

That agreement called for new training and protocols for investigating officer shootings. It also called for the agency to dismantle some troubled units and a series of community forums.

But advocates say they plan on resuming demonstrations around the city and believe recent events show distrust remains.

More than a dozen protesters rallied outside Albuquerque police headquarters Wednesday afternoon, carrying photos of those killed by police and calling for the firing of Police Chief Gorden Eden.

“We were actually at a happy place not too long ago and thought things were changing,” demonstrator Nora Tachias-Anaya said. “Now we’re back to square one and I don’t know why.”

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Gov proposes covering budget gap with $69m in reserves CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin plans to address state budget woes by tapping $69 million in reserves and making $72 million in targeted cuts to areas such as education and health and human services, members of his administration said Wednesday.

Revenue Secretary Bob Kiss and other budget officials outlined the Democratic governor’s plan to bridge an expected $195 million budget gap next year.

Tomblin’s proposal would dip into the state Rainy Day Fund for a second year in a row, and the second time ever to cover a budget hole.

The 2016 fiscal year blueprint would use $68.6 million from reserves.

The current budget that Tomblin signed uses $100 million from the fund, which is still considered very wellstocked at $856 million.

In West Virginia, state revenues are stagnating amid falling energy prices, lower coal demand, weak wage growth and a federal payroll tax increase, as well as turmoil in the federal government and health sectors, Kiss has said.

The issue of state reserves, however, could test how far apart the governor and the newly minted Republicanmajority Legislature will be.

The GOP, which has secured its first legislative majorities in more than eight decades, doesn’t want to touch reserves.

Kiss said the administration is open to finding ways to limit tapping the Rainy Day Fund. Republicans also want any increase in revenue to be offset by equivalent cuts, so they are banking on finding sufficient cuts to balance a budget of about $4.7 billion in discretionary money. Even much of that is legally shielded from cuts.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, has also suggested raising the cigarette tax to bring in another $100 million, though Republicans are taking a hard line against raising taxes. He also wants to avoid using reserves.

Tomblin’s budget doesn’t include tax hikes. Nor does it contain the 7.5 percent cuts spread across many areas for two years in a row.

But the plan still would make $72 million in pinpointed cuts to areas such as public education, higher education and the Department of Health and Human Resources. The health cuts could target areas now covered by the expansion of Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. Kiss said further details would emerge Thursday during legislative budget presentations.

There won’t be raises, Tomblin budget officials said, except for customary teacher step increases and some court-ordered pay bumps, such as in corrections.

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W.Va. BoE removes climate change standard CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — After getting an earful from citizens, the West Virginia Board of Education voted Wednesday to scrap an amendment to instruction about climate change that had been suggested by a board member who says he doesn’t believe it’s a “foregone conclusion” that the climate is in fact changing.

The board voted to rescind changes it made to teaching requirements for education science standards. Instead, the board placed the proposal with its original language intact for a 30-day public comment period.

The vote came at the suggestion of Clayton Burch, the state Department of Education’s chief academic officer.

“This is time to ensure that we get it right,” Burch said.

If approved, the standards would be effective in the 2016-17 school year.

“This is great news,” WVU biology department chair Richard Thomas said in an email. He said the board “did what was right for the students and teachers of West Virginia.”

The original language was based on the national Next Generation Policy Standards. West Virginia was among the states to provide input to develop the national standards.

The proposed changes — a few lines in a 70-page document — were made at the request of state school board member Wade Linger. He had said he didn’t believe human-influenced climate change is a “foregone conclusion.”

Most scientists disagree with that contention.

One proposed standard, in its original language, required that sixth graders ask questions to clarify evidence of factors that have caused global temperatures to rise over the past century. The board had changed the phrasing to

Many scientists believe human activity, specifically carbon emissions, have contributed to the Earth’s rising temperature. the rise “and fall” in global temperatures. Linger said he simply was adding balance to the language, pointing to temperature data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The National Science Teachers Association, a lead partner in developing the national standards, said the change risked confusing students between the concepts of weather and climate.

Board president Gayle Manchin had requested the second look at the board’s earlier changes, which she said were intended to encourage more student debate on climate change but ended up raising questions about the policy’s integrity.

“I felt it was extremely

important to hear from public input (and) allow the opportunity for the standards to be revised, re-entered for public comment and be accepted the way they had originally been written,” she said.

Although no comments were offered during a previous public comment period, Wednesday’s hearing generated plenty of talk.

More than a dozen people lined up before the vote to speak for and against the revised proposal.

At least two speakers invoked the work done by Manchin’s husband, Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, who is pushing back against a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants and stem

Retired teacher Jim Sconyers of Cranesville told the board he would have been outraged if his son was required to accept “the ill-founded opinions of uninformed laymen in place of science in his science studies.

“I am really sorry to see that this episode has made West Virginia a national and international laughingstock one more time.”

Most of the board favo re d s h e l v i ng t h e changes in a voice vote Wednesday. Linger and board member Tom Campbell voted against it.

“I actually am amazed that there’s such a huge spark over simply wanting more information provided to the students,” Linger said.

Ohio man accused of plotting to attack US Capitol, arrested CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials inside it and spoke of his desire to support the Islamic State militant group was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said.

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Ohio charges Christopher Lee Cornell with attempting to kill officers and employees of the United States.

Just a day earlier, authorities revealed another Ohio man had been charged with threatening to kill House Speaker John Boehner.

Cornell, also known as Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, was arrested as he took control of a firearm during an undercover FBI operation in southwestern Ohio, the FBI said. The public was never in danger in the investigation, said John Barrios, acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cincin-

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This Wednesday Jan. 14, 2015 photo made available by the Butler County Jail shows Christopher Lee Cornell. not be found for Cornell’s nati division.

A phone message and an family members.

The complaint alleges email were left Wednesday for attorney Karen Savir, that an FBI informant bea federal public defender gan supplying agents with listed in court records as information about Cornell Cornell’s attorney. A work- last year. The informant ing phone number could and Cornell, who’s 20 and

NRA suing Pa. cities on gun laws; mayors vow fight Armed with a new state law that opponents denounce as a gift to the gun lobby, progun groups are rapidly scaling up their attack on municipal firearms ordinances throughout Pennsylvania, with the National Rifle Association filing suit over guncontrol measures in three cities.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster have “openly defied” a 40-year-old state law that forbids municipalities from regulating firearms, said Chris Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action.

The cities said they will fight the NRA, contending the local regulations are a sensible way to address deadly gun violence.

“This should be a wake-up call for citizens across Pennsylvania,” Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said. “We’re not taking away anyone’s right to own a gun — or 10 or 20 guns.

What we’re saying is when a gun is lost or stolen, you’ve got to report it. Too many people are being killed in the streets of Pittsburgh and other cities with stolen guns.”

Pennsylvania has long barred its municipalities

climate change. Coal advocates fear it could further cripple Appalachia’s already-dwindling fossil fuel industry.

West Virginia University geography professor Amy Hessl, who studies climate change, said in a telephone interview that the board’s earlier action “ends up painting a picture of West Virginia as backward.

“Before they start changing the curriculum, they need to make sure that they themselves are educated,” Hessl said.

“The kinds of misinformation that’s going on on the state board is an example why we need to educate our young people on climate change so that they can distinguish between fact and fiction.”

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from approving ordinances that regulate the ownership, possession, transfer or transportation of guns or ammunition. But scores of cities and towns ignored the prohibition, and gun-rights groups complained the local measures were difficult to challenge because judges have ruled that plaintiffs could not prove harm.

Under a state law that took effect last week, gun owners no longer have to show they have been harmed by an ordinance to win in court. The new law also allows organizations like the NRA to sue, and successful challengers can seek legal fees and other costs.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Lancaster are fighting the new law in court, arguing lawmakers didn’t follow constitutional procedure for passing legislation.

“It is unconstitutional, it never should have been passed, and it breaks with more than 200 years of history in Pennsylvania, by allowing organizations without standing the ability to sue,” Peduto said.

Under threat of litigation from several smaller gun-

rights groups, more than 20 Pennsylvania municipalities already have moved to repeal their firearms ordinances instead of defending them in court. Another group, Houston-based U.S. Law Shield, sued the capital of Harrisburg on Tuesday over its gun laws.

The NRA suit filed Wednesday against Philadelphia targets seven ordinances, including ones that require owners to report lost or stolen firearms; prohibit guns from city-owned facilities; and ban weapons possession by people subject to protection-from-abuse orders or who are found to pose a risk of “imminent harm” to themselves or others.

Philadelphia officials have long said its measures are needed to combat gun violence that claims hundreds of lives each year. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed city ordinances that limited people to buying one gun a month and banned assault weapons, but the NRA — deemed to lack standing — lost its bid to get other city gun laws thrown out.

If the city’s bid to overturn the new state law is successful, “then the NRA would not

have standing to file the suits that it has filed today,” said Mark McDonald, spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter.

In the small city of Lancaster, meanwhile, the NRA is challenging an ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm is lost or stolen.

Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray, one of the named defendants, denounced the NRA lawsuit as “pathetic” and said the city’s attorney had determined its ordinance could withstand legal scrutiny.

“The NRA is a New Yorkorganized corporation that is based in Virginia and they are suing us in Lancaster because we are asking people to report stolen firearms,” he said. “I have a difficult time getting my arms around that.”

Cox, the NRA official, said local laws “do not make people safer” and, in a statement, accused officials of “politically grandstanding at taxpayers’ expense.”

The NRA plans to go after other municipalities whose gun ordinances are barred by state law, said the group’s attorney, Jonathan Goldstein.

lives in Green Township, first began communicating through Twitter in August and then through an instant messaging platform separate from Twitter, according to the complaint.

“I believe we should meet up and make our own group in alliance with the Islamic State here and plan operations ourselves,” Cornell wrote in an instant message, according to the court document.

The Islamic State militant organization, which broke with the al-Qaida network and took control of large parts of Iraq and Syria, has drawn jihadi fighters from across the Muslim world and Europe. It has been blamed for violence such as the beheadings of foreign captives including a former U.S. soldier turned aid worker and two American journalists.

Cornell and the informant met in person in Oc-

tober in Cincinnati and again in November, the complaint states. Cornell told the informant at the November meeting that he considered the members of Congress as enemies and that he intended to conduct an attack on the Capitol, according to the complaint. The document says Cornell discussed his plan for them to travel to Washington and conduct reconnaissance of the security of government buildings including the Capitol before executing “a plan of attack.”

Cornell planned for the two to detonate pipe bombs at and near the Capitol and then shoot and kill employees and officials, and Cornell had saved money to fund the attack, according to the complaint.

Cornell was arrested after buying two semi-automatic rifles and about 600 rounds of ammunition, authorities said.

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Thursday January 15, 2015

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Body cameras good step for City Police brutality has been a hot topic in the U.S. for months. With a call from some for more accountability on the part of police departments, the Morgantown Police Department has found a way they believe will answer this call.

A Jan. 14 press release from MPD stated from now on, officers will be wearing body cameras with visual and audio capabilities. These cameras, according to the release, are a part of an effort to better prepare officers for the line of duty.

Equipment like this has the possibility to have a tremendous impact on the Morgantown, and West Virginia University community. After last semester’s riots which gained national attention from the media, body cameras will force those who commit crimes to be held responsible

for their actions. More importantly, it will protect citizens from potentially inappropriate behavior from the officers.

While accountability has been a huge topic recently, the more important factor - safety - has, at times, been looked over. The safety of all parties involved in a police incident is the biggest issue. As stated in the release, this is not only for the benefit of the officers, but of the courts and the community of Morgantown as well.

The Daily Athenaeum believes body cameras are a great step forward, and we encourage the University Police Department to consider implementing similar equipment, as well.

Though we hope UPD does implement body cameras, we know from other cases that video evidence does not always guarantee an indict-

ment or a conviction. But it could greatly increase the ability for jurors to make better informed and more factual decisions.

Only time will tell the effect these cameras will have on the MPD and the City as a whole. With the recent increase in dangerous criminal activity being reported to the students, it’s good to see the City acting sooner rather than later.

In a city where we have had serious and violent issues in the past, it would be in the best interest of both the University and the City of Morgantown to make every effort to prepare those protecting and serving us with the best equipment possible.

At the very least, body cameras make people feel safer. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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GREAT OPPORTUNITY or MAJOR WASTE? On Jan. 8, President Obama gave a State of the Union preview from Air Force One. In the address, he announced a plan which would make the first two years of community college free for “students who are willing to work for it.”

The proposal is based on Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s “Tennessee Promise Scholarship,” a scholarship-based program that requires students to maintain a 2.0 GPA and conduct eight hours of

community service per semester.

The president’s plan would require students to be at least part-time, maintain a 2.5 GPA and make steady progress to complete their program.

The college would have to offer programs whose credits transfer to local four-year universities or occupational training programs with high graduation rates. The president’s proposal would also place three-quarters of the price on the federal government while

participating states would be required to pay the rest, effectively eliminating tuition for eligible students.

The president also announced a new program called the American Technical Training Fund. The fund will award technical training programs that have strong employer partnerships and include workbased learning opportunities, provide accelerated training and accommodate part-time work.

A chance for anyone with Waste of resources diminishing motivation to get an education education, job market public university.

In early October, Germany went back to a system of free tuition after a two-year experimental period of low tuition, finding the tuition discouraged non-traditional students from pursuing education.

“We got rid of tuition fees because we do not want higher education which depends on the wealth of the parents,” said Gabriele Heinen-Kljajic, Lower Saxony’s minister for science and culture.

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other programs.

Also in 2012, the U.S. guest columnist Department of Education @cecowgill released figures stating the sum of all public univerAmerica, land of the sity tuition totaled $62.2 free - college tuition? billion. Let that figure sink It seems the governin for a moment.

Realize first, in the same ment has finally decided year, a mere 16 percent of to seriously explore opcollege students attended tions other developed a private institution. Those countries have long enstudents would likely benjoyed. America’s College efit from the ACP as priPromise (ACP) has the potential to benefit 9 milvate colleges are forced to lion students from coast lower cost in order to reto coast. main competitive - a baModeled largely after sic economic trickle-down effect. the TennesAlso realsee PromTwelve percent regret ize the sum ise Scholarof all pubship signed attending college, stating the in by Republic univercost of their education no lican Gov sity tuition Bill Haslam includes longer outweighed the benefit. in 2012, the students in This is proof the system is in ACP is a revtheir third, olutionary fourth or desperate need of the jumpand nationeven fifth start offered by the ACP. wide initiayears of tive aimed at study - numeliminating bers which tuition and fees for at least agree: “No one with a drive would not be included in two years of study at pub- and discipline should be the expenditures within denied a college education the ACP. lic institutions.

According to Bloom- simply because they can’t While Obama boasts that “a college degree is the berg.com, 40 percent of pay for it.” students pursuing higher Critics of the ACP whom surest ticket to the middle education complete two- - as one might expect - class,” that middle class year vocational programs tend to be largely right- will drown in debt unless - meaning the ACP would wing and money-focused, changes occur.

The average class of make the cost of many of immediately zoned in on those trade degrees virtu- the potential cost. Luckily, 2013 graduate claimed the numbers aren’t as bad his or her diploma with a ally nothing.

Tennessee isn’t the only as one might believe. stunning $36,000 in debt. place in which the cost of The New America More than half of them community college has Foundation found that say it will take them lonbeen drastically changed in 2012, nearly $69 bil- ger than 10 years to be- the city of Chicago has lion was spent subsidiz- come debt-free. implemented a plan to of- ing education. In layman’s Twelve percent regret fer free higher education, terms, $69 billion went to attending college, stating as well. grants, work-study and tax the cost of their education “If a state with Repub- benefits. That sum doesn’t no longer outweighed the lican leadership is doing include the $107.4 billion benefit. This is proof the this and a city with Demo- in student loans the same system is in desperate cratic leadership is doing year. need of the jump-start ofthis, how about we all do In theory, loans would fered by the ACP. it?” President Obama said. earn the government a tidy That being said, there America is not by any sum of income from inter- are often many roads means the first nation to est once collected. In re- leading to the same end eat the cost of higher ed- ality, the loans are being goal. Obama is set to furucation. Though some taken out much more rap- ther discuss his plans for of them charge minimal idly than they are being re- the ACP in his Jan. 20 State fees, usually less than $600 paid, a fact that is causing of the Union address, a USD, France, Norway, Bra- the government to hem- speech which will hopezil and Turkey are among orrhage money, further fully silence many undera host of other countries straining a broken Social researched naysayers. who have successfully re- Security net and diminishmoved tuition from the ing the ability of money for daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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or her hard-earned money, or high-interest loaned money, disappearing if they bullshit themselves and fail.

This proposal does nothing to fix the problem with lower education – where the real problem lies. So many kids today are taught what to learn, not how to learn.

The standardization of public schools because of “No Child Left Behind” doomed a generation to educational mediocrity. Instead of encouraging the exceptional, we promote and tote the average. If anything, we should be investing in our children’s educational foundation, not the level where they hone the skills they already have to prepare them for adulthood.

numbers say this is a bad investment. Community columnist college really only works if @taylorjobinwvu students who complete it then transfer to a four-year I wanted to love Presiinstitution. A study by the dent Obama’s new plan for National Center for Educational Statistics shows that education.

To me, education is the only 21 percent of students reach their associates defoundation for everyone’s life. It’s no secret your progree in three years, and only jected earnings, job satisfacone in five students of those tion and overall economic students transfer. Also, a rewell-being are improved port by the National School Boards Association’s with a college degree. But this new proposal whiffs on (NSBA) Center for Public the fundamental problems Education shows that about of our education system.

88 percent of high school This plan is genius in a graduates enroll in some vacuum. Allowing students form of college by the age of to receive the first two years 26. There are about 21 milof community college free lion students enrolled in college right now, 7.3 million of charge; young adults in community college and who otherwise would be 13.7 million in stuck in remefour-year unidial minimum wage jobs, withI hope it’s worth the $60 billion versities, per out the possibility investment of public funds. And theDNCES. of vertical moveo n ’ t ment, sounds like worry, I’ll do you wonder why we are $18 a great idea. A 2.5 the math for trillion in debt.

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If the refor anyone who puts in a true effort to sucPart of what makes Amer- maining 12 percent of high ceed. But this plan falls short ica - and our higher educa- school graduates, about 2.6 for a number of reasons, so tion system - so great, is the million, are now able to atI have outlined why this diversity and variety of edu- tend college, giving us about plan is doomed to fail and cational choices. Each state 10 million community colshould be hung back up on has their own educational lege students. Community the drawing board for future pros and cons and it’s up to college costs about $8,000 considerations. the prospective student to in total, bringing us to a bill The overwhelming de- make the right decision for of about 80 billion, or 20 bilmographic of students who them. It’s called growing up. lion over the initial budget. attend community college If you pigeonhole already Now, if 21 percent of that are students who either low-income students to a 10 million gets their associdon’t have the financial one out of 50-state choice ates, and 20 percent of them support to attend a four- of where they can attend then go on to transfer, then year university, don’t have school, what’s the point? that means that about an the grades to get into one or This proposal would put extra 0.05 percent of comwho don’t yet know what even less prominence on munity college students will they want to do, so they take trade or vocational schools. get a four-year degree. Never the same rudimentary 101 College is not for everyone. mind only about 59 percent classes at a university and It may have nothing to do of students graduate from a see what they like. By re- with intelligence or socio- four-year school within six moving the financial bur- economic status, but simply years, per the NCES. So congratulations, dens of higher education, what you are already natuyou take away one of the sin- rally good at. Highly-skilled Obama, if all goes accordgle most motivating factors and high-paying jobs will ing to plan and human nafor any human being: the continue to go unfilled as ture doesn’t change, you will fear of the repercussions of long as students who would theoretically have successfailure. Also, when you take have otherwise excelled in fully increased the graduaaway the monetary onus trade school and gotten a tion rate of four-year univerand make the first two years high-paying job right af- sities by 0.5 percent. of a degree free, you strip ter graduation continue to I hope it’s worth the $60 away the most important forgo that opportunity and billion investment of public aspect of college: the job in- follow their peers into an ed- funds. And you wonder why vestment. Without it being a ucational system which just we are $18 trillion in debt. personal investment, a stu- isn’t right for them. dent no longer has to fear his Last but not least, the daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Roku TV great purchase Xbox One Ashley DeNardo A&E Editor @amdenardo

««««« Technology is advancing every day. There are smart phones, smart watches and smart TVs. The TCL Roku TV is a smart TV that goes a step further.

It integrates the usual capabilities of a smart TV with Roku technology.

Before, the power of Roku came from a little box hooked up to your regular TV through HDMI. Now, the Roku is the TV. This allows the television to become a center not only for watching local and cable programming, but also access apps for music, movies, working out, staying healthy, cooking dinner and other special interests. Roku TV has channels for almost anything you can think of which you can use to make your entire day easier.

For music-lovers, Pandora is a free app you can download to the TV. There is also Spotify, but it requires a premium account.

There are also instructional guitar channels and karaoke capabilities.

If you have a Netflix account, the app on the Roku is similar to any other way you’ve accessed Netflix.

If you have digital copies of movies, you can put them on a Plex server and use the Plex app to access them anywhere, anytime

on your Roku TV. If you are an Amazon Prime member, you can use the Roku TV to directly access your instant video account.

Those of us with more than a few pounds to lose can use this technology to further our fitness goals. There are channels with free yoga, Zumba, Pilates, cardio and other instructional workout videos. BexLife is my favorite workout channel accessible through Roku TV because the instructor, Rebekah Borucki, focuses on positivity and balancing mind, body and spirit through her exercises.

There are also channels to help people with specific diets, including vegan and diabetic diet channels with exclusive recipes, videos and healthy tips. Instead of technology making America fatter, Roku TV can positively influence health.

Those are the things that captivate me about my Roku TV. But what about other interests?

There are multiple paranormal news and investigation channels for the supernaturally interested.

There are various news apps from both network news stations and regular people who have started their own news channels.

For military families and members, the NRA sponsors a channel that brings untold and heartfelt military stories and documentaries right into the living room. For help in your classes, you can also download apps that have lec-

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The sleek and powerful RokuTV enhances your viewing experience with additional apps and features. tures directly from classes at other universities.

This is just skimming the surface of what is possible for free with the Roku TV. Purchasing premium channels opens up a whole other slew of abilities, from language lessons to shopping online.

I also like the format.

There is no input button to push, circling all the different devices connected to the television.

You assign each device to its own channel, and it appears alongside all the other apps for easy access to gaming consoles and DVD players on the home menu. Cable TV also appears in this way. When you hover over the cable channel with your cursor, it will preview what is currently playing on whatever channel you watched last.

It also has many inputs: three HDMI slots, an AV IN slot, cable, USB and

headphones. The headphone jack is great for college students who live in dorms so you don’t have to annoy your roommate if you’re up late. It’s also great for parties because you can hook it up to better speakers. The speakers in the TV are more than worthy when it comes to television and gaming, but for music I like to use a set with more bass.

The Roku remote is simple, but when you need to sign in to apps, it’s a pain in the rear because there isn’t a keypad attached.

If you do decide the TCL Roku TV is right for you, I would suggest investing in a USB keyboard for faster typing.

Other than that, this product is a perfect supplement to my lifestyle. It is definitely my favorite birthday surprise. ashley.denardo@mail.wvu.edu

Parmalee comes to Morgantown

BY HANNAH HARLESS A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

Parmalee, a Nashvillebased country rock band, will perform alongside country legend Brad Paisley and “The Voice” duo The Swon Brothers this weekend in Morgantown, W.Va., on Paisley’s Country Nation World Tour.

The concert will take place at West Virginia University’s Coliseum 7:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. This will be the first stop on the country star’s world tour.

The formation of Parmalee began in the small town of Parmele, N.C., with brothers Matt and Scott Thomas performing alongside their father in a group called Jerry Thomas and the Thomas Brothers Band. Upon their father’s retirement as a musician, the Thomas brothers decided they wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and launch their own musical career, which eventually led to the foundation of their band, Parmalee.

“We started playing music as kids with our dad. That is where we first found a love for music and knew that this is what we wanted to do for the rest of our lives,” Matt Thomas said.

Parmalee is composed of lead singer and guitarist Matt Thomas, drummer Scott Thomas, bass guitarist Barry Knox and lead guitarist Joshua McSwain. The Thomas brothers met McSwain while attending college at East Carolina University through the local club circuit. Knox, cousin of the Thomas Brothers, performed alongside them in The Thomas Brothers Band before the formation of Parmalee.

The group was officially recognized as a band in 2001 at their first gig at local bar Corrigan’s, which was located near the university. The band was named after the small town of Parmele, N.C., but they decided to change the spelling in order to make it easier to pronounce for those unfamiliar with the town.

Parmalee became a household name in the region, but they eventually made their way to music city Nashville, Tenn., in order to make their dream a reality. There, the group began networking with

Parmalee will perform alongside Brad Paisley for the Country Nation World Tour. people in the industry, in- of the gunmen died and cluding David Fanning of Scott was shot three times, the acclaimed New Voice with one of the bullets hitproduction team. ting his femoral artery and The group did much of causing him to bleed protheir work out of an R.V. fusely. Scott was hospitalin a Comfort Inn parking ized for the next 35 days lot until New Voice played in Charlotte, N.C., spendtracks, including “Caro- ing 10 of those days in a lina,” and “Musta Had a coma.

Good Time,” for BBR MuFamily, friends and fans sic Group President and alike showed their full supCEO Benny Brown. Brown port of Scott and the rest of was impressed with the the band by raising enough band’s work and asked money to cover Scott’s to see a showcase by the medical expenses, and group upon their return to Scott recovered from his injuries. The band played Nashville.

In order to fund their their promised showcase trip back to Nashville, the in February of 2011, and group toured its home landed a deal with Stoney state. Although the group’s Creek Records. plan to compile funding Since signing with the for the trip seemed like a record label, Parmalee has soundproof plan on pa- been able to accomplish per, an unexpected event many feats in the counaltered the band’s plan try music industry includcompletely. ing being named a BillAfter their first show in board “Bubbling Under” North Carolina on Sept. artist, being named one of 21, 2010, two armed men “Country Music’s Breakout knocked on the door Stars of 2014” by MSN Enof their R.V., put a gun tertainment and earning a to Matt’s head and de- 2014 semi-finalist nomimanded money. Shots nation for ACM “New Artwere fired in the R.V., and ist of the Year” and a 2014 Scott, who owned a con- Teen Choice Awards nomcealed weapons license, ination for “Choice Counfired back at the men. One try Group.”

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Parmalee’s latest album, “Feels Like Carolina,” has been critically acclaimed

by People magazine, The New York Times, USA Today and many more. The album features hit singles such as “Carolina,” “Musta Had a Good Time” and “Close Your Eyes.”

“I think we all agree that the greatest experience in our music career so far has definitely been centered around the release of our album, ‘Feels Like Carolina,’” Matt Thomas said.

“Most of the songs we’ll be performing on the tour will be from the album.

I’d say my personal favorite song from the album would be our current single, ‘Carolina.’”

The group will be performing to a sold-out crowd on both Jan. 17 and 18 in Morgantown on its first stop on the Country Nation World Tour.

“We found out we would be touring with Brad and The Swon Brothers about a month ago,” Matt Thomas said. “This is something we’re all really excited about as a band.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

I’m an Xbox person all the way. The Xbox One didn’t change that.

The new console is sleek with awesome capabilities. The snap screen and the graphics are my favorite features. I love that I can snap Netflix, Pandora and other apps in order to listen to music or watch a show while I play “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” or “Halo: The Master Chief Collection.” The graphics are killer, especially on the new “Forza 5.” From the reflection of your driver in the windshield to the glare of the sun, it feels like you are actually there racing.

The only downfall of having such quality graphics and features is the giant file sizes of downloadable games. The Xbox One makes terabytes of hard drive space necessary unless you are a disc consumer. The awesome part is using off-brand external hard drives is allowed.

Then there are the new controllers. They are lighter while still maintaining the feel of Xbox.

The input for the Xbox headsets is different, which threw me off at first. The sound quality is great on the new headsets, and background noise and clipping has definitely been cut down. The coolest feature is you can use your phone charger to supply energy to the controller without batteries, which may have not been the best move for Microsoft as a company, but as a consumer, I am thrilled.

For college students, purchasing a Kinect is beneficial because it allows you to use Skype in addition to voice commands and Kinect games.

What Microsoft wanted to market about the Xbox One was its ability to be an entire entertainment system, with cable, music, movies and games all in one place. While it’s a great concept and feature, it did not necessarily revolutionize the idea of a gaming console as there are other devices that can provide all of those features, just without Xbox games.

While I have a few small quibbles, the console is futuristic, fun and easy to use. I only wish it was backwards compatible.

That, and I am not a fan of the company’s plans concerning the Xbox 360.

I understand discontinuing the sale of the 360 console because, by now, the people who are going to buy it probably have.

It doesn’t make sense to keep making them. But, in a few years, all Xbox 360 servers will stop being supported by Microsoft, making way to completely phase out online multiplayer games on the 360 and forcing consumers to make the switch to the next-gen console.

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The prospect of playing modern gaming exclusives such as ‘Halo’ is what drives many people to purchase the Xbox One. While the Xbox 360 has as long a lifespan as any console could want, what about all the people who still like the old games? I didn’t feel there needed to be a new console to begin with, though, I understand the company’s need for new products, and the Xbox One is as awesome as the presenters at the reveal said it would be.

That doesn’t change the fact that to stop Live support for 360 takes away my choice to continue playing some of the hundreds of dollars’ worth of games I’ve purchased over its 10year life cycle. There will even be 100 new games released for the old console before it’s discontinued.

I guess it’s out with the old and in with the new for Xbox gaming. The good news is the new isn’t worse, but it isn’t better, either. ashley.denardo@mail.wvu.edu

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A&E PHOTO FEATURE: Comedy night with Cliff Cash

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Cliff Cash, a stand up comedian from Wilmington, N.C., performs in Morgantown during his tour.

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During his show, Cash takes a moment to describe a song that impacts him deeply: Get Low by Lil’ Jon.

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#tbt: This day in pop culture Pop culture is ever-changing and continues to endure the test of time. It’s only fitting to hop on pop culture’s recent fad, the trendy Throwback Thursday. What we once knew as a Kodak moment, TBT is slowly morphing into an Instagram and pop culture phenomena. Combining pop culture and throwbacks, we go back in time and see how Jan. 15 was a pivotal day in pop culture history - and the Beatles knew all about it.

In 1964, Capitol Records sued Vee-Jay Records to prohibit any further manufacturing or distributing of Beatles records.

Vee-Jay committed a senseless act when it refused to release a Beatles LP in 1963, after signing a legal document that stated the record company would give the right of first refusal to release all masters recorded by the British band during the fiveyear period. Capitol Records became the lead label for the Beatles and sold millions of the band’s records. Vee-Jay in turn sued Capitol Records over ownership rights of the Beatles’ classic hit “She Loves You,” but unfortunately didn’t receive much legal lead way. Vee-Jay Records was forced to shut its doors in 1964, but it is still known for its influence on the Beatles and various

famous musicians.

No stranger to the Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show was famous for bringing some of music’s most legendary acts to the stage.

In 1967, the Rolling Stones became the center of the censorship spotlight as they were forced to change the lyrics of their “Let’s Spend the Night Together” to “Let’s Spend Some Time Together” on camera.

The Rolling Stones did as they were told, but Mick Jagger entertained viewers with his angsty, criticizing facial expressions as he played along.

Speaking of vintage pop culture, on Jan. 15 of 1974, the notorious and nostalgic sitcom “Happy Days” was first featured on ABC. The premiere had millions tuning in when viewers fell in love with famous character Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli and the Cunningham family. Set in the 1950s, this sitcom ran on ABC for 10 years as viewers watched the Cunninghams deal with family and life issues with guidance from their dear friend “Fonzie.” Think of it this way: “Happy Days” was the “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” of the 1970s.

Cliff Cash tells the audience about an embarrassing moment in his college years.

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A man of many faces, Cliff Cash entertains the crowd at 123 Pleasant Street Wednesday night.

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Shallow Side performs in Atlanta.

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Shallow Side to perform

By Caitlin Worrell A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

What do you get when you mix deep poetic lyrics with heart-pounding drums and a bit of 90’s grunge spunk? Shallow Side, a punk rock group with a knack for contrasting melodic, pop-rock vocals with intense metal-inspired instrumentals.

Led by frontman Eric Boatright, the members pride themselves on their ability to invoke emotion through their live performance and interactions with the crowd. After gaining inspiration from fellow rocker Brent Smith of Shinedown, Boatright made it his mission to create music that spoke to fans on a deeper level by creating a story.

Even the group’s name tells an expressive story, constantly keeping fans on their toes for what insightful message may come next.

“Shallow Side is about knowing where you came from, knowing where you’re at and where you’re going,” Boatright said.

“If you picture the music industry as an ocean you’d see that there is always someone in deeper water doing big things. We see ourselves in the shallow side, with goals set high and understand that every

day we try to make things better.”

Hit songs like “Stand Up” and “My Addiction” reflect deeply personal struggles, such as relationship woes and pressures from society. Shallow Side has also used battles on the road as inspiration for the group’s last album. The band’s instrumentals add to the overall poetically somber mood by pairing crashing moments of intensity with more softly crafted harmonies. Shallow Side’s arena worthy sound aims to reflect the unique personalities of all four band members and their continuous “hope for a better tomorrow.”

The band’s upcoming performance at local rock spot, Schmitt’s Saloon, will be an opportunity for music lovers to be captivated by Boatright’s inspiring lyrical experience. Schmitt’s intimate Davisson Brothers Music Hall will offer a oneof-a-kind chance to be up close and even more personal with the band.

“We give a high energy performance,” Boatright said. “Guitars flying, huge jumps and also intimate acoustic and piano.”

The band is set to take the stage at 8:30 p.m. this Saturday Schmitt’s Saloon.

Tickets are available online and at the door. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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women’s basketball

Still no conference win for West Virginia SPECIAL NOTICES

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Junior guard Bria Holmes driving down the court for a layup in last night’s game.

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The West Virginia women’s basketball team dropped its fourth conference loss last night, 5545, against the Texas Tech Lady Raiders.

Through most of the first half, the Mountaineers kept a decent lead until Texas Tech went on a 8-0 run tying up the score at 16-16 with about four and a half minutes left. The teams went into halftime with Tech up 22-21 and West Virginia did not score in the second half until five minutes had been played.

With the score at 3623, Lady Raiders holding the lead, WVU attempted and missed four more shots within the next four minutes until junior Bria Holmes scored a quick layup. Gaining some momentum, the Mountain-

eers scored two more times but Texas Tech pulled ahead stretching the score to 40-29.

Less than 10 minutes remained on the game clock for West Virginia to try and catch up to the Lady Raiders but it was not enough.

Texas Tech took great advantage of its lead and gained a 16-point difference with six minutes left and the score at 47-31.

Texas Tech took a 30-second timeout giving the Mountaineers a chance to regroup, and they came out of it with a little bit of fire and tried to close the gap, but were still 13 points behind with two minutes of play.

In the end, shooting was really what held them back. West Virginia shot 30 percent from the field and went 2-11 from the free throw line, only 18 percent.

“I don’t know, wish I

knew,” said head coach Mike Carey when asked about tonight’s performance. “You can’t shoot 6 percent from the three, 18 percent from the foul line and 30 percent from the floor. They only scored 55 points, we had some breakdowns defensively but it’s our offense, they’re just not scoring.”

Holmes led the Mountaineers with 16 points while Averee Fields also scored 14. The Big 12 leading scorer struggled with her three-point shot last night though, going 0-4.

“We’re getting her extra work, I think it’s just mental,” Carey said. “She misses her first one and then it’s just mental.”

Holmes said as a shooter her job is to continue on and not worry about one missed shot, but the ball just wasn’t falling against Texas Tech.

“I have to make open

shots,” Holmes said. “I’m in a shooting slump right now, there’s nothing I can do but keep shooting.”

Texas Tech went into last night’s game 11-4 overall, 1-2 in the conference and this was a big road win for them. Junior guard Amber Battle led the Lady Raiders scoring wise with 20 points followed by Minta Spears with 10.

Tech shot 37.7 percent from the field and significantly better than WVU from the free throw line with 61.1 percent.

“It’s great to get this win, it’s exciting for our team,” said Texas Tech head coach Candi Whitaker. “Any Big 12 win you get is important, and it’s a big win whether it’s home or on the road. I thought we did a good job of being patient and executing offense.”

Battle said stopping West Virginia’s transi-

tion offense was the key to slowing their scoring down and taking and keeping the lead.

The big leads the Lady Raiders took really hurt any momentum WVU tried to gain and it was apparent on the court, with some quick sloppy passes and defense.

“A lot of people sag in the paint, some people have got to step up and get some shots,” Carey said. “I thought we’d come out with energy, and then we quit playing hard and when the second half started, we didn’t have any energy and you get behind by 12 or 15 points and then start playing hard, you can’t do that.”

WVU will travel to Oklahoma State this weekend for a matchup against the Cowgirls which will be aired on Fox Sports 2.

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen applauds his players during a game earlier this year. dillon durst Team selection as a junior, yards and 47 touchdowns. sports writer passing for 2,688 yards Chugunov chose West Vir@dailyathenaeum and 27 touchdowns. He ginia over offers from Westsigned with the Mountain- ern Michigan, William & The West Virginia foot- eers over scholarship of- Mary, New Hampshire, ball program added four fers from USC, Mississippi Maine and Bucknell.

Larry Jefferson: Defenmid-year enrollees to its State, Clemson, Maryland 2015 roster. and Boston College. sive end | 6’5, 230 David Sills: QuarterChris Chugunov: QuarJefferson joins the Mounback | 6’3, 180 terback | 6’1, 200 taineers after a two-year Sills is listed as a threeChugunov led Montgom- stint at Itawamba Commustar prospect and the No. 25 ery High School (Skillman, nity College in Fulton, Miss. pro-style quarterback in the N.J.) to the New Jersey state The College Park, Ga., nanation, according to ESPN. championship as a senior tive tallied 67 tackles and The Elkton, Md., native in 2014, passing for 2,855 16.5 tackles for loss in two passed for 594 yards and yards and 27 touchdowns in seasons at Itawamba. As a seven touchdowns in 2014 the process. The three-star, senior at Banneker High before breaking his ankle pro-style quarterback was School in 2011, Jefferson after three games. Sills was a 2014 New Jersey All-State earned First Team All-State a 2013 Maryland Consensus Second Team selection who honors, recording 13 sacks.

All-State and Maryland Pri- ended his high school ca- The three-star prospect is vate School All-State First reer with over 6,000 passing listed as the No. 8 Junior

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College defensive end and chose West Virginia over offers from California, Iowa State, Kansas State, Maryland and Miami, among others.

Michael Ferns: Linebacker | 6’3, 239 Ferns joins West Virginia after transferring from Michigan where he redshirted in 2014. The St. Clairsville, Ohio, native was a former four-star prospect out of high school and the nation’s No. 7 linebacker in the 2014 recruiting class.

Ferns tallied 144 tackles and four sacks as a senior at St. Clairsville High School in 2013 and was selected to play in the 2014 Under Ar-

mour All-America Game.

Before signing with Michigan, Ferns held offers from Alabama, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oklahoma, among others.

West Virginia’s 2015 recruiting class currently holds 20 commitments (excluding Sills, Chugunov, Jefferson and Ferns) and features five four-star prospects and 18 three-star prospects.

With National Signing Day scheduled for Feb. 4, the Mountaineers’ coaching staff looks to secure the nation’s No. 26 recruiting class. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Freshman guard Jevon Carter drives to the basket on a fast break during the Mountaineers’ game against No. 18 Oklahoma.

Carter’s 3-point barrage provides a major lift for No. 16 West Virginia connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The shots weren’t falling for Juwan Staten. While still finding other ways to contribute, West Virginia’s star player and No. 1 offensive option was having an off night in terms of scoring the basketball.

In the past, a performance like this from Staten would have spelled disaster for West Virginia. But not this year.

Not this team. Head coach Bob Huggins has harped on the Mountaineers’ depth all season, and in their rout of No. 18 Oklahoma Tuesday, it

showed.

The Mountaineer bench put on a show that was headlined by freshman guard Jevon Carter, who scored 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished out three assists and swiped three steals while going 4-for-6 from the 3-point line in the 86-65 rout of the Sooners.

In the early stages of his collegiate career, Carter has shown poise when handling the ball and has displayed a budding ability to create his own shot off the dribble.

When it comes to 3-point shooting, however, he says his success stems from his teammates.

“They find me when I’m open. I’ve got to give a lot of credit to guys like Juwan Staten and Daxter Miles finding me on the wing,” Carter said.

Led by Carter’s marksmanship from deep, West Virginia’s bench outscored Oklahoma’s 55-8, burying the Sooners with bucket after bucket and turning what figured to be a grind-it-out conference clash into a cakewalk.

“That’s our whole style of ball. We go like 11, 12 deep on our bench. So when guys get tired from pressing a lot, we bring in other guys that can contribute the same amount of energy that those guys

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had,” Carter said.

While West Virginia’s reserves shined, Oklahoma’s faltered. The Mountaineers’ now nationally recognized press defense wore the Sooners down physically and mentally, allowing West Virginia to pull away with ease in the second half.

“We knew they didn’t have a lot of depth to their bench.

So that was our goal, to get them real tired early,” Carter said.

To this point in the season, Carter’s role on this team is still somewhat undefined. He has shown the ability to be lethal from 3-point range and provides the kind of hustle on

defense that would make any coach proud.

His skills as a ball handler are on the rise, as well, and he credits that to taking on one of the best guards in the nation every time he steps on the floor at practice.

“In practice we go at it very hard. So I’ve been gaining a lot of confidence at running the point because they put me up there a lot,” Carter said.

“When defenders like Juwan Staten and Gary Browne are getting after you, if you can (hang) with them, I feel like I could take anyone in the country.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia University women’s tennis team will return to action Friday as they compete in the Pitt Hidden Duel in Pittsburgh.

It’s been quite some time since the WVU tennis team has competed.

The team’s last match was back on Nov. 1, which ended the team’s fall season.

In West Virginia’s last outing, the team walked away with six singles wins and one doubles victory.

In singles, the Mountaineers secured three morning session wins over James Madison. Sophomore Kaja Mrgole downed James Madison’s Rachel Nelson 4-6, 6-4, 10-8.

Freshman Habiba Shaker also won in singles, downing James Madison’s Kimmy Herrock.

Shaker won two consecutive sets, downing Herrock 6-4, 6-3.

Freshman Yvon Martinez also added to the singles wins; she was able to beat James Madison’s Emily Bradshaw 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.

Hailey Barrett and Lyn Yuen Choo were the victors in the doubles match

against James Madison’s Sarah Khan and Cara Wirth. The match ended after a tiebreaker of 8-7 (1).

“I thought it was a good weekend of competition, and the tournament went very well,” head coach Miha Lisac said in a press release. “In our case, we did not start off well, but we progressed throughout the weekend. We are definitely looking to carry this positivity and momentum into the spring season.”

West Virginia also went 3-1 in the afternoon session against local Pittsburgh school, Duquesne.

Mountaineer freshman Carolina Lewis beat Duquesne’s Alexa Miller 6-3 (3), 6-7, 10-4, while Shaker went on to win for the second time in the meet, besting Duquesne’s Spencer Caravaggio, 7-5, 3- 6, 10-5.

The Mountaineers will now begin their spring season with a trip to Pittsburgh for the Pitt Hidden Duel. Other schools competing will be Pitt, ASA College and Youngstown State.

The team will look to carry over a solid fall season into the spring. The meet is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m.

As long as Mike Carey has been the head coach of the West Virginia University women’s basketball team, excellence has been an expectation. After all, the Mountaineers have made five straight NCAA Tournaments.

Few expected this year’s team to match the 2013-14 Mountaineer squad that went a program-record 30-5 after saying goodbye to five major contributors, but after a 0-3 Big 12 start, this young group faces an uphill climb to March Madness.

So far, the Mountaineers have yet to claim a signature win. Their 10 wins this season came against opponents with a combined 44 percent winning percentage, and while an early victory over a now-ranked Seton Hall team looks more impressive as the season goes on, WVU has since failed to rise up to the competition.

So what’s the problem? The short answer: This is a very thin team.

The Mountaineers have very little bench support to speak of, and with only 10 available players, Carey is stuck with the choice of either playing his veterans 40 minutes a night or running out reserves who, as Carey says, have not shown the work ethic or awareness he needs to see.

“It’s frustrating to our veterans, and it’s frustrating to me,” Carey said after Saturday’s loss to Baylor. “And here’s the thing: If they worked harder in practice, I wouldn’t mind it.

The same ones not working hard in practice are making the mistakes, but I have to play people because I need bodies.”

This lack of depth ties into one of WVU’s other major issues - the overreliance on top scorer Bria Holmes. The junior guard’s 22.1 points per game average leads the Big 12, but she’s essentially the Mountaineers’ only perimeter scoring threat.

In WVU’s five losses this year, Holmes has shot under 36 percent from the field. While senior forward Averee Fields (15.9 points per game) can pick up some of the slack, this team is ill-equipped to afford Holmes having an off night.

The Mountaineers have yet to find a third scorer.

Although senior point guard Linda Stepney can provide some points in a pinch, she’s a pass-first operator who simply isn’t wired to be that kind of offensive option. WVU was able to knock off Seton Hall early in the season thanks in no small part to freshman Teana Muldrow’s six 3-pointers, but that performance is looking more and more like an aberration; Muldrow is currently shooting 25.7 percent from beyond the arc, and she’s scored just 14 total points so far in Big 12 play.

Tuesday night, the WVU men’s team defeated a ranked Oklahoma team despite just four points from star Juwan Staten. It’s tough to imagine something like that happening with the women’s team.

West Virginia led fifthranked Baylor for most of the second half Saturday, but with Holmes shooting just 6-25 for the game, they just didn’t have the firepower to carry home the win.

Holmes is undeniably a great scorer, but if the Mountaineers are going to need her to be at her best every single night to have a shot at winning, their season may be finished earlier than most expected. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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