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City talks rebranding, new slogan by jacob bojesson staff writer

The City of Morgantown is currently in the process of rebranding its image and hired a consultant to give some advice on how to become more appealing to visitors.

Ben Muldrow of Arnett Muldrow & Associates, located in Greenville, S.C., arrived in Morgantown Monday and will spend the week getting to know the city and meet with its citizens.

Muldrow is a consultant who councils cities on what they can do to attract more residents and tourists.

“Because of the fact that we do this so often, they really have been very open, and they are waiting to hear what our best recommendations are to them,” Muldrow said.

“The openness that both the Main Street organization and the city has had is very positive.”

Muldrow held his first meeting Tuesday with a small group of citizens who were interested in participating in the rebranding process.

The meeting discussed questions such as Morgantown’s postcard design and quick 15-minute tours. The meeting also explored the relationship between Morgan-

Morgantown potholes pain in the asphalt

town and West Virginia University.

“I think that the relationship between the University and downtown was something that was good to hear a little more about and really hear about some of the things that the citizens had the highest level of affinity for as we try to grow over our arching community pride,” Muldrow said. “It’s good to identify where that affection already exists.”

Muldrow said he will spend the next few days hosting meetings and will then return to South Carolina and come up with a master plan for the city.

“We’re hoping to be back in

about four weeks to do a threeday, on-site workshop, and from that we’ll be making our recommendations,” he said.

The idea to rebrand downtown Morgantown has been in the works for a long time, and the project will be conducted in collaboration with Main Street Morgantown.

“It’s something that we’ve been thinking about for a long time, and Main Street Morgantown also started to work on this idea, and so we partnered and came up with one consultant, so we can come up with some messages that kind of work together,” said Jennifer Se-

lin, the mayor of Morgantown.

If anyone is expecting major changes to the downtown area, they can think again.

The total budget for the rebranding process is $16,000, a cost split between the city and Main Street Morgantown.

“I think it’s important that (the) city has an identity that’s combined with the University, but that it also has some of its own identity,” Selin said. “It’s important in a modern city to have some idea of what’s grounded in the past but also moving into the future.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

‘There’s just nothing else like it’ Alternate Mountaineer mascot shares experience in buckskins part-time by evelyn merithew staff writer @dailyathenaeum

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A driver drives past a pothole on University Avenue in front of the Mountainlair.

BY Laura Haight Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Huge potholes in Morgantown have drivers swerving all over the road.

Potholes form when water and snow seep into the cracks of the asphalt then expand, pushing out some of the asphalt, which creates a hole.

The holes around Morgantown have reached crater size in certain areas.

Kristina Shivel, a junior English student, said the potholes have ruined her car.

“I would rather take my chances walking around town than driving my car, because you can’t go more than five feet without hitting a pothole,” Shivel said. “You can see the original brick road in over half the potholes I’ve passed.”

She said she has to drive her car almost every day and is always concerned about the roads.

“I shouldn’t have to worry about whether or

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Students get head start on summer jobs by meagan carpenter correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Students will have the opportunity to earn internships and jobs for summer by visiting The Summit – High Adventure Base Internship and Summer Job Fair.

The fair will be set up today in the Vandalia Lounge in the Mountainlair, and interviews will be held during and after the event.

Sarah Glenn, assistant director of the West Virginia University Career Services Center, said students will be able to speak directly with hiring managers at The Summit, and they will learn what each position entails and what employees are looking for in a candidate.

“This is a chance for students to make a positive first impression on the recruiters and convey why they would make a great summer intern or employee,” Glenn said.

The Summit is an official high-adventure base of the Boy Scouts of America and is located in Mount Hope, W.Va. Dave Durham, director of the WVU Career Services Center, said he sees the internship as a great opportunity for students and a great resume-builder.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for any WVU student that loves the outdoors and is interested in paddling, peddling, climbing or shooting,” Durham said. “Unlike traditional summer camp jobs, the Summit – High Adventure staff hope to match students with opportunities so that the experience is

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The Mountaineer mascot is the face of West Virginia University and is recognizable for his long beard, buckskins and musket. However, many WVU students and community members never realize there is a backup Mountaineer mascot who works extensively behind-the-scenes.

Third-year public relations student Daryn Vucelik from Glen Dale, W.Va., currently serves in this role.

“I love (this) state, I love WVU, and I thought running for Mountaineer would be a cool way to give back to my state and school,” Vucelik said. “There’s no other position that does so much for the entire state of West Virginia like the Mountaineer does.”

The application process to become the mascot for the 2013-14 academic year began in February 2013 and – identical to the current search for the Mountaineer mascot – included five essays, a description of the contestants’ extracurricular activities and community involvement as well as letters of recommendation.

Ten students were then picked to be interviewed by a panel, and from there the top four participated in an oldfashioned cheer-off at a men’s basketball game while donning the famous buckskins.

“It was honestly the coolest experience ever,” Vucelik said.

“Even if that had been the extent of my time in the buckskins, there’s just nothing else like it.”

Following the cheer-off in March 2013, Jonathan Kimble won the spot of Mountaineer mascot for a second year, and Vucelik was named the alternate Mountaineer.

Though Vucelik won runner-up, she said the rare opportunity to take part in the experience was well worth her time.

“Every phase of finding out I got an interview or finding out I made it to the next round, I was so honored that the panel thought I had the potential to represent our whole University and state,” she said. “For someone to think that I have that ability is gratifying.”

Even as the backup Mountaineer, Vucelik’s responsibilities have been plentiful. The alternate’s job is to be oncall at all times and to make appearances when Kimble is unavailable.

Vucelik has attended many soccer, volleyball and women’s basketball games. She also spent time during the summer visiting 4-H camps, schools and giving tours of the WVU campus and football stadium.

Vucelik will also have the opportunity to travel to Oklahoma City during spring break with the women’s basketball team.

“The most rewarding (part) is meeting people and talking to little kids and seeing how excited they get,” she said.

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Maxwell’s remains closed during tenant, landlord dispute

by Jacob Bojesson Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

To many people’s disappointment, Maxwell’s, a restaurant located at 1 Wall Street in downtown Morgantown, has been closed for the two months as landlord and tenant find themselves in a dispute over unpaid rent.

It all started Dec. 13, 2013, when Maxwell’s owner John Lichter arrived at the restaurant to open up for another day of business.

According to Lichter, he was surprised to find the locks switched, and he had to keep the restaurant closed for the day.

Two months later, Maxwell’s remains closed – leaving bills unpaid, food to rot and employees without a job to go to.

Lichter said he didn’t want to go into detail about what caused the disagreement pending the outcome of a magistrate court date sched-

uled for Tuesday, but he said he’s hopeful the restaurant will reopen shortly.

“So far the consensus seems to be that we were illegally closed,” Lichter said.

“Our goal is to reopen Maxwell’s as soon as possible for the same reason we bought it in the first place. We want students to enjoy the experience and great food my wife and I enjoyed when we were students and Maxwell’s was new.”

Lichter leased the restaurant in summer 2013 and said he invested more than $100,000 in his new business.

BMT, the leasing company that owns the building, put out an ad on Craigslist Dec. 31, 2013, looking to sell the restaurant for $25,000.

According to a man who identified himself as the landlord, but refused to give out his name, Lichter never paid rent and he claims the eviction was according to protocol.

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Maxwell’s, which is located at 1 Wall St. in downtown Morgantown, has been closed since December 2013. different vendors money for chter recently dropped the the work they did on his place, civil case and he will be and he didn’t pay them,” the moving his things out of the landlord said.

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Wednesday February 12, 2014

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee suspends death penalty

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Gov. Jay Inslee announces Tuesday that he is suspending the use of the death penalty in Washington state during a news conference in Olympia, Wash. Inslee’s moratorium, which will be in place for as long as he is governor, means that if a death penalty case comes to his desk, he will issue a reprieve, which isn’t a pardon and doesn’t commute the sentences of those condemned to death.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday he was suspending the use of the death penalty in Washington state for as long as he’s in office, announcing a move that he hopes will enable officials to “join a growing national conversation about capital punishment.”

The first-term Democrat said he came to the decision after months of review, meetings with victims’ families, prosecutors and law enforcement.

“There have been too many doubts raised about capital punishment, there are too many flaws in this system today,” Inslee said at a news conference. “There is too much at stake to accept an imperfect system.”

Inslee’s action is the lat-

est of several state moves on the death penalty in recent years.

In Maryland, lawmakers last year did away with the death penalty, becoming the 18th state to do so and the sixth in six years. Colorado’s governor last year decided to indefinitely stay an execution, saying he had concerns about the fairness of the system and would be unlikely to allow the delayed case to move forward while he was in office. And Oregon’s governor in 2011 issued a moratorium similar to what is now in effect in Washington state.

Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said the moves away from the death penalty show that support for capital punishment is

waning. “The death penalty is being used less,” he said.

Washington state hasn’t executed an inmate in more than three years. There have been seven inmates executed this year in the U.S., according to the Washington D.C.-based criminal justice nonprofit.

In Olympia, legislative efforts to get rid of the death penalty have received public hearings in recent years, but they’ve never gained political traction. Inslee said he would support a permanent ban from lawmakers.

Inslee, who was elected in 2012, said Tuesday that executions are “unequally applied” in the state, “sometimes dependent on the size of the county’s budget.”

He also said death penalty

POTHOLES

clear the snow and ice and take out big chunks of road,” Davis said.

The potholes cannot be permanently fixed until the winter’s freeze-thaw cycle is over. The company from which Morgantown purchases asphalt doesn’t start making hot asphalt until April, at the earliest.

“You can’t do too much below 40 degrees,” he said.

Currently, the city is working to fix the potholes with cold patches but the solution is temporary and lasts only for a few days.

Road conditions have to be dry and clear for the temporary patches to work, which limits the number of days the potholes can be fixed.

The timeliness of the potholes being filled is also determined by whether the road is owned by Morgan-

town or the state of West Virginia.

“State roads are really bad. Beechurst is terrible and so is Route 7,” Davis said.

Davis said drivers should use caution when driving in Morgantown and avoid the potholes if possible.

Many drivers tried to claim money from the city to compensate for damages caused by potholes but have been unsuccessful because the city is working to repair them. Claims are only successful when the city has been negligent in repairs.

“We have a crew out there and when they’re not doing snow removal, they’re fixing potholes,” Davis said.

To report a pothole, visit http://morgantown.gov.

level of interest or who have some experience in outdoor activities.

There are many different positions offered to student workers for directory-level positions and supervisor positions.

The directory-level positions include aquatics director, mountain biking director and shooting sports director.

The supervisor positions include climbing director, zip ride manager, canopy

manager, challenger course manager, BMX manager, skate park manager, mountain biking area manager, kayaking team leader and shooting sport discipline manager.

Students who are interested should visit the internship fair at the Vandalia Lounge Wednesday from noon to 6 p.m. or visit http://summitblog.org/ programs. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

restaurant shortly.

“I have a letter from his attorneys to my attorney that says that everything is done,” the landlord said. “He just wants to pick a couple of things up and then he’s done, so there is no court. He might not have gotten notified yet, that’s it.”

Lichter said the land-

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job.

“I knew (Daryn) the previous year, and she said she tried on my boots one day and that helped spark a little imagination in running for the Mountaineer. She’s been great,” Kimble said.

Vucelik proved to be especially helpful during the summer when Kimble was busy and during the fall when he traveled to different states with the football team.

“This summer was so busy for me, and she made a bunch of appearances in

Morgantown, working with kids and giving tours of the stadium. I’ve always heard great reviews,” Kimble said.

Vucelik has spent time working with WVUp All Night, the Student Health Advisory Board and the Gold and Blue Student Ambassadors program. She said that, because of the way the WVU community gives back, this University has always felt like home.

As the alternate Mountaineer, Vucelik said she tries to use the opportunity

Continued from page 1 not it’s safe to drive my car depending on the holes in the road,” she said.

Shivel said part of the undercarriage of her 2008 Nissan Sentra was knocked loose after hitting a particularly bad pothole on Beechurst Avenue.

Damien Davis, Morgantown assistant city engineer, said the city and state have been doing the best they can to fix the potholes.

Weather also plays a huge part in whether or not the potholes can be fixed. The heavy snowfalls are also causing more potholes and preventing construction crews from fixing them.

“Snowplows also beat up the road pretty bad. They

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Continued from page 1 meaningful as well as fun and exciting.”

Durham said he wants the interns to gain careerrelated skills such as leadership, communications and time-management skills that will contribute to building a strong resume.

Recruiters are looking for students who have some

Continued from page 1 “Having the opportunity to see the way people to react to the Mountaineer and the ability to represent my state and my school in such a unique way is just so much fun.”

Kimble said he’s known Vucelik since he was the backup mascot for the 201112 school year and he feels she’s been a great fit for the

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cases can take years to wind through the legal system and represent a drag on state and local budgets.

He said the system “does not deter crime, costs citizens millions of dollars more than life in prison without parole,” is “uncertain in its application” and “exposes families to multiple decades of uncertainty.”

Inslee’s moratorium means that if a death penalty case comes to his desk, he will issue a reprieve. Reprieves aren’t pardons and don’t commute the sentences of those condemned to death. Under Inslee’s system, death row inmates will remain in prison rather than face execution.

“During my term, we will not be executing people,”

said Inslee. But “nobody is getting out of prison, period.”

Rep. Reuven Carlyle, a Seattle Democrat who has introduced bills to get rid of the death penalty, said Inslee’s action provides a “profound shift” in momentum for future attempts.

“He has opened a legitimate conversation that gives the Legislature the ability to not only bring legislation forward in the coming years, but to step up and engage the public in that conversation,” he said.

There have been 78 inmates, all men, put to death in Washington state since 1904. Since a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision cleared the way for the resumption of executions by states, 1,366 people have

Large potholes pit the asphalt along Beechurst Avenue.

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lord’s statement is false and the case is still scheduled to go to court at 4.30 p.m.

Tuesday.

Lichter’s information was later confirmed by Morgantown Magistrate Court.

Whether the 37-year-old restaurant will ever open its doors again remains uncertain, but it seems as if customers looking for answers can expect them within the near future.

been put to death in the U.S., according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

In Washington state, nine men are currently on death row. The state Supreme Court last month rejected a petition for release from Jonathan Lee Gentry, sentenced to death for the murder of a 12-year-old girl in 1988. Gentry could have been the first execution in the state since September 2010.

Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler of Ritzville said he thought Inslee’s move was “out of touch.”

He noted that lawmakers have previously rejected opportunities to pass such measures, “because the public and Legislature support keeping that tool.”

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to really show people what the University is all about.

“I just think so highly of (the) people here. I have friends who are doing incredible things like research and studying abroad,” she said. “It’s always bothered me that WVU often gets a bad rep.

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Beer float, anyone? Yuengling’s Ice Cream returns POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Breyers, Ben & Jerry’s, Edy’s and Yuengling’s: Which thing is not like the others?

Trick question. They all make ice cream.

The supermarket freezer aisle got a little more crowded Monday as Yuengling – a name more associated with ale, porter and lager than vanilla, chocolate and strawberry – took its place alongside the familiar brands.

Beer drinkers up and down the East Coast know Yuengling as a 185-yearold family-owned Pennsylvania brewery whose lager flows from taps in countless bars and restaurants.

What they might not realize is that Yuengling used to make ice cream, too, starting in 1920 at the dawn of Prohibition.

Now Yuengling’s Ice Cream is back after an absence of nearly 30 years, available at hundreds of stores in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey. Additional stores and markets could be added later.

“I was brought up with it,” said Bob Pomian, picking up a $4.99 carton of chocolate marshmallow at a store in Pottsville, a few miles away from the brewery. “If it’s the same ice cream I ate 50 years ago, then I’d be happy with it.”

This incarnation of

Yuengling’s Ice Cream is a separate company with no connection to the brewery.

But it has already capitalized on that famous name.

Yuengling’s initial run of 100,000 quarts rolled off the production line ahead of schedule because of high demand, fueled by nostalgia and the popularity of the eponymous beer.

“One of the biggest things in putting a new product on the market is getting brandname recognition, which is a problem we don’t have,” said Yuengling’s Ice Cream President David Yuengling, a cousin of brewery owner Dick Yuengling and greatgrandson of the man who started the original ice cream company 94 years ago. “We are really popular for not having been on the market for 30 years.”

Made by a small dairy in Tamaqua, Pa., Yuengling’s is available in 10 flavors, including black and tan (Belgian chocolate and salted caramel), an homage to the ice cream’s brewery roots.

The brewery side of the family, in fact, had no problem with a relaunch of the ice cream brand, so long as the frozen treat met expectations. They gave their blessing after trying samples of chocolate chip and mint chocolate chip.

“Needless to say, these received a thumb’s up from all of us!” Jennifer Yuengling, the eldest

daughter of Dick Yuengling and a member of the brewery family’s sixth generation, said via email.

The original Yuengling’s dairy was spun off into a separate company after Prohibition ended, and continued selling ice cream and other dairy products for the next half-century.

David Yuengling’s father closed the business in 1985 because neither of his sons was interested in taking over, and Yuengling spent the next three decades in the computer industry.

A few years ago, a family friend approached him about rebooting Yuengling’s Ice Cream.

Yuengling, 51, was ready for a career change, but wanted to make sure there’d be room for another brand in the $6.8 billion take-home ice cream market. He realized the Yuengling name would probably get his product an initial lick – but to scoop the competition, it had to be good.

“What is it that’s going to keep us going? What are people going to like about this to keep them buying it?” Yuengling said he asked himself. “It’s a tough nut to crack, and it’s not an easy business.”

Yuengling said his ice cream is made without artificial ingredients, a higher percentage of butterfat and less air. The ice cream is

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Shopper Linda Silvestri grabs a Yuengling ice-cream at a Weis supermarket, Monday, in Huntingdon Valley, Pa. Yuengling’s Ice Cream is back after an absence of nearly 30 years, available at hundreds of stores in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey. marketed as premium, occupying a space between the mass-market brands and a super-premium label like Haagen-Dazs.

Branding expert Rob Frankel, author of “The Revenge of Brand X,” said defunct but well-regarded brands can do well when they’re resurrected.

“In Yuengling’s case, there’s a lot of really great,

Prosecutors told to explain Naval sex assault case

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File photos provided by the U.S. Navy Football team, shows Midshipman Eric Graham, left, and Midshipman Josh Tate. Graham is scheduled to speak publicly for the first time in a case in which a teammate is accused of sexual assault.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A military judge overseeing the case of a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexual assault told prosecutors Tuesday he wants them to explain how they plan to prove their case, an indication it may not hold up.

Prosecutors have planned to show during a trial that the woman at the center of the case was too drunk to consent to sexual activity. But during a pretrial hearing Tuesday, the judge heard testimony that the woman was “fully functional” around the time of the alleged assault.

The judge, Col. Daniel Daugherty, asked prosecutors to tell to him how they plan to prove their theory of the case against Joshua Tate of Nashville, Tenn., who has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and lying to investigators.

Prosecutors will respond in writing by the end of the week. Daugherty suggested he would then rule at some point next week on a motion by Tate’s lawyers that he dismiss the case for lack of evidence.

The judge has been holding a series of hearings in Tate’s case ahead of a planned March court-martial, the military’s equivalent of a trial.

Prosecutors initially accused Tate, 21, and two other Naval Academy midshipmen of sexually assaulting a female student during a 2012 party at an offcampus house in Annapolis, Md., where the school is located. The woman said she didn’t remember being sexually assaulted after a night of heavy drinking but heard from others she had had sex with multiple partners at the party. The men were all football players at the academy at the time.

Tate is the only one currently facing charges in the case. The head of the Naval Academy decided not to go forward with a court-martial for one student, Tra’ves Bush of Johnston, S.C. And in January, after a recommendation from prosecutors, the school’s superintendent dismissed charges against the other student, Eric Graham of Eight Mile, Ala. Graham, 23, answered questions from a prosecutor and one of Tate’s lawyers during Tuesday’s hearing, speaking publicly for the first time about the case. Graham, who was granted immunity for his testimony and was on the stand for about an hour and a half, described seeing Tate get out of a car parked outside the party.

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Graham said his teammate told him that a fellow midshipman in the car wanted to speak with him, and Graham then got in the car with the woman. The alleged sexual encounter between Tate and the woman is said to have happened before Graham entered the car. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name alleged victims of sexual assault.

Graham said he could tell when he got in the car that the woman had been drinking, but she was able to communicate clearly and make her own decisions.

“She was clothed, fully functional. I didn’t really see anything wrong with her,” he said.

Asked by the judge to describe how intoxicated the woman was on a scale from 1 to 10, one being “drunk out of her mind” and 10 being completely sober, Graham said she was a 7 or a 6.

Asked if he was “ever concerned about her level of sobriety,” he answered “no, sir.”

After Graham’s testimony, the judge told prosecutors that what he’d heard was clear testimony that the woman was a “fairly well-functioning individual” around the time Tate is accused of having a sexual encounter with her. He

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asked them to explain how they plan to show she was too drunk to consent to sexual activity.

Graham appeared Tuesday dressed in a Navy uniform, but the Naval Academy confirmed Monday that he is in the process of resigning from the school.

rich history. The fact that it was an ice cream born of Prohibition has a neat story to it. It’s almost like it was bootlegger ice cream,” he said. “As opposed to ‘Bob’s New Ice Cream’ that has to go through all of these trials and tribulations, you are revitalizing a brand that has a history and there’s a value to it.”

Beer-flavored ice cream,

alas, isn’t in the cards. And while there’s been talk of floats made from Yuengling beer and Yuengling’s ice cream, you won’t find David Yuengling partaking.

“I’m certainly not gonna try it,” Yuengling, a direct descendant of the brewery’s founder, said with a laugh. “I just can’t see beer and ice cream together.”

Missing Colorado skier found dead after avalanche DILLON, Colo. (AP) — A skier missing after an avalanche outside a Colorado ski area was found dead Tuesday, about a day after he was swept up in a large slide.

Kevin Kuybus, 46, is the 10th person to die in an avalanche nationally this season and the fourth since Sunday. The danger of more slides remained high after prolonged snowfall measured in feet that has lured skiers and snowboarders to the mountains.

Kuybus lived in Highlands Ranch just south of Denver.

He and another person were caught in Monday’s avalanche just outside Keystone Ski Resort, but the other skier managed to pull himself out and go for help. Members of the Summit County Rescue Group searched for Kuybus on Monday and again Tuesday, when a slab of snow that didn’t release with the original avalanche was triggered with explosives to make the area safer for searchers.

Another avalanche near Kebler (KEHB’-lur) Pass, outside Crested Butte, killed a snowmobiler on

Monday, said Gunnison County coroner Frank Vader. Another person also was trapped in that slide but survived.

The death toll includes two people who died in slides in Utah over the weekend. On Sunday, Ashleigh Cox, 21, of Colorado Springs died after being caught in an avalanche while she was snowshoeing Saturday in American Fork Canyon. About 90 miles away in Sanpete County, Clint Conover, 36, died after being buried in a slide Sunday while snowmobiling.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning against travel in parts of the backcountry after 2 to 4 feet of snow fell over the last several days.

It’s putting pressure on the plentiful snow that was already on the ground and ensuring that any slides that do occur are very large, said Spencer Logan of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

“It definitely keeps us on the edge,” he said.

According to the center, the avalanches purposefully triggered by road crews to prevent surprise slides have been the largest in 20 years.

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Health first, shape second JAKE JARVIS A&E WRITER

In summer 2012, shortly after high school graduation, my weight had reached 276 pounds. With my height being 5’10”, my body mass index (BMI) was a staggering 39.6, which is well into the obese range.

Not only was I incredibly overweight, but I led a horribly unhealthy lifestyle.

So I made the decision I was going to change myself. Over the course of a year, I lost approximately 95 pounds. My weight now oscillates between 181 and 184, making my BMI approximately 26. Still not great, but definitely a step in the right direction.

I started my journey for a vain reason – to be skinny. I wanted to fit into smaller clothing, and I was tired of having to “suck it in” for pictures. Along the way I found the joy of being healthy and the rewards that come from it.

What saddens me the most about my battle with my weight is how no one took the time to tell me I was overweight. Sure, doctors said lose a few pounds, but my loved ones overlooked it. No one admit-

ted to me, so I didn’t admit it to myself.

Recently, a new Facebook trend has emerged.

Lots of users have been posting videos of obese people dancing. What’s the big deal? They’re actually amazingly talented dancers and could give even Beyonce a run for her money.

In the comments section, people usually give the performer praise.

The general consensus is, “You go girl. See, you don’t need to be skinny to dance.” We are saying, in a sense, it’s okay to be as fat as you want.

This is doing nothing but glorifying the sad fact that 35.7 percent of American adults are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, 17.01 percent of American children are obese or extremely obese.

Not overweight – obese.

I am in no way “skinny.”

I come from a family where obesity is the majority and wheezing while walking up stairs is something we live with.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Maniacs director responds to Iowa State controversy CHRIS NORTHRUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MOUNTAINEER MANIACS

Tuesday’s 102-77 win over No. 11 Iowa Cyclones was a big win for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team. It got us right back into the race for an NCAA tournament bid and gave us our second straight win over a ranked opponents at the Coliseum.

There was a great deal of buzz surrounding the game as a solid Iowa State team entered the Coliseum. To me, even prior to the game, it had the feeling to be one of those special nights in “Huggs-town”.

Students packed the lower level bowl early, and the atmosphere was loud and energetic from the tip. It was exactly what we want out of our student section each game: rowdy, boisterous and intimidating. A place where opponents can’t wait to get out and don’t want to come back.

As the Director of the Mountaineer Maniacs, our organization looks to be the so-called, “sixth man,” each night an opponent comes to town. We try to create a home-court advantage for our team, and that is exactly what I feel we did Tuesday night.

The team was able to feed off our loud cheers and chants on defensive possessions and capitalized on the offensive end, as well.

Former Marshall guard,

DeAndre Kane, was clearly rattled by the Maniacs as chants of “Pittsburgh reject,” among others rang out.

Kane, a 63 percent shooter coming in, missed four straight free throws including an air ball that sent the crowd into a ruckus.

The game had all the ingredients of what big-time college basketball should look like – a wild, intense student section feeding off the play and energy of the players and vice versa mixed with a gritty match-up on the floor.

With all the positives that came from Tuesday night, I was shocked to read an article in Iowa State’s student newspaper titled, “The Changing World of Sportsmanship.”

The article focused on our “Maniac Musings” and said they were used “specifically target and belittle players.”

The article cited our “bum of the game” and chants such as “your brother’s better” and the mentioning of a player crying after the 2013 NCAA tournament.

As these chants and cheers played out Tuesday night, I recognized this as the norm around college sports and actions we should be expect entering opponent territory. Never would our organization look to “bully” opposing players or go overboard with personal attacks.

We are simply attempting to gain a fair advantage and make the Coliseum a tough, intimidating place to play.

There is certainly a line for

what is fair game and what goes beyond the point. Tuesday’s crowd that booed and chanted at players definitely erred on the side of caution when it came to that line.

In addition to digging up a little dirt on opposing players and organizing our cheers, one of the main reasons we pass out the musings is to avoid students yelling vulgar and obscene chants.

Let’s all remember, this is college basketball, not your local park and rec. The idea is to have a little good, oldfashioned fun and make opponents feel uncomfortable on the court.

Iowa State has a very talented team and, as students and Mountaineer Maniacs, we should be proud not only of our team’s play on the court but also of our passion and enthusiasm from the stands.

I hope when our Mountaineers head to Ames, Iowa, in a few weeks, they are greeted with cheers and lemonade, but if I were a betting man, I’d say a boo or two and a few chants may be coming our way. Let’s face it – it won’t be anything we haven’t heard before.

So as we move into our final three home games, make sure you pick up your Maniac Musing and head to the Coliseum for more nights like Tuesday.

Let’s continue to show teams what Mountaineer Nation is all about! dapespectives@mail.wvu.edu

EDITORIAL

Under pressure, Smart acted without thinking Marcus Smart, a sophomore guard for Oklahoma State University, received a three-game suspension after shoving a fan during the Cowboys’ loss to Texas Tech Saturday.

Smart was penalized for a technical foul but was not immediately ejected from the game.

He is averaging 17.5 points per game and 5.7 rebounds for the Cowboys. In the 2012-13 season, he was considered by many to be a top-5 NBA pick, but he returned to finish his term in college basketball.

Could it be possible the guard got off easily because of his position on the team?

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Smart has gained a reputation for losing his temper while on the floor.

With only six games left in the regular season, some said being suspended for half of those is punishment enough.

In contrast, West Virginia University sophomore guard Eron Harris was recently ejected from a game for committing a flagrant foul in a physical confrontation with Iowa State player, arguably a more aggressive act.

The bigger concern here is the underlying issue of the line between fans and players. It’s understood fans don’t come onto the court and players don’t go into the

stands. Smart violated those boundaries, but whose fault is it really?

Of course, anger issues are serious and are wholly inexcusable. However, there are other factors to consider.

As part of the game, athletes need to understand the passion fans feel for the sport, even though they aren’t in the game. Fights have broken out over things are simple as preferring one team over another. For better or worse, heckling comes with the territory.

That said, it is very much up to the fans to be respectful of the players in the game, and keep their remarks appropriate and within their

ing to lose a few pounds; many of us do. In fact, I still do. It’s great we are all different sizes and shapes, but it’s not great that some of those sizes come with health risks.

According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, obesity can lead to a higher likelihood of developing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and even some cancers. This should be no shock to anyone.

If someone would have been blatantly honest with me about how unhealthy my lifestyle was, I would’ve probably gotten angry with them. I was so defensive about my size. But if someone had the kindness to speak up, maybe I would’ve changed my life sooner.

So speak up. It’s better to lose a friendship, than lose a friend to poor health choices. Don’t glorify videos of people pushing 300 pounds.

Both ends of the spectrum, the fat-shamers and the image-obsessed, have it wrong. We need to find the balance where health is the foremost goal and shape comes second. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Olympic medals shouldn’t cost athletes

Winning an Olympic medal can cost an athlete more than $10,000 in taxes.

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For most athletes, winning an Olympic medal is a dream come true. But for American Olympians their hard work and success is met with a call from Uncle Sam. According to Fox News, athletes who win gold medals could be forced to pay more than $10,000 dollars in taxes.

That’s not great news to hear after an athlete wins a medal, but the U.S. Olympic Commission does offer cash prizes for winning medals.

Athletes who win gold receive $25,000, $15,000 for silver, and bronze winners get $10,000. Since the money is considered earned income abroad, it is subject to IRS taxation.

To make matters worse for American Olympians, a majority of other countries do not tax their athletes on these awards.

One twist on the whole scenario of taxing the athletes is what tax bracket they fall into and how much they have to pay because of it.

Athletes in the top 39.6 percent bracket – such as Shaun White, Bode Miller, and the majority of the hockey team

– will pay $9,900 for a gold medal, $5,940 for silver and $3,960 for bronze. Olympians in the middle 28 percent will pay $7,000 for gold, $4,200 for silver and $2,800 for a bronze. Lastly, athletes in the 10-percent bottomtax bracket will pay $2,500 for gold, $1,500 for silver and just $1,000 for bronze.

Potentially there is help coming for these Olympians, according to Yahoo. Rep. Blake Farenthold introduced the Tax Exemptions for American Medalists (TEAM) Act. This act would eliminate the taxes for Olympic medalists and reward them the entirety of their winnings.

This needless tax illustrates how complicated and burdensome our tax code has become,” Farenthold said. “We need a fairer system for all and eliminating this unnecessary tax burden on our athletes is a good way to start.”

This topic is tough to understand. Why is the IRS taxing our athletes? Most of the athletes competing in the Olympics are not household names and do not make much money outside of the games. They dedicate their entire life to training, working and representing our country to win a medal. While some countries do not even pay their athletes for medals, we

do, and they should not be taxed.

Some argue the government funds most of their training, equipment, facilities and everything that goes into competing at the top of the world but that’s not the athlete’s fault. When these athletes compete for medals, they’re not just doing it for themselves, but they’re doing it for their country.

When our Olympians come home with a medal, they deserve every right to keep all of their winnings and enjoy the moment however they want.

To some athletes the tax money isn’t a big deal, but it is for others, and it’s unfair.

The government should be proud their funding has led to the athlete’s success and embrace the work ethic it took to win.

Instead they wait for the athletes to come back and steal what was theirs. The state of our country has been up and down for years, and the Olympics brings our country together to root and cheer for these athletes.

If the government and the IRS want to tax and take away some of the glory in the form of tax dollars, they can and will. But they cannot take away what athletes accomplish.

boundaries. Athletes often get their motivation and energy from the crowd, and if members are negative, that energy with reflect in the players’ performances.

The other fact we have to remember is these men and women are student-athletes in college, not seasoned professionals. They haven’t been exposed to the angry

and inappropriate ranting from the stands. They’re often under even more pressure than professional athletes, with scholarships on the line, schoolwork, and other obligations on their minds.

This type of pressure is fueled by the heat of the moment and their adrenaline is pumping. It’s the last shot

of the game – possibly a tiebreaker – the coaches are yelling in their ears, and the Championship eligibility is on the line.

Not making excuses for this type of behavior, but perhaps some understanding – not leniency – is called for.

RYAN VAN BUREN COLUMNIST

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8 “Music __ charms ...”

12 The Sego Lily is its state flower 13 Map out 15 Nymph rejected by Narcissus 16 Actress Elisabeth 17 Deck opening 18 Work on jerky 19 WWII aircraft carrier plane 21 Iowa native 23 Tax-sheltered nest egg 25 Hippy dance 28 1963 Newman film 29 Ousted Iranian 33 Arctic “snowshoe” critters 34 Quizzical sounds 35 Bears owner/coach who won eight NFL titles in four different decades 37 Singer Piaf 38 Soup base 39 Luxury craft 40 Quiet “Quiet!”

43 “Ulysses” actor Milo 44 Quaint pronoun 45 “Isn’t __ bit like you and me?”: Beatles lyric 46 Solvers’ cries 47 Tremulous glow 50 Except 54 Beeline 59 “Hava Nagila” dance 60 Different 62 Worker welfare org.

63 Progress slowly 64 Organ with chambers 65 Son of Odin 66 Sinister chuckles 67 “Revenge is __ best served cold” 68 Seven: Pref.

DOWN 1 Soft stuff 2 Will-wisp link 3 Truck 4 Poet Silverstein 5 Words said with a double take 6 Fez, e.g.

7 Corsage flowers

8 “Consarn it!”

9 Motrin target 10 Those folks 11 Suffragette Julia Ward __ 13 Former Labor secretary Elaine 14 Where she blows 20 Vehicle safety measure 22 Jug band percussion instrument 24 “Say what?”

25 Tackled 26 “Vega$” actor 27 Mythical river of forgetfulness 30 Grating 31 “Hello, wahine!”

32 Can’t stand 33 “You, there!”

36 Doo-wop syllable 40 Went from first to second, say 41 Jeans bottom 42 Pounds 48 Ado 49 Mars neighbor

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you tend to be diligent, at least until your friends and/or loved ones try to distract you.

They seem to have a gift for knowing how to get your attention. You might find your professional life demanding, and at times it might create insecurity. If you are single, look to summer to meet someone special. If you are attached, you mesh well with your significant other, except when you are feeling pressured by outside commitments. Hopefully your sweetie will understand. You enter a more romantic phase come summertime. You will remember this time together for a long time.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH A restriction appears that

could cause anger if you can’t get past it. Don’t get emotional; instead, transform the hassle. Solutions will come up in a meeting. Trust in your ability to find a resolution. What was an obstacle could become a key to the solution. Tonight: Midweek break.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HH Make calls early in the day, as you tend to be most effective in the morning. In the late afternoon, you might want to work from home or head out early. You will feel best in a situation where you know what is a given. Avoid an exchange of anger.

Tonight: Take it easy.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Handle a financial matter in the morning, when you feel more focused. By the afternoon, details might become much less important, compared with the quality of your re-

lationships in a different area of your life. Curb your temper. Tonight: Hang out with friends.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH You could be more in tune with a situation if it is emotional. Resist starting a fight with a friend in order to keep the bond intact. In the late afternoon, deal with a loved one directly. You actually might be far more possessive than you realize. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You might be dragging in the morning, but you will be a veritable force to deal with by the afternoon. You’ll recognize that you are on a roll, and you won’t want to stop. Your impulsiveness could make the day a lot more fun for you and your friends. Tonight: All smiles.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH If you have to schedule a meeting, do so in the morning. You might need to head in a different direction in the afternoon. You could have several important conversations that could carry a lot of meaning. Tonight: Vanish while you can.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Others will be very aware of you, to such an extent that you might be somewhat embarrassed. Consider the options that surround an important life goal. You might want to rethink your path. Don’t make finances a bigger deal than they are. Tonight: Where the fun is.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHH You might not realize the extent to which you have held yourself back.

You also might cast criticisms on others without intending to. Sometimes

you make snap decisions or quickly spurt out words without thinking first. Tonight: Out till the wee hours.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH A relationship could be building in importance. Do not make any commitments right now; instead, continue to process and work on your relationship. This bond could be professional or personal. Sometimes you restrict yourself in unnecessary ways.

Tonight: Kick up your heels.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HH You might be dealing with an internal struggle, but others observing you never would know. You relate with authority in an easygoing way. As the day grows older, you might want to let others run the show, as long as you have confidence in them. Tonight: Dinner for two.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH Get through what you must in the morning. A special opportunity to expand your inner circle might emerge.

Take advantage of this! You will be able to throw yourself completely into whatever you are doing. Tonight: Be a social butterfly.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH Use the morning for any major creative project that heads your way. Your ingenuity could become a star feature in your interactions. In the afternoon, you might be more in the mood to run errands that seem rather menial. Tonight: Get as much sleep as possible.

BORN TODAY Former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (1809), naturalist Charles Darwin (1809), actress Christina Ricci (1980).

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Jameson’s provides laid back alternative

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The bar in Jameson’s features special lighting and a wide array of options.

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Among the overabundance of bars, clubs and other nightlife features in Morgantown, there are few places that offer a relaxed, professional environment for High Street patrons.

Jameson’s, located next to Gibbie’s on High Street, is a brand-new pub and grill that offers Morgantown residents a family- and business-friendly place to eat, drink and hang out.

“There’s really nowhere downtown for an older crowd to go and have a laid-back spot,” said James Dunkle, Jameson’s general manager.

Although Jameson’s opened its doors Friday, Dunkle and the owners

are looking at Feb. 21 as the grand opening for the restaurant.

“We’re definitely going to have a huge blowout for St. Patty’s day, so the front room will be open by then,” Dunkle said.

One of the restaurant’s main goals is to provide high quality food.

“We were looking, and there’s really nowhere downtown you can go that everything’s not frozen or off a food truck,” Dunkle said. “The biggest thing we press is a lot of fresh stuff. Everything’s made in-house.

“Like our lunch meat, we’re not buying it from a deli. We actually get the turkey breast, cook it ourselves and shave it down.

Same thing with the corned beef. Everything.”

Dunkle also said all the beef and chicken are also

fresh and organic, as well as the french fries, which are also cut in-house.

“We just wanted to get somewhere downtown with actually a healthier side of the menu and somewhere quick and casual for lunch for all the offices and legal stuff downtown,” Dunkle said.

Jameson’s fresh and organic menu has already been making a name for itself in its first few days of operation.

“The prime rib sliders have been tearing it up,” Dunkle said. “Everybody’s been going nuts over those. The burgers (have sold well) because they’re all handmade with the fresh organic beef. Our food sales have been going up every day, and we’ve been having multiple repeat customers.”

There are plenty of other

options on the menu at Jameson’s including a number of subs and wraps, steak, prime rib, corned beef and cabbage all at reasonable prices.

Another feature of the new bar and grill is their late night menu, which will run after dinner hours between 10 p.m.-1 a.m. The menu includes sliders, sandwiches and other typical bar foods.

“I mean we’re still learning. We learn every day,” Dunkle said. “Everyone keeps asking. It’s not a club; it’s more of a lounge atmosphere. We’re looking at bringing in live music and comedians, hopefully, in the future if we can find some. The opportunities are endless with what we’re going to try to do here.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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A bartender pours a draft for a patron from one of the many beers Jameson’s has on tap.

Olsen twins reveal new items for Morgantown Sound features ‘The Row’ at NYC Fashion Week

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Benny Skynn plays Monday night in the Gluck Theatre of the Mountainlair as part of WWVU-FM’s Morgantown Sound.

NEW YORK (AP) — A frigid, brutal wind was whipping off the nearby Hudson River as one approached the unassuming building in Manhattan’s West Village where Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen base their highend fashion label, The Row. Inside, though, waiters were offering cups of hot tea to the select crowd who’d been invited to inspect the sisters’ fall 2014 collection on Monday.

And luckily, the clothes were warm and inviting, too.

The display, in a quiet room carpeted in white, began with huge, thick sweaters, in luxurious “fur cashmere.” One of them, particularly apt for the weather, had a huge oversized neck that one imagined sinking into. One coat had a collar that covered half the face.

There were jackets of various lengths, some tailored and others extremely loose. There were poncholike garments in felt cashmere and turtlenecks of cashmere silk. And there were capes, one in wool, and a lighter, shinier one

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen watch a fashion show featuring their line. in in bonded silk satin.

In keeping with The Row’s minimalist style, almost all the ensembles were in a single color: gray, black or white, with a few items in a rust color.

Although the emphasis was on jackets, sweaters and pants, a few delicate dresses added a lighter element.

Note to other designers: The Olsen sisters are being kind to women’s feet. Their models wore men’s-style derby shoes, and at least one observer was heard to remark upon leaving, “I want those shoes now!”

(Probably to get to the next fashion show, which

was likely miles away.)

Mary-Kate Olsen explained after the show that she and her sister formulated their collection by focusing on shapes.

“We worked with rectangles, circles, lines – it was all about the shapes this season,” she said. “And the techniques. We used similar fabrics as in the past, but we treated them differently.”

The Olsens, childhood TV stars, have serious cred in the fashion world: They are winners of the 2012 Council of Fashion Designers of America award as the top womenswear designers.

Hugh Jackman to host Tony Awards for fourth time replacing Neil Patrick Harris NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Patrick Harris has given way to Hugh Jackman at the Tony Awards.

Producers of the annual telecast celebrating the best of Broadway said Tuesday that Jackman will once again take up hosting duties for the next awards on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall.

It will be Jackman’s fourth time hosting the Tonys. He previously emceed the show from 2003-2005.

Jackman, best known for being the hairy Wolverine in “The X-Men” franchise, was last on Broadway with a one-man show in 2011 that routinely sold out the 1,176-

seat Broadhurst Theatre and usually posted weekly grosses of $1.5 million.

It was his third time on the Great White Way, following “The Boy From Oz” in 2003 and the play “A Steady Rain” with Daniel Craig in 2009. He had hoped to be back in the musical “Houdini” but he pulled out of that project.

Jackman’s other stage credits include Australian productions of “Sunset Boulevard” and “Beauty and the Beast.” In London he starred as Curly in Trevor Nunn’s staging of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s

“Oklahoma!” He also was in the Oscar-nominated film “Les Miserables” directed

by Tom Hooper.

The official eligibility cutoff date for the Tonys this year will be April 24, meaning all shows hoping to be considered for the awards must open by that date.

Nominations will be announced April 29.

Last year’s telecast saw viewership jump to 7.24 million people, the show’s largest audience in four years. Harris hosted for the fourth time but he’ll be on Broadway this spring in “Hedwig and the Angry Hugh Jackman and Neil Patrick Harris perform together at the 2011 Tony Awards.

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Shirley Temple dies at 85 after capturing hearts as a young actress (AP) — Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for “Annie” can only dream of being as beloved – or as important – as Shirley Temple.

Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of dispirited Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.

Dimpled, precocious and oh-so-adorable, she was America’s top box office draw during Hollywood’s golden age, and her image was free of the scandals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and so many other child stars – parental feuds, or drug and alcohol addiction.

Temple remains such a symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.

Her hit movies – which included “Bright Eyes” (1934), “Curly Top” (1935), “Dimples” (1936), “Poor Little Rich Girl” (1936) and “Heidi” (1937) – featured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience and optimism that a struggling American public found appealing. She kept children singing “On the Good Ship Lollipop” for generations.

She was also a tribute to the economic and inspirational power of movies, credited with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself for lifting America’s spirits during a gloomy time.

She was “just absolutely marvelous, greatest in the world,” director Allan Dwan told filmmaker-author Peter Bogdanovich in his book “Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors.”

“With Shirley, you’d just tell her once and she’d remember the rest of her life,” said Dwan, who directed her in “Heidi” and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” “Whatever it was she was supposed to do – she’d do it. ... And if one of the actors got stuck, she’d tell him what his line was – she knew

it better than he did.”

Her achievements did not end with movies. Retired from acting at 21, she went on to hold several diplomatic posts in Republican administrations, including ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the sudden collapse of communism in 1989.

Former President George H.W. Bush, who appointed Black to the post in Prague, saluted her Tuesday for “her selfless service to our country” and her film career.

“In both roles, she truly lifted people up and earned not only a place in our hearts, but also our enduring respect,” Bush said in a statement.

Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco. The cause of death was not disclosed.

From 1935 to 1938, she was the most popular screen actress in the country and was a bigger draw than Clark Gable, Joan Crawford or Gary Cooper. In 1999, the American Film Institute’s ranking of the greatest screen legends put Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses.

“I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early,” she quipped in 2006 as she was honored by the Screen Actors Guild.

But she also said that evening that her greatest roles were as wife, mother and grandmother: “There’s nothing like real love. Nothing.” Her husband of more than 50 years, Charles Black, had died a few months earlier.

In “Bright Eyes,” Temple introduced the song “On the Good Ship Lollipop” and did battle with a charmingly bratty Jane Withers, launching Withers as another major child star. As a brighteyed orphan in “Curly Top,” she sang “Animal Crackers in My Soup.”

She was teamed with the legendary dancer Bill “Bojangles” Rwobinson in two 1935 films with Civil War themes, “The Little Colonel” and “The Littlest Rebel.”

Their tap dance up the steps in “The Little Colonel” (at a time when interracial teamings were rare in Hollywood) became a landmark in the history of film dance.

Known for a remarkable ability to cry on cue, she won a special Academy Award at age 6 – and was presented

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Shirley Temple makes an appearance on a radio show at a young age. with a miniature Oscar statuette – for her “outstanding contribution to screen entertainment.”

Temple and her movies were an escapist delight at a time when America was down in the dumps.

Mothers dressed their little girls like her, and a line of dolls that are now highly sought-after collectibles was launched. Her fans seemed interested in every last golden curl on her head.

Her mother, Gertrude, was said to have done her hair for each movie, with every hairstyle having exactly 56 curls.

Roosevelt once said: “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right. When the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time during this Depression, it is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles.”

Temple’s mother worked to keep her daughter from being spoiled by fame and was a constant presence during filming. Temple said years later that her mother had been furious when a director once sent the mother off on an errand and then got the child to cry for a scene by frightening her. “She never again left

me alone on a set,” Temple said.

But Temple also suggested that in some ways, she grew up too soon. She stopped believing in Santa Claus at age 6, she once said, when “Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

Decades later, her interest in politics brought her back into the spotlight.

She made an unsuccessful bid for Congress as a Republican in 1967. After Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he appointed her a member of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General Assembly. In the 1970s, she was U.S. ambassador to Ghana and later U.S. chief of protocol.

A few months after she arrived in Prague in 1989, communist rule was overthrown in Czechoslovakia as the Iron Curtain collapsed across Eastern Europe.

“My main job (initially) was human rights, trying to keep people like future President Vaclav Havel out of jail,” she said in a 1999 Associated Press interview.

Within months, she was accompanying Havel, the former dissident playwright, when he came to Washington as his country’s new president.

She considered her back-

ground in entertainment an asset to her political career.

“Politicians are actors too, don’t you think?” she once said. “Usually if you like people and you’re outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.”

Born in Santa Monica, Calif., to an accountant and his wife, Temple was little more than 3 when she made her film debut in 1932 in the Baby Burlesks, a series of short films in which tiny performers parodied grown-up movies, sometimes with risque results.

Temple’s expert singing and tap-dancing in the 1934 movie “Stand Up and Cheer!” first gained her wide notice.

Her 1942 film “Miss Annie Rooney” included her first on-screen kiss, bestowed by another maturing child star, Dickie Moore.

Her appeal faded as quickly as it had emerged.

She missed a shot at playing Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” when 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend out his greatest asset; the part went to Judy Garland. And “The Little Princess” in 1939 and “The Blue Bird” in 1940 didn’t draw big crowds, prompting Fox to let Temple go.

Among her later films were “The Bachelor and

the Bobby-Soxer,” with Cary Grant, and “That Hagen Girl,” with Ronald Reagan.

After her film career ended, she concentrated on raising her family and turned to television to host and act in 16 specials called “Shirley Temple’s Storybook” on ABC. In 1960, she joined NBC and aired “The Shirley Temple Show.”

Her 1988 autobiography, “Child Star,” was a best-seller.

Temple married Army Air Corps Pvt. John Agar, the brother of a classmate at Westlake, her exclusive Los Angeles girls’ school, in 1945. He took up acting and the pair appeared together in two films, “Fort Apache” and “Adventure in Baltimore.” She and Agar had a daughter, Susan, in 1948.

The actress filed for divorce the following year.

She married Black in 1950, and they had two more children, Lori and Charles.

That marriage lasted until his death in 2005 at age 86.

In 1972, she underwent surgery for breast cancer and was credited with opening up public discussion about the disease. She issued a statement urging other women to get checked by their doctors and vowed: “I have much more to accomplish before I am through.”

PlayStation Plus provides free download of ‘Outlast,’ a survival horror game Westley Thompson A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

««««« February’s free monthly title for PlayStation Plus members is “Outlast,” a survival horror game created by Red Barrels. The game is an exceptionally terrifying and polished experience.

In “Outlast,” the player takes on the role of Miles Upshur, a freelance journalist who is investigating the Mount Massive Asylum based on a tip from an anonymous employee. Miles discovered a shady company called the Murkoff Corporation recently acquired the asylum and found a way to turn massive profits off it. Miles suspects immoral business practices are taking place and sets out to investigate the psychiatric hospital.

Miles soon finds himself over his head once he enters the asylum. Bodies and blood are strewn about the building, and insane and disfigured patients roam the halls. Soon, Miles finds himself trapped, and he must escape to survive.

The gameplay is well done. Unlike most other video game characters, Miles isn’t magically a combat expert. In fact, there is no way for the player to attack the enemies in the asylum.

Instead, the player must rely on evasion or running and hiding to survive.

This is an important part of the game because it truly makes the player feel helpless and fills the player with a sense of dread. You cannot rely on being able to fight your way out. The enemies are more powerful than you, and you can’t do anything about it.

All of Miles’s movements and abilities are designed for realism. The character has

no super powers. Instead of vaulting up walls or tearing open doors, Miles opens doors slowly, crouches, runs and hides. Players are forced to think more how a normal human would act in this situation, and this creates a sense of vulnerability.

While moving through the asylum, Miles must collect notes and documents that give background on the Murkoff Corporation and the experiments that are run at Mount Massive Asylum. Notes can only be taken when viewing the world through Miles’s camera though. This camera is an important gameplay element, as it not only records what’s going on in the asylum, but it also comes with a valuable night-vision feature. The interior of the building is dark – incredibly so – and for players to have any chance to see, they must utilize the night vision feature. Unfortunately, night vision drains the camera’s battery, and because of this, batteries are a precious and rare resource that the player must scavenge around to find.

“Outlast” is truly one of the most terrifying video games ever. The environment is profoundly creepy and the asylum is reminiscent of the one from season two of “American Horror Story.” There are mutilated bodies around the building, and strange insane phrases written on the walls in blood. The darkness is everpresent, and, even with the aid of your night vision camera, visibility is very low. The washed-out green tint that your night vision creates adds another level of creepiness to the game.

Patients look disturbing.

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No. 1 West Virginia prepares for postseason action by meghan carr sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rifle team won their first Great American Rifle Conference title Saturday, and now, with that behind them, they are looking toward postseason.

“We want to make sure we keep the momentum and refocus. We have three more matches that we’ll just take one match at a time and keep moving forward,” said head coach Jon Hammond.

The Mountaineers are

entering postseason as the No.1 team in the country.

“We definitely happy where we are, and we’ll just continue to work hard and work on the things we need to improve,” Hammond said.

“I think that’s a good way to stay grounded as we go forward.”

This is the first time since 2010 the WVU rifle team won the GARC conference title.

They defeated Kentucky, a team who won the conference title three years in a row, 4,702-4,688 Saturday to do so.

Many different people

will tell you it is nearly impossible to win consecutive national titles, but the WVU rifle team’s history said otherwise.

From 1988-1993, WVU dominated the national championships – winning a record six in a row.

Hammond said he believes his team can win a consecutive national title.

“I think we’re shooting some of the best scores in the country, and that will always give us a chance to beat any team. These guys have worked extremely hard this year. I think we have a

lot of depth on this team so not just our top five, but our sixth, seventh, eighth shooters could all be competitive on any team,” Hammond said.

Although the biggest competition is the national championship March 14, there are two matches standing in their way.

The Mountaineers scored a national and season-best air rifle mark Saturday, but they were defeated in smallbore for the second match in a row. Kentucky outshot the Mountaineers 2,3242,320, and Alaska-Fairbanks

defeated the Mountaineers 2,332-2,348.

Hammond said his team needs to focus on smallbore and said preparing for postseason is a little different than how they would prepare for a regular-season match.

“When it gets to postseason, it’s less volume training, not really making any big changes with techniques. We are trying to replicate more match environments, so we’ll have a few more practice matches and hopefully get them shooting a little head-to-head in prac-

tice,” Hammond said.

Sophomore Patrick Sunderman earned his personal-best mark in smallbore in the regular season finale against Kentucky on Saturday.

Sunderman said finishing the season No. 1 is an honor, but it doesn’t mean much when you get into post-season.

“I think some guys look at the scores and rankings, but it’s a new season now and we have three more matches to go,” Sunderman said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s tennis

Sophomore Barrett has high hopes for spring season by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Sophomore Hailey Barrett has been a leader both on and off the court for the West Virginia University women’s tennis team since her freshman year.

Now in her second spring season, Barrett has set her goals even higher.

Barrett and doubles partner junior Ikttesh Chahal were the Moun-

taineers top duo in spring 2013, posting a 7-13 record. But after a 1-2 start this season, these two players know it’s time to take all they learned during the fall 2013 season and claim the top pairing spot once again this season.

“The fall is a lot about individual aspects – working on your game and getting to play a lot of matches,” Barrett said.

The individual parts of the game are something

that Barrett said she feels is key to preparing for success during her second spring season on this WVU squad, in both singles and doubles play. Through the first four spring matches, Barrett is 2-2 in singles play as she looks to top her 7-13 record from her freshman spring season.

This past fall, Barrett was 5-7 in both singles and doubles play and, although Barrett enjoys the fall preparation stages, the spring

is when Barrett feels the true team aspect of tennis comes into play.

“The spring is longer, more intense and you get the team aspect,” she said.

After a standout freshman year, Barrett said she is not worried about falling into a sophomore slump this season as she believes her experience will help her throughout the season. “(2013) was good, but I feel like I got a lot of experience from it, and I’m

really excited to use that,” she said. “I don’t anticipate having a slump. I feel really good about my game right now and (I’m) just trying to improve the basics, improve what I learned last year.”

After four fall tournaments and 18 spring matches, Barrett said she understands the toll of having two back-to-back seasons can take on the team. However, she said she trusts if the team stays

positive throughout the season, then everything will be OK. “Definitely as a team, it (the season) gets tough in the middle and at the end, obviously,” she said. “As long as you stick together and work hard everyday, it makes it a lot of fun.”

Barrett and the Mountaineers will take on Richmond Friday at 12:30 p.m. in Norfolk, Va. dasports@mail.wvu,edu

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Foster leads Kansas State past No. 7 Jayhawks

Freshman guard Marcus Foster tries to defend West Virginia’s Juwan Staten during Kansas State’s loss to the Mountaineers Feb. 1.

Unlike the first meeting MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) walking boot. “We knew if we — Kansas State’s Marcus Fos- played hard, the rest would in January, when the Jayter was battered and bruised, take care of itself.” hawks raced out to a big lead Andrew Wiggins scored and then simply nursed it just like everyone else on the court, and was having a hard 16 points for the Jayhawks, through the second half, the time limping around during including a putback of his rivals played to a draw Monbreaks in the play. own miss with 6.9 seconds day night.

When the final buzzer left to force overtime. Perry Kansas State surged to an sounded, he had no problem Ellis had 19 points, Naadir early lead thanks to some Tharpe added 13 and Bran- poor shooting by the Jayjumping up in celebration.

Foster scored a game-high nen Greene scored 10, mak- hawks, only to go into a 20 points, two coming on free ing two key baskets near the slump of its own. throws in the closing seconds end of regulation.

Both teams eventually got of overtime, and helped the “I thought momentum into foul trouble as the game Wildcats hold off No. 7 Kan- was on our side,” Kansas began to resemble an old Big Eight tussle, and the result sas 85-82 on Monday night. coach Bill Self said.

“Marcus is Marcus,” KanTarik Black even scored was a 29-29 halftime tie. sas State coach Bruce Weber the opening basket of overIn fact, there may have said of the freshman. “He hit time, but every time the Jay- been more bodies on the hawks tried to build a lead, court than baskets made, and a lot of big shots.”

Will Spradling added 15 the Wildcats had an answer the Jayhawks’ Black even had points for the Wildcats (17-7, – a three-point play by Fos- to limp off after twisting his 7-4 Big 12), who blew a nine- ter, a free throw by Omari ankle while going up for a point lead with less than 2 Lawrence, or a big putback rebound.

The angst reached a creminutes left in regulation, from unheralded big man only to survive for just their D.J. Johnson, who had nine scendo midway through the third win over the Jayhawks points. second half, when Thomas (18-6, 9-2) in 26 games played “We felt good. We felt en- Gipson of the Wildcats and at Bramlage Coliseum. ergized,” Ellis said. “We just Kansas guard Frank Mason Hundreds of students couldn’t get no stops. We got into a shoving match. flooded the court when the couldn’t get no stops in the Both were given technical final buzzer sounded to cel- second half and overtime.” fouls.

Still, it wasn’t over until Kansas was already playebrate the end of a six-game Foster’s two free throws with ing without reserve forward skid against Kansas.

The Wildcats, who had lost 21.9 seconds left gave Kansas Jamari Traylor, whom Self sat 48 of the last 51 in the series, State an 83-79 lead, and Wig- for disciplinary reasons. With hadn’t beaten their rivals in gins missed a 3-pointer at the the nagging injury to Black their on-campus octagon other end. Black missed an- on top of the foul trouble, one since Feb. 14, 2011. other shot, and the Wildcats of the deepest teams in the “We just went out there finally corralled the rebound, nation had its depth tested and played hard,” said Foster, allowing time to run out. in one of the rare instances who turned his right ankle “If we lost,” Weber said, all season. and showed up to the post- “it would have been a “Both teams are beat up,” Marcus Foster protects the ball during his team’s win over Kansas Monday. game news conference in a heartbreaker.”

Self said afterward.

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Joel Embiid dribbles around West Virginia’s Devin Williams during Kansas’ win over WVU Feb. 8.

MANHATTAN, Kan. against Kansas State know- sas State.

(AP) — Kansas fresh- ing that they’d have a break One of the season’s man Joel Embiid could before Saturday’s game breakout stars, Embiid is miss time with back and against Big 12 bottom- averaging nearly 11 points knee injuries, and just dweller TCU. Whether Em- and eight rebounds while how much might deter- biid even suits up for that positioning himself as a mine whether the seventh- game is unknown. potential No. 1 draft pick ranked Jayhawks still have The Jayhawks (18-6, 9-2 if he leaves school early. a shot at landing a No. 1 Big 12) hold a narrow lead But he only had six points seed in next month’s NCAA over Texas (18-5, 7-3) in and six rebounds against tournament. the league race. The Long- the Wildcats, often grabThe 7-footer has been horns, who beat Kansas bing at the compression dealing with a sprained last week in Austin, visit sleeves on his balky knee knee and back trouble over Allen Fieldhouse on Feb. and holding his ailing side the last few weeks, and he 22. and back. only played 18 minutes in Despite having six Embiid wasn’t available an 85-82 overtime loss at losses, the Jayhawks are to reporters after the game, rival Kansas State on Mon- still in the running for a but he said in a recent inday night.

No. 1 seed in the NCAA terview with The Associ“Joel is beat up. He’s tournament thanks mostly ated Press that he believes beat up,” Kansas coach to their strength of sched- he needs to get stronger Bill Self said. “I’m not go- ule, by far the best in the before entering the NBA, ing to make an excuse for country. Each loss has leaving many Jayhawks him because you have to come against a team that fans with hope that he’ll perform. But he’s going to was ranked at some point be back for a second seaneed some time off. I don’t this season. son in Lawrence. know how much time, but “I think sometimes fans “When I see those guys,” he’s going to need some don’t understand how Embiid said, “man, they’re time off.” hard it is to win away from really big.”

Self said the Jayhawks home,” said Self, who had His limitations Monwere hoping to nurse Em- won 22 of his first 25 games day night caused even biid through the game against in-state rival Kan- more problems for Kan-

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sas when reserve forward Tarik Black turned his ankle fighting for a rebound.

Even though he returned to the game, Black – who’s been dealing with his own nagging injuries – played only 22 minutes.

“Both teams were beat up,” Self said after the game.

Self also decided to sit another reserve forward, Jamari Traylor, for what the Jayhawks coach deemed “irresponsible behavior.” Traylor had been averaging nearly 15 minutes, and often provided a big boost of energy off the bench this season.

It was a lift the Jayhawks could have needed down the stretch against Kansas State.

“I think the world of him, but he needed to sit,” Self said, declining to say whether the suspension would last more than one game. “I’ll re-evaluate it and we’ll see.”

No. 1 Syracuse still perfect as it heads to Pitt SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Back in late summer, when football was in full swing and Syracuse’s C.J. Fair was getting set for his senior season in basketball, he figured the Orange would field a pretty decent team despite the loss of three stars.

“I knew we’d have a good team at the end of the year, but in the summertime I didn’t think we’d be the No. 1 team in the country,” Fair said.

That’s exactly what the unbeaten Orange are – the unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week.

Syracuse is on a school-record-tying 23-game winning streak atop the Atlantic Coast Conference at 10-0, but that perch seems a bit precarious with a daunting schedule looming.

Next up is a game at No. 25 Pittsburgh (20-4, 8-3) inside the rowdy Petersen Events Center on Wednes-

day night.

The venue and a thin roster make it likely the biggest challenge so far for Syracuse, which barely held off the Panthers 5954 at home in mid-January before a Carrier Dome crowd of more than 30,000.

Syracuse remained one of two unbeatens in Division I with a 57-44 victory over Clemson at home on Sunday night.

But Orange coach Jim Boeheim had to make some adjustments after backup center Baye Moussa Keita suffered a right knee injury late in the first half and starting center Rakeem Christmas picked up his fourth foul early in the second.

That led to an unusual lineup with 6-foot-8 Jerami Grant at center. He did OK and the Orange pulled away in the closing minutes of what had been a tight, slow-paced game, something the Orange

have dealt with almost the entire season.

“Every game we have in this league is difficult,” Boeheim said. “We’ve been in tough games. We know it will be tough. We like to run, but people are going to do what they’ve been doing. We can’t force tempo if someone wants to do this (slow the pace).”

The status of the 6-10 Keita for the Pitt game is unknown. It won’t matter.

Pitt will do what it always does no matter who’s in the game for Syracuse.

“You gotta get fouls on them,” said Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, who has had great success against the Orange, stopping doubledigit Syracuse winning streaks twice in the past four years.

“I don’t think it’ll change a lot of what we do.

Unless we get foul trouble on their starting center, it won’t really change too many things.”

The Panthers are coming off a double-overtime victory over Virginia Tech at home, where they’ve suddenly become somewhat vulnerable.

They lost consecutive games to Duke and Virginia before the win over the Hokies, and that was a struggle against the ACC’s cellar-dweller, which is 1-10 in the league.

“You don’t want to lose to teams you’re supposed to beat,” Lamar Patterson said. “This team just figured out a way to grind it out and that shows big growth. That will be helpful down the line once it is tournament time.”

Pitt has some lineup concerns, too: Talib Zanna has a sore ankle and Patterson a sore thumb.

“You don’t play great every game, but we played well at the end,” Dixon said. “I thought we showed a lot of character, and that’s most important.”

Harris leads No. 17 Virginia past rival Maryland CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Joe Harris hasn’t had to score as much this season for No. 17 Virginia as he did a year ago. When the Cavaliers had their hands full with Maryland on Monday night, though, Harris showed he can still carry the day.

Harris scored 19 points, 16 after halftime, and Virginia stretched its winning streak to eight games by beating Maryland 61-53 in the Terrapins’ last visit as an ACC rival.

“We were having trouble scoring the ball a little bit tonight and things weren’t coming as smoothly as they have been in the past, so I think he tried to put it in his hands, and he did,” guard Malcolm Brogdon said of

Harris.

Brogdon added 14 points and Akil Mitchell had 13 for the Cavaliers (20-5, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who continued their best start in conference play since the 1981-82 team opened 12-1.

“There’s a reason they’re 11-1 in the league,” Terps coach Mark Turgeon said.

“When the game was on the line, their seniors stepped up, made some big plays for them. The defense stepped up.”

Seth Allen scored 15 points and Dez Wells had 12 for Maryland (14-11, 6-6), which had won three of four.

The Terps and Cavaliers were tied at 35 when Harris scored on a drive.

After a block by Mary-

land, Justin Anderson soared at the other end to block a shot by Maryland’s Roddy Peters near the rim and saved the ball.

He started a fast break that moments later was capped

by Harris’ 3-pointer from the right corner, arousing a crowd that had grown quiet by the tight ballgame. “ Hu g e m o m e ntu m swing,” Harris said. “That was a big play and that was an unbelievable block.”

A dunk by Darion Atkins and Brogdon’s 17-footer pushed the lead to 44-35.

It was 52-41 with just under 5 minutes to play when the Terps staged a rally, getting seven points from Nick Faust and a basket from Wells in a 9-2 run that brought them within 54-50.

But Harris hit the front end off a 1-and-1 with 1:03 to play, Maryland missed at the other end and Harris’ two free throws sealed it.

“I expect him to be good.

He’s a great player,” Turgeon said, noting that Virginia has been “pounding” opponents and Harris hasn’t needed to be the offensive focal point like last season.

“Tonight he had to do it. He had to step up, and he did.”

Virginia had led by at least 19 points in nine of its previous 10 ACC wins, and Mitchell said the close game was beneficial.

“When it’s tough games like that and you’ve really got to find ways to pull it out, that’s when you find out what a true team is about,” he said.

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3/BR 2/BTH, w/d. Parking South Park, free heat. $975/month. Available 5/15.

304-685-4593 3/BR, 3/BTH DUPLEX. W/D, DW, AC, off-street parking. Relatively new. $1200/mo. 304-319-0437 3BR. Marion St. No pets (304) 296-5931 3/4BR, SOUTH PARK, Free W/D, Large, Short Walk to Town/Campus, $450/person, Sorry no pets, Available May, 304.290.3347 APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Three 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, condos located on Creekside Drive, off West Run Road (North Hills) in Morgantown, within minutes of hospital and WVU. All kitchen appliances and washer and dryer in units. $675.00 per month with $300.00 security deposit. Telephone Jeff at 304-290-8571.

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TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Glenn and Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free parking. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-692-9296 www.rentalswv.com

4-5 BR CAMPUS & JONES AVENUE AREAS. W/D, & much more included.

Call for more information. 304-292-5714 4/BR HOUSE FOR RENT on Charles Ave. $1500/mo ($375 per person) + utilities. No pets. Available May 30th. Call 304-692-7587.

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1BR AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY or May. 3BD available in May. 5/minute walk to downtown-campus.

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5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972 5 BEDROOM/2 1/2 BATH HOUSE. Large covered porch. Close to campus. Two living rooms. New kitchen. Pets considered.

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SPORTS

Wednesday February 12, 2014

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PLAYING TOUGH

CONNOR MURRAY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @CONNORKMURRAY

Fan behavior spiraling out of control

thing I do, I want to do to the best of my ability. I don’t want to come to a classroom and not do as well as I could have because that is disappointing to me.”

Fields is strong player at forward for the Mountaineers. Her size and ability to get around smaller defenders helped her team earn the second highest ranking in program history at No. 13.

Her team is currently preparing to travel to Oklahoma for a nationally televised game against the Sooners Thursday.

From rolling out the carpet for player introductions at West Virginia to the Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant at Phog Allen Field House, countless schools across the Big 12 and the nation have some sort tradition that makes them one of a kind.

In most cases, these traditions serve the purpose of pumping up a crowd or a team by establishing a connection between students, athletes and fans alike.

There are a few traditions in college basketball, however, that need to be retired.

The first is the “overrated” chant.

When West Virginia was in the process of dismantling the No. 11 team in the country Monday night, fans began to serenade the Iowa State players and coaches with this very chant.

When used in a celebratory manner, this chant is contradictory.

If you are claiming the opponent your team just beat is overrated, then what is the point of celebrating the victory?

It happens consistently across the nation when an unranked team or an underdog knocks off a ranked opponent.

Fan behavior has become a hot button issue in college basketball lately. Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart was given a three-game suspension after shoving a Texas Tech fan who allegedly called him a “piece of crap.”

Around the Big 12, players and coaches face hostile environments when they travel to away games. It’s a fact of life.

I have no problem with fans making as much noise as they can and trying to give their team an advantage, but the level of hostility in college basketball crowds has gotten a bit out of hand as of late.

Iowa State guard DeAndre Kane learned that lesson the hard way Monday.

Kane’s family has to travel quite the distance from Pittsburgh to see him play in Ames, Iowa. With the Cyclones coming to Morgantown, several members of Kane’s family were in attendance at the WVU Coliseum to watch him take on the Mountaineers.

The outcome of the game was probably enough to make it a less-than-memorable trip for the Kane family, but the way their son was treated by the West Virginia crowd was downright deplorable.

When West Virginia University released its “High Five Rules” of the game, West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck offered the following comments in a press release about creating a home field advantage in Morgantown.

“We don’t want to lose any of the raucous, home-field advantage that we have, because this is a hard place to play,” Luck said. “At the same time, we’ve got opposing fans who travel to WVU, and we want them to leave Morgantown with a good impression of the University, the city, the state and of our fan base. We also want our fans – from kids to grandparents – to enjoy the game.”

While the High Five campaign is tailored toward football games, I think the main idea of the campaign – creating a safe and respectful gameday atmosphere – applies to all sports.

If you asked the Kane family, I’m pretty certain they wouldn’t give you a glowing review about the fan behavior and hospitality at games.

This happens everywhere in college athletics. What fans need to realize is these players aren’t professionals.

It’s not Kobe Bryant, who gets paid millions of dollars to play the sport, you are insulting. It’s a student-athlete.

Next time you go to the arena, try something different. Cheer for your team.

Make as much noise as you want, but let’s keep the personal attacks out of the great game of college basketball.

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connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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Head coach Bob Huggins talks with sophomore guard Eron Harris during West Virginia’s win over No. 11 Iowa State Monday.

West Virginia clicking on all cylinders, hitting stride despite facing adversity by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Not even West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins could hold back a grin as he watched his team storm the student section at the Coliseum Monday night following a 102-77 win over No. 11 Iowa State.

The 32-year head coach, as well as the 8,000 others in attendance, may have realized what has been done in Morgantown this season. Huggins is successfully taking a roster full of freshmen, sophomores and transfers and turning them into a team with tournament potential.

“They are good guys,” Huggins said. “They didn’t

point fingers at each other.

They didn’t get down.

They came in everyday and came to work.”

The Mountaineers were in desperate need for a resume-building win as whispers of their postseason future began to intensify. WVU responded with the biggest victory in its young Big 12 life – and did it with an exclamation point.

Now sitting at 15-10 (75), West Virginia is peaking at the perfect moment. The team won five of its last seven contests, including two of the last three games against top25 ranked teams. It’s been a long road back to prominence for Huggins and his team, but the road appears to draw nearer even

though the 2013-14 season doesn’t appear to be winding down.

“That’s what this state is a whole bunch of people waking up every morning and go to work,” Huggins said. “Whether they’re not feeling well or whatever, they get up and go to work. That’s what these guys have done.”

Despite the big win Monday night, WVU continues to have the status of on the bubble. It will likely stay that way until March, assuming the team’s success continues, as well. Although other coaches may have backed away from discussing the possibility of a NCAA tournament bid this season, Huggins approached it directly.

Huggins said he often

talks to his players about where the team sits in RPI rankings as well as West Virginia’s opponents’ rankings. Huggins said he believes it wouldn’t be right to withhold that information from the team, especially since the scenario of postseason life now seems very real.

Another part of the men’s basketball program that remains true is the passion Huggins brings to each game. Even with a 30-point lead and less than two minutes to play, Huggins was hot after Iowa State stole a ball in WVU’s backcourt against several second-stringers.

Huggins also said he was proud of his team’s toughness. Giving several examples, he said resil-

ience and determination the young Mountaineers have displayed.

“We’ve got guys that are playing through a lot of stuff,” Huggins said.

“We’ve had guys sick and guys banged up.

They’ve showed up and played. That’s more what I’m used to. That’s what we’ve always done and that’s why I love my guys so much.”

The Mountaineers will have another opportunity to knock off a third top-25 team this season Saturday when West Virginia travels to No. 19 Texas. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. inside Frank C. Erwin Jr. Special Events Center in Austin, Texas. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Junior Fields a force in conference play

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Junior forward Averee Fields makes a pass during West Virginia’s win over Kansas State Saturday.

by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

With big-time names like Asya Bussie and Christal Caldwell on the West Virginia women’s basketball team, it’s easy to miss a player like junior forward Averee Fields.

The 6-foot-1, Murray, Ky., native started all 31 games for the Mountaineers in the 2012-13 season and has been effective in her starting role this year. Fields is No. 4 on the team in scoring with 7.7 points per game.

That average is even higher in conference play. In the Big

12, Fields averages 8.2 points per game. She is also one of head coach Mike Carey’s best grinders in the paint. She averages 5.1 boards per game, just behind Bussie who is one of the best rebounders in the Big 12 Conference.

Fields has been destined for basketball since a young age. Her mother, Hedie Fields, played collegiate basketball at Idaho and later coached at her alma mater and then Murray State.

“I definitely grew up around basketball. I grew up in the gym,” Fields said in an interview with WVUsports. com. “She didn’t force me

into it, but I loved the game.

She has always helped me and gave me tips and was always very supportive.”

Fields was a standout high school basketball player in Kentucky. In her senior year of high school, she earned a spot on the 2011 Kentucky first team and was No. 80 among the top-100 girls basketball players in the country.

Fields had to transition from the star of one team to a role player in college. The switch was seamless and after Fields’ freshman campaign she earned a spot in the starting rotation her sophomore year. She didn’t earn the start-

ing spot by leaving her teammates out to dry. She actually relies and embraces them; both qualities Carey praised.

“I love my teammates.

When we get that win and pull together, it’s a fun feeling,” Fields said. “It’s really exciting when someone plays well.”

Fields is a player with a strong work ethic on and off the hardwood. She earned a 4.0 GPA in fall 2013 and was named to the Academic AllBig 12 First Team.

“Grades have been important to me for a long time. You just have to find time and prioritize,” Fields said. “Every-