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Thursday March 5, 2015

Volume 127, Issue 108

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Judicial Board: ‘Akhtar needs to step away from inner workings of SGA’ Attorney general barred from holding elected or appointed office for 1 year by jacob bojesson & Evelyn Merithew DA STAFF @dailyathenaeum

The Student Government Association’s Judicial Board charged Attorney General Syed Akhtar with violating the SGA Elections Code by endorsing a candidate’s cam-

paign, retweeting opinionated posts on social media and giving biased statements to The Daily Athenaeum.

The Board’s decision makes Akhtar ineligible from holding elected or appointed offices for one year, starting next term.

Further, Akhtar will not be allowed to run in the 2016

SGA Elections, per the decision.

The Board, in its ruling, said it cannot remove Akhtar from his position for the remainder of his term. This can only come from an impeachment by the Board of Governors.

As the Attorney General, Akhtar’s responsibilities include helping to guide candidates throughout the campaign season in a fair and just way.

The Board calls his behavior “biased and unp ro f e s s i o n a l ,” re f e rring to several instances of expressing personal

opinions.

“Based on view of all the facts, Mr. Akhtar needs to take a step away from the inner workings of SGA,” the decision reads. “Mr. Akhtar is a zealous advocate in his position, and that is commendable, however, there is a time and a place.”

Akhtar, who also serves as president for the College Republicans, retweeted an endorsement for the ongoing election posted by College Republicans’ Twitter account.

According to the Board, the College Republi-

cans sent emails giving “Spenser Wempe and her running mate Andrew Sealy of the Youth Party an F-, for actively obstructing the College Republicans.”

Akhtar also made comments to The Daily Athenaeum regarding the expenditure reports of the Youth Party and the possible violations the reports contained. Spenser Wempe, the Youth Party’s presidential candidate, filed a report that was questioned by the Elections Chair Richard Larson and Akhtar for including what they believed to be

SGA CAMPAIGNERS: A DAY IN THE LIFE

Candidates sacrifice sleep, grades, diets for the chance to serve on the Student Government Association by jake jarvis & john mark shaver da staff @Dailyathenaeum

All three parties campaigning for the Student Government Association have encountered challenges, but ask any candidate and they’ll say it’s worth it.

Campaigners have fought rain, challenging course loads and changes to original polling times and locations.

One campaigner, Samantha Shimer of the MAD Movement and a sophomore international studies and women’s and gender studies student, can barely squeeze in time to keep up her diet as she logs up to 15 hours a day campaigning.

Shimer said she wakes up around 5:30 a.m. during the week, meets her ticket in Hatfields by 7 a.m. for breakfast and is campaigning about an hour later. A good night for Shimer means sleeping seven hours. A bad night means staying up until 7 a.m. with a friend writing a paper.

“It’s taxing on your health and your sleep,” Shimer said. “But at the end of the day, it’s worth it.”

Shimer is usually the person in class munching on carrots, but she said this week she’s ditched the carrots for fast food from places like Chik-fil-A and Taziki’s.

If not there?

“I normally resort to water, a pepperoni roll and a York Peppermint Pattie,” Shimer said.

Nick Tabidze, a junior biology student and candidate of the Youth Party, said free time has been virtually nonexistent.

“If you’re not busy talking to people, you’re busy getting things organized, traveling around or messaging people. You’re communicating all the time,” Tabidze said.

Tabidze said thanks to his busy schedule, he barely has time to eat breakfast and lunch and is looking forward to being able to do that again soon.

In spite of everything, Tabidze said he isn’t intimidated by the daunting task of campaigning and credits the skills he’s learned as a resident assistant at Boreman Hall.

“Being an RA, I already have very valuable time management skills,” Tabidze said. “I’m applying those skills to this election … I’m used to not getting a lot of sleep at night, so it works out. I have time to do my school work, I have time to study for my exams and I have time to campaign.”

Karen Laska, a member of the Experience Party and freshman international studies student, said it would take more than rain to stop the campaigning.

“Things like rain are temporary,” Laska said. “SGA is much more important and permanent.”

Laska said while she enjoys speaking to fellow students, she understands that not everyone wants to talk.

“I understand that everyone is in a rush,” Laska said.

“I’m a person who likes to speed walk, and I don’t usually like to stop and talk or anything. It can be a little awkward at times, but I’ve found so many great people, and those are the people that make it worth it.”

For the most part, Laska’s enjoyed the campaign.

When the campaign is over, she said she’d like to focus more of her time on her classes.

But unlike Laska, not everyone on the campaign staff has exams to worry about.

Stephen Scott, the presidential candidate for the Experience Party’s ticket, asked his mom in December to campaign for him.

“Anything that my son is in, I support him and what he believes in,” Barbara Scott said.

She drove two and a half hours from Shepherdstown, W.Va., where she teaches, to help Scott’s campaign. She’s quick to don a T-shirt, grab a student walking by and hand them campaign materials emphatically.

Barbara Scott said she wakes up around 5 a.m. and stays on campus the entire day campaigning.

“And I’m not going back in until it’s all over,” she said. “Yes, I’m cold, but you know what? … I know what my son stands for, and if it’s snowing out here, I’m going to stand out here and pass these out for my son.”

Voting continues today 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Mountainlair only. No voting will take place at Brooks Hall as planned. Unofficial results will be announced at 4 p.m. in the food court. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Samantha Shimer (center), a BOG candidate running with the MAD Movement, shares a laugh with Haleigh Gaskins (left), a freshman fashion design and merchandising student, and Amber Quinlin (right), a freshman foreign language and linguistics student, Tuesday afternoon in front of the Towers PRT Station.

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Stephen Scott, a student body presidential candidate running with the Experience Party, invited his mother Barbara Scott to come to Morgantown from Shepardstown, W.Va. to help him campaign. Here, she talks with a student about voting Tuesday afternoon in front of the Mountainlair.

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Karen Laska, a BOG candidate running with of the Experience Party, encourages students to vote as she stands outside the REC Center in the rain.

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STRAIGHT TICKET VOTING A MISTAKE Editorial: Our views on elections for Student Government Association and why students shouldn’t vote for a straight ticket.

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incorrect numbers for the cost of the party’s T-shirts in a proper way, according to the article.

The Youth Party’s report was later found by the Board to be correct and acceptable. The only violation the Youth Party was found guilty of was turning the report in late, which resulted in a $50 fine.

The article was published in Wednesday’s edition of The DA and quotes Akhtar saying, “From what I see, and what I am going to pitch to the Judi-

see AKHTAR on PAGE 2

Shane Lyons excited to be back at alma mater by nicole curtin

associate sports editor @nicolec_wvu

West Virginia University named its 12th Athletic Director in early January, just days before the second semester started. Shane Lyons, a native of the state, was serving as the deputy director of Athletics at the University of Alabama when it was announced he was to fill this position at WVU. He has a five-year agreement which will end in February of 2020.

Lyons is from Parkersburg, W.Va., and played basketball at Parkersburg High School. He then attended WVU where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sport management in the late 1980s.

“It feels like just yesterday I was finishing undergraduate and graduate work and knowing with a sport management major I wanted to be involved in college athletics and not really sure where that would take me,” Lyons said. “Years later, to have the opportunity to come back to your home state, come back to your alma mater — is something that’s pretty special and something you just really don’t dream of. It’s a great opportunity to come back and lead this institution in the Big 12 Conference.”

Upon completing his master’s degree, Lyons began his work in collegiate athletics as an assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference in 1988. He then worked for the NCAA as a senior membership services representative, where he was responsible for the oversight and coordination of the representatives in the department.

Following his time at the NCAA, Lyons broke into Big 12 territory and worked at Texas Tech as an associate athletics director for compliance. In 2001, Lyons began working for the Atlantic Coast Conference as an associate commissioner.

While in that position with the ACC, he dealt with conference-wide compliance and academic issues among other aspects.

Lyons spent 10 years with the ACC before taking his most recent position at Alabama. During his time at Alabama, Lyons saw the school win seven national championships in five different sports and helped to hire four head coaches, among other responsibilities.

Working at all of these places over the last 25 or so years, Lyons and his family has had to move and take on new towns. He and his wife,

see LYONS on PAGE 2

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Thursday March 5, 2015

Veterans club under new leadership, direction by caroline peters staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University Veterans club has a new president and new agenda for its future.

Jason Keffer recently became the organization’s new president.

“I’ve been a member of the veterans club at WVU for a few years,” Keffer said.

“When some of the guys left, I wanted to help the club and felt like I was the person to do it. I wanted to make sure it was done right.”

The club brings together veterans currently students at WVU who have served and are serving. From send-

ing care packages to marines and soldiers in Iraq to raising money for the charity Canines for Combat Vets ,the club keeps its members busy. But Keffer said the club has room for improvement this semester.

“When I got here in 2012, we closed some really active things. We had leftover recruiting outside the lair.

The club stayed active and busy,” he said. “Over the last couple of years, they would schedule a meeting and have it canceled 5 minutes before. It seemed like nothing was being done.”

Keffer said his goal is to help the club be relevant again.

“I only have one semes-

ter, but I can do it,” he said. “...The most important thing the club does is make vets aware of their options. The main thing for me is to get back on track.”

WVU Veterans aims to give back to those who have served by providing community service to veterans and local community.

“Something they always have done is Toys for Tots.

Every year I have been here they have done it,” Keffer said. “We have also participated in Relay for Life, and in the fall (we) did the Color Run.” The group also works to make the transition from the military to college or civilian life easier.

WVU Veterans also works as an advocacy group for former troops, promoting the rights of veterans. The group is open to those who have previously served as well as those planning to serve and those currently serving.

“The University has 1,000 students who (are) on veteran’s benefits. Of that 1,000, 700 are actual veterans. The other 300 are dependents. Right there is 1,000 students,” Keffer said.

“When you think about it, the school would love to have veterans financially.

The vet students who come here bring in money for the University.”

The club works with

WVU to inform veterans of the opportunities at the University.

“The club helps provide the University with programs and gets them to come here,” Keffer said. “In July of this year, there is a federal law going into act that schools can only charge (veterans) in-state tuition, even if they are out-of-state.

Because of this, WVU will lose the advantage of being cheaper, and now we need to work as a vet club to work with the University to get veterans to want to come to WVU.” Keffer said the club wants to provide a place for veterans to come together.

“We want to create more

places to go, use tutors, study and share company.

We don’t have a facility for that at WVU. We are working on it,” Keffer said. “We are currently working on a golf tournament for April 16. It’s to raise money for the club. Once we can raise money for the club and have some fun, we can improve the club and accomplish our goals. We want to have more money so we can plan more events and donate to more charities.”

The club holds its 4:15 p.m meetings on every second and fourth Thursday in the Bluestone Room at the Mountainlair. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force Sororities WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called discriminatory and unconstitutional.

The dual reports marked the culmination of monthslong federal investigations into a shooting that sparked protests and a national dialogue on race and law enforcement as the tenure of Attorney General Eric Holder, the first black person to hold that office, draws to a close.

In pairing the announcements, the Obama administration sought to offset community disappointment over the conclusion that the shooting of Michael Brown was legally justified with a message of hope for Ferguson’s majority-black citizens. Officials announced 26 recommendations, including training officers in how to de-escalate confrontations and banning the use of ticketing and arrest quotas, for the police force and municipal court.

Holder called the federal report a “searing” portrait of a police department that he said functions as a collection agency for the city, with officers prioritizing revenue from fines over public safety and trouncing the constitutional rights of minorities.

“It is not difficult to imagine how a single tragic incident set off the city of Ferguson like a powder keg,” Holder said.

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles III said the city had cooperated with the Justice Department and has made some changes, including a diversity training program for city employees. But the Rev. Al Sharpton, the chief eulogist at Brown’s funeral, countered that Knowles’ remarks — during a sixminute news conference

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Continued from page 1 Emily, have two children, Cameron, 15, and Brooke, 11.

“My professional career is their professional career, as well, so I don’t make these decisions independent from them,” Lyons said. “They have had the opportunity to come here as part of the process and see Morgantown (and) the campus and understand the sports and the opportunity this gave me.”

From visiting his family in Parkersburg, Lyons’ children are not completely unfamiliar to the state itself but hadn’t been around Morgantown itself until he took this position. Since he came to the campus during the middle of the school year, his wife and kids will stay in

open doors for Spring Recruitment by caitlin coyne correspondent @dailyathenaeum

handcuffed and taken into custody around 10 p.m.

While the federal government declined to prosecute Wilson, it found the shooting occurred in an environment of systematic mistreatment of blacks, in which officials circulated racist emails without punishment and black residents were disproportionately stopped and searched without cause, fined for petty offenses and subjected to excessive force.

The report found its lack of racial diversity — only four of 54 commissioned officers are black — undermined community trust.

It also said the city relied heavily on fines to raise revenue and issued arrest warrants for minor infractions including jaywalking and late fees. The confrontation that led to Brown’s death began when Wilson directed him and a friend to move from the street to the sidewalk.

The Justice Department identified multiple examples of what it called a discriminatory criminal justice system. Among them: One black woman spent six days in jail because of a parking violation. A lawful protest was broken up with a police warning of “everybody here’s going to jail.”

And a black man sitting in a car with tinted windows was accused without cause of being a pedophile by an officer who pointed a gun at his head.

Between 2012 and 2014, black drivers were more than twice as likely as others to be searched during routine traffic stops, but 26 percent less likely to be carrying contraband.

The report also included seven racially tinged emails, including some from city officials who re-

main employed, that did not result in punishment.

The writer of one 2008 email stated that President Barack Obama wouldn’t be in office for long because “what black man holds a steady job for four years.”

Knowles, the mayor, said one employee was fired and two others are on leave over the emails.

The report’s recommendations, if accepted by city officials, could lead to an overhaul of basic police and court practices. Those include improving officer supervision, better recruiting, hiring and promotion, new mechanisms for responding to misconduct complaints and a new system to reduce fine amounts.

Federal officials on Wednesday described Ferguson city leaders as cooperative and seemingly open to change, saying there were already some signs of improvement. The city, for example, has eliminated bond requirements for many municipal offenses and has extended a program that allows individuals to have warrants recalled and assigned a new court date.

In the last five years, the Justice Department has investigated roughly 20 police departments over alleged civil rights violations.

Some have led to the appointment of independent monitors and have been resolved with negotiated agreements in which the police department commits to major changes in its practices. Federal officials say they hope to avoid a court fight with Ferguson to force change.

“It is time for Ferguson’s leaders to take immediate, wholesale and structural corrective action,” Holder said.

AKHTAR

The Board said the violations, and the damage they’ve done to certain candidates, have grounds for a reelection. However, they rule such a thing to not be feasible with the election results being released this afternoon.

The DA tried to reach Akhtar, Wempe, Sealy and Student Body President Chris Nyden for comments but were unable to reach any of them by press time.

Spring Recruitment for West Virginia University sororities ended Wednesday after three days of events hosted by all participating sororities.

The Recruitment process started on Monday, with “open house” programs from 6-8 p.m. each day. Prospective sorority members were invited to attend and learn what Greek life has to offer them.

“Sorority Spring Recruitment is a very relaxed process compared to formal recruitment that WVU does in the fall,” said Vivienne Treiber, vice president of Recruitment Coordination for Panhellenic Council.

Spring Recruitment was open to all full-time female students who hold at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA. Potential members were able to come and go at any time during the recruitment process to fit their schedules.

The sororities gave tours of their respective houses, introduced their philanthropies and presented the videos from the Fall Recruitment process to potential members.

The moratorium from a few months ago still hung over the heads of those involved in both sororities and fraternities on campus.

In January, the Panhellenic Council worked with the Interfraternity Council and the National Panhellenic Council to produce a list of goals for WVU Greek life to accomplish in an attempt to help it recover from following the death of Kappa Sigma pledge Nolan Burch in November.

“Greek life has made unimaginable strides in making this community a better place, and I hope potential members look at the current WVU Greek life members who are working toward a better future,” Treiber said.

Treiber said despite the implementation of the moratorium a few months ago, Greek Life has already started working through changes to improve the system.

She also said sororities participating in Spring Recruitment are focusing on “values based recruitment” and are recruiting potential members who hold their interests and activities in line with the chapter’s values to ensure the most positive image attainable.

“We as Panhellenic Women are working extremely hard to continually increase the standards of our members,” Treiber said.

Treiber believes participating in Greek life at WVU offers many benefits “These eight sororities give women the opportunity for life-long friendships, service, leadership, self-growth and to be a part of something larger than themselves,” Treiber said.

Treiber believes despite this being a very rough year for WVU’s Greek life, the future is still bright and potential members should hold that in mind.

“There have been bumps in the road recently,” she said, “but the most important part to focus on is this Greek Life’s resiliency and our ability to reflect on the past and to work towards a better future.”

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Gina Gowdy joins protesters on the street outside a Ferguson, Mo., fire station, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, in Ferguson. The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared a white former Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices it called discriminatory and unconstitutional. where the mayor took no questions — were “mostly evasive, insignificant, and showed a total failure to address the need for a change in leadership at the police department.”

The decision not to prosecute Darren Wilson, the white officer who was cleared in November by a state grand jury and has since resigned, had been expected. To win a federal civil rights case, officials would have needed to prove that Wilson willfully deprived Brown of his rights by using unreasonable force.

Instead, the report found no evidence to disprove Wilson’s testimony that he feared for his safety during the Aug. 9 confrontation.

Nor were there reliable witness accounts to establish that Brown had his hands up in surrender when he

was shot, Justice Department lawyers said.

One of Wilson’s attorneys, Neil Bruntrager, said his client was satisfied with the outcome. Brown family lawyer Benjamin Crump said the family was not surprised but disappointed.

Brown’s uncle, Charles Ewing, said he believed Wilson was “getting away with it.”

“I really was hoping they would have come up with better findings because this whole thing just does not add up,” Ewing said.

While nights of protests over Wilson’s actions drew hundreds of protesters in recent months in Ferguson, only about 30 braved subfreezing weather to gather Wednesday night outside the suburb’s police station, at times blocking traffic.

Four people who refused multiple warnings from police to clear the road were

Tuscaloosa until school finishes in the early summer.

“They’re excited, they want to be a part of it,” he said. “Like last (Tuesday) night I called back home and they were watching the game, cheering for the Mountaineers. So they are excited to be a part of Mountaineer Nation and support me and the school.”

Lyons took office as athletic director on Feb. 2, and has worked just over a month in this position.

While he attended WVU for his undergrad and graduate program, he said there are some differences in the area, although he has not had enough time to see everything yet. For the moment, he is staying in a local hotel and basically just going to the office in the Coliseum every day and sometimes going to the downtown campus for other work.

“There’s things that have changed over the last 26 years, and there are some things that are still the same,” Lyons said. “There’s a lot to learn from the job professionally, but, personally, I haven’t had a chance to get to know the community and be involved other than athletic events. But I know things have changed; more restaurants, more shopping, more communities, all that, so I think that’s something that once my family gets here, we’ll be very involved in.”

With almost 30 years of experience in an administrative position for intercollegiate athletics, Gee and others in the athletic department really supported his hiring to replace Oliver Luck, who left the position in December to work for the NCAA. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

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cial Board, is that they have shirts. They paid for them. They have not gotten the refund. They’re lying about the refund, and they’re also lying about the number of shirts.”

The Board motivates its decision by stating the actions have damaged the integrity of the campaign.

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Thursday March 5, 2015

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Why you shouldn’t vote straight ticket for SGA elections

Today is your final chance to vote for your favorite West Virginia University Student Government Association candidates. However, those who have already voted may have noticed the new feature of straight-ticket voting.

This new feature may serve to make the voting process faster for students, but it will also take away from a student’s opportunity to be informed. Students traveling by foot around the various WVU campuses can contest SGA candidates are out and about sharing their ideas regardless of weather. A universal sentiment among candidates from each party seems to be this new option is great.

It makes sense for each party to support one another and encourage voters to make

this choice. However, it is not the best option for creating the best possible student government.

“Being an informed voter” is a term you hear thrown around a lot. This is really essential when it comes to student government. This year, in particular, there are dozens of candidates, several of which are running on similar platforms. It is important to do research and get behind candidates who have a feasible plan for bettering WVU. These representatives matter. They are a student voice to administration, and many of them genuinely care about making positive changes at WVU. Getting to know what they want to change can be an eye-opening experience.

They may even share the con-

cerns you have.

If a student votes straight ticket, it is likely because they know someone directly on or involved with said ticket.

While it is always great for students to vote and make the effort, a student who votes like this is bringing very little to the table. They aren’t deciding based on platforms or plans to improve their time at WVU, instead they are just following the lead of what someone instructed them to do.

Other than the members of each party who have spent time bonding and getting to know one another, students should take their time to go through the lists of candidates and make informed decisions.

daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Supporters and BOG candidates of the Youth Party cheer on their presidential and vice presidential candidates Monday evening in the Mountainlair.

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AP Testing for College Credit: PRACTICAL MOVE or MISSING THE POINT? Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered in many state-run high schools across West Virginia. Recently, their ability to truly prepare students for college has come into question.

As with any standardized test used in school, those who oppose AP courses (as well as the test at the end of the course which determines whether or not students will receive college credit) contend they are taught to pass a test rather than to learn and develop critical learning skills.

Those in favor of the course often contend they help students prepare for college and allow them to begin courses in their field of study sooner.

The standardized test at the center of AP credit allows students to complete a test; based on the score they receive on this test, they may be awarded college credit. At West Virginia University, the score is dependent on the course taken, with the average being three out of five. Each AP test can earn a student anywhere from three to eight credit hours at WVU. With a wide variety of subjects a student is able to be tested in, students are able to complete almost all GECs before entering a WVU classroom. thecollegematchmaker.com

Fosters rushing through schooling, Good choice for getting ahead, misses big picture of education other skills tested in different ways abby humphreys columnist @obiwan_baloni

Advanced placement courses have definitely helped many students get a head start on college. I was encouraged by my teachers in high school to take what AP courses were available and ended up accumulating a full semester’s worth of credits that greatly helped my freshman year.

On the surface, coming into college with credits from AP courses may seem like a godsend. They save time and money while allowing students to test out a college workload for the first time. However, there are several mistakes in the way the system is implemented that are cause for serious concern.

For example, most college courses don’t base a student’s final grade on a single test, so it seems unfair the high school equivalent should operate in that manner. On top of that, students could potentially find themselves taking pre-scheduled AP exams back-toback with no break in between, which could negatively influence performance and overall scores.

I can’t be the only one who took some AP courses in my high school simply because there was no other accelerated option in a particular sub-

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ject. It seems a little extreme to only provide college-level courses and regularly-paced classes to students, and it makes the assumption that knowledge is only valuable if it serves a specific purpose.

This is an obvious problem for intelligent students who have chosen not to attend college and still want a challenge in their high school studies.

The biggest critiques of AP courses involve their unfortunate quality of being taught strictly for the test. Teaching time management skills while testing or knowing what might be covered isn’t inherently wrong, but I don’t believe what knowledge is included or thrown out of the curriculum should be dictated by a single test.

Unfortunately, this is already the case in today’s classrooms: Rich discussions of subjects like the Magna Carta and postmodern poetry are being abandoned just because this year’s test may deem them unimportant.

AP appears to view the role of education from an industrial perspective and not as an individual journey, and this mindset has already bled over into how college is regarded today. Instead of accumulating a wellrounded set of skills while in school, students are expected from day one to take courses that pertain strictly to their discipline in order to graduate

on time, with general requirements regarded as more of a hassle than personal enrichment.

Taking AP courses increases the feeling of urgency in students to get a running start on the metaphorical hamster wheel of education, which in their eyes only prepares them for the bigger hamster wheel of a career.

With massive numbers of GECs out of the way and room to jump immediately into their major, students who have been trained since high school to regard college simply as a set of requirements to fill miss the point of higher education entirely.

This has already created some real-world problems. Emerging scientists are proving to be ineffective at communicating with one another in writing, and liberal arts majors aren’t gaining a firm grasp of math and sciences. Today’s technology makes knowledge of any kind more accessible than ever, yet former AP students seem to focus only on acquiring internships or picking up a marketable minor.

I don’t believe AP courses are the right step for future college students, regardless of how useful they may first appear. As The Atlantic puts it, “The AP classroom is where intellectual curiosity goes to die.” daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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The downfalls of standardized testing are constantly debated. They don’t test “knowledge” – whatever that elusive term means. They don’t test creativity, out-of-the-box ways of thinking or communication skills. There are lots of things standardized tests don’t measure, and AP exams are no exception.

Sure, students have a wide variety of problemsolving skills and other talents in their toolkit they can apply to everyday situations. I’m not discrediting we all have different strengths in different areas.

But there has to be some way to compare students with one another as colleges get choosier about who they select.

Academia is all about quantity; get the knowledge you need to pass to whatever extent you would like. Get into the college that will further allow you to get the points you need to make it through your exams and get into your career, where you will actually learn the ins and outs of what you wanted to do in the first place.

This is, so far, a fairly efficient means of business: It gets the basics out of the way with few checkpoints and doesn’t waste resources going too in-depth on subjects a student may never actually go into.

Yes, AP classes teach to an exam’s standards.

Other, non-AP classes teach to some sort of testing standard, whether that’s statewide standardized tests or just the cumulative final you cram for the night before. This doesn’t change in college.

Like it or not, effective or not—­­standardized testing is here to stay because, frankly, it’s an easy measuring stick to compare students by.

Beyond this, AP classes are more than just passing a test. They’re making your life easier in college.

Of the 10 General Education Courses a freshman student needs to graduate, I only had to bother with about three of them thanks to AP classes.

In turn, this allowed me to pick up a minor and have a relatively stress-free college experience in my later years, giving me the time to focus on the classes I actually care about so I could go into a program that would have nothing to do with introductory history or English classes.

I don’t doubt standardized tests, particularly AP exams, ignore certain aspects of a student’s abilities, abilities necessary for a successful career. Creative thinking and communication are two key aspects job interviewers are looking for in a future employee, and the claim that exams don’t test these aspects is completely founded.

But how does one test

for creativity? How do you measure communication skills? These aren’t questions you’ll find on a written exam. These aspects do better with projects, portfolios and, with communication, how you survive in an interview.

To say these other talents are completely ignored in a student’s life is incorrect. There is a certain amount of creativity it takes to solve a math problem or write a stellar opinion column. Creative thinking is required to link two biology concepts together or to write an essay about the Civil War. Communication is tested within the boundaries of dreaded group projects, or when a student has to present their own ideas to the class. Communication is key when you don’t understand something and have to ask a professor for help or ask a classmate for notes.

These are fundamental aspects of becoming a successful individual – another elusive term. But these are also qualities tested for in other ways, because things like creativity and communication are so incredibly subjective that there is no quick and dirty way to measure them.

With academics, however, there is. Like it or not, standardized testing is a necessary evil to associate students with a level of success. What level you’re on is entirely up to you. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Jazz comes to Coffee Career Services hosts mocktail party House at URM

By Caitlin Worrell A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

By Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

David Wells loves community. He loves seeing others reach out to the community, which is why he’s coming out to play for Upper Room Ministries’ second Coffee House this evening.

“We’re really excited to get him here,” said Kimberly Aurelio, the Young Adult coordinator for First Baptist Church. “He felt it was worth his time for the outreach to the community, and I know he’s excited that (this) is a free coffee house for the community.”

Wells is a gifted flugelhorn and trumpet player, having released 14 albums in his career so far.

Born and raised in Dallas, he started playing at age 9 and performed professionally at age 13, according to his website.

Speaking of his career, he was nominated for a Grammy award for best instrumental pop album.

He’s definitely a smooth jazz guy, and that works well with the feel of the coffee house, according to Aurelio.

“I’ve had a lot of positive responses from jazz,” Aurelio said. “I know it’s something we’re doing and I’m biased, but I think it’s a laid-back atmosphere, really chill and (there’s) good coffee. Steve (Smith, last week’s performer) wanted to take it home, but his wife said ‘no.’”

Wells also has a family — a wife and two children, one of them in college. In his music family, however, he has a host of chart-topping hits for the jazz category. Most notably is his single “Move,” originally

by Mercy Me, which hit No.

1 in the Most Added single category for R&R and SmoothJazz.com’s national charts.

“It sounds like it’ll be a perfect match for the coffee house, something you can sit back and enjoy but still talk during,” Aurelio said.

Everything is still free this week but donations for the church and the band are gently encouraged.

“We realize (Wells) is coming two hours to perform, so he’s got gas and time involved,” Aurelio said. “For any band that comes out, we can always pass the band box. If (attendees) can contribute, that’s fine, and if not, that’s great, too.”

As for the laid-back atmosphere Aurelio was hoping for last week, she wasn’t disappointed.

“There was a little bit of everything going on last week, and I think we can see that this week, too,” she said.

The third floor had bean-bag chairs, pingpong tables, checkerboards and homework tables. The age range went from 2 - 85, but the majority of the about 20 who attended were college-aged students.

However, Aurelio still wants and needs up-andcoming local musicians of all sorts to try out playing at the house. Those who want to can contact her at kimberly.aurelio@gmail. com.

Aurelio said she feels it’s an extreme blessing to get this whole project started and have Wells come to the event.

The URM Coffee House goes from 6:34 - 8:34 p.m. tonight at the First Baptist Church on 432 High Street. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Students suited up for more than the snow at last night’s annual WVU Career Services Fashion Show and Mocktail Party.

Men buttoned neatly in suits and ties and women professionally dressed with pumps to match came together for a career building event at Bent Willey’s. Hoping to give students an opportunity to spruce up their elevator pitches or nail their next interviews, the Fashion Show and Mocktail Party offered an upbeat environment for networking and learning.

“Career fairs are where students go to find jobs. But in order to do well at a career fair, students need to be prepared. The Mocktail Party aims to help students prepare professionally in order to succeed,” said Sarah Rotruch Glenn, the assistant director of the WVU Career Services Center. “This is actually a really interactive event. A lot of times you will go to presentations or seminars on how to develop your elevator pitch or how to network, but you never actually get to practice. So, you don’t know if you’re doing it right.”

As participants entered the venue, they were each given a lanyard with their workshop itinerary, which would guide them throughout the evening. Moving into the main room, the “catwalk” immediately stood out. Brightly lit and bursting with color, students gathered around stage, eager for the night to begin. The show could not officially begin, though, without a delicious fruity beverage from the bar. Alcohol-free, of course.

After a brief opening from the host, participants got right to business, literally. The students divided into groups, either giving their elevator pitch to a career services expert for critiques or speaking with a local professional on building interview skills. Beginning at the pitch workshop station, participants were divided into smaller groups of about five or six people. In those groups, students each took turns giving their most convincing one-minute speech. After each pitch, the group and the Career Services expert offered critique and encouragement to help students perfect their presentation.

The next station gave students the chance to speak one-onone with local professionals, asking interview and job preparation questions. This gave the students not only the chance to network with leaders in the business community, but also gain insight into what employers are looking for in a potential job candidate.

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Students nurse mocktails and receive career advice.

“It was actually really cool to talk to people from actual job markets,” said Sammi Jenkins, a junior studying strategic communications. “My guy was from Target and he answered all of my questions. It was just a really good experience – something I wouldn’t have gotten if I didn’t come to this.”

After the workshop students returned to the main room for the big finale: the fashion show. Unlike New York Fashion Week, these models were not flaunting couture. Both guys and girls took the stage flaunting their sharpest business attire. Showcasing everything from business casual to “interview ready,” the collection of business-savvy looks aimed to give students a clearer picture of appropriate, trendy business wear.

Overall, students were pleased with the skills learned and connections made at the event, some even noting the need for more events like this on campus.

“The mocktails made it seem more professional and like something I would actually go to when I graduate,” Jenkins said. “I love how they put thought into all the detail of everything.”

The Fashion Show and Mocktail Party was a unique way to get help students learn the ins and outs of today’s competitive business world.

“A lot of times students think of Career Services or career fairs as a really intimidating activity,” Glenn said. “So we want to provide events like this or our Career Kickoff Tailgate Party to show students that we are here, we are welcoming and we want to help them succeed.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Hula Hoops, The Doors, John Belushi

Electronic dance wouldn’t be the same if it wasn’t for this day in pop culture history!

In California on March 5, 1963, the Hula Hoop was patented by Arthur “Spud” Melin and sold over 25 million Hula Hoops in the first four months of production alone. WhamO, a company created by Melin and Richard Knerr, was also known for its first popular toy, the “Frisbee,” which was named after America’s obsession and fascination with UFOs. Melin and Richard would surely be shocked to see their famous children’s toy decked out with lights and donned by a flower crown debutant.

The Doors frontman and noted strange creature Jim Morrison was issued a warrant for his arrest on this day in 1969.

The arrest came after The Doors’ Miami concert on March 2. With six warrants, Morrison was charged with accounts ranging from “lewd and lascivious behavior in public,” indecent exposure, open public profanity and public drunkenness. Morrison was said to have been encouraging fans to come on stage. Ken Collier, promoter of the Dinner Key Au-

ditorium concert, described how the crowd of 10,000 began responding to Morrison’s requests and eventually the stage was filled with 60 people.

“He was obscene, no question about it,” Collier said.

John Belushi’s role on “Animal House” has framed the stereotypical “college frat dude” since the movie’s release in 1978. On March 5, 1982, The Blues Brother and Saturday Night Live comedian died of an overdose at age 33. In the months leading up to Belushi’s death, the actor was reported by“People”magazine to have been spending up to $2,500 a month on his dark habit. Four days later, Belushi was buried in his home near Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. Belushi’s comedic soul is still remembered as one of SNL’s greats. In honor of SNL40, which premiered Feb. 15, Rolling Stone ranked Belushi as the all-time greatest cast member. Belushi, as Rolling Stone recalls, was the first SNL cast member to make a cocaine joke on the show. Thanks for that, Belushi; we only wish we could have seen more.

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Dancing with our Mountaineer Stars

Pressgrove & McIntyre, Hanning & Rush

Pressgrove & McIntyre

By Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars competitors Geah Pressgrove and Mac McIntyre like to keep rehearsals fun.

Pressgrove is an associate professor in the Reed College of Media and an adviser to WVU’s PRSSA chapter. Before making her way to WVU, Pressgrove taught public relations, feature writing, research methods, management, creative writing and advertising campaigns at the University of South Carolina. She also spent time in Columbia, S.C., working as a senior account executive at Post No Bills and Ferillo Associates, as well as an account executive at Synergy Stra-

going to take part in the competition, so I decided it sounded like fun,” Pressgrove said. “I was a little nervous to get out there at first, but we’ve been having a blast practicing.”

McIntyre, or “Mac Cheesy” as Pressgrove calls him, is a junior political science student at the University. McIntyre currently holds a position in the Student Government Association and is an active member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

McIntyre held a place on the MAD Movement party ticket this semester on a platform of improving student housing. Upon graduation, McIntyre hopes to work in Washington, and pass legislation that benefits West Virginia.

“I was chosen to be a part of Dancing with Our Mountaineer stars through my involvement in S G A ,”

excited to be asked.”

Although both Pressgrove and McIntyre have little dance experience under their belts, the duo has been working hard in rehearsals with choreographer Demiah.

“We meet a couple times a week and get our tails kicked by our choreographer. Demiah is great,” Pressgrove said. “I’m not as young as my choreographer and dance partner, so keeping up with them has been a fun challenge.”

The couple will be performing the tango in oldfashioned attire, but everything else has been left a surprise for the audience.

The two are very excited to show what they’ve been working on in the ballroom and to foster awareness for the American Red Cross.

“I’m most excited about showing everyone the routine we’ve worked so hard on,” McIntyre said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

McIntyre said, “I was flattered and

tegic Communications in Louisville, Ky. “A fellow colleague was

Hanning & Rush

By Hannah Harless A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Dancing with Our Mountaineer Stars competitors Jake Rush and Leslie Hanning are bringing traditional dances to the ballroom with new twists.

Rush and Hanning are first-time competitors for the event among a unique and versatile cast. The cast is composed of prominent students, staff and faculty at West Virginia University. Each dancer for the competition brings something new to the table, with different sets of skills, personalities and interests.

Rush is a senior industrial student at the University. Upon graduation, he said he plans on working as an operations engineer at Easton Corporation and hopes to travel often and work at different plants around the country.

Rush is also an active brother of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and enjoys giving back to the Morgantown community. Rush has worked on fundraising projects for the Conscious Harvest Cooperative and serviced homes

in need of weatherization for winter.

Hanning is the director of WVU Student Family Resources in the Division of Student Life. Hanning is also the author of the children’s book, “The Mountaineer’s Journey through West Virginia.”

“A close friend of mine recommended me as a good candidate for the competition because I am always open to learning and t r y i n g new things,” Rush said. “It feels great to have been chos en.

I f e e l blessed for being able to

donate blood and having the opportunity to recruit others to donate with me.”

Hanning said she is happy to participate in this event to support a worthwhile cause.

Since Rush and Hanning were starting with very little dance experience, the duo signed up for an Introduction to American Rumba class. After joining the class, instructor Samantha Murdock volunteered to help out with choreography once she found out both Rush and Hanning were participating in the competition.

Soon after, the trio began rehearsals.

Rush said the pair is mixing the Cha-cha and Rumba to Ella Henderson’s “Ghost.”

“It’s been a positive experience dancing with Jake and learning from Samantha,” Hanning said.

Attire for the event is left in the hands of Hanning. “ F u n a n d fringe is the theme for our attire,” Hanning said. “Jake has such fabulous hair he doesn’t need to worry about what to wear.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘The Girl on the Train’ wildly popular ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ opens at CAC LONDON (AP) — The tedium of the daily commute has turned out to be pretty productive for Paula Hawkins.

Journeys spent staring out railway-carriage windows inspired the former journalist’s first thriller, “The Girl on the Train,” whose title character glimpses something disturbing from a commuter express.

Published in January, it was billed as “this year’s `Gone Girl’” - a label that has turned out to be much more than publishers’ wishful thinking.

The book has topped bestseller lists and become a book-club favorite, selling more than 750,000 copies in the U.S. alone. DreamWorks has snapped up the movie rights.

“People keep saying, `Has it sunk in?’ and `I don’t know’ is the short answer,” Hawkins said.

She’s just back from a U.S. publicity tour and sitting in a London restaurant so upmarket that her tea is served with an elaborate pouring contraption whose operation is a bit of a puzzle.

“I’m obviously not posh enough to come here,” she said.

The 42-year-old writer says she’s still riding the first “crazy rush” of literary success. It’s a long way from the Zimbabwe-born author’s early days in London as a student and then a journalist, riding trains between homes in outlying neighborhoods and work in the city center.

Hawkins said she has always enjoyed “the odd sense of connection you get as a commuter” with the people and places you pass each day. “And then idly wondering what it would be like if you saw something shocking or sinister.”

That’s what happens

to the book’s protagonist, Rachel, who is trying to numb the pain of a broken marriage with far too much alcohol.

Rachel becomes fascinated with the seemingly golden life of the couple who live in one particular house she passes. One day, she sees something shocking; soon after, the woman in the house disappears.

Rachel becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, but her blackouts and memory lapses make the truth elusive.

“Her perceptions can’t be trusted, not even by herself,” Hawkins said. “It’s a really good way of drawing people into a story, because you’re constantly having to second-guess what you’re being told.”

Readers and critics have responded enthusiastically to Hawkins’ teasing narrative. The Washington Post found the book “well written and ingeniously constructed,” while the Guardian said “the thriller scene will have to up its game if it’s to match Hawkins this year.”

But Hawkins acknowledges it was a risk. Rachel is so wayward that some may find her unsympathetic. The novel’s two other narrators - Megan, the woman seen from the train, and Anna, the new partner of Rachel’s ex - are also more troubled and complex than they first appear.

“I have a lot of sympathy for Rachel,” Hawkins said. “I thought she was compelling and I thought that she’ll be recognizable to a lot of people as someone they know who’s just slipped over the edge.”

Hawkins feels at home in a landscape of dark secrets and emotional misery - much more at home than she did in her previous guise writing lightweight romances un-

der the pseudonym Amy Silver.

She wrote four in all, and says that as the series went on, “the books were getting darker and darker and more miserable, and more terrible things kept happening.”

“I find writing the darker side, writing tragedy, a lot easier than writing happiness,” she said. “Happiness is just less psychologically compelling, isn’t it?”

“The Girl on the Train” is written in crisp, simple prose that effectively conveys a growing sense of menace. Hawkins says the films of Alfred Hitchcock were an influence. “I love that, the slow ratchetingup and the sense of paranoia and self-doubt.”

It is no surprise the novel has been compared to “Gone Girl.” Both are tales of suburban psychosis with unreliable female narrators.

Hawkins says she’s a big fan of “Gone Girl” author Gillian Flynn, though she thinks the books are very different. She is pleased to be part of a crop of female authors “writing about the really dark side of relationships, marriages gone very sour.”

“I suppose they are preoccupations that play on the minds of a lot of women,” she said. “I don’t know if they do to the same degree to men.

“I am interested in the ordinary sort of threat. I know that people are interested in things like serial killers and what have you, but actually those aren’t the sort of crimes that really happen very much. The sort of crimes that happen tend to be more of a domestic nature and quite banal, but the psychology behind them is always fascinating. It’s the stories that lead you to the violence that are interesting.”

BY Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

“Arsenic and Old Lace” is gracing the stages of West Virginia University’s Creative Arts Center starting Friday.

Director Jay Malarcher, an associate professor at WVU, is excited to show off his students’ work.

“I told my cast that I have no ideas except what they bring to the rehearsals, which is my way of saying we all contribute to the process,” Malarcher said. “The designers offer the world of the play to me, and the actors and I inhabit it.”

Ma l a rc h e r s tu d i e d comedy for his master’s, so this play was the perfect pairing for his directing tastes.

“My research area is comedy, and since this is one of the funniest plays ever written, I naturally took on the challenge,” he said.

The plot is a little twisted but in a silly way. According to http:// theater.wvu.edu/ and http://imdb.com/, the play follows Mortimer Brewster and his family. Mortimer is getting married and doesn’t know how to tell his family, who is overtly crazy.

His two aunts poison lonely old men for fun by means of arsenic-laced wine, and his brother Teddy thinks he’s the actual Teddy Roosevelt.

Besides being crazy, Teddy has another secret that gets in the way of Mortimer’s wedding plans.

B a s i c a l l y , i t ’s a screwed up family down in Brooklyn, N.Y. where hilarity ensues quite often.

Malarcher is quite

confident in his crew.

“We have a great cast and my support team of stage management and designers and technical workers is first rate, too,” Malarcher said.

There’s a variety of levels of experience within the cast, from freshmen to graduate students.

“All of the actors are theater majors at various points in their studies,” Malarcher said.

Each member of the cast is either a major or a minor. In fact, the lighting designer is only a theater minor but Malarcher said she was so good that she was obvious for the role.

“Everyone is the best for his or her particular role, which is as it should be,” he said.

Malarcher has been directing since he first started doing theater.

While he directs for many reasons, his favorite part is hearing the reaction from the audience. He understands through his

research and experience that it’s hard to be funny and truly represent the script on stage.

“Well, when a play is this well-written and offers so many opportunities for laughs, the toughest part is just making sure you bring out the best in the script and the performers,” Malarcher said.

Even though it is one of his favorites, he didn’t help select it. That decision was made by a committee. However, he’s just ecstatic that he gets to direct this production.

“When ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ came up, I’m grateful the committee thought of me. I adore the show,” Malarcher said.

“Arsenic and Old Lace” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on March 6-7 and 1014, 2:30 p.m. on March 8 and 2 p.m. on March 15 at the CAC. Tickets are $20 or $15 for students. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll have a lot of ground to cover with new, unexpected items popping up.

You easily could spread yourself too thin. You might need to pay extra attention to a boss or loved one who dominates your daily life. Tonight: Stay in the neighborhood.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Stay close to home. There could be an unusual amount of activity bubbling up around you. Juggling the different forces in your life might be dependent on a partner’s goodwill, sense of humor and suggestions. Tonight: Invite a friend over for munchies.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You know how to deal with a loved one who seems intent on stirring up some controversy. However, understand that this type of behavior could resurface.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be in a situation where you need to look at your alternatives. Pressure builds around communication as you attempt to deal with a changeable situation. Double-check meeting times and places. Misunderstandings are likely. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Tension surrounds your finances. It would be wise not to make any decisions in this highly pressured moment.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You are a key figure in today’s Full Moon. You might want to handle a creative endeavor or a new relationship with care. Be aware of how little you know about the situation. Stay openminded, and avoid making snap judgments. Tonight: Let others act out.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HH You might look around and wonder what

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Monumental year for WVU hoops

No. 20 West Virginia didn’t finish Tuesday’s game in Lawrence, Kan., the way it hoped but ultimately, there aren’t many bad things you can say about taking Kansas into overtime on its court without your two starting senior guards.

In fact, there aren’t many bad things you can say about the season the Mountaineers have given their fans, or the job head coach Bob Huggins has done to turn a struggling program around.

The Jayhawks may have taken their 11thstraight conference title Tuesday night, but West Virginia, a team that hasn’t even tasted the NCAA Tournament since 2012, has tackled a much greater feat — bringing back Mountaineer basketball.

Not only has West Virginia not made a tournament since 2012, but it’s struggled to even keep players. Names like Aaric Murray, Jabarie Hinds, Eron Harris, Terry Henderson and Remi Dibo seemed to keep disappearing, and the program seemed to be losing the magic that was so easily recognized only a few years prior.

Players were departing for all sorts of reasons, but one thing was certain—they wanted to play somewhere besides West Virginia.

Once a couple of players started leaving, it seemed as all were giving up on the program, and the domino effect set in.

Then Juwan Staten decided to stay an extra year, despite his personal opportunities waiting for him at the NBA draft, as well as the departure of his fellow top-scorers. Next, Huggins got some recruits who were ready to play up to his standards. And finally, a team clicked in Morgantown.

The season hasn’t been perfect, but it’s been more exciting than anyone could have seen coming.

The Mountaineers still have a game at home against Oklahoma State in Morgantown Saturday, but regardless of the result, they’ll finish with their best record since the 2009-10 season, when they went 31-7 with a Big East Tournament Championship and a trip to the Final Four.

Since 2010, West Virginia has finished with 21-12, 19-14, 13-19 and 17-16 records. The Mountaineers currently sit at 22-8 overall, and they have the chance to seal their 23rd victory Saturday against the Cowboys.

In the course of the 2014-15 college basketball season, this year’s Mountaineers claimed a tournament title, winning the Puerto Rico Tip-Off with a finale win against reigning national champion UConn; they posted 103 total points in a 31-point trashing of VMI; they took down rivals Marshall and Virginia Tech without much difficulty; they knocked off N.C. State at Madison Square Garden; they beat then-No. 8 Kansas at home, resulting in a full-on court storming at the WVU Coliseum; and they’ve given themselves a sure bid to the big stage.

The Mountaineers didn’t win the Big 12 title, and they didn’t beat the Big 12’s top team in the toughest venue the conference has to offer, but, the Mountaineers brought basketball back to Morgantown. dschlake@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia to kick off 2015 season with first spring practice Sunday by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

After an encouraging 7-6 record last season, including a 5-4 mark in Big 12 Conference play, the West Virginia football team officially begins its 2015 season Sunday with the start of spring practice.

The Mountaineers return nine defensive starters but lose veteran quarterback Clint Trickett and big-play receivers Kevin White and Mario Alford from the nation’s No. 12-ranked total offense in 2014.

Tackles Marquis Lucas and Adam Pankey and center Tyler Orlosky return up front, but departed guards Quinton Spain and Mark Glowinski leave a sizeable

void—both literally and figuratively—in the interior of West Virginia’s offensive line.

However, quarterbacks Skyler Howard, who passed for 829 yards and eight touchdowns versus zero interceptions last season; and William Crest, a former four-star recruit, are both capable candidates to replace Trickett under center.

Whoever wins the quarterback battle—and don’t expect a winner to be named until fall camp— will have a talented group of running backs to lean on.

Juniors Rushel Shell and Wendell Smallwood will likely enter spring atop the depth chart, with senior Andrew Buie and redshirt freshman Donte ThomasWilliams rounding out the

group. Shell’s 788 rushing yards and seven touchdowns in 2014 led the team, while the versatile Smallwood added 722 rushing yards and chipped in 326 receiving yards.

With White and Alford gone, receivers Jordan Thompson, Daikiel Shorts, Shelton Gibson, K.J. Myers and Vernon Davis are all expected to see increased roles.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen will assume full-time play-calling duties after former offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson departed for Kentucky in December.

However, the Mountaineers were able to sign rising defensive coordinator Tony Gibson to a three-year contract extension during the offseason.

Gibson’s unit held Baylor’s No. 1-ranked offense to just 318 total yards and TCU’s No. 5-ranked attack to 389 yards, both of which were well under their season averages.

Safeties Karl Joseph, K.J. Dillon and Dravon Henry return, along with cornerbacks Daryl Worley and Terrell Chestnut. Dillon, Worley and Henry combined to nab eight interceptions in 2014, while Joseph’s 92 tackles ranked second on the team.

Senior Nick Kwiatkoski, whose 103 tackles last season led the team, headlines a deep and experienced group of linebackers heading into spring ball. Outside linebackers Shaq Petteway and Edward Muldrow both earned starting roles toward

the end of last season, and veteran Jared Barber returns after sitting out a year while recovering from an ACL injury.

Kyle Rose and Noble Nwachukwu return on the defensive line, along with key reserves Christian Brown and Darrien Howard.

Specialists Josh Lambert and Nick O’Toole also return in 2015. Lambert, a 2014 Lou Groza Award finalist, converted on 30 of 39 field goal attempts last season, including a long of 55 yards.

West Virginia’s annual Gold-Blue Spring Game will conclude spring practice and is scheduled for Saturday, at 1 p.m. April 25, at Milan Puskar Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Free throw struggles continue to haunt No. 20 WVU by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

No. 20 West Virginia nearly pulled off the season sweep against No. 9 Kansas Tuesday night.

It would’ve been monumental had a West Virginia team, which was missing Juwan Staten and Gary Browne, marched into Lawrence, Kan., and knocked off the Jayhawks.

That didn’t happen, though. The Mountaineers lost to the Jayhawks, 76-69, in overtime after surrendering what was once an 18-point advantage.

The first half was all West Virginia. Strong play from forwards Jon Holton and Devin Williams helped develop success inside the lane, while West Virginia’s persistent defense forced Kansas into 11 first-half turnovers.

It’s not about how you start—it’s about how you finish; the Mountaineers quite simply did not finish. One area in particular where West Virginia came up short was the free throw line.

During West Virginia’s strong first half of play, the lead they eventually amassed could’ve been even more daunting had the Mountaineers converted on a few more free throws and baskets close to the rim.

In the first half, West Virginia shot 8-14 (57 percent) from the free throw line and ultimately finished the contest 16-28 (57 percent). Those numbers don’t cut it.

“The truth is they (Kansas) shot 43 free throws and we shoot 28, we’re not going to win,” said head coach Bob Huggins.

He also added, “16-28 from the foul line,” and gave a disappointing shrug during his post-game press conference. Huggins’ body

language clearly displayed the misfortunate the Mountaineers experienced from the charity stripe.

“We deserved to win the game, but we didn’t do enough at the end,” Huggins said. “I thought our guys played hard, but we didn’t play smart.”

Kansas shot 15 more free throws than West Virginia, going 34-43 (79 percent) from the foul line.

West Virginia’s game is defense. The press has been their go-to scheme all season. With the press, the Mountaineers are bound to foul more, and teams playing West Virginia will go to the line more—that’s what Kansas did.

This is isn’t the first time foul shots have been the center of conversation for West Virginia. Free throws haven’t been kind to Hugnick golden/the daily athenaeum gins’ team. Even players Sophomore forward Devin Williams shoots free throws during a game earlier this season. like Staten have struggled to make foul shots in crucial situations.

It’s been evident. West Virginia hasn’t followed through when it needed to. Games have been kept close due to the Mountaineers’ inability to rack up free throws.

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In Big 12 play, the Mountaineers are averaging 15.9 free throws per game, while opponents are averaging 21.3. Again, teams may shoot more foul shots, but they’re also converting on those free throws—unlike West Virginia.

Foul shots were a large part of why the Mountaineers fell short, but 22 turnovers didn’t help their cause either.

“We just got to continue to play hard,” Holton said. “It was a tough loss, that’s all I can say.”

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WVU senior class recognized for success by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Over the past four years, the West Virginia University women’s basketball team has been one of the most successful programs at the University, largely because of its senior class, which has been one of the most successful in program history.

Averee Fields, Linda Stepney and Crystal Leary have combined to win over 80 games and reach three NCAA Tournaments, and as they finish their careers in Morgantown, they leave behind a legacy of effort and leadership.

“I think that we’re just hard workers, all three of

us,” Fields said. “We put our nose to the ground and we do what it takes, and I think you could say that about all three of us.

We lead by example, we’re not big talkers (and) I’m probably the most talkative of the three of us. But when we get in the game, you can see our passion (and) you can see that we want to win every game, so I think that’s what we’ll leave behind.”

Fields and Stepney have been long-time starters at forward and point guard, respectively, with Fields especially emerging as one of the best and most consistent players in recent Mountaineer history.

Meanwhile, Leary has been a constant source

of energy off the bench for West Virginia, ranking third on the team in rebounding.

Although the team has struggled all season, Fields has excelled on the floor.

The Murray, Ky., native ranks ninth in the Big 12 in scoring and sixth in rebounding. Stepney, a fouryear starter at point guard, is fourth in the conference in assists.

But the group’s influence hasn’t just been limited to the court. The Mountaineer senior class has also won accomplishments off the floor. Fields was named a Second Team NCAA Academic All-American last month, and on three occasions has been a member of the Big 12 All-Academic

First Team.

“They’ve brought a lot on and off the floor,” said Mountaineer head coach Mike Carey. “You heard the academic awards that they got, they’re all graduating on time and I’ve never had an issue or a problem with them off the floor. Those are the type of seniors we want in our program, and they’ve done a great job.”

And most of all, Fields, Stepney and Leary have been an example for their younger teammates, who will try to continue their legacy of hard work in future years.

“It’s been very exciting.

I think they’re very inspirational,” said junior guard Bria Holmes. “They’re

good leaders, they’re good people, they’re caring and loving (and) they’re always willing to help when we need it. They’ve always been there for me since I first set foot in this door.”

There’s still one accomplishment left on the table for the senior class: Stepney said their goal is to make the NCAA Tournament all four years of their career. With a 17-12 record (7-11 Big 12), they’ll likely need a strong showing in the Big 12 Tournament to reach the Big Dance. That final conference campaign will begin Friday night, when the Mountaineers take on Texas Tech in the first round. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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The West Virginia University men’s golf team will take the course for the first time as a varsity team in 34 years.

WVU will compete in the Big 12 Conference and become the last of the Big 12’s schools to feature men’s golf as a varsity sport. They will look to build on the tradition of a conference that features 14 national championships and has produced popular PGA Tour golfers like Hunter Haas, Anthony Kim and Rickie Fowler.

Sean Covich will serve as the 12th head coach

in the program’s history. A Mississippi State alumnus, he served as the Bulldogs’ assistant coach for the past three seasons.

“I come from a golfing family,” Covich said. “My father is a lifelong member of the PGA of America and has been a club professional for all my life.”

Covich understands the pressure of starting a program from scratch, especially in such a prestigious conference, but is keeping his focus on taking things one day at a time.

The team currently features five players: Taewan Lee, Jon Ransone, Easton Renwick, Mason Short and Chris Williams, each

who will be redshirting the 2014-15 season and start competing in August when the new season begins.

There’s no leader of the five-man squad just yet, but Covich believes he knows who will step up when competition starts.

“Some lead by actions, others with words,” Covich said. “I have an idea who will emerge as my leaders, but really everything changes in August when we start to ‘officially’ compete - the team nearly doubles in size with the addition of freshmen and transfers.”

Each of his athletes came to the school in a unique way, but none have more experience with WVU than Short. He be-

gan his career at the University of Maryland but transferred to WVU after one semester.

Short has served as the president of the WVU Club Golf team and was able to win the individual championship in the Club Team National Championship in 2014.

Lee transferred from the University of Florida and promises to be one of the nation’s top golfers. He was a First Team selection on the AJGA Rolex All America Team, was MVP of the East Team in the Wyhndam Cup in 2012 and ranked as the No. 3 recruit in the class of 2013 by Jr. Golf Scoreboard.

“He probably has the most impressive junior

golf resume I’ve ever seen,” Covich said. “He has since struggled with his driver. If he can figure it out off the tee, he could really help us burst onto the scene next season.”

Covich and his team are working on developing their game by focusing on the little things, rather than trying to live up to high expectations, but it hasn’t deterred the killer mindset that they possess.

“Their mindset is to compete to win every tournament they play in,” Covich said. “They want to make NCAA postseason the very first year of existence.”

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Senior Lia Salzano has been competing for the West Virginia University gymnastics team since 2012 and was a crucial member during certain meets in her time on the team.

A native of Centreville, Va., Salzano was a two-time Junior Olympics National Championships qualifier during her club years and an Eastern National Championships qualifier.

“I was visiting a lot of schools within driving range. I’m from Northern Virginia and it was just on my list of schools to check out,” she said. “It wasn’t really high or low on my list until I came here and met the coaches and saw the campus and the gym, and it was the last college I visited.

I was like this is where I want to go, it was just right.”

Her first season as a Mountaineer, Salzano saw action in seven different meets and competed as a multi-event athlete in three of them. She established her career highs in vault and uneven bars in 2012 as well. Against Penn State and Maryland, Salzano hit a 9.775 on the vault in early January 2012, and in the end of February she hit a 9.75

on the uneven bars against New Hampshire.

For her freshman year she averaged a 9.7 on the vault, 9.47 on beam and 9.36 on bars. Along with transitioning into college itself, Salzano said the move from club to college gymnastics was a new experience.

“It’s really different. In club it’s totally an individual sport so it’s a lot different to come here and individual scores and rating and status doesn’t really matter, it’s all about the team,” she said. “When you’re going up to compete it’s not even for you, it’s for the team so it was awesome for me to be a part of something bigger like that. Also, the coaching in club — they can be a lot harsher and in college they care about you and your body, how you’re feeling; it’s actually a lot different.”

Salzano seemed to embrace that transition to its fullest and came back in 2013 posting higher numbers than her first year. She competed in every meet, five of which she was a multi-event competitor. She hit her career high on the beam of 9.85 against Denver. In five different meets that season, she scored a 9.775 or better.

Even pulling in the rankings, Salzano hit the Top 25 for the southeast region

and was ranked No. 22 on the beam at one point. She finished with season averages of 9.692 on vault, 9.667 on beam and 9.063 on bars.

With all these improvements, she has had personal growth during her time at West Virginia as well.

“I think one of the biggest things that I have been able to work on here is confidence and knowing that your teammates are confident in you,” Salzano said.

“I think building my confidence has been a constant over the four years that I’ve definitely improved on and being able to hit the routine every time, being consistent and not having any doubts in yourself, that’s the biggest thing for me.”

As one of the three, fouryear seniors on the WVU squad, Salzano has experienced the changing of conferences and changes on the team as well. In her freshman year, the team was part of the EAGL Conference, which had eight teams in it. The conference championship meet was more hectic and the matchups themselves were different.

Going into the Big 12 there are only three teams participating in gymnastics: WVU, Oklahoma and Iowa State.

Salzano said the team usually keeps the energy up

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This year is the second time the NCAA Regionals meet is hosted in Morgantown, and Salzano thinks it will be fun again and hopes for a big crowd.

Going into the next three meets, the regular season is winding down and the final meets are coming up.

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As an education major in the five-year program West Virginia has, Salzano will be around town next year and plans on visiting the gym and continuing to be an “avid fan” of the Mountaineers. ncurtin@mail.wvu.edu

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

10 | SPORTS

THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2015

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Quarterback Matt Cassel throws a pass during a game against the Patriots last season.

Minnesota Vikings agree to trade Cassel to Bills MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—The Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills agreed on a trade Wednesday that will send quarterback Matt Cassel to the Bills next week and give the Vikings extra draft picks.

The Bills are sending two undisclosed draft choices to the Vikings and getting one undisclosed pick in the deal announced six days before NFL transactions can begin with the start of the new league year.

The trade can’t be completed until then, but the announcement wouldn’t have been made if there were any potential roadblocks pending.

The trade also wouldn’t have been initiated had the Vikings not been confident in Teddy Bridgewater, the first-round draft pick who took over as the starter in the third game of last sea-

son after Cassel broke his left foot.

Cassel spent two years with the Vikings, taking over in 2013 after Christian Ponder struggled to keep the job. Cassel’s production was up and down, with a total of 14 touchdown passes and 14 turnovers in 12 games, but his experienced, encouraging presence was valuable to have around while Bridgewater got his career going.

That’ll be the goal for the Bills, too, with Cassel starting his 11th NFL season and EJ Manuel still in the developmental stage.

This was their “Plan B,” after a failed bid to sign free agent Josh McCown last week. McCown instead chose the Cleveland Browns, who gave him a three-year contract.

Bills running back Fred Jackson was excited by Cassel’s addition because

it brings an element of competition.

“It’s one of those things where it’s going to bring their game to the next level,” Jackson told The Associated Press by phone from New York City, where he was being presented with the Jefferson Award for Public Service. “And whoever wins that position, they have to be at their best in order for us to win games. And it’s going to be fun to watch.”

Buffalo entered the offseason with Manuel as the only quarterback on the roster after Kyle Orton announced his retirement a day after the season ended.

Manuel has been inconsistent, with difficulty staying healthy since his selection in the first round of the 2013 draft.

Manuel had a 4-6 record during a rookie year in which he was sidelined

by three separate knee injuries. Last season, Manuel was benched after a 2-2 start and replaced by Orton. Though Manuel will have his chance to reclaim the starting job, he now will have competition. The Bills, under new coach Rex Ryan, have expressed a desire to add at least two quarterbacks for 2015.

The trade for Cassel came on the heels of a blockbuster move the Bills agreed to Tuesday night, a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles to acquire running back LeSean McCoy in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso.

Jackson credited the front office for being aggressive in addressing team needs.

“The guys in the locker room are excited about it,” he said. “We know moves like this made in early March can help us throughout the season.”

After finishing 26th out of 32 in the league last year in total yards, the Bills have focused on improving their offense after missing the playoffs for the 15th straight year. The Bills finished 9-7, their best record since 2004.

In January, the Bills took a gamble to upgrade their offensive line by signing guard Richie Incognito, who had been out of football since the middle of the 2013 season for his involvement in a bullying scandal with the Miami Dolphins.

Fox Sports reported that the Bills will send their fifthround pick this year and a seventh-round selection in 2016 to the Vikings, who will give their 2015 sixth-round pick to the Bills. The Bills were already without a firstround or a fourth-round selection in the 2015 draft.

Cassel has a $4.15 million base salary this season and

some bonuses due, so the trade will create close to $5 million more in salary cap space for the Vikings.

Cassel spent the first four seasons of his career with New England, Buffalo’s AFC East rival. He guided the Patriots to an 11-5 record in 2008 after taking over for an injured Tom Brady. Cassel’s finest performance came in 2010 with Kansas City. He threw for 27 touchdown passes and only seven interceptions while being picked for his only Pro Bowl and leading the Chiefs to the playoffs that year.

With Ponder becoming an unrestricted free agent, Bridgewater will be the only quarterback of significance on Minnesota’s roster. Pat Devlin was added to the practice squad last November and then signed a reserve/future contract after the regular season.

A-Rod singles in first at bat following suspension TAMPA, Fla. (AP)—Alex Rodriguez returned to the New York Yankees after an absence of more than 17 months, lining a single into short left field in his first at-bat and going 1 for 2 with a walk in a 3-1 spring-training loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

Greeted by a 10-second mix of boos and cheers from the crowd of 9,673 as he stepped into the batter’s box for his first game following a oneyear drug suspension, Rodriguez was wearing the Yankees’ white uniform with pinstripes for the team’s exhibition season home opener rather than the usual dark blue jersey used in exhibition games.

“Once you hit rock bottom, any time you hear a few cheers these days is

a pleasant surprise,” he said.

Rodriguez swung at the first four of 10 pitches he saw in three plate appearances. Batting second as New York’s designated hitter, he swung past a pair of 91 mph pitches from P h i l a d e l p h i a’s Kevin Slowey in the first inning.

“I felt like I was swinging under water,” he said. “I was like, man, it’s been a long time.”

He lined a soft single to left on an 89 mph 0-2 offering that was over the plate.

That drew cheers from fans at Steinbrenner Field on a sunny afternoon with a temperature in the low 80s.

“It’s probably the first spring training game in a long time that he’s been a little anxious,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi

said.

Rodriguez has had success against Slowey, going 4 for 9 during the regular season with two doubles and a home run.

When Rodriguez came up again in the third, he grounded a 96 mph fastball from reliever Paul Clemens to shortstop for an inning-ending forceout. He walked on a full count in the sixth against Ethan Martin, loading the bases with no outs and the Yankees trailing 2-0.

He has a little more than a month to show he should be in the lineup when the Yankees open their season at home against Toronto on April 6.

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where I am,” Rodriguez said.

There appeared to be few fans wearing shirts with Rodriguez’s No. 13; there was a scattering of spectators with the No. 2 of Derek Jeter, the Yankees captain who retired at the end of last season.

Rodriguez, who turns 40 in July, admitted in 2009 that he used performanceenhancing drugs while with Texas from 2001-03.

He served his suspension for violations of baseball’s drug agreement and labor contract and apologized to the Yankees, its management and fans, but declined to publicly discuss details of his conduct. The three-time AL MVP is owed $61 million by the Yankees for the final three seasons of his contract.

Alex Rodriguez hits a single in a spring training game.

He has lost his third base job and is competing for at-bats at DH and as a backup at third and first base. Girardi said Rodriguez will play again

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Friday night, probably as a DH but possibly in the field.

“This is as much fun as I’ve had in a long time in spring training,” he said.

Ray Allen says he will not play in NBA this season MIAMI (AP)—Ray Allen might return to the NBA— just not this season.

The league’s all-time leading 3-point shooter who played for two NBA championship clubs announced Wednesday that he decided not to sign with any franchise for the remainder of this season, although he left the door open for a possible return in 2015-16.

“Over the past several months, I have taken a lot of time to deliberate what is best for me,” Allen said in a statement released through the office of his agent, Jim Tanner. “I’ve ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season.”

Allen’s future has been the source of incessant speculation since last summer, so much so that at one point Tan-

ner felt compelled to post a message on social media and deny widespread reports that the future Hall of Fame sharpshooter had signed with Cleveland.

“Ray has received enormous interest from a number of NBA teams throughout this season,” Tanner said in the same statement. “We will communicate with interested teams as Ray makes a decision for the 2015-16 season.”

Allen turns 40 on July 20, though he’s long prided himself on keeping an extremely high level of fitness. Many of his socialmedia posts in recent months have been directly related to either his workouts, his passion for running or to encourage others to become more fit.

Allen is a 10-time All-

Star who was part of Boston’s title in 2008 and Miami’s in 2013 - the season when he hit one of the biggest shots in NBA postseason history, a overtimeforcing 3-pointer from the right corner with 5.2 seconds left in Game 6 of that season’s Finals against San Antonio.

The Heat won that game, then prevailed in Game 7 for their second straight crown.

He also played for the Heat in 2013-14, then became a free agent and will stay that way—for now, anyway.

“I’m going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming offseason, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season,” Allen said.