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GREEK LIFE

Moratorium will be lifted Social, recruitment activities may resume if chapters comply with new plan by laura haight city editor @laurahaight

The West Virginia University Greek Life moratorium may soon be lifted for all chapters.

The three Greek Council presidents, Brigette Lajoie, Johnathan Thurston and

Chris Allen, met with the Office of Student Life after the facilitated discussion in December to develop the Greek Life Community Improvement Plan.

“I think Johnathan, Chris and Brigette did a great job incorporating ideas and addressing problems that were discussed during the

facilitated discussion by their peers,” said Jessica Li, student program adviser for the Office of Student Activities.

Li said the plan should be reasonable for chapters to follow.

“Many of the components are things chapters already do, like holding a brotherhood or sisterhood event or participating in educational programs,” Li said. “The plan just allows for a few more checks and balances.”

Chapter presidents received the plan via email Tuesday night.

Currently, chapters may hold executive meetings, chapter meetings, philanthropic events and initiate new members. If chapters follow the guidelines set by the Office of Student Activities, they will be able to hold recruitment and have socials.

The plan states, “lifting of the recruitment/intake and social components of the moratorium will occur on a chapter-by-chapter basis, depending on when each chapter completes the necessary steps outlined below.”

To hold spring recruit-

ment or intake activities, chapters must complete and submit an updated officer form, an updated roster and FERPA release form to Li. Seven days prior to recruitment, chapters must also submit a detailed plan of recruitment activities and events, along with a plan of “how the chapter will recruit quality members.”

To lift the social component of the moratorium, chapters must hold “one dry event supporting and developing your brother-

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Panel discusses human trafficking prevalence by lauren caccamo correspondent @Dailyathenaeum

Yesterday evening, Del. Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, was joined by members of West Virginia University, prominent West Virginians and Morgantown community leaders to host a forum on human trafficking at the Monongalia County Courthouse.

“I recall a woman from Colombia who said she’d come here because she was promised an education at WVU,” Fleischauer said. “But that didn’t happen. Instead, she was gang-raped.”

The panel group addressed locals and students present as a means of educating the public and promoting a bill that both Fleischauer and Republican Delegate Amanda Pasdon hope to pass. House Bill 2161 is a “uniform act” on the prevention of human trafficking and guideline to addressing victims.

“Human trafficking” is defined in a West Virginia statute as “labor trafficking or sex trafficking” through means of “debt bondage, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery.”

According to the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia and Wheeling, W.Va. native Bill Ihlenfeld, human trafficking is a major concern facing the nation with few Americans conscious of its presence within the country.

“It’s not something that a lot of people are aware of or know how to identify or even know of its existence.

So, it’s surprising for a lot of

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Del. Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia, answers a question during a public forum Tuesday evening at the Monongalia County Courthouse. people to hear about this issue,” Ihlenfeld said.

Though discussions surrounding human trafficking rarely enter the spotlight, statistics show the issue is not “out of sight, out of mind,” as the saying goes.

According to a 2012 study conducted by the United Nations International Labour Organization, there are nearly 21 million victims of forced labor around the world, 4.5 million of them being forced into sexual exploitation.

In the same study, the UNILO concluded that almost 100,000 children are trafficked in the U.S. each year. In 2013, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center received reports for a little over 3,500 sex trafficking cases inside the U.S. “It’s become the secondfastest growing industry in the U.S. right behind drug trafficking,” said WVU law professor Vince Cardi, who also served as a panelist at the forum.

The UNILO reports that

the business behind human trafficking and forced labor generates $150 billion a year. Ihlenfeld said while the numbers aren’t as high in West Virginia compared to other states because of its smaller population, there are reports of human trafficking coming from every state within the country.

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, 38 cases of human trafficking have been confirmed in the state since 2007. Joyce Yedlosky, team

coordinator at the WV Coalition for Domestic Violence, joined the panel discussion to educate attendees about what a victim might look like.

“They don’t have actual chains around them, but it’s almost as if they do. The power of intimidation and what it can do to a person is just as powerful as if they had actual, physical chains,” Yedlosky said.

Yedlosky informed the au-

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Housing fair returns, students can find housing options by corey mcdonald

HOUSING FAIR TIMES

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West Virginia University is holding its annual housing fair to aid students in finding adequate rental properties for their semester living arrangements, an event the University has continued for nearly 30 years.

The housing fair is headed

by Brian J. Walker, who has various titles on campus including the community coordinator, off-campus housing director and serves as the co-chair of the City of Morgantown’s Rental Housing Advisory Commission.

“Housing is the bulk of what I do,” Walker said.

The housing fair’s goal is to help students find avail-

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Lyon Tower, Blue and Gold Room— Noon - 3 p.m. able rental properties in Morgantown. The fair will host more than 40 landlords from various areas of town to speak with students. Representatives from local organizations, including Student Legal Services, Code Enforcement, Republic Services (Morgantown’s garbage company) and Mountain Line Transit Authority, will also attend.

There will be approximately the same mix of landlords at both fairs, how-

ever, the Evansdale event will be slightly smaller than the downtown event due to space constraints.

“The Blue and Gold room at Towers isn’t as big as the ballroom so I don’t have enough space,” Walker said.

“There will be fewer landlords there–about 30.”

There are plenty of properties available all around Morgantown including the downtown, Evansdale, Health Sciences, South Park, Westover and Star City

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“Morgantown’s kind of a difficult housing market. Housing here is really spread out,” Walker said.

“We have students living in four different municipalities. We have the City of Morgantown, we have Star City, Westover and Granville. Four different cities just in what everyone considers Morgantown.”

Capacity limits in residence halls make Morgantown a unique off-campus situation. The sizable number of students enrolled in WVU compared to the availability of on-campus residency expedites the process for students to find off-campus living, since Universityrelated housing is quick to fill to capacity.

“Penn State, for exam-

ple, requires (its) students live on campus the first two years,” Walker said. “We don’t require that because at the present time we don’t have that much space in the residence halls.”

Walker also represents the commuter students, which include much of the University’s student population because of the City’s sprawl.

“Anywhere from 18 percent to 20 percent of our students are commuters,” Walker said.

Along with running the housing fairs during the semester, Walker also runs a third fair in the summer which he said is informal and mainly just for international students. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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City addresses potholes, possible water contamination concerns by kendall snee staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Members of the Morgantown City Council discussed preventative measures that must be taken in order to preserve the city.

The Charleston chemical water contamination and a recent sinkhole problem, brought to the attention by the Evansdale Neighborhood Association, were two topics discussed at last night’s meeting.

Morgantown Utility Board presented its Source Water Protection Plan that coincided with the legislative Senate Bill 373, the bill that was first enacted after the Charleston chemical water contamination of last year. The bill was presented by the Assistant General Manager and Chief Engineer Doug Smith, with the help of Evan Hansen, president of Downstream Strategies.

“If we do have a contamination, we will now have a plan set forward in response to that,” Smith said.

Smith went on to say that a water contamination crisis is something that cannot be dealt with alone.

He called the incident a community problem with which the whole community must deal. Smith also went on to explain where the possible back-up forms of water would come from.

“There is the possible expansion of Cobun Creek Reservoir that currently holds about 60-90 million gallons,” Smith said. “We’d like to expand that to about 120 million.”

Seventh ward council member, Nancy Ganz, responded to Smith with a question about population growth and its effect.

“With the rapid growth we have living next to a University, how would we keep up with the increasing need for water?” Ganz asked.

Smith then explained in the past, the option was to borrow water from surrounding counties, but this caused water depletion.

Hansen then explained that if a main distributing water source was to be contaminated that it would flow fairly quickly into all intake sources.

“We plan to have both our management plan and contingency plan ready by July 1, 2015,” Hansen said.

“The management plan is the part in which we wish to get the community involved in doing their part, and the contingency plan is the engineering part if a contaminations were to be spotted.”

The spotting of said contamination can now be tracked and traced by GIS computing. As Hansen went on to explain, GIS is a computer tool base that can track spillage and contaminants.

Chemical spills were not the only complication discussed by the Council. Evansdale resident Nicole Panaccione spoke out to Council about what she called the deteriorating streets of her community.

“We’ve had sinkholes for as long as 15 months at a time,” Panaccione said.

“My daughter actually punctured her tire. The speed humps are hardly speed humps, they’re actually the smoothest part of the road sometimes.”

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Saudi Arabia’s rights crackdown linked to war on terror DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man is given 50 lashes in a public square for “insulting Islam” on a liberal blog. Another is arrested for filming and uploading a woman’s public beheading. Two females are imprisoned and put on trial for writing on Twitter in support of women driving.

These cases have thrust Saudi Arabia’s record on human rights back into the spotlight, with international concern mounting over the limits of free speech in the Arab monarchy.

Human rights activists and lawyers say the cases are part of a sweeping clampdown on dissent that has intensified in Saudi Arabia since the region’s 2011 Arab Spring upheaval. They say acts that offend the country’s religious hard-liners or open up the kingdom to criticism — like the video of the execution of a woman convicted of murdering her stepdaughter — have landed people in jail as a warning to others.

The case of Raif Badawi, a 31-year-old father of three who was flogged this month, has attracted the most attention in recent days, particularly in the aftermath of the deadly attack in Paris against a satirical weekly that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad.

Badawi was arrested in 2012 after writing articles critical of Saudi Arabia’s clerics on his Free Saudi Liberals blog, which has since been shut down. Hard-liners wanted him charged with apostasy, which carries the death sentence in Saudi Arabia, but he was instead found guilty of the lesser charge of insulting Islam.

He was sentenced in May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes and was fined $266,000. He was scheduled for another round of 50 lashes last Friday, but the flogging was canceled to allow his wounds to heal, according to Amnesty International.

“If you say that what happened in Paris is an attack on freedom of expres-

sion, than you can say what is happening to Raif is an attack on freedom of expression,” said Amnesty’s Saudi researcher Sevag Kechichian.

Just days after the attacks in Paris, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs took part in the huge march that was held there to support free speech and honor the victims. Two days earlier, Badawi was flogged in the Red Sea city of Jiddah.

Activists and lawyers say the kingdom’s strict application of Sharia law against dissent is part of an effort to appease the religious conservatives who are vital supporters in the country’s fight against Sunni extremists.

Badawi’s arrest and flogging were “a gift, let’s put it that way, to the hard-liners,” Kechichian said.

Last year, the kingdom’s senior clerics issued a stern religious edict, or fatwa, against al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. The edict gave crucial religious backing to King Abdullah’s efforts to fight the Islamic State as part of a U.S.-led coalition.

Saudi Arabia issued a sweeping counterterrorism law last year and has been trying to deter its citizens from joining extremist groups that want to bring down its Western-allied monarchy.

But critics of the crackdown on dissent point out that public beheadings are also practiced by al-Qaida and IS. The U.S. State Department and the U.N. high commissioner for human rights have called on Saudi authorities to rescind Badawi’s punishment. The Saudi royal court referred his case in December to Supreme Court judges to review the case.

Maj. Gen. Mansour alTurki, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, had no comment on the crackdown and told The Associated Press his ministry has no involvement in the cases.

Saudi lawyers say Sharia law is far from absolute on

free-speech issues. There is no written law, for example, on what constitutes insulting Islam or what the punishment should be in cases of political dissent, said Saudi rights lawyer Abdulaziz AlHussan. He said some judges are issuing “extreme punishment, without limitation, without accountability.”

It is unclear whether Saudi authorities will respond to international pressure in Badawi’s case or that of two Saudi women arrested in December after defying a ban on female drivers. The women were charged with inciting public opinion on Twitter and referred to a court established to try terrorism cases, according to their families.

Among others who have run afoul of the authorities is Waleed Abul-Khair, a human rights lawyer who defended Badawi in court.

Abul-Khair was found guilty by an anti-terrorism court under the new counterterrorism law of “undermining regime officials,” ‘’inciting public opinion” and “insulting the judiciary.” He was ordered to serve 15 years in jail with the possibility of parole after 10 years.

A judge last week stiffened his punishment and ordered he serve the full 15 years after Abul-Khair disputed the court’s jurisdiction to go after peaceful dissidents.

“The current situation is simply that there is a severe case of repression against human rights activists and peaceful political activism,” said Samar Badawi, Abul-Khair’s wife and Raif Badawi’s sister.

CORRECTION Due to a reporting error in the Jan. 21 edition of The Daily Athenaeum, we identified Bill Shafer as the new vice president of Student Life when it is actually Bill Schafer. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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dience that victims of trafficking are “products” of an illegal market, some even carrying tattoos of barcodes on their bodies to keep track of their services and the money they’ve rendered through their exploitation.

According to the panelists, many of these victims are vulnerable members of society, such as homeless men and women, runaways or foreigners. Stuck in a desperate situation, many of these people are manipulated by false promises of job security, education or even romantic relationships.

Once lured into the illegal trafficking business as merchandise, victims find it nearly impossible to free themselves.

“They are victims of intimidation, they are victims of fear and they are victims of self-blame,” Yedlosky said.

Morgantown locals present at the forum took the opportunity during the question and answer session to share what steps they’ve taken to help fight the problem.

Angelynn Creed, an at-

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Continued from page 1 hood/sisterhood” and one philanthropic event. Both events have to be approved by the council president and the Office of Student Activities 48 hours in advance. At least two-thirds of each chapter must participate in the event or be in attendance for the event to count.

Chapters may also participate in larger campus events such as the WVU Dance Marathon or Relay for Life as part of these standards.

These guidelines do not apply to chapters on social probation from their national headquarters or the Office of Student Activities.

The plan also stated, “educational programming will be planned by the Office of Student Activities in conjunction with IFC, NPHC, and Panhellenic, which will be pre-

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Michael Ihlenfeld, US attorney for the north district of West Virginia, speaks about human trafficking in the state compared to the nation as a whole. tendee of the meeting, founded Antiques for Abolition, a booth at the local Antiques & Uniques Market on Mileground Road, where 10 percent of the profits are donated to help fight trafficking.

The Sisters of St. Joseph, co-hosts of the forum, are credited with placing bars of soap with the National Human Trafficking Center Hotline telephone number in public restrooms at gas stations and hotels—locations highly susceptible to human

trafficking—so that help is more easily accessible.

With hopes of battling the human trafficking industry, Fleischauer calls for West Virginians to contact the House Judiciary to ask that the bill be put on the next agenda for the House discussion.

“We don’t want to be the 50th state to pass a bill like this. We want to be up there in the top 10,” Fleischauer said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

CITY

sented for Greek students during the upcoming year.”

The programs may include: social responsibility, discussion on values-based recruitment, communication workshops and “a facilitated session for leaders from each chapter to meet and develop a ‘Shared Values Statement.’ This statement will represent to WVU, to the community, and to Greek Life what it means to be Greek at WVU.” These programs will have attendance requirements.

Matt Vullo, chapter president of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, said he thinks the plan will be beneficial for Greek life on campus.

“I think the guidelines require a lot of effort and work in order to have it lifted, but in the end it’ll be a good thing to get Greek life going in the right direction.”

community resident names, with the promise of more if the issue was not resolved.

But Panaccione was not the only resident unhappy with the living conditions. Matthew Cross, chair of the Morgantown Pedestrian Safety Board and president of the Suncrest Neighborhood Association, held the Council responsible but also came with a message of thanks.

“Willey Street is down near dangerous. The weeds have overgrown to a point in which pedestrians must cross into the road which is a code enforcement issue,” Cross said.

Cross went on to say he was pleased with the turnout on for the neighborhood cleanup Monday and that students should continue to get involved in more cleanup projects.

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Construction collapse kills 1, forces I-75 closure

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Work continues in the aftermath of the bridge collapse on Interstate 75, Tuesday in Cincinnati. The collapse killed a worker and injured a truck driver. The Ohio Department of Transportation said the busy artery through downtown Cincinnati will be closed at least two to three days.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tons Ohio Department of Trans- from rubble with the help of transportation department’s bound I-75 and carried traffic ing the work-related death.

Suburban commuters of concrete and steel cov- portation said it’s difficult to air bags and special equip- southwest Ohio district, said over the southbound lanes ered the southbound lanes predict how long pavement ment early Tuesday morn- it was a “routine operation” to Hopple Street. It was re- headed downtown were diof a major artery Tuesday af- repairs might take without ing, about four hours after being carried out by a major placed by a new ramp that verted to Interstate 71 south, the accident. exits to the right from north- where traffic slowed Tuesday ter an overpass collapse dur- seeing the damage. contractor.

Cincinnati Police Chief The tractor-trailer driver, Westerville, Ohio-based bound 75 near the University morning. Motorists headed ing demolition work left one to Kentucky could take the worker dead, a tractor-trailer Jeffrey Blackwell said casual- Eric J. Meyers, of Howell, Kokosing Construction was of Cincinnati. driver injured and police ties could have been much Michigan, was taken to a doing the demolition unMiddleton said Kokosing Interstate 275 loop around considering what the poten- higher had the accident oc- hospital with what were de- der a nearly $91 million con- is a “very safety-conscious” the city. Southbound side tial toll might have been had curred at a busy time on the scribed as minor injuries. His tract for a three-year project contractor with high ratings. streets also were congested. the accident occurred amid interstate that carries more truck slammed into the over- meant to improve traffic caThe company didn’t imThe construction project heavy traffic. than 178,000 vehicles a day pass as the debris landed. pacity and safety in a busy mediately respond to mes- had been scheduled for comThe removal of de- through the area some 5 “In a matter of seconds stretch of I-75. The company sages left Tuesday. pletion in June 2016. Planned bris from Interstate 75 be- miles north of the Ohio River. his fate would have proba- had a good safety track reThe firm is responsible for northbound I-75 closures for gan Tuesday afternoon and Authorities identified the bly been different,” Black- cord, federal regulators said. debris cleanup and could be work Tuesday night were was expected to take 24 to worker who was killed as well said.

The cause of the accident assessed damages for forc- postponed.

Transportation officials is under investigation. ing lane closures and other 48 hours. Ohio transporta- Brandon William Carl, 35, A nearby resident said the tion authorities will then as- of Augusta, Kentucky. The said heavy equipment was “I would say there any work, Middleton said. Ko- collapse rattled his house. sess the pavement where Hamilton County coroner’s being used to separate the number of possibilities,” kosing also could face fines “Just heard a thud, and the the section of overpass deck office will do an autopsy to concrete deck from struc- Middleton said. and other disciplinary action house shook,” Casey Wright landed Monday night with determine cause of death; tural steel when the span The overpass once car- by the federal Occupational told WLWT-TV. “It felt like what a resident described as Cincinnati fire officials said fell. Gary Middleton, acting ried a ramp that had been Safety and Health Adminis- an earthquake. I’m sure the an earth-shaking thud. The the body was recovered deputy director of the Ohio a left-hand exit from north- tration, which was investigat- whole neighborhood felt it.”

Jury selection starts in Colorado theater shooting trial CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The first time James Holmes appeared in court, he wore chains and a jail jumpsuit and looked dazed, with his hair dyed a comicbook shade of orange.

As the first day of jury selection ended Tuesday in the Colorado theater shooting case, it was a far different Holmes at the defense table: The jail uniform was replaced by khaki slacks, a light-colored dress shirt and a blue blazer. His hair, now a dark brown, was neatly trimmed.

The former graduate student, whose attorneys acknowledge opened fire at a midnight “Batman” movie back in 2012, also had a curly, medium-length beard and wore ovalshaped reddish glasses.

No restraints were visible, though the judge had ordered him to be tethered to the floor in a way the public couldn’t see for the trial.

Holmes’ more conventional appearance was an indication that the case was drawing closer to the time when a jury would see the defendant accused of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others at a suburban Denver theater. But first attorneys have to sort through thousands of potential jurors.

Court officials initially summoned a jury pool of 9,000 people, the largest in the nation’s history. But that figure later fell to about 7,000 after some summons could not be delivered and some people were excused.

The pool will be winnowed to a handful in the weeks ahead.

It could take until June to seat the jurors and alternates for a trial that might last until October.

Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and attempted murder charges, could get the death penalty if convicted.

It took deputies longer than expected to search and screen the first prospective jurors and bring them into the courtroom.

Some of the 130 or so people carried books or news-

papers or looked at their cellphones as they waited to pass through a security station in the hallway.

They heard instructions from the judge and began filling out surveys with 77 questions.

Seven prospective jurors were dismissed, either because they showed proof that they live outside Arapahoe County or brought a note from a doctor. One showed up at the wrong trial; prosecutors suspected another of sleeping in the courtroom.

Judge Carlos Samour suggested earlier that attorneys might not have to screen all the prospective jurors before beginning to select panelists. He said the process could stop after a few thousand people are screened if both sides agree they have a large enough pool of people.

Earlier in the day, the defense said it objected to the use of a video during the trial, saying prosecutors gave it to them too late. The video is apparently from the jail where Holmes has been held, but its contents have not been made public.

The judge also went over ground rules for jury selection and the trial, urging attorneys on both sides to be professional and respectful.

“We’re going to be spending a lot of time together,” Samour said.

The scope of jury selection and the trial are testaments to the logistical hurdles of trying the rare case of a mass shooter who survives his attack.

The case has sparked an emotionally charged debate, with Holmes’ parents begging for a plea deal that would save his life, while many survivors and family members of victims have demanded that he be executed.

After the July 20, 2012, shooting, the 27-year-old Holmes was arrested as he stripped off combat gear in the parking lot of the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora.

If jurors convict him, they must then decide whether

to recommend the death penalty. If Holmes is acquitted, he would be committed to the state mental hospital indefinitely.

Defense attorneys acknowledge Holmes was the gunman in the attack but say he was in the grip of a psychotic episode at the time.

Under Colorado law, defendants are not legally liable for their acts if their minds are so “diseased” that they cannot distinguish right from wrong.

Part of the reason the case has dragged on is the battle over whether that standard applies to Holmes.

Few details on those arguments have been made public. Prosecutors and defense attorneys remain under a long-running gag order, and court documents detailing the issue have stayed under seal.

Holmes’ sanity was evaluated by a state psychiatrist but the results were not made public. Prosecutors objected to the findings and persuaded a judge to order a second evaluation. Those results were contested by the defense.

Prosecutors previously rejected at least one plea deal proposed by Holmes’ attorneys, criticizing the lawyers for publicizing the offer and calling it a ploy meant to draw the public and the judge into what should be private plea negotiations.

Survivors of the attack and family members of victims have had a long time to get ready for a trial.

“We’ve all been to therapists and have talked to our families and have our support groups, so we’re prepared,” said Marcus Weaver, who was shot in the arm and whose friend Rebecca Wingo died in the attack. “It’s going to be quite the journey.”

Judge Samour called nearly nine times as many prospective jurors as were summoned in the ongoing Boston marathon bombing trial. That meant the county’s 600,000 residents had a nearly one-in-50 chance of being selected.

Get more nutrition for your dollar.

College is a place to be independent. With independence comes choices, including what classes to take, which clubs to join, and who to have as friends.

There’s also the choice of what to buy at the grocery store.

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SOTU: Stopping pointless debate

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On Tuesday evening, President Obama stood in front of members of Congress, the Supreme Court, his cabinet members, Vice President Biden, Speaker of the House Boehner and more to give his State of the Union address.

Obama spent the weeks leading up to this nationally anticipated speech giving insight into the subjects to be discussed, unlike many speeches in the past which had been kept secret until the night of the speech.

Some of these topics include free community college, faster internet, cybersecurity and new taxes.

He spoke in depth on these subjects, relating them all back to the economy and the ability to continue its improvement. One may

ask how something like this can be achieved. According to the president, achieving these goals will be simple.

Democrats and Republicans need to stop bickering over pointless issues and start focusing on the needs of the people.

Obama hopes to tackle large goals such as equal taxation across the board to improve middle-class economics. He said it will start with the end of this pointless debate among political parties.

This message is one which reigns true for any form of government at every level.

Whether you are talking about decision and reform in university, local, state or national government, the major preventions of progress are the squabbles and disagreements.

“Understand–a better politics isn’t one where Democrats abandon their agenda or Republicans simply embrace mine,” said the president as he addressed the nation. “A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.”

It is important to keep in mind, no matter where you stand in an argument, no conclusion will be made when debate comes to a crashing standstill. At the end of the address, Obama encouraged everyone to support the changes he wants to make for the people.

With the subject of advancing technology and increasing cybersecurity, a hot topic due to the recent Sony attack, Obama’s media team made a conscious ef-

fort to spread the president’s address across all platforms.

Using social media such as Vine and Twitter shows a clear attempt on the president’s part to not only share his plans for the future, but do it in the most accessible way.

With a new generation of voters who are media-oriented such as ourselves, it is important to understand your audience and communicate to them in a way they are accustomed.

Whether or not you agree with the proposed changes Obama would like to see as a reality, his message of compromise and mutual respect and understanding can ring true to both sides of the fence. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Asking all the wrong questions: Celebrating curiosity

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molly robinson columnist @dailyathenaeum

Recently one of my closest friends came out as a lesbian.

While I was incredibly proud of her for being brave enough to tell me, I was dying to ask her so many things.

How long had she felt this way? Was she seeing a girl?

What about the boyfriends she had in high school? All sorts of thoughts scrambled around my brain, not to mention the list of more Rrated questions.

But as a 21st century college girl, I withheld the most intimate questions and focused on making her feel just as loved and supported as she was when I thought

she was heterosexual.

Granted, my curiosity eventually won and with time I managed to bring myself to ask the more delicate questions about her burgeoning lesbianism. What was it like telling her other friends?

How girls were different than boys when it came to X, Y and Z activities? If she ever liked one of her female friends.?

And, to be honest, it was one of the most enlightening experiences I’ve ever had.

But not everyone is nearly as accommodating. I have had similar experiences with other minorities – whether it’s their sexual orientation, race or religion setting them apart from the majority – that have gone south, fast.

Maybe it’s the ingrained reporter in me, but I always

have at least ten questions ready to go as soon as someone tells me they’re of Indian descent or they’re Jewish. It seems, even though my intentions are only to learn more about these people so I may better understand and accommodate them, I always manage to make some terrible faux pas or ask the “wrong thing.”

Naturally, we should all make an attempt to be respectful of people who are different from us. We live in a world where it’s okay to only like girls when you’re drunk and boys when you’re sober; a world where the gender a person appears may not be the gender they were born with. There are people all over this very campus who identify with religions I

probably haven’t even heard of and students who consider themselves a sexual orientation I would have to Google to fully understand.

All of this is fantastic.

But lately, it feels like there is a fine line to what you can ask someone. A quick search on Buzzfeed suggests “Viner Perfectly Captures the Questions You Should Never Ask a Trans Person” and “15 Questions Anyone Who Was an Only Child Is Sick of Hearing,” implying that there are most definitely “right” and “wrong” questions to ask someone.

Now, assuming these questions are fueled by mere curiosity and aren’t intentionally degrading or invasive, I can’t see why there should ever be limitations

on what an individual feels they should be able to ask another.

I understand these groups want to be accepted and welcomed into society. I understand there are individual hardships people of different backgrounds have to suffer through. I respect these differences, but I want to know more about them.

I want to know if there is a typical male and female role in gay relationships. I’m curious about the process of undergoing a surgery to become a different gender. I want to know if women who wear hijabs wear them if they’re home alone.

I don’t doubt I’m ignorant about these things. I’m sure my commenters will be quick to point out the stupidity of

these questions, how I’m bigoted, too cis-gendered and white to even know to ask the right questions. I don’t necessarily disagree with that.

But like any complex idea, this is where we have to begin. We have to start with the “stupid” questions to start to understand and accept.

You can’t have your cake and eat it too – it’s misguided to assume you can identify with something people consider “different” and not expect to have a few stupid, basic questions thrown your way.

It’s certainly not productive to make people feel bad about their own curiosity if they were truly coming from a good place. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Respecting a hero: Controversies surrounding ‘American Sniper’ unfounded hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

Even if you haven’t seen the newly released movie “American Sniper,” odds are you’ve seen the controversy in the form of a ranting blog post or a back-and-forth Twitter fight.

The film directed by Clint Eastwood, based on the bestselling book, stars Bradley Cooper as the decorated Navy Seal Chris Kyle.

Kyle served four tours of duty, in which time he had over 160 confirmed kills— the most of any sniper in U.S. military history. The film generated $105 million during its opening weekend and quickly gained attention, and not just for the buzz of Academy Award nominations.

Several bloggers have taken a negative stance on Kyle, condemning the movie for heroizing him. And, like most arguments, this one has very quickly become an issue of left vs. right.

Which is why it’s surprising I am opposing the leftists who have been outspoken in this controversy, because

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I take a liberal stance about 95 percent of the time.

The point is, it’s not about whether you’re a Democrat, Republican, lover, fighter, anti-gun, Christian or Muslim. It doesn’t matter if you hate George Bush, or you think we were justified in invading Iraq. The point is soldiers and veterans sacrifice their lives for us to have the freedom to even debate things like politics and they deserve the utmost respect no matter what your stance about the war or is.

A New Republic article written by Dennis Jett has been widely cited in the media storm. In the article, Jett outlines his disgust for Kyle being made out as a “hero.”

“Many Americans are unable to accept the fact that nothing was won in Iraq,” Jett said. “And that sacrifices Kyle and others made were not worth it.”

I’m confused as to how the hypocrisy of his point isn’t clear. He acknowledges Kyle made sacrifices, yet all but calls the man a monster.

The sacrifices made by those who serve our country are innumerable. Our soldiers miss countless firsts,

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like the birth of their children and simple, sweet things like a first missed tooth. They miss weekends and family barbecues. They put themselves in absolutely miserable conditions so we don’t have to be. They give up their choice of geographical location and most daily comforts.

They don’t get to come home to a hot meal or a warm hug from their spouse.

Disrespecting these people isn’t just a slap in the face

to them; it’s also horribly insulting to their families, who all but give away their family members so yours can stay safe. If you think it’s a big deal your significant other goes to a different college, briefly imagine them being on a 16-month tour of Iraq, unable to speak to you for weeks on end. Next imagine you have three children together, who you are left to raise without support.

An article written by

Lindy West has similar sentiments to The New Republic story. The title—“The real American Sniper was a hatefilled killer. Why are simplistic patriots treating him as a hero?”—pretty much sums up West’s stance. West calls Kyle a racist, horrified his job as a sniper was something he “loved” and considered “fun.” Others on the Internet have called him a possible sociopath and “American psycho.”

Whether we like it or not, someone has to do the job. In 2012, there were 349 suicides among active duty personnel; more than the number of combat deaths (according to Forbes). About 11-20 percent of soldiers coming back from Iraq suffer the life-altering effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Who are we to look down upon Kyle, or any other solider for that matter, for enjoying his job? It is a miracle he was able to find enjoyment while his life was at risk 24/7.

Being a solider, you cannot leave your work behind you at the end of the day.

They give up their peace of mind and safety so we can stay safe.

Critics of Chris Kyle should ruminate on the ease of their daily lives because of others’ sacrifice. They should perhaps consider Kyle dedicated his life to helping soldiers with PTSD after his four tours overseas. And finally, they should realize respect due to soldiers and veterans is unrelated to anyone’s stance on the war or the government. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Workout Wednesday

Exercises for core strength, post-workout recipe Caitlin Worrell A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

If you’re looking for rock-hard abs, consistency is key. It’s important to create a workout routine unique to your individual needs and to stick to it. Add this quick triple step workout if you’re looking to target your core.

Double Leg Drop

1. 20 Cobras – Lay flat on your stomach with you hands firmly planted on the floor near your chest. Push up, pulling down in your shoulders and back. Hold the pose for three seconds, before gently lowering yourself to a resting position. The cobra not only engages core strength, but also lower and upper back strength for an all-encompassing workout.

2. 20 Double Leg Drops – Lay flat on your back with your arms resting straight by your sides. Keeping your legs together, lift up to a 90-degree angle. Drop your legs back down without touching the ground again. If the double drop is too challenging, improvise by doing one leg at a time.

3. 20 Sphinx Plank Crunches – Position yourself in a planking position with your forearms placed on the floor. Bend your right knee up to about the height of your right elbow and hold for three seconds. Place foot back in a planking position and repeat on the left side.

Everyone knows that a workout isn’t complete without the perfect post-gym snack.

Grabbing items high in vitamins and protein after your workout can help naturally boost your energy level and promote muscle recovery. This super sweet smoothie has all the right ingredients to kick start a healthy semester.

V-Boost Smoothie 1 Avocado ½ cup of Fresh Strawberries 1 Banana 1 Orange ½ cup Vanilla Greek Yogurt

Sphinx Plank Crunch

Add splash of your favorite fruit juice.

Blend and enjoy. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

S&M punk band GASH to play at 123 Pleasant St.

By Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Craigslist is an ideal website to find an apartment, a couch or according to Tibbie X, a complete band in a city full of potential.

Tibbie X is the lead singer of the band GASH, a S&M punk rock band originating from Philadelphia. (She’s also the bassist for Reagan Youth, an ‘80s band that is having a slight comeback.)

When she got her first taste of Morgantown, she loved it so much she is coming back.

GASH formed about a year ago after finding a guitarist.

“Everyone fell into place afterward,” Tibbie X said.

The name was an obvious hurdle for the band to jump. Was a good name already taken? Would it fit the sound of their band?

“We were going back and forth with names and (the guitarist) was trying to think of a slang word for (vagina),” Tibbie X said.

Thus, GASH was named. As for all capital letters, Tibbie X said “there’s an excitement behind it.”

Tibbie X takes her enthusiasm and mixes it into everything about her band, from the music she writes to her live performances. Though it didn’t start out that way.

“We didn’t know we were gonna be an S&M band,” Tibbie X said. “It kind of evolved naturally. We started writing music, and a lot of that violent sexual imagery came out.”

So, she and her band decided to stick

with it. It gets the fans riled up, too, which is why Tibbie X’s audience connection is so excellent. She’s down for anything, really.

“We go with the flow, whatever pulls us toward it - participation happens naturally,” she said.

Tibbie X jumps right into mosh pits and occasionally wears a leash or blindfolds herself, to become one with the crowd.

“I like to get out in the audience and be vulnerable,” she said.

She also wears her own collection of leather clothes and handcuffs to feel more comfortable on stage. Originally, it was solely for comfort. Then, it became part of the show.

“We are exploring this whole crazy sexual dark side of people, publically, and it’s really exciting,” she said.

Tibbie X said GASH is excited to be touring to promote their new CD, “Astral Liberation.” Even though it’s not released yet, GASH’s EP, “Subspace,” is available on iTunes.

At the end of the day, GASH is family to Tibbie X. “It’s like family at home that you’re sharing a creative process with,” she said.

“It’s the closeness of people to travel with and connect with audiences. We get to be a part of the world together.”

One part of the world GASH is sharing is a little town called Morgantown, W. Va. GASH, The Jasons and Yellowdog Union play at 9 p.m. tomorrow at 123 Pleasant Street for an evening full of punk rock music. Tickets are $10. The show is for those 18 years and older. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Art for Gash’s album ‘Subspace.’ The band uses heavy S&M imagery during performances.

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WVUp All Night expands repertoire with student performed live events

By Ally Litten

A&E Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

WVUp All Night is starting a new live entertainment program called WVUp All Night LIVE. It is a free alternative event to attend on weekends. Students can audition and then perform in live events. Family and friends are also encouraged to come for support.

Since this is the first semester of the program, there is only one play scheduled.

However, as WVUp All Night LIVE continues, students can collaborate on a variety of different live events.

Afsheen Misaghi started the program this past year.

By himself, he put together a team of marketers, designers, managers and directors to put on live productions.

“WVUp All Night LIVE is a program started in collaboration with the Mountainlair staff and myself to provide live entertainment to students as an alternative to the movies that the

Mountainlair already shows during the weekend,” Misaghi said.

Since the event is run by WVUp All Night, it is student-centered. However, Misaghi encourages friends and family to come.

“It will be an incredibly remarkable event because the talents of the students will be showcased on a variety of levels,” Misaghi said.

The inaugural production will be a play entitled “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” by Christopher Durang and directed

by Misaghi. It will be shown at 8 p.m. Feb. 26-27 in the Gluck Theatre.

The play is about a brother and sister, named Vanya and Sonia, who live boring, static lives in their childhood home. However, when their sister Masha, a famous movie star, visits with her new boy toy named Spike, old resentments flare up.

Eventually, the resentment leads to threats of selling the house. A sassy maid

named Cassandra is also on the scene, along with a young, beautiful aspiring actress named Nina whose beauty worries the imperious Masha.

“This play is extremely funny,” Misaghi said. “It won ‘Best Play’ at the 2013 Tony Awards and it has never been performed before in the area.”

The comedy is greatly influenced by Chekhov’s plays “The Cherry Orchard,” “The Seagull” and “Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya.” It has many of the same names and characters.

Auditions will be from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Blackwater Room in the Mountainlair. Monologue and preparations are not required. Experience is also not required.

“We are looking for someone that is willing to work hard and wants to provide their fellow students with great live entertainment,” Misaghi said.

For performers, WVUp

‘Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike’ will be Up All Night Live’s inaugural production.

All Night LIVE is looking for five students that are excited to act in a play. However, they want people to get involved with all aspects of the live entertainment program.

“We are really excited to

bring this new entertainment venue to WVU,” Misaghi said. “We hope that students will not only come watch and enjoy the production, but will also become involved.”

For more information

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about WVUp All Night LIVE, feel free to email Afsheen Misaghi at admisaghi@mix. wvu.edu, or check out the program’s Twitter page, @ upallniteLIVE. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU alumnus Ben Reed stars in ‘American Sniper’

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Ben Reed graduated from West Virginia University in 1988. He is known for his roles in ‘Face/Off’ and ‘American Sniper,’ as well as acting in many television shows over the years.

By Ashley DeNardo A&E Editor @amdenardo

The recently premiered “American Sniper,” a movie based on the life of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, is getting loads of critical attention and praise alike.

Some claim the movie is propaganda, while others defend its credibility and patriotic values.

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the movie stars Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle. Ben Reed, an alumnus of West Virginia University, stars as Chris’ father.

“I went and auditioned, and Mr. Eastwood looked at the tape and liked it, and that’s how I got chosen to be Wayne Kyle,” Reed said. “It’s a great story, the story of Chris Kyle. There’s heroism, patriotism, and being a part of something like this is really pretty cool.”

Reed shared a personal connection not only with the story, but also the characters themselves.

“I thought I could really do a good job with it as well because Chris Kyle’s from Texas, and I grew up in Oklahoma, so I kind of have the same up-bring-

ing, and my father is kind of like Chris Kyle’s father,” Reed said. “So I thought it was something I could get, and I did.”

Rather than simply reading the script, Reed read the book “American Sniper,” written by Chris Kyle himself and researched the topic through the wealth of information available on the internet.

“Then, I also have a brother who is an Army Special Forces Green Beret,” Reed said, “and I called him up, spoke with him, and then I spoke with my father about sending his son off to war knowing that he might get killed and just picked both of their brains.”

While the thought of working with Bradley Cooper or Clint Eastwood might be a nerve-racking experience for most people, Reed has been acting for more than 20 years and has been around many of what us outside of the industry call stars.

“It’s like going to work,” Reed said. “You show up, do your job and then you leave. (Cooper) was very nice, very kind on the set.

Clint Eastwood was kind as well.”

In ‘American Sniper,’ Ben Reed portrays Wayne Kyle, father of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.

Reed recently made his and then there’s just so eer, always a Mountaindebut as executive pro- much involved with pre- eer” still rings true. ducer of the up-and-com- production. Shooting the “It was great,” he said, ing movie, “Starcrossed.” thing is easy…Post-pro- to sum up his time here He got the script, money duction, you have to work in three words. “It was a and cast together, as well on the sound, the color- fun time. I played quarteras starred in it. ing–there’s just so much back on the football team, “Everything, from the involved that I never really so that was a fun time for ground up,” Reed said. “As thought about before I ac- me. I’m still great friends an actor you just go to a tually got to do it myself.” with a lot of people I went set, you show up, you do Reed graduated from to school with. I talk to your thing and then you WVU in 1988. Through them all the time on the leave. Executive producer his growing success, the phone.” is from sun up to sundown, motto “Once a MountainReed said acting is a

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hard job where people are always giving you limits and have low expectations for your career. The trick is to persevere through all of the doubt.

“I’m very passionate about my work,” Reed said. “Just don’t give up.

Follow your passion. If this is what you believe in, then just don’t quit.” ashley.denardo@mail.wvu.edu

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‘American Sniper’ takes top spot in box office earnings, biggest for Eastwood NEW YORK (AP) — The record wide-release opening of “American Sniper” was even bigger than estimated. Clint Eastwood’s war drama took in $107 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

The result is the biggest January weekend ever and easily the top debut for Eastwood. The film had played in very limited release two weeks before exploding nationwide.

“American Sniper” was trailed by two new releases: the animated adaptation “Paddington” ($25.5 million over four

days) and the Kevin Hart comedy “The Wedding Ringer” ($24 million). Michael Mann’s cyber-thriller “Blackhat” flopped with $4.5 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Rentrak: 1.

“A m e r i c a n Sniper,” Warner Bros., $107,007,215, 3,555 locations, $30,100 average, $110,431,993, 4 weeks.

2. “Paddington,” The Weinstein Co., $25,494,139, 3,303 locations, $7,718 average, $25,494,139, 1 week.

3. “The Wedding Ringer,” Sony, $24,042,152, 3,003 locations, $8,006 average, $24,042,152, 1 week.

4. “Taken 3,” 20th Century Fox, $17,052,567, 3,594 locations, $4,745 average, $65,839,484, 2 weeks.

5. “Selma,” Paramount, $13,850,087, 2,235 locations, $6,197 average, $31,514,117, 4 weeks.

6. “Into The Woods,” Disney, $8,705,610, 2,758 locations, $3,156 average, $116,459,279, 4 weeks.

7. “ The Imitation

Game,” The Weinstein Co., $8,016,134, 1,611 locations, $4,976 average, $51,622,442, 8 weeks.

8. “The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies,” Warner Bros., $5,979,302, 2,220 locations, $2,693 average, $245,656,417, 5 weeks.

9. “Night At The Museum : Secret Of The Tomb,” 20th Century Fox, $5,286,986, 2,437 locations, $2,169 average, $106,235,092, 5 weeks.

10. “Unbroken,” Universal, $5,022,265, 2,602 locations, $1,930 average, $109,364,895, 4 weeks.

11. “Blackhat,” Univer-

sal, $4,491,010, 2,567 locations, $1,750 average, $4,491,010, 1 week.

12. “Annie,” Sony, $2,991,855, 1,585 locations, $1,888 average, $83,171,867, 5 weeks.

13. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1,” Lionsgate, $2,287,297, 1,221 locations, $1,873 average, $332,930,936, 9 weeks.

14. “The Woman In Black 2: Angel of Death,” Relativity Media, $1,944,380, 1,392 locations, $1,397 average, $25,131,953, 3 weeks.

15. “Birdman,” Fox Searchlight, $1,870,471, 471 locations, $3,971 average, $28,596,464, 14 weeks.

16. “Wild,” Fox Searchlight, $1,735,872, 764 locations, $2,272 average, $33,291,325, 7 weeks.

17. “Spare Parts,” Lionsgate, $1,610,714, 440 locations, $3,661 average, $1,610,714, 1 week.

18. “Big Hero 6,” Disney, $1,596,968, 739 locations, $2,161 average, $216,615,498, 11 week.

19. “Inherent Vice,” Warner Bros., $1,364,597, 653 locations, $2,090 average, $6,680,541, 6 weeks.

20. “ F o x c a t c h e r,” Sony Pictures Classics, $1,186,187, 759 locations, $1,563 average, $10,111,447, 10 weeks.

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What to expect at Sundance film festival LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as Hollywood’s awards season heats up, half the town takes off for a snowy getaway to Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival.

Celebrating its 31st year, the festival has steadily outgrown its indie-film roots to showcase emerging and established talent in art, music, television, film and new media.

All kinds of installations pop up during the 10-day event to lure movie lovers and the Hollywood crowd, from Sundance-sponsored panel discussions to concerts, parties, dinners, gift suites, even camera and car showrooms.

The excitement starts Thursday. Here’s a peek at what to look out for during Hollywood’s week in the snow: ALL-STAR CHATS: Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, Kristin Wiig, Robert Redford and George Lucas are among the stars participating in the Sundance Institute’s new “Power of Story” programs set to stream live online. Dunham, Kaling and Wiig, along with “Orange is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan, will discuss female archetypes and antiheroes at a panel called “Serious Ladies” on Jan. 24. Redford and Lucas will talk about the state of film at “Visions of Independence” on Jan. 29.

(Watch on the Sundance website.) Another special program, “Misery Loves Comedy,” features comics and filmmakers weighing in on whether feeling blue is a prerequisite for being funny.

MUSICAL I N T E RLUDES: Iggy Azalea, Diplo, Skrillex and Scott Weiland are some of the musicians set to perform at Park City venues during the week.

The ASCAP Music Cafe will feature live performances every day. A few music documentaries are also among festival premieres: “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?” about singer-songwriter Nina Simone, which is set to play the first night of the festival.

EVERYONE IS DANCING: There’s Slamdance, a film festival that runs concurrently during Sundance that focuses on experimental approaches and emerging talent. The documentary “Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyongyang” is set to premiere there, though Rodman isn’t expected to attend. Chefdance brings celebrated chefs from around the country to Park City for a five-night showcase of cocktails, wine and four-course meals. Now in its third year, Catdance is a night of feline-centric short films to raise funds for the American Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Nikki Reed is this year’s host.

PHOTO-OPS: Expect to see snaps of your favorite celebs at parties, interviews and events, especially the first weekend of the festival. Major media outlets (including The Associated Press) station photo and video studios near the temporary lounges set up to welcome the stars. BuzzFeed’s lo-

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‘Mistress America’ is one of the movies to be featured at Sundance this year. cation promises an aprèsski photo booth. Gift suites generally expect celebrities to pose with their swag. And Canadian coat company Moose Knuckles is hosting a party where guests are invited to ride a mechanical beaver. (If that doesn’t scream photo op...)

WORKOUTS: If skiing at one of the nearby resorts isn’t enough, festival-go-

ers can get some exercise on the indoor rock wall at the Eddie Bauer Adventure House or at the pop-up Pure Barre studio, which is set to present more than a dozen of its body-shaping fitness classes during the first weekend of Sundance.

MOVIES, OF COURSE: Movies are still the main attraction. The Simone documentary and the comedy

“The Bronze,” co-written by and starring Melissa Rauch of “The Big Bang Theory,” are among the openingnight films. Lily Tomlin is a misanthropic granny in the closing night’s drama, “Grandma.” Other offerings of interest: Noah Baumbach’s latest, “Mistress America”; a drama starring Sarah Silverman called “I Smile Back”; Kirby Dick’s

documentary about campus rape, “The Hunting Ground”; Leslye Headland’s new comedy, “Sleeping With Other People”; Jack Black’s Sundance return in “The D Train”; the premiere of Alex Gibney’s documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief ”; and the Korean coming-of-age comedy, “Seoul Searching.”

‘The Humbling’ offers film redemption for Pacino Al Pacino delivers his best performance in years in “The Humbling,” a tragicomic look at a veteran stage and film actor on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

That description might seem like an unwelcome invitation for another ham-fisted late-era Pacino bit, but, from the opening shot, it’s clear that the infamously over the top actor is trying something different: subtlety.

It’s just a shame “Birdman” had to come out first. There’s probably only so much audience thirst for stories about hallucination prone, past-their-prime actors, but Pacino fans (and skeptics) would be remiss to skip this one, even if “Birdman” is the superior film.

Adapted from Philip Roth’s 2009 novel, “The Humbling,” directed by Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”), introduces audiences to Axler as he limply applies makeup and recites Shakespeare to himself in the mirror. Not only is Axler worried he’s lost his talent, after 50 years of acting, he’s also become increasingly unable to distinguish reality from his imagination, a recurring theme that is used to disorient the audience throughout.

After a brief delusion, where he thinks he gets locked out of the theater and indifferent security guards refuse to let him in, Axler takes the stage, mumbles a few lines, and promptly swan dives into the orchestra. The stunt gets him thrown into a recovery center where he is forced to confront the state of his life and mental health for the first time.

When he’s released to his Connecticut mansion, which, even after 14 years of residency, looks as though he’s just moved in, he contemplates suicide by shotgun (“Hemingway must have had longer arms,” he says after it fails) and dallies the days away till he gets an unexpected visit from Pegeen (“Frances Ha’s” Greta Gerwig), the young lesbian daughter of his old theater friends (Dianne Weist and Dan Hedaya).

Pegeen, who harbored a longtime schoolgirl crush on her parents’ famous friend, quickly and improbably seduces him and the two begin a fraught relationship. She pushes him to get back to work. He buys her expensive things to try to make her look more feminine.

It’s as cynical and unsentimental as anything else in the film and never veers into uncomfortable territory thanks in part to the fact that Pacino’s Axler doesn’t seem to take Pegeen’s affection and interest as a given.

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Weist and Hedaya, horrified to learn of their daughter’s new relationship, share a few wonderful bits with Pacino, while Dylan Baker delivers what has to be one of the best Skype performances ever seen on film as a skeptical therapist.

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Mountaineers to take on Kansas State, look to carry momentum from first conference win david statman sports writer @DAIlyathenaeum

Fresh off their first conference win of the season, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team will look to build some momentum at home on Wednesday, when they take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum.

The Mountaineers broke a four-game losing streak Saturday with a road win over Oklahoma State. The game was a revelation on several

different levels for this young West Virginia team. Not only did they prove they could beat a good team, with top scorer Bria Holmes having an off-night, but they managed to get productive scoring nights from a couple unexpected sources.

In her first-ever start, sophomore guard Bre McDonald scored a team and career-high 16 points, while senior point guard Linda Stepney, not normally a scorer, put up 15 points of her own. With Holmes suffering through a frustrating shooting slump, it will be

critical for the Mountaineers to continue to get production from their complementary players.

An above-average performance from 3-point range and the free throw line, as well as a strong defensive performance were WVU’s tickets to victory against Oklahoma State. But, the team only shot 33.3 percent from the field against the Big 12’s top scoring defense.

If it was tough to score in Stillwater, it won’t get any easier against Kansas State.

The 11-5 Wildcats allow only 52.4 points per game, sec-

ond-best in the Big 12 and only 0.8 points behind Oklahoma State. A low-scoring, grind-it-out squad, Kansas State has only one player averaging double figures in scoring, sophomore forward Breanna Lewis.

The anchor of Kansas State’s defense, Lewis is widely regarded as a Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year candidate. On Wednesday night, the 6-foot-5 Lewis will clash with the only player in the Big 12 who blocks more shots per game than she does – West Virginia’s sophomore center Lanay

Montgomery.

After a 10-1 performance against nonconference opponents, Kansas State’s defensive-minded approach hasn’t yet served them well in conference play. The Wildcats are 1-4 in the Big 12 going into Wednesday’s game, and in their four conference losses they’ve allowed an average of over 70 points.

The Wildcats will have to rely on their defense to carry the day, because their offense has been one of the worst in the Big 12. Kansas State has the second-worst scoring offense in the Big 12

and shoots the second-lowest percentage from the field.

Their team free throw shooting percentage is a dismal 56 percent – the third-lowest in all of Division I. The Mountaineers are a perfect 4-0 against Kansas State since moving to the Big 12 Conference two years ago and won their two meetings last season by a combined margin of 61 points.

With that history in hand, West Virginia will try to snap a two-game home losing streak Wednesday night. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

men’s basketball

Staten’s scoring lull not yet cause for concern by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

After most, if not all, WVU basketball games, I’ll spend some time picking through the box score, trying to make sense of a combination of figures that would make any non-sports fan’s head spin, looking for trends and angles that could have some bearing on the team’s future.

More often than not, no matter what the basketball purists will tell you, you can learn a lot about a team from this seemingly random assortment of abbreviations and statistics.

I’m fascinated by the trend of advanced metrics across the span of sports, and while you won’t find defensive efficiency rankings in your standard box score, there is usually plenty you can learn from spending some quality time with the

stat sheet after a game.

Sometimes, however, you have to take the stats with a grain of salt. That’s exactly what you should do with the box score from West Virginia’s loss to Texas Saturday, especially when it comes to senior point guard Juwan Staten’s stat line.

For the second straight game, West Virginia’s top offensive threat was held to single digits in points, going just 1-for-7 from the field against the Longhorns.

Two straight games in single figures for a team’s best player, sounds like cause for concern, right?

For now, I disagree. First of all, when you look at the course of a season, two games is hardly enough time to establish a trend, but since we’re talking about a member of the midseason Wooden Award Watch List, you can’t dismiss it entirely.

Three years, on the other

hand, is plenty of time to establish a trend and in his third year playing for Bob Huggins, Staten has transformed from a decent ball handler and at times offensive liability to a complete player.

As I mentioned earlier, the nation has taken notice as well. You can’t read an article or hear a segment on television regarding West Virginia basketball without Staten being mentioned.

This hasn’t happened by accident. He has proven time and time again that he is among elite company when it comes to talent.

The other part of the equation is his drive. His work ethic is unquestioned.

It has to be because of what coach Huggins demands in practice, film sessions and training.

In no way am I making a reference to a specific player here, but some guys just

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That could never de- he delivers. scribe Staten. When you lisIt’s going to take a whole ten to him in interviews, he lot longer than two games

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Although the West Virginia University wrestling team has improved since its first dual meet against Arizona State in November, the Mountaineers showed this past weekend that they still have a ways to go before competing with the nation’s elite.

Then-No. 23 West Virginia (6-7, 0-2 Big 12) dropped consecutive road matches to No. 8 Oklahoma State and Oklahoma over the weekend by a combined score of 60-16.

Of the 10 dual bouts against the Cowboys, the Mountaineer grapplers faced eight wrestlers ranked in the Top 25 individually, includ-

ing No. 1 Alex Dieringer at the 165-pound weight class. Oklahoma State’s star-studded lineup also boasted three more wrestlers ranked in the Top 10 individually.

Sophomore Jake A. Smith secured the Mountaineers’ only points of the night with a 3-1 decision over Luke Bean at 197.

“It was a tough one, and we didn’t perform the way I know we can,” said firstyear West Virginia head coach Sammie Henson after the Cowboys’ 35-3 victory.

“They’re a tougher team than we’ve ever wrestled from West Virginia and a lot of that’s because of their coach,” said Oklahoma State head coach John Smith – the winningest coach in school

history – in an interview with Intermat.

On just two days rest, the Mountaineers then traveled to Norman, Okla., to take on a talented Oklahoma squad. West Virginia jumped out to an early 6-4 lead with decisions by freshman Zeke Moisey and senior Michael Morales at 125 and 141, respectively.

The Sooners’ middleweights went on to claim victories at the 149-, 157-, 165- and 174-pound weight classes, pushing their lead to 21-6 with three bouts remaining.

Junior Bubba Scheffel responded with a 10-0 major decision over Brooks Climmons at 184 and Smith defeated Andrew Dixon at 197. However, West Virginia’s fate

was already sealed before junior heavyweight A.J. Vizcarrondo lost an 11-2 major decision to No. 11 Ross Larson.

After Oklahoma’s 2513 victory, Henson said Moisey, Morales, Scheffel and Smith stayed with the “gameplan” and it resulted in wins.

“We have two weeks to train and work on some areas of concentration,” Henson said. “It is the little things that make the difference between winning and losing.”

West Virginia travels to Clarion Feb. 6, followed by dual meets against No. 11 Iowa State, No. 25 Ohio, No. 5 Edinboro and Pittsburgh to conclude the regular season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers need to bounce back with a win against the Horned Frogs this weekend ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

In sports, it’s not always about how you win, but often how you can respond to losing. It’s about how you’re able to get knocked down, and get right back up.

For West Virginia, they were knocked down quite hard, following a beat down at the hands of Texas. The Longhorns manhandled the Mountaineers, beating them 77-50.

This is only West Virginia’s third loss on the season. With 15 wins under their belt, this year’s team isn’t accustomed to losing.

Before the loss to Texas, the Mountaineers suffered two close losses. First, West Virginia lost to LSU 74-73, giving up an open layup to allow the Tigers to win.

The second loss came from No. 9 Iowa State, who was able to secure a 7472 win due to strong play

down the stretch.

This loss to the Longhorns, however, is a different story. This wasn’t a close game at all, as the Mountaineers were pummeled right from the opening tip.

“You know it comes down to, to a degree, of who has the greater will,” head coach Bob Huggins said in regard to the Texas matchup. “(Texas) played the game the way they wanted to play it, and we certainly didn’t play it the way we wanted to play it.”

“They imposed their will on us and we didn’t respond to it very well.

Matchup goes both ways, you know.”

West Virginia responded well after its previous two losses, though.

Following the loss to LSU, the Mountaineers went on the road and won big against Northern Kentucky, 67-42. In fact, after losing to LSU, the team went on a seven-game win streak.

The win streak was

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Senior guard Gary Browne goes after the ball in WVU’s game against Oklahoma. snapped after falling to eers bounced back with Iowa State at home. West authority. But now, how Virginia, however, re- will West Virginia respond sponded once again after after being blown out? that loss.

“We just got to keep our The Mountaineers beat heads up,” forward Devin up on a tough Oklahoma Williams said following team in their next out- the Texas loss. “We’ve got ing. Huggins and com- 13 more game to go and pany throttled the Soon- we just got to stay with it.” ers, 86-65.

The road won’t get any Those two losses were easier for WVU. The Big close and the Mountain- 12 Conference is arguably the best conference in college basketball right now, meaning every game will be a tough one.

West Virginia will be back in action on Saturday, as they host TCU at the Coliseum. This will be the second meeting between the two squads.

The Mountaineers got the best of TCU in their first matchup, downing the Horned Frogs 7867, but this time around WVU is coming off a bigtime loss.

It will be interesting to see how Huggins’ team responds following the blowout in Austin, Texas.

The Horned Frogs have a solid record and if the Mountaineers aren’t careful, they could easily be upset by TCU. “The only way we win the game is if we outwork people,” senior guard Gary Browne said. “If it’s me, I want to have another game, because I have a bad taste in my mouth right now.”

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Max Rentals. 304-291-8423 2/BR SOUTH PARK. W/D. No Pets, $650/mo. 304-288-6374

Prices starting at $530 Security Deposit $200 Walk in Closets, Jacuzzi Balcony, Elevators W/D, DW Garages, Storage Units Sparkling Heated Pool Minutes to Hospitals, Downtown and Shopping Center

NO PETS

24 Hr Maintenance / Security

304-599-1880

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304-599-6376

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Prices are for the total unit

1BD

2BD

3BD

4BD

Sunnyside South Park Downtown South Park

$500 $525 $550 $650

Downtown Sunnyside Evansdale Med Center

$650 $700 $700 $800

Wiles Hill Med Center Evansdale Sunnyside

$800 $855 $1200 $1500

Star City $1200 + util Now Leasing for Spring 2015 and Now

(304) 296 - 7930

1,2,3,4,5, and 6 Bedrooms Sunnyside, South Park, Suncrest, Wiles Hill Woodburn, Evansdale and Downtown Complete rental list on

belcross.com Arthur G. Trusler III - Broker

FLEXIBLE LEASES! ALL UTILITIES. NEWLY RENOVATED 2, 3 & 4BR APARTMENTS and HOUSES. Downtown/Evansdale. UTILITIES INCLUDED. Prime downtown location.

304-288-8955.

GREAT 2&3 BR still available on Beverly Ave. W/D, AC, off-street parking, pets considered, most utilities paid, $450/per person. 304-241-4607 if no answer call 304-282-0136

When location and affordability are a priority for you, we are your

#1 choice!

Now Offering Individual Leases 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments available now through May 8, 2015

Offering Month to Month leases!

Call today for more information!

304-413-0900

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Free Parking!

Students. Faith. Community.

When it comes to Price, Location, and Quality We top the competition

TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. New 1BR available in May on Glenn St. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free parking. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-288-0387. www.rentalswv.com

FURNISHED HOUSES 751 WELLS ST. 3BR, 2 full baths, off-street parking, garage w/elect. opener, W/D, D/W, A/C, Front porch, side deck, 5 min. walk to lair, No Pets. $500/month 724-208-0737 TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL-near football stadium. This remodeled furnished 3BR house inc. 3-car off-street parking at no extra charge, 2 new full baths, kitchen w/dishwasher, range, refrigerator, microwave and washer & dryer included. $448/person/month; plus low utilities.

Owner pays garbage. CALL STEVE AT 304-288-6012 NOW!

Now Leasing

UNFURNISHED HOUSES

Harless Center 9 MONTH LEASES

3, 4, 5BRS. Walk to Campus. W/D, some parking. Lease/Deposit. NO PETS. Avail.

6-1-15. Max Rentals. 304-291-8423

1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments

(August - May) Parking Available

Call today!

304-292-4061

RICE RENTALS Affordable Rent, Great Location Rent starting at $325.

Effic,1, 2, & 3/BR Leasing for May 2015 304-598-7368 ricerentals.com

4 BEDROOM HOUSE. 5-min walk to campus/downtown. 2 full baths, front porch, washer/dryer. $440 each + utilities. Call 304-685-7835 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972

AVAILABLE May 15, 2015

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UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS STADIUM VIEW APARTMENTS Affordable Rent, Great Location Rent starting at $350 Eff, 1 &2/BR Leasing for May 2015 304-598-7368 stadiumviewwv.com

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When location and affordability are a priority for you, we are your #1 choice!

1 & 2 Bedroom Apts 1&2 Bathrooms 24 Hr Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer “Now Leasing for May 2015”

Downtown and Sunnyside

304-292-0900

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INDIVIDUAL LEASES

NOW SHOWING FOR MAY/JUNE. 1-4 BR. Downtown and South Park. No Pets.

304-296-5931

PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS

EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2014

UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

304-599-4407

ABSOLUTELY NO PETS WWW.PRETERENTAL.COM

FEMALE ROOMMATES NEEDED SPRING 2015 $400 + gas/elec., W/D, 1 mile from campus, parking. No Pets 304-288-1080 JUST LISTED. Across the street from Arnold Hall. Male or Female. W/D, Parking, $450-$475 all utilities included.

340-282-8131, 304-288-1572, 304-288-9662 ROOMMATES WANTED- Looking for one roommate, four bedroom house. Private bathroom, fully furnished. A couple blocks from the Mountainlair. $500/month. Utilities included.740-381-0361 SECOND SEMESTER. Willey St. & South Park. Male or Female. 4 1/2-5 month lease. $475-$490/mth. Includes Utilities, W/D. Deposit. 304-292-5714

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

304-282-2560

HELP WANTED

Change lives – including yours!

REM WV Inc. has immediate opportunities for Care Providers in the Morgantown areas We are seeking dedicated individuals to provide assistance with daily living activities for adults who happen to have an intellectual or developmental disability.

Training is provided. Full time employees are eligible to choose benefits, including health, dental, vision, and more.

Employment requirements include high school or GED or equivalent in education and related experience, valid driver’s license in good standing, and passing a background screening.

ALL SIZES ALL LOCATIONS

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WILKINS RENTALS 304-292-5714

ASHEBROOKE EXPRESS CONVENIENCE STORE is now hiring. Please apply in person at 300 Cheat Road Morgantown or call 304-292-1610 after 4:30p.m.

FREE PARKING

NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $625-$825+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

ROOMMATES

Leasing for 2015 - 2016 Apartments and Houses

3-9 BR HOUSES available in May Downtown, W/D, parking available www.geeapt.com.

Call: M-F 8am-4pm: 304-365-2787

Close to Downtown Campus & South Park Locations

3BR & 4BR HOUSES AVAILABLE on Willey St. Very clean, W/D, parking. Walk to downtown campus. Available 5/15.

304-554-4135. 304-594-1564

All Include Washer/Dryer Many Include Utilities & Parking Pets ConsideredWith Fee Rents as low as $430/mo per person Lease and Deposit Campus Area 3, 4, and 5 Bedroom Apts. & Houses South Park 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 Bedroom Apts.

Between Campuses 4 Bedroom Houses

AVAILABLE 5/8/15. 3 and 4 BR house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 296-8801.

4/BR CAMPUS AREA & BETWEEN CAMPUSES. New appliances, W/D, Off-street Parking, Pet friendly. 12-month lease / deposit. Starts June 1.

304-292-5714 AVAILABLE MAY. NEAR CAMPUS. 3-4/BR 2/BA. D/W, W/D, Off-street parking.

Full basement, backyard, covered-porch. $350/BR plus utilities. No Pets.

304-282-0344.

BARTENDERS WANTED. Cooks, Bouncer/Doorman. Barside Grill in Westover. Part-time. 18 and over. Will train.

All shifts available. 304-365-4565 MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING Part-time cooks and Full-time bartenders: Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave./3117 University Ave. or e-mail resume to fishbowl@mountain.net IT’S A NEW YEAR & A NEW YOU! Come join our team!! The Hilton Garden Inn will be taking applications for the following positions: Dishwasher/Banquet Setup, Line Cook open availability preferred, AM server Sa-1p & PM server 4p-11p open availability preferred, Housekeeping: Room attendants, Part time laundry attendant & part time lobby attendant, Part time maintenance, Part time Sales team associate. Please apply in person at the hotel’s front desk.

AVAILABLE NOW. Evansdale Campus.

Unfurnished 2BR house. $700/month plus utilities. 304-282-4981

NOW HIRING ALL POSITIONS. Good earning potential. Great environment. Busy Cheat Lake restaurant. Call for interview: 304-594-0088.

MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 3,4, 5, & 6BR and 2 & 3BATH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition.

All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 282-7572 website JEWELMANLLC.COM

PART-TIME DRIVING INSTRUCTOR. Must be 21. $9/hr during training, up to and $11/hour after training. Valid drivers license req. 304-290-5414

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Wednesday January 21, 2015

Men who commit sexual assault

Men who can stop them

IT’S ON US TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR KEEPING OUR UNIVERSITY FAMILY SAFE Six percent of men in college admit to committing sexual assault. It’s on the rest of us to step up and stop it. Learn how and take the pledge at itsonus.org or find out what resources are available on campus at titleix.wvu.edu.

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