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WVU hit by Internet scam hackers by daniel schatz staff writer @dailyathenaeum

In November 2013, the Office of Information Technology recorded the number of emails they received on a monthly basis and how many of them were legitimate.

Of 10 million monthly emails, the office reported only 4 percent were not generated scams. That amounts to approximately 9.6 million email scams.

The threat may seem relatively weak since people get phony emails all the time, and at this point, most people can recognize them as scams. However, the most recent wave of fraudulent schemes have actually duped a large amount of people.

Crypto File Malware is a virus that has scammed people all around the world, and Bob Meyers, manager of security awareness at the Office of Information Technology,

set out on a campaign to raise awareness of these Internet scams.

“This is a worldwide problem,” Meyers said.

“I’ve even seen complaints on a British soccer club blog where there was a report of the Crypto locker virus.”

Recently, students have been receiving emails from friends and peers in which the virus is disguised as an attached file. The file format is a “.zip,” and this is an indicator there is a scam

involved. After clicking on the link, hackers obtain control of personal information and can lock down the user’s access to information. The hackers then charge money in exchange for access again.

This is fundamental extortion, and according to global police reports, extortionists have stolen an estimated $30 million from victims.

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BMP drops suit against Maxwell’s restaurant owner

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The two-month legal battle between Maxwell’s restaurant and leasing company BMP continues after BMP withdrew its lawsuit.

The dispute that has kept the landmark joint on Wall Street closed since Dec. 13, 2013 is far from finished.

The owners of the building, BMP, filed a lawsuit against Maxwell’s owner John Lichter in early December claiming he failed to pay rent.

The civil case was scheduled to go to the Morgantown Magistrate Court Tuesday at 4.30 p.m. but was canceled after BMP withdrew.

“He dropped his complaint, but the damages remain and keep piling up,” Lichter said.

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The Mountaineer spirit that exists inside each student at West Virginia University is often put on display in the form of charity, kindness and support to those who may be going through a difficult time.

One WVU student has made it his mission to help ease the struggle of a friend.

In early February, Kyle Frazier, a junior advertising student, launched a Facebook page, “Superheroes for Phillip.” The goal of the page is to show support for Frazier’s friend Phillip who has been battling neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, for three years.

Phillip, a 23-year-old from Poolesville, Md., spends much of his life at hospitals. However, rather than allowing his illness to bring him down, he is known for distributing gifts and goodie bags to other young patients while walking the hallways wearing a Superman shirt at the hospitals he frequents.

Frazier said he and his mother came up with the idea to create a Facebook page as a way to collect pictures of people from around the world who are wearing superhero shirts as a way to show their support for Phillip.

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“We came up with it because Phillip wears superhero shirts – his favorite is Superman – around the hospital to inspire hope in some of the younger cancer patients at Johns Hopkins,” Frazier said. “The goal of the page is to tell Phillip that people out there have his back and are with him all the way. Sometimes it’s just nice to know you aren’t alone in the world.

“It would be nice for him to receive the same kindness he has shown during some of his hardest times.”

Since the launch of the Facebook page Feb. 10, it has receive more than 250 likes, and people from Minnesota, North Carolina and even as far away as Liverpool, England, have shared pictures of themselves wearing superhero shirts to show their support for Phillip.

Arnold Reed, a senior international studies student at WVU, said he became involved in the movement and showed his support for Phillip after Frazier presented his project at their Alpha Phi Omega fraternity.

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The 15th annual Dance Marathon is right around the corner as West Virginia University students aim to raise more than $35,000 for the WVU Children’s Hospital.

The retro-themed event will be held Saturday from noon to midnight at Stansbury Hall on the Downtown Campus.

“Dance Marathon is an annual event that raises money for the local children’s miracle network hospital,” said Brooke Bertus, a biology and chemistry student and third-year executive board member. “To symbolize how the students can’t stop fighting their disease, we are on our feet dancing for 12 hours.”

All participants will receive community service hours, and there is an entrance fee of $50. Attendance for 12 hours and $50 raised will be counted as 12 hours of service, and attendance for 12 hours and $100

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ter and his representatives about the withdrawal, and Lichter said he didn’t find out about it until the day before the original court date.

Last week, a representative for BMP claimed Lichter withdrew from the case, and Lichter was waiting to remove his things from the restaurant.

“Our attorney is really confident,” Lichter said.

“When they withdrew their complaint we didn’t find out at all. (My) attorney called the magistrate to find out that it was canceled.”

Lichter and his wife have invested more than $100,000 in the restaurant since summer 2013 and are frustrated about not being able to run their business, as they claim to have paid rent on time.

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raised will be counted as 18 hours of service.

Students who raise $100 will be put in a drawing for a variety of prizes, including an iPad. The marathon will include visits from children and their families from WVU Children’s Hospital.

“Families from the hospital visit each year, which allows the students to directly see what their funds are going toward,” Bertus said.

The marathon will also feature relay races, a lipsyncing contest, face painting and massage tables.

“We are going to have some special performances from other WVU student organizations such as the Irish Dance team and the WVU Swing Dance team,” Bertus said.

Bertus said she encourages students to come to the event to have some fun and to give to a great cause.

“This is truly a great way for students to give back to the community,” she said.

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Friday February 21, 2014

Green dot training educates by-standers

BY MEAGAN CARPENTER Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

For the past two years, the WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health Green Dot program helped students at West Virginia University learn how to make a positive change to stop sexual assault and abuse on campus.

Green Dot is a violence prevention program with two components: an overview speech that is an hour long

available to any organization, and a bystander training portion that is typically about 5 hours long and is more e xtensive.

WVU is one of hundreds of universities across the nation to adopt the Green Dot program, and WELLWVU the Green Dot program continues to grow at the University.

Jordan McCann, a graduate assistant at WELLWVU Office of Wellness and Health Promotion, started her training in May 2013 and will hold

her first bystander training of the year Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Laurel Room of the Mountainlair.

The program is offered to all students, and each bystander-training program is open to the first 20-30 students who register online.

Lunch is provided during the course.

McCann said the bystander training teaches students how they can perform “green dots,” which are single moments in time in which

an individual makes a choice to intervene and help prevent violence or any sort of powerbased personal violence.

Power-based personal violence includes physical violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and harassment and emotional abuse.

“Bystander training is giving them ways to recognize red dots, which are the single moments of negative behaviors,” McCann said. “The Green Dot training is giving

the students the opportunity to practice through role playing and discussions to become more comfortable in performing those green dots.”

McCann said she has a personal connection with Green Dot and wanted to take the opportunity to teach others about it, and she said she knows she needed to take the responsibility to do that.

“I’ve been looking forward to and working on this pro-

gram over the past couple of weeks,” McCann said. “This is a personal gain for me, and it’s a hurdle that I have been looking forward to crossing.”

For more information about Green Dot, visit https://www.livethegreendot.com.

To sign up for Saturday’s bystander training, contact Jordan McCann at 304-2933568 or jordan.mccann@ mail.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Office of Student Success to hold midterm exam tutoring

BY EVELYN MERITHEW Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

Midterms are nearing for West Virginia University students, and the Office of Student Success is holding a midterm success tutoring session Monday to help ease the stresses that come during this time.

Student Success Coaches, advisers and financial aid representatives will be available from 3:30-9:30 p.m. in Hatfields in the Mountainlair.

“The midterm success event will help students prepare for their upcoming midterms and make them aware of the quick turnaround for when midterm grades are due, when the last day to add

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Continued from page 1 ary, pipes in the basement of the restaurant froze and burst, causing a flood in the restaurant.

The store above Maxwell’s, UniversiTees, saw a large stain developing on the carpet inside the store as a result of the pipes breaking, and Lichter now assumes his equipment inside the restaurant has been destroyed.

“The pipe broke, and I guess there is enough pressure shooting against the ceiling in the basement that it damaged the T-shirt shop upstairs,” Lichter said.

and drop a class is, and when spring break is,” said Courtney Teets, coordinator of the academic resource centers.

This semester, there is a short time period between the midterm grades availability (March 6) and the last day to add or drop a class (March 7). The add or drop date also coincides with the beginning of spring break.

“We want students to be able to make these important decisions before they get into spring break mode,” Teets said. “If students are considering withdrawing from a class for whatever reason, they need to drop it before it’s too late. If they are thinking about picking up a mid-semester class, they need to think about that, as

well.”

There will be about 25 tutors on hand throughout the day to assist students in a wide variety of subjects, including math, chemistry, physics, economics, statistics and engineering.

The Mountaineer Academic Program, a co-host of the tutoring portion of the event, is also providing academic tutors.

“Each class is different, but some classes only have four tests and a midterm could count as 25 percent of a student’s grade,” Teets said.

Tyler Overholt, a biology student, will be tutoring at the event and said it is important for students to take a little of their time to come to the event.

“The police are following it, but they are not sure on whether to go in or not at this time, especially since we’re still in court.”

Lichter doesn’t currently have access to the restaurant, but from looking in through the windows, he said a lot of his private items and equipment are gone, and there appears to have been a party thrown in the restaurant where Maxwell’s beer was consumed.

“It sounds petty, but it’s a violation,” Lichter said.

Both parties of the legal battle still claim to be right, and Lichter could not comment on what will happen next.

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“I didn’t know Phillip before this, but I love Kyle (Frazier) like a brother, and if he and his friends need support, I will do anything within my power to help,” Reed said. “I lost my dad to cancer, and several members of my family have had cancer and beat it.

“Showing support is huge. Treatments are incredibly hard, sometimes painful, and can be depressing to the patient. A kind word can go a long way for some people.”

To become involved in danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu the online support effort, visit the “Superheroes for To learn more about the Phillip” page on Facebook.

2014 Dance Marathon or to summer.ratcliff@mail.wvu.edu register a team or as an inContinued from page 1 dividual, visit http://helpmakemiracles.org/event/ “The event gets students in- wvudm. volved while raising money danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu (for) an amazing cause.”

“I’ll be tutoring biology and math. This is a great opportunity to catch up on the first half of the semester’s information, and I definitely encourage students to come out and take advantage of the free services,” Overholt said.

In the past, the Office of Student Success has held a midterm crunch event in which tutors were available for students, and it has also held a mid-semester help center event to assist students with adding and dropping classes as well as answering financial aid questions.

This year, Teets said the office decided to combine these two events into one.

“Given the layout of the

academic calendar, we’ve combined these two events and are hoping to be more proactive,” Teets said.

The event will include food and drinks, and scantron sheets and No. 2 pencils will be handed out. Therapy and service dogs will be available to relieve student stress after 5:30 p.m. There will also be a WVU Bookstore gift card giveaway.

“The Office of Student Success works very hard to make all of these services free. We have workshops to give students all the free help they need,” Teets said.

“If students are experiencing test anxiety, we will help because we want everyone to be successful.”

For students to perform

their best on their midterms, Teets said she recommends students review all notes and handout materials and that they seek out their professors or teaching assistants if they have any further questions.

“We want students to explore all the tutoring opportunities they have. Do everything you can to feel comfortable, and if you’re still feeling anxious, you can stop by our office,” Teets said.

For more midterm assistance, visit the Office of Student Success’ new location at the Boreman Hall Resident Faculty Leader House located behind Boreman South on Spruce Street. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 Virginia University Info Security Services is getting the message out to all WVU users,” Meyers said.

“Don’t open attachments that you’re not expecting, and don’t open zip files, because the zip file is the number one deliverer of the Crypto file malware.”

Meyers said these thieves are very clever, and they will disguise emails and make them look legitimate and like they’re from friends.

“In this day and age, it is easy to spoof emails and steal contact information from smart phones and email addresses,” Meyers said.

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tually received hits from hackers.

“We’ve had in the past two weeks two departments that were hit by this, and even though we have backups, it took a very long time to restore the backed-up data,” Meyers said. “But no defense is 100 percent, and we rely on the end user to recognize these attacks and to prevent them.”

Meyers said he aims to help people recognize these scams for what they are.

The OIT provides courses informing people on how to avoid being duped.

“If the user is aware of this, then they won’t open the file,” Meyers said.

“WVU has a multi-layered defense infrastructure, and we stop a very large

majority of these things from getting through to the user.”

All around the world people are losing money, time and security, but Meyers said with the right education, people can prevent falling into traps.

“The only thing that you have is your personal integrity, and your personal integrity in this day and age is tied to your personal information and data,” Meyers said. “These things have to be protected by the individual, and we can’t rely on organizations to be 100 percent effective, so it is up to the users to avoid these scams.”

For more information, visit http://oit.wvu.edu/ training/schedule. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU takes on Buffalo at home Saturday by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team will take on the University of Buffalo Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Ridgeview Racquet Club in Morgantown.

Mountaineers head coach Miha Lisac said that although the team didn’t get the results they wanted last weekend in their two losses to Richmond and Old Dominion, it was a step forward, especially with sophomore leader Hailey Barrett being injured.

“I thought this last weekend was a tough situation we found ourselves in with Hailey (Barrett) being out,” Lisac said. “I actually think the team responded fairly well. I thought it was a step

in the right direction.”

WVU (1-5) has been inconsistent throughout the spring season and is looking to rebound before Big 12 Conference play begins in a few weeks against Kansas State.

Lisac said he understands the level of hard work that each player needs to put in every day to keep the motivation high as the season goes on.

“I’m looking at going into this weekend with that one-step approach,” he said. “We’re looking at amping up that intensity, amping up that focus and then taking that against Buffalo.”

The Bulls, who are coming off back-to-back days of 7-0 sweeps over Duquesne and Niagara last weekend, enter tomorrow’s contest with a 4-1 record. UB will

be riding a three-match winning streak into Saturday’s match after winning every singles match Sunday against the Purple Eagles behind seniors Tanvi Shah and Miranda Podlas.

WVU fell to the Richmond 4-1 and ODU 6-1 last weekend as freshmen standouts Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole were the only stars for the Mountaineers all weekend.

Mrgole opened up for WVU at the No. 1 position for the first time in the 2013 season against Richmond as she won her match, 6-0, 6-3, for her fourth on the spring season.

With Barrett unable to play last weekend, WVU had far fewer tools to use during both days of play.

As WVU fell to ODU, Manole was the lone star for the Mountaineers as

she earned her third singles victory of the season with a win over the Monarchs’ Ivana Vukovic, 10-3, in a tiebreaker.

Success in doubles play could not be found for WVU last weekend as sophomores Irinka Toidze and Vivian Tsui dropped their sets to the Spiders, the duo of Ikttesh Chahal and Tsui, teaming up for the first time this season, also fell in their match.

Even with the losses tallied all weekend for WVU, Lisac said he remains confident the right steps were made moving throughout the season.

“We showed a lot more character and personality on the court, despite the fact that we were in a tough situation,” he said.

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The West Virginia University rifle team opens the postseason Saturday at Murray State for the NCAA qualifiers match.

“We are treating this like every other match. We want to qualify for NCAA championships, and then we will move on from there. We’ve got a lot of confidence and they’ve got a lot of talent and experience. It’s just a case of staying really focused,” said WVU head coach Jon Hammond.

Teams from all across the country will be competing in Murray, Ky., this weekend but only eight teams will be selected to compete in the NCAA championship match.

WVU qualified for the No. 1 seed, shooting a 4,716 total mark last weekend. The Mountaineers finished with two top marks

for smallbore and air rifle.

The Mountaineers surpassed the NCAA record in air rifle, shooting 2,381 in the discipline and finished the day with a 2,335 in smallbore.

The Mountaineers enter postseason play as the top team in the country and the only team to average 4,700 or better in the nation.

WVU is coming off an impressive win at home over No. 3 Kentucky, defeating the Wildcats, 4,702-4,688.

The Mountaineers set a new national and school record in air rifle with a 2,382 team mark, followed by the Wildcats’ 2,364 air rifle mark. The Wildcats outshot the Mountaineers 2,3242,320 in smallbore.

Juniors Maren Prediger and Ziva Dvorsak placed first along with sophomore Garrett Spurgeon shooting 596 in air rifle.

Sophomore Patrick Sunderman earned a personalbest 585 score, placing him

second along with junior Thomas Kyanko, who was one shot short of his season-high 586.

The win over Kentucky not only solidified WVU’s undefeated season but also the Great American Rifle Conference title, a first for the Mountaineers since 2010.

“I think it shows that we’ve been really consistent and strong throughout the year, and we’ve taken every match one match at time, and one step at a time,” Hammond said.

“It was definitely nice.

Kentucky has had the best of us for a few years now in our regular season meetings. I think both the last two matches were good performances for us and it certainly gives us confidence for the rest of the season.”

Kentucky won the title three years in a row.

Not only are the NCAA qualifiers being held in

Murray, Ky., but the NCAA championship match will also be held at Murray State’s Pat Spurgin Rifle Range.

Dvorsak said she believes experiencing the range before the championship match is very important for her and this team. Dvorsak has never been to Murray State unlike many of her teammates and said she is looking forward to seeing the range ahead of the NCAA Championships.

“Having the NCAA qualifiers where the championships will be is a good thing for me. I like to know what the shooting range looks like. I prefer to shoot where I’ve already shot before,” Dvorsak said.

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Mountaineers travel to No. 13 Edinboro by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University wrestling team will travel to take on No. 13 Edinboro University this weekend for their last dual match of the season.

WVU head coach Craig Turnbull said Edinboro is an important opponent for the Mountaineers to defeat.

“They are really at the top of their game,” he said. “Their very best people are (at) 133 (pounds), 141 (pounds)

and 149 (pounds), and if we are able to upset two of those three, that is really important.”

WVU is 10-17-2 all-time against the Fighting Scots, and the last time they beat them was a close win in 2012, 18-17. The Mountaineers lost their last match at Ohio Sunday after beating Clarion Friday.

Edinboro’s 141-pound junior Mitchell Port is currently No. 1 in the country. Junior Aaron Schopp, 133-pounds, comes in at No. 2 in the country. The Fighting Scots (9-3, 5-0 EWL) are coming off a win

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Turnbull said this match will be critical for the Mountaineers, especially for No. 13 141-pound senior Colin Johnston and No. 18 149-pound Mike Morales.

“It’s a really good time for them to have one of their best opponents and it really should help them prepare for the tournament,” he said.

Johnston is on a sevenmatch win streak and he said he feels prepared for his last match of the regular season.

“I feel pretty good. I know I have a tough kid and I can’t overlook him.

I have to go out there and wrestle like I have been all year,” Johnston said.

Johnston currently leads the team with 42 takedowns followed by 165-pound sophomore Ross Renzi at 28 takedowns. Morales rounds out the list with 27.

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has a team-high 28 wins and also leads the team with 15 pins for the season. With two more pins he will reach the top six in program for career wins by the fall.

Johnston said as a team, he thinks they are ready for the final dual matches.

“We’ve been training pretty hard. Our last match didn’t go as well as we wanted (it) to, but we know what we have to change as a team to hopefully come out on top,” he said.

The Mountaineers are currently 11-6 on the season and 0-3 in the Big 12.

This is the most wins the team has had since earning 12 wins in 2002. When Edinboro faced WVU in the 2013 season, the Fighting Scots beat the Mountaineers, 29-9.

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The West Virginia University track and field team will host its second indoor meet today in the WVU Shell Building. The WVU Gold/Blue meet will be the final weekend of competition before the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Ames, Iowa, Feb. 28.

In their most recent competition at the SPIRE Invitational in Geneva, Ohio, the Mountaineers had several athletes achieve personal-bests in their respective events.

Sophomore Marsielle McBeam placed first in the high jump with a personal-best mark of 1.72

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Senior pole vaulter Katyln Shelar placed second with a seasonbest mark for the second straight week with a mark of 4.07 meters.

On the track, senior Sarah Martinelli ran a personal-best time of 4.47.13, finishing in seventh place in the mile. It was the first time in the 2013-14 season Martinelli ran an event higher than 800 meters.

The Gold/Blue meet will begin Friday at 4:30 p.m. inside the WVU Shell building. Fans can find results and information from the meet at WVUsports.com shortly after the conclusion of the meet. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Friday February 21, 2014

AMIT BATRA SPORTS EDITOR @BATRA01

Tournament hopes at stake for Baylor, WVU If West Virginia wants to make a serious push at the NCAA Tournament, it will start Saturday afternoon against the Baylor Bears.

The Mountaineers, coming off a double-digit loss to the Texas Longhorns Saturday night, will need to have a convincing showing with games coming up against Oklahoma and Iowa State on the road and TCU and Kansas at home.

Baylor has been very up and down this season.

While the Bears have been fairly disappointing in conference play (despite beating Kansas State recently and then-No. 8 Oklahoma State earlier this season), head coach Scott Drew’s squad hasn’t really reached its potential in 2013-14.

WVU escaped Waco, Texas, with a 66-64 victory Jan. 28. It was the beginning of West Virginia’s streak back to relevance with three wins in a row, defeating Kansas State and thenNo. 23 Oklahoma along with the win over the Bears.

WVU also defeated thenNo. 11 Iowa State since the last encounter with Baylor, putting up 102 points against the Cyclones.

While the Mountaineers have reassured hope within the basketball program during the last month, West Virginia shouldn’t settle. Head coach Bob Huggins and his team need to finish off strong for an NCAA Tournament berth.

ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi, along with other experts in the country, has acknowledged WVU’s play as of late. While the Mountaineers certainly could have used the win over Texas Saturday, the path to the NCAA Tournament is certainly obtainable.

Both teams could be well out of discussion with a loss in this game. The Bears feature some strong length in the frontcourt. Baylor’s Cory Jefferson, the team’s leading scorer and rebounder is a 6-foot-9, 220-pound forward, while Rico Gathers checks in at 6-foot-8 and 270 pounds.

The biggest threat could be 7-foot-1 sophomore center Isaiah Austin. While the Bears’ big man is only averaging 10.9 points and 5.6 rebounds going into the game against Oklahoma State earlier this week, he could pose as a threat to a frontcourt that has struggled against some of the lengthier, more physical teams in the league.

In the game Jan. 28, Austin was held to just six points and five rebounds in 26 minutes of action. He went a mere 2-for-6 from the field in the loss to the Mountaineers.

Baylor is coming off a two-game winning streak after Saturday’s win over Kansas State in double overtime and an escape against Oklahoma State Monday night.

The Bears are 17-9 overall and 5-8 in Big 12 play.

After starting just 1-6 in league play, the Bears have won four of their last six games. Baylor’s momentum going into this game could carry the Bears throughout a game of such high importance. amit.batra@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior guard Juwan Staten goes up for a layup against Oklahoma Feb. 5.

West Virginia looks to start late season surge against visting Baylor Bears Saturday by greg madia multimedia editor @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia (15-11, 7-6) will meet Baylor (17-9, 5-8) in a matchup that defines the proverbial NCAA Tournament bubble Saturday at the Coliseum. Both teams need a win Saturday to keep NCAA tournament hopes alive.

On Jan. 28, WVU used a Juwan Staten reverse layup in the final second to beat Baylor, 66-64. But since then, the Bears have emerged as a team looking to make a late run in the postseason.

Baylor defeated then-No. 8 Oklahoma State following the loss to WVU and won four of six games while rattling three straight victories.

West Virginia knows Baylor is much improved since the last time these two

teams met. Baylor’s junior guard Kenny Chery has recovered and rejoined the game, which directly correlates with the Bears’ recent success.

“Chery, I don’t think there is any doubt about it,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “He started out playing really well and then got hurt and didn’t play quite as well for a stretch.

Now he’s starting to play really well again. When he plays well, they’re really good.”

Forwards Isaiah Austin and Cory Jefferson have both benefitted from the return of Chery. In two straight games, Jefferson registered a double-double. He also scored a season-high 25 points against Oklahoma State Monday night. Austin has scored at least 15 points in each of the last four Baylor games.

“When Kenny Chery plays you can’t get help, so they can get isolated,” Huggins said. “Austin’s a talented guy. Really, all three of those guys are talented. I just think when Chery plays well, the focus comes off of those bigs.”

For WVU, this means forwards Devin Williams, Kevin Noreen and Brandon Watkins have to stay out of foul trouble so they can matchup with the bigger bodies of the Bears.

“We know they will play inside out. They have two great big men so we know we have to defend them if we’re going to have a chance,” Staten said.

On offense, WVU needs to shoot the ball better than the last time out against Baylor. Eron Harris missed seven 3-pointers and the team only shot 34 percent from the field in the sec-

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Head coach Bob Huggins speaks with an official Feb. 5. ond half in the previous cause they’ll probably play meeting. zone for at least 35 minWVU also had a near five- utes,” Staten said. minute scoring drought to Tipoff is scheduled let Baylor back into the for 1:30 p.m. at the WVU game in the last meeting.

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“We also know we have to shoot the ball great, bedasports@mail.wvu.edu

Staten knows importance of strong finish by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

While many coaches may shy away from questioning postseason bids and tournament resumes, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins and his team couldn’t be any different.

WVU realizes its position for a chance to make the NCAA Tournament.

Huggins has never been shy about discussing the specifics such as RPI and strength of schedule. He has put himself in his players’ shoes to halt any wonder or doubt.

“We talked about it in November. We talk about it all the time,” Huggins said. “I think they ought to know. If I was a player, I’d want to know. I just don’t want them to come to me and say I wish you would have told me.”

The Mountaineers (1511, 7-6) are currently sitting in the “First Four Out”

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With the season winding down, every game, no matter the opponent, has taken on great importance.

“We know these last five games are very important,” said junior guard Juwan Staten. “We definitely have to get the ones at home in order to have a shot, and then we need to go on the road and steal a couple.”

West Virginia hosts Baylor Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum after a week away from competition.

WVU has not taken the court for a game since being run out of the Erwin Center in Austin, losing to Texas, 88-71.

The loss took away all the momentum the Mountaineers had built up since late January. The team had won four of five games and were coming off the biggest individual win in years when they beat then-No. 11 Iowa State, 102-77.

While West Virginia is on the outside looking in,

Baylor is sitting in almost an identical position. The Bears share the “First Four Out” placement with the Mountaineers as well as another Big 12 Conference school in Oklahoma State.

The only way to improve is by doing one thing.

“We’ve got to win games,” Huggins said. “It’s no secret.

We won some games to get ourselves back in the hunt, but we didn’t play real well at Texas. Now we’ve got to win more games.”

By knowing and discussKyle Monroe/The Daily Athenaeum ing where the team stands every day, it’s one less thing Juwan Staten brings the ball up the floor against Iowa State Feb. 10. players in a Mountaineer uniform need to worry about. Despite the tough loss Saturday, WVU has remained focused and knows the task at hand.

“These games are tough,” Staten said. “Every game holds a lot of weight with us.

We know we have to finish strong if we want to have a chance for the postseason.”

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Roadside survey of impaired driving causes outcry READING, Pa. (AP) — Orange cones and flashing police lights confronted Ricardo Nieves as he rounded a bend on the way to his mother’s house.

Before he knew what was going on, Nieves said, a man working for a government contractor stepped in front of his car and forced him to turn into a parking lot. There, a woman repeatedly tried to question him about his driving habits and asked for a mouth swab that would detect the presence of illegal or prescription drugs in his system.

Nieves refused. Then he sued, contending his rights were violated.

His Dec. 13 experience has been repeated thousands of times in cities around the country as the federal government tries to figure out how many of the nation’s motorists are driving while drunk or high.

U.S. transportation officials call the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drugged Driving, which has been conducted five times since 1973, a vital tool for monitoring the safety of America’s roadways. But some motorists and civil liberties advocates contend the government’s methods are intrusive and even unconstitutional. Some police departments have refused to partner on the survey or regretted their decision to do so in the wake of public outcry. In Tennessee, legislation that would ban law enforcement from helping out on the survey unanimously cleared the state Senate last month.

In the southeastern Pennsylvania city of Reading, Nieves is angered over what he views as an abuse of power.

“I didn’t even have a choice to make a decision” to stop for the survey or keep going, he said. “That choice was taken away the moment he stepped into my right of way.”

Conducted in 60 cities around the nation, the survey yields the government’s best estimate of the prevalence of impaired driving.

It works like this: Motorists are randomly selected – either by a uniformed police officer or a private contractor working for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – and waved into a parking lot, where they are questioned about their drinking and driving habits, asked to take a breath test, and offered money if they provide saliva and blood samples or agree to answer a more extensive written survey.

Federal officials stress the survey is both voluntary – a large sign at each survey site says so – and anonymous, with local police enlisted to provide security and divert selected motorists from the flow of traffic. Any driver found to be impaired is offered a ride home or put up in a hotel.

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In this image from a Jan. 29, 2014 video, Ricardo Nieves stands in a parking lot where he says he was stopped and motions in the direction he says he’d been driving from during the National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drugged Driving on Dec. 13, 2013 in Reading, Pa. Nieves filed a federal lawsuit over the survey, saying his rights were violated when a government contractor forced him into the parking lot, where he was questioned about his driving habits and asked to provide a saliva sample.

The survey’s supporters include Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a group funded by auto insurers whose president, Adrian Lund, said it lets researchers and policymakers monitor how national alcohol policies are working. Though the rate of drunken driving has plummeted over the past 40 years, impaired motorists kill thousands a year. Highway deaths involving drunken drivers rose 4.6 percent from 2011 to 2012, when it numbered 10,322, according to federal statistics.

“This is a very minimal intrusion on privacy,” Lund said. “If you know that by participating in this survey, (it) means that we may develop policies that make it less likely you’re killed by an alcohol-impaired driver, I think that’s well worth the price.”

But the government’s own documents acknowledge concerns about the National Roadside Survey at least as far back as 2007.

The tactics used by the Maryland-based contractor, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, are “not routine by any means,” according to a survey methodology that describes how some police departments had balked at participating in the 2007 version of the survey because they believed they were barred by law.

“The major barrier ... was obtaining police department support for the study.

In some localities, city attorneys or the police leadership believed that legal limitations to randomly stopping vehicles, including potential liability, pre-

vented their participation,” the document said.

While federal officials contend the survey is voluntary, that’s not entirely the case. Survey-takers use a device, called a passive alcohol sensor, to collect a breath sample before the motorist’s “consent or refusal of the survey,” according to the methodology.

That lets researchers maximize the amount of data they collect while helping them get impaired drivers off the road, the document said. Later on, motorists are asked to blow into another device that measures blood-alcohol content more precisely.

Kim Cope said there was nothing voluntary about her experience with the survey last November.

Cope was heading out on her lunch break when she was funneled into a single lane of traffic, then directed into a parking lot by a uniformed Fort Worth, Texas, police officer. Cope agreed to take a breath test because she thought it would get her out more quickly, but she wasn’t happy about it.

“It was very frustrating,” she said. “If it’s voluntary, then you’d think you would have a choice to pull into that parking lot or pull into that parking spot, and I was given no choice in either of those.”

Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead apologized for his officers’ role in the survey and said it wouldn’t happen again. In a statement posted on the department’s Facebook page, he said the survey “caused many of our citizens frustration” and jeopardized the public’s trust.

In general, police can’t stop a motorist without

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first suspecting that a law was broken. The Supreme Court has carved out an exception for sobriety checkpoints, saying the government’s interest in getting drunken drivers off the road outweighs the minor intrusion of a brief stop.

But critics of the National Roadside Survey say a study doesn’t carry the same weight as a checkpoint.

“It certainly isn’t an immediate public safety measure,” Mary Catherine Roper, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said via email. “So, even though a sobriety checkpoint may be more intrusive in that you can’t say no and drive away, this is illegal, we think, because there’s no sufficient reason for making people pull over and talk to government officials in the first place.

“And I am just talking about the stop itself,” she

said. “This doesn’t even take into consideration some of the coercive strategies people have alleged are part of this program.”

The 2007 methodology shows how the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation relied on its surveytakers to persuade reluctant motorists to take part. The company offered bonuses to interviewers who were most successful at getting motorists’ compliance and replaced those who didn’t get enough motorists to say yes.

A company spokeswoman referred questions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which said the 2013-14 survey is being conducted in the same manner as the 2007 version.

The $7.9 million survey is now nearing completion.

But Nieves, 48, an Army veteran and chaplain for an American Legion post, said an important principle is at

stake.

“The Fourth Amendment clearly states that I’m allowed to go about my business without government intrusion, that I’m allowed to go about freely where I need to go,” he said. “And on that day, no one here, in my city government or that police department, was protecting me.”

Nieves’s attorney, Aaron Martin, said his client thought he’d be arrested if he didn’t pull over “because it appeared it was a traffic stop by police. In fact, it was, by all appearances.”

Last week, PIRE asked a judge to throw out Nieves’ lawsuit, pointing out the civilian survey-taker immediately told Nieves he was not in trouble and that his participation was voluntary.

Nieves “was in no way compelled to stop, and, indeed, hundreds of other vehicles completely ignored the civilian data collector and continued on their merry way,” the company’s lawyer wrote.

The city of Reading likewise said that Nieves “suffered no injury or damages.” City officials declined to comment to The Associated Press, citing the pending lawsuit, but promised they won’t participate in future surveys, according to a legal memo filed by PIRE’s attorney.

While some motorists view the survey as problematic, others have no problem.

“I hate to say it, but it was an easy $65,” said Mary Marchione, 44, of Virginia Beach, Va., who provided saliva and blood samples and completed the written survey. “I felt like it was voluntary right from the getgo. ... They just really want to know who’s driving with what in their system.”

In the Boston suburb of Hingham, Mass., police Sgt. Steven Dearth said the survey went smoothly, with no complaints and a line of motorists waiting to provide blood samples.

“If offered the opportunity, we would do it again,” he said. “The data will obviously be beneficial to the cause.”

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More than just an actress

“I’m here today because I am gay, and because maybe I can make a difference to help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.”

Winning our hearts seven years ago with her ground breaking performance in Diablo Cody’s film “Juno,” actress Ellen Page is using her stardom the right way.

Known for being the largest LGBTQ equality-rights advocacy group in the United States, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s “Time to Thrive” conference in Las Vegas on Valentine’s Day received Page with a standing ovation as she touched the hearts of many.

“I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for giving me hope. Happy Valentine’s Day.” The Human Rights Campaign is a political organization affiliated with more than 1.5 million members and supporters – not only supporting the cause, but working with and counseling LGBTQ teens as well.

Though “America the Brave” has conquered a lot within the past few years, issues surrounding LGBTQ youth are still either AP refuted or over-looked in Actress Ellen Page comes out as gay during the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s ‘Time to Thrive’ event in Las Vegas many cases – claiming that on Valentine’s Day. it’s “just a phase” and those

accompanying it are supporting a lost cause. The youth affected need the love, support and assistance of American society now more than ever.

According to a recent “American Progress” article, such youths are not only being bullied in school, facing the fear of judgment and rejection, battling depression and possible drug abuse – they’re also becoming homeless.

Between 20-40 percent of the homeless youth population in the United States are LGBTQ, and all too often are they rejected by their families and thrown into the streets. Homelessness is disruptive to healthy development, which can ultimately lead to negative outcomes in mental and physical health, lower educational attainment and an economic instability that no one should have to face at such a young age.

Studies also show that gay and lesbian homeless youth are more likely to experience depression and post-traumatic stress disorders than heterosexual homeless youth.

In December 2013, a few homeless LGBTQ youth were interviewed and had parts of their heartbreaking stories mentioned in the Huffington Post.

One brave girl said, “When I was 16, I got kicked out of my parents’ house in Greenville, N.H. My dad didn’t want me there anymore. And he told my auntie that I was bisexual, so she wouldn’t help me either. I come from a big Christian family; they would tell me I was going to hell. The state put me in a group home. They didn’t specialize in LGBTQ stuff.

When people found out I was bisexual and had a girlfriend, I got beat up a lot.

When I was 17, they put me

back in an abusive situation in my home. But my father threw me out again right before my 18th birthday.”

Another young man said, “My mom always told me to accept myself, to be true to myself. She always had my back. My mom died of cancer when I was 16. My relatives wouldn’t accept me.

They took in my brother, but to me they said, ‘Fuck you, faggot!’”

Even though “coming out” seems to slowly be losing its vigor in some ways, the fight for equality is only beginning. There is no rational reason for LGBTQ youth to receive any punishment and harassment for something they cannot control. They do not deserve to be bullied, and they most definitely do not deserve to be homeless.

Although we have made great progress concerning the issue in the past few years, there’s no denying that there’s still work to be done. The world is changing when it comes to LGBTQ issues, and it’s wonderful that more and more people are feeling comfortable and supported when it comes to opening up about their sexuality.

Page serves as an example of those who have experienced the pain-induced society associated with being LGBTQ, and because of her popularity, she serves as a role model, showing that it is possible to work through the difficulties and come out on the other side.

Through those like her, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and laws benefiting the LGBTQ community that finally enable the right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” we can take a step toward leaving an oppressive past behind. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Is prison really a

punishment?

ALYSSA PLUCHINO columnist

Each year, people spend thousands of dollars on exotic vacations in order to achieve some sort of mental clarity. We love going on vacation, because it is the only time when it is not only okay but actually encouraged to be carefree.

However, even when you’re on vacation, there really is no such thing as a carefree day once you have reached adulthood. Even the most elaborate getaways can only mask the stress in your life.

No matter how clear the water may look or how soft the sand may feel, nothing can distract you from the fact there are responsibilities back in the real world.

Whether you are a student, lawyer or stay-athome mom, each person in our society is expected to contribute in one way or another and only a court mandated jail sentence serves as an excused absence. So when it comes to individuals who spend the entirety

of their lives behind bars, I couldn’t help but wonder if the phrase “get out of jail free card” would be more appropriately worded as a “get out of life free card.”

This December, the New York Daily News published a story illustrating a letter that was written by former NFL player Aaron Hernandez behind bars. Within the two-page document – originally obtained by TMZ – Hernandez described his life in prison to be stress free. “(The corrections officer) hasn’t seen me in a bad mood yet, and I really enjoy my days. It’s not that bad, honestly,” he said.

So is jail really a punishment? Or is it a pleasant break from reality? Don’t get me wrong – I am not saying jail is pleasant by any means. But all of the worries, responsibilities and everyday inconveniences that consume our lives are irrelevant when you’re behind bars.

It is interesting to think that while people who are “free” may be free in a physical sense, they will never experience the level

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Is sentencing a person to jail the same as giving them a pass from society? of emotional freedom that prison provides its inmates.

Although these facilities may not provide inmates with five-star accommodations, prison does provide them with free food, health care, educational resources and recreation amenities, and each of those elements are a great source of stress for individuals who aren’t

in jail.

There is something about prison that is intriguing. It is its own society. It is one that functions in a way you could never understand unless you have experienced it, and with shows like “Orange Is the New Black” and “I (Almost) Got Away With It,” viewers are able to experience it secondhand. But if

we all knew what happened after we died, we wouldn’t be afraid of death, because it is the mystery of not knowing what will happen that scares us.

The entertainment industry has taken away the mystery behind incarceration.

The United States currently has the world’s largest prison population,

along with the world’s highest per capita incarceration rate. This makes our beloved country – the land of the free – technically the land of the unfree. Could our nation be making our inmates too comfortable?

Does the threat of incarceration even scare people anymore?

EDITORIAL OIT warns about Cryptolocker virus Thursday West Virginia University’s OIT sent out an urgent message warning students, faculty and staff to be on the lookout for a dangerous email virus that’s been making the rounds lately.

The “ransomware” virus called Cryptolocker – which seizes control of computers, holding the data hostage and demanding the user pay a ransom to regain access – has infected computers in three separate WVU departments in as many weeks.

The attacks have disrupted operations in the affected departments and has caused some important data to be permanently lost.

In the email, OIT warns that computer viruses such as Cryptolocker

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are often hidden within “.zip” files attached to seemingly innocuous emails.

On the surface the emails may seem harmless, like any other junk mail, but they are secretly the vessels for hackers and thieves looking to steal information and extort money from their victims.

Cryptolocker specifically targets Microsoft Windows systems running Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems, but all computers are at risk of becoming infected. Once the virus is on one computer, it has the ability to spread and affect other devices connected wirelessly or running on the same network.

To make sure your computer and data are safe, avoid opening suspi-

cious email or mail from senders you don’t recognize. Do not open email attachments if you’re not sure what they contain and avoid responding to any suspect mail you may receive.

OIT urges any suspicious emails be forwarded to defendyourdata@mail. wvu.edu for review by experts.

To learn more about remaining safe online, OIT will be hosting its next Cyber-Security Best Practices workshop March 11 from 11 a.m. to noon at the Evansdale Library Computing Center.

For more information visit http://oit. wvu.edu/training/schedule/ or contact Bob Meyers at 304-293-8502 or reSUBMITTED meyers@mail.wvu.edu.

OIT sent out an email Thursday warning about an email virus called Cryptolocker.

Members of the West Virginia community are urged not to open messages condapersperspectives@mail.wvu.edu taining this message.

Letters to the Editor can be sent 284 Prospect St. or emailed to daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu. Letters should include name, title and be no more than 300 words. Letters and columns, excluding the editorial, are not necessarily representative of The Daily Athenaeum’s opinion. Letters may be faxed to 304-293-6857 or delivered to The Daily Athenaeum.

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Local play, ‘Art,’ to compete in Alabama by jake jarvis a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

The M.T. Pockets Theatre crew is set to perform at a national theater conference in Mobile, Ala., March 7.

The Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), well-known around the country and currently celebrating its 65th anniversary, is a four-day festival that includes the best and brightest of regional theaters around the country.

More than 4,000 artists will be in attendance to

showcase their plays, attend master classes with the brilliant mind of Daniel Banks and Lisa Dalton, exhibit their work and listen to keynote speaker Terrence Mann.

David Beach directed the hit show “Art” by Yasmina Reza at M.T. Pockets in September 2013. With dynamic cast members like Ben Adducchio, Josh Rocchi and Jim Stacy, the play was well received.

The show competed at the 2013 West Virginia Theatre Association conference and took first place in the

play category, which allows “Art” to travel to SETC and support all of West Virginia.

“Art” follows the interpersonal relations between three adult men. After one friend spends an unholy amount of money on a piece of art, the men begin to question why they are friends in the first place.

The painting purchased is, for all intents and purposes, is a white canvas.

Is this art? Should this art be celebrated? How do we react to someone liking art that is out there? All of

these questions and more are answered in a 60-minute version of the original 95-minute production.

All three men have a very strong connection. If you didn’t know any better, audience might mistake the men for real-life, longtime friends. The chemistry is undeniable.

This is not the first time M.T. Pockets has been chosen to compete. In 2011, the show “I Am My Own Wife” went to SETC. Bobby Wolfe, the star of this oneman show, won the Best Actor Award.

Not only is this opportunity a great honor for the M.T. Pockets, it also brings a sense of pride to the cast.

“To represent the West Virginian community theater at this festival is an opportunity to say thank you to all the creative West Virginians I’ve worked with over the years,” Stacy said.

To make this dream a reality, theater-lovers can attend a special charity performance of “Art” on Feb. 27-Mar. 1. The proceeds from the performance will go toward the cost of traveling to the conference.

“Though it is a great honor to be asked to come, it does take some major fundraising to make it happen,” said Toni Morris, artistic director for M.T. Pockets.

The suggested donation minimum is $20. For those who can’t make it out to the show but still wish to support the cast, feel free to visit http://MTPockets.com and click ‘Donate.’ Donations can be made via credit or debit card and set to occur at regular intervals. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Popular video streaming site provides nostalgia through game Westley thompson a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

For more than seven days, 14 hours and 39 minutes, 80,000 people have been playing the same video game together: “Twitch Plays Pokemon.” The premise is simple. Someone at the popular video streaming site, Twitch, has created a bot that can read comments and plays the original “Pokemon Red” game.

Users of the website simply input one of eight commands for the bot to execute.

As the bot scans through this stream, the commands are executed, and the character in the game performs the appropriate actions.

The original idea behind this experiment was to test the infinite monkey theorem, a theory that states if you give a monkey a typewriter and an infinite amount of time to type, eventually it will produce Shakespeare.

If something randomly generates symbols, such as letters, for an infinite amount of time, eventually it should create something legible, just through pure chance.

In “Twitch Plays Pokemon,” the users are the monkeys, thousands of people

entering commands within seconds of each other, and coupled with the few-second video streaming delay the website has in place, the commands are entirely random.

Up to this point since the release, players have reached the ghostly Lavender Town. There have been hiccups along the way. For example, a few hours early on were spent with the character repeatedly falling down the same ledge while trying to walk through a door.

There have been some important party members permanently killed off, as well. Watching the game is watching the results of thousands of people fighting over one controller.

In the short duration of its existence, “Twitch Plays Pokemon” has spawned its own entirely user-generated lore, history, religions, explanations, factions and characters.

Early on, when a string of random commands made the game character repeatedly attempt to use an unusable item known as the helix fossil. The community explained this as the character consulting a religious idol. From that point on, the Internet was filled with memes and comments referencing the The Helix as

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Man sues Chris Brown, bodyguard for $3M

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who says he was punched in the face by singer Chris Brown and his bodyguard during an altercation outside a Washington hotel is suing for $3 million.

The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Washington seeks $1.5 million from each man.

The lawsuit filed by lawyers for Parker Isaac Adams says that Adams’ nose was fractured and he had other injuries to his head and face as a result of being punched.

Adams said in a telephone interview Thursday that he is seeking to recover money for his medical bills which include visits to a plastic surgeon and a breathing specialist. The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of $1 million and punitive damages of $500,000 from each man.

A lawyer for Adams, John C. Hayes Jr., said his client is largely seeking money for “pain and suffering” though he is continuing to receive medical care for his injuries.

Brown and his bodyguard, Christopher Hollosy, were arrested in October after Adams said both punched him in the face outside the W Hotel.

The lawsuit says Adams, 20, tried to get in a picture that Brown was taking with two of Adams’ friends, and the singer and then Hollosy punched him.

Lawyers for Brown and Hollosy declined to comment Thursday on the civil lawsuit.

At the time Brown was arrested, the Grammy winner was on probation in California for a 2009 attack on singer Rihanna, his then-girlfriend.

Both Brown and Hollosy are charged criminally in Washington with misdemeanor assault, and the result of the case could affect Brown’s case in California.

During a hearing Thursday, lawyers picked April 17 as the start date for the trial for the two men. Lawyers said they expect the trial will last two or three days. Neither man was present for the hearing.

3 Doors Down bassist suspended indefintely following arrest NEW YORK (AP) — The bassist for 3 Doors Down has been suspended indefinitely by the band following his DUI arrest.

To dd Har rel l wa s charged Tuesday in Mississippi with a second-offense DUI involving a substance other than alcohol.

The rock group said in a statement Thursday that Harrell was suspended to protect the band’s “image and integrity.”

In 2012, Harrell’s Cadillac rear-ended another vehicle. He was later

found to be driving under the influence of prescription drugs and was convicted.

The band says it is encouraging Harrell to “address and resolve his problems.”

3 Doors Down’s Top 10 hits include “Kryptonite,” “When I’m Gone” and “Here Without You.” The band’s first two albums, 2000’s “The Better Life” and 2002’s “Away From the Sun,” have sold 6 million and 4 million units, respectively.

some deity.

Later on, two highlevel and irreplaceable party members were permanently removed from the game due to random chance like everything in this experiment. The community blamed this on a more recently acquired, and significantly less useful character, Flareon. Flareon became known as the False Prophet, in reference to the previously established Helix religion.

As the game progressed, more and more characters and story arcs have been added. The fabricated history and religion of this game are growing surprisingly complex.

Another unusual development is factions based on a feature added around day 5. After spending almost 24 hours stuck in a complex, maze-like level known as Team Rocket’s Base, the creator of the experiment added an “Anarchy vs. Democracy” system.

By typing either anarchy or democracy into the comments players can move a point across a line, when it reaches one end of the line or the other, the command system changes.

In anarchy mode, every comment is read and executed by the bot, how the experiment was originally de-

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signed. In democracy mode however, the bot counts up the different commands, and executes the one with the highest number of votes every 10 seconds or so.

Players soon picked sides and incorporated this into the lore, too. Arguments sprouted up about which system is the right system.

Proponents of the democracy system became known as “Dome worshippers,”

with the dome fossil being the alternative item choice to the helix fossil.

What’s important about this social experiment is that it reveals some basic human social behaviors. Despite the whimsical and ludicrous nature of the system, people have banded together, creating a unified culture with factions and belief systems.

They’ve invented stories

to explain and give reason to the inherently unreasonable, and they all share a common history and culture. The whole thing is a microcosm of human society, we are watching a society naturally form. As it turns out, not only can monkeys compose Shakespeare.

They can build a culture, too. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you often feel as if friends pave your path. Somehow, they seem to have more insight into certain areas of your life than you realize. Travel and interactions with your in-laws and/or foreigners could be difficult. If you are single, you could meet someone much older than you. However, eventually you might become bored with this person. If you are attached, the two of you might decide to spend more time at home, as you are likely to take up a new hobby or interest together.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHH Confusion marks your day, but you will manage to avoid someone’s contribution to the momentary chaos. Once you do, you might want to minimize

the amount of time you spend interacting with this person in your daily life. Tonight: Go along with set plans.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH Examine your long-term needs, and have a discussion with those involved in a joint venture. No one says there can’t be an adjustment, though one person might decide to say something that sounds more negative than he or she intended. Tonight: TGIF! GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Pace yourself, and know full well what you can complete. You won’t want to leave work or a project half-done.

Complete what you can, but try not to dive into a new project at this point in time. Put it on hold until Monday.

Tonight: Time for some extra R and R. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH

Your mind is on the weekend, so you might have a difficult time settling in at work. Your ability to manage what you must is likely to emerge. You will have a problem if you decide to slack off. Make an important call at the end of the day. Tonight: Paint the town red.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH Listen to someone who might not be able to communicate his or her feelings in a way that can be understood. Your ability to help this person speak more clearly could alleviate much of the problem. Use your ability to get on top of a problem. Tonight: Make it fun.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Emphasize what is important. Try not to initiate any projects; instead, clear out what you can. Be aware of the limitations that have been imposed on you and your schedule. Someone

might be more closed off than you realize. Tonight: Join friends, and catch up on news.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Reach out to someone who knows more than you do about a money matter. Tap into this person’s knowledge and experience. You also might need to seek an expert opinion. Use your instincts, but listen to your mind as well. Tonight: Kick up your heels.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You could be overserious and unable to switch into weekend mode. At first, you might feel as if you can’t lighten up, but a conversation will make you feel better. Return a call to a relative who might have some interesting information. Tonight: Out with a favorite person.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHHH Listen to your inner voice, and follow it. Right now, playing it low-key might be best. Take some time to decide what you want to do. Make a point to take some time off from the daily grind. Everyone needs a break. Tonight: Do what feels right, but have no expectations.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH A meeting might cause you to do some serious thinking. Look for a new slant. Find someone neutral who perhaps is unexposed to the issue at hand. You could be surprised by what comes up, even if you opt not to use the information. Tonight: Where the action is.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHHH You might be left holding the bag.

While others start enjoying their weekend, you could find yourself with lots to do. Delegate what you can to others, and join your friends. A breath of fresh air will do more good than you can imagine. Tonight: Till the wee hours.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Try to find an answer that will work for everyone. Some of you might decide to just walk away, if that works for you. Keep your long-term goals in mind when making this decision. Remain focused on what you desire. Tonight: Out late.

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‘The Colored Museum’ to honor Black History Month by jake jarvis a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University is strongly committed to observing Black History Month.

Campus-wide events are happening to present different perspectives. As a continuation of this celebration, “The Colored Museum,� written by George Wolfe, will be presented Sunday at the Creative Arts Center.

“The Colored Museum� is a satirical play that presents the changes the African American community has gone through. By examining 11 museum exhibits, the audience is taken on a widespread journey through time and perspectives.

The play features WVU theater students: Mya Brown, Cynthia Nwoko, Aneesa Neibauer, Rashad Timmons and Cameron Williams.

Brown, a graduate student

in the WVU School of Theatre & Dance, is not only starring in this production, she is directing it, as well.

As an African American, Brown said she holds the issues presented in this play close to her heart. “I have noticed an increasing gap of recognition from young students today for the struggles of African American people throughout history,� Brown said. “Perhaps because we have Barack

Obama in office, young people are losing touch with the reality of what it took to make such progress.�

When coming to this show, theatergoers shouldn’t expect the same type of gripping drama as “The Color Purple� or even “Fences.� “Even though the show is a parody and has a lot of laughs, it deals with some serious issues among black people in America,� Williams said. “Some moments of this

show give good insight to how many young black people feel today in America.�

The Celia Rollins Brown Bag Lunch Festival has presented movies throughout February along the topic of African American history.

For students who wish to get a live, in-person glimpse, this is a great show to check out.

Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, will be a feature speaker Monday in the Mountainlair Ball-

rooms. She will speak on her father’s work and what it was like growing up as a Muslim. “I feel empowered and more proud of my race after being a part of this show,�

Williams said. “The Colored Museum� will be presented Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Vivian Davis Michael Laboratory Theatre in the basement of the Creative Arts Center. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Country artist Cole Swindell releases debut, self-titled album Carly smith a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

 Country singer and songwriter Cole Swindell released his self-titled debut album earlier this week. Although Swindell is a newcomer to country music, he has written songs for some of country’s biggest stars.

Swindell showcased his songwriting ability on many hits, such as Thomas Rhett’s “Get Me Some of That,� Craig Campbell’s “Outta My Head� and many songs on Luke Bryan’s spring break albums.

He independently released his first single, “Chillin’ It,� in 2013, and after the great success the song had, he was signed to the Warner Music Nashville label. He co-wrote 11 of the

12 songs on the album, combining his ability to write and to perform. After “Chillin’ It� rose on the charts, Bryan invited Swindell to join him on his “That’s My Kind Of Night� tour as an opening act.

Swindell’s self-titled album includes a mix of slower ballads and upbeat, radioworthy hits that are sure to please fans of all ages. “Chillin’ It� was Swindell’s first top-5 hit. This song has been playing on almost every country radio station since it debuted. The upbeat song has a feel-good tone and talks about just being with someone you love and not caring what you’re doing. “Chillin’ It� is catchy and will leave listeners wanting more of Swindell. “Ain’t Worth The Whiskey� is another upbeat song that is most likely Swindell’s next single. This track is a power song about overcoming a breakup without

drinking it away because the girl isn’t worth it. It also talks about celebrating the good in life and why he is drinking. “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight� has strong guitar riffs that follow the light song throughout. Swindell co-wrote this song with Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line.

This song talks about wishing a girl will call because she is lonely and not being able to stop thinking about her. The song is upbeat and is something many listeners can relate to. “A Dozen Roses and A Six-Pack� is a breakup song about a girl Swindell lost, and he hopes she comes back. This song is a typical power ballad about what he did wrong and how he will have flowers for her if she wants to work it out, but if not he will have beer for himself. This song, like many

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Swindell has created a debut album full of hits that can resonate with any

fan. His album is a modern and writing so far, and this take on country and would will continue as he releases appeal most to a younger more singles. crowd. He has already seen daa&e@mail.wvu.edu great success with his music

Games with Gold program provides Xbox LIVE Gold members free content by cory sanchez a&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Xbox LIVE Gold members will be able to download “Toy Soldiers: Cold War� for free with the Games with Gold program until the end of the month.

The game is based on the 1980s-era action toys, and they come alive and wage war in the game. Xbox gamers can experience the game’s intense first-person combat

and addictive action-strategy components.

War scenarios allow gamers to resort back to their childhood imaginations. “Toy Soldiers: Cold War� offers two teams – the USA and the USSR. The two will fight as commando action figures.

The scenario is based around the Cold War, but gamers will notice the setting is in a much smaller scale – a child’s bedroom.

Gamers will notice the vehicles such as Fighter jets, he-

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licopters and tanks are all battery powered. Other childlike materials can be found within the room, including VHS tapes and Rubix cubes scattered about.

The toys in the background do not divert the imagination from the Cold War. Gamers will still be able to combat in realistic battlefields.

For example, gamers can fly a helicopter through a city, drive a tank through a plain or run a commando action figure over a mountaintop.

Gamers can pick various locations as their battlefields, such as Egypt, Paris or Washington, D.C. The most interesting characteristic of the game is a gamer’s ability to destruct the land. Buildings and monuments will fall after a missile shoots into its side. The scenery of toys, cityscapes and foliage can ultimately disappear.

Gamers must keep in mind the ability to freely purchase the game will also disappear

March 1. Xbox LIVE Gold members will no longer have availability to download the game for free. The game price will then go back to its original price of $14.99.

The reason has to do with the rules of the Games with Gold program. It offers two free games to download and keep each month, but the timespan for download availability is limited. At the end of the month, the game will take on the original price.

The Games with Gold pro-

gram originally offered “Dead Island,� which has now expired. It is now priced at $19.99 on the marketplace.

Both of February’s games have been critically-acclaimed, with IGN presenting each with an eight out of 10.

According to Xbox’s website, the Games with Gold program will continue to release a mixture of fan-favorite Xbox Live Arcade and Games on Demand digital titles. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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50 Cent decides to become an independent artist after leaving major label.

NEW YORK (AP) — After battling with his major label for years, 50 Cent has decided to become an independent artist.

The rapper announced Thursday that he’s leaving his longtime record label, Universal Music Group’s Interscope Records, and Eminem’s imprint, Shady/ Aftermath.

The Grammy winner and his G-Unit Records have signed a distribution agreement with Caroline, the independent label at Capital Music Group. Capitol is one of the many labels that are part of Universal Music Group.

50 Cent launched an ultra-successful, six-times platinum debut with “Get Rich or Die Tryin’� in 2003, when he burst on the music scene with Eminem as his mentor. His sophomore album, 2005’s “The Massacre,� was almost as successful, but other albums didn’t match his previous efforts and he expressed his unhappiness with his label. 50 Cent had been planning to release a fifth album on the label, but it was set with multiple release dates and singles, and eventfully didn’t see a release.

His last album was 2009’s “Before I Self Destruct,� which also had several release dates. “I have had great suc-

cess to date with Shady/Aftermath/Interscope and I’d like to thank Eminem and Dr. Dre for giving me an incredible opportunity,� 50 Cent said in a statement. “I’ve learned so much from them through the years. I am excited to enter this new era where I can carry out my creative vision.�

50 Cent had a plethora of hits early in his career that dominated the pop, rap and R&B charts, from “P.I.M.P.� to “Candy Shop� to the anthemic “In da Club,� which introduced the young rapper aside Dr. Dre and Eminem. “Both myself and Shady Records are grateful to have had the chance to play a part in 50’s career,� Eminem said in a statement. “Shady simply would not be what it is without 50 Cent. I’ve developed a great friendship with 50 over the years, and that’s not going to change.

We know 50 will have success in his new situation, and we remain supporters of both him and G-Unit.�

The rapper, born Curtis Jackson, has also been a success outside of music, from film roles to fashion to books.

50 Cent’s new album, “Animal Ambition,� will be released June 3. Caroline has recently distributed albums by Korn and rapper E-40.

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WVU goes for seventh straight win against Kansas State Saturday by kevin hooker sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The No. 13 West Virginia women’s basketball team will look for its seventh straight win Saturday in Manhattan, Kan., in a 6 p.m. game against Kansas State.

WVU (23-3, 12-2 Big 12) knocked off the Wildcats, 84-44, at home Feb. 8.

The Mountaineers are coming off a convincing 77-45 home win over No. 12 Oklahoma State. The previous largest margin of victory over a ranked opponent was Feb. 13, 2008 when the Mountaineers knocked off No. 18 Pitt.

WVU is now 4-1 against top-25 opponents this season.

“Needless to say, it was a big win for us,” said WVU head coach Mike Carey.

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defended early and we rebounded early.”

WVU opened the game on a 14-0 run and held the Cowgirls to 5.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc. OSU was held scoreless for the first 4:45 of the half.

“I could sense (our players) were fired up,” Carey said. “If you want respect, you have to go out and earn respect, and I thought tonight we went out and did that. We made it tough on them.”

Four WVU players recorded double figures in scoring, led by sophomore guard Bria Holmes who scored 17 of her 20 points in the first half. Holmes also had four 3-pointers, and her 20-point outing was the fourth of her career.

Senior guard Christal Caldwell added 15 points and five rebounds, and

senior center Asya Bussie recorded her 12th double-double this season with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Senior guard Taylor Palmer scored 10 points off the bench.

Oklahoma State committed 17 turnovers, which translated into 15 WVU points. WVU closed the game shooting 48 percent from the field and 38.9 percent from 3-point range.

Kansas State (10-15, 4-10 Big 12) has lost four of its last five games, most recently losing 64-44 at TCU Wednesday night.

Forward Breanna Lewis scored 14 points for the Wildcats and added six rebounds in 27 minutes of action, but the team shot just 30 percent from the floor and 33 percent from the free throw line.

The Wildcats have nine double-digit losses this

season. At 4-10, Kansas State is second-to-last in conference play.

Offensively, the Wildcats have also struggled, averaging just 62 points per contest on 38 percent shooting. Kansas State is led in scoring by freshman Leticia Romero, who averages 14.2 points per contest.

Romero was held to 4-of-11 shooting with nine points Wednesday.

“I’m always the downer.

I said (to the players) now we have to play Kansas State, who beat Oklahoma, who beat Iowa State,” Carey said. “Just because we beat (Kansas State) bad here doesn’t mean we’ll beat them bad (in their place).”

The Mountaineers have four games remaining in the regular season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WVU travels to San Diego State by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

A week after opening the 2014 campaign, the West Virginia baseball team will be headed west for a three-game weekend series with San Diego State beginning Friday.

The Mountaineers began the season in Charleston, S.C., in an extrainnings loss to No. 8 Louisville. WVU dropped a second game to Delaware the next day before earning its first victory of the year, beating tournament host The Citadel.

Despite the 1-2 record, West Virginia swung the bats effectively. The team gathered double-digit hits in all three games and were guided by two home runs by senior first baseman Ryan McBroom.

Junior second baseman Billy Fleming, who is best known for his slick defensive play, went 6-for-10 last week and leads West Virginia with a .600 batting average, including a four-hit performance in the win over The Citadel.

The Mountaineers also pitched well in Charleston. The starting rotation comprised of juniors Harrison Musgrave, Sean Carley and John Means allowed just five runs in 17.1 innings pitched.

Waiting in Southern California for the Mountaineers this weekend is San Diego State. The Aztecs are 3-1 on the young season with two wins over San Jose State and Loyola

Marymount.

“The first challenge is to go across the country,” said head coach Randy Mazey. “Those games are probably going to carry us to after midnight on East Coast time. We’re trying to prepare for that and have some late practices here.”

San Diego State is led by catcher Brad Haynal who is hitting .364 with a home run and six RBI. Haynal is one of six Aztecs hitters who will carry a .300 average or better into the series. Perhaps the team’s most dangerous hitter is third baseman Ty France who hit .317 with five home runs and 36 RBIs in his freshman year a season ago.

The Aztecs are managed by Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn. The member of the professional baseball 3,000-hit club is in his 12th season as San Diego State’s head coach.

“They have always had some great players at San Diego State,” Mazey said.

“Tony Gwynn is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. He’s obviously one of the greatest hitters to ever live.”

The Mountaineers will face some difficult pitching for a second weekend to start the season. Friday’s starter for SDSU is junior Michael RoBards who went 4-1 last season with an ERA of 3.58 in 55.1 innings pitched.

Sophomore Bubba Derby will take the hill Saturday night.

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State’s closer last season, was selected as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in 2013 and led the Mountain West Conference with 10 saves.

The hard-throwing right hander has joined the rotation in 2014.

“Any time you challenge our team offensively, they usually respond,” Mazey said. “ I feel really good about it. The better pitcher we face, the better we do. I’m excited about the challenge.”

West Virginia will again send Musgrave, Carley and Means to the mound this weekend. The Mountaineers and Aztecs will open the series Friday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU postseason starts with Baylor

With five regular season games remaining, West Virginia is likely on the outside looking in in terms of receiving an NCAA Tournament bid.

With a record of 1511, the Mountaineers are currently listed in ESPN Bracketologist Joe Lunardi’s First Four Out category in his weekly prediction of the NCAA Tournament field.

Saturday’s game against Baylor will provide the Mountaineers with another chance to improve their seeding in the Big 12 Tournament.

Although a win against the Bears wouldn’t do too much to help West Virginia’s tournament resume, a loss could severely damage it.

After starting the year as one of the favorites to win the Big 12, the Bears have fallen flat and have been unable to find much success in the conference this season.

If the Mountaineers want to have any chance of playing in the NCAA Tournament, they have to find a way to string together three or four wins in their last five regular season games and make some noise in the Big 12 Tournament.

Momentum is a fickle thing. After West Virginia’s win over then-No. 11 Iowa State, the Mountaineers seems to have plenty of it.

Saturday’s 88-71 road loss at the hands of the No. 19 Texas Longhorns proved otherwise.

With a full week off between that game and Saturday’s game against the Bears, the Mountaineers have a good opportunity to get back in the win column in the Big 12 and get some of that momentum back.

Capturing that momentum will be a key for West Virginia as the regular season winds down. Seemingly every year a team on the NCAA Tournament bubble gets hot down the stretch, makes a deep run in its conference tournament and ends up finding its way to The Big Dance.

The opportunity is there for West Virginia to be that team this season. Three of the Mountaineers’ final five regular season games will be played in the WVU Coliseum, where they are 4-2 against Big 12 opponents this season. Baylor comes into Saturday’s matchup with the Mountaineers with a record of 2-4 in Big 12 road contests In the team’s first matchup this season, a 6664 West Virginia win over the Bears in Waco Jan. 28, junior forward Remi Dibo had one of his best games of the season, scoring 13 points in 23 minutes of playing time.

Having Dibo as a scoring threat outside of the normal offensive leaders Juwan Staten, Terry Henderson and Eron Harris, will be important for West Virginia again Saturday.

When Dibo is able to be a contributor on offense, he draws attention from opposing defenses and doesn’t allow them to key in on the Mountaineers’ main scoring threats.

If West Virginia can find a way to stretch Baylor’s defense Saturday like it did earlier this season, the Mountaineers will have a good chance of securing a comeback win that could propel them to make a run toward the NCAA Tournament.

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WVU travels to face top teams in Perfect 10 challenge by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University gymnastics team travels to Oklahoma City, Okla., tonight to face No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama and No. 8 Michigan at the Perfect 10 challenge at 8 p.m.

The Mountaineers (5-4, 0-1 Big 12) gave outstanding performances on the floor and vault routines Feb. 14 against Pittsburgh and look to continue that level of performance tonight.

“They’re kind of emerging as our two consistent events,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts. “I think they’ll be instrumental for this weekend, but we close on bars and beam and the scores should be climbing by the time we get there. So, we’re going to have to put up our best effort on those two, as well.”

The bars lineup continues to be consistent for the

Mountaineers, anchored by freshman Alexa Goldberg, who is coming off her fourth bars win of the season against Pittsburgh. The unit checks in at No. 22 nationally, and Goldberg sits at No. 32.

Senior Amanda Carpenter will look to build upon Pittsburgh’s performance on the beam routine, where she tied for first place with a score of 9.8.

As usual, senior Hope Sloanhoffer figures to be crucial to the Mountaineers success tonight. Sloanhoffer enters tonight’s dual meet coming off her fifth allaround title of the season, also tying for first on floor and second on vault.

Sophomore Jaida Lawrence, junior Dayah Haley and freshman Nicolette Swoboda will all also look to build upon their exceptional performances and turn in solid ones tonight.

The Mountaineers will be up against some of the best

teams in college gymnastics tonight, as they look to compete to the highest of their abilities and gain experience before the Big 12 tournament and nationals.

“It’s definitely going to feel like a postseason competition for us,” Butts said. “It will be a good experience, so that way when we get to the Big 12 tournament and regionals, it won’t be the first time we’ve been in this kind of a situation. We’re lucky we have this opportunity.”

Butts said the goals for tonight will be to not pay attention to any of the distractions and not focus on the other teams’ ranking.

“We just need to focus on what we can control and putting in a great performance,” Butts said. “If we do that, then we can bring a great road score home with us, and that’s definitely the goal.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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