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Second person charged in Burch case

By Jacob Bojesson Editor-In-Chief @Dailyathenaeum

The Morgantown Police Department has charged a second West Virginia University student in relation to the Nov. 14, 2014, death of Nolan Burch, according to WTAE. News sources reported Thursday that Jordon Hankins, 21, of New Jersey, would face charges of hazing and

conspiracy to commit hazing. Police later filed a criminal complaint against Hankins, WTAE reported late Thursday evening.

Hankins, a brother of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, was identified as the ”Grand Master” who “orchestrated blindfolding, escorting, and presenting pledges, including victim NMB (Nolan Burch), to their ‘big brothers,’” according to documents ob-

tained by The Daily Athenaeum from the Monongalia County Magistrate Court.

Hankins spoke about the loss of Burch at a candlelight vigil on the day of Burch’s passing.

“We will miss the Nolan that was a caring person. ...

He was a shining light in a dark world,” Hankins said according to Tribe Live News.

Nolan Burch, 18, of Williamsville N.Y., passed away

on Nov. 14 following an incident during the Kappa Sigma Fraternity’s ”Big/Little” initiation event two days earlier.

Medical tests performed on Burch after the incident showed his blood alcohol content to be 0.493, more than six times the legal limit to drive, which resulted in acute ethanol intoxication.

MPD arrested and charged Richard Schwartz, 20, of Williamsville, N.Y., Wednesday

with one count of hazing and one count of conspiracy to commit hazing. Schwartz has been released on a $10,000 bond.

Schwartz was selected as Burch’s “big brother” by Hankins and allegedly provided Burch with a bottle of liquor. The criminal complaint signed by Detective Ryan Stallings also states that Schwartz helped carrying Burch back to the Kappa

Sigma house where Burch was found unresponsive around 11:50 p.m. that night.

Schwartz’s attorney, Robert G. McCoid, said his client was innocent and would be “vindicated.”

The charges against Schwartz and expected charges against Hankins would be considered misdemeanor offenses. carl.bojesson@mail.wvu.edu

Mon. County’s new policy ‘IT WAS DEHUMANIZING’ will treat all towing Muslim Students Association shocked by UNC murders, some companies equally calling it hate crime against humanity, not just Muslims by courtney gatto staff writer @dailyathenaeum

In an attempt to solve recent issues surrounding the use of tow trucks in the area, the Monongalia County Commission has signed off on a new towing policy that will work to make dispatching tow trucks more fair and reliable for everyone.

The towing policy will go into effect April 1.

“Basically we’re now uniforming the process so that all the tow truck companies are being treated equally,” said Tom Bloom, county commissioner. “We are trying to do away with certain companies being treated differently than others and getting more calls. So we have a correct procedure to follow.”

As before, 911 can still dis-

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Students and members of the WVU Muslim Students Association gather in a circle outside the Mountainlair for the candlelight vigil held in remembrance of the victims of the Chapel Hill Shootings.

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‘Huggstown’ celebrates men’s basketball Sunday

By Caitlin Coyne

by nicole curtin

correspondent @dailyathenaeum

associate sports editor @nicolec_wvu

The West Virginia University Muslim Students Association held a candlelight vigil last night in honor of the three Muslim students killed Tuesday outside the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.

The vigil, held at 6 p.m. in front of the Mountainlair, started with a somber moment of silence for the three victims, followed by a reading from the Quran and several small speeches made by members of the MSA as well as WVU Vice President for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion David Fryson.

“When you see the story on TV and hear the interviews, you feel like you know these people,” said MSA spokesman Mouhammed Sakkal. “This was a hate crime against humanity, not just Muslims.”

The three UNC students were murdered in their apartment by their neighbor, allegedly over a dispute about a parking space, but many question his motive due to antiMuslim comments the killer made on Facebook.

“We refuse to believe this (poking dispute) was the reason,” Sakkal said. “These were brutal, execution-style murders.”

Sakkal shared that in the few years following 9/11, he experienced discrimination for his religion and culture, but since then he has seen more people educating themAskar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM selves about his religion.

“In that period of time, it was dehumanizing for Karim Badawi and other members of the WVU Muslim Students Association showcase banners and photos outside the Mountainlair for a candlelight vigil held in remembrance of the victims of Chapel Hill Shooting. see MUSLIM on PAGE 2

patch tow trucks— now they just have more rules to abide by.

There will be a calling list of local tow companies that can be dispatched by the police. In order to be on the list, the companies must comply with a set of requirements issued by the County Commission.

Once 911 has called a company and they tow a car, they will then be sent back to the bottom of the list and wait for their next turn and work in a continuous rotation. There will only be certain occasions where the company does not have to return to the bottom of the list.

“For example: if you are on the list, but you’re on the other side of town and you

The West Virginia men’s basketball team is hosting the No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks Monday night in a “Stripe the Stadium” event. In the past few years, students have camped out the night before these big games, and while there have not been any issues with these situations, two programs want to bring something different to the table.

This weekend, the Mountaineer Maniacs and Mountaineer Athletic Club will present “Huggstown” at the Shell Building behind the Coliseum.

Graduate student Jackie Riggleman is the director of Special Events for the Maniacs and helped create this event for students to enjoy and spend time with their WVU family.

“Our director, Steve Orlowski, came to me with

the idea, and, as the special events coordinator, he entrusted me to bring his ideas to life,” Riggleman said. “So with a lot of brainstorming and suggestions from our board as well, myself and committee member Abby were able to combine everyone’s ideas into one for the first Huggstown.”

Huggstown will begin at 9 p.m. with plenty of activities available for everyone.

There will be tournaments for cornhole and basketball, and DJ Dollar will be providing music for the evening.

While the Mountaineer Athletic Club is the booster organization for West Virginia athletics and provides scholarships for athletes at WVU, the MAC is working with the Maniacs on expanding its presence and relationship with students.

“The MAC will be com-

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Fighting FAFSA filing woes: 6th annual College Goal Sunday around the corner by taylor jobin staff writer @dailyathenaeum

For the sixth year in a row, College Goal Sunday with the help of qualified volunteers, host financial aid workshops to help students complete federal financial aid paperwork, specifically, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The event will take place Sunday and will be held at 24 different locations across the state, including West Virginia University at Woodburn Hall. The financial aid workshops will take place from 1-4 p.m.

According to Autumn Perry, the coordinator of College Access and Success

Programs with the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the FAFSA is important for potential college students because it is the main route for getting federal financial aid, as well as state financial aid. “(FAFSA) is the key first step in obtaining financial aid. The FAFSA is the application for federal financial aid programs like grants, student loans, etc.,” Perry said. “But the state financial aid programs also use the FAFSA to determine eligibility for their programs — their different grants and scholarships that they offer — as well as colleges and universities. Their financial aid offices use that information from the FAFSA, oftentimes to determine eli-

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gibility for financial aid programs that they have at the college level.”

The volunteers who assist with the application completion process typically come from college and university financial aid staff and other college access professionals who are well versed in FAFSA and financial aid. This way, potential students can know they are being provided the best possible financial aid and FAFSA assistance.

Anyone who wishes to achieve post-secondary education is welcome to take part in the event.

“We’re open to absolutely anybody regardless of age or income, as long as it is somebody planning to enroll in a post-secondary

program for the upcoming academic year,” Perry said.

“So that includes your current high school seniors.

That includes your current college student who will be coming back for another year (of ) college, and also adult learners who are embarking on higher education now.”

Anyone who decides to attend College Goal Sunday will need to bring multiple forms of paperwork with them, according to Brian Weingart, the senior director for Financial Aid at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

Students and families will need to bring their Social Security number as well as full tax records. Completed 2014 tax returns would be

ideal, and if these are not yet filled out, students can bring 2013 tax forms or 2014 W2 forms.

If the student is dependent, they will need to bring their parent’s Social Security number, as well as their full tax records. If the student is married, they will need to bring their spouse’s number and tax returns.

Any untaxed income records, child-support, workers’ compensation, received untaxed portions of pensions and investment information and bank account balances must also be on hand. Dependent students will need this information from their parents, according to Weingart.

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the federal government’s secure FAFSA network.

After the FAFSA forms are completed, students will be asked to take an exit survey that will automatically enroll them for door prizes.

The prizes are different from venue to venue, but the grand prize at all sites will be a Samsung tablet.

The event is coordinated by the College Foundation of West Virginia and The Higher Education Policy Commission.

Students can register ahead of time for the event or sign up at the door. For early registration, visit the College Foundation of West Virginia website at http:// cfwv.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Friday February 13, 2015

WVUp All Night tries to bring most up-to-date movies by john mark shaver correspondent @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s WVUp All Night free movie weekends have a lot more going on behind the scenes than one would expect.

The movies, which play each week Thursday through Sunday in the Mountainlair’s Gluck Theatre, are primarily chosen

by Erin Blake, the Mountainlair’s Special Events coordinator.

“We usually try to get a first-run movie, which is a movie that has been

out in theaters but hasn’t been released on DVD yet,” Blake said. “It’s usually some kind of blockbuster.

Sometimes we’ll have two of those, sometimes it’s a blockbuster with an older movie that fits with the weekend theme and then the midnight movie sometimes goes along with that theme.”

The themes to which Blake referred are WVUp All Night’s weekly themes, which influence the event’s activities as a whole.

“This week it’s Chocolate Lovers,” Blake said. “It kind of has a Valentine’s Day and chocolate theme

wrapped together.”

This week’s movies include the recent Nicholas Sparks adaptation “The Best of Me,” “One Day” starring Anne Hathaway and the 1990s classic “10 Things I Hate About You.” Sometimes, however, it’s difficult to stick to the entire event’s theme. In this case, Blake must think outside the box.

“There’s times when you just can’t find a movie that fits the theme,” Blake said.

“If that happens, I’ll just pick two newer movies or we’ll do a trilogy weekend.

We’ve done ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’

and things like that.”

In addition to matching the movies with the weekly themes, Blake must book the films several months in advance.

“Right now I’m trying to book the movies for March and April,” Blake said. “You have to book a couple of months ahead because it’s Oscar season.”

Blake said she runs into trouble with the Oscars each spring, as many of the nominated movies are put back into theaters, thus pulling them from the database of WVUp All Night’s distributor, Swank Motion Pictures.

A delay happened recently with “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” which was scheduled to play at the end of this month before its licensing was postponed.

The film will show at an available date.

Students can also request movies.

“We’re here to show the movies that the students want to see,” Blake said.

“If it’s something that the company has and it fits our timeframe and maybe the theme, we do try to do that. Last year, we had a few people asking for Quentin Tarantino movies, so we

actually did a Tarantino weekend.”

Films are shown free of charge and come with complimentary popcorn and soda.

“I believe that this cultural component to our late-night program is important and adds to the out-of-the-classroom experience for our students,” said Sonja Wilson, director of WVUp All Night.

For more information or to request a movie or movie poster, students can contact Erin Blake at erin. blake@mail.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Washington city sees 4 police killings in recent months PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Four people have been shot and killed by police in recent months in this agricultural city of 68,000 in southeastern Washington, and the most recent death of an orchard worker accused of throwing rocks at officers has sparked protests after witnesses said he was running away.

Antonio Zambrano-Montes’ death Tuesday marks the fourth fatal police shooting since last summer in Pasco, a city about 215 miles southeast of Seattle. In three previous cases, prosecutors cleared officers with the Pasco Police Department and a sheriff’s deputy who was working on a regional SWAT team.

Police say ZambranoMontes’ threatening behavior led officers to open fire. The 35-year-old threw multiple rocks, hitting two officers, and refused to put down other stones. They say a stun gun failed to subdue him.

He had a run-in with Pasco police early last year, having been arrested for assault after throwing objects at officers and trying to grab an officer’s pistol, court records show.

Some people who saw the shooting at a busy intersection Tuesday evening videotaped the confrontation, and witnesses said Zambrano-Montes was fleeing when officers opened fire.

In one video recording by Dario Infante, 21, of Pasco, five “pops” are audible shortly after the video begins, and the man can be seen running away, across a street and down a sidewalk, pursued by three officers. As the officers draw closer to the running man, he stops, turns around and faces them. Multiple “pops” are heard and the man falls to the ground.

Family members told the Tri-City Herald (http:// is.gd/1aEP6y0 ) that police were out of line and should have used less deadly tactics to get him under control.

“We want justice,” said Erica Salazar, a relative. “It

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Continued from page 1 ing to hand out pizza and get to know the students a bit better,” Riggleman said.

“This year, the Maniacs and the MAC created a partnership so they will be available to answer any questions for students as far as what they receive at the Buckskin (Annual) Giving Level.”

Along with the Mountaineer Athletic Club making appearances, head coach Bob Huggins and the men’s basketball team will be in the building to greet everyone and get the crowd excited for Monday night’s game.

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Police investigate the scene of an officer involved shooting Tuesday at the intersection of 10th Ave. and Lewis Street in Pasco, Wash. The Franklin County coroner’s office identified the victim as Antonio Zambrano-Montes of Pasco. could have been avoided.”

Gov. Jay Inslee said he was monitoring the situation and said his staff has been in contact with local officials.

“We are going to need to get to the bottom of understanding the circumstances of this,” he said. “There will be, and needs to be, a very complete assessment of all of the circumstances of what happened here. And that needs to happen, in detail, in depth.”

Protesters chanted “We want justice” in English and Spanish at Pasco City Hall

on Wednesday, and they planned to demonstrate again Saturday, KNDU-TV reported.

Meanwhile, a handful of people showed up at Pasco City Hall on Thursday to show support for police. “It’s important for these officers to know the entire community is not out to get them,” Chris Black, an Army veteran, told the Tri-City Herald.

Pasco Police Chief Bob Metzger asked residents for patience as an investigation by the Tri-City Special Investigation Unit and an in-

and fan support at the game is always beneficial to the players and coaches.

“The energy in here always helps us. It gets us in their head (opponents) and it’s always an advantage,” sophomore forward Nathan Adrian said.

There will also be drawings throughout the night.

Every student who enters Huggstown will receive a ticket for a chance to win early entry passes to get in the front row of the student section, dinner at restaurants such as Texas Roadhouse, Qdoba, Panera Bread and more.

“This will be an option that will keep (students) indoors for a bit out of the cold and give them activities to do,” Riggleman said.

“It will be a fun, laid-back

atmosphere where you can come with your best friend to pick up a game of basketball or play a game of cornhole while getting to know your fellow Mountaineers.”

Monday night’s game against Kansas is an important win for the Mountaineers as they are entering the tough end of the regular season schedule before the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments in March.

WVU will face Iowa State on the road this weekend before coming back to take on the Jayhawks Monday.

Riggleman said the Maniacs board is very excited to be working with the MAC to put Huggstown together and host the event Sunday night. ​ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

ask them to choose someone because you’re too far away, you don’t get dropped to the bottom— you get put back to next,” Bloom said.

“These are the things we are doing to try and help them out.”

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they were handed fliers and decided to stop and join the vigil.

“Even though we don’t think the same way as them, we still support them,” Higginson said.

Haines explained although she is a Christian, she still wants to show the Muslim community at WVU support.

“The fact that they get ridiculed for their religion makes me want to stand up for them if I ever see it,” she said.

Hebah Kassar, a freshman biology student, explained this tragedy resonated so strongly with her because of the similarities between

her and the youngest victim Razan Abu-Salha.

“She was a freshman at North Carolina, and I’m a freshman here. We were the same age. It’s so real to me,” she said.

Noor Mozahem, a freshman, shared a similar thought.

“What if it was us?” she asked, pointing to the two friends surrounding her.

Kassar and Mozahem both believe in the importance of differentiating between fanatics and Muslims.

“We’re not all the same,” Kassar said. “We’re humans, too. We do what we have to do just like everyone else.”

Kassar said she believes

Continued from page 1 who I was,” he said. “Now it’s encouraging to see a few more people being open-minded.”

Karim Badawi, a chairperson for the MSA, believes discrimination on campus is mostly reserved for female Muslims.

“They are basically wearing their religion on their heads,” he said, referring to the hijab Muslim women wear.

Leah Haines and Jordyne Higginson were on their way to Panera when

ternal review move forward.

“The officers are ... on administrative leave — until they are reviewed and everything is done, they will not be back to work,” he said. “It’s important we get the right information.”

Kennewick Police Sgt. Ken Lattin, a spokesman for the team investigating the shooting, said Thursday afternoon that he had not been briefed on the case.

He said he has scheduled a news briefing for Friday afternoon.

An autopsy was scheduled Friday for ZambranoMontes, who was raised in Michoacan, Mexico, and has lived for about a decade in Pasco, where more than half the residents are Hispanic.

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department issued a statement Thursday expressing “deep condemnation” of the shooting, calling it one of the “events in which unwarranted use has been made of lethal force.”

The department said the Mexican Consul in Seattle had “sent a message of protest to the Pasco chief of police ... requesting information on the disciplinary measures that could eventually be imposed on the police officers involved in the incident.”

The department said it was helping ZambranoMontes’ family “with the aim of ensuring that all available legal avenues are explored and taken to their fullest extent.”

Family members told the Tri-City Herald that Zambrano-Montes battled depression after being separated from his two teen daughters.

“He was a kind person, family-oriented,” his cousin, Blanca Zambrano, told the newspaper. “He was hardworking.”

Three other people have been killed recently in police shootings in the city.

Last month, a Pasco po-

lice officer was cleared for fatally shooting a suspected car thief who pulled an Airsoft pistol following a foot chase in September. In deciding not to file charges, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Shawn Sant said the officer feared for his life when he shot Matthew Stoddard.

In December, an investigation found that a Benton County sheriff’s deputy was justified in fatally shooting an intoxicated man outside his Pasco home last summer. Rick Howard was shot and killed after a four-hour standoff. Authorities said he fired more than 60 rounds at officers.

In November, a prosecutor cleared two Pasco officers who shot and killed Brad Jensen, 34, at a home in July. Authorities said his family members called police over a domestic problem and he approached officers with a kitchen knife and disobeyed their commands

TOWING

In order to make sure the policy runs smoothly, there will be a compliance officer appointed to the commission to oversee this task.

“The compliance officer is basically going to monitor the situation and deal with any concerns or problems, or deal with any complaints and also just make sure we are following the procedures not as much attention is paid to cases where Muslims are victims.

“It’s something a lot of people ignore,” she said.

“We’re always put behind the gun.”

Sara Berzingi, a freshman biology student, said she believes what people should take away from this tragedy is a dedication to service due to the victims’ devotion to community work and public safety.

“They were killed in their home,” she said. “It doesn’t matter your religion. As an American, you should be safe in your own home.”

and that everyone is following the rules so there aren’t any concerns,” Bloom said.

One of the requirements tow companies have to meet is a designated amount they can charge in the event of the company towing a car.

This is only a requirement the companies have to follow if the police dispatch them.

“The problem is if you request someone, then they can charge whatever they want. If 911 sends a tow truck, then they have to meet the requirements,” Bloom said. “Everyone will be treated equally, and everyone is gong to be paid generally the same price.”

The policy comes complete with many other requirements concerning insurance, licensing and other aspects to the towing procedure.

The County Commissioner has plans to review and modify this policy as needed, starting with a one year policy check next April.

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With Valentine’s Day festivities on deck for the weekend, it is important to stop and think about the “present” you choose for your significant other.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the British Parliament has passed legislation criminalizing the distribution of revenge porn. It is now punishable by fine - or two years in prison - to distribute intimate, sexual images of another without their consent.

With this criminalization in place, it is important to think about the state and circumstances of our society which made this action necessary. With increased access to technology and decreased inhibitions, it can be very dangerous to put any depiction of oneself out there.

As adults, it is our choice to take whatever pictures or videos of ourselves we may please. While doing so, it is

important to think about the consequences of these actions. Once something has been sent, we no longer have control over who sees it and where else it is posted.

It would be encouraging to see similar laws passed in our country and in our state. As citizens, we have come to expect our government to help us protect our right to privacy. A law prohibiting the harmful and vengeful distribution of personal and intimate images would help to secure this privacy.

As of 2014, 24 U.S. states as well as Puerto Rico have introduced pending legislation on the topic. Unfortunately, West Virginia is not one of these. With many of these laws proposed, there is also a fear that legislation will overstep the boundaries of what can and can’t be published online.

While freedom of speech is key in the U.S., it is im-

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portant we still consider the gravity of this content and the impact it can have on an individual’s privacy and future.

The things we do while we are young have an impact on the future ahead of us, and anyone with a caring parent, teacher or mentor has heard this before. But, coming from fellow students, this message can carry a different weight.

People lie, and trust is a very valuable thing to give away. So, before you send your picture or video, truly think about how you would feel if the recipients were to share the image with a few of their closest friends and those friends shared it and so on.

Privacy is a beautiful thing which we should have protected by rules and regulations. However, privacy starts with us and who we are willing to bare it all to. instructables.com

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Dating Apps:

FLAWED CONNECTIONS or INNOVATIVE DATING? The rise of technology has promoted a change in the way we communicate with one another, romantic relationships included. Dating websites and apps for mobile devices have flooded the market in recent years and changed the way people begin romantic relationships with their significant other.

Mobile apps such as Tinder, Skout, Grindr and many others have served as a way for people to meet other single individuals near them. With the rise of these apps and sites, there has also been a rise in the concern of how safe they are.

With incidents in the media talking about a victim who met their attacker online, many people seem to connect this form of communication with dishonesty.

Still, in a study done by the Pew Research Center in 2013, 59 percent of Americans agreed with the idea online dating is a good way to meet people. Another 21 percent said they believed people who use online dating sites are desperate.

With 1 in 10 Americans using online dating apps or websites, they hold a clear place when talking about alternatives to “traditional” dating options.

An efficient, safe alternative to dating ‘norms’

Easily promotes deceit, misconceptions ABBY HUMPHREYS COLUMNIST @OBIWAN_BALONI

I met an ex-boyfriend, but not through a dating app. He lived in Texas, so we Skyped and texted regularly for about a year before deciding to meet.

I bought a plane ticket to visit two years ago during Thanksgiving, and it truly felt like a fair ytale coming to life. I was so excited and happy to finally spend time with him in person and meet his family.

This was how I ended up stranded in a Salvation Army in my pajamas one Saturday morning. My ex’s car wouldn’t start, so we’d wandered into the store to kill some time. I remember suddenly looking up from some used suitcases and realizing I was alone.When I finally found him 20 minutes later, he was standing outside in a nearby field, silently ripping his cigarettes in half one by one while staring at the ground.

Over the course of my visit, my ex lied to his parents, harshly criticized his younger siblings and threatened suicide three times. I couldn’t believe the person I thought I knew could be so different in reality.

Though not every online relationship is doomed to

end like mine, I blame my experience not on technology itself, but on its ability to easily disguise a person’s true personality.

Though efforts have been made to make connections more genuine, dating apps generally all work the same: A person displays a photo of themselves and answers a few short questions for potential suitors about who they perceive themselves.

crets and personal details to one another without the physical threat of rejection. What might be normally too embarrassing or private to reveal at first can become the subject of indepth discussion after just a few hours of chatting. However, this can quickly foster feelings of attachment and closeness without any real substance behind them.

Projection is another problem.

Believe it or not, it’s entirely possible to inflate or even create qualities for a person that don’t exist, like kindheartedness or wisdom. Without any physical encounters to falsify these beliefs, they can continue to grow until a person appears almost larger-than-life.

Dating apps are a convenient way to meet people for those with busy lifestyles, but I firmly believe nothing beats getting to know someone in person from the start.

Awkward first dates and less-than-ideal kisses may be uncomfortable to experience at the time, but they ultimately work to expose each other’s vulnerable and unscripted sides while creating a healthy foundation for future relationships.

To find love, try the library, Starbucks or even the local pet store—anywhere but Texas.

apps are a convenient way “ Dating to meet people for those with busy

lifestyles, but I firmly believe nothing beats getting to know someone in person from the start. ”

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In that aspect alone, a person’s physical or mental attractiveness depends on how well they present themselves online. Because of this, deceitfulness can often find its way into the mix.

Starting a conversation or agreeing to a date based on those few introductory sentences can vary greatly from what might have happened if technology wasn’t involved.

Every aspect of a relationship is affected by the chosen method of communication. I’m sure heated arguments over small misunderstandings or fights stemming from poorlytimed sarcasm attempts have happened to just about everyone through text message, and the Internet is no exception.

Online and in apps, it’s much easier to reveal se-

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in between.

It also gives potentially awesome people the chance to bypass the awkward first approach (a terrifying idea to anyone, regardless of how suave they may be) and gives the added disconnect of the Internet – which some of you may appreciate if the person does turn out to be the next Zodiac Killer.

All jokes aside, it’s important to be safe. Generally, people who have common friends or interests (as long as it’s not a shared interest in knives or “The Human Centipede”…but if that’s your thing, go for it) are a safe bet. If you decide to meet up in real life, make sure it’s in a public place like a restaurant or coffee shop, and drive separately if you

like Tinder, can be tailored to suit your preferCOLUMNIST ences (whether that’s age, @DARTHMOLLY22 distance or sex), and some even cater exclusively to With the popularity of different sexual orientations, like Grindr. online dating websites, We’ve all been on our it seems like this article writes itself. fair share of bad dates.

Recently Tinder, Grindr, We’ve all had stalkers or OkCupid, Hinge and other known people with vague extraneous online datsociopathic tendencies. ing platforms have tried Conversely, we all know to eliminate the awkwhat it’s like to meet wardness of approaching someone for the first time someone in real life and and know this person is have made it easy to congoing to mean something nect with people from the special to you. very phone in your pocket.

Just because these peoSure, you have to be ple exist on the Internet careful who you meet onas well doesn’t increase or decrease your chances line – these days everyone has a horror story about of finding them – it only being catfished or talking makes them more availto someone who seemed able for you to sift through really great online but in when you can’t sleep on reality had more in coma Tuesday night and want mon with to feel rethe averally good Its unfortunate online dating has age psya b o u t gotten linked with creepy stalkers, chopath yourself than they (guilty). because in reality it’s an efficient and ever did I f non-awkward way to meet people. with you. you’re still B u t squeaThese tools can be especially helpful there are m i s h , if your sexual preference limits your the diado your monds in h o m e dating pool a bit. the rough, w o r k : and the Consider rough is definitely worth want to be extra careful. what type of person and wading through.

It’s unfortunate on- relationship you’re interWith online dating, line dating has gotten ested in and set out to find there isn’t the awkward linked with creepy stalk- the right app or website “so what are you looking ers, because in reality it’s to suit your needs. If all for?” conversation to ago- an efficient and non-awk- else fails, just delete your nize over, because it’s ob- ward way to meet people. profile. viously based on what you These tools can be espeAnd never date anyone choose to put out there, cially helpful if your sexual who wears a fedora. whether that’s a hookup, preference limits your datrelationship or something ing pool a bit. Many apps, daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The crowd loved funny guys Sumukh Torgalkar and Jimmy Meritt last night at the Side Pocket in the Mountainlair.

For the first time in the past few months, the Side Pocket was packed for Comedy Night.

Although students are often offered this free entertainment, they very rarely attend. Tonight, however, was different. The small restaurant had very few open seats. Students relaxed with friends, ate food, drank beer and played pool–all while enjoying a laugh.

Torgalkar was up first.

The crowd absolutely loved him. Cracking jokes about his own personal experiences, Torgalkar has a very dry, funny sense of humor.

After gaining popularity as an opening act to Reggie

Watts and Russell Peters, Torgalkar will be releasing his first comedy album April 14.

“My favorite part about Sumukh was that he was really low key and quiet,” said senior Grant Stinson. “He wasn’t trying to be funny at all, he just was.”

Meritt graced the stage around 9:40 p.m. With raunchy jokes about everything from sex positions to Catholic high school, Meritt definitely left everyone with some hilarious mental images.

One of the funniest moments of the night was when Meritt called Starbucks out for putting motivational quotes on their cups followed by, “Starbucks does not endorse this opinion.”

“My favorite part was the way he told stories and jokes throughout the night,” said freshman Miles DixonGross. “His stories really rolled well together. He brought everything back to-

gether at the end, and it was really funny.”

With a bold sense of humor, Meritt was not afraid to touch on sensitive subjects.

From the mentally handicapped to Jesus jokes, Meritt’s sick sense of humor was priceless.

“I liked that he wasn’t afraid to say offensive things,” Stinson said. “He said a joke about mentally handicapped defense classes that was really funny.”

Meritt can be seen again in his first movie “America’s Most Haunted.” The movie is a horror comedy about how fake ghost hunters go to a haunted house. It turns out there are real ghosts and the “ghost hunters” have no idea what to do.

Overall, Meritt captured the attention of the crowd.

With a lively demeanor, he kept the rowdy students entertained. It was a great experience to hear and see so many students enjoying

Pop Culture Index

A recap of this week’s pop culture happenings Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Ah, commence Valentine’s week. Think of what your Facebook feed would be lacking this week if it wasn’t for the sappy spewing of “I love you’s” and all the risque shares of “Fifty Shades of Grey” trailers. And how could we ever forget Kanye West’s Grammy spiel or all the tears we shed when we heard Jon Stewart would be leaving “The Daily Show.” This week’s pop culture recap covers everything from S&M to Harper Lee’s second novel.

1. Kanye West and his habitual a--hole attitude.

While this recap may sound like a great title for Kanye West’s future biography, the American rapper and infamous douchebag once again did what he does best by putting his foot in his mouth.

The rapper stated postGrammy, “Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyonce.”

Thanks ‘Ye, yet again, for

your input, but Beck, too, knows ‘Yonce had one of 4. Oops. Netflix, your the best videos of all time. “House of Cards” is showing.

2. Harper Lee shoots Devious, dirty politifor more than a one-hit cian Frank Underwood is back to his old tricks. wonder.

We were all high school Thursday, Feb. 12, Netffreshmen once: How could lix experienced technical we ever forget Harper difficulties when the popLee’s “To Kill A Mocking- ular online series leaked. bird?” The critically ac- The shock came over fans claimed novel was pub- quickly, as the series is lished 55 years ago, and not set to release for annow, Lee’s second novel, other two weeks. Netflix “Go Set A Watchman,” will said in a statement Frank be released in July. With Underwood fans may only one novel under her have gotten a sneak peek belt, it’s safe to say ob- but that the politician wouldn’t be back until servers are skeptical.

Feb. 27.

3. Cue tears: Jon Stewart is leaving “The Daily 5. 50 Sha de s of Show.”

Raunchy Could we say Jon StewHave you tied down art was the most trusted your Valentine’s Day plans host of all news televi- yet? No pun intended. sion? It’s not that far of a “Fifty Shades of Grey” is stretch considering some set to debut in theaters of society’s conventional across America on Feb. T V stations. Comedy 14. The adored S&M trilCentral’s funny man and ogy by E.L. James has benews anchor announced come one of the most that 2015 would mark the popular adult romance end of his nonstop mock- novels. If you want to ery. With Brian Williams’ know more, go to your lochair now open, could it cal theater this weekend be Stewart will take over to get to know Christian “NBC Nightly News?” Grey.

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Jimmy Meritt, a comedian from Laurel, Md., and Sumukh Torgalkar, a comedian from Cleveland, Ohio, tell jokes to a large audience during Comedy Club Thursday night. don will close–allowing stu- comics from Comedy CaraComedy Night.

“It is a great resource dents to stand up and per- van perform two times per for WVU students,” said form their own routine in month and admission is Tom Sobel, owner of Com- the middle. This is meant free. edy Caravan. “It is free en- to help amateur comediFor more information tertainment that everyone ans prepare for Last Comic about Comedy Night at should take advantage of.”

Standing, which will be held the Side Pocket and other Next Thursday, February on Feb. 21 in the Moutain- WVUp All Night activities, 19, Mountaineer Comedy lair food court. go to http://mountainlair.

Comedy Night is held wvu.edu/wvupallnight/.

Club will be a little different. Comedian Adam White by the Mountaineer Comwill open and Tim McClen- edy Club. Professional road daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Music festival lineups released ALLY LITTEN CORRESPONDENT @dailyathenaeum

The groundhog might have seen his shadow, but people are starting to look forward to warmer weather with all the summer music festivals releasing their line-ups. The east coast has plenty of diverse music festivals that are only a drive away.

Music festivals are great to escape life for a weekend and enjoy time away with friends rocking out to wonderful music. Festivals range in sizes and genres of music. Some have campsites for the more outdoorsy folk.

For someone looking for a huge music festival, Bonnaroo is the place for you. Located in Manchester, Tenn., the music festival will be held June 1114 on a 700-acre farm. Bonnaroo also has a diverse line-up featuring rap, bluegrass, electronic, comedy and rock that will be featured on many different stages.

The big headliners for Bonnaroo are Billy Joel, Mumford and Sons, Kendrick Lamar, Deadmau5, Florence and the Machine, Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, Trampled by Turtles, SOJA,

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What is the best winter treat? Hot chocolate. What’s even better? Hot chocolate cupcakes. Instead of going out in the cold and snow, stay in and bake some yummy cupcakes. I found this recipe on Pinterest. During the first snow of the year, I tested it out. It was delicious and easy.

Enjoy!

Cupcakes: 1/2 cup of cocoa powder 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp. of hot water 2 1/2 cups flour 3/4 tsp. baking soda 3/4 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 2 sticks plus 1 tbsp. unsalted butter at room temperature 1 2/3 cups sugar 3 eggs at room temperature 1 tbsp. vanilla extract 3/4 cup sour cream Chocolate Frosting: 2 sticks (1 cup) butter at room temperature 3 cups powdered sugar 1 package of hot cocoa mix

Childish Gabino, Ed Helms and many more.

Another large festival coming our way is Vans Warped Tour. It will be held July 9 at the First Niagara Pavillon in Pittsburgh, Pa. Headliners for this event are The Wonder Years, Riff Raff, Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria, Transit and Neck Deep.

If you miss Vans Warped Tour in Pittsburgh, be sure to catch it in Charlotte, N.C.; Virginia Beach, Va.; Camden, N.J.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbia, Md. and many other locations around the U.S. For students that live in Northern Virginia, the Lockn’ Festival is located in Arlington. The festival will be held later in the summer Sept. 1013. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters will grace the festival scene with another performance as well as The Doobie Brothers, The String Cheese Incident and Widespread Panic.

Another local music bluegrass festival is DelFest, located an hour away from Morgantown in Cumberland, Md. Held on Memorial Day weekend, May 21-24, big headliners for this event are the Del McCoury Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Trampled by Turtles and Leftover Salmon.

If you are looking for travel and adventure, be sure to check out the Hang Out Festival located on the Gulf Shores, Ala., May 15-17. The line-up consists of many different genres ranging from country, reggae, dub-step and rock.

The line-up for the Hang Out Festival consists of the Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band, Skrillex, Foster the People, Dirty Heads and many more.

Another adventurous festival would be Wakarusa, located in Ozark, Arkansas. If you are looking for an inexpensive festival over the hills and far away, go join the party June 4-7. Featuring bluegrass, reggae, rap and rock music, Wakarusa offers a great experience for little money.

The headliners for the Wakarusa music festival are Slightly Stoopid, Chance the Rapper, Rebelution, Dirty Heads, The Expendables, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, The Roots and many more.

As summer gets closer, remember to check out the Internet for newly released lineups. Make sure you check out Firefly Music Festival, Lallapalooza, Electric Forest and All Good Music Festival. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Hot Chocolate Winter Cupcakes 1-2 tbsp. heavy cream 1 tsp. vanilla extract Cupcakes: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the cupcake pan with paper liners. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

2. In a small, separate bowl, combine the cocoa powder and hot water. Whisk the batter until smooth.

3. Combine the butter and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is smooth and butter is completely melted. Transfer the mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on medium-low speed until the mixture is cool, about four to five minutes. I did not use a mixer. Instead I mixed the batter with the wooden spoon.

It took longer but it came out fine.

4. Next, add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Blend in the vanilla and then the cocoa mixture until the batter is smooth.

With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in three additions. Alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the dry in-

gredients and mixing each addition until all are blended.

5. Using a large cookie scoop, fill prepared liners with batter, using one scoop per cupcake. Bake about 18 - 20 minutes. Rotate the pan halfway through baking so it bakes evenly. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for about five minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Chocolate Frosting: 1. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla for two-three minutes on medium-high speed.

Lower the speed and add the hot cocoa mix and milk. Beat for another three-five minutes until the frosting is light and fluffy. Frost the cupcakes when they are cooled.

2. Tip: To make a homemade pastry bag, scoop the frosting into a sandwich bag and cut one corner of the bag. It will be easier, and it will make the frosting look more professional.

To add something extra to the cupcakes, I added mini marshmallows on top of the chocolate frosting sprinkled with crumbled graham crackers. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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««««« AMC’s post-apocalyptic drama “The Walking Dead” returned this Sunday with its midseason premiere that was just, well, dead.

“The Walking Dead” and its plot are moving about as slow as those flesh-eating, rotting bodies that continue to plague the world, and Sunday’s midseason premiere validated the show’s struggle.

After fans watched in horror as Beth was killed in the midseason finale, we all thought the senseless killing off of characters was over. For the entirety of season five, we watched as Rick, Daryl, Carl, Maggie and others searched aimlessly for the naive blonde.

Her hasty death unfortunately would not be the last.

Sunday night’s episode, “What Happened and What’s Going On,” was a

fitting title for how viewers must have felt about the midseason premiere.

The opening scenes start out cryptic and confusing as we see Maggie weeping and Pastor Gabriel leaning over a burial site as he begins a passage.

“We know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God. A house made not with hands, eternal, in the heavens.”

We assume Pastor Gabriel is speaking such soft, assuring dialogue in light of Beth’s passing, but as the beginning of the episode plays out further, viewers realize they’re starting to piece together a zombiefilled puzzle. The screen flashes to various images, photos of two young children, abandoned cars, skeletal remains and a framed photo of a cottage that has been devalued by splattered blood.

We flash to a scene where Noah, Beth’s confidant from the hospital in Atlanta, tells Rick of the two’s plan, which was to head to Richmond, Va., where No-

ah’s family had barricaded itself within the community. Noah also tells Rick of his father’s death and of his hopes that his mother and twin brothers are still alive.

Cue light bulb moment; we now see why these flashing photos from the first moments of the show are relevant.

The group finally arrives at Shirewilt Estates, Noah’s old neighborhood, where we see yet another piece of the puzzle. As the group splits off to survey the estates, we see those familiar abandoned cars and the skeletal remains. It’s within moments that the group realizes Shirewilt is no longer safe. Grief-stricken Noah falls to the ground in what seems to be an overwhelming panic attack as Tyreese begins comforting him.

“This isn’t the end,” Tyreese said, arguably the only true hero left among cast members.

Tyreese’s will-to-live speech wasn’t a motivating but, instead a cruel play on irony. The group decides to stick around Shirewilt to scavenge, a decision fans

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Timing is everything in the Oscars NEW YORK (AP) — Timing is everything in the Oscar race. Except when it’s not.

This year’s Academy Awards field has done more than most to upend traditional rhythms of Hollywood’s awards season, a normally finely-tuned red-carpet ballet. “Not my tempo” - the indelible line from J.K. Simmons’ music instructor in the best-picture nominated “Whiplash” - has been the season’s mantra.

The critical favorite, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” was the front-runner for much of the season, only to be seemingly usurped by the industry’s choice, “Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” which swept the guild awards. Momentum the most cherished, carefully sought ingredient in any Oscar campaign - has been elusive, just as the normal parameters of awards season appear to be shifting.

“Boyhood” (six nominations) and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (nine nods) were released early in the year, long before most Oscar movies were even in the blocks.

At the same time, the other end of the calendar no longer seems so safe.

Of the last three movies to debut - “Selma,” “American Sniper” and “Unbroken” - only one emerged as an awards juggernaut. The timing was perfect for Clint Eastwood’s Iraq War sensation, which was eagerly embraced by conservative America, leading to record-setting box office in addition to six nominations. But “Selma,” which director Ava DuVernay completed shortly before its Christmas Day release, didn’t catch on with awards the way many expected.

The reasons could be numerous, and certainly many read racism into the film’s snubbing (though it landed two Oscar nominations, including best picture). But the lesson of “Selma” in Hollywood was more straightforward: It arrived too late to sufficiently screen for the industry’s guilds or to solidly stake its place among the top

contenders.

“A lot of companies, including us, should open a lot of these films a lot earlier if we can in that last quarter of the year because it becomes so freaking crowded,” says Michael Barker, co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, which this Oscar season, landed 18 nominations, its most ever. “A lot of these we couldn’t open earlier because they weren’t ready.”

Last year, Barker faced a similar choice with Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher,” a film originally slated to be a fall 2013 release. But with Miller needing more time to edit, SPC chose not to rush it out, instead debuting it to acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival (where Miller won best director), setting it on a path that eventually led to five Oscar nominations.

Sony Pictures Classics has had success with a handful of summer releases that were still remembered by the Academy Awards (notably Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” and “Midnight in Paris”). But every film is different, Barker noted. After acquiring the Alzheimer’s drama “Still Alice” at the Toronto Film Festival in September, SPC immediately slated it for a December release, seeing the strong response to Julianne Moore lead performance. Now, Moore is considered a shooin for best actress.

Paramount Pictures had good reason to rush “Selma.”

The film was bursting with relevance, arriving while protesters were flooding the streets over the Eric Garner and Darren Wilson grand jury decisions.

The same timing that may have hurt “Selma” didn’t have the same effect on “American Sniper” partly because Eastwood’s film was finished far in advance and so it had no trouble getting screeners to guilds, many of which vote in December.

The thing is that no one wants to “peak” early. Oscar season shares much with president campaigns, where candidates fear entering the ring too soon. But being the

last to jump into turbulent award season waters with a holiday release now appears risky, too.

“When the Oscars were at the end of March, a December release was advantageous, but not any longer, due to a number of factors, primarily the calendaring of the ballots, busy holiday schedules, colliding releases, etcetera,” veteran awards season consultant Tony Angellotti said in an email. “Two films released early on, `Boyhood,’ and `Budapest,’ have successfully weathered all seasonal bends and curves.”

If either were to win best picture, it would be the first film released before the fall to take the award since 2009’s “The Hurt Locker” (a June debut) and only the fourth preautumn best-picture winner in the past two decades. (The others were 1999’s “Gladiator” and 1995’s “Braveheart.”)

Angellotti believes the biggest winners from this awards season may be the fall film festivals in Telluride, Toronto and New York - the launching pads of the majority of awards-seekers.

It’s the route Fox Searchlight took with “Birdman” and last year’s winner, “12 Years a Slave.”

It’s a delicate dance: trying to create buzz but not so much that the inevitable backlash topples chances come Oscar voting.

“Nobody wants to be the early frontrunner because they know that it’s so difficult to sustain that position,” says Scott Feinberg, awards analyst for The Hollywood Reporter.

Feinberg believes the guilds may be urged to delay their voting periods to accommodate later releases.

But he thinks few films will emulate the releases of “Boyhood” or “Budapest”: “What’s still true is voters get very excited toward the end of the year when these highly anticipated, much discussed movies start screening.”

Either way, the clock has almost run out on this year’s nominees. Oscar voting ends Tuesday.

of “The Walking Dead” well know will come at a high price. Of course, Noah couldn’t help but ask to see his family and Tyreese agreed to accompany him.

Yet another puzzle piece, Noah’s home is instantly recognized from the opening scenes where a dismantled house panned across the screen.

Within his first few steps, Noah discovers his mother facedown with a large portion of her skull missing.

Tyreese, continuing with his own exploration, finds himself in one of the twin’s bedroom. There in bed laid one of Noah’s twin brothers, partially eaten. Here’s where events begin to be a little far-fetched.

Tyreese, absorbed by the nostalgic photos of the twins hanging on the wall, is blindsided with a nasty bite by Noah’s once brother, turned zombie. Although we’re five seasons into AMC’s hit show, I still have a hard time understanding how those groaning, slow-paced, inept “walkers” manage to sneak up on people. I mean Tyreese,

how long have you been living in a zombie-infested world?

Noah rushes in to save Tyreese from being eaten alive, as if it matters. He’s as good as dead already, literally. Reeling from the tragic event, Noah dashes out of his former home determined to somehow save Tyreese. While Noah is out rummaging through the neighborhood in an attempt to find Rick and the others, Tyreese’s hallucinations begin and a few familiar faces return.

We are gifted cameo appearances from The Governor, a bloody Mika, Lizzie and even a serenading Beth. Busting through Tyreese’s hallucinations, Noah returns with reinforcements, where they decide the only action that can cure Tyreese is to, of course, chop off his arm. In true “The Walking Dead” style, we watch in horror as Michonne samurai slices through Tyreese’s limb.

Scrambling out of Shirewilt, shots are fired and swords are swung before the group jumps back

into the vehicle. Tyreese, who is inevitably suffering from hallucinations, continues to see the dead and even some of those puzzle pieces previewed in the beginning of the episode. As his final thoughts conclude, Tyreese, too, succumbs to death.

So, in a turn of events, it actually wasn’t Beth’s funeral we were watching from the opening credits. The episode ends with a glimpse of sullen sister Sasha and Rick, who is left to fill the grave. Credits cut through the ending scene, with only the sound of Rick’s shovel grazing the earth ringing out.

With plenty of room to make a decent, interesting storyline, “The Walking Dead” has a lot of work to do before season five halts.

Just like the group of survivors who are holding onto the hope this zombie apocalypse will end, us viewers are hanging onto the chance that we might actually see a decent plot before the zombies subside. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU hosts first double-header of spring season by emily eisenhuth correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team will have their first doubleheader of the spring season today. The Mountaineers will begin their match at noon against the Youngstown Penguins at the Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown. The following match will be against the Towson Tigers at 4 p.m.

“Playing doubleheaders is a part of the process,” said head coach Miha Lisac. “We will be chal-

lenged in different ways this weekend.”

The Mountaineers last faced the Penguins at the Pitt Nishan Vartabedian Invitational in the fall.

The Mountaineers came out undefeated in doubles with no singles matches in the meet. The girls plan to come out fast and strong like previous matches to get the wins in doubles and continue the battle in singles.

“We will not prepare any differently than before. We are working on being more consistently aggressive in doubles and put our opponents under pressure,” Li-

sac said.

The girls have not had a chance to face Towson yet. The Tigers currently hold a 2-2 record for the spring season. In their last match against Salisbury, they went undefeated in both doubles and singles.

“There isn’t a new outlook on the upcoming matches but rather a look of continuing the process of getting better,” Lisac said.

“Playing double headers is a challenge that requires maturity and sticking to the right things, and this is the first time we will be taking on a challenge of

playing doubleheaders.”

The girls will then have their second doubleheader at home for the spring season this Sunday starting at 9 a.m.

The Mountaineers will start off against CaliforniaPennsylvania, followed by the match against Eastern Michigan.

The Mountaineers are working on their longterm goals, including titles, GPA and success for this program.

“Our long-term vision is to build a top program in the Big 12 Conference on and off the tennis courts,” Lisac said. “We are work-

ing on bringing Big 12 titles to WVU in the long run, maintain a 3.5 team GPA and build the strongest team environment.”

Lisac sees the team is making progress and is happy to see the program and the team continuing to get better with each match.

The Mountaineers are coming up on the Big 12 matches, which start March 13. The first Big 12 match will be held against Iowa State on their home court and will begin at 1 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Puppies, rings, mullets at Daytona 500 Media Day DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona 500 media day included lots of talk - talk about puppy love, wedding rings and a growing mullet - and a lot of conversation about four-time champion Jeff Gordon and what could be his final ride in NASCAR’S most prestigious race.

NASCAR’s biggest stars took center stage for the annual event held inside Daytona International Speedway on Thursday. Defending Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick welcomed the challenge of trying to repeat.

Embattled driver Kurt Busch insisted he would be in the car all season despite a lingering court case involving a former girlfriend.

And 2012 champion Brad Keselowski said he was one of the series’ three best drivers after a fiery 2014 season

that included fisticuffs and bruised feelings.

Those were just some of the highlights. Here are the others: EARNHART’S PHOBIA: NASCAR’s biggest star has a little phobia. Dale Earnhardt Jr. revealed that he wants nothing to do with jewelry. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, no way.

“It’s creepy to me,” said the two-time and defending Daytona 500 champion.

“I can be in the same room with it. It doesn’t bother me on other people.”

Earnhardt and his longtime girlfriend, Amy Reimann, already have talked about what might happen down the road if they get married. Earnhardt has no plans to give in, saying he won’t wear a ring but will get her one if she wants.

“I’m not going to be held

accountable and she can do whatever she wants,” he said. “I figure if we ever get to that step in life that I owe her that much, so I’ll have to put up with that. But I’m free of all my obligations in that regard.”

BOWYER BOMBS: Clint Bowyer doesn’t believe in omens, but he looks back at last year’s Daytona 500 as an indication he was in for a disappointing season.

Bowyer sat through a lengthy rain delay, only to suffer an engine failure when the race resumed.

He finished 42nd and left Daytona ranked 39th in the standings. Bowyer went on to his second consecutive winless season and failed to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

“I knew last year - I’m weird about thinking - but when we blew up at the start

of the year at the Daytona 500, I knew something just didn’t feel right because we’ve always been able to come down here and run pretty good and get the year started off right and leave here with momentum and excitement and confidence,” Bowyer said.

“We were all dejected leaving the first race so that was not very good.”

Bowyer is hopeful that behind-the-scenes changes made at Michael Waltrip Racing will lead to a far more successful season - beginning this weekend when he races in Saturday night’s exhibition Sprint Unlimited.

“I feel like now it’s a group effort,” he said. “When you’re in the meetings there’s a lot of people and a lot of voices being heard and you didn’t necessarily hear that last year.”

JOHNSON’S PURSUIT: Jimmie Johnson was only mediocre by the standards he set for his team during his six championship seasons.

So it was a disappointment when he was eliminated from title contention in the second round of last year’s Chase. Johnson believes his Hendrick Motorsports team learned through last year, though, and will be far better this season.

“When you’re struggling, you almost have a shotgun approach, and you’re trying to hit a wide pattern and see what brings speed,” Johnson said. “When you unload off the truck and you’re fast, you get much more into like a rifle scenario and you’re very precise with the changes you make, and there’s a lot of speed in the details.

Silver ‘focused on action’ in second year

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Silver stood at the podium last All-Star weekend and said he wanted to listen.

He was two weeks into his rookie year as NBA commissioner, interested in traveling around the league and hearing new ideas about how to make it better.

When he returns to the All-Star stage on Saturday - a setting he readily acknowledges will have a special meaning for him as a native New Yorker he isn’t planning to announce a new platform.

But he also knows that the time for talk is ending.

“I think the Year 2 needs to be one in which we’re focused on action,” he told The Associated Press.

“And I think there are a variety of issues that have been raised in which I said we would take a fresh look, but I think now the pressure is on to respond.

Either to make a change or to announce that we’re staying with the status quo as opposed to continuing to look at it.”

Silver identifies those as the format of the draft lottery, creating a schedule

that can reduce the number of back-to-backs and stretches of four games in five nights, the way the playoffs are seeded, and increasing the NBA’s role in youth basketball.

“Those are probably the top issues on my agenda in Year 2, almost all of them, not accidentally, centered around the game as opposed to the business of the game,” he said.

“As I’ve said before, our mantra now at the NBA is the game above all.”

Silver’s first year was a massive success in many ways, with the ouster of Donald Sterling and the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion, to the extension of the league’s national TV contracts in deals that will be worth more than $2.6 billion.

The commissioner even managed to sidestep race issues that bubbled up in Atlanta. He lauded Hawks owner Bruce Levenson for self-reporting an inflammatory email that suggested black fans were keeping white fans away from games - though the email was sent two years

before Levenson took action and after there was a team investigation.

Silver also supported Hawks general manager Danny Ferry, who repeated racially charged comments about a player and is now on an indefinite leave of absence.

And just this week his decision not to fine Knicks owner James Dolan for a harshly worded email to a fan was questioned.

Those barely caused a ripple in Silver’s wave of success, so no one is calling for the return of David Stern.

Now, the playoff process could become Silver’s next focus after lottery reform fell short of approval in October.

The Miami Heat would make the playoffs as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference despite a 2230 record if the season ended Thursday, while West No. 8 Phoenix was 29-25, a season after falling short with 48 victories.

A 38-win team made the playoffs in the East last season.

“To me it’s less an issue of East vs. West. It’s

more one of fairness,” Silver said. “And the larger question is ensuring a system where by the time our teams have fought through a long and rigorous 82-game schedule, that the teams that emerge for the playoffs are the very best teams in the league.

And so to me the issue isn’t whether the West is better than the East, it’s more a function of ensuring that we have the best teams in the playoffs.”

He has been receiving proposals, and should he decide to push any of them, the biggest challenge might be persuading East owners to go along with a plan that could hinder their hopes of the postseason.

“I have enormous confidence in the group of owners we have now that they’re willing to take a long-term view of the health of the game, and it’s true that part of my job is to work with owners to ensure that we all take a longterm view on the health of the game,” Silver said.

“One thing that I can’t change is the number of wins every season, but I

think we all have an interest in ensuring that the best-performing teams ultimately are the ones that are competing in the playoffs.”

Silver lengthened the All-Star break this season to give players extra time off now, though that’s created the need to fit more games into fewer available days.

Addressing that is a goal in coming years.

For now, he’ll enjoy the week in New York, with the Saturday night events in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center before Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden.

“It’s going to be fantastic and I’d say as a lifelong New Yorker, it has special meaning to me,” Silver said.

“I grew up attending games at Madison Square Garden. The fact that we were able to get all five boroughs involved has special significance to me.

“The fact that we’re using two NBA arenas, it’ll make New York City the epicenter of basketball in the world for this coming weekend.”

Tiger Woods out of Farmers Insurance Open SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods knew his tournament was over before anyone else did.

Standing on the third green on the North Course at Torrey Pines — his 12th hole of the opening round in the Farmers Insurance Open — he motioned to caddie Joe LaCava to retrieve his ball marker some 35 feet from the cup.

Moments later, he shook hands with Rickie Fowler and Billy Horschel, got into a golf cart and headed for the parking lot.

The scene has become far more familiar than Woods posing with a trophy, especially over the last 18 months.

Woods left the Honda Classic in the final round after 13 holes with what he called back spasms.

He was driven to the parking lot at Firestone after eight holes when he said spasms returned from a jarring leap into a deep bunker. And on Thursday, the reason for withdrawing was the weather.

It’s a little more complicated than that.

Woods said he warmed up nicely at Torrey Pines

in the morning as fog finally lifted along the Pacific bluffs. Waiting for his tee time, play was suspended for 90 minutes when the fog returned, and Woods didn’t quite feel the same.

“It’s just my glutes are shutting off,” he said.

“Then they don’t activate and then, hence, it goes into my lower back. So I tried to activate my glutes as best I could in between, but they never stayed activated.”

Medical lingo aside, he never looked comfortable.

Horschel noticed it early after they started — finally — on the 10th hole.

“If I didn’t see it on 10, I saw it on 11,” Horschel said. “Then I asked him when I walked off 12 tee, ‘Back hurting you again?’

He said, ‘Spasms.’ And it was unfortunate.”

Woods now has gone 12 straight PGA Tour events without a top 10, dating to his runner-up finish in The Barclays in 2013 when back pain dropped him to his knees.

This was his first round since a career-high 82 last week in the Phoenix Open

to tie for last with a club pro and miss the cut by 12 shots.

“It’s tough to see a guy I look up to, a guy I consider a friend, to have issues with spasms,” Horschel said. “It’s tough to see him go, but he was in quite a bit of pain.”

Nicholas Thompson had an 8-under 64 on the North Course and had a one-shot lead over Michael Thompson when play was suspended by darkness.

Brooks Koepka, coming off his victory in the Phoenix Open, had a 66 on the North. The best score on the tougher South Course belonged to Jhonnatan Vegas, who shot 67.

Dustin Johnson, playing for the first time since his six-month leave for “personal challenges,” holed out for eagle on No. 4 on the South Course as his lone highlight. He had five bogeys and was 2 over with one hole remaining.

But this day was all about Woods, which used to be typical at Torrey Pines because he has won the tournament seven times. Thursday was different. Several players came

out of the scoring area and said, “What happened to Tiger?”

It has become a troubling trend for Woods. In his last six tournaments since back surgery last March, he has missed the cut three times, withdrawn twice and finished 69th in the British Open, his lowest 72-hole finish in a major.

“It’s just tough not seeing him have his best, whether it’s with his game or with his health,” Fowler said.

Woods was 2-over par through 11 holes and in a tie for 130th when he withdrew.

He will fall to his worst world ranking since before he won his first PGA Tour event as a 20-yearold in 1996, and he most likely will not qualify for a World Golf Championship for only the second time in his career.

Woods is not expected to play again until the Honda Classic in three weeks. Doral is the following week. He did not indicate earlier in the week that he would add tournaments to his schedule ahead of

the Masters, which is April 9-12.

His opening nine holes were more of the same kind of golf he showed in the Phoenix Open last week with a short game that was shocking.

On his first hole, the par-4 10th, Woods shortsided himself right of the green and he bladed his chip some 35 feet beyond the hole for a bogey.

He was in trouble again on the next hole, facing the same chip, and this time struck it perfectly. He chipped in to save par.

From there, it was a mixed bag of poor tee shots (he hit only one fairway) and poor iron shots.

His tee shot on the par-3 12th wound up on a front tee box at the 13th hole.

On his final hole, the short par-4 second, he sent a sand wedge from the rough well over the gallery and nearly onto a tee box at the next hole. He flubbed a flop shot and wound up making double bogey.

Woods won five times in 2013 and was PGA Tour player of the year. His future looked foggy leaving San Diego.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Deal with a loved one directly. This person’s responses could trigger some surprising insights. For the moment, do not share them; instead, keep them to yourself or discuss them with a trusted friend who can give you feedback.

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Senior guard Juwan Staten makes a pass during the Mountaineers’ win against Kansas State Wednesday.

No. 21 West Virginia tries to stay alive in standings, faces No. 14 Iowa State by david schlake sports editor @dschlake_wvu

No. 21 West Virginia will try to carry momentum from its most recent win into Ames, Iowa, when they take on No. 14 Iowa State Saturday.

The Mountaineers sealed their first victory in three games Wednesday night, as they beat Kansas State, 7672, despite a rough second half. The Cyclones are coming off an 11-point loss to No. 17 Oklahoma.

Now in the final weeks of the season, every game in the Big 12 has become sig-

nificantly more important, particularly for teams in the top half of the standings.

Six of the conference’s teams are currently ranked: Kansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Baylor all sit in the Top 25. Additionally, second-place Oklahoma and sixth-place Baylor are only separated by a game and a half in the standings.

West Virginia and Iowa State are currently tied for third place in the conference, making the magnitude of the matchup at the Hilton Coliseum that much more colossal.

The Mountaineers’ fullcourt press defense hasn’t been as successful as it was when they faced the Cyclones in January, but the Mountaineers got some of their mojo back by ending a two-game skid in which they were blown out by Oklahoma and Baylor.

In the first matchup between the Mountaineers and the Cyclones, the Mountaineers forced 18 turnovers, committing only nine — half of those turnovers came from steals, as the Mountaineers had nine.

Leading in scoring for the Cyclones was junior

forward Abdel Nader, who had 19. Right behind Nader was Iowa State’s star player, Georges Niang, who had 16.

Niang has had an impressive season thus far, averaging 14.9 points per game this season and 5.3 rebounds. He’s shooting .413 from 3-point range, sinking 31 of 75 shots from behind the arc.

Limiting Niang’s offensive production will be imperative for the Mountaineers to be successful.

West Virginia’s star player and Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, Juwan Staten, is averaging 14.2

points per game this season, despite falling off a bit in his last several outings.

In West Virginia’s last five games, Staten has only reached 15 points once and hasn’t looked like himself at the free throw line, making only 17 in 31 attempts (about 55 percent).

The Mountaineers are 3-2 on the road this season against Big 12 competition, but 0-2 against ranked opponents. They lost to thenNo. 20 Texas, 77-50, and then-No.21 Oklahoma, 71-52.

With a win over the Cyclones, the Mountaineers would be even with Okla-

homa in conference standings, sitting at a tie for second place at 8-4. Oklahoma plays Kansas State Saturday night, which will determine who would take second place behind the Jayhawks. If the Mountaineers lose, they would fall to fourth place at the very best, assuming recentlyhot Oklahoma State loses to a struggling TCU. The Mountaineers will face the Cyclones 4 p.m.

Saturday at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2. dschlake@mail.wvu.edu

baseball

West Virginia opens 2015 campaign at Clemson by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

After a second-straight year of coming close but ultimately falling short of qualifying for an NCAA Regional, the West Virginia baseball team kicks off year No. 3 under head coach Randy Mazey today on the road against No. 24 Clemson.

After going 9-14 in Big 12 play and finishing sixth in the conference last season, the Mountaineers were picked to finish sixth yet again in this season’s preseason poll.

This year’s team will feature a large crop of new faces, however, especially on the pitching staff. Gone are the big names of last year’s flamethrowers: The crafty left-hander Harrison Musgrave, charismatic closer Sean Carley and the always steady John Means have graduated and moved on to pursue professional careers.

The Mountaineers will still have the services of redshirt junior Ross Vance, who acted as a wild card addition to the three-man rotation, pitching to a 3.41 earned run average and picking up 51 strikeouts in

58 innings of work in the stretch run of last season.

“You look at our roster only returning Ross Vance … I think we threw 478 innings last year, and we return like 60 innings. That’s got to lead the nation. I can’t imagine anyone else returns less pitching than we do,” Mazey said.

“So to pick us anywhere other than in the bottom couple is crazy because the coaches around the Big 12 know that older, more experienced teams win. It doesn’t matter how good you are, you’ve got to learn.”

As a staff, the Moun-

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taineers pitched to a 3.73 earned run average in 2014, so reaching the fourrun plateau was a recipe for success for that team.

With the inexperience on this year’s staff, the burden will likely fall on the shoulders of West Virginia’s offense, which ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 last season, to keep up the pace.

While West Virginia may lack experience on the bump this season, it certainly isn’t lacking in that category in the field or at the plate. Other than first baseman Ryan McBroom and center fielder Bobby Boyd, who each ranked

in the top 10 in several offensive categories within the Big 12, the Mountaineers return a serviceable amount of their plate production from a year ago.

“We’ve got enough experienced guys in the lineup to score some runs.

It’s just a matter of pitching. Last year if we scored four runs a game we felt pretty good about it. This year if we score four runs a game we’re not going to feel too good about it because there’s so many new pitchers,” Mazey said.

One of those new pitchers is WVU’s opening day starter, freshman right-

hander BJ Myers. After Vance is scheduled to take the hill in game two of the Clemson series, sophomore Chad Donato, who made four appearances as a reliever last year, will toe the rubber in the series finale Sunday.

“They’re just going to have to step up to the challenge. There’s going to be a lot of pressure put on the offense to score runs.

Those guys are going to have to be clicking on all cylinders all season long,” Mazey said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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women’s basketball

WVU travels to Waco, Texas, faces No. 3 Baylor by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

With six games left in the regular season, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team will face its biggest test of the year 5 p.m.

Sunday when they travel to Waco, Texas, to take on the Big 12’s best team, the No. 3 Baylor Lady Bears.

Perhaps on the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 5-7 conference record (15-9 overall), West Virginia is still searching for that signa-

ture win. The Mountaineers have bounced back from a 2-6 Big 12 start to win three of their last four, and this final stretch of the season will mean everything to them.

West Virginia’s upswing has been largely due to the fact star guard Bria Holmes is finally starting to look like her old self. The Big 12’s second-leading scorer at 20 points per game, Holmes has broken out of a long slump to average over 23 points on 64-percent shooting in West Virginia’s last three games.

In West Virginia’s last

game Tuesday night against Kansas, Holmes scored 27 of her team’s 59 points as the Mountaineers held off a second-half Jayhawk rally and nabbed a close, critical win.

The Mountaineers are still firmly in the middle of the pack in the Big 12, where eight of the conference’s 10 teams have between four and six conference wins.

Nothing will help West Virginia distinguish itself like a win over Baylor, who has rolled to a 12-0 conference record and has established itself as one of the preeminent programs in women’s

college basketball under head coach Kim Mulkey.

Winning in Waco is one of the game’s toughest feats, but the Mountaineers did it last year in a 71-69 win over the then-No. 5 Lady Bears on a late Averee Fields layup. West Virginia gave Baylor one of its toughest games of the season when these two teams met in Morgantown last month, leading for much of the second half but eventually falling 66-62.

In sophomore forward Nina Davis, Baylor boasts the prohibitive favorite for Big 12 Player of the Year. Da-

vis leads the conference in scoring at 21.4 points per game, and her 8.8 rebounds per game is second in the Big 12. Additionally, junior point guard Niya Johnson is the conference’s assist leader at 8.7 a game, and she flirted with a triple-double when the two teams played Jan. 10.

Led by Davis, Johnson and forward Khadijah Cave, who led all scorers with 20 points against the Mountaineers last month, Baylor has the most potent offense in the Big 12. The Bears have defeated opponents by an

average of nearly 25 points this season.

On paper, Baylor will be heavily favored. But games aren’t played on paper — West Virginia won in Waco just last year and nearly beat them again this season. If the Mountaineers can pull off the upset Sunday, it could be the boost they need to vault themselves into the NCAA Tournament field. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

track and field

West Virginia to compete in SPIRE D1 Invitational by dj deskins

correspondent @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s women’s track and field team will travel to Geneva, Ohio, to compete in the SPIRE D1 Invitational Saturday.

The Mountaineers are coming off a strong weekend in Akron after seeing 12 athletes post seasonbest numbers. Head coach Sean Cleary will look to his leaders to continue their strong play and for his team to build off a strong performance.

Katlyn Shelar and Tori Bertrand have led the way in the pole vault for WVU and seek to build from their momentum in the coming meets. Shelar had finished in either first or second place in every competition this season before last weekend. However, Bertrand found herself in the top spot with a vault of 3.82 meters. This was a personal best for her.

Despite finishing in eighth place in the 5,000 meters, Allie Diehl posted a career-best time of 18:27.69. This was more than 30 seconds faster than

any other time she posted this season.

Last Saturday was highlighted by nine seasonbests for WVU, including Rachel Faulds’ time of 10:10.38 in the 3,000-meter run. Her efforts placed her second in the competition’s gold division.

Shamoya McNeil finished just outside the top three in the triple jump but found comfort in a new personal best. Her 12.08-meter leap was nearly two feet longer than any of her other jumps to date.

Brianna Kerekes and Amy Cashin both posted

their season-best times in the 800-meter run. Kerekes finished first in the blue division with a time of 2:15.59 while Cashin’s time of 2:12.72, also a career best, was good enough for third in the gold division.

Marsielle McB eam jumped 1.70 meters for the third-straight week in Akron. In the two prior events, she earned the high jump’s top spot but fell short this past weekend and found herself fifth in the gold division.

Teammate Hannah Stone competed in the blue division of the high jump. She

also posted a 1.70-meter jump, tying WVU and McBeam’s season high and recorded her best mark since last year’s indoor season.

On the mile, West Virginia native Maggie Drazba debuted in the gold division. She placed in third with a pace of 4:55.69 but gave the Mountaineers their first sub-five-minute mile of the year. Cleary expects her time to continue to improve.

In the mile’s blue division, the Mountaineers Shannen Daly and Lydia Martinelli finished in 12th and 13th place, respec-

tively. Daly recorded a career-best time of 5:20.38 in the process.

Christa D’Egidio crossed the line in 58.18 seconds in the 400-meter dash, another season-best for WVU. Although she improved by two-hundredths of a second from the previous week, she placed six spots higher and found herself in third place in the blue division.

Events begin today at 2 p.m. and conclude Saturday around 5 p.m. in Geneva. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

wrestling

WVU tries to break losing record, takes on Ohio

Senior Mike Morales holds his opponent, No. 12 Dante Rodriguez, in a match against Iowa State last weekend. by dillon durst including a 20-18 victory the Michigan State Open sports writer over Northern Iowa on Feb. and Navy Classic tourna@dailyathenaeum 6. Ohio’s starting lineup ments this season.

West Virginia is comfeatures three nationally The West Virginia Uni- ranked wrestlers: No. 9 Cody ing off a tough conference versity wrestling team will Walters at 174, No. 12 Tywan loss to then-No. 11 Iowa take on Ohio University at Claxton at 149 and No. 17 State last weekend. Junior 1 p.m. Sunday in the WVU Phil Wellington at 197, ac- heavyweight A.J. VizcarColiseum. cording to Intermat. rondo earned a thrilling Six seniors will be honThree of Ohio’s five losses 5-4 victory over Iowa State’s ored on Senior Day: Mickey have come against oppo- Quean Smith, and freshBennett, Mike Morales, John nents currently ranked in man Zeke Moisey followed Pellegrino, Roman Perry- the Top 25, including No. with a 13-5 major decision man, Brutus Scheffel and 17 Michigan, No. 2 Missouri over Kyle Larson to pull the Greg Thurston. and No. 22 Old Dominion. Mountaineers within two The Bobcats (8-5, 4-4 The Mountaineers (7- points of the Cyclones after MAC) are winners of four 8, 0-3 Big 12) and Bobcats four bouts.

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eers were blanked the following six bouts, losing several close matches that may have swung the score and momentum in West Virginia’s favor.

“We were in three or four matches that we lost,” Moisey said after the match. “I think we could have won those matches. If we win those matches, the score would have been very different.”

Although Vizcarrondo and Moisey were the only Mountaineers to earn wins against the Cyclones’ tal-

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Smith lost 3-0 to No. 2 Kyven Gadson at 197 but has earned several big wins for West Virginia this season. A questionable call may have altered the outcome of Stainbrook’s 4-2 loss to No. 6 Earl Hall at 133, and Renzi competed with No. 4 Michael Moreno to the end at 165, eventually dropping a 4-1 decision.

Senior Mike Morales, who is ranked No. 16 at 141, will surely be motivated after a 13-10 loss to Iowa State’s Dante Rodriguez, a match he led 6-1 midway through the second period.

First-year West Virginia head coach Sammie Henson voiced his disappointment with Morales leading up to and including the match, and the senior will likely be ready to right the ship Sunday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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da sports staff picks BOB HUGGINS QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Do you draw pictures when you golf? A guy told me you write the number, not draw a picture of what you did. I’m going to say today was a win, but it was frustrating. When a guy drives the ball into two people and loses it, that’s uncalled for. That’s frustrating.”

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No. 21 West Virginia vs. No. 14 Iowa State No. 17 Oklahoma vs. Kansas State No. 16 Baylor vs. No. 8 Kansas No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. TCU No. 19 Maryland vs. Penn State No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 18 Butler Wake Forest vs. No. 2 Virginia No. 23 Ohio State vs. Michigan State NC State vs. No. 9 Louisville No. 15 Wichita State vs. Illinois State LAST WEEK SEASON RECORD

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Cavaliers in a groove, winning as All-Star break arrives

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Kyrie Irving and Lebron James hug during a game this season.

CLEVELAND (AP) — As ends, can make a run at a LeBron James dressed fol- championship. lowing a dominating win The Cavs are 31-13 with over Miami, the team he James in the lineup, and fled to return home, he just 2-8 without him, an pushed play on the stereo imbalance that perhaps in his corner cubicle and makes the best case why cranked up the volume. he might win a fifth league Suddenly, the Cavaliers’ MVP award. Following the locker room, still filled with 113-93 dismantling of the reporters, was alive with Heat (who played without thumping music, turning star Dwyane Wade) Cavs the space into a postgame swingman Mike Miller, the dance club. team’s resident chairman of With rapper Lupe Fias- positive vibes, yelled across co’s “Deliver” providing the room to point out a TV the beat, James bobbed his screen showing James as an head and spit lyrics as if he MVP candidate. had written them himself.

“I don’t know why,” Cavs guard Iman Shump- James cracked. “I (stink).”

Hardly. In the 15 games ert, too, began to bounce and it wasn’t long before since he returned, James normally reserved All-Star is averaging 27 points on guard Kyrie Irving showed 49 percent shooting. But off a few moves, grooving beyond his always gaudy his way around reporters stats, James is providing and toward the door. leadership to a Cavs team As he left, James, Shump- still working through some ert and J.R. Smith smiled kinks. It hasn’t always been and laughed along with smooth as evidenced by him. this week’s strange situaThe Cavaliers have found tion when James posted a their rhythm after a clumsy message on Twitter aimed at teammate Kevin Love, start.

With 14 wins in 15 games backtracked from his story entering a Thursday night and then blamed the meshowdown with the Bulls in dia for creating controversy.

Chicago before starting the But despite any issues All-Star break, the Cavs, re- with first-year coach David vamped by two trades and Blatt or Love’s uneven tranJames’ two-week wellness sition - he’s still averaging break, have put a turmoil- 17 points and 10 rebounds filled few months behind - the Cavs are flourishing them. They again look like and they may have only a team capable of winning scratched their potential.

James insists he won’t know an NBA title.

They’ve found harmony the team’s true identity unon and off the floor, re- til the postseason, when flected Wednesday night in every possession is magni32 assists in 44 field goals fied and team’s flaws get exagainst the Heat, who could posed in the back and forth do little about a high-flying of a seven-game series.

Cleveland team that took For now, though, there turns offering up lob passes is a calm and confidence for dunks. about the Cavaliers. Win“It’s the team,” said ning will do that.

Saddled with extreme exJames, re-energized by a recent hiatus. “We all care pectations, they’re fulfilling about the team and we them. all care about each other Back in July when he anright now. We’re still grow- nounced his homecoming, ing, obviously. But it’s fun James warned in an essay basketball when everyone that any path to a title would feels in a rhythm. When the be filled with challenges. ball is moving and popping He’s done this before, which from one side to the other, is why James hasn’t allowed that’s important to our three months of twists and success.” turns to deter him.

Nothing has meant more He says he knew this to Cleveland’s success would be a process with than James. The 30-year- some ups and downs.

“I know coming into the old looks refreshed after resting a troublesome season everyone wanted back and knee. More im- overnight success. It’s not portantly, James appears about that. It’s about the confident that Cleve- process for me. I’ve always land’s roster, bolstered by stayed even-keeled,” he the acquisitions of Smith, said. “I understand we have Shumpert and 7-foot-1 cen- a lot of room to improve and ter Timofey Mozgov, a Rus- we have to continue to work sian wrecking ball at both our habits in a good way.”