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Thursday March 19, 2015

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SGA adds new community liaison by corey mcdonald staff writer @dailyathenaeum

A resolution passed to establish a Community Relations Committee during last night’s weekly West Virginia University Student Government Association meeting. Resolution 2015-04 passed based on insufficient communication between SGA and Morgantown officials. WVU students make up

a large proportion of the overall Morgantown population. By passing the resolution, SGA hopes to work with city officials and offer the potential for positive outcomes for the town and the University. Revisions were adopted to the bylaws to add an executive position of County Commission liaison, and to add community involvement under the roles of multiple executive positions. The City Council liaison

shall serve as an executive member of the Community Relations Committee and will be a direct representative and liaison of SGA to the City Council of Morgantown - including attending weekly City Council meetings. The representative shall also report regularly to the Board of Governors on city related events to maintain an atmosphere of cooperation between the City of Morgantown and SGA.

The position of executive director of Neighborhood Associations was also added to the bylaws. This representative shall serve as an executive member of the Community Relations Committee, and will coordinate events between students and permanent residents within the neighborhood. This representative will also serve as a liaison to the various neighborhood associations and promote student involvement with

their communities. The executive director of Outreach and the executive director of Safety will now also be associated with the Community Relations Committee as per changes to the bylaws. Roles of the director of Community Service and executive director of Philanthropy were also redefined. The executive director of Community Service shall serve as deputy member of the Community Re-

lations Committee, assist with the coordination of volunteer service opportunities, facilitate student involvement in volunteer service opportunities and engage student organizations to encourage and pursue community service opportunities. The executive director of Philanthropy shall also serve as a member of the Community Relations Committee. This

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WELLWVU offers advice to students for staying healthy during spring break by courtney gatto staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Spring break is a time full of sand, sun, surf and hopefully plenty of safety. For many students, spring break means getting away from school and tests, spending time with friends and family or even traveling to tropical locations for a week. While spring break may be a lot of fun and well-deserved time off for many students, it is important to remember ways to stay safe and away from dangerous situations wherever the break may lead. Alison Tartaglia, a health education specialist for WELLWVU: The Students’ Center of Health, said there are many ways for students to practice safety over their breaks. One of the most basic things is staying protected from the sun. “If they’re going to be in the sun, use sunscreen,” Tartaglia said. “If they’re in the water, then apply it more than once in the morning. If possible, try and even wear either a hat or a shirt or something that limits the amount of coverage that your body gets to the sun.” Staying in the sun for long periods of time can affect more than just the skin. Long exposure could cause dehydration, which could be worsened if the time in the sun is paired with drinking alcoholic beverages.

“You would want to obviously make sure you’re at least alternating an alcoholic beverage with water to make sure that you’re not drinking while you’re dehydrated,” Tartaglia said. Another way to safely drink while in the sun to eat food throughout the day. “I know lots of times the tendency is, when you’re on spring break or when people are thinking about being in a bathing suit or anything like that, is to limit the amount of food that they eat,” Tartaglia said. “But make sure you’re eating.” She also noted the importance of keeping track of the number of drinks consumed. While some students may find it difficult to remember the number of drinks they had, there are other ways to keep track. “It might be by putting bottle caps or tabs in your pocket when you open up a new drink, or it could be making little check marks on your hands and little things like that,” Tartaglia said. While sun exposure and alcohol consumption are often involved with spring break, there are other dangers travelers could face, even if they don’t engage in those activities. Being in a new and unknown location alone may cause problems for

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Report finds W.Va. won’t close gender wage gap until 2101 by jennifer skinner staff writer @dailyathenaeum

While women in the U.S. currently make about 78 cents to every dollar earned by men, women in West Virginia may not see the wage gap close until the next century. According to a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, West Virginia is projected to close the wage gap by 2101, and students at West Virginia University are frustrated. “Obviously I think it’s ridiculous. I literally won’t be alive to see the wage

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gap close in my home state. That’s a problem,” said Ruth Williams, a senior mechanical and aerospace engineering student. The 2015 study also stated West Virginia is the worst state for women’s employment and earnings, based on a composite of four indicators: Median annual earnings for women who work full-time, year-round; the gender earnings ratio; women’s labor force participation; and the percent of employed women who work in managerial or professional occupations. “Personally, I’d love to have any employer look at me and try to tell me I’m only worth 78 percent of a

male employee, because that’s just not true. Maybe that’s too harsh, but I get really fired up about this,” Williams said. “And the fact that this isn’t just a problem now, but will continue to be a problem for another century blows my mind.” West Virginia has the smallest percentage of women in the labor force and has the second to worst genderearnings ratio. Among the bottom 10 states in this category, women in West Virginia have median annual earnings of $30,300. “I think the lack of well-paying jobs

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Kellerman offers leadership advice Barbershop Talks club allows men to talk of relationships, sex openly By kendall snee staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Barbara Kellerman answered the age-old question of “Why so many chiefs and not enough Indians,” in this week’s West Virginia University Festival of Ideas lecture series. Kellerman, a Harvard Kennedy School professor, depicted the rights and wrongs of leadership and followership during her discussion. “Leadership is in, it’s sexy, it’s happening,” Kellerman said. “Leadership is sexy, followership is not.” Kellerman said this generation puts a great deal of emphasis on what she calls “the leadership industry.” Kellerman uses this term to refer to the people who train CEOs, the college professors who teach leadership as a course and the self-help classes offered at places like the local YMCA. “When I say this, you all know I am biting the hand

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Barbara Kellerman, the co-founder of the International Leadership Association and a well known public leadership speaker, discusses her book The End of Leadership last night in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. that feeds me,” Kellerman said. “I make my living off of a leadership industry. So I am not condemning anybody, just my own line of work.” Kellerman hosts a class entitled “Followership” and jokingly said the rivalry course entitled “Leadership” always seems to collect more students. According to Kellerman, no one wants to be a follower. In what can only

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be described as a cat-andmouse-chase power struggle between leaders and followers, Kellerman said the missing camaraderie must be thrown back into this equation. Ogaga Urhie, a senior biology student, agreed with Kellerman’s idea of sharing and community.

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Barbershop Talks, a group of men who discuss everything from love and relationships to sex and beyond, met in the West Virginia University Business and Economics building yesterday for their third official meeting. Barbershop Talks was founded by full-time student Jason Ottley. Ottley set out to create the allmale club because he felt as if there was nowhere on campus where men had a place to express themselves openly and honestly in a group setting. Ottley explained how in the past there were relationship forums open to men and women, however the attendance ratio staggered due to the fact that it was predominately women who would

go to the meetings. Ottley noticed the imbalance and took it upon himself to make a change. “We were trying to figure out how we could get the men more involved. The only way we could think about doing it was to have a session just for men,” Ottley said. “Sometimes I feel like men have a hard time opening up around females, and I think they have an easier time relating to men about relationships. Men don’t have to clam up when they’re in male settings.” Ottley believes with the abundance of broken homes and children being raised by a single parent, it is important for young men to have a place to go to discuss relationships and be given the opportunity to learn something they may not have previously known about themselves. “A lot of the young men

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today (are) being raised by single parent homes, and so you kind of wonder, where are they learning about relationships, and where are they learning about dating, where are they learning about marriage? I feel like a lot of times men, because we are men we feel like we can do everything and conquer the world, but sometimes we don’t have the right tools,” Ottley said. “So I think that the college setting offers opportunities for men to have discussions and engagements, and talk about things related to our future. Whether it’s career, dating, marriage, whatever it is, I feel like we should have these breakout sessions as men to be more in-depth and to talk more about what we go through.” First-time participant Joshua Dorsey excitedly

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Museum attack in Tunisian capital kills 19; 2 gunmen slain TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Foreign tourists scrambled in panic Wednesday after militants stormed a museum in Tunisia’s capital and killed 19 people, “shooting at anything that moved,” a witness said. Two gunmen were slain by security forces following the deadliest attack on civilians in the North African country in 13 years, and the president said the young democracy was embroiled in a war with terror. The militants, who wore military-style uniforms and wielded assault rifles, burst from a vehicle and began gunning down tourists climbing out of buses at the National Bardo Museum. The attackers then charged inside to take hostages before being killed in a firefight with security forces. Authorities launched a manhunt for two or three accomplices in the attack. Prime Minister Habib Essid said the two Tunisian gunmen killed 17 tourists — five from Japan, four from Italy, two from Colombia, two from Spain, and one each from Australia, Poland and France. The nationality of one dead foreigner was not released. Essid said two Tunisian nationals also were killed by the militants. At least 44 people were wounded, including tourists from Italy, France, Japan, South Africa, Poland, Belgium and Russia, according

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Continued from page 1 some students. Tartaglia said one of the simplest ways of getting around new places is to travel with friends and always stick together as a group. “I would make sure that

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Escorted by security forces, rescue workers pull an empty stretcher outside the Bardo museum Wednesday in Tunis, Tunisia. Authorities say scores of people are dead after an attack on a major museum in the Tunisian capital, and some of the gunmen may have escaped. to Essid and doctors from Tunis’ Charles Nicolle. “I want the people of Tunisia to understand firstly and lastly that we are in a war with terror, and these savage minority groups will not frighten us,” said newly elected President Beji Caid Essebsi in an evening address to the nation. “The fight against them will continue

until they are exterminated.” Tunisians overthrew their dictator in 2011 and kicked off the Arab Spring that spread across the region. While the uprising built a new democracy, the country has also struggled with economic problems and attacks by extremists. Essid identified the slain gunmen as Yassine Laabidi

and Hatem Khachnaoui. Twitter accounts associated with the extremist Islamic State group based in Syria and Iraq were described as overjoyed at the attack, urging Tunisians to “follow their brothers,” according to Rita Katz of SITE, a U.S.-based organization that monitors militant groups. The assault at the Bardo,

Tunisia’s largest museum that is housed in a 15th century palace, began sometime after noon local time as scores of European tourists were visiting. Josep Lluis Cusido, the mayor of the Spanish town of Vallmoll, said he saw people being gunned down on the plaza outside the museum before the gunmen moved

if you go out to a bar or a party or something like that, that you come back to the hotel with everybody that you went out with,” Tartaglia said. “Helping to kind of keep each other accountable and keep track of where everybody is, is another way to increase your safety” Many students who will be traveling already know about safety precautions

they will be taking during their trip. Layne Veneri, a sophomore biology student, said he will surely make his safety a top priority on his trip to Daytona, Fla., by not drinking or participating in risky behavior and always staying in contact with people. “I will be safe over spring break by letting my family know where I am each day and continuing to stay in

contact with them throughout the break,” Veneri said. “I will also not be traveling alone.” What many students forget to do when traveling is learn the ways to contact police or other emergency officals before actually leaving. Due to the fact that different areas have different phone numbers for police and 911 may not work in foreign countries,

it is important to know whom to call in case of an emergency. “If you are traveling in the United States, the ‘LiveSafe’ app, which you can download from the University Police Department’s website, is usable anywhere. Whether you are in Florida or California or even Maine, wherever someone might go, it still works when you’re

traveling,” Tartaglia said. “So one suggestion would be to download that so you are at least able to connect yourself to the local police department.” While spring break can be an exciting time, it is also important to know safety tips so students can return back to school happy and safe.

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I definitely expect at least those three things,” Dorsey said. “And maybe touch on issues that wouldn’t be acceptable to talk about in other forms. I’m expecting to have some unfiltered talk (while being) respectful.” Ottley and the meeting’s participants see the need for communication about important subjects that may not always be the easiest to

discuss. Barbershop Talks seeks to make these conversations commonplace, breaking the tension some men may feel about affairs such as love, dating and sex. Keep an eye out for advertisements posted around campus in the near future promoting next month’s Barbershop Talk.

Generally, states in the south ranked poorly compared to other regions of the U.S. in employment and earnings composite, but the gender-earnings ratio is the worst in Louisiana, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah and Nebraska. In three of these states, the gender wage gap is greater than 30 cents per dollar. “I love West Virginia, but we tend to lag behind the rest of the country in some things, gender equality being one of them,” Williams said. “Not that progress hasn’t been made in West Virginia, it’s just moving more slowly than the rest of the country for some reason.” The idea of earning pay unequal to what men make does not provide any incentive for women, including Williams, to stay in the state. “I’d love to stay, but between the wage gap and lack of options in my chosen career path, it’s hard. And it makes me feel guilty about leaving, but it’s hard to stay knowing that the business environment here isn’t particularly friendly toward women,” Williams said. “If West Virginia wants to attract businesses and retain workers, something has to change. This is not conducive to the growth of the state.” Shimer argued the wealth distribution in the state does not encourage young people to stay in West Virginia after getting an education and, in turn, will encourage potential employees to leave the state in pursuit of a “livable wage.”

“This creates a cycle where educated individuals take their abilities and education outside the state of West Virginia, consequently growing economies of other states while the West Virginia job market continues to depend on educators, the energy market, large retail employers and health care providers,” Shimer said. So what can be done to close the wage gap in the Mountain State? Shimer proposed a diversification of West Virginia’s labor market. “There simply aren’t good paying jobs, and when jobs are so scarce, women often get the bottom of the barrel,” Shimer said. “If we also analyze the order in which states fall on the education totem pole in comparison to wage equity, we’ll find that although they do not always directly correlate, the quality of education often determines future wages.” In fact, West Virginia’s women are the third least likely to be in the highestearning quartile, and West Virginia has the second largest proportion of women in the lowest earnings quartile. “We’ve reached the point where having women in the workforce isn’t a big deal anymore, and that’s great. But I think we won’t really reach true equality until there is a representative number of women in significant leadership positions. We need more women in the C-suite: More CEOs, CFOs, COOs and the like,” Williams said.

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Continued from page 1 “I was thinking that it’s unfair to ask a leader to understand everything, since there is so much to understand,” Urhie said. “Or I wonder if there is a better way to more inclusively get them to make decisions. It seems they are only trained to do one thing.” Urhie further explained a leader cannot be all parts of his or her team, agreeing with Kellerman’s point that it’s not that people are bad leaders, but perhaps follow-

inside. “After they entered the museum. I saw their faces: They were about 10 meters away from me, shooting at anything that moved,” Cusido told Spain’s Cadena Ser radio station. “I managed to hide behind a pillar, there were unlucky people who they killed right there,” he said, adding that he and his wife spent nearly three hours in the museum until they got out uninjured. Dozens of tourists scrambled from the museum linking arms or clutching children as Tunisian police and security forces pointed their weapons at the building. The museum, 4 kilometers (2½ miles) from the city center, is located near the national parliament building, which was evacuated. Some of the Italians at the museum were believed to have been passengers from the Costa Fascinosa, a cruise liner that had docked in Tunis while on a seven-day tour of the western Mediterranean. Ship owner Costa Crociere confirmed that some of its 3,161 passengers were visiting Tunis and that a Bardo tour was on the itinerary, but said it couldn’t confirm how many were in the museum at the time. The Bardo, a popular tourist attraction, houses one of the world’s largest collections of Roman mosaics among its 8,000 works.

director will coordinate and oversee philanthropic initiatives undertaken by SGA, and will pursue projects for the purpose of expanding SGA’s involvement in charitable organizations. Also added to the bylaws was the position of a County Commission liaison, who will serve as a direct representative of SGA to the Monongalia County Commission. ers aren’t reaching their full potential. “Everybody is weighing in on everything now,” Kellerman said. “There is this diminishment of authority.” Kellerman used the example that in the classroom her students are more comfortable calling her Barbara or “Babs,” and with the growing technology it is easier and easier to close the gap between leaders and followers. Everyone is on an equal playing field and world leaders are looking more human than ever. But, Kellerman asks, is this a good thing? Kellerman explained that

This representative will be responsible for attending Monongalia County Commission meetings and regularly reporting back to SGA. A large sum of grants was also given to various student organizations at the meeting. A total of 10 student groups received money from SGA including WVU Women’s Club Soccer, WVU Habitat for Humanity, the English Graduate Association and WVU NAACP among other organizations. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

her favorite political scandal, Bill Clinton’s Monica Lewinsky affair, was the turning point for leaders everywhere because not only did America know what happened, they knew all of the gritty details. Kellerman finished her lecture with a pitch for her new book “Bad Leaders” and a poem about all the workers throughout history that have gone without credit. “People object to the word follower,” she said. “It is all of us now. We need to look to more than just the leaders.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Continued from page 1 awaited the start to Barbershop Talks, speculating what was to come up throughout the duration of the meeting. “The only thing I can do right now is go by the (title) and it says ‘Real Talk: Sex, Love, and Relationships’ so

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Continued from page 1 and the composition of the job market definitely play a huge factor into West Virginia’s wage gap,” said Samantha Shimer, a sophomore women and gender studies and international studies student. “Whenever research groups conduct studies and conclude that women make less, it’s often not because a man and woman are doing the same job and the woman is being paid less, but that women are generally being offered lower paying jobs than men.” In 2014, the West Virginia Department of Commerce reported that the five largest private employers were WalMart, West Virginia United Health System, Charleston Area Medical Center, Kroger and Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. As Shimer explained, the set up of West Virginia’s economy simply does not comprise as many women as men in higherpaying jobs. “It can be said by gesture that the northern part of the state does a better job at bridging the income gap, because higher paying jobs are offered in general,” Shimer said. “In the southern part of the state, the highest paying jobs are in manual labor industries, and although women are capable of performing the jobs, women often don’t seek these forms of employment and these jobs are often not offered to them.”

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Thursday March 19, 2015

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As another St. Patrick’s Day in Morgantown has come and gone, the Morgantown Police Department issued a press release regarding arrests and citations made this weekend. There were 47 arrests made and 118 criminal citations issued between Friday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 17. Nearly half of those citations (55) were for underage possession or consumption of alcohol, and 11 of the arrests made were for DUI - five of which were made on March 17. Additionally, there were arrests or citations for 53 other alcoholrelated incidents. This is an increase from last year’s statics. In an article written for The Daily Athenaeum, MPD issued only 10 citations and made only two DUI arrests on St. Patrick’s Day last year. While this may be in part due to the events surrounding the two dates last year, March 17 fell on the Monday after spring break, giving students little time to prepare for the usually exciting holiday an increase by any means is bad.

Celebrating should be done in moderation and not at the expense of an arrest or citation. Self-control is always key when it comes to the use of alcohol, especially when you know those around you will be behaving in rowdy, irresponsible ways. A portion of students, regardless of laws created or warnings given, will continue to celebrate holidays, victories and other major events in inappropriate ways. This is not the reflection of WVU students as a whole, but it is something we should strive to encourage our peers to change. We live in a culture where lining up to get into a bar at 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday is acceptable just because it’s St. Patrick’s Day. It is common for students to skip classes on days such as these to spend time day drinking and celebrating. And these are things that need to change. Specifically for St. Patrick’s Day, celebrate Irish heritage by learning more about the culture or trying new food dishes. When it comes to celebrating or en-

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Police officers facilitate the parties happening on Frat Row on St . Patrick’s Day. couraging a big Mountain- sored event you can preseer win, attend University- ent to the Student Governsponsored events. If none ment Association to bring of these options sound to University officials. Or, like fun to you, come up if you do decide to party, with your own new alter- be the host and offer a safe native to partying, maybe and controlled environa new University-spon- ment for guests. Getting

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drunk and behaving badly should not be the go-to for expressing excitement. It is important we come back from these statistics and show they are neither a definition nor a theme for celebrating as a WVU

student. Instead of wild partying and drinking until vomit coats the streets, create or encourage further celebration-worthy actions. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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NO LONGER INFORMED or NEEDED BREAKTHROUGH? Last Tuesday, members of the West Virginia University chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, held its second WVU Goes Bald event in the Mountainlair. Mountaineers from across campus came together and shaved their heads to help raise money for childhood cancer research. The event benefited the St. Baldrick’s foundation. According to its website, the St. Baldrick’s foundation began with a co-worker’s challenge to give back and has been actively holding events to raise funds since March 2000. By 2002, shaving head events had raised more than a million dollars for research. In 2004, the foundation was established with the goal of spending as little money as possible in order to raise money for more research. The money raised establishes grants for childhood cancer research. Different causes and diseases have found a niche on social media, inspiring members of the community to take action—such as shaving one’s head or accepting a challenge to douse yourself in icy water—in the name of support for those suffering from life-altering diseases. However, there are some who believe simply participating in these events is not as important as being an informed donor.

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Andrew Sutherland, Shani Waris and Paris Winfrey (left to right) shave their heads at the St. Baldrick’s event organized by the Alpha Phi Omega Student Organization inside the Mountainlair last Tuesday March 10.

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It might be difficult to see a negative side to head shaving for a good cause, but trust me, it exists. While many people view getting a buzz cut as a relatively easy sacrifice to make in the name of cancer research, I’m sure most would hesitate to take on the challenge if it was anything like actual chemotherapy. Cancer patients often undergo multiple rounds of treatments over the course of several years, with each treatment yielding a different chance at total hair loss. People may think twice about signing up for a complete head shave at least once a year for potentially the rest of their lives, with no guarantee their hair will grow back with the same texture or thickness as before. What’s more, cancer patients often lose more than just the hair on their head. I doubt anyone would willingly go through complete eyebrow waxes and eyelash plucking multiple times to truly experience what it’s like to be bald. As a final complaint, St. Baldrick’s does absolutely nothing with the

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shaved hair. Though their website states participants can choose to donate hair to other organizations on their own, the majority of contributors at this year’s WVU Goes Bald shaved their hair too short to donate. Simply throwing away healthy hair that will eventually grow back is the exact opposite of helping. For those experiencing chemo, alopecia or a hair-pulling disorder, it’s more like a slap in the face. It’s not my intent to criticize those who donated to or participated in the WVU Goes Bald campaign. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation donates 80 cents of every dollar donated toward their cause, which is far more than what other popular organizations can truthfully claim. Though this organization has its heart in the right place, it misses the mark in terms of providing immediate, useful assistance for those with cancer. Similar to the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ice bucket challenge that invaded Facebook timelines and Instagram feeds last year, shaving one’s head does nothing beyond creating what could be labeled as a narcissistic public statement.

Using tactics to stroke a donor’s ego is nothing new in the world of charities, but it’s time wannabe humanitarians take a step back and really consider where their money is going. For example, according to The Huffington Post, only a single cent from every dollar raised by the American Cancer Society (host of Relay for Life) went toward childhood cancer research in 2010. Other foundations are no different. A quick Google search will yield all the information one needs to know about which organizations are genuine and which are untrustworthy. Just because a charity may claim to be for the benefit of others doesn’t always mean it accomplishes that goal. Most importantly, donating should fundamentally be about the disadvantaged party, not the donator. Social campaigns that utilize social media spread like wildfire (“Send us your selfies!”), but end up fueling a growing societal vanity, which only further corrupts the goal of true altruism. Do yourself a favor and keep your hair—donating wisely and knowledgably is more important. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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There appears to be a new trend to get people to donate, and it plays upon our own selfishness: Using trivial “challenges” or cutting off your hair in an effort to promote awareness or raise money for certain causes. While the act itself may ultimately appear more inconsequential than actually beneficial to a cause, they do tend to be an effective way of getting the job done. With the popularity of last year’s “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge,” and the apparent popularity of frivolous fundraising ideas to benefit a serious cause, many have rightfully come to question whether such a display is actually benefiting, or even kind, to the individuals they are supposedly promoting. Sure, pouring a bucket over your head or sporting a buzz cut isn’t going to do much in the way of Lou Gehrig’s disease or cancer research alone. The point is to incorporate a wider sense of community and social networking to further the cause, lead-

ing to both awareness of the issue and, frequently, increased donations. At the height of the Ice Bucket Challenge craze, the ALS foundation received over $100 million in donations. This is money from the pockets of everyday people as well as some superstars who also contributed to the cause thanks to a silly idea that ended up sparking a strange series of events that, somehow, encouraged people to actually care. Shaving one’s head is along this same vein of thought : While it may seem counterintuitive to shave one’s head to support a cancer patient, ultimately the heart of the act is good, and the donations raised don’t hurt either. Last year’s Alpha Phi Omega buzzing event raised $4,000 from participants and onlookers alike. This year raised hundreds of dollars to send to the St. Baldrick’s organization, which raises money for childhood cancer research. There is an idea that a healthy individual shaving their head is a slight to a cancer patient who rarely has the option to sport hair, and one may go so far as to say the

hair-cutting or the icebucket-dumping does little to actually make a person affected by these diseases feel any better about themselves. While it’s trite to use “all’s well that ends well,” the numbers do speak for themselves; anything to raise money for a good cause is an exemplary idea. No one actively sets out to participate in these events to offend the people they’re trying to help, and saying so only discredits the hard work and effort it takes to propagate a clickbait idea enough in the first place. Sure, we could bypass the innocuous activities accompanying the diseases they raise money for, but there needs to be a motivator to get people to actually do something about it. With social media, it’s no wonder frivolous events like these raise money and awareness, which is the whole purpose of the ordeal. To say anything negative about such a successful idea that goes to a worthy cause cheapens a movement many people desperately need. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Sharon Stackpole’s collection of paintings and mixed media on display in the ‘Symmetries’ art gallery inside the Monongalia Arts Center.

Sharon Stackpole’s ‘Symmetries’ pleases viewers aLLY LITTEN A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

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Sharon Stackpole’s untitled creation on display in the ‘Symmetries’ art gallery.

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Sharon Stackpole’s ‘Lost’ is on display in the MAC’s Benedum Gallery.

“Symmetries” by West Virginia artist Sharon Lyn Stackpole is a beautiful display of the internal balance of life. Currently on display at the Monongalia Arts Center, “Symmetries” consists of many different forms of art such as paper weights, a clock, paintings and sculptures. Graduating from West Virginia University, Stackpole studied painting and art history. Her work has been shown at the Blenheim Palace in England and in Barcelona, Spain. Although the opening of the gallery was delayed due to snow, it will be on display through March 28. Upon walking into the Benedum Gallery, I had incredibly high expectations due to Stackpole’s amazing background. Every expectation I had was shattered. Stackpole’s work was way better than I could have ever expected. The room was filled with colorful works of art that reflect the inner struggle of human nature. The first painting that caught my eye was “Sigh.” Painted with acrylic paint, the beautiful image portrays a woman in a pink jacket looking at her feet. Orange, yellow and blue streaks make up the background. By just looking at this painting, I could imagine my feelings on a long day as I walk home from work or class. “Sigh” portrays an external view on an internal stressor. Another creation I was drawn to was an acrylic paining titled “Lost.” “Lost” consists of a woman in a bright green dress dancing in an ocean of blue. Stackpole did an amazing job of portraying

the emotions one feels when they are lost in life. Everyone has dark periods in their life where they are so lost and afraid, but they just dance like no ones is watching. “Lost” visually represents these emotions, taking one back to the darker struggles of life. Although all of the paintings were wonderful, one painting was the showcase of the entire gallery. “I Know She’s Out There Somewhere” shows a young boy sitting below the beautiful nighttime sky. In the stars above is the shape of a young girl flying through the mystical sky. Loneliness is one of the worst feelings a human being can experience; however, there is something beautiful about this sad emotion. The mystery of finding the perfect soulmate has fascinated people since the beginning of time. Stackpole took this emotion and created a beautiful visual for the human eye to admire. All in all, Stackpole represented the journey of life and all of our everyday relationships. “My work is very expressive and descriptive,” Stackpole said. “I use a visual vocabulary to express the narrative of living. My theory is that if I’ve experienced it, someone else has. If I express it, someone else may understand and thus feel less alone. That’s what I want my work to be about.” If interested, one can buy Stackpole’s beautiful work right here in West Virginia. It is sold at The Appalachian Gallery in Morgantown, the Purple Moon in Charleston and Words and Music Bookshop in Wheeling. For more information about Stackpole’s artwork, go to http://sharonlyn.com/.

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Stackpole captures human emotions in her ‘Symmetries’ gallery.

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‘Taking the Fall’ is another one of Stackpole’s works available on display.

Country musician Mark Austin comes to nearby Fairmont By Jillian Clemente A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

This state is known for its country music background and up-and-coming country artists such as Mark Austin surely know that. “The people in West Vir-

ginia love their country music, and that’s where I get the most enjoyment to perform,” Austin said. Based out of Carmichaels, Pa., Austin grew up with a love for music. “My dad liked country music and always had the radio stations on with the

old country stars, and that’s where it started from,” Austin said. This passion mostly stemmed from his father who helped teach Austin how to play the guitar. “I was brought up on music. Ever since I was a little kid, my dad played a little music and was teaching me guitar, and it took off from there,” he said. When he tried to get guitar lessons as a 6-year-old, his teacher told him he was too young. His dad dis-

agreed with the teacher and taught Austin himself. “After I had learned the guitar, I started playing in front of crowds,” Austin said. His first song he didn’t play strictly in front of his parents was “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” by Hank Williams, Jr., and he occasionally plays this during a concert because of the memories it holds. Austin is a big fan of this older country style and tries to stay away from newer

country music. “Today’s country isn’t bad music,” Austin said. “It’s not, but the older standard type country - there’s a story behind the music. To me, country means real life.” He puts his real life right into his songs by writing his own material. He said he loves the storytelling aspect of country music and does just that with his tunes. “It’s in my blood, I guess,” he said. “It’s what I can do.” Austin can also pump

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up a crowd and make them happy, and that’s his favorite part about being a musician. “I love it when I’m rockin’ on stage and the crowd enjoys themselves while the music’s going on,” he said. “If I can make the crowd happy or bring a smile to their face, that’s what makes me happy about it.” Austin said he loves it so much he’s been doing it for basically his whole life. “I’m 54, and I started doing (this) professionally when I was about 25,” he said. “I still have a job and it pays my bills, but I do music basically on the weekends and I perform my own stuff.” Austin currently works at a NAPA Auto Parts store. “I tried the college thing, and it wasn’t for me. I probably went one semester and that was it,” he said. For now, his job is a job, but he still has that passion for being a country artist. “Music is a tough business unless you have a big record label,” he said. Just this past year, Austin re-released his album “Whole Lot of Country” under a new label and is planning to release a new one soon. “The main goal is to perform and see the crowd react and enjoy themselves,” Austin said. “That’s the most important thing to me.” Mark Austin will join three other bands at 6 p.m. Saturday for the Sagebrush Round-Up at Bunner Ridge in Fairmont, W.Va. Tickets are $6. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu


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West Virginia bands The Furr, Goodwolf, Bishops and Afraid will take the stage at 123 Pleasant Street tonight. The Furr has made its mark at the venue, playing many shows since its inception approximately three years ago. “My friend Francisco Amaya moved here around that time from Buffalo, N.Y., and we started doing weekly radio shows for BLAST Gallery in Teaneck, N.J.,” said Eli Pollard, the lead vocalist of The Furr. In addition to Pollard, The Furr is composed of Amaya on guitar, Liz Pavlovic on drums and bassist Jared Ott. Pollard said the band

enjoys performing new, original tracks for fans. “I think we mostly enjoy playing new songs live because they are fresh,” Pollard said. “Right now, that would most likely be ‘Cleopatra’ and ‘Storm of the Child.’ This changes every couple weeks, though, as we come up with more new songs.” According to Pollard, the band chose to denounce hard labels and go with the flow when it comes to style. “I think part of the reason we play music is because we feel that language and especially labels have the potential to be limiting,” Pollard said. “But I guess I could live with ‘psych-garage’ or ‘alien-punk’ for now.” The Furr cites influences such as Guided by

Voices, Talking Heads and Fugazi. Pollard said he is inspired lyrically by Eastern Mysticism, Japanese game shows and relationships. For more information about The Furr, visit https ://facebook.com/ thafurr/. Goodwolf is another local artist to frequent 123. This is a side project of Sleepwalker’s Tyler Grady; the music of Goodwolf is indie grunge. All songs are written by Grady, who also sings and plays guitar on each track. “Car in the Woods” is Goodwolf ’s most recent release and can be purchased in many formats on http://goodwolf.bandcamp.com/. Bishops hails from Shepherdstown, W.Va., and plays alternative rock music. Its most recent album, “Silver Lining,” was

released February of last year and consists of 10 high-energy tracks. The band also released a “Live @ 123” album this past December, featuring original songs such as “Light Expires,” “Remember Us” and “When Will I Die?” To get a preview of Bishops’ live style, go to http:// bishops.bandcamp.com/ album/live-123/. The tracks feature Payden Kimble on drums, Andrew LaCara on bass and vocals and Tucker Riggleman on guitar and vocals. Afraid is a five-man experimental outfit from Portland, Maine. The members of Afraid are Jakob Battick on vocals and rhythms, Ryan Cutler on bass, Matthew LaJoie on guitar, loops and vocals, James Marcel on Rhodes piano and vocals and Jared Fairfield on loops,

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keys, vocals and samples. The show will start at 9 You can download its most p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasrecent album for free at ant Street. http://afraid.bandcamp. com/album/pink-life/. ashley.denardo@mail.wvu.edu

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If it weren’t for this day in 1953, we would have never been graced with all those lovely red carpet garbs. For the first time in history on March 19, 1953, the Academy Awards were established and televised to honor the world’s most prestigious actors and films. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was envisioned as a non-profit organization that would help promote the film industry. Today, the Academy Awards is one of the most anticipated televised events with large audiences tuning in to catch the event year after year. Elvis Presley was one of music’s most beloved and hardworking individuals. In the spring of 1957, the musician was completing his second movie, “Lov-

ing You,” while also working on his first movie soundtrack. At the age of 22, Presley decided to purchase his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, a new home. It was on March 19, 1957, that Presley purchased Graceland, a 13.8acre estate on the outskirts of Memphis at a sale price of $102,500. Just think: Elvis bought his entire family a mansion while you’re busy struggling to purchase that cup of coffee with pennies in JACS. Would you like that sunny side up? On March 19, 1994, individuals in Yokohama, Japan perfected their culinary record-breaking omelette which measured 1,383 square feet. The culinary spectacle reportedly required 160,000 fresh eggs and, at the time, broke the world record for the largest omelette made. Since 1994, this record has been broken multiple times, the most impressive pos-

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Memes such as ‘Karate Kyle’ are hilarous, but some people don’t like being featured online. NEW YORK (AP) — Those The South Carolina pilfered, captioned and mother of a 2-year-old with shared photos that make us a grim life expectancy from either cringe, rage or laugh a rare genetic disorder hapout loud are as old as the In- pily posted a picture on Faceternet itself, but in these wild book from her daughter’s reonline times, is there any re- cent birthday, only to have the image rudely captioned course for their victims? Memes, by definition vi- and spread - sometimes ral little beasties, are every- gruesomely Photoshopped where, sometimes building thousands of times and her ill over several years. And they child compared to a monster, have many heads - shaming alien and leprechaun due to wrongdoers, bullying inno- her unique facial features. “This is bullying. This is not cents and poking fun at an awkward facial expression, right. She’s fought for her life twerk attempt, family por- since she got here,” Pringle trait or school photo. told NBC affiliate WCBD-TV “When one of these mobs near her Summerville home. fixes on you it’s like a Love- “She’s not a monster. She’s craftian horror,” said James not fake. She’s real. She’s Grimmelmann, a professor here.” at the University of Maryland Pringle’s mom, Linda Prinwho specializes in Internet gle, had equally strong words law. “Only madness awaits. It for those who memed her can be beyond the power of little granddaughter and do individuals to do a lot about the same to the images of other unsuspecting strangit.” Kyra Pringle knows that ers without context or backfirsthand. story and with seemingly lit-

tle thought beyond their own amusement and that of their friends and followers online. Some sites have since taken down memed images of the impaired toddler after word of her real-life story spread. “If you’re out there and you’re doing these things, and you think that it’s funny, it’s not funny. This is actually a human being, this is a child, this is a baby,” Linda Pringle told the TV station. Private companies that own social media streams and channels juggle a broad range of take-down demands and other content issues such as copyright infringement, high-stakes privacy invasion and online harassment. But it can be difficult to eradicate viral content like photo memes altogether. “We don’t tolerate bullying or harassment on Facebook and Instagram, and remove content that appears to purposefully target people with the intention of degrading or shaming them,” the company said in an email when asked about memes. While community standards and guidelines do exist on many sites, including newly spelled-out rules on Facebook, routine photo meming may not include outright threats, hate speech or behavior that draws the attention of those in charge, such as a pattern of stalking or harassment targeting individuals identified by name, location or through other revealing details or leaks of Social Security numbers, phone numbers and street addresses, some Internet watchers said. “It’s not that there isn’t an ethical problem, and a real problem as a society we should wrestle with, but law just wouldn’t intervene and the First Amendment would say we don’t stop it,” said Danielle Keats Citron, a research professor of law at the University of Maryland and author of the book “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace,” out Sept. 22 from Harvard University Press. But a movement in Europe

has taken hold in defense of the so-called “right to be forgotten” that has free speech and privacy activists alike paying attention. The European Court of Justice appeared to support the legal concept for people who want to force the removal of old, irrelevant or false material determined to infringe on their right to privacy. The court, the highest in the European Union, sided last year with a man in Spain who had asked Google to eliminate from its search index information about some long-paid debts. It ruled that Google can be compelled to take that step, but the company so far has limited removal in the specific case to its Spain service, leaving the material readily searchable worldwide. The ruling has broad implications in the tightrope walk between online privacy and free speech across the EU and around the globe, particularly in the United States, where free speech protection is deeply ingrained. “It’s very hard. We’ve had unauthorized use of photographs since we’ve had photographs. It’s much easier to go after somebody who uses pictures for clearly commercial purposes, but once you get outside of the commercial realm, when you’re talking about political or artistic expression, in this country we get a lot more reluctant to intervene,” Grimmelmann said. Not all photo meming is tragic and not all sharers are evil-doers. Some subjects or initiators take it as good fun, embracing - or trying to, at least - their accidental Internet celebrity. Nearly three years ago, Kasey Woods in Waldorf, Maryland, put up a photo of her smiley baby daughter in a pink top and huge afro wig that was left over from Halloween. Woods posted it first to Facebook, when her page was set to public, then put the same image on her public Instagram feed a year later. Friends started alerting

her last year that the photo was catching on. It continues to pop up at least two or three times a week somewhere, including one version with a caption that reads: “Have a Blacknificent Day.” The image has been liked, shared and commented upon several thousand times. Some comments Woods has read have not been kind and she has since locked down her Facebook page. “Some people are bashing me for being a bad mother because they think that’s her hair every day. It’s pretty intense with, `What kind of mother would put a child in a wig?’ and this and that,” she said. “I’m taking it well because her name wasn’t attached to it.” Clarinet Boy, aka PTSD Clarinet Boy, was all grown up when he innocently enough submitted to Awkwardfamilyphotos.com an old school picture. He’s in a marching band uniform and

there’s a double exposure, a full-body image of himself, projected onto the side of his head in the same uniform as he holds a clarinet. That was 2009. It was titled “A Beautiful Mind” and the site encouraged readers to guess what he might have been thinking. So they did. The image of the redheaded boy made its way around the Internet and onto meme generator sites, including one that came up with stories in captions of Vietnam War vets suffering from post-traumatic stress, looking back on childhood. “I left for Vietnam as a boy. I came back as a monster,” reads one. No one knows exactly how many versions are out there, but it’s many thousands, as opposed to millions for other memes. Mike Bender, cofounder of Awkwardfamilyphotos, said he and his partner know the real Clarinet Boy.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Evaluate the costs of proceeding as you have been. Some of you might screech to a stop and need to regroup. You probably don’t need to change direction, but some of the bells and whistles might have to go. A family member could have some good news.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might have a different approach to an issue that will intrigue a partner. You could encounter someone who thinks very differently from how you do. Attempt to understand this person’s thought process, and open up to his or her ideas. Tonight: Do something just for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You care a lot, and a partner knows that. However, when you try to resolve an issue, you could discover that you seem to be giving up too much. Step back, and remember your boundaries. A loved one might be full of unusual ideas. Tonight: Buy a treat on the way home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Others seem to come to you with a lot to do and very little time to do it. You could throw yourself right in and help clear up the problem. Make a point of presenting your suggestions in a more creative way. Tonight: A surprise will lead to a fun happening. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Stay on top of what is happening, and you

will find yourself feeling quite shocked by the sudden changes that emerge. A difficult matter surrounding your home life might create a lot of tension. Resolving the issue could be harder than you realize. Tonight: Schedule a massage. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH You don’t need to restrain your imagination, but you also don’t need to verbalize everything you think. People might wonder about that twinkle in your eye. A discussion could draw a great deal of intensity. Tonight: Heal a relationship by giving it some quality time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Express your concern about an intense situation involving your

family or domestic life. Since you have only one voice, resolving the issue will take some diplomatic skill. Sooner or later, you’ll need to handle this matter; it isn’t going away. Tonight: Love the moment. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Others respect your opinions. One-onone relating points to a new direction and different possibilities. Open up to what could happen if you decide to give others the respect and space they need. You could see evidence of a positive change almost immediately. Tonight: Out late. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Your finances come to the forefront. At this point, you seem to be forced to handle more responsibility than you

would like. Could this be because you refused to deal with such matters in the past, as money held so little importance to you? Tonight: Pay bills, then decide. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You’ll beam, and others will be much more in touch with what they think and feel about an important matter that’s close to your heart. A simple conversation with several people will put all of you on the same page, which will increase your effectiveness. Tonight: Make it special.

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West Virginia enters WNIT after missing NCAA Tournament, faces Buffalo by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

After missing out on the NCAA Tournament field, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team is looking for some consolation. The Mountaineers will get the chance to redefine their season with a run in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, starting tonight at 7 p.m. when they face the Buffalo Bulls at the WVU Coliseum. Just 19 hours before the Mountaineer men’s team faces Buffalo in the NCAA Tournament, the West Vir-

ginia women’s basketball team will face the squad from New York for the very first time. Although West Virginia didn’t achieve its goal of reaching the NCAA field of 64, Mountaineer head coach Mike Carey said his team is still locked in on achieving postseason success. “We are excited about the opportunity to play in the WNIT,” Carey said. “This will be a good challenge for us. I expect us to play hard with the goal to win this tournament.” The eighth-place team in the Big 12 Conference,

West Virginia had to watch as five of its conference opponents found spots in the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers aren’t alone out of the Big 12 in the WNIT; Kansas State and TCU are also set to compete in the second-tier tournament. West Virginia will play in the WNIT for the fourth time, three of which have come during Mike Carey’s tenure at the helm of the program. The Mountaineers most recently took part in the 2009 WNIT, bowing out in the second round to St. Bonaventure. In 2005, West Virginia made its

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Smith eager for an opportunity at the next level by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenauem

Dreamius Smith’s senior season didn’t exactly go as planned. After splitting carries with Charles Sims in 2013, Smith figured to be one of West Virginia’s featured running backs heading into the 2014 season. The addition of Rushel Shell and the emergence of Wendell Smallwood made the 2014 spring camp more of an audition than most originally suspected, and the Mountaineers went into the 2014 season with five legitimate running back options. As the season got into full swing, Smith became the forgotten man. He carried the ball just three times in the season opener against Alabama and did not receive double digit carries until he toted the rock 13 times for 61 yards and a touchdown against Baylor on Oct. 18. Smith took his decreased role in the offense with grace, however, choosing to stoke his competitive fire rather than feel sorry for himself. “That’s ultimately the decision the coaches made. I never held a grudge, never had my head down. When I got in I made plays,” Smith said. That he did. Despite carrying the ball 23 fewer times than he did in 2013, Smith fell just 43 yards short of his yardage total from the pre-

vious season and found the end zone five times, the same amount he did in his junior season. “I still put my name out there and fed off the guys that played more, and they fed off of me. We kept a bond in that room, and that’s what we’re going to keep doing,” Smith said. That bond has become even more important as Smith transitions from college and tries to make the leap to the NFL. So has the bond he has with his parents, who served as a calming influence heading into the biggest day of his collegiate career: Pro Day. “I was calling my mom every five minutes and didn’t even have a conversation. I would just sit on the phone with her. She would just tell me it’s OK. My dad was saying the same thing,” Smith said. There is no doubt the pressure was on Smith last Friday at WVU’s Pro Day. Due to his limited time on the field in 2014, Smith would have to find a way to show the NFL scouts in attendance that he was worth their time, but first he had to get himself ready for the moment. “This is what we’ve dreamed of. This is what we were born to do. Being around scouts does kind of boost up your energy, but at the same time, this is what you do. This is what you live for. It’s just another day to

come in here and showcase your talent,” Smith said. Showcase is an appropriate word to describe Smith’s performance that day. He burned through a 4.44-second 40-yard dash, registered a 10’4 broad jump, a 35-inch vertical jump and put on a route running and pass-catching clinic in front of scouts from 28 of 32 NFL teams. “They were happy. They were impressed. They weren’t expecting the 40 to be that and the bench and vertical leap,” Smith said of the scouts he spoke to after his workout. “I did well today and I give it all to my trainer and all to God.” With Pro Day out of the way, all that is left now is to wait for his chance. Whether that comes in the form of a private workout with a team, hearing his name called in the NFL Draft or just getting an invitation to someone’s training camp, Smith said he is confident he can make the most of whatever opportunity he gets, just like he did in 2014. “All you want is a chance. Once you get your foot in the door, it’s all on you. You’ve got to think about it, they’re going to look at 300, 400 more guys, so when you get your chance you better make it work, and that’s what I’m going to do,” he said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

deepest-ever postseason run under Carey, making it to the WNIT finals before losing to Southwest Missouri State. This marks the ninth straight year that the Mountaineers have reached postseason play, although the previous five seasons ended in the NCAA Tournament. Although West Virginia entered the season with high hopes, they failed to sustain any momentum in conference play, ending with a 7-11 Big 12 record. Although not good enough for an NCAA berth, its performances in a deep conference mean

the Mountaineers will be tipped to be a tough team to beat in the WNIT. West Virginia went 3-2 this season against teams also in the WNIT field of 64, splitting a two-game series with TCU and Kansas State and beating Duquesne back in December. After a 19-12 season and a sixth-place finish in the Mid-American Conference, Buffalo will be making its first-ever appearance in the WNIT. A tenacious defensive team that forced the most turnovers in the conference, Buffalo is led by senior forward Kristen Sharkey, an All-MAC Second

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West Virginia sends four men to NCAAs by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Four West Virginia University wrestlers will compete at the 2015 NCAA Division 1 Championships starting today in St. Louis. Freshman Zeke Moisey (125), senior Michael Morales (141), junior Bubba Scheffel (184) and sophomore Jake A. Smith (197) each received at-large bids to the national tournament. “The guys that are going have earned it and they’re ready,” said first-year head coach Sammie Henson. “They’ve wrestled the best

competition. …I think we’re ready. I feel confident in what we’re doing.” Moisey compiled a 28-13 record in his debut season with the Mountaineers and finished second at the Big 12 Championships at 125. The Northampton, Pa., native will face Utah Valley University’s Chasen Tolbert (18-6) in the first round of competition. Moisey previously defeated Tolbert, 14-10, at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational in December. The true freshman also pinned No. 5 seed Sean Boyle of Chattanooga and earned a 5-2 decision over No. 13 seed Ben Willeford of Cleveland State at the

Navy Classic in November. Morales, the No. 16 seed at 141, previously qualified for the NCAA Championships in 2012 and 2014. The senior from Brick, N.J., compiled a 28-12 record this season and will face Michigan’s George Fisher (24-17) in the first round. Morales has faced 11 opponents in this year’s bracket and boasts wins over No. 13-ranked Joe Spisak of Virginia, Arizona State’s Matthew Kraus, Chattanooga’s Mike Pongracz and Bucknell’s Tyler Smith. Scheffel put together a 2015 record at 184, facing 11 nationally-ranked opponents throughout the season. The

junior from Oakland, Md., will face No. 2-seed Max Thomusseit (24-1) of Pittsburgh in the first round. In the Mountaineers’ 24-14 win over the Panthers in February, Scheffel and Thomusseit did not face each other. Scheffel previously defeated then-No. 6 Kenny Courts of Ohio State at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this season. After transferring from Cleveland State, Smith put together an exceptional sophomore campaign with the Mountaineers this season, compiling a 25-9 record at 197. The Charleston, W.Va., native will face No.

15-seed Aaron Studebaker (30-10) of Nebraska in the first round of competition. Smith previously defeated No. 9-seed Jace Bennett of Cornell and boasts two victories over Edinboro’s Vince Pickett. The sophomore has faced No. 3 seed Kyven Gadson of Iowa State, No. 14 seed Phil Wellington of Ohio and No. 5 seed Scott Schiller of Minnesota. The quarterfinals will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, followed by the semifinal round at 8 p.m. The championship finals will begin Saturday at 7 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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After the 2013-14 season, senior point guard Juwan Staten faced a tough decision—stay in college or declare for the NBA Draft. With the West Virginia basketball program having less-than-stellar seasons of late, it made for a complicated decision. Staten chose to come back to West Virginia University, and now he and his teammates will play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in two seasons. Staten was confident this West Virginia team could make it back to the big dance, and that was part of what influenced him to stay put. “That’s always been the goal (to go to the Tournament),” Staten said. “That’s part of the reason I decided to come back, because I knew we had a great chance and we’re here now. I felt like I made a great decision.” Staten retuned, but the team surrounding him was different—different guys, different in age, different in background and maybe most importantly, different in attitude. Staten based his decision

and confidence to come back on what the team looked like prior to these newer faces joining the program, and even then Staten knew what his team was capable of doing. “When I made the decision, it was based on the guys I knew who were going to be here,” Staten said. “I felt with those guys and ‘Huggs’ (head coach Bob Huggins) was a great recruiter and whoever he brought in would fit our style of play.” Speaking of style of play, West Virginia’s catered its play around defense. The constant pressure has established the Mountaineers’ identity, and Staten has served as a leader – teaching these young players the lay of the land. “I was able to build that relationship with them early,” Staten said. “Kind of tell them things to look for, kind of tell them things about our team and our program. From there it’s been great. We’ve meshed very well.” Staten also said what’s in the past is staying in the past. Early exits from the conference tournaments and NIT tournaments along with missing the NCAA tournament for two straight seasons has been put aside.

“This is a new team, a new style of basketball,” Staten said. “We’re not really trying to be associated with anything we’ve done in the past couple of years.” West Virginia’s standout point guard has missed four straight games since suffering a left knee injury the last time the Mountaineers played Texas. His absence has been felt, but Huggins’ squad has held its own with young guards running the show. But now Staten and Gary Browne will both be on the floor for West Virginia Friday afternoon. Staten said he feels good and is excited to get back into gear. “My body feels good, getting back into shape and getting into a rhythm of things,” Staten said. “I’m full-go, I’ve been full-go for the last two practices and I feel good.” West Virginia needs Staten at 100 percent as they take on a fast-paced Buffalo team, the first obstacle on the road to winning a National Championship. “We just want to focus on what we’re doing,” Staten said. “Continue to play the way we play and take it as far as we can.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

West Virginia women’s tennis stand out Kaja Mrgole has helped her team win nine of its first 13

matches with a combined record of 12-6 this spring, with all of those wins coming in singles play. But her road to West Virginia was much different than the usual high school recruit. Coming out of Jesenice,

Slovenia, Mrgole couldn’t go through the routine recruiting process players born in the U.S. undergo; she had to get noticed on her own. Surprisingly enough, she chose YouTube, and it worked. “A lot of girls who are from outside the States usually make a video and put it up on YouTube,” Mrgole said. “That’s how I got a lot of my offers and visits.” After seeing the video, it was obvious Mrgole had the talent to play at the collegiate level, but her stats in high school put her over the top. While playing at Gimnazija Franceta Preserna in Slovenia, Mrgole was ranked 17th overall in the women’s open division and fifth overall in the U18 division. Additionally, she was a semi-finalist in the women’s outdoor championship and a finalist in the outdoor doubles championship for the U18 division. But even through all the success Mrgole had seen in high school, the transition to college and adjust-

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ing to life in America was difficult. “I needed six months to get used to the different culture, speaking in English and most importantly being a part of the team,” Mrgole said. “Before college you’re focusing only on yourself compared to now, you have to know that it is not just you out there.” And being a team is the biggest thing second-year head coach Miha Lisac has been preaching all season. He believes being a team will be the ultimate key to their overall success. Coach Lisac has helped tremendously in making the transition for Mrgole as smooth as possible. Lisac, like Mrgole, is also a native of Slovenia, and even though they can’t speak to each other in their native tongue, the two can still connect to each other on a different level. It took time for Mrgole to get used to playing in this kind of system. She finished 7-14 in singles play her freshman year, but then bounced back and had a team-high 13

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Thursday March 19, 2015

DON’T HAVE TIME TO SIT IN TRAFFIC? NEITHER DO WE. That’s why we decided to build our brand-new apartments within walking distance of Evansdale, the Health Sciences Center, the Law Center and the stadium. ROOM FOR ONE MORE 2QH WZR DQG IRXU EHGURRP Ă RRU SODQV Ă€W \RXU OLIHVW\OH and needs. NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE With four fully-furnished study rooms and desks in each EHGURRP \RX¡OO DOZD\V Ă€QG WKH SHUIHFW SODFH WR VWXG\ IN THE LAP OF LUXURY Luxury granite countertops in the kitchen and bathroom along with stainless steel appliances. ALL ABOARD Walking distance from the PRT station, making trips downtown easy and hassle free.

VISIT US SHOWROOMS WILL BE OPEN MARCH 16 - 20 FROM 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

The ďŹ rst 25 guests will receive a gift bag, and the ďŹ rst 100 guests will be entered to win a $500 gift card.

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Raymond J. Lane Park

Erickson Alumni Center

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Milan Puskar Stadium

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