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Wheeling couple gives $100k to B&E by caroline peters staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s College of Business & Economics recently received a hefty donation from Bob and Anne Robinson. In honor of their two children, Roberta and Jim, the couple from Wheeling, W.Va., created two new scholarships totaling $100,000.

As alumni of the University, Bob and Anne felt the

need to give back.

“I got a lot from WVU in the past. There was a big broke period in my life, and I felt that at some point I would give back to the Business & Economics school,” Bob said. “Dean (Jose) Sartarelli is a pretty amazing guy, and it was just the right time.”

Sartarelli said the Wheeling couple seemed thrilled to donate to the college.

“Bob and Anne wanted to participate in WVU’s capital campaign, and they very

much wanted to give back to the College of Business & Economics,” Sartarelli said.

“They were thrilled at the idea of providing scholarships because of their strong senses of giving.”

Bob said his children attended WVU, and they were able to receive scholarships during their time at the University.

“These scholarships are in honor of my children, but they’re also for some of the high school and community that they grew up

in,” Bob said. “My wife and I saved money for a long time because our kids were going to college. Our daughter attended on a basketball scholarship, and our son also attended WVU. We felt blessed that our children got those things, and we felt the need to give back.”

Bob is a member of the B&E Roll of Distinguished Alumni, WVU Alumni Association, WVU’s Wheels club and Mountaineer Athletic club. He currently owns his family-operated Robin-

son Auto Group.

In 1974, Bob bought his first dealership in New Martinsville, W.Va. His business has since expanded to three separate dealerships and nine automotive brands.

The money for the scholarship was created through the University’s State of Minds Campaign, which has a goal of reaching $750 million. The Campaign is about investing in the values, ambition, intellect and mindset that define WVU. Austin Wambolt, a busi-

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In part with Black History Month the Delta Sigma Theta chapter of WVU hosted a trivia competition in the Rhododendron Room of the Mountainlair. A participant in the trivia game raises a dry erase board with her answer to one of the questions.

By Evelyn Merithew staff writer @DAILYATHENAEUM

In honor of Black History Month, the West Virginia University NAACP and the Omicron Upsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta cosponsored a Black Saga trivia competition Monday in the Rhododendron Room of the Mountainlair.

Students who attended split into two teams and answered questions about African American history.

“This game creates a fun and relaxed environment for people to experience black history,” said Joshua Puller, treasurer of Delta Sigma Theta and the host of the game.

Puller said this is the third year the event has been held and that it has always gotten a positive response from students.

“We co-sponsored the event.

It’s been such a great event every year, so we keep doing it,” Mick Posey/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Puller said.

The teams answered a variety The trivia competition was hosted by both the NAACP and Delta Sigma Theta chapters of WVU. of questions regarding black history and black culture. They were “(African Americans) get overlooked, and we want to let given 30 seconds to answer multiple choice questions and 45 secpeople know that we’re here. We want to raise awareness onds to answer picture questions. about the struggles African Americans went through to Questions ranged from asking which colony was the first to deget to where we are today.” clare slavery as a legal institution to Maranda Scott asking what Muhammad Ali’s origiWVU NAACP Treasurer nal name is.

“In this game, you get to chal. lenge yourself about black his- said. “We want to raise awareness tory facts and get to learn facts you about the struggles African AmerStudents who attended the Black didn’t know before,” said Maranda icans went through to get to where Saga trivia competition were also Scott, treasurer of the WVU NAACP. we are today.” given the opportunity to vote for the Scott said events like these are The WVU NAACP has put on sev- 2014 WVU NAACP Image Awards. important for the African American eral events during past Black HisThe ceremony, which will be held community. tory Months to raise awareness April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair “I think it’s important because about its importance.

Ballrooms, recognizes students this is a predominantly white uni“In the past, we’ve put on a cul- and teachers on campus and in versity. (African Americans) get tural identity forum where we’ve the community who have seen overlooked, and we want to let talked about the different shades people know that we’re here,” Scott of African American,” Puller said. see TRIVIA on PAGE 2

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Third arrest made in fraternity hazing incident

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ness management student at WVU, said he is grateful to see people like the Robinsons giving back to the students.

“It makes me feel honored that someone would want to help students in the business school. It is someone that I would strive to be,” Wambolt said. “Not only from a financial standpoint, but from the personal fulfillment of helping others achieve their dreams.”

EDITORIAL WANTED: A new way to stop hazing.

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A third arrest has been made in connection with the November 2013 Phi Kappa Psi hazing incident.

Christopher David Lazelle surrendered himself to the Morgantown Police Department Friday and was charged with hazing.

Lazelle was arraigned in Magistrate Court and later released pending trial, according to a press released issued by MPD. In November 2013, a 19-year-old Phi Kappa Psi pledge and WVU student was allegedly injured during a hazing incident, which involved multiple fraternity brothers assaulting the victim while he was participating in initiation into the fraternity.

The victim told police he suffered a concussion and also required stitches on his chin.

In December, the Morgantown Police Department said 21-year-old Andrew Nemes of Huntington Beach, Calif.,was arrested following their investigation of the hazing incident.

Nemes was charged with

hazing and battery and released on a $2,000 bond.

Police arrested 21-yearold Michael William Sousa of Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., Jan. 24. He was also charged with hazing and battery. Sousa was held on a $2,500 bond.

The national chapter suspended the fraternity from WVU’s campus following the incident.

Bob Campione, interim director of Student Organization Services, said WVU does not tolerate hazing and is investigating the issue, as well.

“The University’s position on hazing is zero tolerance, and that’s not just for hazing within the Greek community, (but also) its organizations in general,” Campione said.

Police and University investigations are ongoing and may produce more action on the part of law enforcement as well as the University’s Office of Student Affairs and Office of Student Conduct.

Police officials said a updates will be released to the public as more arrests are made. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Sorority informal recruitment begins this week

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Sisters of Kappa Kappa Gamma exit their house during formal sorority recruitment during the Fall 2013 semester.

by taylor mcsorley staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Greek life is quickly growing throughout many university campuses, and West Virginia University is no different. The first day of spring informal sorority recruitment at WVU began Monday and will continue through Wednesday.

WVU’s Greek system is home to three Greek leadership councils, 28 chapters and more than 1,500 students. With more than 100 years of history on

campus, the Greek community is founded on the ideals of scholarship, service, leadership and friendship.

Four of the eight sororities on campus are participating in spring recruitment, including Chi Omega, Sigma Kappa, Pi Beta Phi and Delta Gamma. Informal spring recruitment is different from fall formal recruitment because the girls interested in joining a chapter are welcome to visit all of the participating houses

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STILL HOPE Despite a loss to Texas, the WVU men’s basketball team’s tournament dreams are still alive.

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Graduation woes saved with one-stop shop by jacob bojesson staff writer @dailyathenaeum

With graduation less than three months away, tables will be set up in the Mountainlair this week by West Virginia University Student Affairs to assist students with accommodations and questions about the graduation process.

The one-stop shop takes place once every semester and is a way for seniors approaching graduation to take care of everything they need

all at once.

The fair began on the Evansdale campus Monday and will continue Tuesday and Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Mountainlair.

“It’s a compilation of a bunch of items and information that (students) might need with graduation coming up this semester,” said Steve Staffileno, graduate assistant in the Office of Student Affairs. “We make sure they’re on top of things in terms of applying for graduation.”

Aside from getting help with paperwork and general information, seniors can order their cap and gown, buy a class ring and take a free graduation photo.

Graduates who wish to bring guests with disabilities to the ceremony can also get the information they need to make arrangements.

“People might not think about their grandmother who’s in a wheel chair and wants to come to graduation, so they can come and learn about that from us,” Staffileno said. “They might

not know who they need to talk to about some sort of specific situation with graduation coming up, and we can point them in the right direction for that.”

Seniors who are concerned about what to do after graduation can get help with building a resume, finding jobs and applying for graduate school.

“A lot of people are still unsure of what they’ll be doing (after graduation), so we have graduate admissions here to give them information about graduate

school, and Career Services is here to assist seniors with finding a job,” Staffileno said.

According to Sheila Powell, assistant to the vice president of Student Affairs, many seniors put off making their arrangement for commencement until the last moment, making it a more difficult and stressful process.

Powell said every graduating senior can benefit from stopping by the fair to make sure they have things under control.

“We have one place that

will do everything at one time, so it saves up a lot of time, and you can talk to actual people,” Powell said.

“Students are very busy. A lot of them have jobs and go to school, so they’re just extremely busy, and this helps.”

Participating graduating seniors will be entered in a raffle to win an iPad. A virtual one-stop shop can be found at http://senioryear.experience.wvu. edu/virtual_one_stop_shop. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Gay-rights activist detained at Olympic Park

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, is detained by police after entering the Shayba Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, in Sochi, Russia.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — An Italian activist shouting “It’s OK to be gay” and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, was stopped by four men and then driven away by police in a car with Olympic markings.

Luxuria later told The Associated Press she was kept in the car for about 10 minutes, then released in the countryside after the men had taken away her Olympic spectator pass. She eventually made it back to her hotel and said she was

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leaving Russia on Tuesday morning.

“They don’t say anything. They just were people who had to do this and they did it,” Luxuria said.

Earlier Monday, Luxuria walked around the Olympic Park in Sochi for about two hours. She was shouting “Gay is OK” and “It’s OK to be gay” in both English and Russian.

As she was being led away from Shayba Arena, she was shouting “I have a ticket.”

Luxuria said she was detained on Sunday evening

by Russian police who told her she should not wear clothes with slogans supporting gay rights. Police denied detaining her.

The Italian activist walked around the Olympic Park on Monday with a group of journalists, at3.

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“Sororities are doing spring recruitment because they aren’t at quota,” said Jessica DiRocco, Panhellenic vice president of PR and technology. “All chapters have around 125 active members, but girls graduate, transfer, (et cetera).”

There are many reasons girls decide to join a sorority, ranging from their own curiosity to influence from their friends. DiRocco said all girls are welcome to go through the process.

“The nice thing about the sororities here at WVU

tracting onlookers. Some Russian fans stopped to pose for photos with her.

Luxuria and her colorful outfit did not attract much negative reaction except for a group of young Russian men who shouted to television cameras in broken English: “Trans not good.”

Luxuria arrived at a ticket inspection barrier at the hockey arena just before an evening game was due to begin. She passed through the barrier and was being given directions to her seat when four men who were not wearing any identification surrounded her and started shouting “take her away.” They then led her out of the venue and to the parking lot.

“I was very, very afraid this time because the first time they said, ‘It’s OK for

is that they are all different, so everyone fits in somewhere,” she said.

Haley Lucas, a sophomore accounting student, said she is participating in the spring recruitment for the sisterhood aspect of Greek life.

“I just wanted to go through to meet new people, and I thought it would be a fun and different experience,” Lucas said.

Each chapter at the University has different philanthropies they support as well as on-campus events such as Greek Week and Greek Games.

There are also commitments such as study hours and chapter meetings each individual organization

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DiRocco said the best advice she can give to girls participating in spring recruitment is to relax.

“Be yourself, and don’t be nervous,” she said.

“The sisters of the sororities are just as nervous as the girls going through the process.”

Girls interested in spring informal sorority recruitment can visit the four participating sorority houses today and Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.

For more information on Greek life at WVU or sorority recruitment, visit http://greeklife.wvu.edu or http://wvupanhellenic. com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

the first time, don’t do it again for the second time.’

So, this time I was a little bit afraid,” Luxuria said. “But they just left me outside, in the country, there, outside and that’s it.”

Before she went to the stadium, Luxuria said she did not want to be arrested.

“It’s not nice to be all alone in a room with a neon light not knowing what’s going on,” she said Monday afternoon, but then added it was important for her “to stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay and transgender people all over the world.”

It was not immediately clear why Luxuria was detained.

Last year, the Russian parliament passed a law banning “propaganda” of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.

Russian organizers had set up a protest zone leading to the Olympics, but no major protests had taken place. On Monday, however, a handful of small protests were reported: A Russian environmentalist group said a jailed activist who has protested the impact of the Olympics has gone on hunger strike and is complaining about poor jail conditions.

Yevgeny Vitishko was sentenced last week to three years in prison for spraypainting a fence in an area where construction is banned.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Russian authorities assured the Olympic body that Vitishko’s punishment was “not games-related.” The Environmental Watch of the North Caucasus group said

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it posted a video in which Vitishko complains the jail is cold and crowded with sick inmates.

In central Sochi, David Khakim held a one-man picket outside the city administration when two police officers took him away.

Khakim, who later posted pictures of his arrest on Twitter, was protesting Vitishko’s sentence.

Activists say a community leader of the Circassian ethnic group has also been detained. The Adyge Khase community group, which is native to the Sochi region and opposes the Olympics on their ancestors’ land, said Monday that leader Asker Sokht was held Friday near the city of Maikop under unclear circumstances. Police in Maikop would not comment.

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Dining Services seeks secret shoppers

BY MITCHELL GLAZIER A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s Dining Services is currently seeking out students willing to participate in a feedback program and be rewarded with a free meal.

After applying and undergoing the selection process, nearly 50 students will be selected based on demographics and quality of feedback. Secret shoppers will visit various outlets across campus. Several of these outlets, as designated on the WVU Dining Services website, include Chick-fil-A, Bits and Bytes and Hatfields.

After receiving their free meal, secret shoppers are expected to submit a review of their meal experience by the following evening. The benefits are truly two-fold, as hungry students will be satisfied and Dining Services will be given quality feedback on potential improvements on campus.

Cindy Boggs, an employee of WVU Dining ser-

vices, hopes the program will bring about a positive change in services offered by the University.

“I think it will provide great feedback on what needs to be improved on, and it will let us know what we’re doing right,” said Boggs.

The survey is done demographically in order to ensure that both those living on Evansdale and Downtown will be able to review various dining outlets. Upwards of 50 students are needed for the secret shopper program.

Accepted students will be given assignments oncampus or a specific WVU dining outlet to visit and are expected to complete a simple survey in a timely manner. If surveys are thorough in length and filled with valuable feedback, secret shoppers will be invited back as official members of the program.

Tonya Goodman, a sophomore women’s and gender studies student, applied to the program in hopes of becoming a secret shopper.

“My friends always say

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Dining Services will send secret shoppers to locations such as Sbarro to get a grasp on the quality of dining.

I’m picky and critical, and I love free food,” Goodman said. “I’m pretty sure that’s a good combination.”

If you consider your-

self a critic while dining at WVU, have a lot to say and enjoy a free meal now and again, the secret shopper program may be ideal for

you. at http://diningservices.

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Costas to return to hosting prime-time coverage of Olympics SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Bob Costas returns as host for NBC’s prime-time Olympic coverage Tuesday night, if still not exactly clear-eyed, at least with a sharpened sense of respect for the colleagues and crew who covered for him during a sixday absence.

“The doctors told me the infection has to run its course, which is 2-to-3 weeks, which covers the entire Olympics. It’s the alltime perfect bad timing, but what can you do? It’s a curve ball and you’ve got to go with it,” Costas chuckled during an interview with The Associated Press, “even though I couldn’t spot the rotation on a curve ball right now.”

Wrapping up preparations a few hours before air-time, the broadcaster who began his Olympic work as a late-night host at the 1988 Seoul Games looked relaxed at the NBC compound in a navy polo shirt and cardigan sweater.

Traces of his bout with viral conjunctivitis were still visible - the infection began in his left eye and spread

quickly to the right - and both are still reddened.

“I’m better than I was,” he said, “but not as good as I’d like to be.”

Costas nursed a cup of Starbucks coffee and propped his feet up on the desk as he discussed his unwanted week off.

He rated himself a 2 on a scale of 1-10. At one point, he thought there was about a 10 percent chance he wouldn’t make it back for the games.

Costas interviewed President Obama on Feb. 6, the night before the opening ceremonies. He awakened the next morning “and my left eye was like a slit, and I’m thinking, ‘What the hell?’” Costas recalled. “But I’m also thinking maybe I put a few eye drops in and it resolves itself. But as soon as the doctor got a look at it, he realized something was wrong.”

Costas worked that night trying to cover up the redness by wearing glasses that made him look like a hipster. Drawing barbs from TV critics and snickers on social media, he finally

sidelined himself after five nights of Olympic coverage when his blurred vision and sensitivity to light made working impossible.

“When something out of the ordinary happens, like with my eyes, you know (the attention is) coming, but again, the degree of attention to it makes me uncomfortable. Not because I don’t understand it,” he said, “but because that isn’t the story that we came here expecting to talk about.

“So what I tried to do the first few nights - when I thought it was only going to be a few nights - is kiss it off with a candid line and move on and not dwell on it. But when it got to the point where I couldn’t be on the air,” Costas added, “you couldn’t expect that people would ignore that.”

Current “Today” show host Matt Lauer and former co-anchor Meredith Vieira subbed for Costas.

It was the first time anyone except Costas had been the host of an Olympic primetime telecast on any American network since 1998.

Costas said he spent

Malcom X’s family upset over Nicki Minaj’s new song’s artwork NEW YORK (AP) — Malcolm X’s family and estate said Nicki Minaj’s use of a famous photo of the black nationalist with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it with a racial slur for her new song’s artwork is disrespectful and offensive.

In an exclusive statement to The Associated Press on Friday, Malcolm X’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, said Minaj’s use of the picture “in no way is endorsed by our family.”

“Ms. Minaj’s artwork for her single does not depict the truth of Malcolm X’s legacy,” Shabazz’s statement said.

Mi n aj apologized Thursday. She pulled the artwork after she was criticized on social media platforms for using the photo for the cover of her new male-bashing song, “Lookin (Expletive) (Expletive).” The title uses the N-word.

Minaj said the single cover was “never the official artwork.”

Mark Roesler, CEO of CMG Worldwide - which handles the licensing and merchandizing issues for the Malcolm X estate called Minaj’s use of the photo “dehumanizing.”

“This is a family photo that was taken out of context in a totally inaccurate and tasteless way,” said his statement on behalf of the family.

L. Londell McMillan, the attorney for the Malcolm X estate and the

black leader’s daughters and estate administrators - Ilyasah and Malaak Shabazz, said in a statement Friday that those using the famous photo of Malcolm X need to remove it immediately.

“Failure to do so within the next 24 hours shall result in legal action,” said McMillian, who is also the lawyer for Malcolm X’s daughters, Attallah, Qubilah and Gamilah Shabazz.

“The initial act and subsequent acts of distribution were improper and illadvised. Any disparagement, infringement or disrespect of Malcolm X, and his name, image, likeness and proprietary rights will not be tolerated.”

Minaj’s representatives didn’t return emails seeking comment.

Minaj posted the artwork Wednesday on her Instagram page and website. The photo shows Malcolm X holding a rifle as he was trying to protect his family from death threats; his home had been firebombed.

“I apologize to the Malcolm X estate if the meaning of the photo was misconstrued. ... I have nothing but respect (and) adoration for u,” Minaj said on her Instagram page following the criticism.

The 31-year-old rappersinger said later Thursday in an interview with radio station Hot 97 that she wrote the song to em-

power women because there are too many songs that attack females.

“It was almost parallel in my opinion because he has this big gun ready to shoot at a lookin’ (expletive) bleep, and that’s how I looked at it,” she said. “I looked at it as this is one of the most memorable people in our history, in black history, who voiced his opinion no matter what, and I understand how my intent was overlooked and I definitely didn’t want to offend his family or his legacy.”

In the song’s music video, Minaj is shooting guns.

Ilyasah Shabazz said Minaj’s use of her father’s photo is part of a larger problem in today’s culture.

“Situations like the recent portrayal of our father on the album cover for Ms. Minaj’s new single only highlight the fact that we as a society need to take more responsibility for what we’re teaching our children,” her statement said. “It is our family’s hope that the true legacy and context of Malcolm X’s life continues to be shared with people from all walks of life in a positive manner that helps promote the goals and ideals for which Malcolm X so passionately advocated.”

Malcolm X was assassinated 49 years ago this month at age 39.

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Bob Costas suffers from an eye infectionwhile hosting this year’s Olympics. three days in a darkened hotel room awake at odd hours. The chance to watch the NBC feed kept him current, but also gave him a different perspective on the coverage.

“When they did the hookup, it really didn’t matter when I slept - from noon to 8, or midnight to 8 in the morning. Generally, I

was awake at 5 (a.m., Sochi time) so I watched a good portion of prime-time every night. ... I experienced it something closer to the way someone in the States would, except it was dawn when I was doing it,” he added, “and it was a little blurry.”

Costas also said he the chance to watch some of

the network’s cable coverage of events in real time, and thought about whether that would influence his own presentation.

“My Olympic road is closer to its end than its beginning,” he said. “By the time I can foresee primetime changing radically, somebody else will be doing it.”

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Kathryn Rehberg, a pre-elementary education student, has a tattoo inspired by the song ‘Doll Parts’ by Hole. “There’s a line that says, ‘I want to be the girl with the most cake.’ My tattoo is a play on that line and song,” Rehberg said.

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Less Money, Less Time, More Benefits US should take a page out of Finland’s book on education SARAH COOPER GUEST COLUMNIST

While giving students more than 50 minutes of recess every day, keeping standardized testing and homework to a bare minimum and teaching loose concepts through a module-style system – introduction, experimentation and journaling – Finnish students ranked at or near the top of the highest scoring participating countries in the Program for International Student Assessment standardized tests since 2000.

American students are left far behind.

Administered every three years and testing 65 different countries or economies, the PISA is an international assessment measuring the reading, mathematics and science capabilities of 15-year-old students on a global scale.

Compared to the U.S. in 2009 - No. 30 in math, No. 23 in science and No. 17 in reading – Finland stunned the world by coming out No. 6 in math, No. 2 in science and No. 3 in reading.

In 2012, Finland dropped out of the top 10 but remained at No. 12, while the U.S. ranked a mere No. 36.

Once one of the lowest achieving countries in Eu-

rope, Finland’s previously underdeveloped educational system has boomed in the past few decades, transforming into one of the top programs in the world.

So why does a system that formally educates students for a minimum of four hours a day rank high above the rest – especially a system in which students are not graded or measured in any statistical manner?

In Finland, education is a national facility funded by the government and is based on the total number of students. All the while, it is monetarily adjusted according to the higher portions of immigrants or students whose parents are uneducated or unemployed in a given area.

It’s a place where report cards and class rankings don’t exist, and their solution to the American version of exiling students based on scores is simple.

Instead of gauging students and funding institutions based on their scores, teachers, students and the school itself are all evaluated individually rather than relying on samplebased testing and school principals to identify potential problems within the system.

Finland presents equal opportunity to all students, looking past numbers and figures to see the human be-

ings and natural curiosity to learn within each child.

With a mirrored outlook centered on total equality, the American educational system could transform into a high-ranking structure and finally give its citizens the liberty to be seen as more than just numbers.

When it comes to funding and testing, Finland and the U.S. have completely different policies.

Finland has the idealistic school we’ve grown up dreaming about: a place where we’re given the time and freedom to grow, understand who we are and discover our niche in society. Finnish students are placed in an environment where learning is no longer

Our generation has seen the way our country handles cigarette policies change pretty drastically.

I remember the days when you had to request to be seated in the non-smoking section of a restaurant, and smoking in bars was far more commonplace even just a few years ago.

According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, 81.5 percent of the American population now live under a ban on smoking in “workplaces, and/or restaurants and/or bars, by either a state, commonwealth or local law” as of January 2014.

Perhaps most recent in all of our minds is the decision of West Virginia University to ban smoking on campus just this year.

The government’s current goal is to cut the smoking rate down from 18 percent to 12 percent by 2020.

While it’s pretty much accepted cigarettes are bad,

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dents in many ways. Not only are they deprived of an equal educational opportunity across the board, they’re taught how to test and not how to learn.

Because students are expected to know very specific information, these tests narrow curricula and reshape the way teachers and schools work together. By narrowing curricula, we prohibit students from broadening horizons in an effort to discover their wide ranges of capabilities and possible contributions to the world. Students learn less, are less involved with their work and become uninterested.

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safer a s e t t e r a ig c e e r A ing? k o m s o t e iv t a n r e alt

what’s less clear is the deal with the surge of electronic cigarettes, also known as “ecigs” or “vapes,” that seem to be everywhere lately.

E-cigs are battery-operated devices that look like cigarettes – they come in long-shaped tubes and some even look like ballpoint pens. They emit vaporized doses of nicotine and provide a similar feeling to inhaling cigarette smoke.

First entering the market in China in 2004, these e-cigs have gained popularity in America and also staunch opposition from those who claim more research needs to be done on the devices. They are sold everywhere from online to mall kiosks and convenience stores, with starter kits somewhere around $30-$100.

Among the concern from opposition is e-cigs are going to become so mainstream and accepted that smoking will become “cool” again. The fact there are so many flavors – cherry, vanilla, menthol and many more – could be enticing to youth.

schools would be affected by the mandate.

The current U.S. system is unfair. The rich keep getting richer, and the poor keep getting poorer. Children in low-scoring schools should be treated as equals when compared to those in highranking schools. All children deserve the right to a better education. The act is counterproductive in its mannerisms and doesn’t do what it says.

By giving already successful schools more money, children are being left behind. It’s unfortunate those schools in need of help and opportunity cannot get it because of their test scores.

Standardized testing is hindering American stu-

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Yet, as most of us already know, the U.S. employed the “No Child Left Behind Act” in 2002 – essentially giving schools who rank higher on standardized state exams more federal aid.

By 2012, 26 states were given waivers because the original goals set by the “No Child Left Behind Act” were unrealistic and could not be achieved by 2014 as intended.

Schools that signed waivers agreed to create college and career readiness standards and a system of grading teachers in accordance to standardized test scores. With the slight revision, only 15 percent of each state’s lowest performing

A young person may buy flavored e-cigs and then graduate to smoking real cigarettes in the future. The e-juice concoction that combusts to create the vapor comes in flavors such as cotton candy and fruit punch, which seem disturbingly kid-friendly to some. Although there are no federal age restrictions that stop kids from obtaining e-cigs, most companies voluntarily do not sell to minors.

This is the point where we could look to the FDA for guidance. The regulation of the e-cigarette industry is “essentially in limbo.” The FDA has the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes under existing tobacco laws and not as a medicinal device due to the fact they contain nicotine. E-cigs are so new there are no clinical studies of long-term use.

E-cigarettes are intended for users who want to quit and also those who don’t have plans of quitting smoking. For those who desire to stop smoking, switching to e-cigs could possibly help ease the transition instead

A third arrest was made Friday in connection with a hazing incident within the West Virginia University chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

A 19-year-old Phi Kappa Psi pledge and WVU student was allegedly injured during a hazing incident Nov. 15, in which involved multiple fraternity brothers assaulting the victim while he was participating in initiation at the fraternity.

The victim told police he suffered a concussion and also required stitches on his chin.

The fraternity has since been suspended from campus, two arrests have been made and the MPD is continuing its investigation.

While we applaud WVU, the fraternity’s national chapter and the Morgantown Police Department for their continued efforts and for investigating the incident, something has to change.

of just going cold turkey.

“It was hard for me to break the addiction to the experience of smoking, the hand-to-mouth ritual and everything,” said John Biscaino, a junior communication studies student who has smoked e-cigs exclusively since giving up real cigarettes in 2013.

“With the e-cigs, I didn’t have to give that up. My parents have gotten off of my back about smoking now that I only use e-cigs.”

Those who want to keep smoking can now do so in “smoke-free” places with the help of these e-cigs.

“They’re a nice alternative to be able to get your fix while not having to leave

Bob Campione, interim director of Student Organization Services, said all pledges are required to attend an anti-hazing session prior to beginning their pledging processes.

During this session, each pledge is taught the negative effects of hazing and the repercussions when hazing occurs. All attendees sign an agreement stating they understand and agree to abide by the state laws against hazing as well as University policies.

Universities all across the country have similar practices, as well.

But yet, incidents at WVU and across the nation still arise.

These types of incidents are bringing a negative image to innocent groups and their universities as a whole.

And it’s not just limited to Greek life. Hazing occurs within athletics and other student organizations at colleges

everywhere.

Campione and Evan McIntyre, newly-elected Inter-Fraternity Council president, said WVU and the IFC have a zero-tolerance policy for hazing.

“Hazing is one of those things that is becoming zero tolerance. If you get caught hazing someone, you’re done – no more active chapter,” McIntyre said. “From here on out, the University is not going to put up with it, and the IFC is not going to put up with (it).”

We challenge WVU and the IFC to maintain their word. We challenge them to consider new preventative measures to put an end to hazing.

No student should be hazed in any fashion just to become part of a brotherhood, sisterhood or any other group on campus.

That completely undermines what these organizations stand for.

a conversation,” said Christopher Bonelli, a senior accounting student who said he has no intention of quitting real cigarettes, as well.

Although e-cigs contain chemicals that could be harmful, they are believed to not be as harmful as cigarettes.

The co-founder of the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association, Thomas Kiklas, said “the device performs the same essential function as a tobacco cigarette but with far fewer toxins” and welcomes any independent study of the product to prove how safe they are compared to cigarettes.

It’s not realistic to as-

sume the 45 to 50 million citizens who are addicted to nicotine are going to be able to quit. Shouldn’t something that helps to at least reduce the harm be considered a good thing?

Environmentally, e-cigs are less harmful than cigarettes. Vapor is not the same as smoke, and it is certainly better to throw away a cartridge than toss a cigarette butt onto the ground.

We might not have all the facts just yet, but the evidence is pointing toward the idea that electronic cigarettes are a far better alternative than smoking real cigarettes.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you often react in a childlike manner when it comes to your career and relationship matters. Try to think before you speak, and sit on automatic reactions.

You frequently will find yourself in stressful situations where a decision must be made. If you are single, the person you meet after mid-July will be more significant than the person you meet prior to that time. If you are attached, working on a project together leaves both of you feeling satisfied. You enter a very special period come summer. Plan a long-desired vacation together.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Your sixth sense will help you sort through a higher-up’s attitude. Clearly, you do not have the

whole story. Defer to someone else, and try not to worry so much about a temporary issue. Take a stand with someone who tends to be defiant. Tonight: Out and about.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH Pace yourself without pressuring someone who has not given a lot of thought to a problem. You could feel as though someone is trying too hard to impress others. How you handle this person could change the balance of power. Tonight: Make time for a special person.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You will be full of fun as you seek to make a change, but a partner might not feel the same way. This person will view this adjustment more seriously. Relate to a loved one directly. A chat might not solve a problem, but it will show your compassion. Tonight:

Dinner for two.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Take an overview of your finances.

You know your limits with a domestic matter. If you are not as comfortable as you would like with an investment, say “no.” Remember how intuitive you usually are, and then follow through on your gut feeling. Tonight: At home.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH Your efforts will pay off, given some endurance and follow-through. A person who has been quite distant might start to open up. You could be delighted by this reversal. A family member’s serious attitude might unnerve you. Tonight: Try not to push so hard.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HH In the next few weeks, you will get a read on

how your year is going to go. Note what areas of your life might not be running smoothly right now. Communication could be off. If you believe someone has made an outrageous statement, speak up. Tonight: Go along with a request.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH How you get past an obstacle that seems to keep appearing will be the key to your success. You know what to do. Somehow, you’ll manage to get your way and not upset anyone in the process. You also might gain a former dissenter’s support. Tonight: Do your thing.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HH The unexpected will occur, and you might be backpedaling for a while.

Your response to a surprise could be more significant than you realize.

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SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HH Rethink a recent decision you’ve made. The unexpected might occur with a child or loved one. Maintain a sense of humor, and don’t lose sight of your long-term goals. Your responses could be very different from what you had anticipated. Tonight: Go for the moment.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HH You might want to understand what is happening with someone you respect, as this person could be acting out of sorts. Sometimes the best approach is to be subtle while indicating that you care and are there for him or her. Tonight: In the limelight.

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Your sense of direction will help you sort out an issue. The more detached you are from a complication, the more likely you are to come up with a winning solution. Problems will surface, and fortunately, they will be minor. Tonight: Opt for the most unique idea.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH The Sun moves into your sign today and energizes you. In the next few weeks, you will note a positive change in your life. Test out what seems like an incredible offer with several trusted friends. You might not be as realistic as you need to be. Tonight: Call a friend.

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Student’s capstone portrays psycho-thriller performance, ‘The Maids’ Jake Jarvis A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

Ariel Stoneking, a West Virginia University theater student, presented her capstone project to commemorate her education at WVU. Stoneking directed the psycho-thriller play, “The Maids.”

“The Maids,” first performed in 1947, is based off of the lives of real-life sisters Lea and Christine Papin, who murdered their employer and her daughter in the early 1930s.

Two maids, known as

Solange and Claire, perform long, elaborate rituals where they fantasize about killing their mistress. They act out scenes in which they try to kill her, dressing up in her garments to make it more realistic.

“All three women were very strong characters, and I was very impressed,” said Jessilynn Lawson, a theater student. “They took this play with great strength, and their high level of talent was easy to see.”

For theater-lovers, an absurdist play such as this is rare to come by, especially when executed well.

“I loved seeing the ‘norm’

in a mainly absurd piece of theater,” said Isaac Snyder, a theater student.

The play was not set in a usual theater setting. While most plays through the WVU School of Theatre and Dance take place in the Lyell B. Clay Theatre or Gladys G. Davis Theatre, this show was performed in the historic Elizabeth Moore Hall.

E. Moore Hall is one of the crown jewels of WVU. The space transports students to a simpler time and helps to quiet the mind when students need a spot to study before an exam or take a nap between classes.

It was thrilling to see

this historic building highlighted in such a way. The set was impeccable and came complete with live parakeets. During intense moments of high emotion or loud noise, the parakeets would chirp in fear.

Stephanie Lemasters, though only a freshman in the theater program, gave a stunning performance as the mistress with strong command of the audience.

At one point, the maids try to poison the mistress by putting poisonous pills in her tea. The audience was on the edge of their seats as they waited anxiously to see if she would

take a sip.

Wilhelmina McWhorter and Zoe Teets acted together for most of the time.

The two clearly had a natural chemistry and brought the spark of natural friendship to the performance.

However enjoyable, there were a few problems I had with the production.

At some points, the story was hard to follow with the characters slipping in and out of a stream of consciousness and imaginative play.

Although the play might seem geared towards those who are experience theater-goers, many audience

members were having one of their first theater experiences at the show.

“I don’t get to see a lot of plays,” said Ashley Perdue, a biochemistry student.

“But I really enjoyed this show. I thought the performers were great at showing the darker sides of people’s personalities.”

All around, “The Maids” was a joy to watch. Audiences were challenged with a play that was not typical, and we were transported to a beautiful place through the scenery and great acting. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘The Empire’s Corps’ stands out in science fiction genre, provides entertaining read sam bosserman a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

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Good science fiction doesn’t just entertain a reader – it leaves them with food for thought on real world problems.

This model is easily illustrated in books such as “1984” and “Starship Troopers,” both of which present a social situation brought to the extreme.

“The Empire’s Corps,” written by Christopher G. Nuttall, follows this paradigm by touching upon many societal ills while at the same time offering exciting and detailed action sequences.

The book follows a group of marines as they are exiled from Earth to a planet on the edges of the human empire.

The marines are exiled because of political and bureaucratic ineptitude in the running and use of the military, a recurring theme throughout the book.

One particularly appealing aspect of the book is that the planet the marines have been dumped on is struggling to stave off collapse.

The reader gets to follow along as they are forced to find solutions to a variety of social and economic problems including unemployment and crime control.

This setting is fascinating because it allows readers to think about social problems and how they would go about changing the society presented in the book.

For example, the marines deal with crime by adopting a tough policy, completely writing off the rehabilitation of offenders as liberal garbage. I found myself

wholeheartedly disagreeing with this approach and thinking of how it would never work in reality.

On the flip-side, the marines in the book acknowledge the majority of crime comes from a variety of socioeconomic factors rather than simply bad people doing bad things, an idea I support.

One frustrating aspect to the book’s social commentary is Nuttall’s writing style vilifies those who hold a different opinion from what is presented as correct.

This frustration is not necessarily a bad thing, as having one’s own ideas challenged is a good way to affirm them.

However, those looking to read something they agree with completely should avoid this book, especially since Nuttall’s ideas are all over the political

spectrum, and something is sure to offend.

The background of a world on the verge of collapse provides for a great deal of action throughout the book.

Nuttall does a great job of immersing the reader into intense firefights with rebels and pirates, as well as establishing a sense of danger for the characters involved.

Character development is done well enough throughout the book so readers will care whether or not the marines take causalities while engaged in combat.

Overall, “The Empire’s Corps” is very entertaining and thought-provoking. The book is no “1984,” but in a world of countless science fiction novels, it manages to stand out from the crowd. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Oscars highlight a variety of films with stories about wealthy and those less fortunate NEW YORK (AP) — Early in “Captain Phillips,” the cargo ship captain (Tom Hanks) and his wife (Catherine Keener) drive from their Vermont home to the airport where he’ll take a flight to his next job, one that will bring him face-to-face with the less fortunate on the other side of the globe. Like the chatter of so many couples, their conversation turns to their general feeling of economic uncertainty.

“It just seems like the world’s movin’ so fast,” says Phillips, wondering about the future their kids will inherit.

“Big wheels are turning.”

This year, many of the Academy Award-nominated films bubble with such undercurrents of worry, navigating the deep waters that separate the haves and the have-nots.

The lavish Oscar ceremony may be one of the highest profile parties of the year for the chosen few, but the theme of inequality is just as visible in the season’s nominees - from the dusty, dying towns of “Nebraska” to the Madoff-like fall-from-grace in “Blue Jasmine.” Tales of con-artists striving to short-cut their way to wealth (“American Hustle,” “The Wolf of Wall Street”) are joined by stories of detached observers of decadence (“The Great Beauty,”

“The Great Gatsby”).

Of these films, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” with five nominations, including best picture, is the most hotly debated.

Though set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, its portrait of stock broker excess has struck a chord with contemporary viewers. But it has polarized moviegoers over whether it glorifies the overindulgence of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio).

“What’s the emotion behind making the picture?” says Scorsese. “There’s a lot of anger. I didn’t go hang out in Zuccotti Park, so this is a way of expressing the frustration and also recognizing it.

It’s not going to go away if you don’t look at it.”

Since a film typically demands years of work, the movies can take a while to catch up to societal trends.

Many of this year’s Oscar candidates were being written or planned as Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed downtown New York in late 2011, and outrage grew at the expanding distance between the poor and wealthy.

Though some films were initially conceived before such issues were in the headlines, movies can take on the energy of their times during production. Payne’s “Nebraska,” nominated in six categories including best

picture, is about an aging working-class man (Bruce Dern) who believes he’s won $1 million from a junk mail sweepstakes.

Payne says his black-andwhite film about barren Midwest lives, while “a little comedy,” has a “sub-basement theme of waste and depression and forlornness. ... So, yeah, all those elements showed up even more palpably in the film because of the time in which we were making it.”

Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine,” up for three Oscars including best actress for Cate Blanchett, was inspired, Allen has said, by a New York family ruined by the financial collapse. Playing a Manhattan socialite both before and after her husband’s fraud is revealed, Blanchett drew from interviews with Ruth Madoff.

“It wasn’t the monumental, historic fraud that her husband perpetrated,” says Blanchett. “It was the domestic betrayal of the affair that in the end she found most painful and morally repugnant.”

Blanchett’s Jasmine lives a life of fiction as bankrupt as her checking account. In David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” (nominated for 10 Oscars including best picture), nearly everyone is living some kind of fantasy and hoping to cash in.

Tom Hanks stars in ‘Captain Phillips,’ which shows both poverty and wealth.

“We’re all conning ourselves one way or another, just to get through life,” says Christian Bale’s Irving Rosenfeld as he combs over a hair piece.

There’s also a pervasive theme of simple survival in some of the best films of 2013, from the lost-in-space adventure “Gravity” (10 nominations) to the slave odyssey “12 Years a Slave” (nine nods). In the minimalistic shipwreck drama “All Is Lost” (one nomination), a sailor’s boat is randomly damaged by the detritus of global commerce: a shipping container.

Baz Luhrmann’s “Gatsby” (two nominations) and Italy’s “The Great Beauty” (the foreign-language film favorite) both revel in and recoil at the nightlife of decaying eras:

late `20s New York or modern Rome.

DiCaprio, star of “Gatsby” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” marvels at history’s redundancy.

“Look at us right now,” he says. “We’ve had this gigantic economic crash but a few years later, here we are and everything’s sort of recalibrated itself and the economy’s booming.”

Yet while period films with contemporary overtones have been lauded by the Academy, many of the most current films were passed over: Harmony Korine’s neon nightmare “Spring Breakers,” Sofia Coppola’s teenage robbery caper “The Bling Ring” and Michael Bay’s beefedup satire “Pain & Gain.” All depict runaway material-

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ism, warped by delusion and sunshine.

Paul Greengrass’ “Captain Phillips,” up for six awards including best picture, might have easily been just from the perspective of the American hero, says lead Tom Hanks.

But the film gives equal attention to the story of the terrorizing Somali pirates, who live in poverty and corruption but alongside a well-trafficked trade route.

“Every ship that goes by has BMWs and tennis shoes and TV sets and peanuts on it,” says Hanks. “So the source of their hopelessness is worthy of some degree of examination and some degree of dramatization.

“It’s not the same movie unless you have that element to it.”

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Louisville hits 16 3s, routs Rutgers 102-54 at home LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Luke Hancock scored a career-high 25 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 13 Louisville throttled Rutgers in a 102-54 blowout Sunday night.

The Cardinals (21-4, 10-2 American Athletic Conference) made a season-high 16 shots from beyond the arc on 30 attempts for their fourth straight win, completing a season sweep of the Scarlet Knights (10-16, 4-9). Louisville shot 56 percent overall in posting its biggest win this season.

Freshman guard Terry Rozier added a careerhigh 16 points, hitting four 3s, and Wayne Blackshear scored 10 with a couple of 3-pointers. Russ Smith, Chris Jones, Tim Henderson and freshman reserve David Levitch also made long-range shots in a game that quickly became

lopsided.

The Cardinals’ last scheduled conference game against Rutgers ended with them dominating on the boards (39-24) while forcing 18 turnovers that led to 23 points. The Scarlet Knights shot just 35 percent in falling to 1-13 against Louisville, which had 23 assists to nine for Rutgers.

Kadeem Jack and Myles Mack each scored 10 points for Rutgers, which is headed to the Big Ten next season while Louisville goes to the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The game matched two teams on different trajectories, with the Cardinals looking to maintain momentum as they prepare for Saturday’s rematch at first-place Cincinnati, while the Scarlet Knights were trying to break out

of the bottom half of the standings.

Despite entering with a split of its past four games, including a 23-point rout of Houston, Rutgers faced a huge hurdle against the third of four ranked opponents in a five-game stretch. Louisville came in leading the nation in scoring margin (20.1) and had won its last three by an average of nearly 19 points.

But unlike last month’s meeting in New Jersey that Louisville won 83-76 by making 41 of 46 free throws, the Cardinals did their damage from beyond the arc this time, with Hancock and Rozier thriving in particular.

Smith and Hancock started it off by hitting from long range. Jones followed with a perimeter jumper that was initially ruled a 3 before a replay review

showed his foot was on the line. But that hardly bothered the Cardinals, who just kept firing from outside en route to a 43-24 halftime lead.

Rozier needed only a half to match his career high of 14 points set last month against Rutgers as he went 4 of 6 from 3-point range and 5 of 9 overall from the field. Louisville shot 52 percent in the first half, including 7 of 14 on 3-pointers.

A game that was already a rout at the break quickly became a laugher as Louisville made its first five 3-pointers in the second half, with Hancock hitting back-to-back shots to make it 64-27. With no answers for Louisville’s onslaught, Rutgers could only watch as the Cardinals’ lead reached 48 points Louisville’s Luke Hancock drives past a defender Sunday. with 31 seconds left.

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McDermott’s performance powers Jays past Wildcats OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton apparently has Villanova’s number.

Doug McDermott matched his season high with 39 points and passed Larry Bird for 13th on the Division I career scoring chart, and the 18th-ranked Bluejays won 101-80 on Sunday to move into first place in the Big East, a halfgame ahead of the No. 6 Wildcats.

Their 21-point victory came less than a month after they hammered Villanova by 28 in Philadelphia on the strength of a record 3-point shooting performance.

“I didn’t think we could play much better than we did at Villanova,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “But I’m not sure we didn’t play better today. We didn’t have the crazy shoot-

ing night from the 3-point line, but the other parts of the game were really good.”

Villanova coach Jay Wright said getting blown out again was frustrating because he and his staff came up with a much different defensive plan. The Wildcats didn’t doubleteam McDermott as much, and they denied the ball to 3-point marksman Ethan Wragge.

McDermott did his thing, as usual, and Creighton’s bench produced 39 points.

“They’ve got the best player in the country, and he makes everybody better around him,” Wright said. “They’re just a tough matchup for us. Our style of play and their style of play kind of leads to these kinds of games. We’ve got to find the answer if we face them again.”

The Bluejays (21-4, 11-2) beat the same ranked opponent twice in the same season for the first time in program history. They also won their 16th straight at home, matching their longest streak since moving into the CenturyLink Center in 2003.

McDermott went over 30 points for the ninth time this season and 23rd time in his career. He took over the national scoring lead, at 25.9 points a game. He passed Bird, the Indiana State great of the late 1970s, on the NCAA’s scoring list with his fourth 3-pointer with 13:23 left.

“It’s pretty crazy. That’s one of my idols,” he said.

“Imagine if (Bird) had the 3-point line and he stayed four years. He would be way ahead of me. It’s really cool just to be in that category

with some of those guys.”

The senior forward left to an ovation with 1:43 left, embracing his coach and father before sitting down.

He now has 2,863 career points.

“Doug was obviously incredible,” Greg McDermott said. “He has a way of stepping up for these games, and today was certainly an example of that.”

Isaiah Zierden had 13 points, Devin Brooks added 12 and Grant Gibbs had 11 for the Bluejays, who shot a season-best 64.2 percent.

Their previous high was 56.9 percent in their 96-68 win at Villanova on Jan. 20.

James Bell scored 18 points for the Wildcats (223, 10-2) before fouling out with 6:11 left. JayVaughn Pinkston scored all 15 of his points in the second half, and Dylan Ennis had 11.

Wragge, who made nine 3-pointers and had a career-high 27 points in the teams’ first meeting, didn’t get off a shot until the third minute of the second half and didn’t make a field goal until 7:37 remained. Villanova mimicked other recent Creighton opponents in denying the senior forward the ball, and he finished with five points.

Villanova had won six straight since its loss to the Bluejays last month. The Wildcats never led after the first minute.

The start of the game wasn’t quite like it was in Philadelphia last month.

That night, Wragge was 7 for 7 on 3-pointers in the first 7 minutes and Creighton ran off to a 28-point victory over then-No. 4 Villanova after making a Big East-record 21 shots from behind the arc.

McDer mott scored Creighton’s first 11 points Sunday. He made two 3s, converted a three-point play after spinning to the basket for a left-handed layup and scored off Gibbs’ pass through the lane to the delight of the sellout crowd of 18,797.

Villanova was the highest-ranked team to play Creighton in Omaha since fourth-ranked DePaul visited in December 1983.

“I live for these kinds of games,” McDermott said.

“These are the best, especially playing against a top10 team here in Omaha. I don’t think any of us ever thought we’d see this day.

You’ve got to get fired up for this kind of game and atmosphere. It was a great start, and that carried the momentum for our team the rest of the game.”

Wichita State stays perfect, passes test against Aces EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — No. 4 Wichita State relied on the basics Sunday: defense and ball security.

Again, it was the perfect combination.

The Shockers forced 18 turnovers, finished with a season-high 14 steals and finally locked down Evansville’s shooters late to pull away for an 84-68 victory that kept them one of the nation’s two undefeated teams.

“We wanted to extend them, get their timing disrupted. I don’t think we expected that many steals,” Fred VanVleet said. “There were only a few times where we had breakdowns where we weren’t really where we were supposed to be.”

Few expected the Shockers (27-0, 14-0 Missouri Valley Conference) to be in this spot – even after reaching the Final Four last April.

They are one of only 21 teams in NCAA history to win their first 27 games, extended their school-record winning streak and are 14-0 in conference play

for the first time in school history.

And after Arizona’s latest loss, Wichita State could be poised to move up another notch in the poll, getting even closer to Division I’s only other perfect team – No. 1 Syracuse. A win Wednesday at Loyola also would assure the Shockers at least a share of the regular-season conference title and the No. 1 seed in the Valley tournament – with three league games still on the docket.

How have they done it?

With a balanced offense and a staunch defense that Evansville knows is the best in the Valley.

Wichita State trumped the Purple Aces by outscoring them 23-2 off turnovers and 10-4 on fastbreaks. Coach Gregg Marshall didn’t even need a stat sheet to tell him what had happened. He estimated that the Shockers topped the 40-deflection mark.

The other numbers were just as glaring.

VanVleet and Ron Baker

each finished with a career-best five steals, and, not surprisingly wound up as the top scorers.

Baker had a career-high 26 points, while VanVleet added 18 and eight assists and flirted with the possibility of a triple-double throughout the second half.

But that’s not what motivated Wichita, which lost twice to Evansville last season and fell behind by double-digits early in the first meeting two weeks ago at Wichita.

They wanted to put away the Aces, and before the game, Marshall let Cleanthony Early, the team’s top scorer, know exactly what he needed to do in front of a Pacers scout who had been asking about his defense.

Early responded by scoring 13 points, seven rebounds and playing his best defensive game of the year, too.

“I loved his mental approach tonight and that’s not always the case,” Marshall said. “But tonight I thought he was very dis-

ciplined and when he does that, man, he’s really good.”

Evansville (11-16, 4-10) learned its lesson the hard way.

Despite getting 19 points from D.J. Balentine, the MVC’s top scorer, and 19 points and 10 rebounds from Egidiju Mockevicius, it wasn’t quite enough to prevent a fourth loss in five games or a second straight this season to Wichita.

The Purple Aces did most of what they set out to do – shooting 51.1 percent from the field, 45.5 percent from 3-point range, made 15 of 16 free throws, limited the Shockers to only six offensive rebounds and kept challenging Wichita State right down to the final minutes.

But the turnovers, as they had all game, finally did them in.

“We didn’t turn it over in the press, we did it in the half-court and you have to take care of the basketball,” coach Marty Simmons said. “We’ve really got to learn, we’ve got to learn from that, and

Triplett wins ACE Group Classic NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Even though he has beaten Bernhard Langer twice down the stretch for Champions Tour titles, Kirk Triplett isn’t ready to say he’s the German star’s nemesis.

“No,” Triplett said.

“We’re just going to say the sample size is still very small.”

The 51-year-old Triplett won the ACE Group Classic on Sunday for his third Champions Tour title, holing a 6-foot par putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory.

Triplett shot a 6-under 66 to finish at 16-under 200 on TwinEagles’ Talon Course. He won the 50-and-over tour’s Pebble Beach event the last two years after winning three times on the PGA Tour.

“I’ve never won out here on this side of the world,” Triplett said. “I’m a West Coast guy through and through, so to win on this Bermuda grass is, I think,

a little bit of a minor miracle for me.”

Langer, the defending champion, Duffy Waldorf and Olin Browne tied for second. Playing in the final threesome, Triplett, Langer and Waldorf were tied for the lead with a hole to play.

In Triplett’s last win at Pebble Beach, he also was paired with Langer, who has owned this event the last three years, winning in 2011 and 2013 and finishing second behind Kenny Perry in 2012.

“He’s awesome to play with,” Triplett said. “I’m telling you, you know the guy, he’s such a great competitor and he’s such a nice man. We were joking last week, ‘If you shot one shot worse than Bernhard every day all year, what would you finish on the money list?’ Somebody goes, ‘Second, right?’ because it just feels that way sometimes.”

On the par-4 18th, Waldorf drove into a bunker

and wound up with a bogey for a 66.

“I hit a bad drive,” he said. “So I mean, it was a bad drive. The pin was in a tough spot. I laid up fine, but I spun my wedge a lot and just didn’t – I didn’t hit it close enough to have a chance for par.”

Admittedly using the wrong club, Langer’s second shot sailed left, and his 12-footer for par curled around the cup for bogey and a 67.

Triplett’s second shot from a divot landed about 25 feet from the pin. His birdie putt went past the hole and he made the 6-footer for the victory.

“You want to make birdies but you don’t want to make bogeys and you’re thinking to yourself, ‘4s not going to lose this probably,’ “ Triplett said. “I mean, it might. If it does, if it loses the 18th hole, you look the guy in the eye, shake his hand and say, ‘Well done, sir.’

“It wasn’t the best (putt) I made all day, but it was good enough.”

Langer has finished in the top 10 in 40 of the last 48 tournaments he’s played in. The German star won the season-opening event in Hawaii last month for his 19th Champions Tour title.

Waldorf, coming off a playoff loss to Michael Allen last week in Boca Raton in the Allianz Championship, almost holed out on the par-3 16th.

that’s one of our biggest deficiencies.”

The Purple Aces, however, only trailed 38-32 at the half and still found a way to fight back after falling into a 55-41 deficit early in the second half.

Mockevicius scored the first eight points in a 10-2 spurt that cut the deficit to 57-51 with 11:19 to go.

Early answered with five straight points and Evansville rallied again, getting as close as 65-60 with 6:10 left before throwing the ball away on an inbound pass that would have cut

the deficit to three.

“They did a good job of changing defenses and I was trying to get a timeout,” Simmons said.

Instead, the Shockers got the ball back and forced two more turnovers during the decisive 13-4 run that finally sealed the victory.

“We were just focused on getting stops and it went in our favor,” VanVleet said. “We wanted to end it right there. After that possession, I think we got back on the right track.”

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Browne brings experience to WVU by greg madia multimedia editor @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia junior guard Juwan Staten is having an AllConference caliber season.

Ranking as one of the league leaders in points, assists, assist to turnover ratio, minutes played and more, Staten is deservedly gaining national recognition. To this point in the season, Staten has been by far the most valuable on the roster.

Now, meet his understudy, Gary Browne.

Less than a year ago, Browne started games at point guard for West Virginia.

Two years ago as a true freshman, he played about 25 minutes per game. Flash forward to now – the Puerto Rico native isn’t the most valuable player,

but he is OK with that.

“You have a guy in Juwan (Staten) who is having a hell of a season,” Browne said. “He’s my guy. He’s been here since I was a freshman. I’m proud of him and what he’s been doing.

He’s the main guy on our team right now, and when you have a main guy on your team like that, you need to step back and just play your role.”

A week ago against thenNo. 11 Iowa State, Browne shined doing exactly that, playing in his role. He played just 12 minutes off the bench but provided West Virginia with a hustle defender and a ball handler to give Staten help in the backcourt. “(Browne) gives us toughness,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “We want him to play hard, and we want him

to do the things he does.”

Defensively, West Virginia had to shut down the Big 12 Conference leading scorer Melvin Ejim, who totaled 48 points just two days prior against TCU. Browne knew that in Huggins’ adjusted matchup zone defense he would be able to come into the game and help pressure Ejim.

“He got frustrated that he wasn’t getting the ball and that he wasn’t getting calls. We did what we needed to do,” Browne said.

He also grabbed three rebounds in the victory.

Offensively, Browne was efficient. He scored eight points while sinking all four of his free throw attempts. By hitting shots and proving he can handle the ball with ease, Browne

knows his role is extremely important as WVU moves toward the stretch run.

“Coach Huggins and I talk about that. I’ve been here for three years. My freshman year, when we were in the Big East, I was the point guard,” Browne said. “I’ve played in big arenas.

I have no problem with pressure. I just come into the game and do what I need to do.”

Browne even played well in a losing effort against Texas Saturday. In 20 minutes, he logged 10 points, shooting 3-of-4 from the field.

He also said he’s having the most fun he’s had in his three years in Morgantown.

WVU and Browne welcome Baylor to the Coliseum Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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Many people recognize WVU rifle for its championship pedigree, which is fair, considering WVU rifle leads the nation with 15 national championships under its belt and has produced 30 Olympians throughout the years.

Two of the 15 championships have come within the last five years.

It all comes from the championship history that WVU rifle has displayed and the man who brought that pedigree back to WVU. Head coach Jon Hammond restored the WVU rifle program back to glory within a few short seasons.

Under his watch, the rifle team has won two national championships, earned four consecutive Great American Conference appearances, won four individual NCAA titles, and completed two undefeated

seasons.

Before Hammond arrived in 2006, the Mountaineers had not won a national title since 1997.

Hammond took over the program after long-time coach Marsha Beasley retired in 2006.

In his first season as head coach, Hammond led the Mountaineers to their first winning record since 2003, finishing 6-4 for the season.

In the next season they improved to 8-3 overall and finish No. 3 in the GARC Championships and No. 6 in NCAAs. It normally would take coaches several years to bring a program back to where WVU has been for the last couple of years, and Hammond said he credits his recruitment.

“My recruitment is very broad. We have shooters from all over the world, many with competition experience at a national and international level,” he said.

Hammond currently has four international shooters on his team, many of them having experience competing at a national and international level.

Junior Maren Prediger hails from Petersaurach, Germany, where she earned a spot on the German National Team in 2013. Prediger is averaging 595 in air rifle and 576 in smallbore this season.

Junior Meelis Kiisk originates from Paide, Estonia, and is one of the few shooters that would say his strength lies in smallbore.

Kiisk averages 579 in smallbore and 588 in air rifle.

Junior Ziva Dvorsak hails from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Dvorsak joined the Mountaineers in January 2014 and has immediately contributed, many times winning the events.

Dvorsak finished first in smallbore in her first match for the Mountaineers, earning a 589 in the discipline.

She averages 596 in air rifle

and 585 in smallbore.

“I saw her shoot for two or three years on the international circuit. Just from talking to her at the World Cup, she’s obviously very mature and you can tell she’s focused,” Hammond said.

“I knew that she wouldn’t have too much trouble adjusting.”

Hammond said one of the big differences in his team in contrast to others is the amount of depth the Mountaineers have.

“We have a considerable amount of depth on this team, not just from the top five. Any of our shooters would be competitive on any other team.”

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WVU baseball finds early adversity by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

They may have played just three games this season, but there’s one opponent the West Virginia baseball team has already had trouble defeating: the weather. Hawley Field continues to sit underneath nearly a foot of snow, and it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon.

T h e Mo u n t a i n e e r s opened the 2014 season Saturday in Charleston, S.C. The team lost to No. 8 Louisville and Delaware before earning their first victory of the season Sunday against The Citadel. The win certainly helped, but the team was just happy to be playing the game outdoors.

“The first time we were on the field this spring was (against Louisville),” said WVU head coach Randy Mazey. “Because of that, we’re learning as we go these first 10 games.”

WVU has practiced inside the Caperton Indoor Facility since February.

Normally a way for the football team to practice indoors, the baseball team has called it home every day as they wait for the snow to melt.

The weather hasn’t just affected practice for the team. While traveling to Charleston last week, the

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Ryan McBroom rounds the bases last season. team was stuck on the worried about the workteam bus for nearly 20 outs with a roof over their hours. The Mountaineers heads. got stuck in heavy snow“We’ve been playing the fall on I-77 near Charlotte, game for awhile. Getting N.C. A late walkthrough back on the dirt comes practice before opening natural for us,” said first day was canceled due to baseman Ryan McBroom. the late arrival.

“It’s been great working The Mountaineers will here at the indoor facility. be back indoors this week The live pitching and live as they prepare for a trip batting practice has really to San Diego this week- been helpful for us.” end. Despite the unfortuMcBroom started the nate situation, the team is season hot, going 6-forstaying positive and not 14 in Saturday’s game. He

has already smacked two home runs and six RBI’s in the opening three games.

His numbers don’t show that he misses practicing outside, and neither do the stats from the starting rotation. All three starters (Harrison Musgrave, Sean Carley and John Means) pitched into at least the sixth inning in the games and allowed a total of five runs.

WVU doesn’t host its home opener in Morgantown until March 25. Until then, the Mountaineers will visit several sunny locations including California, South Carolina, North Carolina and Nevada. Still, Mazey is concerned with his team’s production during practice.

“It’s hard to establish roles practicing inside,” he said. “That’s why you have to use the first 15 games to try different combinations and see what works the best. You just hope you can win games while you’re doing that.”

West Virginia visits San Diego State this weekend for a three-game series.

Led by long-time professional Tony Gwynn, the Aztecs won’t be worried about the playing conditions of their field. The weekend forecast predicts sunny skies and 75-degree temperatures for all three games.

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A LONG WAY TO GO

amit batra sports editor @batra01

Size could potentially affect WVU

After watching No. 19 Texas sweep West Virginia Saturday in Austin, Texas, I noticed a recurring problem that can affect the Mountaineers for the remainder of their season.

While the Longhorns possess a size many teams in college basketball envy, WVU’s weakness was exposed in its interior.

Stopping the Texas’ big men was a difficult task for West Virginia. The Longhorns, for the second time this season against WVU, won the rebounding battle, 41-26. In the first meeting Jan. 13, the Longhorns won the boards once again, that time with a 49-30 advantage.

While Texas (20-5, 9-3 Big 12) was able to shoot 58 percent in the game and showcase its offense in a dominant fashion, the Longhorns’ big men were the real test for WVU all evening.

Sophomore Cameron Ridley, a 6-foot-9, 285-pound player from Houston, led the way for UT, as he contributed 17 points and was a defensive force with three of Texas’ five blocks.

While the Mountainkyle monroe/the daily athenaeum eers simply had no answer Sophomore West Virginia guard Terry Henderson looks to go up for a dunk in a home game against then-No. 11 Iowa State earlier this season. for the consistent offensive prowess of Texas, the youth of the WVU basketball team showed when it tried to contain the big bodies inside the by doug walp and said he’ll continue we learn from it. Use it as paint. sports writer In fact, Texas outscored to do so down the criti- firepower and motivation @dougwalp West Virginia 46-14 inside cal stretch of this year’s for the next game.” season.

Before the defeat at the paint. WVU’s inexpeThe West Virginia men’s “I’ve always been very Texas, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi rienced front line was disbasketball team’s double- honest with our guys,” had actually moved West played in a big way. digit defeat at the hands Huggins said. “Fortu- Virginia inside the 68I’m not saying the Longof the No. 19 Texas Long- nately, most years it’s been team tournament field for horns’ intimidating size is horns Saturday dealt a about a seed rather than the first time all season (as an easy match for any team in the country. Not many blow to the Mountain- whether we’re getting in or a 12 seed) – but the Longteams have what Texas does eers’ NCAA tournament not, but I’ve always done horns’ loss has actually chances, but it also hasn’t it.” in terms of forwards and only moved the Mouncompletely eliminated West Virginia is indeed taineers to the third spot center. There’s no denying that. them from contention, down to its final five reg- on the outside of the bubeither. ular season games of the ble, looking back in – perWhat I am saying, howJust ask WVU head year but still has a num- haps signifying the Texas ever, is West Virginia’s lack of coach Bob Huggins, who ber of chances to improve loss was more of a road size and depth inside turned almost appeared to take its resume for the tourna- bump than a death senout to be its kryptonite. Its lack of size and physicality offense when a caller on ment selection commit- tence in regard to WVU’s the weekly Big 12 coaches tee. Two of WVU’s remain- chances of dancing in turned out to be the differteleconference Monday ing five opponents are in March. ence maker.

Regardless of all the “They were the aggresmorning seemed to in- the top 10 in the nation in sor,” said West Virginia sinuate the Mountain- RPI (including the No. 1 projections, predictions eers might be on a trajec- overall RPI team, Kansas), and analysis, one thing rehead coach Bob Huggins tory closer to an NIT bid with another in the top 25 mains completely steadto WVUSports.com followinstead. ing the loss. “It’s hard for us and one in the top 50. The fast and concrete – the “Why wouldn’t we think Mountaineers will also Mountaineers’ sheer conwhen we don’t make shots, about the NCAA tourna- likely have at least a cou- fidence in themselves. and we didn’t make shots “We’re not counting ment?” Huggins said. “I ple games to further prove when we had several very good looks.” think we’re close. We’re themselves in the Big 12 ourselves out,” Staten right there. We just obvi- Tournament in March. said. “We never have since WVU was simply outously have to win some “It’s a little frustrating the season started. We just matched against Texas. In more games.” coming off the wins we’ve need to get better at a few terms of having big men Huggins also said on the had, playing the type of things. We’ve made great who could keep up with Ridcall that despite the fact basketball we’ve been strides since the season ley and 6-foot-8, 240-pound junior forward Jonathan that other coaches may playing (of ) late,” said ju- started, and we can keep believe it’s better to keep nior guard Juwan Staten. making great strides.

Holmes, it wasn’t the case. your team segregated from “It’s a little frustrating, but “Nothing is going to Blame it on young players things like tournament this is the Big 12. The Big change my opinion of this if you will. That won’t change chatter and RPI statistics, 12 is crazy. Any team can team. We’ve been together the fact WVU was not able to contain the Longhorns in he’s always personally be- beat anybody on any given since Day 1. We know kyle monroe/the daily athenaeum lieved in sharing that in- night. It’s all a learning ex- what we’re capable of.”

Sophomore WVU guard Eron Harris tries to get past Iowa State defenders in a the battle down low. formation with his teams perience. We take this and Moving forward, as the home game Feb. 10.

Mountaineers try to claim their NCAA Tournament bid in these last five games and the Big 12 Conference tournament, size does become a factor. by kevin hooker more than 50 percent from semester, Fields has mainThere are teams that can give West Virginia probsports writer the floor. She’s scored in tained close to a 4.0 GPA @dailyathenaeum double digits eight times since arriving on campus. lems in terms of matchups. The Mountaineers will this season.

“It’s tough (to balance), For West Virginia womneed to adjust and find so“We’ve done a great job but grades have been imlutions so they aren’t beaten en’s basketball forward (this season),” Fields said. portant to me for a long on the glass, similar to what Averee Fields, basketball “We’ve had a few losses time,” Fields said. “When Saturday’s game turned is in her genes. that we didn’t want, but (WVU) switched to the into.

Before switching career I think we’re playing well Big 12 we had to travel a A simple lack of execupaths, Field’s mother, Sa- and playing together. I lot more, so it was diffition on offense, added with brina, played basketball think we’ll keep getting cult because we missed the inability to stop Texas and was an assistant coach better as the season comes even more class time. The in the paint and shooting in at the collegiate level. to tournament time. I teachers have to work general, became the over“I definitely grew up just think we’re all really with us. You just have to all downfall for WVU in this prioritize. It’s difficult, but around (basketball),” excited.”

At 22-3, the Mountain- it’s definitely doable.” game.

Fields said. “(My mom) While the Mountainplayed and coached, and eers are No. 13 in this Fields has been named eers have done a lot of good I was always in the gym week’s Associated Press to the Academic All-Big 12 things in these last few since I was a little kid. She Top 25, and their 11-2 Big First Team, Big 12 Comdidn’t force me into bas- 12 Conference is one game missioner’s Honor Roll, games, could Saturday be an indicator or showing of ketball, but I definitely behind Baylor for the top Big East Academic Allwhat the Mountaineers lack loved it. She was a coach spot.

Star and President’s List. in 2013-14? and a mom, but it was a Since her time at WVU, Fields is a social work good relationship.”

Fields has been familiar student with a minor in While I believe WVU will Now in her junior sea- with a winning culture. psychology. have to find ways to adjust to teams with a significant son, Fields has taken In her three years, Fields’ “In everything I do, I size and physicality adon a bigger responsibil- teams have a combined want to do it to the best of vantage, the Mountaineers ity since joining the pro- 63-27 record. my abilities,” she said. “I have a way to control their gram in 2011. As a fresh“I just love winning don’t come to the classown destiny the rest of the man, Fields came off the games,” Fields said. “It’s room and not do as good season. bench in 22 games, play- fun, it’s exciting. I love my as I could’ve, because If the outcomes of ing more than 10 minutes teammates, too, so when that’s just disappointing we pull together and get for me. Nobody’s really these last few games are per contest. caused by size, howThis season, Fields has that win, it’s a really good put pressure on me (to ever, I, for one, will not be started all 25 games for feeling.” succeed), I just enjoy getsurprised. the Mountaineers, averOff the court, Fields has ting good grades.” shannon mckenna/the daily athenaeum aging 7.8 points and 5.2 also found success in acaamit.batra@mail.wvu.edu rebounds, while shooting demics. Now in her sixth dasports@mail.wvu.edu WVU forward Averee Fields plays defense on a TCU player in Sunday’s home game.

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