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A student voice on City Council

SGA calls for stronger ties between two bodies, possibly SGA candidate to represent on Council by taylor jobin staff writer @dailyathenaeum

With Morgantown in the middle of election season for both SGA and City Council, one issue that keeps popping up is the relationship between the two.

It is no secret the University and town have had their differences in recent years,

be it the riots, violent crimes or the general display of a “party school” image. But both sides can agree upon the necessity of a symbiotic relationship between the two. West Virginia University is the flagship of the state, both in its educational and business aspirations.

The one common thread is students want more say in City Council. The term being

thrown around to describe their ambition is ex officio, an official body member by virtue of another office (SGA to City Council), but in this case a non-voting member.

“Everything that City Council does affects the students. You have sidewalks that affect students, you have the police forces … and I think a lot of students have been looking

and wanting for this for a very long time,” said Charlie Hageboeck, the SGA City Council liason. “And I think it’s time that the City Council, even if it’s not a voting member - an ex officio - just sitting at the table and having a chance to interact during the meetings and being able to put forth a student’s opinion on an issue.”

The City Council liaison’s role includes sitting and observing in the gallery, taking notes to bring back to SGA, staying after meetings and raising student issues.

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“I think it would be good.

It would be an interesting voice for students, and they would have an opportunity to really share what they think, and it would be a seat at the table for all students at City Council,” Hageboeck said in regards to having a student on City Council.

One area students would like a greater say in is budgetary issues. They feel as if they are getting a raw deal, even though most are only residents for eight or nine months at a time. However, a study in 2010 by the Bu-

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Students hand out flowers with quotes from Prophet Muhammad by kendall snee staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Yesterday, the West Virginia University Imam Hussain Student Association aimed to educate students by handing out free red carnations with short verses from the Prophet Muhammad about justice, kindness and human rights attached. The event was held in front of the Mountainlair and began at noon. Each year the organization takes on a new event with a different message.

“For the past three years we’ve done flowers for the prophet because the prophet stood for peace, and a flower is usually a symbol of love and peace,” said Ahmed Alfashkhi, a sophomore computer science student. “But last year we had quotes about knowledge and seeking knowledge. The year before was respect toward elders.”

Last year, the IHSA sparked controversy over their water bottles adorned with the saying “Who is Hussain?” which confused and even bothered many students.

“When we were handing out water bottles I had students coming up to me asking me, ‘What do you Askar Salikhov/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM mean who is this Hussain? Is it Saddam Hussein?’ Some Mushtaq Abd Al-Rahem, a member of the Imam Hussain Student Associaion, gives a rose flower to a passerby in part of the Flower Campaign held outside see FLOWERS on PAGE 2 the Mountainlair.

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SGA candidates will debate in the Lair by courtney gatto

Ali Alshabbat, a member of the Imam Hussain Student Associaion, gives a carnation flower to a passerby in part of the Flower Campaign held outside the Mountainlair.

reau of Business and Economic Research in the University’s College of Business and Economics found that the University pumps $40 into the state economy for every $1 the state legislature appropriates, not even the city legislature.

That same study also determined, “WVU and its affiliates provide 45,500 jobs, $1.8 billion in employee compensation and pay $69 million in assorted state taxes.”

The Mountainlair is flooded with candidates, campaign posters cover every bulletin board in sight and T-shirts and buttons are being thrown around to everyone who wants one. Student Government Association election season is back and the candidates are busy preparing for their main event, the SGA Debate.

The debates will take place on March 1 and 2, starting at 6 p.m. in the Mountainlair food court.

Although West Virginia University has previously held many SGA debates, this one will be somewhat different than any they have had in the past several years.

“Well, for starters since there are 58 candidates, we are going to have to have a two-day debate,” said Syed R. Akhtar, attorney general of SGA. The large amount of candidates is due to the fact that there are three parties competing this year, as opposed to two parties in previous years.

The two days will be split based on who will be campaigning.

March 1 will be reserved for candidates running for Board of Governors and March 2 will be a debate for the candidates running for athletic council, president and vice president.

“For Board of Governors we’re doing the same format as we did last year where they’re allowed one minute to give each of their platforms and then we will ask them one question and they’ll have 30 seconds to answer,” Akhtar said.

However, the next night will be slightly different.

“We are going to ask the same question to all three,

and we are going to rotate who gets to answer the question first,” Akhtar said.

“So in an instance where someone’s on Team A and we give them a question, they’ll have two minutes to answer that and the other two teams, B and C, will have one minute to respond as well. And then, Team B will get to go first and Team A and C will have one minute to respond.”

According to Akhtar, they are shooting to have between six and 12 questions for the debate.

The three parties represented this year are the Youth Party, led by presidential candidate Spenser Wempe and vice presidential candidate Andrew Sealy; the Experience Party, led by presidentialial candidate Stephen Scott and vice presidential candidate Anthony Braxton; and the Make a Difference Party, led by presidential candidate George Capel and vice presidential candidate Ashley Morgan.

Each party is running on a different platform that they believe can help better the University.

The Youth Party is very focused on heightening the relationship between students, SGA and the administration.

“We are working on making sure SGA always has an open door policy,” Wempe said. “We are supposed to be a buffer between the students and the administration making sure that not only do they know they can come to us with a friendlier face to help them if they ever have an issue at WVU, but also act as a wealth of knowledge to students.”

Wempe and Sealy are prepared and excited for the debate because they believe they will be able to

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Morgantown readies for a polar plunge for Special Olympics charity by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

In an effort to raise money for West Virginia Special Olympic athletes, the 11th annual Polar Plunge will be held Saturday at the Star City Park and Marina. Registration for the event will begin at noon and no pre-registration is required.

Participants attend the event dressed in costumes of their own design. After the initial costume contest

winners are announced, the contestants will jump into the frigid waters of the Monongahela River.

Individuals interested in participating must raise a minimum of $50 to take part in the plunge. The money raised will go to fund an upcoming Special Olympic basketball tournament held in Morgantown, March 21-22.

Chief Executive Officer John Corbett said that over the years, the fundraiser has seen a particularly enthusiastic turnout

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from Morgantown residents, and he is looking forward to what this year’s event has in store.

“With everybody typically being cooped up in the wintertime and not having a chance to get out, this is something fun to do and it’s nice to see some folks come out with some energy and enthusiasm,” Corbett said.

Over the years, Corbett said he’s seen some incredibly creative costumes, including a group who impersonated the

rock band Kiss, a couple as Fred and Wilma Flintstone and even a belly dancer.

As a participant for the past 10 years, Corbett said the feeling after the plunge is gratifying.

“You feel sort of exhilarated after you get out of that water,” Corbett said. “You feel good the rest of that day. I don’t know why that is, but I just know that for me, it is.”

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the ability level to participate in school or community sports teams.

“I don’t think Special Olympic athletes are any different from other athletes out there. They like to play sports and all the attributes that go along with playing sports,” Corbett said. “They’re just happy to have the opportunity to demonstrate their courage and demonstrate their abilities and be recognized for their personal accomplishments no matter how great or small.”

According to Corbett, the fundraiser raises an average of $18,000 to $25,000 a year for Special Olympics West Virginia.

Morgantown is the site of the first-ever Polar Plunge and still holds the record for most plungers in a single year. Since the event’s introduction, the Polar Plunge has spread across the state to Charleston, Summersville, Parkersburg and Winterplace Ski Resort. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Senate leader not considering discrimination bill CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — There’s “no way” the West Virginia Senate will consider a proposal to erase local ordinances that protect gay and transgender people from housing and employment discrimination, the second-ranking senator said Thursday.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael made the remarks Thursday to The Associated Press, a day after a panel in the GOP-led House of Del-

egates approved the bill.

“I haven’t read the bill, but if it’s characterized as a discriminatory bill, we’re not for it,” said Carmichael, R-Jackson. “We’re running an economic agenda here.”

The bill, nicknamed the West Virginia Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act, would prohibit any local nondiscrimination ordinances stricter than state law.

West Virginia law doesn’t include gay, bisex-

ual and transgender housing and employment protections. Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, has pushed for years to change that portion of state law.

Five cities have similar nondiscrimination ordinances : Charleston, Harpers Ferry, Morgantown, Huntington and Athens. The tiny town of Thurmond, population 5, just joined the group this month.

Del. Lynne Arvon, a Raleigh County Republican and the bill’s sponsor, said nondiscrimination rules should be uniform and predictable statewide.

She denied that the bill is discriminatory.

“Let me be clear, I embrace the opinions and views of all West Virginians,” Arvon said in a written statement after the bill passed the committee.

“And unlike those that are waging obscene attacks

and threats of violence against me and my colleagues, I will be unwavering in my respect for all beliefs regardless if we agree or not.”

Del. Stephen Skinner, a Jefferson County Democrat and West Virginia’s first and only openly gay state lawmaker, called the bill “legislative gay bashing.” He applauded Carmichael’s comments Thursday.

“This bill is bad for business and sends a message

of intolerance and bigotry,” Skinner said.

The House is holding a public hearing on the proposal Friday morning. It could be ready for a floor vote next week.

A similar bill became law this week in Arkansas after the state’s Republican-led General Assembly passed it.

Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson let it become law without his signature.

Prosecutor: Mom craved attention, Lawyer: Second autopsy shows poisoned child with salt officers shot man from behind WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A woman accused of force feeding her 5-yearold son salt through a stomach tube reveled in the attention that a sickly child brought her, a prosecutor said Thursday at her trial.

And Lacey Spears eventually killed the boy, Garnett-Paul Spears, because she feared he would start telling people she was making him ill, Assistant District Attorney Patricia Murphy suggested in closing arguments.

“The motive is bizarre, the notion is scary, but it exists ... She apparently craved the attention of her family, her friends, her coworkers and most particularly the medical profession,” she said.

Spears “created this false persona, this caring mother,” Murphy said.

But what she did to her son was “nothing short of torture,” the prosecutor said before the New York jury began deliberating charges of depraved murder and manslaughter. Deliberations resume Friday.

Earlier, defense lawyer Stephen Riebling described Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, as a caring mother who was devastated by her son’s death. He suggested the hospital was to blame — an assertion Murphy called “just ridiculous”

— and tried to cast doubt on the medical examiner’s finding that high salt was the cause of death.

The prosecution says Spears induced brain swelling by feeding Garnett heavy concentrations of sodium through a stomach tube. Jurors saw a video that showed Spears taking her son into a hospital bathroom with a connector tube and the boy suffering afterward.

A feeding bag found in Spears’ apartment had the equivalent of 69 McDonald’s salt packets in it, a forensic toxicologist testified.

The defendant, who was depicted during the trial as unemotional, wept at times as her lawyer spoke.

“She loves her son very much. She cared deeply if he lived or died,” said Riebling, who added that Spears collapsed when she learned of her child’s death, and did Internet searches about how to commit suicide with insulin.

When edited-out scenes of the hospital video are restored, it “paints a completely different picture” than the prosecution’s, he said.

Missing scenes show Spears putting two pairs of socks on Garnett. “If she’s planning on killing him, why does she care whether his feet are cold?”

“Mother of the year,” the prosecutor later said sarcastically.

Hospital charts and video show a nurse failed to replace “the necessary maintenance fluids” that were being given to Garnett to keep him hydrated during bouts of diarrhea, Riebling said, adding that a doctor testified that water loss and no replacement fluids can lead to high salt levels.

Afterward, Garnett was given a rapid infusion of fluids. The makeup of the fluids is not known, but it was reasonable to conclude that it had too much sodium, he said.

The fluid was changed when “they realized he was getting a fluid high in sodium chloride,” Riebling said. “At the very least it’s reasonable doubt.”

A call to a Nyack Hospital spokeswoman requesting comment was not immediately returned.

Doctors testified that a child fed in an ordinary fashion would spit out that much salt. But Garnett had a feeding tube because his mother told doctors he could not keep food down otherwise.

Prosecutors said Spears, who documented her son’s hospital and doctor visits on social media, claimed the boy had illnesses he did not have.

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task force examining the shooting. On Thursday, he referred questions to county prosecutor Shawn Sant, who did not immediately return a telephone message from The Associated Press. The final medical examiner’s report is not yet finished, but could be done within a month, Lattin said Wednesday.

He said investigators have determined three officers fired a total of 17 shots. Police have not said how many shots each officer fired, or whether bullets from all three officers struck Zambrano-Montes.

Lattin said the autopsy results showed ZambranoMontes was shot five or six times, but “there were no shots in the back.”

The afternoon of Feb. 10, Zambrano-Montes was throwing rocks at passing vehicles and later at responding officers, authorities say.

Video taken by a witness shows the man running from officers. As the officers draw closer, he stops and faces them. Multiple pops are heard, and he falls, twisting, to the ground as the pops continue.

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empowering the students so they are able to work on solutions,” Nyden said.

Another option that has been brought up recently would be a City Council member on the SGA ballot. This would give the City Council a direct line to express their views to students.

Nyden said there is always an open invitation to City Council members to attend weekly SGA meetings.

The City Council charter would have to be amended

to allow a student to sit on the council, but there is a precedent. One fellow Big 12 school, Iowa State, has amended its city charter to allow a student representative to sit on their City Council.

“Students (should) get a voice. I think that’s extremely important. We are citizens of the city. We are directly affected by City Council,” Hageboeck said.

the next,” Scott said. “As SGA, we should really be able to advocate and push these four main areas.”

The party has different ideas that should help to improve these areas.

Scott said an academic recognition banquet would help academic enrichment; a Springfest could add to the social aspect, creating a traumatic student situation policy could help to alleviate problems concerning well-being; and ways for students to better connect with alumni could improve professionalism.

Lastly, the Make a Difference Party is focused heavily on making a difference in the community.

“As students here, we’re involved in several communities, not just the local community that you would normally think about,” Capel said. “But we’re involved in the student community here, obviously within the University, the local community of Morgantown, then the greater community of West Virginia and obviously our Big 12 international communities.”

Capel said there is a list of over 200 objectives he would like to complete if elected.

Things on the list include: Starting a student summit, putting a student on City Council and starting a statewide day of service.

The party is looking to improve the communities and create a better name for WVU and West Virginia.

“I think that people outside of our borders of West Virginia try and define who we are as Mountaineers far too often; we never get the chance to define ourselves.

A lot of negative things overshadow a lot of the achievements of our students here,” Capel said.

When attending the debate, the candidates made it clear that they want students to be educated and choose leaders that they think could make a positive difference when they go to vote March 3-5.

“I would just encourage students to just come out,” Scott said. “I just want students to feel as if they’re making the best decision for those student leaders who will truly represent their voice throughout the University, throughout the city of Morgantown and throughout the state.”

that Hussain kept the right way of Muhammad. There are others different to us who think there is a different way of going about this. We can say ISIS; they are taking the wrong way,” Abd Al-Rahem said.

Alshabbat went on to explain that IHSA is much more than a religious organization.

“This organization is not just focused for Muslims, the idea is for all of humanity. Everything like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, all of these people were for humanity. The same is for Hussain, he did those same things,” Alshabbat said.

Abd Al-Rahem believes the media has a lot to do with the way students inter-

pret the organization.

“All of the media and the focus has only been on the ‘bad way’ and we want others to know there is another side, a bigger side: the ‘right way’ for equality for humanity. That’s what we focus on,” Al-Rahem said.

The organization has distributed more than 4,000 flowers in the past and hopes to increase that number by 1,000 each year. IHSA plans to continue spreading peace and furthering the education of their practices, beliefs and morals in WVU students.

If you are interested in joining the Imam Hussain Student Association, contact IHASWVU@gmail.com.

Continued from page 1 Chris Nyden, student body president, said the issue is about equal footing in dealing with the town’s problems.

“It’s one thing to have our City Council liaison to attend all of these meetings, that’s how we show good faith in City Council. We just want to see them reciprocate that within the City and

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A Seattle pathologist, Dr. Carl Wigren, performed the independent autopsy Feb. 20.

Herrmann released a portion of the report Thursday.

“The report reflects a total of as many as seven rounds striking Zambrano,” the attorney said. It also found entry wounds on the back of the victim’s right arm and one buttock, he said. The independent autopsy determined the Pasco orchard worker also was shot in the face, stomach, chest, arm and scrotum, according to a diagram provided

by Herrmann.

At a news conference Wednesday, Kennewick Police Sgt. Ken Lattin was clear that preliminary results of the official autopsy showed Zambrano-Montes was not hit anywhere on the back of his body. That would indicate Zambrano-Montes was not shot while running from the officers with his back turned.

Franklin County’s coroner, Dr. Sig Menchel, performed the official autopsy days after the shooting.

Lattin is a spokesman for the regional law enforcement

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An independent autopsy of an unarmed Mexican man killed by police in Washington state shows he was shot as many as seven times - including twice from behind - contradicting earlier statements from authorities, an attorney for the man’s family said Thursday.

The second autopsy was commissioned by lawyer Charles Herrmann, who is representing Antonio Zambrano-Montes’ estranged wife and two daughters.

Its findings came a day after a spokesman for a special unit investigating the Feb. 10 shooting said five or six bullets struck Zambrano-Montes, but none from behind.

“Our report differs sharply with statements made by local law enforcement authorities,” Herrmann said in a statement.

Zambrano-Montes, a 35-year-old Mexican immigrant, was shot after throwing rocks at officers. His death has prompted calls for a federal investigation, along with a series of demonstrations in Pasco, an agricultural center with 68,000 residents about 130 miles southwest of

offer a unique perspective other tickets may not have.

They stress that the students running in the Youth Party are all members of different organizations around campus.

“We have kind of covered all corners of the campus and gotten leaders from all over WVU,” Sealy said.

“Whether it be the Pride of West Virginia, whether it be Adventure West Virginia, former resident assistants, Greek life, you name it. We have kind of covered each base and now we are all coming together as the Youth Party and trying to be leaders together in a student government organization and then trying to make a difference that way.”

The Experience Party’s platform is set to focus on four of the different pieces of a college student’s experience: Academics, social, well-being and professional.

“Our ticket as a whole is so focused on the college experience because we believe that no one student issue is more important than

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Continued from page 1 wanted to go on the website, some not so much,” Alfashkhi said.

Ali Alshabbat, a senior business student, explained that Imam Hussain is an important peacekeeper in Islamic culture.

“Hussain is the grandson of a prophet. He is one of 14 leaders. These leaders make a difference in keeping Islam the right way,” Alshabbat said.

Mushtaq Abd Al-Rahem, a graduate mathematics student, further explained the idea of the Islamic right way.

“What we mean by this is

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Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars Quenton King & Amy Diznoff, Afsheen Misaghi & Kim Mosby King & Diznoff Caitlin Worrell A&E WRIter @dailyathenaeum

The competition is just beginning to heat up as the lineup continues to grow for this year’s Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars competition. WVU staff member Amy Diznoff and student Quenton King are another couple being added to the talented list of hopeful dancers.

Diznoff, a Job Location Development Program Specialist with the Office of Student Employment, hopes her childhood dance experience is enough to pull off their extravagant number. As a first time competitor, Diznoff has decided to devote her time and focus to practicing with her partner Quenton King. Though the two are beyond motivated to blow away the competition, busy schedules have pushed the couple to be flexible.

“Quenton and I meet when we can, but we’re lucky to have an amazing coach in Bill Duff, Jr. who meets with us on the weekend,” Diznoff said. “It’s been a lot of fun so far.”

The commitment of their dedicated coach, and growing hype of the com-

petition has added even more pressure for the couple who didn’t even know each other before being selected. Luckily, their undeniable chemistry and excitement for the event is settling some of those preperformance jitters.

“My friends have done it in the past, so I’ve heard how much fun it is,” King said. “I didn’t think much of it at first, but all of my friends are excited to watch, so that has definitely increased my enthusiasm… and nervousness.”

King, who triple majors in Spanish, Criminology and Latin American Studies, hopes his nerves don’t get the best of him. With no prior dance experience, King has been hard at work perfecting his moves for opening night.

“I never really understood what the term ‘two left feet’ meant until now,” King said. “Seriously, dancing correctly is extremely difficult to do.

It’s hard to stay calm and patient when I mess up a move in practice.”

Both competitors got involved with the dancing competition through mutual friends and coworkers. Diznoff, who works hands-on with students, saw Dancing with Our

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Mountaineer Stars as a perfect way to further her involvement on campus.

As a member of SGA, King was also more than willing to join in on the fun.

Both competitors are keeping their performance details seriously under wraps, building even more anticipation for their many fans and supporters. With no hints on music or dance style, voters will be fully surprised when the couple hits the stage.

“No one besides our choreographer and a few friends that I have shown the dance to have even seen us,” King said. “I find myself going over it (the dance) in my head frequently.”

As the weeks wind down and the show approaches, Diznoff and King put the finishing touches on their routine. Though they have their sights set on a win, the experience of the competition has been rewarding in itself.

“No matter how well it goes, I’ve had a lot of fun so far,” King said. “I would like to do it again next year, as well as step out of my comfort zone a bit and dance a little more when I’m out with friends.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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sociate Dean of Students,” Mosby said.

“It’s a very challenging but very fulfilling job.”

In charge of campus and community life at WVU, Mosby helps students achieve success from when they come here until they graduate.

Although her job is very time-consuming, she still finds time to improve her dancing skills weekly with Misaghi.

“We’re doing a little jive and a little hip-hop.

At least that’s what we’re attempting to do,” Mosby said.

Mosby is not entirely new to dancing. With a bit of prior experience, she brings a unique skill to the dancing team.

“I can tap dance a little,” Mosby said.

Working with choreographer Katie Okubo, a dance student, the pair hopes to improve its dancing skills.

“I am excited to be selected as part of Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars,” Misaghi said. “I would not consider myself a star by any means, but I am definitely not a dancer.”

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Afsheen Misaghi and Kim Mosby are eager to take on the stage at Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars on March 6. Starting as complete strangers, Misaghi and Mosby were matched up randomly and have started choreographing their dance as well as getting to know each other.

Originally from Charleston, W.Va., Misaghi is a junior chemistry student at West Virginia University. He has participated in many University events such as Last Comic Standing, where he won second place and WVUp All Night LIVE. Aspiring to be a television actor, Misaghi has many skills but a very basic understanding of dance.

“The most dance experience I have had is the very basic introduction dance class, Dance 100,” Misaghi said.

“Other than that, I have no dance experience at all.”

While Misaghi is a student, Mosby is a faculty member here at the University.

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According to Misaghi and Mosby, it has been a really fun and exciting learning experience.

It has been challenging, but they are confident they will be ready for the show.

“The most difficult part of the entire process has been memorizing the steps,” Misaghi said. “It will be perfect come show time.”

Recruited by Sonja Wilson, the senior programming administrator at the Mountainlair, Mosby and Misaghi are thrilled to be a part of the show.

“The marvelous staff of the Mountainlair reached out to me, and I am always excited to be involved in any of their activities,” Misaghi said.

Despite the pair’s lack of prior dancing experience, they plan to make up for it with hard work and a lot of practice. They said they are excited to participate and hope to do well.

For more information about Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars, go to http://mountainlair.wvu.edu/programs/ dancing_with_stars/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

weekly student poll

“For better or for worse, election season is upon us. Who are you voting for?”

First, let’s start with a disclaimer.

The chart to the right was created from data obtained by polling 100 random students in the Mountainlair Thursday afternoon.

Students polled showed no obvious party affiliation such as T-shirts, buttons or other pieces of gear. Both men and women from various different ethnic backgrounds were polled. With a sample size of 100 and a total student population just shy of 30,000, we cannot make any claims to the statistical accuracy of the graph. The data may not reliably represent the opinion of the entire student population as a whole.

With that being said, let’s look at what the random 100 tells us.

If the data holds true on the large scale, there are a few things we can infer.

When comparing the three parties, MAD, Youth and The Experience, MAD has a clear advantage in the polls with 30 percent, compared to The Experience and Youth’s 12 and 11 percent respectively. However, the largest category on the graph with 47 percent of the responses is students who either don’t know enough or don’t care enough about SGA to make a decision.

If the parties want to gain favor with the people they represent they’ll have to work together to increase student body awareness and decrease apathy. With almost 50 percent of students polled unwilling to make a decision, it looks like the candidates have an uphill battle ahead of them.

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Uniform advising across colleges beneficial to students, faculty Academic advising can be a tricky hoop for students to jump through as they plan for their next semester at West Virginia University. However, it is a necessary evil considering each student must have their advising hold lifted before scheduling.

This is a good thing, in theory.

In a perfect world, your adviser would be a sounding board for plans as well as someone who can follow your progress at WVU and help you stay on track.

This would make the re-

quirement for a semi-annual visit ideal. This person would know where you have been and what you are currently involved with, making them wellequipped to hand out advice on future plans.

This ideal, however, is not reality for far too many students.

Across each department, students have different procedures they must go through in order to meet with their academic adviser. Some departments have group advising, while others have a group of advisers students

must sign up with—picking the best time for their schedule—which may not be held by the person they have seen before. The best option, however, would seem to be a system which assigns a specific adviser from the beginning who students consistently meet with each semester.

Regardless of which track your program takes, there are bound to be hiccups, but something like this last option could at least eliminate major issues and expedite the process. Already in practice at several colleges, the abil-

ity to see a single individual can save the University and its students’ time and money.

Each department should have individuals solely responsible for advising, who are well informed and prepared to answer questions and consistently advise the same individuals.

If there is only one individual involved in your advising, it is a lot less likely there will be any miscommunication. Because these individuals would be responsible for just advising, their job would require them to know about

all those things required for a student to register and graduate on time.

For some students, miscommunications in advising may have caused them to have to scramble for scheduling, or even miss a class and have to pay extra to take it in the summer. While this can happen for other reasons as well, a uniform advising format could decrease their frequency.

Currently, many professors and faculty members serve as advisers. Many of these individuals serve as great and knowledgeable

advisers with a unique perspective into class options, and they likely enjoy getting to know students on this level. However, as professors, they likely have a lot on their plate, and having individuals whose only job is to advise students would put more focus on each student and their academic success.

While this is not a revolutionary idea, it is something the University should consider to better accommodate both students and faculty. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Increase in awareness of mental illness good for societal acceptance hannah chenoweth columnist @hannahchen2

In today’s society, a majority of the population is capable of defining mental health disorders such as OCD, anxiety, depression or schizophrenia, among many others. I don’t see this as a problem or an indication we as a society are going downhill. The truth is out; mental illnesses are real and very prevalent - and understanding of this fact is beginning to spread.

While a stereotype still lingers, I believe our country has come a long way in terms of awareness of mental health. If you think about the fact lobotomies were being performed in America as recently as the 1980s, progress is extremely evident. Mental illness is on the right track to being recognized as an issue just as critical as physical illness.

There are multiple factors to attribute to the rise in talk about mental health. One is we are better at detecting illness in general than ever before. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, which has been coined “the psychiatric bible,” listed 106 mental disorders in its first 1952 edition; today’s edition contains 297.

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Second is we as a society are getting sicker. Mental illness is the leading cause of illness in our children, an increase of 35 percent from 1987 to 2007 (via nybooks.com).

A survey of randomly selected adults by the National Institute of Mental Health found 46 percent meeting criteria for mental illness at some point in their lives.

This increase is seen by some as an overreaction and tendency to misdiagnose or overdiagnose. Many people oppose the idea we as a society may be getting sicker. I’ve seen arguments stating our generation lives a pampered and privileged existence - as if this makes the idea of our worsening mental illness impossible.

We may have indoor plumbing and the latest iPad, but this doesn’t qualify as peace of mind. It’s also not a waiver or “get out of jail free” card for a neurological wiring or a strong family gene. Although we enjoy comforts people in the past did not, we also live in an increasingly isolated society with many values

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US must observe human rights obligations elise cowgill columnist @cecowgill

As the title of an opinion column published Monday on CNN.com reminds us, “The future of war will be robotic.”

To a generation already paranoid about Big Brother watching every move and militarized police, the idea of robotic devices being used domestically is terrifying.

Why, then, are we without reproach at the infiltration of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems into warzones?

To begin this argument, one must first recognize that although it seems unlikely in our advanced society, the United States has already failed in many ways to honor its supposed commitments to human rights.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is exceedingly rare in that every Member State of the United Nations - representative of all 193 sovereign nations has signed and ratified it.

The United States played a unique role in the UDHR’s creation: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt became the only female contributor during the drafting of the document.

In addition, there are nine more specific, and therefore controversial, international human rights treaties. The U.S. has signed all nine of them and ratified five of the nine. In layman’s terms, we talk a big game internationally on our commitment to human rights.

An April 27, 2014 report by the United Nations Human Rights Committee found the

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I’m not trying to debate the hows and whys of such a large amount of our population being diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder. I believe attention to the issue in general is a positive step away from the neglect and shame that used to accompany mental illness. We as a society are finally realizing mental health

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and an innocent, unarmed civilian because the decision to fire is often based on heat signatures.

Even when shooting at armed enemy targets, the drones do not have the full mental capacity of a human there is no room for decisions regarding the escalation to lethal force.

Are there positives to drone use? Absolutely. The space exists to greatly diminish the number of human casualties. The robots can be sent in to scout potentially dangerous situations and have been used for at least a decade to deactivate bombs.

However, the positives don’t necessarily outweigh the negatives. There’s a reason more than 50 international organizations, including the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, have banded together for a massive “Campaign to Stop Killer Robots” in an effort to form an outright ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.

Drone strikes in their current form kill civilians, violate international law and infringe upon the sovereignty of other states.

Regardless, it is unlikely an outright ban on these weapons will happen in the immediate future. It is much more realistic that the U.N. will set forth some sort of guidelines for their definition and regulation.

In the meantime, the use of these “Killer Robots” must be evaluated through many lenses, including international humanitarian law, the law of war and the establishment of state sovereignty, something which the U.S. values greatly.

The United States talks a great game in the international forum when it comes to their human rights commitment, but it’s time for money, or at least our $18 trillion national debt, to be put where our mouth is. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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U.S. in violation of 25 human rights issues, including everything from incidents at Guantanamo Bay, NSA surveillance, racial profiling, police violence, criminalization of the homeless and—you guessed it—drone strikes.

The most internationally controversial violation comes in the form of U.S. resistance to signing the U.N.’s 1959 Declaration of the Rights of the Child or its 1989 update, the Convention on the Rights of the Child. There are only three U.N. states who have yet to ratify the CRC: The U.S., Somalia and South Sudan.

However, the newest controversial infringement has arisen from what the U.N.’s Office for Disarmament Affairs has colloquially termed “Killer Robots.” Although the name in itself is admittedly badass, it’s just another way to refer to Fully Autonomous Weapons - the kind that can’t differentiate between an armed, dangerous militant

is something we need to take steps to care for, similar to our physical health.

If someone you know had the flu, you would most likely not tell them to “suck it up.”

You wouldn’t blame someone for having strep throat, and you certainly wouldn’t ignore someone who told you they had chicken pox. You would want to help them.

Think of it this way: Some people have chronic physical problems that plague them for years. Others can ease their symptoms through physical therapy, though they may still struggle. Yet others recover from a physical illness fairly quickly. But most of us suffer in some way, shape or form from a physical ailment at some point in our lives what’s so bizarre about thinking many will be affected mentally, too? The sooner we acknowledge mental and physical health deserve equal treatment, the healthier we all will become.

The catch with mental illness is that so much is unknown territory - people don’t necessarily know how to react or help. But with the prevalence of awareness in our society lately, we are on the right track to better health.

I grew up in Marshall County. My dad was a coal miner all his life, my mother was a domestic engineer, later working as a school cook. I graduated from West Virginia University. My entire family still calls WV home. I wear my flying WV and blue and gold with pride. I have a yard flag with a flying WV, both of my cars have a flying WV emblems. Everywhere I go people always have something nice to say about WV. They want to talk about football, the Big 12, coal mining, fall leaves, mountains, rivers, and all the things that make WV so wonderful.

I can honestly say I am now ashamed to wear those same colors with the flying WV. I fear people will now want to talk about this hate bill that was introduced and want to know how WV, a state so wild and wonderful and so gorgeous and beautiful, has now become a state where elected officials think it is ok to discriminate and take away individuals rights.

I am, today, for the first time in my life ashamed and embarrassed to say that I come from a state that wants to pass such far reaching legislation. I have read article after article about states that are furious that the federal government is dictating marriage laws to individual states. This bill does exactly the same thing to cities and town throughout the state.

The hypocrisy of the repub-

lican party never ceases to amaze me.

The fact that this bill is being touted as a commerce bill is despicable. The real name for this bill should be a hate bill. A bill designed to do nothing more than strip rights away from LGBT people because those who want to remove those rights are losing in the federal courts so there must be something you can do to tout their hate right? Well believe me when I say this, they are on the wrong side of history.

I was so very impressed with the Governor’s words following the 4th circuits ruling in favor of gay marriage and the Supreme Courts affirmation of that ruling; “Our state is known for its kindness and hospitality to residents and visitors alike. I encourage all West Virginians—regardless of their personal beliefs—to uphold our statewide tradition of treating one another with dignity and respect.”

I’ve listened to Tony Caridi make that famous declaration after countless football and basketball wins; “It’s a great day to be a Mountaineer wherever you may be.”

Well today I can tell you that it is not a great day to be a Mountaineer. In fact it’s a sad day. I can only hope that voters will see that this bill for what it is and vote NO. A resounding NO that will echo from deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains and show the world that WV is not that state that will choose to discriminate and be on the wrong side of history.

Letters to the Editor can be sent to 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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‘Anything Goes’ sails into Morgantown

By Farria Ashfaq Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The “Anything Goes” tour is heading to Morgantown, W.Va., and it is bringing romance and comedy all on a boat. The S.S. American is leaving New York and heading to the shores of England carrying an abundance of comical and colorful characters.

Reno Sweeney (Emma Stratton), a night club singer, brings her friend Billy Crocker (Brian Krinsky), who comes aboard in pursuit of the beautiful Hope Harcourt (Rachelle Rose Clark). Unfortunately, Miss Harcourt is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Richard Lindenfelzer). Reno and a conman, Moonface Martin (Dennis Setteducati), help Crocker win the heart of his beloved, while also breaking into song and dance.

The cast also includes Tracy Bidleman as Mrs. Evangeline Harcourt, Stephen Mark as John, Michael R. Douglass as Elisha Whitney, Kenny Francouer as the ship’s purser, Drew Martin as the Captain and Mychal Phillips as Erma.

Then there is Roy Flores who portrays Luke.

“Luke is one of the few Asian Christian converts that ended up aboard the S.S American,” Flores said.

The cast started to rehearse in September of last year and

started to tour in mid-October.

“I did a lot of theater when I was in high school, which is when I fell in love with it,” Flores said. “I was kind of looking for something to be involved in, something to be a part of. Initially, I went to college for accounting. After I spent a few years in business school, I ended up falling back to my passion for theater because I needed to take a performing arts credit. So that kind of sparked the fire inside of me again, and I auditioned for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. I got accepted, and that was it.”

Flores, like so many other students, found his way to a profession he loved. Now, he gets to travel for work.

“I definitely like seeing other cities that I haven’t had a chance to visit. The theaters, most of the time, that we get to perform at are really incredible.

It is always amazing to me that we get to a theater, and we just get blown away, and some of the theaters are marked as national landmarks. It is always just beautiful inside,” Flores said.

The tour has stopped at numerous places such as Texas, California, Colorado and Washington D.C. Flores, being in different productions prior to this one, felt like this play was unique from all the other plays.

“This piece is very timeless, especially when you think of all the hits Cole Porter has from this show,” Flores said.

“The music is very well-done, the lyrics are very clever, witty, and it is just very fun to listen to. Also, we have some beautiful costumes and the choreography is very intelligent, so I think people will definitely enjoy it. This play features a very diverse cast of characters that I think the audience can definitely relate to. In a way, they can see themselves in the characters, or they will know someone that is very similar to their character.”

The choreography was done

by Kathleen Marshall, who won three Tony Awards out of nine nominations, one of which was for best choreography in a musical for “Anything Goes” in 2011.

“It was great working with Kathleen Marshall,” Flores said.

“Her co-directors and choreographers were very helpful, and they were always there to offer help, and they made sure that we maintained her vision.”

The show will be at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday in the Creative Arts Center. For more information, visit http://events.wvu.edu/ series/14-15/anythinggoes. shtml/. For more information about the cast, crew and tour dates, visit http://www.anythinggoesontour.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Nudity at the Oscars, Gaga on Adelaide Paul shares art, lecture ‘AHS, weed in Washington, with students more from Kanye CHELSEA WALKER A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

While the sub-zero temperatures may have subsided, D.C. brought the “fire!” This week’s index covers what nudity was exposed at the Oscars, Kanye’s paparazzi stunt at Nando’s, Washington’s new “friend” in town and Lady Gaga’s all so monstrous recurring role on “American Horror Story.”

5. Lady Gaga checks into “American Horror Story: Hotel.”

Calling all monsters, your reservations have been made! AHS creator, Ryan Murphy, has casted Gaga to star in the fifth season of the wickedly popular show. As the first official cast member to “check-in” to the hotel, Gaga’s stint will mark her first-ever recurring role. With AHS veterans Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange and Emma Roberts rumored to retire for the fifth season, Gaga will have some big shoes to fill.

4. Mary Jane makes her way to Washington, D.C. Apparently someone was listening to 2 Chainz’ nationwide rant on legalization. Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. decriminalized marijuana after residents voted in support of the bill this past Election Day. As of now, citizens of the capitol can carry anything under two ounces and grow up to six plants with three budding (because we wouldn’t want Capitol Hill to evolve into a giant dispensary). While the bill stands, residents are worried loopholes in Congress could reverse the plan’s progress. As for now, it’s safe to say the chief of staff can stay “chiefing.”

3. “Parks and Recreation” is a wrap.

NBC’s hysterically clever “mockuseries” is officially over. The long-awaited, bittersweet season seven series finale aired Tuesday night. Written by Poehler and series co-creator

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Lady Gaga reveals her addition to the ‘American Horror Story’ cast.

Mike Schur, the finale left us as expected: Laughing through our tears. Terror strikes the small town of Pawnee, when the “Parks and Rec” gang is left to intervene in one final task: Fixing a broken swing. Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat serving with the Parks and Recreation Department in Pawnee, reunited her former co-workers for the last duty, and once again the popular show warped time. Viewers caught glimpses into the small town constituents’ futures, even seeing all the way to 2048. No matter how far into the future we travel, Ron’s love for breakfast meats still remains.

2. Oscars or red carpet live from Playboy?

Films weren’t the only things showcased at Sunday night’s Oscars. The 87th Annual Academy Awards looked more like an orgy set in the hills of Hollywood. Rita Ora bared all of her, uhm, assets, in a sheer black gown, and pasty host Neil Patrick Harris stormed on stage in his whitey tighties. Anna Wintour, Vouge’s leading lady, made up for all of the X-rated outrage when she showed up red carpet ready in a conservative, floor-length dress and signature dark shades.

We can’t blame you for being prepared, Anna, Neil’s underwear stunt almost

blinded us all.

1. The BRIT Awards: Kanye’s latest stunt and Madonna’s not-so-graceful onstage mishap.

Where would our weekly pop culture index be if it wasn’t for ‘Ye? Known for his sick rhymes and killer interruption skills, the rapper did what he does best moments before his performance at the BRIT Awards. Kim Kardashian’s beau made a scene when he jumped onto a bar at Nando’s, a fast food chain in London, to give people what they wanted, which of course was his staunch presence. We are going to let you do you, ‘Ye, but don’t you know Tom Cruise had the best “I’m-going-to-jump-onthis-piece-of-furniture-because-I’m-clearly-out-ofmy-mind” moments of all time. Kanye wasn’t the only American to stir up ruckus at the BRIT Awards. Pop culture’s holy mother, Madonna, experienced a crisis when a wardrobe malfunction took a turn for the worse. While giving her onstage performance, the singer’s cape failed to detach and sent her tumbling down a flight of stairs!

Don’t worry Madge, you’ve done enough scandalous deeds, this one is sure to be overlooked. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that

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Abramson will write about the struggles of "legacy" companies as they compete with "net-native" organizations. The book is currently untitled and has no release date. It's Abramson's first book since she was fired last

May by the Times, where she had been the paper's first female executive editor. Asked if she would write about her departure, Simon & Schuster spokesman Cary Goldstein said the book was not a "memoir," but a "reported

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together with a loved one. Tonight: Hang out with friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be exhausted by the mere idea of everything that needs to be handled. Do not take a situation for granted. Be willing to deal with a higher-up. A conversation will help everyone loosen up and worry less about their expectations.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You have an opportunity to reach out to someone you really care about. You could be taken aback by news that heads your way. Be willing to hold off on making any judgments, and just watch how the situation unfolds.

Tonight: Listen to great music.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Use your instincts with a partner. Listen to what this person says, as he or she has more insight than you do. Debate the pros and cons of a situation with an associate. You could hear some anger from someone who doesn’t feel as if he or she is in the loop. Tonight: Say “yes.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to pull in closer in a certain friendship. Your way of handling others will be low-key yet effective. You could discover that a key associate, partner or friend seems to be on the warpath. Try to stay neutral.

Tonight: TGIF with the gang.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be taken aback by someone’s anger. You have gone beyond your normal limits in order to make an adjustment, yet you’ll understand where the other party is coming from.

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ing control whenever he or she feels like it, and today is no different. Oneon-one relating with this person will be interesting, as he or she can be highly intellectual and emotional at the same time. Tonight: Decide where you’ll have the most fun.

sion on others. Right now, however, what you do will have very little to do with impressing anyone and more to do with clearing out some important tasks. Others might be pleased with how you project yourself. Tonight: Just relax.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Try to detach, especially if you feel as if a lot of friction is surrounding you.

Someone will not try to hide his or her frustration. The words you hear are not a reflection of your behavior; others simply might be cranky. Tonight: Try a new spot with a close friend.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be more in tune with a situation than the other party involved would like you to be. Stay centered, and give this person some space. You might not want to put a lot of energy into handling this issue, so let others take the reins. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might want to ask more questions before you concede a point. Understand what is happening with a child or loved one, though he or she might not be willing to open up. Read between the lines to find out what is going on. Tonight: Let fun happen.

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da sports staff picks BOB HUGGINS QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We expected too much out of Holton. He had never played at this level.

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Judge rules for Peterson, opening door for reinstatement

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson breaks a tackle during a game in 2013.

NFL (AP)—A federal judge has opened the door for faster reinstatement of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, ruling an NFL arbitrator “failed to meet his duty” in a child abuse case that brought national backlash for the league and widened its rift with the players’ union.

This was the second high-profile defeat in the last six months for Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, that case concerning punishment for former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge David Doty overruled NFL arbitrator Harold Henderson’s December denial of Peterson’s appeal. Doty said the league cannot retroactively apply the standards of its new, tougher personal conduct policy to an action by Peterson that occurred before the policy was in place.

The league suspended Peterson through at least April 15 under the new standard, which arose from the furor over the handling of the assault involving Rice. But Doty said in his 16-page ruling that Henderson “simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so failed to meet his duty” under the collective bargaining agreement.

NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith said in a statement Doty’s decision was a “victory for the rule of law, due process and fairness.”

The NFL said it plans to appeal the ruling to the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals and that Peterson will be returned to the exempt list - which puts him on paid leave - while the process unfolds. The NFL added there could be further arbitration proceedings in front of Henderson before an appeal is heard.

“Judge Doty’s order did not contain any determinations concerning the fairness of the appeals process under the CBA, including the commissioner’s longstanding authority to appoint a designee to act as hearing officer,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.

“Even so, we believe strongly that Judge Doty’s order is incorrect and fundamentally at odds with well-established legal precedent governing the district court’s role

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in reviewing arbitration decisions.”

In the Rice case, Goodell changed a two-game ban to an indefinite suspension. But the arbitrator in Rice’s appeal, former U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones, ruled that decision was “arbitrary” and an “abuse of discretion.”

Rice was seen on surveillance video knocking out the woman who’s now his wife with a punch in an elevator.

The NFL argued that the ruling by Jones was irrelevant to the Peterson case, but Doty disagreed.

“The court finds no valid basis to distinguish this case from the Rice matter,” he said.

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“This is yet another example why neutral arbitration is good for our players, good for the owners and good for our game.”

Peterson is under contract with the Vikings through 2017, carrying a $15.4 million salary cap hit for 2015, and several highranking Vikings officials have said definitively they want him to return. General manager Rick Spielman said last week he expects Peterson to be back.

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Friday February 27, 2015

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WVU travels to South Carolina for Chanticleer Classic by david schlake sports editor @dschlake_wvu

The West Virginia University baseball team will travel to South Carolina for its annual trip to the Chanticleer Classic. The Mountaineers will play Kent State in Conway today at noon for the first game of their doubleheader, then follow with a game against Coastal Carolina at 4 p.m. They will resume play Saturday at 3 p.m., when they take on Ball State in Myrtle Beach and will conclude with a game against Illinois at 1:30 p.m.

West Virginia is six games into the season, going 3-3 after a series against Clemson and Georgia Southern.

The Mountaineers took two games against the Tigers and one against the Eagles.

The series could prove critical, however, as the Mountaineers will look to bounce back from their most recent loss, one in which they lost 15-2 to the Eagles.

The biggest question mark for head coach Randy Mazey and his squad is the lack of experience that lies within his young pitching staff as only 14 of WVU’s 18 slingers are freshmen or sophomores.

Mazey has seen solid production out of his starters so far, as the worst ERA out of the three is 3.18. The bullpen, however, has given him some trouble, as six

Mountaineer relievers currently post an ERA of 8.44 or higher.

Luckily for the Mountaineers, their offensive production has been consistent.

In six games, Taylor Munden is stroking a solid .375 with two homeruns, six RBIs and scoring twice; third baseman Justin Fox is hitting .435, with one homerun, two RBIs and five runs; and left fielder Kyle Davis is hitting .381 with two RBIs and four runs.

Freshman right-hander B.J. Myers (0-0) will take the hill first in the Mountaineers’ first game of their double header Friday against Kent State. Last Friday, Myers earned his sec-

ond no-decision of the year in just as many starts, giving up three runs, four hits and striking out one in 4.0 innings of work.

Opposing Myers will be Kent State right-hander Nick Jensen-Clagg (1-1), who has posted a 3.60 ERA and 13 strikeouts in his first two starts.

Senior left-hander Ross Vance (1-1) will toss for West Virginia against Coastal Carolina, who is coming off an impressive win in which he only allowed three runs in 6.1 innings of work, striking out nine.

Vance’s opposition will be Alex Cunningham (2-0), who has posted a 3.38 ERA in two starts this season.

Freshman right-hander Adam Keller (0-1) will throw for the Mountaineers against Ball State in his first career start Saturday. In two relief appearances, Keller has given up four runs on six hits in 3.2 innings.

Sophomore right-hander Chad Donato (1-1) will take the pitching duties against Illinois in the Mountaineers’ final game of the series, matching up against right-hander John Kravetz (1-0).

Donato and Kravertz both currently hold an ERA of 2.70.

West Virginia will begin the series today at noon in Conway, S.C. dschlake@mail.wvu.edu

rifle

No. 1 West Virginia to shoot in GARC Championships by ashley conley correspondent @dailyathenaeum

No. 1 West Virginia will head to Oxford, Miss., to compete for its sixthstraight GARC Championship amongst eight other conference members, including O le Miss, Army, No. 5 Kentucky, No. 7 Nebraska, No. 10 Memphis and N.C. State.

The two-day event will take place at the Patricia L. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center, home of the Ole Miss rifle team.

Beginning today at 8 a.m., the Mountaineers will compete in the small-

bore team relay, followed by individual finals. They will then compete in the team air rifle relay Sunday at 9 a.m., followed by the individual air rifle final.

West Virginia has won a total of eight regular-season GARC titles and nine total conference championship titles in school history.

West Virginia earned their No. 1 rank by finishing the regular season with an 11-1, 8-0 GARC record, with their only loss coming to No. 2 Alaska-Fairbanks, after splitting two close matches and ultimately losing by just one point.

Some of the key shoot-

ers for the Mountaineers will be seniors Maren Prediger and Ziva Dvorsak and juniors Garrett Spurgeon and Michael Bamsey, all of whom had solid scores at West Virginia’s NCAA Qualifier last weekend.

Senior Thomas Kyanko will also play a significant role for the Mountaineers, as he paces the team in smallbore with an average score of 583.

A majority of team members shot close to their personal bests during the qualifier in preparation for the GARC Championship.

Prediger exceeded expectations and shot a career high of 585 in

smallbore and tied her a g g re g a t e personalbest score of 1182. The team total score was 4705.

In an interview with WVUsports.com, head coach Jon Hammond spoke about West Virginia’s past success in the GARC Championship and how this competition helps prepare the team for the NCAA Championship.

“There’s a lot of competition in the conference,” he said. “Usually half of the NCAA Championships field comes from it. There are nine teams now. More teams means more strong individuals, and that means the finals will be tougher to get into.

It’s the toughest conference in NCAA rifle, and it’s good for us to get the experience.”

Prediger said one of the biggest parts of preparing for the GARC Championships and the NCAA Championships is being in sync with the required traveling and understanding the practice schedules.

“Jon (Hammond) wants to give us all the information that he can so that we can prepare and have a plan for the weekend of what to do and what time. We’ll see how it all works out,” she said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Track & field

WVU heads to Big 12 Indoor Championship by dj deskins

sports writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s women’s track and field team will head to Ames, Iowa to compete in the Big 12 Indoor Championship hosted by Iowa State University.

WVU is coming off its third and final home event of the season at the Gold/ Blue Invitational. Along with this weekend’s meet, it will be the Mountaineers’ final tune-up before the NCAA Indoor Championship after seven straight weeks of competition.

WVU will face some of

the nation’s best talent as the Big 12 features four Top 25 teams, second only to the SEC with eight. The ranked teams include No. 4 Texas, who are defending indoor champions; No. 6 Kansas State; No. 8 Baylor; and No. 17 Texas Tech.

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league rivals,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “We have rested for this meet and believe many in our group will be rewarded.”

Cleary expects to see multiple athletes compete for the top spot in their event and hopefully reach the podium.

“I believe that we can garner between eight and 10 All-Big 12 performances if we really have a great meet,” Cleary said. “I feel very strongly that we have the group to do just that.”

If the Mountaineers are able to feature that many All-Big 12 performances, it would represent the highest number of individual accolades since joining the conference.

WVU features two runners who have top-20 times in the 800-meter run in the Big 12. Amy Cashin ranks 13th with a time of 2:10.53, and Brianna Kerekes ranks 19th just two seconds behind Cashin.

Both of these runners have top five times in the 1,000-meter run. Cashin’s career-best holds the Big 12’s top time of 2:47.49.

Three Mountaineers have posted a sub-five minute mile this season.

Kelly Williams holds the team’s best time of 4:43.71, good enough for fourth in the conference.

Katlyn Shelar, Marsielle McBeam and Cashin’s 1,000-meter time have

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Shelar sits at ninth in the pole vault rankings with a 3.96-meter vault. Tori Bertrand sits just below her in the rankings after recording a career-best vault of 3.83 meters last weekend in WVU’s Shell Building.

McBeam has been WVU’s top performer this season in the high jump.

Her mark of 1.70 meters is only good enough for 15th place but earned her two first-place finishes this year. Hannah Stone also completed a 1.70-meter jump for WVU this season.

Cleary will be leaving some of his top performers in Morgantown as the team prepares for the outdoor season, but he still expects his athletes to compete at a high level.

“Over the course of the fall and early winter, we determined that we were going to use indoors as a stepping stone to the outdoor season,” Cleary said.

“By virtue of that decision, we elected to redshirt and hold some of our very best kids. If we come home with eight Big 12 awards, I will be very happy.”

The meet begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27 and concludes with an awards ceremony at 7 p.m.

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BATTLING THE BEARS

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Senior guard Gary Browne tips the ball at tip-off against Texas Tuesday night.

No. 20 West Virginia sets out for revenge on the road against No. 19 Baylor Bears Saturday evening by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Settling scores has been a theme for West Virginia lately. Tuesday, the Mountaineers took down Texas after four-straight losses to the Longhorns. West Virginia looks to continue that trend of getting even when it visits No. 19 Baylor at the Ferrell Center Saturday.

In their first meeting this year, the Bears came to Morgantown and had their way with the Moun-

taineers. Forward Rico Gathers played like a man possessed, pouring in 17 points and collecting 17 rebounds in Baylor’s 8769 rout.

Baylor had little trouble dealing with WVU’s defense, taking advantage of over-aggressiveness and making a living from close range; they managed to shoot close to 55 percent from the floor as a team for the game.

“Baylor shot such a high percentage because of the way we were playing. I’ve said this from the begin-

ning: We have to turn people over, but we can’t turn it over,” said head coach Bob Huggins after the game.

The Bears flipped the script on West Virginia in their first contest. Baylor kept its cool under WVU’s press and ended the game with a 19-16 advantage in turnovers.

“I think turnovers were 19-16. When we win they’re 19-8 or something.

That’s 14 more shots we would get. We were outrebounding our opposition. We out-rebounded

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them by eight. They shot a higher percentage because of the way we played,” Huggins said.

“I think most of our turnovers were from our bigs. We don’t work on dribbling in the post. We don’t ever say catch it, dribble it and put your head down. I wouldn’t tell a fifth grade team that. But they did, so consequently there’s a huge disparity.”

That loss put West Virginia in quite a hole, or at least it seemed to at the time. With the thick of their Big 12 schedule

coming up, the Mountaineers were backed into a corner.

Since then, they have fought their way out of that corner with a series of haymakers, including a home win against No. 8 Kansas and then a road victory against Oklahoma State.

Since that Baylor loss, West Virginia has won four of five games and climbed into the Big 12 title race with three games to play.

In order to stay in the conversation, the Mountaineers will have to find a way to contain Gathers,

along with Baylor’s guard combo of Kenny Chery and Lester Medford.

“They’re good now.

Their two guards are good.

They have a lot of guys who can make shots, and they have the best rebounder in the country,” Huggins said.

Sophomore Devin Williams, who went toe-totoe with Gathers, scoring 20 points and pulling down 15 rebounds in the loss earlier this month, will likely bear the bulk of the burden yet again Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s basketball

West Virginia takes on No. 24 Texas Longhorns on Senior Day Sunday afternoon by nicole curtin

associate sports editor @nicolec_wvu

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will celebrate Senior Day when it takes on the No. 24 Texas Longhorns Sunday afternoon.

The Mountaineers are coming off a loss to TCU Tuesday night and really need to win the next two games before the Big 12 Championships begin on March 6.

In t h e i r p re v i ou s matchup, Texas was ranked No. 3 in the Top 25 and the Longhorns beat then-No. 25 West Virginia 61-55. Senior forward Nneka Enemkpali, sophomore center Kelsey Lang and freshman guard Ariel Atkins combined for the scoring power on the Longhorns. Enemkpali averages 12.4 points per game followed by Lang with 10.6 and Atkins with 10.4.

It was early January when the teams first met for this season’s conference play, and the time inbetween has given way to some changes. The Longhorns hold a record of 19-8 overall, 8-8 in the Big 12, and have dropped from their spot in the top five early this season to now No. 24. Coming into this weekend’s match, they are on a hot streak, having won their last four games.

Texas defeated Oklahoma State Wednesday night, holding them to 28.6

percent from the field.

Although two of its leading scorers posted double digits, junior guard Empress Davenport came off the bench to score 15 points, tying her career high in only 28 minutes of play.

Overall, the Longhorns do not have anyone on the team who is leading or even in the top five of any categories in the Big 12.

However, as a team, Texas is second in the league for offensive rebounding percentage with 37.5 percent and first in defensive rebounding with 73.3 percent. In their game against Oklahoma, Texas grabbed 43 boards, 11 of them from junior center Imani McGee-Stafford.

While the Longhorns only had six more rebounds than the Mountaineers, Enemkpali led them with 12 and all members of the gold and blue had below 10 boards.

Combining their three main shooters with the best rebounders in the league could be a strong weapon against West Virginia.

Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year, junior guard Bria Holmes, continues to lead West Virginia in scoring, averaging 19.3 points per game, followed by senior forward Averee Fields, who posts 13 points per game.

In their loss to the Horned Frogs Tuesday, Holmes posted 24 points with Teana Muldrow and

Bre McDonald scoring 11 each. Fields led the team with seven rebounds.

Some keys to the Mountaineers’ game that might bring them success this weekend are going into the first half with energy and moving the ball well.

West Virginia is 14-1 this season when going into halftime with a lead; the only loss was to Kansas in Manhattan. It is also 12-2 when holding the opposing team to less than 60 points obviously, in the first meeting with Texas, the Longhorns posted 61 points. While it shouldn’t be a driving factor to keep Texas under 60 because of their record when doing so, it may give them a better advantage to tack on a late-season win.

Senior Day will be the final home game for the Mountaineers this season.

Tip-off is at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Coliseum. Seniors Fields, Crystal Leary and Linda Stepney will be honored before the game, and there will be a number of promotions at the Coliseum for the game. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

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