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Tuesday February 24, 2015
W.Va named unhappiest state by john mark shaver correspondent @dailyathenaeum
According to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, West Virginia has been named the least happy state in the nation for a record sixth year in a row, but the results may not be entirely what they seem. The Well-Being Index determines its rankings through self-reported surveys taken by each state’s citizens, and has five integral elements of wellbeing: purpose, social, financial, community and physical. According to Gallup, the results were gathered from phone interviews over the course of last year, with more than 150,000 people being surveyed. In addition to West Virginia scoring lowest over-
all, the state also came dead last in both the purpose and physical categories, signifying that West Virginia’s citizens are not only the least motivated, but also the least active, according to the index. This correlates with West Virginia being the second most obese state in 2014, behind Mississippi. Logan Helfferich, a West Virgina University senior print journalism student and Pennsylvania native, was not surprised at West Virginia’s low purpose score. “It makes total sense to me,” Helfferich said. “I always see people just standing around downtown, not really having anything to do, and probably up to no good.” Along with four other
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In this file photo from May 2014, students prepare to canoe 20 miles with Adventure WV on the Colorado River.
Adventure WV price lowered to $95 by emily leslie correspondent @dailyathenaeum
West Virginia University’s Office of the Provost began subsidizing Adventure WV trips last October, lowering the cost of their freshman orientation trips to $95 per student and making them free for students eligible for the Pell Grant. Adventure WV offers several 7-day, peerled programs for incoming freshmen that include white water rafting, backpacking, rock climbing and building homes with Habitat for Humanity. Students who do an Adventure WV program before going into their first semester tend to have higher retention and graduation rates. Greg Corio, director of Adventure WV, noted the importance of giving new students, who may be nervous about going to college, a social group and a connection to WVU. “It’s all about helping students find a community and a sense of belongingness at WVU – and that they’re going to stay and they’re going to be more successful and hopefully walk away with their degree,” Corio said. “We work with students, addressing the concerns and fears about the transition for students when it is relevant – the summer before they come to school. After their trip they already belong at WVU, they’ve got their social group. They’ve had an incredibly powerful educational
experience, probably unlike anything they’ve ever done before.” Corio said lowering the cost of programs and offering the Pell Grant gives students equal opportunity to participate in a program that will increase their likelihood of staying in school and graduating. Now, more students have a fair shot of getting this opportunity thanks to the University making it more affordable. “The administration has been invested in cutting down the barriers for people to participate. What they’ve done is they’ve helped us cut down our costs. Trips, which were usually around $445 a piece, are now $95 a student, or they are free if they are Pell Grant eligible,” Corio said. “What this is about is breaking down financial barriers for increased participation. Ultimately, we want students to be successful.” Corio commented on the growing number of specialty programs Adventure WV offers, as well. While trips with the College of Media, the School of Engineering and the Honors College have been around for at least a couple of years, Adventure WV is beginning to offer brand new programs, such as the new trip with the School of Art and Design. “Not only are you connecting with students in your general incoming class, but you’re connecting with students in your
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The three SGA candidate parties dropped their banners Sunday evening in the Mountainlair, marking the beginning of SGA election season.
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Student Government Association election season is now in full swing, and with it comes the discussion of the candidates and their platforms. This year, there are three competing parties – a first since 1996. The three official parties are: “The Make a Difference Movement,” “The Experience” and the “Youth Party.” There are also a record number of 57 candidates this year. SGA elections are a critical time at West Virginia University because SGA has the important role of allocating funds directly to students, through the use of grants. The student body president also gets to sit on the institutional board of WVU, giving a voice to the students. “At the end of the day, these are people who will push your issues,” said Stephen Scott, presidential candidate of The Experience Party. “These are the people who want to serve you.” George Capel, the presidential candidate for The Make a Difference Movement (M.A.D.), followed that sentiment by explaining how student involvement directly reflects the level of respect and engagement with the Morgantown community. “The more that students are active and involved and engaged in the community, I feel like they are much more likely to respect it,” Capel said. All three parties have varying platforms, allowing students to vote on the direction the University will take in the coming year. Along with the rare three-party race, five of the six people who are in the running, for either president or vice president, were all on the same ticket two years ago, The Revolution. However, Spenser Wempe, the presidential candidate for the Youth Party, said there is no animosity between former party members. “When you run (in a) SGA election with somebody, and as cliché and as silly as it sounds, you really do become close with these people, and when you’re spending a lot of time together you’re bound to become friends, and that’s what Stephen, Braxton, Ashley, George and I all did.” The Make a Difference Movement has a four-part plan with the hopes to engage students, the local Morgantown community, the state as a whole, the Big 12 and the rest of the nation, as well. The first part of the plan will be a “student summit.” This will entail a representative from every student organization, academic college and program, meeting at the beginning of every semester and have an open dialogue on what is important on campus, with SGA being the liaison for the event. The second part will be petitioning the Morgantown City Council to have a member of SGA sit on City Council as an ex officio. The third part of the plan will be a statewide day of ser-
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EXPENDITURE REPORTS Friday, 3 p.m. Per the Student Government Association’s Elections Code, all tickets must release their expenditure report to the elections chair by this time. DEBATE PART 1 - SUNDAY Mountainlair, 9 p.m. Because of the high number of candidates running for SGA, the annual debate will take place in two parts. This night, candidates running for Board of Governors will debate. DEBATE PART 2 - MONDAY Mountainlair, 9 p.m. Because the high number of candidates running for SGA, the annual debate will take place in two parts. This night, candidates running for Board of Govenors will debate. VOTING BEGINS Students can cast their votes March 3-5 at the Mountainlair and the Student Recreation Center. Also, there are rotating locations: TUESDAY- Towers WEDNESDAY - Brooks Hall THURSDAY - Engineering
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Regulations make business difficult for ecig sellers by john mark shaver correspondent @dailyathenaeum
The “Wild West” of Morgantown’s electronic cigarette business might soon be in danger because of imminent FDA regulations. The electronic cigarette industry is one of the fastest growing in the country. The number of electronic cigarette users has quintupled over the last two years. Today’s users have a multitude of options in front of them. Downtown Morgantown alone boasts four different electronic cigarette shops, all which carry unique products and flavors known as “e-juice” or simply “juice.” However, none of these products are regulated
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Electronic cigarettes, such as the one shown above, have been increasing in popularity. or certified by the Food any long-term testing to & Drug Administration. be done to see if they’re Jane Shehorn, a respira- safe to use,” Shehorn said. tory therapist and mem- “They may be safer than ber of the American Lung regular cigarettes because Association, is pushing for there’s no combustion, but for overall safety, there’s heavier regulation. “They haven’t been no scientific evidence around long enough for to establish the safety of
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e-cigarettes.” Shehorn isn’t alone. Although there are no current federal laws or regulations regarding electronic cigarettes, many states have adopted their own practices for businesses to follow. Current West Virginia State law says it’s illegal to sell electronic cigarettes to those under the age of 18. Juice manufacturers must also list their ingredients on the bottle labels. The FDA recently passed its first set of regulations on electronic cigarettes, which are scheduled to become official national law this June. Despite this, local businesses are not worried about the new laws. “A lot of stores were al-
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Tuesday February 24, 2015
Career Services Center hosts fourth Mocktail event by evelyn merithew associate city editor @dailyathenaeum
West Virginia University’s fourth annual Mocktail Party & Fashion Show is right around the corner and the WVU Career Services Center encourages students of all majors to attend. The event, which will be held from 6-8 p.m Wednesday, March 4 at Bent Willey’s, is designed to give students networking skills and interview tips through interactive workshops while having a good time and enjoying a unique
mocktail concoction. “The Mocktail Party & Fashion Show actually makes it fun to learn how to network and what to wear in professional situations. Students need these skills in order to land a great job, so why not develop them while also enjoying free food, mocktails and prizes?� said Sarah Glenn, assistant director of employer relations at the Career Services Center. Rachael Conrad, employer relations specialists at the Career Services Center, believes attending this event is important for
students to stand out from those competing for the same positions. “If you want to be more attractive to employers, you need to have an edge over the other applicants. The Mocktail Party & Fashion Show can help you develop that edge,� Conrad said. Mylan Pharmaceuticals is sponsoring the event and Mylan representatives will be present to network with students throughout the evening. Students will have the opportunity to perfect their elevator pitch through feedback from corporate
recruiters and also learn to distinguish between business casual, professional and interview attire from the fashion show. Appetizers from The Vintage Room will be served and students will receive a gift bag with a $10 WVU Barnes & Noble Bookstore gift card. There will also be a chance to win prizes including a Beats by Dre portable speaker and an iPad Mini. The mocktails featured at the event include drinks called “The Boss,� “The Intern� and “The First Impression.� The First Im-
pression, has a recipe of pineapple juice, cranberry juice, orange juice and lemonade. Glenn said the event has had great student reception in the past. “Students and employers who attended previous Mocktail Party & Fashion Shows really liked the event. Some even found summer internships through it,� she said. Conrad added that the event has drawn attention outside of the University. “A university contacted us last week in hopes to recreate something similar
at their institution,� Conrad said. Registration for the event is $10 and space is limited to the first 150 students to sign up. “It’s more than a workshop. It is fun and you get the benefit of being comfortable in typically stressful situations,� Alli Colasante, marketing and social media graduate assistant at the Career Services Center, said of the upcoming Mocktail Party. To register for the event, log in to MountaineerTRAK. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu
Man runs from home as train derails nearby, engulfs property ANSTED, W.Va. (AP) — Morris Bounds Sr. wanted to make sure his home was tidy when his wife was let out of the hospital, so he cleaned the kitchen and vacuumed their bedroom. While doing the mindless chores, he noticed his cellphone on the bed and thought to himself: “I might need this.� After all, friends and family had been coming and going from the house since his wife’s heart surgery, and he expected her home any day. Bounds grabbed his cellphone off the bed and walked into the kitchen. As soon as he did, he heard the harrowing squeal of colliding metal and looked outside into the snowstorm. Just 50 feet away, he could see a train crashing. He bolted out the front door as fast as his bad knees could take him. He didn’t have time to grab his shoes and trudged through the snow in his socks. Temperatures were in the teens. Turns out, having the cellphone helped save his life. “I just had a second to look and a second to run,� Bounds told The Associated Press on Monday, exactly one week after 27 cars of a CSX train went off the tracks next to his home. As he ran, the wreckage burst into spectacular fire-
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Morris Bounds Sr. sits with grandchildren Isaiah Anderson, left, and Samara Anderson at a family home, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in Ansted, W.Va. Bounds said he is thankful to be alive after fleeing his home seconds before it was destroyed by an oil train that left the tracks, last week in Mount Carbon, W. Va. balls that shot into the sky. The yard was on fire and “it blew that hot oil on both sides of me, all over the house, my trucks.� “If I had been there another second, it’d probably have killed me,� Bounds said. “Glass was flying everywhere behind me. The walls were caving in. I hadn’t run like that in years.� Bounds is still having trouble grasping what happened. His home of 25 years is ruined. His trucks
were destroyed. Decades of photos and keepsakes are gone. Bounds, a 68-year-old retired machinist, suffered only inhalation injuries. No one else in the area was hurt. But it could have been much worse. His daughter, Sarah Anderson, and two grandchildren had been staying at the home while Bounds’ wife, Patty, was in the hospital. Patty Bounds had con-
vinced her daughter to go home to Ohio over the weekend to get a few things before coming back for another stay. Patty Bounds had had heart bypass surgery, came home and then went back to the hospital with the flu on the Friday before the crash. Had she been there, Bounds Sr. believes she never would have gotten out. Bounds had also been waiting on his son to come by and clear snow. The storm had just dumped
more than 7 inches on his narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Kanawha River and railroad tracks in southern West Virginia. His son, who lives 400 yards away, was on the way to his parents’ house when he had to turn around to get a snow shovel. When Morris Bounds Jr. got to his own house, he decided to rest rather than head back out into the snowstorm. “I sat down in the chair momentarily, my little dog jumped on my lap and all of a sudden I heard this roaring, like thunder. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!� the younger Bounds said. About that time, his dad was running from his burning home. Residents across the river a few hundred yards away saw Bounds escape his home. Some yelled to see if he needed help. Trapped between the burning house and the river, Bounds ran some more and called his son. “He was scream ing my name, ‘Morris, please help!� the son said. “’There’s a train! I’m running through fire! Everything’s going to blow up. The train’s wrecked. My house is completely engulfed in flames. Everything’s in flames and I’m on the other side of the flame. I need you to come get me.�
His son raced over and found his dad had made it several hundred feet away from the home in his tattered socks. “That picture is still stuck in my mind: His mouth wide open, gasping for air, trying to get to my truck,� Bounds Jr. said. Bounds Sr. said he still requires treatments to help with his breathing and can taste something funny inside his mouth. Investigators have not determined what caused the crash. The train was carrying 3 million gallons of North Dakota crude. Oil leaked into a Kanawha River tributary, forcing nearby water treatment plants to temporarily shut down. The fire took four days to burn out and work continues to remove the overturned tanks. CSX has said it will compensate Bounds for his losses. He now has only memories of a peaceful life along the Kanawha River and doesn’t plan to rebuild on the property. “I could have lost these grandbabies, my daughter, my son,� Bounds said, his voice breaking. “That’s what tears at you so bad. If anyone had been in that house but me ... if I’d been in the next room, I would have died.�
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W.Va. panel OKs bill not to require concealed handgun permits CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia would become the fifth state not to require concealed handgun permits under a legislative proposal that started moving Monday. A state Senate panel cast a unanimous voice vote to drop the need to get concealed carry permits. Only Alaska, Arizona, Vermont and Wyoming don’t have the requirement. It’s the first major pro-gun push under newly minted Republican majorities in the 60day legislative session, which ends in mid-March. Gunfriendly Democrats likewise loosened firearms restrictions in the eight-plus decades they ran the state Legislature. Currently, openly carrying a handgun, like in a holster on a hip, is legal without any permit in West Virginia. Thirty-one states total have similar open-carry rules, according to the Law Center to Protect Gun Violence. Carrying a handgun out of plain site, like underneath a coat, requires a permit. The West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association cited potential dangers in not requiring permits. Association Executive Director Rodney Miller said law enforcement would have to assume more people had concealed firearms and lacked required training. That includes people coming in from out of state. West Virginians would still need permits when they head out of state. Local government gun restrictions, including at courthouses and other buildings, could still apply, Miller said.
Miller said he doesn’t want to see heightened interactions between the public and police, specifically mentioning the Missouri shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown last August. “The problem with opening it up to let just any person come into West Virginia and carry a firearm is, how do you mitigate and potentially control some of the bad guys?� Miller said before Monday’s meeting. Permits also provide money for sheriff’s offices, with some of that going toward bulletproof vests and other safety items, Miller said. Daniel Carey of the National Rifle Association said it should be left up to an individual to seek out handgun training voluntarily. “I think that any responsible, law-abiding individual who purchases anything, whether it be any tool, whether it be a drill, or hammer, or iPad, or whatever the case might be, they’re going to seek out how to use that properly,� Carey said. Senators voted down an amendment Monday that would’ve maintained training obligations for people carrying concealed weapons, even without permits. Some senators in favor cited 2nd Amendment arguments and questioned whether the required training did much good. They also wondered what difference it would make, since people can openly carry handguns now without permits. The proposal next heads to the Senate floor. It hasn’t progressed in the House yet.
GOP senator pushing for legalized medical marijuana CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The second-ranking Republican state senator is pushing to make medical marijuana legal in West Virginia. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael filed a bill Monday to allow marijuana use for patients with debilitating health conditions. The Jackson County Republican said he previously had opposed medical marijuana, but has since been convinced of its legitimate value as a therapeutic medicine. The bill says scientific studies since 1999 have shown marijuana’s medical importance for a variety of conditions. “I think it’s just wrong, and it’s uncompassionate, to not provide a treatment mechanism for the people who have legitimate needs,� Carmichael told reporters Monday. The Compassionate Use Act for Medical Cannabis lists more than a dozen conditions that would warrant a marijuana prescription. Some include cancer, HIV and AIDS, Crohn’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Others include proneness to seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety and addiction to opiates or amphetamines. The bill lets state health officials add other conditions. Carmichael said he still opposes legalizing marijuana for
recreational uses, however. “I am 1,000 percent against that,� Carmichael said. “There is not a single thread in my body that wants to legalize or decriminalize this.� Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, has also signed onto the proposal as a sponsor. Monday was the last day to file bills in the state Senate. Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., have comprehensive medical marijuana programs, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Another 11 states have approved limited medical marijuana bills that loosen access to extracts from strains of marijuana with low THC and high levels of cannabidiol. In other states, lawmakers have recently changed their tune after seeing public support for medical marijuana. In Florida, a 2014 medical marijuana constitutional amendment received about 58 percent of the vote, but needed 60 percent to pass under state law. Now, Republican lawmakers are moving forward with bills to legalize medical marijuana. Florida Republican Sen. Jeff Brandies, who opposed the ballot measure, is one sponsor. Some law enforcement associations have opposed medical marijuana proposals in other states.
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specific major. Probably more importantly, students connect with faculty and staff members in that specific college,� Corio said. Kaylee Kuzma, a senior exercise physiology student and leader in Ad-
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Continued from page 1 states, including border states Ohio and Kentucky, West Virginia has placed in the bottom 10 states every year since the Well-Being Index started in 2008. “It’s kind of shocking,� said Katelyn Flanagan, a sophomore elementary education student and West Virginia native. “Where I’m from (Hampshire County, W.Va.), the people seem to be genuinely happy.� Jacob Hines, a freshman petroleum engineering stu-
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Continued from page 1 ready following the new rules on their own, just out of business practice,� said Jimmy Halpenny, a former employee of Volcano Electronic Cigarettes in Bridgeport. “The only business that will be hurt are the ones who were doing shady dealings to begin with.� Some in the industry believe the new laws are just a tool for the FDA to get their foot in the door. Shawn Dunn, owner of eVapor on High Street, has some deep concerns. “The biggest, scariest thing is that they want to require all new e-cig items sold to go through FDA approval,� Dunn said. “They will need to make an application to the FDA and they will decide if it’s allowed to be sold. Each device application will
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Continued from page 1 vice, a day where the students of WVU can reach out to all of West Virginia, not just Morgantown. “I think a lot of parts of the state, some of the people in it, have never really seen students reach out, and we are in a unique position to do that with the people that we have on this ticket,� Capel said. The final part of the Make a Difference Movement won’t take place until 2017 when the SGA Big 12 conference comes to Morgantown. There, SGA members from all the BIG 12 schools will discuss all things student government. “Our main priority is to showcase the cultural heritage and true spirit of the Mountaineer community to the nation,� said Ashley Morgan, vice presidential candidate for The Make a Difference Movement. “We want to showcase what the true Mountaineer is about and our administration would be planning for that
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venture WV, commented on why she thinks Adventure WV is so successful in keeping students at WVU. “Some students come into these programs not really knowing anyone else. A lot of them enter the program with the fear that they will be alone going into the program,� Kuzma said. “Then they meet people on the trip and realize that they have the same
worries and they become friends. I think creating friendships like that is a big part of success for a lot of students.� The freshman orientation programs Adventure WV offers are oneof-a-kind and inspire Mountaineer pride in future students. “I think what makes (Adventure WV) unique is that we utilize our state of
West Virginia and the natural resources around us – we go white water rafting, rock climbing, backpacking – and students fall in love with our state,� Corio said. “In-state and out-of-state students see places they’ve probably never seen before and fall in love and are excited to be a Mountaineer.�
dent, was also surprised, but offered an explanation. “I’ve only really experienced West Virginia from the University,� Hines, who is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, said. “Since this is a college town, I guess it could sway from how it is outside this area.� However, without looking at the actual numbers and statistics, these results are misleading. According to Gallup, the Well-Being Index rates each state on a scale from 0-100, 0 being the lowest possible level of happiness and 100 being the highest. West Virginia’s rating lies
at an even 59 out of 100, several points over what would be considered moderate happiness. So while West Virginia may be the least happy state, it is not necessarily a sad state. Even more surprising, West Virginia is less than six points away from the nation’s happiest state, Alaska, which received a well-being rating of 64.7. This means not only does West Virginia have an empirically above average well-being score, but the state’s well-being does not differ much at all from the “happiest� state. The self-reported well-
being of every state in the nation lies in this 5.7 point span, which speaks more about the U.S. as a whole than it does any of its individual parts. “It’s interesting that the numbers are so tightly packed,� Hines said after learning about the details of the ratings system. “It sounds like the United States really is united.� More information and statistics about the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index can be found by visiting, http://well-beingindex.com.
take thousands of man hours to prepare and cost millions of dollars and they may not approve it anyway.� Dunn said this could lead to smaller, more innovative “mom and pop� companies to close. He worries this will leave only the products made by big tobacco companies, which he said have a reputation of not being as good. Shehorn feels similarly. “I just think it’s an alternative for the companies,� Shehorn said. “They didn’t necessarily design them as a smoking cessation tool, just another alternative.� Another recent trend is the rising number of specialty stores, demonstrated by the several places in Morgantown devoted entirely to electronic cigarettes. “I think it’s great for the vaping community, but it’s not necessarily great
for business,� Halpenny said. “With any other business, we’ve seen quite a few places piggyback our success and try to capitalize on it.� Shehorn said another concern is the increasing number of underage users, a figure which has tripled in the past two years according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. “With all the flavors and things that they’re adding to them, it’s geared toward a new generation of potential smokers,� Shehorn said. “They make it appealing to teens and younger, hopefully new, tobacco users.� Halpenny, on the other hand, had a different take on the issue. He said while the number of young users may be rising, it is because the product as a whole is rising, so of course some minors will latch on. Dunn also rejected the theory and sees it as an
old trick and a straw-man proposal where opponents of electronic cigarettes sometimes resort to discussing the benefit of children when they have no other argument. “My default argument to that is always to tell someone to go to a liquor store and go to the vodka section and you’ll see 20 flavors of fruity vodka, which are obviously not aimed at kids,� Dunn said. “It’s because adults like flavors and variety.� Despite constant opposition from industry leaders and small business owners like Dunn, the FDA looks to place more regulations on electronic cigarettes in the coming years. Dunn, however, still expressed hope. “Everything is up in the air. Nothing is for sure. It’ll be a few years before anything happens anyway,� Dunn said.
conference.� The Experience’s platform will focus on academics first and socialization second. “We will focus on academic recognition. I want students to feel like what they are doing in the class room is commended, their commitment to getting their degree at the end of the day and really showcasing how dedicated they are at achieving at the University,� Scott said. To show this, Scott said he and his party will set up “recognition banquets and dinners in correlation with the week of honors, where students are able to meet with the deans of their colleges, chairs of their departments and program coordinators.� The social flipside of The Experience’s platform will be a SpringFest. This SpringFest, unlike FallFest where the entertainment is a concert hosting artists from outside of the student body, will be a celebration of the spring semester with local artists being the main attraction. The en-
tertainment would consist of students from the Creative Arts Center or other places, showcasing their work in a gallery setting, with other artists performing outside as well. The SpringFest would also allow transfer students who missed out on FallFest to experience and feel like a part of the University, according to Scott. Scott’s running mate will be Anthony Braxton. The Youth Party will be headed by Spenser Wempe and her running mate Andrew Sealy. “Andrew and I are looking to set a tone of inclusiveness within SGA. So really working on getting out to the field and being more than just cooped up in our offices,� Wempe said. “Both by advocating to administrators and doing a lot more programing within the organization. So actually going to students, hosting events, doing different activities and being in front of students on a regular basis.� The programs that the Youth Party will focus on will be student fees, re-
sources and “becoming a wealth of knowledge for students and act as a resource, ourself,� according to Wempe. The Youth Party said it would have an open-door policy to try and bridge the gap between students and the administration. “We’re really focused on this idea of leaders - not politicians - so most of us have no political aspirations whatsoever,� Wempe said. “However, we’ve kind of found our niche within WVU in which we’ve really been able to lead and to really offer something to the University.� All three parties have a wealth of individual experience and each spoke of the diversity of the members on their respective tickets. SGA will host debates on March 1 and 2. The Board of Governors debate will be held Sunday, March 1. The president, vice president and athletic counselors debate will be held the following day, March 2.
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Proposed W.Va. charter school bill appears dead CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would clear the way for charter schools in West Virginia has died in the Legislature. Pushed by the Republican majority, Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler moved Monday to postpone indefinitely the bill, with three Republicans absent during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Finance. That effectively kills the legislation for this session. According to the Register-Herald (http://bit. ly/1zboGns), Democrat
Kessler pronounced himself “Proud of what I did.� Democrats have argued that charter schools would discriminate against children with disabilities and students of meager means. Charter schools have been promoted as giving parents a choice of public schools. Sen. Dave Sypolt is a Preston Republican and chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He said the chance of reviving the legislation is “bleak.�
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WVU should invest more resources into public record requests Receiving official documents from West Virginia University can be a pain. As young journalists affiliated with the University, we have a unique access point. We have access to the students, administrators and offices like no other media groups do. We understand the University wants to move past the tragedies of the fall semester and so do we. But our community cannot heal the deep wound of Burch’s death, the riots after our win over Baylor and a generally shocking semester without being able to look back on these events. We can’t just put a BandAid on the problem. Our community needs to let the
wound heal. Our organization filed a Freedom of Information Act request to inspect records detailing why the Kappa Sigma Fraternity was suspended prior to the “Big/Little” night where events occurred leading to Burch’s death. This is an extremely important request. What if the fraternity was suspended because of underage drinking? What if it was suspended because of drug use in the house? Right now, all one can do is speculate. Our organization also requested a list of the students who were a part of Kappa Sigma prior to being suspended. Bob Campione, director of student
organizations and keeper of these records, denied our request. What if members of the fraternity had prior arrest records of supplying minors with alcohol? In a voicemail, Bob Campione said he asked his superiors about releasing the Kappa Sigma roster and was unable to at this time. So, like good journalists, we filed FOIA requests for both records. All of these questions shape our understanding of what happened and can inform how the University should move forward. Students can’t hold their University accountable unless they have all the information.
These two cases, though important, are just anecdotal. The real problem is the University follows the letter of the law and tries to stretch it as far as possible. According to West Virginia Code 29b-1-3, government offices have a maximum of five days to respond to a FOIA request. Let’s emphasize that, a maximum of five days. Here’s what happens when you FOIA WVU. You send in a FOIA, lets say, at 8 p.m. on Sunday evening. You wait for five business days, not including weekends, legal holidays or the day WVU receives the request. Instead of sending a request to the actual person who holds the record, you send an
email to Harry Montoro, West Virginia University’s freedom of information act officer, at FOIA@mail.wvu. edu. You wait patiently. On the fifth day or sometimes after, you receive an email, always around 4:404:46 p.m., with a response. Often, one waits all of these days to have a request denied or to find out it will only take longer. Oh, you want to repeal the decision? Send in a repeal and wait another five days for a response. To Montoro’s credit, he always takes our call. He’s a nice guy and easy to work with. Like Montoro said in a phone call, he’s just one cog in a big machine that is the University.
Perhaps Montoro is overwhelmed with the many requests WVU receives, and this is understandable. If Montoro cannot handle all of the requests the University receives, WVU should hire another FOIA officer. If a second officer and Montoro can’t handle it all, hire a third one. If they can’t, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. A FOIA request should not be treated as a burden. It should be seen as a civic duty. For a university of this size, WVU should be more transparent than it is and the administration should invest more resources into this. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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A matter of safety, convenience: The PRT should operate 24 hours a day
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We’ve all been there. You’re downtown, drinking at one of the High Street bars, house parties or fraternities, having a great time with your friends, but as the night comes to a close and you inevitably tire of the party scene, you’re faced with the dilemma of how to get home. You want to be safe and responsible, but you’re definitely too far away to walk. The crammed-to-the-brim buses stopped running about an hour ago and you can’t get an expensive cab service on the phone. The PRT has been shut down
since 10 p.m. so eventually, you settle on just trying to drive. After all, you’re not that drunk. You’ve done it before and always made it home safe. You’ll drive slowly. You’ll be careful. What’s the worst that could happen? Now, imagine the same scenario, but this time, the PRT is running. Instead of driving, you easily make the responsible decision. You walk down to the Walnut Street station and take the PRT to Beechurst, Engineering, Towers or Medical. From there, you’re only a short walk to the safety of your home. There is an obvious lack of reliable transportation options at WVU, which is not only inconvenient for
students but dangerous to the entire population of Morgantown. Monongalia County averages 872 DUI arrests every year. According to CDC statistics, the average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before their first arrest. This amounts to thousands of drunk drivers on Morgantown’s streets every single year. Although not all students are committing these crimes, the rate of drunken driving is the highest among 21-25-year-olds. They comprise 23.4 percent of all DUI arrests in the U.S. The average WVU student is 21 years old. When it comes to transportation, you’d be hard pressed to find a West Virginia University student
without a single complaint. Almost all of us have gotten a parking ticket or waited ages in the freezing cold to get on a bus. We’ve felt unsafe walking home late at night or had trouble getting from one disjointed campus to another. When day turns to night, our options are fewer even though the city is still vibrant with student activity. Nighttime operation of the PRT is not only a great idea for students, but entirely feasible for WVUDOT. The PRT operates in three unique modes: Demand, schedule and circulation. Each mode is suitable for different times of the day. Demand mode is often used during off-peak hours and would be suitable for late
night use. In this mode, the system reacts to rider requests. After a passenger presses a requested station’s button, a timer is activated. If the timer reaches a predetermined limit of 5 minutes, a vehicle is activated automatically to service the request. If the number of passengers waiting to travel to the same destination exceeds a predetermined limit of 15, a vehicle is immediately activated. It can be argued running the PRT 24 hours a day would only encourage partying late into the night. However, as everyone knows, many college students are going to drink. After drinking, they are going to need to get home safely. Even without taking par-
tying and drunken driving into consideration, expanding the operating hours of the PRT would increase convenience for students, allowing them to work out at the Student Recreation Center until closing, attend WVUp All Night or study in the Downtown Campus Library without worrying about how they’ll get home. If WVU wishes to take an active role in lowering the numbers of DUI arrests and alcohol-related accidents among students, as well as increase the convenience of transportation options, it must expand the operating hours of the PRT. Ideally, the system should run 24 hours a day. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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Why saying no to hostage ransoms is the right move farria ashfaq guest columnist @farriaashfaq
Throughout its history in international diplomacy, the U.S. has firmly held the policy the government will not negotiate with terrorists or give into their demands. And over the years, many people have vocally come out against this policy when it comes to U.S. citizens being held hostage for ransom. Recently, slain ISIS hostage Katie Mueller’s father has criticized the American government for putting the policy ahead of taking care of citizens’ lives. Any soldier or journalist who goes into these war zones is fully aware they may never come back home. They go willingly to fight for our freedom, even if it means
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their freedoms are taken away. These brave men and women know the policy and they know there will be no negotiations with terrorists. They also know the government will do anything in its power to secure their safety without giving into demands. Any family member or friend of a hostage would be upset if their loved one did not make it out alive. It is well within their right, if they feel the government did not do everything it could have to save their loved one, to speak up and to call for change. However, we must understand not only how it will affect us now, but how it will affect us in the future. According to NBC News, a U.S. Intelligence official reported much of ISIS’ income comes from ransom money paid by European govern-
ments and wealthy relatives of the victims. The best way to defeat terrorists is to make sure their money flow is stopped. If they have no money, they can no longer obtain weapons. The more we give into terrorists’ demands, the more vulnerable we will be in the future. Three other citizens, James Foley, Steven Sotloff and Abdul-Rahman Kassig, were captured and killed by ISIS. According to NBC News, Katie Mueller “was believed to be the last American hostage held by Isis.” Before the death of James Foley, ISIS had asked the news organization Globalpost for 100 million euros for his release. This just shows how much these groups are willing to extort using hostages. It is our job to not let them win; it is our job to make them understand they
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will not get what they want by killing people. Of course, it is a tragedy when a hostage dies because we decide not to pay the money for their release. It is hard for all of us to face the reality of this policy. What-
ever way we decide to handle any hostage crisis, we need to live with it and hope it was for the best. If we give into one demand, everyone will know they can extort money out of the U.S. By refusing all de-
mands, we are essentially saying they can’t hurt us by taking these hostages. This will make us, as a country, stronger and less susceptible to attack. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu
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‘Sister Act’ brings satire to Creative Art Center
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Deloris Van Cartier and Curtis Jackson (left) watch as Curtis’ crew makes fun of one of their members in Sister Act Sunday evening at the Creative Arts Center.
By Jillian Clemente A&E writer @dailyathenaeum
Hitch up your habits and run all the way to the Vatican, or, more locally, the Creative Arts Center, for “Sister Act.” The professional, traveling “sisters” graced the stage of the CAC Sunday night, to deliver a memorable, entertaining production. This satirical, Catholic musical was a high-energy production that kept the audience entranced from the powerful opening song to the final close of the curtains. The opener “ Take Me To Heaven” proved that Kerissa Arrington (Deloris) has stellar pipes, which promised me quality of voice for the rest of the show. That promise was not broken. Immediately, the plot was laid out with Deloris witnessing a murder and her old cop buddy, Sweaty Eddie (Lamont O’Neal), helped to hide her from the murderer and boyfriend, Curtis (Kolby Kindle). Where would this wanna-be pop star go to hide? Where is a spot that no one would ever look for this vivacious woman?
A convent, of course. As soon as she sets foot in the convent, hilarity ensues - Catholicstyle. This was extra silly to me because I recently visited a convent on a retreat. The jokes, puns and slapstick humor were skillfully threaded throughout every character’s lines and kept the story moving along at a quick pace. As for the story, it made sense and was believable enough to have actually occured. Deloris became Sister Mary Clarence and posed as a nun. However, her loud personality and voice didn’t sit well with the humble, Latin-chanting choirs of the nuns after she was assigned to sing there. So, she did what any artist would do: She took what she had and revamped it to make it her own. The hymnals were thrown out, and the nuns donned sequined habits, performing in church and attracting the crowds and papers. The head nun Sister Superior wasn’t too keen on this idea but the new choir was raking in money needed to save the church. Sister Superior and Deloris clashed heads frequently, but good humor came out of it. The nuns in the convent had distinct person-
alities that meshed well with Deloris’ and the banter was natural and silly. Nuns can actually be silly, too, so it reminded me of a few that I know personally. The satire toward nuns and the Catholic religion itself was not rude; in fact, it was very tasteful. I didn’t walk away from this show bitter at the writers at all. The lingo of Catholics was on-point, as well, with plenty of oneliners that I’m still giggling at days later. Some of my favorites include, “Hold onto your rosaries!” and “What’s Latin for
‘yes’?” Actually, at one point, the Pope is supposed to visit the convent in the musical, which is located in Philadelphia. Ironically, Pope Francis XVI is visiting that same city this year. Overall, this tasteful show kept me laughing long after the curtains closed. The performance itself was as professional as a Broadway production, as promised to audience members, so I left the theater with no complaints, only a smile. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Curtis Jackson points a gun at one of his crew members while another one laughs in Sister Act Sunday evening in the Creative Arts Center.
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Clyde McAllister wins comedy competition Ally Litten A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum
Many laughs were heard Feb. 20 at Last Comic Standing if WVUp All Night. Despite some flaws in the program, nine talented students gained the courage to go up on stage and practice their standup acts. Chris DeFazio, Jordan Bailey, Derek Brown, Clyde McAllister, Alec Neu, Joe Ferneding, Grace Mil-
liken and Afsheen Misaghi graced the stage with many different forms of comedy and humor. Although every participant did an amazing job, three contestants went home with prizes. The prizes ranged from small gift baskets from around Morgantown to the top prize, which was a brand new Vizio 23-inch television plus a huge gift basket from local businesses . Winning first place at Last Comic Standing was Clyde McAllister. With
a very personable stage p re s e n c e, Mc A l l i st e r made jokes about being a student and really connected with the crowd. Although he ran out of jokes, he improvised incredibly well and kept the audience laughing. “Last Comic Standing being held here at the Mountainlair was a really good opportunity for people to hear me,” McAllister said. “It is right in the middle of campus.” Coming in at second place was Afsheen Misa-
ghi. Despite being the last performer of the night, Misaghi caught the audience’s attention with jokes about his ethnicity and name. “I had one girl come up to me and say ‘If you weren’t so well-shaven, I would have thought you were a terrorist!’,” Misaghi said. The third place prize went to Chris DeFazio. Performing first in a competition can always be hard but DeFazio kept the audience laughing with jokes about
his ex-girlfriend’s Google history and a helicopter move that will “really blow your hair back.” Last Comic Standing was developed by Comedy Caravan’s Underground Comedy College and Up All Night to help students gain practice and insight in the world of entertainment. “For me, this event was about making people laugh,” Ferneding said. Comedy Caravan comedians Adam White and Tim McClendon helped the amateurs develop their
jokes at a workshop held the day before the event. Last Comic Standing gave the students an opportunity to practice and improve these skills. “It was great to see the students come to us with funny ideas and turn them into funnier jokes,” White said. “Changes to make jokes funnier is what comedy is all about.” For more information on comedy, go to http:// comedycaravan.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu
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Animators at Disney win at Oscars for second year in a row NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. proved Sunday that its power doesn't only come from Pixar. For the second year in a row, Disney Animation won an Academy Award for best animated feature, as "Big Hero 6" followed up last year's "Frozen" win. The studio's "Feast" also won for best animated short. Neither film is connected to the company's Pixar unit, which Disney bought in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock. Since then, the Disney Pixar combo had scooped up most animated feature Oscars (Paramount's "Rango"
won in 2011) with blockbusters including "Finding Nemo," "Toy Story 3" and "Brave." Pixar didn't release a film in 2014. "Big Hero 6," is Disney's first animated film to take advantage of the company's 2009 acquisition of Marvel. Based on a Marvel Comic, "Big Hero 6" explores the friendship that develops between a science-geek teenager and an inflatable robot. The win shows that Disney has "deepened its bench" with the Marvel deal and 2012 acquisition of Star Wars owner Lucasfilm, said Seth Shapiro, a professor at the University of South-
ern California's School of Cinematic Arts. "Those are game changers, so the win is not so much a sign necessarily of Pixar weakening," he said. "Big Hero 6" might not have the fame of "Frozen," but it has done very well in theaters. It opened in November and in just two months was the 10th top grossing film in North America for 2014 with $201.5 million. The Oscar win will have a positive effect on future earnings power, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, although the effect is difficult to
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of its legacy forever," he added. "Not only that, the Oscar will now become a very effective part of any marketing campaign for the film." Animation was the bright spot on Sunday for Walt Disney Co. Other Disney properties, including musical "Into the Woods," Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Maleficent" were nominated in some categories but did not win. Meanwhile, Disne y Pixar will be back in action soon: "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur" will hit theaters later this year. A sequel to "Finding Nemo," called "Find-
ing Dory," is due in 2016 and in 2017 the unit plans to release "Toy Story 4," directed by original "Toy Story" director John Lasseter. Shares of Burbank, California-based Disney rose 55 cents to $105.10 in afternoon trading. The stock has been up 11 percent since the beginning of the year.
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Oscar night review Diversity remains the topic of discussion post Oscars NEW YORK (AP) — What was missing from the Academy Awards turned out to be the issue that could not be ignored on the night trophies were handed out. The lack of non-white contenders for major acting awards this year became a focus on the day Oscar nominations were announced. Hollywood’s commitment to reflecting the nation’s diversity, and its sensitivity to how these issues are perceived, could not be missed on Sunday’s show - from the opening joke on. BEST AND WHITEST Host Neil Patrick Harris put it right on the table. “Tonight, we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest - excuse me, brightest,” he said. It drew a knowing laugh, and no small amount of parsing. Was Harris tweaking Hollywood for an embarrassing shortcoming? Or was he making fun of the people who have raised it as an issue of concern? Obviously, the Oscars are an entertainment program and hosts are expected to make jokes, said Eric Haywood, a writer on Fox’s hit drama “Empire.” Yet jokes can also make people feel that their concerns are not being taken seriously, he said. “As it stands, the joke is likely to be reduced to a meme, which the Academy is in no way obligated to address and can easily dismiss,” said Robert Jones, a Brooklyn writer and creator of the social justice blog, Son of Baldwin. “It is, after all, just a joke, right?” “SELMA” STAR Another knowing line from Harris came when he praised actor David Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the movie “Selma” but was passed over for an acting
nomination. Harris asked Oyelowo to stand and the audience applauded. “Oh, sure,” Harris said. “Now you like him.” Oyelowo was arguably involved in the emotional high point of the show. The movie’s anthem, “Glory,” by Common and John Legend, won the Oscar for best song shortly after the two musicians performed it. A camera cut to Oyelowo as the song was being sung and his face was stained with tears. BOYCOTT Haywood saw references to Oscar moments on Twitter Sunday night but had no personal knowledge of them. He wasn’t watching. Being in the entertainment business, he usually tunes in. This year, he participated in a boycott of the Oscars ceremony by some black viewers that was organized through the Twitter hashtag (hash) OscarsSoWhite. That hashtag appears to have been started by a friend of Haywood’s, Washington lawyer April Reign, according to Twitter, and was the gathering place for a steady stream of commentary on Hollywood’s lack of diversity. There have been some 140,000 mentions of the hashtag since the day nominations were announced, according to Topsy. The number of mentions peaked that day and the hashtag became popular again Sunday night. The Sunday night audience of 36.6 million people was down 16 percent from the 43.7 million viewers who watched in 2014, the Nielsen company said. Nielsen had no immediate breakdown of Oscar viewership by ethnicity. Haywood said he was glad the issue was brought to the fore. “Change comes very slowly,” he said. “I don’t expect
any sort of radical change to the status quo from one year to the next. My hopes are not too high for anything to happen too quickly. By the same token, it doesn’t hurt for people to raise their voices.” N O N- N O M I N AT E D MINORITIES To some viewers, the Academy Awards made it a specific point to emphasize diversity during the show, from Harris noting Oyelowo in the audience to making Oprah Winfrey a joke target. Nowhere was the effort more evident than in the awards presenters, who included Terrence Howard, Kerry Washington, Viola Davis, Winfrey, Oyelowo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Eddie Murphy, Lupita Nyong’o, Zoe Saldana and Octavia Spencer.
and all the gay people, and all The line, coming from prominent liberals, seemed the people of color that we’ve one of Hollywood’s most shocking. “Who gave this son of a fought for to fight for us now,” Arquette said backstage, bitch his green card,” actor leading some critics to Sean Penn said, announcing wonder if her call for the win for “Birdman” as best wage equality was picture, directed by Mexicanfor white women born Alejandro Inarritu. only. A slur? No, Inarritu said LOCK BOX backstage that he and Penn Harris’ assignare friends and the reference ment of actress to the document that confers residency status to immiOctavia Spencer to watch the “lock grants was an example of the box” of his Osrough sense of humor they cars prediction share. “I found it hilarious,” struck some he said. people online as All’s good, said Penn’s publicist, Mara Buxbaum, on demeaning: Even Monday. as a joke, assigning a black woman to the “As Inarritu said, they are indeed great friends,” she said. task, supervised by two white actors, may have been “Sean Penn is currently in Haiti tone deaf. A spokeswoman with President Clinton. He is for Spencer did not immenot available for an interview.” diately return a request for comment on Monday. PENN AND INARRITU
A R Q U ET T E BACKLASH Meryl Streep stood and cheered when Patricia Arquette, in her acceptance speech for best supporting actress award, made a ringing declaration in favor of equal rights and pay for women. Her elaboration backstage, however, struck some who heard about it as pitting groups against each other. “It’s time for all the women in America and all the men that love women,
Nielsen reports ‘Birdman’ wins top awards at the Oscars Oscars viewership down 16 percent since last year NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar viewership was down 16 percent from last year and reached its lowest point since 2009, with 36.6 million people watching the Neil Patrick Harris-hosted awards show on ABC Sunday night. The Nielsen company’s preliminary estimate of U.S. viewership was down from the 43.7 million people who watched last year, a feel-good show where host Ellen DeGeneres attracted attention for posting a “selfie” with various movie stars and having pizzas delivered to the audience. Last year’s show, which also had the star power of “Frozen,” Matthew McConaughey and U2, reached the biggest audience for any Academy Awards show since 2000. The Oscars tend to be the most-watched entertainment program of the year on television, often second only to the Super Bowl. But viewership can be affected by the relative popularity of the movies up for big awards, and best picture winner “Birdman” wasn’t a particularly big box office draw. “American Sniper” was the most popular movie, but received one relatively minor award.
There was also a movement among black viewers to boycott the awards show because all of the major acting nominees were white. There’s no way to immediately tell whether this had an impact on the decrease in viewers since Nielsen did not have an immediate breakdown of ethnic viewership. This year’s Oscars audience was the lowest since 36.3 million watched in 2009, when “Slumdog Millionaire” won best picture. After a couple of years where awards show ratings in general were going up - a reflection of the desire among viewers for live programming - they appear to have flattened. Nielsen also said there were 5.9 million messages about the Academy Awards sent out through Twitter in the U.S. That’s roughly half the 11.2 million tweets sent out last year, when DeGeneres’ selfie replicated like wildfire online. Facebook said there were 58 million interactions worldwide on the Oscars, including posts and “likes.” The biggest individual moment for Twitter and Facebook was the same: Lady Gaga’s medley of songs from “The Sound of Music.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood is smarter than you thought. Whether by design or chance, the 87th Academy Awards elegantly and subtly shifted the tone of the season from a reductive fixation on snubs and factchecking to a positive celebration of original filmmaking and purposeful advocacy for causes as diverse as immigration, suicide and equal rights. The self-obsessed industry might have given its best picture and director prizes to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Birdman,” a trenchant examination of actorly narcissism, but the vanity seemed to stop with the opening of the envelopes. Even in their moments of singular glory, most of the winners chose to talk about something other than themselves. The Mexican-born Inarritu, whose “Birdman” also won for cinematography and original screenplay, said he prays his native country finds “a government we deserve” and that immigrants to the U.S. “can be treated with the same dignity and the respect of the ones who came before and (built) this incredible immigrant nation.” Host Neil Patrick Harris set the tenor of the evening, toeing the line between reverent merriment and selfreferential parody, with a biting joke about one of the season’s most criticized truths. “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest - I mean brightest,” he said in his opening, referencing the lack of diversity in the slate of nominees. Patricia Arquette, who won the supporting actress award for her portrayal of a mother finding herself in Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,” also took a stand for equal rights and pay to the public delight of fellow nominee Meryl Streep. “It is time for women. Equal means equal. The truth is the older women get the less money they make,” she said backstage. Best actress winner Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) and best actor Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) followed suit, us-
ing their speeches to discuss the afflictions of their characters - Alzheimer’s and ALS, respectively. “This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS,” said Redmayne. “CitizenFour,” in which Laura Poitras captured Edward Snowden in the midst of leaking National Security Agency documents, won best documentary. “The disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don’t only expose a threat to our privacy but to our democracy itself,” said Poitras, accepting the Oscar. “When the most important decisions being made affecting all of us are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control.” John Legend and Common took their win for the song “Glory” to speak of the importance of “Selma,” the now infamously snubbed civil rights drama. “We say that `Selma’ is now, because the struggle for justice is right now,” Legend said. As the young Graham Moore, who talked about his depression and a suicide attempt during his acceptance speech for best adapted screenplay for “The Imitation Game,” put it backstage: “I might as well use it to say something meaningful.” But in a season full of foregone conclusions, many of which came true at the Dolby Theatre, including a best supporting actor win for J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), the Oscars still had a few surprises up its tuxedo sleeves, including the fact that all of Sunday’s big winners were first-timers. Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making “Boyhood,” a critical favorite of the year and one that was once considered a top contender for the evening’s top prizes left with only an award for Arquette. The formal ambitions of “Birdman” proved to be the more compelling - even if its lead Michael Keaton was passed over in the acting race. There was also clear regard for uniqueness in the evening’s other multiple prize winners. Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” a pulsating and vibrant independent
‘Birdman’ won both best picture and best director. film about a driven jazz student and his ruthless instructor, won three awards, for supporting actor, editing and sound mixing. Director Wes Anderson’s dark WWII-set fable, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” meanwhile, won four. Anderson had been long overlooked by the Academy for his idiosyncratic features. This latest outing, one of the evening’s most nominated films, was recognized for production design, score, costume design and makeup and styling. Several of this year’s biggest box-office hit nominees - Clint Eastwood’s Iraq war drama “American Sniper” and Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Interstellar” had to settle for single wins in technical categories. “Interstellar” won for visual effects, while “American Sniper” - far and away the most widely seen of the best-picture nominees - took the best sound editing award. As Hollywood’s studios have increasingly focused on mounting global blockbusters, the Oscars have become largely the province of smaller indies and film festival fare. In the night’s opening routine, Jack Black, playing villain to the cheery Harris, lamented Holly-
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wood releases “opening with lots of zeroes, all we get is superheroes.” The only film that came close to betraying that sensibility was Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” which won best animated feature and is loosely based on an obscure Marvel comic. Superhero hostility aside, Harris and producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan made sure to bring as youthful a spirit as possible to the evening’s festivities, hoping to continue the recent ratings upswing for the Oscars, which last year drew 43 million viewers, making it the most-watched entertainment telecast in a decade.
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Tuesday February 24, 2015
MAC exhibit ‘Icons’ a moving masterpiece
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Patrick Bayly’s collection of paintings hang in the ‘Icons’ exhibit at the Monongalia Arts Center.
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Patrick Bayly’s ‘Appendix B: a sunset in negative’ hangs in the ‘Icons’ exhibit at the Monongalia Arts Center.
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Patrick Bayly’s ‘A Maenad’ hangs in the ‘Icons’ exhibit at the Monongalia Arts Center.
Modern, unique and insightful are a few words that describe Patrick Bayly’s art show “ICONS,” located at the Davis Gallery in the Monongalia Arts Center. Not really knowing what to expect, I arrived at the gallery with an open mind. Inspired by the cartoonish icons of the Greek Orthodox Church, Bayly created icons that show insight into the alternate world that exists in his mind and soul. With the use of different materials and paints, Bayly filled the large, white room with amazing, colorful images of many different subject matters. The first painting that caught my eye was “Some Flowers, For You.” Using spray paint, Bayly created beauti-
ful white flowers on a plain, dark cardboard canvas. The rustic look of the cardboard intensified the beauty of the flowers, making it hard to look away. Another p a i n ting that immediately caught my eye was a three-piece painting titled “The Triptych.” A collaboration with James Leonard, Bayly used oil, ink markers and acrylic paint on a canvas. The piece consisted of a beautiful red canvas with two smaller canvases on each side of it. One smaller canvas portrayed an Earth-like shape and the other portrayed a small, white dot in the midst of darkness. The cool part about this piece was that the viewer could spin the artwork, representing the arrangement of the Earth in contrast to the humans living on land. Even though the artist’s biography is posted on the wall, one could guess that Bayly grew up in West Virginia by simply looking at his work. With images of a run-down barn in the midst of
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a stunning wooded scene to landscapes of rolling hills, Bayly gave the viewer a glimpse into the wild and wonderful state. Bayly’s “A Creek” represents this perfectly by portraying a little creek flowing through the mountainside. It makes one imagine they are a tiny twig in the scene, floating down and away, softly and slowly. The centerpiece of the exhibit was a beautifully painted door that hung in the middle of the wall. Turned horizontally, Bayly created a mystical, moonlit scene of houses, buildings and nature that was inspired by High Street. Made with an oil marker, it is incredibly detailed and complex. My personal favorite part of this piece, titled “The Door”, was the background. Above the buildings and trees was a simple sky with bright stars and a glowing moon. It is so peaceful compared to the hustle and bustle of the High Street nightlife. During a drunk stupor, how many people inhabiting High Street actu-
ally look at their surroundings? We live in a beautiful mountain town situated in the heart of Appalachia. It is sad to think sometimes we overlook it. I think Bayly captured this phenomenon perfectly. Overall, “ICONS” gave me a glimpse into Bayly’s own private world, which is what art is all about. Using many different techniques, B a y l y created a colorful representation of his life in the bland, white room at the Monongalia Arts Center. With only this week left to view, the exhibit is a must-see. For more information about the gallery, go to http:// m o n a r t s c e n t e r. com/.
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tuesday february 24, 2015
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WVU faces old demons this week No. 20 West Virginia is coming off a much needed week, one in which they knocked off two ranked teams after losing three of four games in blowout fashion. The Mountaineers face another test this week, though. With a game today against Texas, and a game Saturday against Baylor, they’ll have to overcome some demons from previous matchups. The Mountaineers got stomped by the Longhorns, who handed them a 27-point loss back in January. Prior to their worst loss of the season, the Mountaineers hadn’t lost a game by more than two points. As they play No. 19 Baylor Saturday, the Mountaineers will also remember the 18-point shellacking that took place on their home court just a few weeks ago. These games don’t just matter for the Mountaineers’ pride, in proving they’re the team everyone saw last week, and not the team that was getting blasted game after game for a while there. This week, as a whole, is possibly the most opportunistic time of the entire season for a redhot team that appears to be playing for blood right now. Three teams currently sit in front of the Mountaineers (9-5) in a tight Big 12 race— No. 8 Kansas (11-3), No. 12 Iowa State (10-4) and No. 16 Oklahoma (10-5). Two of the Sooners’ three remaining games are against Kansas and Iowa State. Iowa State plays Baylor and Kansas State this week; Baylor already beat them once and Kansas State, who’s been a tough win at home, held them in check in Ames, Iowa. So, while the Mountaineers have a tough road ahead of them, they also have an opportunity to shoot themselves up in the rankings before the season concludes. They now have the drive they were missing the last few weeks, as well as the offensive production, as they shot 40.4 percent from the field and a whopping 50 percent from beyond the arc in Stillwater, Okla. West Virginia’s Achilles’ heel all season long has been shooting efficiency, but when 3-pointers were falling left and right, the Mountaineers looked like a completely different team. Shooting efficiency is what killed the Mountaineers in their previous matchups with Baylor and Texas— that and rebounding. Against Oklahoma State, the Mountaineers had 37 total rebounds as opposed to the Cowboys’ 20. West Virginia had 18 offensive boards, and Oklahoma State had four. Against Texas, the Mountaineers had 32 total rebounds; the Longhorns had 44. Some of the domination in the paint can be credited to the physicality of Texas’ Cam Ridley and Jonathan Holmes, but some of it comes down to the effort that WVU Coach Bob Huggins harped on throughout the Mountaineers’ dry spell. Williams’ nine points and 12 rebounds against Oklahoma State aside, Gary Browne had eight rebounds, Elijah Macon had four, Jevon Carter had three and four other Mountaineers had at least one. The difference isn’t just size, but it’s also hustle— something the Mountaineers have thoroughly demonstrated over the last week, and something they will need to finish out a tough remaining schedule. dschlake@mail.wvu.edu
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Senior guard Juwan Staten makes a move toward the basket during the Mountaineers’ win against No. 8 Kansas last week.
No. 20 West Virginia takes on Texas at home after big week by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum
No. 20 West Virginia is coming off a big week of action. The Mountaineers beat both No. 8 Kansas and thenNo. 22 Oklahoma State. The Cowboys dropped out of the Top 25 following their loss. The Mountaineers will now look to carry their momentum into a tough matchup against Texas at home tonight. In West Virginia’s win over Oklahoma State, senior Gary Browne scored a career-high 18 points and was a large part of the team’s success. “What Gary’s done is be-
come a more consistent shooter (and) a more consistent free throw shooter,” said head coach Bob Huggins after the OSU game. “Where as you never knew what you were going to get before, but everyone feels confident with him shooting the ball now.” West Virginia as a whole does not shoot the ball particular well. On the season, the Mountaineers are shooting 41 percent from the field and just 30 percent from beyond the arc. Juwan Staten, who was the team’s leading scorer in both the Kansas and Oklahoma State games, is averaging 14.8 points per contest. Behind him is forward
Devin Williams who is averaging 10.9 points a game. West Virginia had strong games on the glass against Kansas and Oklahoma State, finding a large sum of offensive rebounds. “We just tried to continue to do what we did against Kansas,” Williams said following the win over the Cowboys. “That’s pretty much it. We’re not the best shooting team; we’re doing the best we could. We got to get extra shots.” Williams will have his work cut out for him against the Longhorns, though. Texas boasts tremendous size and outplayed West Virginia beneath the hoop the last time the two teams
met. Texas outscored West Virginia inside the paint 3014. Texas forward Cameron Ridley paved the way with 19 points as the Longhorns dominated West Virginia in a 77-50 win. The Longhorns on the season are shooting 43 percent from the floor and 34 percent from 3-point land. Isaiah Taylor is averaging 13. 4 points per game while Myles Turner is averaging 11.3. In terms of rebounds, Turner and Jonathan Holmes are averaging the most per game, 6.5 and 6.7 respectively. For the Mountaineers, Williams leads the pack with 8.2 boards a
game. Texas marches into Morgantown riding a two-game losing streak. The Longhorns fell short against both then-No. 17 Oklahoma and then-No. 14 Iowa State in their last outings. West Virginia will have to depend, once again, on their defensive pressure. Texas’ size will pose a problem for West Virginia and points off turnovers could be the deciding factor in this game. The Mountaineers and Longhorns will battle at 7:00 p.m. tonight in Morgantown. The game will broadcast live on ESPN2. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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WVU Associate Head Coach leaving for UCLA by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum
Veteran coach Tom Bradley is leaving West Virginia after one season to become UCLA’s next defensive coordinator. Bradley, who coached the Mountaineers’ defensive line during the 2014 season, will replace former UCLA defensive coordinator, Jeff Ulbrich, who left for a position with the Atlanta Falcons earlier this month.
West Virginia saw significant defensive improvement during Bradley’s tenure in Morgantown, rising from the No. 101-ranked total defense in 2013 to No. 66 last season. The Johnstown, Pa., native played defensive back at Penn State from 197578 and held various coaching positions with the Nittany Lions for 32 years after joining the staff as a graduate assistant in 1979. Bradley was Penn State’s defensive coordinator under
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former head coach Joe Paterno from 2000-2011, and served as interim head coach for the Nittany Lions’ final four games of the 201112 season. Bradley, who is considered one of the best defensive minds in the business, was the 2005 AP Defensive Coordinator of the Year and Rivals Defensive Coordinator of the Year in 2008. From 2004-2011, Bradley’s defenses ranked third in the nation in scoring and fifth in total defense, including
a 2009 unit that ranked in the top 15 nationally in six categories. Before accepting a job offer from West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen in Feb. 2014, Bradley spent two years doing radio and television for CBS Sports Network in Pittsburgh. The veteran coach said although the time away from coaching was hard, the radio and television industry offered a new and enjoyable challenge. “But I’m a coach. That’s
what I do,” Bradley told ESPN after accepting the job at WVU. “That’s what I love and I’m excited to have the opportunity to work as a coach again and be around student athletes again.” The 57-year-old coach has spent most of his adult life in western Pennsylvania and University Park, Pa., but now heads west, inheriting a Bruins defense that ranked No. 63 in total defense last season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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Tuesday February 24, 2015
women’s basketball
West Virginia’s junior guard Bria Holmes fights to keep the ball from TCU defenders in a game against the Horned Frogs on Feb. 4.
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Mountaineers take on TCU in Fort Worth tonight by nicole curtin
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The West Virginia women’s basketball team is on the road this evening taking on the TCU Horned Frogs at 8 p.m. Following a win over the weekend against Iowa State, the Mountaineers have a record of 16-11 overall, 6-9 in the Big 12. Conference Preseason Player of the Year, Bria Holmes, continues to lead West Virginia averaging 19.1 points per game. Holmes is second in the
Big 12 for scoring. This will be the ninth time these teams have met, and West Virginia leads the series with eight wins. In early Februar y the Mountaineers topped the Horned Frogs in a home game, 76-71. Holmes paved the way with 30 points, her third 30-point game this season. In their last matchup, West Virginia kept a lead most of the second half, the largest being a 15-point difference. The Mountaineers shot for 42.2 percent in the paint and 76.9 per-
cent at the foul line. While they were not shooting significantly better than the Horned Frogs, they were able to pull away with the win. TCU, (15-11, 7-8), is coming off a rough loss to No. 3 Baylor over the weekend, 91-75. Junior guard Zahna Medley is leading the Horned Frogs with 15.1 points per game. She is fifth in the Big 12 in scoring. Right behind Medley is junior guard Veja Hamilton, posting about 14.8 points through the last six games. While these two
are combining to lead the TCU offense, the Mountaineers need to beware of senior forward Chelsea Prince. Prince averages 11 points, six rebounds and three steals per game. On Feb. 11 she earned her 200th career steal. She holds onto sixth place in program history with 218 steals and needs only 12 more to set the single-season record. As a team, the Horned Frogs are second in conference with an average 10.8 steals per game. Medley, Hamilton and Prince make up a shooting
squad that can definitely score against the Mountaineers, which is where their blocking skills need to come into play. West Virginia is leading the conference in blocks, averaging 6.8 per game and sits in third place for rebounds. Offensive rebounds have become a crucial part of the Mountaineers’ game, including the game winning shot put up by Teana Muldrow Saturday afternoon. On the season they are averaging 42.2 offensive boards per game. The Horned Frogs have
lost four of their last six, including Saturday’s loss to No. 3 Baylor and their previous loss to the Mountaineers. With only three games left in the regular season, both teams are looking for a chance to win out before heading into the Big 12 Tournament in March. Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest Plus, and the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG will be calling the game for streaming on WVUsports.com. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu
WVU wins first step in getting back in Carey’s good grace by david Statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum
Not a whole lot has gone right for the West Virginia University women’s basketball team this season.
The defending Big 12 regular season champions have failed to live up to expectations, and with three games left, they’re more than likely on the outside looking in for the NCAA Tournament.
No one has taken the Mountaineers’ struggles harder than head coach Mike Carey. Carey has made West Virginia into a perennial contender, but his squad is on the verge of missing the Big Dance for
the first time in six years, and Carey has been at a loss to explain his team’s subpar performances. “This is probably the toughest season I’ve ever been through,” Carey said. “Personally and basket-
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ball-wise. Probably the toughest season I’ve ever been through. And I don’t understand it. I’ve been a head coach for 28 years and I have to be honest, I don’t understand it. I’ve been nice, I’ve been mean, I’ve been positive, I’ve been negative (and) I’ve been in-between.” West Virginia got off to a 0-4 start in Big 12 play and hasn’t been able to build any consistent momentum since. The Mountaineers are 6-9 in conference play, and have seen their offense almost totally disappear over the last month or so—West Virginia has averaged just over 50 points in their last five contests. But more worrisome to Carey has been a lack of effort and passion among his players. According to the veteran coach, it’s not what shows up in the record book that matters the most, it’s the heart that’s displayed on the court. “To me it’s not about winning and losing,” Carey said. “That’s what people don’t understand. To me it’s about if you play with passion, and you care, and you’re upset after a game and you lose. Or you’re upset when you don’t guard somebody and they go make a layup on you, you’re upset when you don’t block out. Those are the things that upset me, when we’re not upset as West Virginia basketball players.” The Mountaineers hit rock bottom in an ugly 52-46 home loss to Oklahoma State last Wednesday, where the team had more turnovers (16) than points (13) in the first half. Carey blasted his team’s effort after the game, pledging that they would not be allowed to wear gear with the name West Virginia in practice, and in their next game against Iowa State, they wore jerseys without a name on the back for the first time this season.
It was Carey’s way of challenging the team, and the team responded. The Mountaineers fought back from a second half deficit to grab a desperately needed win in the final seconds against Iowa State, a victory that Carey’s players hope will help restore his trust in them. “I think it gives him a little bit more faith in us, but I think we need to win some more games that he can have complete confidence,” said senior forward Averee Fields. “He’s going to continue to coach us hard and I hope that we can continue to play harder.” The Mountaineers will be back in action tonight when they go on the road to face TCU at 8 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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Sophomore Jake A. Smith wraps up an opponent during WVU’s match against Ohio earlier this season.
West Virginia native Smith named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum
The West Virginia University wrestling team earned its first victory over No. 16 Pittsburgh since 2007 Sunday in Fitzgerald Fieldhouse, closing out its regular season schedule. Trailing 11-6 after five bouts, emerging sophomore Jake A. Smith followed a 9-2 decision by Bubba Scheffel at 184 by pinning Pitt’s Nick Bonaccorsi at 197 in 1:45. The Charleston, W.Va., native’s pin gave the Moun-
taineers a 12-11 lead, and drastically swung the momentum of the meet in their favor. West Virginia went on to win three of the remaining four bouts to secure a 24-14 win. Against No. 14 Edinboro Friday, Smith, who owns a 24-8 overall record this season, was one of three victorious Mountaineers, earning an 8-1 decision over Vince Pickett. After his performance over the weekend, Smith was named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week Monday. “I’m proud of Jake’s performance this weekend,”
said West Virginia head coach Sammie Henson. “Coming out of the break on Sunday, I think he was motivated to get bonus points. I think his pin really helped keep the momentum going for the rest of the match. “He’s a great example of our philosophy that consistency wins.” That wasn’t the only occasion the sophomore shined despite a team loss. In a 35-3 loss to then-No. 8 Oklahoma State on Jan. 16, Smith registered the team’s only points, defeating Luke Bean 3-1. Two days later against Oklahoma, Smith
was one of four Mountaineer grapplers to clinch team points, earning a 6-0 decision over Andrew Dixon. At the Virginia Duals in January, Smith recorded an unblemished 4-0 record against opponents from Chattanooga, then-No. 14 Edinboro, then-No. 25 Bucknell and Arizona State. Smith also went 2-1 at the Northeast Duals in November, including a 6-1 decision over then-No. 17 Jace Bennett of Cornell. The 197-pounder owns an unblemished 3-0 record against Arizona State opponents this season, in-
cluding a victory over Wesley Moore in the Mountaineers’ season opener, and two wins over Josh DaSilveira in Tempe, Ariz., and again at the Virginia Duals. Before transferring to West Virginia, Smith spent the 2013-14 season at Cleveland State. Prior to that, Smith was a twotime West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission State Champion in 2012 and 2013, including an unblemished 51-0 record as a senior. Smith was also a twotime National High School Coaches Association
All-American. Smith and the Mountaineers will travel to Ames, Iowa March 7 for the Big 12 Championships. Smith will have the luxury of facing just one nationally-ranked opponent at 197 in No. 2 Kyven Gadson of Iowa State. In a 27-7 loss to the thenNo. 8 Cyclones on Feb. 7, Smith dropped a close 3-0 decision to Gadson. Smith will have plenty of momentum heading into Big 12 next weekend, having won two of his last three matches. dasports@mail.wvu.edu
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Melissa Idell celebrates after receiving her score during WVU’s match Sunday.
Mountaineers post season-high score, take second place in quad meet by nicole curtin
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Sunday afternoon featured a series of high points for the West Virginia gymnastics team. In its quad meet against Maryland, Rutgers and No. 25 New Hampshire, WVU finished second overall with a season-high home score of 195.200. The Terrapins finished in first with 195.350. Rutgers took third place and No. 25 New Hampshire came in fourth with 194.1. After the first and second rotations, West Virginia was in the lead with a score of 97.675. All season, the Mountaineers have been hitting their vault routines with great
strength. Four gymnasts scored at least a 9.725 or higher, with three scoring 9.825. Nicolette Swoboda, Jaida Lawrence and Zaakira Muhammad all tied for first place on the vault. Going into the second rotation event of uneven bars, the Mountaineers had a score of 48.95, ahead of Rutgers, Maryland and New Hampshire. “We’ve been working a lot just on the little details and that’s where we need to be at this point in the season,” said head coach Jason Butts. “Not trying to fix big mistakes and the team worked really hard this week on their landings and presentation. Good practice habits are equaling into good performances.” On the uneven bars, the
Mountaineers came out with a season-high score of 48.725. Swoboda hit a personal season-high of 9.725 while three others finished with 9.775. Tying for a fifth place finish, Muhammad, Lindsey Litten and Audrey Tolbert all finished with the 9.775 mark. It was Tolbert’s career debut as a Mountaineer. “I think she did very well, she was nervous going into this competition debut with the Mountaineers and I thought she nailed her bar routine,” Butts said. Still holding onto the lead, West Virginia faced the event that has been a weak spot this season. While Jordan Gillette posted a career-high 9.8 on the beam, and Alexa Goldberg hit a 9.775 followed
by Melissa Idell with 9.7. Two Mountaineers lost their footing. Usual anchor Beth Deal fell in her routine giving her a score of 9.35, sending Tolbert to her second career debut of the day on the beam. Tolbert also fell and scored a 9.25, so Deal’s score was kept in the five for the final tally. One of the seniors on the squad, Deal has fared quite well on the beam this season and in the past, earning the anchor spot in that rotation. This season she is averaging 9.758, leading the team, and has posted a season-high of 9.875. It was very unlike her to fall during that routine and while it might have cost the Mountaineer score to fall to third place, the team was not giving up
yet. “We told them right after beam that we still had the 195 score that they could hit we just needed to go over and rock out on floor and it was a great performance, all six routines and I think that was a lot of fun for the crowd to watch.” Heading to the floor routines, the atmosphere was as if stars were born. Idell hit a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise and took first place. Right behind her was sophomore Goldberg, who earned second place with a careerhigh 9.850. Two Mountaineers tied for third place, Brittney Harris and Dayah Haley, along with Rutgers’ Claire Jones with scores of 9.825. This season Idell has been the second to last
anchor for the floor lineup and averages a 9.8 score on the season. The junior has a season-high score of 9.875 and her previous career-high was 9.875. “I’ve just been trying to do the routine like I do at practice, think about my cues that I tell myself every day and just try to show it off, trust myself that I could hit,” Idell said. “I personally didn’t think it was the best routine that I’ve done but hey, I thought it was great. The judges thought it was good too, so I was so beyond happy, I still can’t believe I got a 9.9.” The Mountaineers move to 8-7-1 on the season and close their regular season on the road against Pitt on Saturday, Feb. 28. ncurtin@mix.wvu.edu
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Top seven teams led by Kentucky still entrenched in Top 25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (AP) — Kentucky is No. 1 in the latest Associated Press Top 25, extending its season-long streak at the top of the rankings. The Wildcats are not the only team locked into place. For the sixth straight week, the same teams held the top seven spots in the poll, the first time that’s happened since the 199293 season. Though Virginia and Gonzaga swapped places two weeks ago, nothing else has changed, establishing a firm hierarchy at the top. ”Those teams at the top set the standard for the rest of the teams in the country,” said Hall of Famer Bill Walton, a college basketball analyst for ESPN and the Pac-12 Networks. “I don’t know Villanova that well, but those other teams bring it every night.” The top portion of the poll has remained roughly the same all season, even when teams lose. Kentucky is the only undefeated Division I team left and has been No. 1 all season. The Wildcats (270) were the unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week after receiving all 65 first-place votes from a media panel on Monday. Virginia remained at No. 2, followed by Gonzaga, Duke, Wisconsin, Villanova and Arizona. Those teams all won, so no surprise there. Kansas lost to No. 20 West Virginia last week, but didn’t budge on the poll; the Jayhawks were No. 8 for the fourth straight week. Notre Dame stayed in the top 10 despite losses to Pittsburgh and Duke a few weeks ago, and moved up a spot to No. 9 this week after Utah lost and dropped to No. 13. Northern Iowa shook up the status quo a bit by mov-
ing into the top 10 for the first time as a program, but changes at the top end of the poll have been minute for most of the season. Unless one of those top teams comes apart over the last two weeks of the regular season, the trend is likely to continue. TOP-10 PANTHERS: Northern Iowa (26-2) took a big step last week by reaching No. 11, its highest ranking as a program. The Panthers only moved up one spot this week, but it was a big one. After extending its win streak to 15 games last week, Northern Iowa cracked the top 10 for the first time as a program. The Panthers had been the only Division school in Iowa to not have made an appearance in the AP top 10. “Another line in the sand,” Northern Arizona coach Ben Jacobson said on Monday. “Getting in the top 25 was a big deal when we did it. Being ranked this long has been great, I’m really proud of the guys for it. The top 10 is the top 10. It’s a pretty awesome deal.” RISING AND FALLING: West Virginia and VCU each had the week’s biggest climb, moving up three spots. The Mountaineers were up to No. 20 after taking down No. 8 Kansas and No. 22 Oklahoma State. The Rams beat Saint Louis and UMass to reach No. 22. Louisville had the biggest drop, falling five places to No. 17 after losing to Syracuse. Butler also matched Utah’s fall, dropping four sports to No. 23 after scraping past Creighton and losing to Xavier. IN AND OUT: Last week, the same 25 teams filled the poll as the week before, though with a little shuffling. This week’s top 25 had a few changes.
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Joey Logano wins his first Daytona 500 Sunday afternoon. The 24-year-old is the second youngest winner of the race. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It was a bumpy buildup to the Daytona 500, which for days was overshadowed by disputes, drama, an injury to Kyle Busch and the suspension of his older brother, Kurt. Dozens of cars were wrecked, and on the morning of NASCAR’s seasonopening showcase, reigning series champion Kevin Harvick warned “we’re going to tear up some (more).” So there was every reason to feel anxious going into “The Great American Race.” It wasn’t necessary, as the Daytona 500 proved entertaining and trouble free - exactly what NASCAR needed. “It was a great day, a really good event, and we enjoyed it,” NASCAR chairman Brian France said Monday on SiriusXM NASCAR radio. After Jeff Gordon, racing in his final Daytona 500,
led the field to green, he set the pace and led a racehigh 87 laps as the event settled into a rhythm. With anticipation building for the final 50 miles, known as go-time at superspeedways because the intensity inches toward its fevered pitch, the racing picked up tremendously. Drivers fanned out three-wide all the way through the field as cars rode door-to-door in some of the most breathtaking racing in years. It was Joey Logano for Team Penske who grabbed the checkered flag, albeit under caution because when the racing is that frenzied, something is always going to give. A wreck in the middle of the field occurred on the last lap of the two-lap sprint to the finish, and NASCAR threw the yellow flag that froze the field. Logano, a 24 year old from Connecticut who is cementing himself as one of NASCAR’s next
stars, drove to victory lane. The drivers who finished second, third and fourth headed for post-race media obligations, their moods light and playful even though they’d failed to catch Logano with the win on the line. That last-lap caution? Maybe it robbed NASCAR of a potentially spectacular finish, but after 10 messy days, everyone just needed a drama-free event. The first exhibition of Speedweeks, with drivers racing for the first time since November, lived up to what it always has been: A crash-fest with only a dozen or so cars running at the end. It’s a product of the race not counting toward anything of significant value, and drivers shaking the rust off after an idle offseason. But things went amiss during the first round of Daytona 500 qualifying, which was an absolute
debacle under a new format. An accident in the first group session sent several drivers to backup cars, and NASCAR’s biggest stars pounced on the sanctioning body for creating something that favored entertainment over practicality and speed. The final session was calculated scheming, as drivers idled on pit road watching a clock tick down before they made a hurried last-gasp run for the pole. It was a mockery of the system and NASCAR needed just three days before it set restrictions in place for the Xfinity and Truck Series qualifying. The new rules didn’t help much - Xfinity qualifying was marked by its own multi-car pileup. Danica Patrick had her share of drama after a pair of incidents with Denny Hamlin forced her into two different backup cars. After their second fracas, she angrily confronted him on
pit road for a heated confrontation that Hamlin repeatedly tried to soften by placing his hand on her shoulder while presenting a measured defense. The two made up a day later, but attention swiftly moved on to real-life issues and away from the typical NASCAR controversy. A Delaware family judge issued a lengthy opinion that found Kurt Busch almost certainly committed a domestic assault against an ex-girlfriend last fall. NASCAR immediately suspended the 2004 champion, and Busch urgently tried to appeal. He spent several hours Saturday before a threejudge panel, which ultimately upheld his indefinite suspension. He filed to have his case heard before NASCAR’s final appeals officer, and the hearing was scheduled for the eve of the Daytona 500. But as Busch prepared his defense, younger
brother, Kyle, was in a violent crash into a concrete wall during Saturday’s Xfinity race. He broke his right leg, his left foot, and forced Daytona officials to admit they had failed in safety precautions by not having a SAFER barrier where Busch hit the wall. The track vowed to cover every inch of the speedway in expensive SAFER barriers to atone for its error, but it was too late for Kyle Busch. He was in surgery at the same time the appeals officer denied Kurt Busch’s attempt to be reinstated for the Daytona 500. For the first time since 2000, a Busch brother was not in the Daytona 500, and both are out for an undetermined length of time. So by the time the actual event rolled around, it was time for just one easy day. NASCAR got it, along with a new winner and every indication that this season might be one very bumpy ride.
Teams try to judge character at the NFL Combine INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The questions were similar, and Dorial GreenBeckham had virtually the same response for each one. “I’m disappointed in myself for all those things I did at Missouri,” said the wide receiver, who spent last season on the sideline in large part because of legal troubles, including allegations that he pushed a woman down a flight of stairs. Green-Beckham repeated some version of that nine times during the
10 minutes he spent with reporters at the NFL scouting combine last week. He could have said it 100 times, and it wouldn’t have answered - or ended - the questions. Because of the domestic violence scandals involving Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and others that came to light last season, the scrutiny for the receiver with first-round talent but all those character questions is only beginning. Now more than ever, teams are using the combine not so much to find out what sort of player
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1 on a 1-10 scale in the category of “social maturity.” “We point out which players may disrupt team activity,” Sanders said in a recent interview with Men’s Journal. “We use algorithms that take into account past behavior and compare scores with guys who have had problems in the past. We give teams a heads-up.” Draft guru Mike Mayock, a former player who is now an analyst for NFL Network, thinks the decision on Green-Beckham will make for the most “polarizing conversation” of the draft. He was once considered among the top high school recruits in the nation. Based solely on his athletic ability, there’s little debate that he’d be a first-round pick. But he’s been arrested twice for marijuana possession and once for pushing a woman down the stairs. No charges were ever filed in that case, but the combination of all the problems led to the receiver’s dismissal from Missouri. Given that record, and the current climate in the NFL, Green-Beckham is the truest definition of a high-risk, high-reward draft prospect. “How do you not mess up? That’s your question,” Mayock said. “I’m not sure there is a right answer other than being a little more conservative. And I think we all get overwhelmed with talent and you want to buy into the fact that your building or your organization can change people when most of the time, statistically, it can’t.
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NOW LEASING! 3, 4 & 5BR Units @ Jones Place. Starting @ $625. 1, 2 & 3BR Units High St., Spruce St., & First St. Starting @ $350. scottpropertiesllc.com 304-296-7400 NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $625-$825+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking. NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.
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Now Leasing 2015 Ask About Our Specials Prices starting at $530 Security Deposit $200 Walk in Closets, Jacuzzi Balcony, Elevators W/D, DW Garages, Storage Units Sparkling Heated Pool Minutes to Hospitals, Downtown and Shopping Center
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1,2,3&4BR APARTMENTS. Downtown location. Kitchen appliances furnished, decks/porches, parking. May to May lease. 304-685-6565 or 304-658-5210
GREAT 2&3 BR still available on Beverly Ave. W/D, AC, off-street parking, pets considered, most utilities paid, $450/per person. 304-241-4607 if no answer call 304-282-0136
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225, 227 JONES AVE 1-4BR $395 to $465/mo + until. Excellent condition, free off-street parking. NO PETS 304-685-3457 665 SPRUCE STREET. 3/BR, $530/MONTH/PERSON including utilities. 2 minute to campus. 291-5800
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• Spacious 1,2 & 3 BD Apts. • Some Utilities Included • Reliable Maintenance • Large Closets/2 Full Baths • Quiet Neighborhood • DW - Micro. - AC • Lighted Off Street Parking • Laundry Facilities
3BR APARTMENT on University Hill. 840 Naomi Street. Fully furnished. Each tenant pays $475/per month, including utilities and off street parking. No pets. Call Rick: 724-984-1396
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1 & 2 Bedroom Apts 1 & 2 Bathrooms 24 Hr Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer “Now Leasing for May 2015” Evansdale & Med Center
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*1 BEDROOM FURNISHED APARTMENT. 8 minute walk to lair. Quality furniture. Clean White Kitchen, D/W, Microwave, Laundry Facility, Lighted Off-Street Parking. Quiet Neighborhood. Gas and water included. NO PETS. Year Lease. 304-296-7476 or www.perilliapartments.com
Utilities Paid 1-7 Bedroom Houses and Apts Downtown South Park
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When location and affordability are a priority for you, we are your #1 choice! 1 & 2 Bedroom Apts 1&2 Bathrooms 24 Hr Emergency Maintenance & Enforcement Officer “Now Leasing for May 2015”
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INDIVIDUAL LEASES F R E E PA R K I NG
NOW LEASING FOR 2015-2016. Limited 2 and 3 BR downtown. Tours on Wednesday-Thursday 1-4. Please stop by 374 Forest Avenue or call 304-692-0990.
RICE RENTALS Affordable Rent, Great Location Rent starting at $325. Effic,1, 2, & 3/BR Leasing for May 2015 304-598-7368 ricerentals.com
Varying sizes and styles. Many extras and reasonable rent, with lots included! Near Campus CALL NOW!!!
UNFURNISHED HOUSES 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972 3& 4BRS. Walk to Campus. W/D, some parking. Lease/Deposit. NO PETS. Avail. 6-1-15. Max Rentals. 304-291-8423 3BR & 4BR HOUSES AVAILABLE on Willey St. Very clean, W/D, parking. Walk to downtown campus. Available 5/15. 304-554-4135.304-594-1564.304-282-892 2. 4/BR CAMPUS AREA & BETWEEN CAMPUSES. New appliances, W/D, Off-street Parking, Pet friendly. 12-month lease / deposit. Starts June 1. 304-292-5714 4BR 2BTH 209 WAVERLY ST. Parking, W/D, Dishwasher, Deck. $400/BR + Utilities. hymarkproperties.com. 304-319-1243 AVAILABLE MAY. NEAR CAMPUS. 3-4/BR 2/BA. D/W, W/D, Off-street parking. Full basement, backyard, covered-porch. $350/BR plus utilities. No Pets. 304-282-0344. MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 3,4, 5, & 6BR and 2 & 3BATH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 282-7572 website JEWELMANLLC.COM VERY NICE, MODERN, SPACIOUS, NEWLY RENOVATED, EFFICIENT 2BR apt and 3BR House. Private, quiet, adult neighborhood near University Avenue and North Street. $600/each/month+utilities. No pets. No parties. 304-288-0919
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Make your new house the way YOU like it! 4 bedroom houses in convenient locations. Lots to offer! CALL NOW!!
ROOMMATES
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FEMALE ROOMMATE(S): Large house, 3rd floor $600+gas/electric, (space for 1 or 2) Washer/Dryer, 1 mile from campus, parking, No Pets. 304-216-0181
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JUST LISTED. Across the street from Arnold Hall. Male or Female. W/D, Parking, $450-$475 all utilities included. 340-282-8131, 304-288-1572, 304-288-9662
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STADIUM VIEW APARTMENTS Affordable Rent, Great Location Rent starting at $350 Eff, 1 &2/BR Leasing for May 2015 304-598-7368 stadiumviewwv.com TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. New 1BR available in May on Glenn St. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free parking. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-288-0387. www.rentalswv.com
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks. Any make! Any model! Any condition! 304-282-2560
ROOMMATES WANTED- Looking for one roommate for nice house. Private bathroom, fully furnished. A couple blocks from the Mountainlair. $500/month. Utilities included.740-381-0361 SECOND SEMESTER. Willey St. & South Park. Male or Female. 4 1/2-5 month lease. $475-$490/mth. Includes Utilities, W/D. Deposit. 304-292-5714
HELP WANTED BARTENDERS, BOUNCERS, COOKS WANTED! Barside Grill located in Westover, 5-minutes from downtown. Will train. Part-time. Call/text 304-365-4565 or send resume to barsidegrill@yahoo.com FRATERNITY HOUSE MANAGER POSITION. Kappa Alpha Order, Alpha Rho Chapter is seeking a Manager of the Chapter house at 670 North High Street. Full apartment, parking, internet, cable, meal plan and salary is included in the position. The applicant should be a Graduate or Grad Student of WVU with strong management skills for managing affairs and operations of the chapter house. This is a full time position. Email/wbrewer@brewerlaw.com MUSICIANS WANTED Guitarist seeking drummers, bassists, other guitarists, etc. for jamming / playing for fun. Please call Clinton Yost 304-775-2585
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