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Curriculum change reversed WVU faculty write letter to support original science curriculum standards by jennifer skinner staff writer @dailyathenaeum

In December, the West Virginia Board of Education revised the national science curriculum by removing new climate change lessons from classrooms across the state. This week, West Virginia Uni-

Board repealed its revisions and kept the climate change standards in state curriculum.

The Board’s initial decision to edit the standards, which was made last month, gained attention from the University, teachers’ unions and news outlets from the Dominion Post to the New York Times.

Richard Thomas, chairman of the WVU Department of Biology, wrote a letter that urged the Board

versity faculty members decided to take action.

Despite the Next Generation Science Standards’ national recognition and creation by scientists and teachers alike, the Board made minor wording changes that would take human-induced climate change out of the standards. On Wednesday, the

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to reevaluate its decision to strike human-induced climate change from statewide curriculum. “States are allowed to modify them, these are just standards, but they are advised to take them as they are. They’re designed by the best scientists and the best teachers in the nation,� Thomas said. “This Board decided to change them even slightly, and it’s not clear to me why the Board of Education would revise science stan-

dards when the science standards were developed over a very comprehensive process.�

Thomas presented the letter at a WVU Faculty Senate meeting where faculty members voted to encourage the West Virginia Board of Education to go back to the national standards, and 83 WVU faculty members signed Thomas’ letter in support. “We were just one voice

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New York Times columnist and guest speaker Anand Giridharadas speaks Thursday evening as part of the MLK Commemoration.

NY Times author speaks at WVU, discusses race, culture by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

New York Times columnist and author Anand Giridharadas enlightened his audience about the importance of diversity and transformation during last night’s Martin Luther King Commemoration. The event was hosted by the West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Race, culture, forgiveness, and transition were discussed at the commemoration. Giridharadas focused his presentation around his new book, “The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas.�

The book focuses on the story of an immigrant from the Middle East who came to America for a better life.

However, things quickly turn for the worse when he is shot by a man who is negatively influenced by the atrocities of his past. “(The main character is) a man who had experienced all of the terrors of America when he came to experience the glories of America,� Giridharadas said.

Giridharadas used the story’s setting to express what he believes are dangers in America today. The dangers he spoke of centered around broken family values, poor economies and the loss of interest in

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St. Paul AME Church was the site of the 2015 MLK Commemoration, put together by the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research. the “American Dream.�

Giridharadas emphasized how important the interest in the “American Dream� is for people of all cultures and backgrounds. “There is nothing more powerful than what people choose to be interested in,� he said.

Giridharadas encouraged the audience to use their power and influence to the best of their abilities. Many references to Martin Luther King Jr., his impact and his dream, were made during the presentation. “It (the book) was a story about so many of the things that are not going right.

They are the things Martin Luther King wanted to make much better,� Giridharadas said. “There are very few people who achieve this spot in American history.

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and the head coach at Meridian Community College for five seasons.

The team will be able to compete at eight different locations: Lakeview Golf Course, Mountainview Golf Course, The Links at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Mystic Rock, Nemacolin Golf Academy, Pete Dye Golf Club, the Pines Country Club and the Arnold Palmer Signature Course at Stonewall Jackson Resort. “We will be able to showcase our state and the University in some of the most beautiful settings this region has to offer,� Howes said of the courses.

Between Oct. 18-20, students can travel to the Pete Dye Golf Club for the Mountaineer Intercollegiate Golf Tournament to cheer on the Mountaineers.

Division I men’s golf teams from all over the Northeast will be competing at this event.

The course is also a part of the Nationwide Tour, which occurs on a multiyear basis. Howes ensures there will be plenty of room for spectators to come

The year 2015 brings ample excitement for West Virginia University students as the men’s golf team will be reintroduced as a varsity sport in the Big 12 Conference. The team will be able to compete at eight home golf courses around the city of Morgantown.

In the spring of 2014,the Atheletic Director Oliver Luck hired head coach Sean Covich, who guarantees a full team will be in place for the start of the season this fall. Covich brings with him good relationships with the management at the various courses, which is part of the reason why WVU is able to use the courses. “From that, we were able to work out agreements for our team to utilize some of the finest golf courses and practice centers in the region,� said Terri Howes, senior associate athletic director for Sports Administration.

Covich had previously been the assistant coach for the men’s golf team at Mississippi State for three years

He (Martin Luther King Jr.) is the fine china we refuse to use.�

Audience members asked Giridharadas how to keep Martin Luther King’s dream alive. Giridharadas said to “Do things that matter.�

WVU graduate assistant Denise Battle said she feels it is important to be open-minded about racial backgrounds. “Remember that race has no color. Everyone is affected - not just blacks and whites,� Battle said.

A book signing took place after the presentation. Giridharadas’ book becomes available for sale May 5. For more information on Giridharadas and his book, visit http://anand.ly danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Local rapper Righteous B closes the gathering out with a song and prayer Thursday evening.

by jennifer skinner staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Last night, students at West Virginia University’s Newman Center welcomed two special guest speakers—Righteous B and E. Gordon Gee. And no, Righteous B is not President Gee’s new street name.

Bob Lesnefsky or “Righteous B� is a Catholic rapper who leads youth min-

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istry in Ohio and visits groups like WVU’s Newman Club, a University organization for Catholic students. Mountaineer Catholic Night is held every Thursday night at Newman Center where all students can have “dinner for a dollar� and hear themed talks.

After Newman Club heard the Catholic hiphop celebrity would be

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Freedom Industries, Inc.’s chemical tanks leaked thousands of toxic chemicals into the Elk River, contaminating 300,000 West Virginians’ water supply on Jan. 9,.2014, . The event put considerable strain on those living in the nine counties affected by the spill, including the state capital of Charleston.

Over 7,500 gallons of MCHM, 4-methylcyclohexylmethanol, a toxic chemical used in cleaning coal, was spilled into the Elk River and traveled approximately 1.6 miles down the Kanawha River as well as the West Virginia American Water distribution tanks.

Much has happened since the spill. “The legislature has put a bill in place to try to keep this kind of thing from happening again,� said Michael McCawley, interim chair of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at West Virginia University. “As part of that, they also established a commission to look into the issue of what more could be done. So part of what the bill requires is what they call source water protection plans from all of the water utilities in the state.

The source water protection plan is the identification of possible sources of contamination of water that might be used by utilities for drinking water.�

The bill is Senate Bill 373. It requires a leak detection plan, a spill response plan and regular inspection. The committee created in accordance to this bill the “Public Water System Supply Study Commission.� The Commission has 12 members, four appointed by the Governor (a water systems engineer, a hydrologist, an environmental toxicologist and a citizen representative) and eight representing various agencies (the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Public Health, Division of Homeland Security, the Public Service Commission and others). The goal of the commission is to review and assess source water protection plans, as well as current legislation in order to prevent any future catastrophes.

Four Freedom Industries executives have since been indicted on charges of negligent discharge of a pollutant and the violation of the Clean Water Act. Three of the executives, including Freedom Industries’ president Gary Southern, pleaded not guilty on Jan. 8, one day before the anniversary of the spill.

The initial clean up of the spill from the Elk River was swift. It took only one day for the toxicity levels in the rivers to be below the CDC’s recommended 50 mcg/L. The problem was that when the chemicals seeped into the West Virginia American Water distribution tanks, the concentrated chemicals

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Former Orthodox educator builds life in Jerusalem

Belgian police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout

JERUSALEM (AP) — Twenty-five years ago, Yiscah Smith was a man who ran a Jerusalem educational center for Chabad — a religious group that helps bring unaffiliated Jews closer to their faith. These days, she is doing a different sort of outreach — as a transgender activist and educator who preaches a message of truth and tolerance.

The 63-year-old Smith lives an active life in Jerusalem, giving lectures on Judaism, teaching part-time at a local seminary and discussing her book, “Forty Years in the Wilderness: My Journey to Authentic Living.”

Her personal journey stands out, even in a country filled with people with stories of spirituality and self-discovery.

“God wants all of us to be honest. And that’s really my message of the book, to give inspiration and strength to help people to move past their own inner demons,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Raised as Jeffrey Smith in Long Island, she became religious as an adult, joining

VERVIERS, Belgium (AP) — With Europe dreading more terror, Belgian authorities moved swiftly to pre-empt what they called a major attack by as little as hours Thursday, killing two suspects in a firefight and arresting a third in a vast anti-terrorism sweep that stretched into the night.

The police raid on a former bakery in this provincial rustbelt town was another palpable sign that terror had seeped deep into Europe’s heartland as security forces struck against returnees from Islamic holy war in Syria.

“As soon as I opened the window, you could smell the gunpowder,” said neighbor Alexandre Massaux following a minutes-long firefight with automatic weapons and Kalashnikovs that was also punctuated by explosions.

Two suspects were killed and a third arrested and charged with belonging to a terrorist organization.

“As soon as they thought special forces were there, they opened fire,” federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt said.

After the gun smoke lifted, police continued with searches in Verviers

Golf

Continued from page 1 watch the team. Men’s varsity golf was recognized as a sport at WVU from 1933 to 1982. It has been 33 years since WVU has seen this sport.

As a part of the Big 12 Conference, WVU is required to have six conference-sponsored sports. Men’s golf will fill that slot.

From July 2013, when the decision was announced that the men’s golf team would be reinstated, to today, WVU Athletics has been looking forward to seeing the tradition continue.

“It will be challenging, but our coach and team are excited to set the benchmark and bring back the strong Mountaineer golf tradition,” Howes said.

The official start of the season will be this July. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Chabad in 1975. She married, had six children with her then-wife, and spent time in Israel and the United States before she said she helped run a Chabad visitor center in Jerusalem’s Old City from 1985 to 1991.

But all along, she kept a deep secret. Going back to her childhood, she always knew she was a girl.

Smith recalled that as a 5-year-old boy, she was entranced watching her mother put on makeup.

Her mother once suggested she instead watch her father shave “because you are a boy.”

“It was like, ‘I’m a boy?

Wait. No. No.’ But I didn’t say that to her. It was what I felt,” she explained.

During her years as a Chabad activist, she said she hated herself.

“Yet I so wanted to live a spiritual life. So I was always making deals. I was making deals with God ... ‘I will put on the costume, but please work with me. Help me,’” she said.

Eventually, she parted ways with the movement, divorced, and in 2001, at the

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Yiscah Smith poses in her house in Jerusalem on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Raised as Jeffrey Smith in Long Island, N.Y., the United States, she became religious as an adult, married, had six children with her then-wife, and spent time in Israel and the U.S. before she said helped run a Chabad visitor center in Jerusalem’s Old City from 1985 to 1991. age of 50, started a four-year process culminating with surgery that transitioned her into a woman.

She chose the biblical name Yiscah, which she said means to “behold” and to “see into the present more deeply.”

During the interview in her small Jerusalem apartment, Smith wore lipstick, a purple dress, encrusted

glasses, a large blue necklace and a smaller one with a Star of David. She showed old passport pictures of her bearded former self, before her transition. She declined to discuss her relationship with her children and grandchildren.

Smith still leads a lifestyle of a devout Orthodox Jew, eating only kosher food, refraining from travel on the

Jewish Sabbath and praying at the Western Wall — albeit in the section reserved for women.

In the conservative Middle East, Israel is famously tolerant of gays and transgenders. Gays have openly served in Israel’s military and parliament. The Supreme Court grants a variety of family rights to gay couples, and gays, lesbians and a transsexual are among the country’s most popular musicians and actors. Last year, the country opened a memorial to gays who died in the Nazi Holocaust.

The challenges of living a transgender life have gained awareness through the popularity of Amazon Prime’s series “Transparent.”

The show, which focuses on a man in the process of transitioning to a woman who comes out to his adult children, won two Golden Globes earlier this month.

Despite this tolerance, the conservative world of Orthodox Judaism is not always so accepting, making Smith’s openness about her story even more striking.

Shmuel Pappenhym ,

an ultra-Orthodox educator and commentator, said there is no mention in Jewish texts of the issue of gender changes “because it’s a modern thing.” He said that many ultra-Orthodox consider it an “abomination” and prefer not to think about it because it is difficult for them to fathom.

But Rabbi Dalia Marx, an expert of liturgy and biblical literature at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, which is affiliated with the liberal Reform movement, said gender stereotypes are not always clear in the Bible.

“The liberal streams (of Judaism) acknowledge the fact that maybe some people are born in the wrong skin, and they have the right and maybe the duty to search for their own identity,” she said. “Then the Jewish religion and Jewish leaders have to help them find their way into this new reality that they created for themselves.”

Chabad did not immediately return a message from the AP seeking comment.

Smith said shegrets about her decision.

Immigrants can now get Mexican birth certificates in US SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — For Mexicans living in the U.S. illegally and hoping to stay in the country under President Barack Obama’s new immigration policy, things just got one step simpler.

On Thursday, the Mexican government began issuing birth certificates to its citizens at its consulates in the United States.

That will make it a little easier for Mexicans hoping to obtain U.S. work permits, driver’s licenses and protection from deportation.

Up until now, Mexico required its citizens to get birth certificates at government offices in Mexico. Many of those living in this country had to ask friends and relatives back home to retrieve the paperwork.

Pedro Zamora, a 52-year-

old cook, took advantage of the new program to obtain his birth certificate at the Mexican consulate in Santa Ana, California. He plans to apply for a California driver’s license this week.

Before the change took place, Zamora had to ask his sister-in-law to pick up his son’s and daughter’s birth certificates in Colima, Mexico, so they could apply for Obama’s immigration program for those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

But Zamora said the paperwork got lost in the mail — twice.

“It would take seven or 15 days and there was a risk of losing it,” Zamora said.

While Republicans in Congress are trying to undo Obama’s plan to shield millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. from de-

portation, Mexico is trying to help them stay here and continue sending money back to relatives across the border.

About half of the 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally are from Mexico, and immigration experts say roughly 3 million of them could be eligible under the administration’s plan.

Immigrants will probably need to produce photo identification such as a passport to apply for the program. And to get a Mexican passport, they need a birth certificate.

That has proved to be a problem for many Mexican immigrants.

Those who cross the border illegally to reach the United States rarely carry documents with them on the treacherous journey,

partly to avoid detection.

And some Mexicans born in remote, rural communities do not make the necessary journey to the nearest government office to start the process of obtaining a birth certificate.

Mexico’s 50 consulates in the U.S. can now access data in Mexico and print birth certificates here, said Arturo Sanchez, consul for press and commercial affairs in Santa Ana. Consulates should be able to issue birth certificates for nearly all places in Mexico, though some villages where documents are not digitally recorded may not be covered, Sanchez said.

The new practice comes two weeks after California — home to more Mexicans than any other state — began issuing driver’s licenses

to immigrants who are in the country illegally.

After handing out birth certificates in Santa Ana, Jose Antonio Meade, Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs, said his government hopes Obama’s program moves forward and that “the gap that today exists between the rights of citizens and the rights of immigrants every day will continue closing.”

Rep. Duncan Hunter, who represents a San Diego-area congressional district, complained that U.S. and Mexican policies have combined to send more people across the border illegally.

“The administration’s position and efforts seem to better align with Mexico’s interests than they do with our own — and that’s disappointing,” he said.

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Continued from page 1 traveled to anything connected to the distribution lines. This included water pipes, people’s hot water tanks, water towers and pipes that circulate to a dead end, like fire hydrants.

“The end of the line may only get attention once every few months, so once you have this contaminated water run into the distribution network over this multicounty area it takes forever to clean it out, and that was where the problem occurred,” said Paul Ziemkiewicz, the director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute. “The saving graces to MCHM is that it is so soluble in water it didn’t stick to anything and just flowed right through. It took a while to displace that initial water that was contaminated with bad water, and people can smell this stuff at extremely low

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among many saying, ‘Let’s just keep politics out of this and go with the scientific consensus to go with science standards that are being utilized in states around the country,’” said Alison Bass, a professor of journalism who attended the meeting.

The nation’s science standards have not been changed in 15 years, according to Thomas. This coming curriculum will be the first national effort to implement lessons about climate change and how it is caused by humans.

“There was a two-year process where they wrote the standards it went through several different vetting processes where people read them, it went

and the greater Brussels area, seeking more clues in a weekslong investigation that started well before the terrorism spree last week that led to 17 deaths in the Paris area. The Belgian operations had no apparent link to the terrorist acts committed in France.

And, unlike the Paris terrorists, who attacked the office of a satirical newspaper and a kosher grocery store, the suspects in Belgium were reportedly aiming at hard targets: police installations.

“They were on the verge of committing important terror attacks,” Van der Sypt told a news conference in Brussels.

Across Europe, anxiety has grown as the manhunt continues for potential accomplices of the three Paris terrorists, all of whom were shot dead by French police. Authorities in Belgium signaled they were ready for more trouble by raising the national terror alert level from 2 to 3, the second-highest level.

“It shows we have to be extremely careful,” Van der Sypt said. The Verviers suspects “were extremely well-armed men” equipped with automatic concentrations.”

The process of flushing out all of the contaminants from people’s water supplies took close to two months. MCHM has a sweet licorice odor, which was detectable in the water until early March.

Since this was such an unprecedented event, there was not a plan in place to get clean water to those in need at the start of the spill. Part of the problem was that each county had their own response plan, so the West Virginia Poison Center and the National Guard had to bring bottled water and tanks filled with clean water to West Virginia residents.

“I think people found that they got better and more efficient on that as the event went on, and I think there is still better ways for us to look at how can we do a better job of letting the public know where those water pickup stations were,” said Elizabeth J. Scharman, the director of the West Virginia

Poison Center.

According to Scharman, social media was both a help and a hindrance in getting information out to people.

“It’s great in that you can get information out quickly, but if somebody posts information that they’ve heard incorrectly or that isn’t correct, the message spreads very quickly and so all of a sudden you get a lot of people misinformed before the people in charge even know you got this issue out there,” Scharman said. “You feel like you’re kind of constantly behind in getting out the correct information.”

The poison center took 2,423 emergency calls within the first 10 days of the spill.

While the outcome of the Freedom Industries trial remains to be seen, new regulations along with the closing of former loopholes may be able to prevent another disaster from happening.

to scientists, teachers, people in pedagogy,” Thomas said. “The new curriculum really sets the standards pretty high for STEM.” The Board of Education has received criticism from teachers around the state and who question its commitment to the fossil fuels industry over students.

“Ninety-eight percent of all scientists in this country agree that climate change is human driven, so that’s why in the original science standards they make it clear that climate change is caused by humans. There’s a consensus that climate change is human driven,” Bass said.

According to Gay Stewart, director of the WVU Center for STEM Education and professor of physics, the NGSS goes hand-in-hand with an innovation-driven economy

by better preparing high school graduates for rigorous college courses and then providing employers with more skilled workers in science careers.

“I am very excited that West Virginia chose to implement the NGSS, and that the suggestion that we make changes in these carefully developed standards has been withdrawn,” Stewart said.

“West Virginia University is doing its best to help prepare a significant number of highly qualified science and math teachers so that the students of West Virginia will be well served.”

Bass said the Board did “the right thing in the end,” and Thomas is pleased they decided to change the science standards back to the original form. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

nish both weapons and ammunition, according to French judicial documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Several other countries are also involved in the hunt for possible accomplices to Coulibaly and the other gunmen in the French attacks, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi.

In Spain, authorities said Coulibaly drove his common-law wife from France to Madrid on Dec. 31 and was with her until she took a Jan. 2 flight to Istanbul.

Spain’s National Court said in a statement it was investigating what Coulibaly did in the country’s capital with his wife, Hayat Boumeddiene, and a third person who wasn’t identified but is suspected of helping Boumeddiene get from Turkey to Syria.

France is on edge since last week’s attacks, which began at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The paper, repeatedly threatened for its caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, buried several of its slain staff members Thursday even as it reprinted another weekly issue with Muhammad on its

cover.

Also, defense officials said France was under an unprecedented cyber assault with 19,000 cyberattacks launched after the country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades, frustrating authorities as they try to thwart repeat violence.

Around 120,000 security forces are deployed to prevent future attacks.

Calling it an unprecedented surge, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyberdefense for the French military, said about 19,000 French websites had faced cyberattacks in recent days, some carried out by well-known Islamic hacker groups.

The attacks, mostly relatively minor denial-of-service attacks, hit sites as varied as military regiments to pizza shops but none appeared to have caused serious damage, he said. Military authorities launched round-the-clock surveillance to protect the government sites still coming under attack.

The Kouachi brothers claimed allegiance to alQaida in Yemen, and Coulibaly to the Islamic State group.

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Members of the Newman Club listen in as local rapper Righteous B talks to the group about the Catholic church Thursday evening.

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coming to Morgantown, they decided to invite another celebrity on campus.

“I was invited by the students here so I wanted to come over and just say hello.

It’s just an opportunity to see what they’re doing and kind of hear their program a little bit, and I’m anxious to see how they’re doing,” Gee said. “I’m meeting a lot of people, some of whom I’ve already met, but it’s interesting to see different students.

It’s one way for me to get a chance to see a different set of students.”

For regular attendees of Mountaineer Catholic Night and newcomers alike, Gee’s presence resonated.

“It’s really nice to have the support of the president because it shows how much the University supports us.

We are the University parish for the students, so to have someone who is the authority of the University come means a lot,” said Katherine

Janelle, a sophomore philosophy and English student and vice president of Newman Club.

During dinner, Gee talked to each student about their involvement in Newman Club and how their semester is going. Seb Maningding, a sophomore criminology student, wore a bow tie for the special occasion.

“I haven’t officially met him till now. He’s such a cool guy. He asked a lot of questions about this ministry and he seemed very interested,” Maningding said.

“It makes us feel like we matter to him. He’s like a huge celebrity to us and he came to talk to each of us.”

Following dinner, students gathered to worship with Lesnefsky, who spoke to the entire room about “why it’s awesome being Catholic.”

“I wish I had this kind of community in college. When you’re in college, you’re a little more open minded, and that kind of stuff happens here,” Lesnefsky said. “One of the things that’s unique here is the family and the

community. Every time I’m here, I meet new people.

It’s kind of a beautiful thing.

That’s what the Catholic Church should be.”

Lesnefsky’s talk made an impression on the students as they approached him afterward with questions and further discussed his ideas.

These kinds of compelling conversations have continued to increase attendance at Newman Club.

“Their numbers are growing and it’s great. They do have spiritual leadership as well as student leadership, and the students are doing a great job of it,” Gee said.

As Janelle put it, it is not always easy to live out beliefs on a diverse college campus—but it helps when the University president stops by.

“This is such a great place of fellowship and it’s exciting to have someone of such importance come hang out with us. That’s what we’re all about,” she said. “This is our safe place, this is our comfort, this is our faith.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Earlier Thursday, Belgian authorities said they were looking into possible links between a man they arrested in the southern city of Charleroi for illegal trade in weapons and Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four people in a Paris kosher market last week.

The man arrested in Belgium “claims that he wanted to buy a car from the wife of Coulibaly,” Van der Sypt said. “At this moment this is the only link between what happened in Paris.”

Van der Sypt said that “of course, naturally” we are continuing the investigation.

At first, the man came to police himself claiming there had been contact with Coulibaly’s commonlaw wife regarding the car, but he was arrested following a search of his premises when indications of illegal weapons trading were found.

A Belgian connection figured in a 2010 French criminal investigation into a foiled terrorist plot in which Coulibaly was one of the convicted co-conspirators. The plotters included a Brussels-area contact who was supposed to fur-

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weapons, he said. Authorities have previously said 300 Belgian residents have gone to fight with extremist Islamic formations in Syria; it is unclear how many have returned.

“It sent shivers down my spine to think about it” that the suspects could have been trained in Syria, Massaux said.

Prime Minister Charles Michel said the increase in the threat level was “a choice for prudence.”

“There is no concrete or specific knowledge of new elements of threat,” he said.

The suspects in Verviers opened fire on police when they closed in on them near the city’s train station, the magistrate told reporters. There was an intense firefight for several minutes. Video posted online showed a dark view of a building amid blasts, gunshots and sirens, and a fire with smoke billowing up.

No police were wounded or killed in the clash, which occurred at the height of rush hour in a crowded neighborhood of this former industrial town of 56,000 about 80 miles (125 kilometers) southeast of the capital, Brussels.

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The right choice for students On Wednesday, the West Virginia Board of Education rejected a new science curriculum in schools which would cast doubt on and shift blame from humans when discussing global climate change.

The new framework for education in science in public schools, the Next Generation Science Standards, were, in early debate on the topics, altered to create a debate and not teach the facts of climate change and the human race’s involvement.

Words in the original document calling for the analysis of existing results and data were reworded to shed doubt and to make “predictions” regarding the possibility of change.

At the meeting where these changes were rejected, activists both for and against the instruction of climate

change spoke, voicing their concerns. Many of the activists against the change to the original curriculum were educators and scientists, while anti-global warming politicians made up the fight for the change.

However, a vast majority of scientific work done on the matter, including peerreviewed literature, has confirmed not only the reality of climate change but also the confirmation of human action being a cause.

This decision was definitely for the best. Scientific evidence should be more than enough to provide a valid foundation and reasoning for a subject to be taught in schools. While 13 other states as well as the District of Columbia have instated this new curriculum, West Virginia is wasting time debating the wording of a few state-

VOICE YOUR OPINION Did the W.V. Board of Education make the right decision? Let us know what you think with a tweet: @DAILYATHENAEUM ments within the document.

A few statements which they have now decided they are not changing after all.

Many news outlets report the original change to have been made quietly by a single member of the board prior to its approval. This need for discretion should have, at the time, pointed to a bigger issue with the changes and the way the public would react to them.

Education is one of the most important investments a person can make. As students at the school’s flagship university, this is something many of us would agree with and stand behind. It is essential the education of the youth in this state is up to par with that of the rest of the country.

In the past, the state has made strides to put higher education in the forefront

of the minds of those in the state with opportunities such as the W.V. Promise Scholarship, which offers to pay part of the tuition costs for students who excelled academically in high school and plan to continue their education within the state.

Why, with this attempt to keep students and future professionals in-state, would the Board of Education move to alter the quality of education of those attending high school in West Virginia?

While the decision was questionable, obviously sparking major debate among different parent organizations and should never have been made in the first place, it is commendable for the Board to change its decision for the betterment of the education system as a whole.

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tion - it looks more attractive to employers. It is really a chance for you to lay out all your unique abilities and accomplishments.

Most of us are able to sell only one side of ourselves in a highly specialized resume and cover letter. The amazing thing about LinkedIn is you don’t have to tailor yourself to just one side of your specific skill set. Employers can really get the full picture of who you are and your various passions and interests.

Once your profile is complete, you can begin connecting. You can send invitations to coworkers, classmates, teachers, alumni and many more. You shouldn’t be shy in connecting with people, and you shouldn’t reject invitations on the basis of not

knowing them; although they may not be in your industry, they may have a connection which may be of use to you.

Joining groups is a great way to get more traffic to your profile. It allows you to participate in discussions, ask for advice and get noticed within your industry.

There are many applications I encourage you to explore, and the “More” tab is a great start. Don’t be shy about using any of the features or reaching out to people. Features are there for a reason, so take advantage.

Before an interview, researching a company on LinkedIn can make you seem more prepared. It always looks good when you know about the employer and the

people who work for them in advance, and it can help you ask better questions, as well. You may even be able to find points of connections on LinkedIn you wouldn’t otherwise. Maybe you see “rock climbing” as an interest and you are an avid rock climber you could find a way to bring it up in an interview.

It is a great idea to perfect your LinkedIn profile during syllabus week, before things get crazy. It doesn’t matter if you’re an underclassmen; that means you just have longer to build it up and create an impressive online presence for yourself.

Just like any other resource, the more you put in to it, the more you get out. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Resolve to get more involved: Join more student orgs in 2015

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emily torbett columnist @dailyathenaeum

The beginning of a new year as well as a new semester is a cause for reflection and resolution. While most are committing to getting in shape, I have decided on a resolution that will shape my experience at WVU. This year, I’ve resolved to get more involved in campus activities. If you’re a freshman who didn’t quite put yourself out there during fall semester and is now looking to get involved and make your first friends at WVU or if you’re an upperclassman looking for a different experience and an

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opportunity to expand your interests, student organizations are a great place to start.

As a member of student organizations, you will have the opportunity to have fun while making friends, networking and building a resume. With over 400 recognized student organizations currently on campus, there really is a place for everyone, but with so many options it can be difficult to know where to begin.

Choose opportunities that interest you, rather than your friends. You will never be able to expand your horizons and understand what truly interests you if you choose an activity simply because it is what your friends are doing.

Pursue your own interests with the goal of meeting new friends who share them.

Don’t be afraid to try something new. If there’s something you’ve always wanted to try but have never been able to pursue on your own, a related WVU organization might be just the place to get started. In fact, most organizations make it known no experience is necessary to join.

Remember, even the most experienced senior members started somewhere.

Take the opportunity to enhance your resume. While it is important to pursue your interests, don’t get so caught up in the fun activities that you forget to also get involved in major-related and service-

related activities. It is possible to have a good mix of both.

Don’t take on too much at once. If you want to get the maximum benefit from student organizations, joining a dozen at one time probably isn’t the best way to do it. Stick to two or three organizations you are most interested in and really get involved with them.

Find a balance. Don’t become so involved with activities outside of the classroom you forget why you are here in the first place. Be sure to take on only as much as you can handle while still being successful academically.

It’s OK to quit. If you try a club or activity and it doesn’t seem to be what you’re look-

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ing for, move on and try something different.

A list of recognized student organizations can be found on the WVU Student Organizations website at http://sos. wvu.edu.

Several student organizations will also have information booths set up during the first few weeks of the semester in the Mountainlair to recruit new members.

Many organizations post announcements about upcoming meetings on the main page of MIX. The new year and new semester are as good a time as any to get out there and get involved.

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LinkedIn important for every student

connections.

If you don’t have a professional picture, don’t stress out or shell out all your money for a photographer.

Dress in nice clothes and bribe your roommate to take a picture of you, perhaps in Woodburn Circle in front of nice scenery.

The headline under your name is 120 characters - this is your chance to stand out among the 332 million users on the website. Your headline can simply consist of your current official title, but you also have a chance to be creative and grab employers’ attention here.

Your headline should definitely contain the keywords you would search for. Be sure to take the time to complete every available sec-

Children’s show explores boundaries with content, good for future of television

Let’s face it: We live in a progressive era and are constantly marching onward. I support these leaps wholeheartedly.

We are an advancing humankind, and it is about time television started really reflecting that. Sure, there is still a lot of work to do, but if we just stop for a second and look back, we can see how far we’ve come.

“Legend of Korra” is a great example of this progress. In case you don’t know, the last episode of the last season aired over winter break (Season Four, “The Last Stand”), thus ending the sequel series to “Avatar: The Last Airbender” - which some of you may be more familiar with.

If not, I’ll give you a basic rundown of what it’s all about. Korra, the main character depicted, is a strong, young woman of color with an important role in her world: She is the current Avatar.

And just how did it end?

With a bang, that’s for sure. Major spoiler alert for any of you still planning to watch.

Korra paralleled the original series with the last frame shot. As Aang and Katara had their romantic moment in the first series, Korra ended in a similar way, but not with the obvious pairing we were expecting. Instead of wrapping her up in the strong arms of her ex-boyfriend, Mako, she marched into the spirit realm hand in hand with an unlikely character, Asami Sato.

That’s right, another female character portrayed now as bisexual.

It wasn’t stated explicitly; the y didn’t share the kiss Aang and Katara got on air, but it was most definitely implied with the hand holding, loving eyes and end framework.

This, in some viewers’ eyes, was seen as a platonic friendship still, somehow. Sure, you could see it like that - even with all the blushing and letter writing- but why would you? Besides, Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino (the creators of the show) have already issued statements saying they had written the scene romantically rather than platonically.

Sure, it’s a kids’ cartoon; but how many kids’ cartoons address so many current social and political issues?

Some of the things the show touched on were terrorism, PTSD, citizen unrest, feminism, sexual identity and race, thus alluding to problems we face in our lives today.

Sure, a lot of this isn’t new stuff. We see these things on television all the time, look to Modern Family.

But how often do we see these in shows for kids?

Not very often. In fact, this may be a first for me personally. I say this show should influence future television programs for audiences of all ages, especially now since we are so close to marriage equality in our country. It is time for equality to be brought on-screen, too, instead of just off. I like the direction things are being taken.

Konietzko and DiMartino have my full support.

Here’s to 2015 and onward. May it be ever filled with peace, love and happiness.

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The first thing most employers do when looking at a prospective hire is a Google search of their name.

The time comes for all college students when we accept we must clean up our online presence. This means saying goodbye to the photos of you bonging beer. The best way to start fresh is with a LinkedIn account. No matter what industry you are hoping to break into after graduation, the odds are you have been encouraged to create a LinkedIn account.

Business Insider calls LinkedIn “a veritable live global village of mentors and mentees, job leads and business opportunities.” LinkedIn is a high-power search engine and an amazing resource for networking, research and promoting your personal brand.

The first step in maximizing the benefits of this tool is to make your profile as solid as possible. According to LinkedIn, your profile will appear 40 times more if it is complete. Its definition of a complete profile includes filling out the following sections: Industry and location, up-to-date current position, two past positions, education, minimum of three skills, profile photo and at least 50

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Weir, Tate score many laughs at Comedy Club

By Ally Litten Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Nothing but laughs were heard at the free comedy show at the Side Pocket Thursday night.

Comedian Chris Weir opened for Comedy Central’s funny man Geoff Tate.

Every table was filled with groups of friends laughing, eating and enjoying each other’s company.

Chris Weir rocked the house with jokes ranging from marriage to haircuts to the Ku Klux Klan.

Although he is from Kentucky, Weir tells people he

is from Cincinnati so people think he “comes from a place.”

The highlight of his performance was when he referred to a trampoline as a “redneck Hunger Games facility” due to the rust and danger of one at a high school party. With a sarcastic, witty sense of humor, Weir made everyone in the room crack a smile.

Geoff Tate’s performance was hilarious. Talking about his father’s recent back surgery, Tate makes jokes about the hospital service, anesthesia and health insurance.

One of the highlights of

his performance was the tale of his Halloween experience at The Ohio State University when he attempted to save a man dressed like Chewbacca from a squad of storm troopers at a party.

The other highlight of Tate’s performance was his story of a very strange scientific discovery in the Netherlands. I would elaborate more but let’s just say it involved a pig and a strong hand.

Tate also called out a member of the audience as his cell phone went off and continued on to pick on Bob Seger. However, it

was very entertaining and all in good fun. Tate definitely won over the crowd.

Mountaineer Comedy Club is run by WVUp All Night and overseen by Lead Intern Sarah Taylor.

“The comedians are a part of the ‘Comedy Caravan’ run by TSM Artists.

This is the 27th year we have worked with them,” Taylor said.

Comedy night happens twice a month on Thursday. On off weeks, the Side Pocket has open mic night and karaoke.

Overall, I really enjoyed the show. It’s hard to make me laugh, but Weir and

Tate were comical and well-spoken. They both push limits with their jokes but it works. The audience was never silent.

However, Weir did “cheat” a few times by looking at his jokes on his phone. Although it was somewhat unprofessional, this did not seem like a big deal due to the funny jokes he made while skimming his next lines. Tate also had some slow moments but he came back with some hilarious jokes about his former job at Applebee’s.

The Side Pocket was filled with students. As the show started, students

from the pool hall and the bowling alley even joined in. With free popcorn and snacks from Up All Night’s Winter Wonderland, it was a really fun experience. The event was lively, amusing and witty. I recommend students attend the next one. It was one of the best free events I have attended at West Virginia University.

For more information about comedy night and other Up All Night activities, go to http:// mountainlair.wvu.edu/ wvupallnight. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Judge revokes Chris Brown’s probation in Rihanna assault case LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge revoked Chris Brown’s probation on Thursday but allowed him to remain free for now after the R&B singer traveled without approval for a concert and failed to complete community service on time.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James R. Brandlin said Brown can remain free at least until a March 20 hearing when the judge will receive an update from probation officials.

Brown was ordered by those officials in December not to leave Los Angeles County without permission.

However, the Grammy-winning singer performed at a nightclub in San Jose on Jan. 11 without obtaining permission to travel.

Defense attorney Mark Geragos told Brandlin that his office incorrectly advised Brown that he didn’t need permission to travel for the show.

The judge said he accepted Geragos’ explanation, but needed to revoke the singer’s probation to keep control of

the case. Brandlin also said it was not unexpected that Brown failed to complete his community service on time.

Brown was supposed to complete 1,000 hours of community labor by the end of January but has roughly 200 hours left, Brandlin said.

A shooting at the San Jose club injured five people, but there were no indications that Brown was involved in the attack. Still, Brandlin ordered probation officials to investigate the shooting and whether there were any issues involving Brown.

In a report, the singer’s probation officer cited another shooting last year involving a Los Angeles nightclub where Brown was present and wrote that Brown is showing poor judgment.

“Though he has shown the ability to be compliant during long stretches of his probation grant, (Brown) continues a pattern of making choices that are counterproductive in his ability to be successful on probation,” Probation Officer Carlos Delgado

wrote. “There is also concern that when he performs or attends at (sic) some of his public events, people will get shot or seriously injured.”

Brown has been on probation for his 2009 attack on pop singer Rihanna, then his girlfriend. He was required to complete the community service before the end of January.

Brown appeared in court Thursday with his mother and girlfriend. All three looked somber before the start of the hearing, with Brown spending much of his time with his eyes closed and head down.

The judge said Brown had been making steady progress on the community service aspect of his sentence that requires him to perform manual work such as roadside cleanup or graffiti removal.

The singer avoided probation problems until 2013, when prosecutors questioned whether he completed the terms of his community labor in Virginia. Brandlin briefly revoked Brown’s probation after he was charged with hit-andrun after an accident. That

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Chris Brown appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles Thursday. case was later dismissed. and was charged with misde- the program in March 2014.

He spent two-and-a-half In another case in October meanor assault. Brandlin or2013, Brown struck a man out- dered Brown into rehab, but months in custody before beside a Washington, D.C., hotel the singer was expelled from ing released in June.

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Tonight: Be a free spirit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Others could be challenging, as they seem to want to head their own way.

You will find yourself in a grumpy mood if you don’t let this go. You might be disillusioned by a person you look up to. Consider who put him or her on pedestal. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH A partner could feel challenged by you and shut down. Try to be more understanding of this person’s sensitivity. A friend might push you hard to follow his or her chosen path. You’ll gain some insight into

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Remain focused on getting the job done. You’ll be all smiles when you complete your to-do list. Be more nurturing to someone in your immediate environment. You will laugh, and someone else is likely to respond in kind. Tonight: Check out

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You seem to say the right words and LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Get touch a key person in your life. Many past some anger involving a part- times, you stand back and watch nership or an agreement. This dis- what others do. Toss yourself into satisfaction could surround a past the moment, and worry less about association. Allow your mind to drift, and tap into your imagination a project left undone. Tonight: Let when dealing with a creative proj- your hair down, and paint the town ect. Spontaneity brings surprises. red.

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No. 11 Iowa State falls 74-73 at No. 22 Baylor WACO, Texas (AP) – The game was lost for No. 11 Iowa State long before Georges Niang’s miss as time expired.

“The start of the game is what stuck with me,” Coach Fred Hoiberg said. “The two stretches that got us where the start of the first half, and the end of the first half.”

Kenny Chery hit a gamewinning jumper with 4.7 seconds left to give No. 22 Baylor a 74-73 victory, a game that wasn’t all that close for long stretches Wednesday night.

Baylor led 16-1 lead while hitting four 3-pointers in the first 3:15 of the game, then went into halftime with a 12-2 run after Iowa State (12-3, 2-1 Big 12) had gotten within a bucket.

“After the initial start, I was proud of our guys and how they battled back,” Hoiberg said. “They clawed

and scratched and did everything they could to give us a chance to win. ... It’s tough to fight back from that, but our guys did it.

We got a lead, but unfortunately, we couldn’t get the stop.”

The Bears were up 11-1 after only 2 minutes by hitting their first four shots.

Chery made a 3 and had another long jumper between consecutive 3s by Royce O’Neale, who had 15 points to lead the Bears (13-3, 2-2).

Chery had missed then missed 12 of his next 13 shots, but made the game-winner.

“For him to knock down that last shot after not being as efficient from the field as he normally is, I thought that showed a lot of poise, character, guts,” Coach Scott Drew said.

“And I know with our team, there’s no one we’d rather have with the ball in his

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hands at the end of the game.”

The Bears led 62-48 on a layup by Rico Gathers with 8:40 left. Naz Long then had back-to-back 3s and added another long-range basket in a 20-5 run that put Iowa State in front for the first time, on Niang’s jumper with 1:54 left that put the Cyclones up 68-67.

Niang, Iowa State’s leading scorer, had only one point before making a 3-pointer with 6:18 left. He also had a tying layup in the final minute, but missed a runner as time expired and finished with 10 points.

Long had a game-high 19 points, making all five of his 3-pointers. DejeanJones has 14 points and Monte Morris 11 for the Cyclones.

Down by as many as 17 points in the first half, Iowa State was within 34-32 before Matt Thomas missed

an open 3.

Gathers then had a strong inside basket to start Baylor’s half-ending run.

O’Neale then had a tip-in of a miss by Chery and had a 3-pointer for a 46-34 halftime lead.

Gathers had 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Johnathan Motley had 14 points.

Lester Medford hit a 3-pointer from the right corner with 1:10 left for Baylor, but Iowa State quickly got even on Niang’s high bank shot.

Motley had a go-ahead putback on a miss by Chery before a 3 by Dejean-Jones put the Cyclones up 73-72 with 13 seconds left.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Jim Tomsula made his modest head coaching start in NFL Europe, then landed as the 49ers’ top man nearly a decade later.

San Francisco promoted its longtime defensive line coach to head coach Wednesday, going with a familiar face following a national search that took more than two weeks and ended right in house.

The well-liked Tomsula is set to be formally introduced Thursday in a news conference at Levi’s Stadium.

“I’m a football coach.

I’m Jim nobody from nowhere,” Tomsula said in 2010.

Tomsula replaces Jim Harbaugh, who parted ways with the Niners on Dec. 28 in what the team called a “mutual decision.” Harbaugh was introduced as Michigan’s new coach two days later following a successful fouryear stint during which the 49ers reached three straight NFC championship games and a Super Bowl.

“After conducting a thorough coaching search, and meeting with a number of outstanding candidates, Jim Tomsula clearly is the right man to lead this team,” CEO Jed York said in a statement. “Jim is a great teacher and a tremendous mentor who conducts himself with great class and integrity.”

San Francisco went 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time in four years since Harbaugh arrived in January 2011, and the franchise is turning to a familiar face to get the Niners back on track to chase a sixth championship.

York said a day after the season ended he wanted to find a “teacher” to lead the franchise forward. Certainly a coach familiar with the operation was important as the 49ers build around quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is coming off a disappointing year.

“I love my guys,” Tomsula said in a long sit-down with The Associated Press leading up to last season.

“I have the best guys. They are just awesome guys from top to bottom.”

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Tomsula’s hiring, it is expected that defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and other coaches will depart given he wasn’t chosen for the top job and got leapfrogged by Tomsula.

“Our organization is excited to have Jim Tomsula leading this football team,” general manager Trent Baalke said. “We have had the privilege of working alongside Jim for the past eight seasons. He is a proven leader, teacher and mentor, and we look forward to seeing him apply his craft and vision to our team.”

From one energetic, animated Jim to another leading the way.

“Extremely happy for Jimmy T! Can’t wait to get back at it!” safety Eric Reid posted on Twitter.

In the early `90s, Tomsula worked as a sales rep for a medical equipment company, then delivered newspapers and worked as a night janitor and cut firewood to earn extra cash in his early coaching days with a young family.

“It’s a good move. I look forward to fighting for Jim Tomsula,” said tight end Vernon Davis, who is a neighbor of Tomsula’s their kids play on the same flag football team. “Tomsula, just the energy that he provides during the games and having a relationship with him, I can tell that (for) players, he’s one of those coaches players wouldn’t mind playing for. Just his spirit. He’s a good guy and a terrific coach. He’ll allow you to go out and do whatever you can do. He’ll put each and every individual in place to perform at a high level.”

Tomsula is a perfect 1-0 as a head coach.

Serving a single-game stint as interim head coach to end the 2010 season following Mike Singletary’s firing, the coach who attended tiny Catawba College in North Carolina chose to start Alex Smith under center over Troy Smith for a 38-7 win against Arizona in the season finale.

“We’re going to win. Let me make that clear,” Tomsula said at the time. “That was something we talked about this morning. Jed’s made that very clear. Trent Baalke’s made it very clear - very, very crystal clear.”

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West Virginia swimmers preparing for a relay earlier this season. of our largest classes we david statman have graduated, and their sports writer contributions to this pro@dailyathenaeum gram will be felt for years to come,” Riggs said. “To With Big 12 Champi- see these young men and onships fast approaching, women grow as individuthe West Virginia Univer- als, athletes and students sity swimming and diving has been amazing to watch. team will get a look at con- They came in as separate inference competition with a dividuals from all walks of dual meet against TCU to- life and parts of the world night at 7 p.m. at the WVU and leave Mountaineers. It Natatorium. has been an honor to coach The team will celebrate them, and I look forward Senior Night, although to following them as they the women have their fi- move forward in their lives.” nal home competition Jan. The TCU meet comes in 31 against Ohio. Thirteen the middle of a very busy Mountaineer seniors will be period for the WVU swimhonored, and head coach mers and divers in the runVic Riggs said he is proud up to Big 12s. The team has of the impact his class has competed each of the last made on West Virginia’s two weekends, most reprogram. cently losing a dual meet at “Each senior class is dif- Pitt last Saturday. The womferent and contributes en’s team is set to compete to their teams in differ- the next two weeks after ent ways. This class is one TCU, while the men have

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their final tune-up before Big 12s on Jan. 30 at Ohio State.

Riggs said while the TCU meet, along with the women’s team’s matchup next week with Iowa State, may not be totally representative of what may happen at Big 12 Championships, it should be a valuable experience for his athletes.

“It’s always good to match up in a dual meet, but the Big 12 Championship is a different format,” Riggs said. “Our men beat TCU last year in a dual meet but lost at Big 12s. For our women, competing backto-back weekends will be important just from an exposure point of view. We don’t compete against a lot of Big 12 teams, so having the chance to see TCU and Iowa State before Big 12s will help us prepare for the Big 12s.”

One of the key matchups in the upcoming meet will be in the 100-yard backstroke, where WVU’s Andrew Marsh, who recently won Big 12 Swimmer of the Week for his consistently excellent performances in the pool, will face off with TCU senior Cooper Robinson, an All-Big 12 First Team selection last season and a 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier.

The team will be bolstered by having senior swimmer Tim Squires, holder of multiple school records, back at full strength.

After missing a significant portion of the season due to illness, Squires finally looked like his old self in winning the 50-yard freestyle race against Pitt.

The Big 12 Championships are set to be held Feb. 25-28 in Austin, Texas.

WVU Rifle: Glory without fame As the No. 1 Rifle continues their run for a third straight title, the world-class athletes will struggle to make a living off their talent editor-in-chief @dailyathenaeum

While the rifle shooters at West Virginia University are the most likely athletes on campus to compete for Olympic medals one day, they will never see the fame and money some of their fellow Mountaineers will enjoy.

The sport of rifle, with its military roots, lacks the amount of media exposure and sponsorship that other sports enjoy.

To be truly competitive, one must still do it on a fulltime basis, but the options for that are limited.

“You can definitely make a living. (For) a lot of the top international shooters, it’s a job,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond. “They have to be at a very professional level to be able to compete.”

A shooter’s ability to make a living is linked to his or her nationality. Several countries, especially in Europe, have governmentfunded programs where athletes of smaller sports receive funding to compete.

“It’s very different from the U.S., you’re basically paid to be a professional sportsman through the government,” said Hammond, who is from Scotland.

Another route is to join a military program where they get to train every day.

“They might be part of the government’s police force (or) army. However, all they’re doing is competing and training in their sport, which is rifle,” Hammond said.

Former Italian WVU standouts Nicco Campriani and Petra Zublasing receive such funding from the Italian Olympic Committee and have been making a decent living off their talents after graduating from WVU. But the money they receive is far less than what they can make from their engineering degrees which is why they have opted to only train full-time when preparing for the big international competitions.

Campriani, who won a gold medal in the 50m three position event at the 2012

London Olympics, recently started a job as an engineer for car company Ferrari in Italy.

Despite their talent and success, and the reputation of the rifle program at WVU, the decision to come to Morgantown is to get a degree and the shooting comes second.

“They’re all very much career-minded to get a degree. Rifle is not the sport that’s going to provide you millions for the rest of your life,” Hammond said.

“You’re in it for the passion and for that goal and that drive to be an Olympic champion or be an Olympian. They’re all here to get a degree. They’re all going to use their degrees in the future.”

A majority of the shooters come from European countries with strong rifle traditions. For the American shooters, such as this season’s most improved shooter Garrett Spurgeon, the options are limited at most.

“Like many Olympic sports, I think it’s hard to reach that level without being full-time. While there’s different routes and different ways to go about that, Olympic sports has become very professional disciplined,” Hammond said.

“The U.S. is actually one of the few countries where the Olympic committee, I don’t believe, gets any funding or any support from the government. It’s all private donations and private sponsorship.”

Unless they are clear gold medalist hopefuls, they have to use military resources to be able to train full-time.

“The two major avenues that people go after college, again some people join the army, similar to other countries and there is an army marksmanship unit stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. Essentially all they’re doing is training to compete and represent the U.S. Army at international competitions.

Their mission is even to win Olympic medals and stuff,” Hammond said.

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Senior Ziva Dvorsak takes aim during a match last year. saved for a later time because you’re simply not at the level of some of your teammates. For Meelis Kiisk, redshirting his senior year was a career move.

“I’ll be here until May 2016, and until that time my plan is to shoot as much as I can,” Kiisk said. “Although I don’t have too much time between school and family, I still want to come to the range as much as possible for as long as possible every day. I want to use my redshirt year as much as possible to tinker with things.”

With the Rio 2016 Olympics just a little more than a year and a half away, Kiisk’s shot at a bid from a poorly funded Estonian Olympic Committee comes down to how he performs at the World Cup competitions next summer.

While the rest of the shooters on the team have to practice every event in the sport on a daily basis to stay in shape for GARC matches, Kiisk can tailor his training for long-time rather than short-time goals.

“I do things a little differently because I don’t have to shoot any matches,” he said. “For example in the fall when I first started practice, I literally shot five, six practices in a week just in one position just to build my positions. That took me like a month, and by that time the team was already

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Hammond, who never quite made it to the podium to hear “God Save the Queen” while watching the Union Jack raise to the ceiling, has been fortunate to make a living in the sport he holds so dearly.

After graduating from WVU with a degree in sports management, he worked as an operations manager for a PGA golf tournament before being offered the chance to come back and coach.

He considers himself to be more than just a coach and says his degree in sports management along with his shooting skills and knowledge come in to play.

“I’m not just a coach, there’s a lot of sports management involved,” Hammond said. “You’re managing a team, you’re managing a budget (and) you’re coordinating it throughout the whole department and how that system works, so I certainly see it as much more than just being a coach. I’m fortunate I have a job that’s not only in the sport industry but in the sport that I’ve done for such a long time as well.”

The No. 1 rifle team will open their spring season at 8 a.m. tomorrow against No. 17 Nebraska, in the shell building behind the Coliseum. carl.bojesson@mail.wvu.edu

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Sophomore forward Devin Williams blocks a layup during WVU’s win against Oklahoma Tuesday.

No. 16 West Virginia to face No. 20 Longhorns in Austin, Texas, Saturday ryan petrovich sports writer @Dailyathenaeum

West Virginia is coming off a convincing victory, pummeling No. 18 Oklahoma, 85-67, in Morgantown Tuesday night.

This win comes after falling just short against No. 17 Iowa State. The Mountaineers (15-2, 3-1) were able to bounce back with a boisterous victory over a solid Sooners team.

Now, the Mountaineers

will be faced with what could arguably be their toughest bout yet. West Virginia will travel to Austin, Texas, to take on No. 20 Texas.

Earlier in the year, the Longhorns (12-4, 1-2) cracked the top 10 in the AP poll. They’ve since fallen to No. 20 due to a loss against Oklahoma and most recently a loss to Oklahoma State.

Despite losing two in a row, the Longhorns will present a “big” challenge for the Mountaineers. Texas

boasts height and strength, something West Virginia is lacking in comparison.

Texas has nine players on its roster that tower over 6-foot-5. Of those players, forward Myles Turner – who stands at 6-foot11 – is the second leading scorer on the team. Turner is averaging 11.6 points per game.

Cameron Ridley, another giant inside the paint for Texas, has been a force to be had since Texas began to make waves in the Big 12 Conference last season.

The Longhorns height and strength underneath the basket will surely test the Mountaineers’ forwards, Devin Williams and Jonathan Holton.

Williams is averaging 11 points a game, good for second best on the team, while Holton is averaging 9.8 points a game, which is third best.

Senior point guard Juwan Staten continues to pave the way, averaging 15.8 points per game. However, Staten was held to just

four points in the win over No. 18 Oklahoma.

“They have three big men that are pretty good, so they’ll (Williams and Holton) have their hands full,” Staten said. “But, we want to impose our will the same way. They play three ‘bigs’ so that should play to our hand a little bit with our pressure.”

West Virginia will try to outmatch Texas’ size by forcing the Longhorn forwards to become ball handlers, creating turnovers – something the Moun-

taineers have done well thus far.

The Mountaineers are forcing opponents to turn the ball over, on average 22.3 times a game. Against Oklahoma, West Virginia forced 22 turnovers.

“I’d like to be 17-0,” Huggins said when asked if he was happy where he was heading into this game against Texas. “I think we very well could be. I think we let a couple get away from us.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

WVU looks for first conference win against No. 21 OSU

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The West Virginia women’s basketball team prepares for their game against Texas Tech Wednesday.

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associate sports editor @nickelbobickel

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will travel to Stillwater, Okla., this weekend to take on the No. 21 Oklahoma State Cowgirls.

OSU is 12-3 on the season, 2-2 in the Big 12 and coming off a 69-47 win over Kansas State. The Cowgirls have taken on some tough opponents this season including North Carolina and Baylor.

In their matchup at Chapel Hill, Oklahoma State

only lost by two points to No. 11 North Carolina, 7779. Baylor, the Cowgirls’ first Big 12 opponent of the season who was coming off their first national championship, handed OKState a 61-45 loss in Waco, Texas.

Junior guard Brittney Martin is leading the Cowgirls, averaging 13.6 points a game, and is closely followed by senior teammate, forward Liz Donohoe, who is putting up 12.9 points per game.

West Virginia is having a tough start in the Big 12 with no wins yet, sitting at

10-6 overall and 0-4 in the conference. The Mountaineers need to get a Big 12 win this weekend to get some momentum. Another loss starts their conference play at 0-5 early in the season, and that leaves very little hope for an NCAA Tournament appearance.

This could be an issue when playing Oklahoma State in Stillwater as the Cowgirls are 10-0 at home this season and have usually fared well at their home court. Last season they went 14-3 at home and 13-3 in the 2012-2013

season.

WVU’s junior guard Bria Holmes continues to lead the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 19.5 points per game. Senior forward Averee Fields is also in the top 10 of the conference, putting up 14 points per game.

In their loss to Texas Tech Wednesday night, Holmes scored 16 points but went 0-4 behind the three-point line, continuing a struggle she has had this season. So far this year, she has taken 119 shots from behind the arc and has only made 29 of

those attempts.

The Mountaineers also fell flat with free throws against Texas Tech, something that cost them 11 points and could have helped them win the game.

So far, West Virginia leads the series 3-1. Last season, the Mountaineers played the Cowgirls in Stillwater and won 7167, and then again in Morgantown, 77-45.

When the teams last met, WVU was No. 13 in the NCAA rankings and OSU was holding on to spot No. 12. The difference between last year’s team

and this year’s roster for West Virginia, are four senior players who all scored double digits against the Cowgirls in their 77-45 win.

West Virginia had some home court advantage in their last meeting with Oklahoma State, and they were able to score 15 points off OSU’s 17 turnovers.

Tip-off for the matchup between the Mountaineers and Cowgirls is set for 2:30 p.m. and will be aired on Fox Sports 2. dasports@mail.wvu.edu