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Veterans search for employment

by Cameron Gleason correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Businesses from all around West Virginia came to the Erickson Alumni Center yesterday for West Virginia University’s Veterans Job Fair.

It is commonplace for soldiers to have difficulty seeking and attaining a new job when they return home from service. WVU holds the job fair for companies such as

the Veterans Health Administration with the Louis A. Johnson Medical Center located in Clarksburg, W. Va., to attend and reach out to those who have served in our area.

“We are the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that is our main focus, to get veteran’s back into the civilian workforce after they’ve either retired or served their time in the military,” said Chauna Buckalew, human resources specialist for the

Louis A. Johnson Medical Center. “The veterans are very appreciative, and often times not only do they work at our medical center, but they are patients as well. So this serves two purposes; when they are at work this saves them from having to go out and travel for an appointment.”

Although the Veterans Job Fair was held at WVU, there was also another school that attended who offered a unique approach to help-

ing those who have served the country. Fairmont State University came out to support the troops through the advertising of its National Aerospace Education Center.

FSU’s Aerospace Program seeks to create an easier transition into the workforce for veterans by providing them with additional knowledge on the subject of aeronautics.

“We are very military friendly in our training program. We help veterans transference into the civil-

The job fair was packed wall-to-wall with companies and organizations from the state, all which set out to support those who have risked their lives for the country.

“If you’re from West Virginia you know that everybody wants to come back home,” Stone said. “This is an opportunity to find employment back in your home state, so they can get back home where they want to be.”

ian workforce, because in the civilian workforce they have to be approved by the FAA (Federal Aviation Association) even if they have worked on military aircrafts, so we help them make that transition,” said Thomas Stone, Director of the Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center at FSU. “We’re very aviationoriented, and a lot of our military is aviation-oriented so that’s why we reach out to do this.”

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A SURVIVOR’S TALE A pothole left near 3rd Street.

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Miriam Katin, the author of “We Are On Our Own”, signs one of her books for students following the ‘Childhood in Black and White: A Talk with Miriam Katin’ event inside Ming Hsieh Hall.

Holocaust survivor shares stories from newly published book by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Last night, Holocaust survivor and graphic novelist Miriam Katin spoke to West Virginia University students and faculty about her work, which recalls the years of hardship in Eastern Europe during and after World War II. With her recently published book, “Letting Go,” Katin had plenty to discuss to a crowded lecture hall in Ming Hsieh Hall, where not a seat was left empty and some students even resorted to sitting on the ground.

Before Katin discussed her comics, she dedicated her first few minutes behind the podium to honor the victims of the “Charlie Hebdo” attacks in Paris.

“I feel I must say a few words about the power of art—for good or for bad—and this is a memorial to the artists who were massacred in Paris,” Katin said.

“It shocked us in the comic and cartoon world, and

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Katin chats with one of the attendees at the ‘Childhood in Black and White: A Talk with Miriam Katin’ event inside Ming Hsieh Hall.

McKinley focused on helping student veterans by jacob bojesson editor-in-chief @dailyathenaeum

Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) has taken it upon himself to be a voice for West Virginia University’s student veterans and their needs on Capitol Hill, and he believes he’s making significant progress.

McKinley, who serves West Virginia’s first district, visited WVU on Wednesday to stop in on the Veterans Job Fair at the Erickson Alumni Center.

It is the fourth time the congressman has made an

appearance at an event related to student veterans at WVU, and the reason is simple.

“It’s just something special to me. My father flew in the war, his brother was all shot up in the Philippines, my grandmother’s brother was killed flying in World War I,” McKinley said, “and then when you serve in Congress, to see how many veterans are there and what they’ve done, the sacrifice they’ve made – we need to say ‘thank you.’”

There are currently over 1,000 student veterans enrolled at WVU, with just a few faculty members serv-

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In the fall, McKinley met with veterans to ask them what he could do on Capitol Hill to help facilitate the student veterans with services necessary to excel in their education.

On top of the veterans’ list was a center on campus dedicated to Veterans Affairs.

McKinley left the meeting saying, “Let me just try.”

Six months later, he believes a lot has happened. “(WVU President E. Gordon) Gee has told me that they are getting close to hav-

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Potholes have been creating more problems for Monongalia County than they’ve been causing flat tires and ruining the suspension on cars. What’s worse is that nothing is being done about it.

While many point fingers at Morgantown when complaining that the roads need fixed, Tom Bloom, the president of the Monongalia County Commission, noted that the roads belong to the state rather than the city.

“County Commission is not responsible for any road in the county. All state routes are state charge. When taxes go to Charleston, they are divvied up and sent all over the place, rather than staying here,” Bloom said.

Bloom pointed out how serious of a problem the condition of the roads is becoming for Mon County’s economy. Both businesses and real estate are suffering due, at least in part to, the potholes.

“I’m receiving a lot of phone calls from people trying to sell their houses who are unable to because people won’t come here because of the roads. We are having problems with businesses seeing a decrease because people are not driving on the roads as much,” Bloom said. “Also, it is very difficult to promote Mon County when you’re trying to bring in new business on these roads. The problem is that it appears that we (Mon County) are getting the brunt more than other (counties), and we’re being hurt more because we can’t grow.”

Bloom commented on just how bad the conditions of potholes in certain roads around Mon County have gotten.

“It has gotten so bad, I’ve named one of the routes ‘The Road to Middle Earth.’

Soon, we’re going to start seeing hobbits pop out of the roads,” Bloom said.

On a more serious note, Bloom believes the state is not taking enough action to fix the roads.

“What is being done? Ab-

solutely nothing. And that is my frustration,” Bloom said. “There were 1,200 bills submitted in the legislature by this new elected majority. Only four deal with the roads, and two of which were written by Mon County – and they died. The only thing that’s been passed is a $500,000 audit for the state road, and that does not fill potholes. To me, this should be the number one priority.”

Bloom claims elected individuals did not keep filling potholes on their list of priorities once they were officially in office.

“The bottom line is that when the individuals who got elected went down to Charleston, their agenda changed. They forgot about this area. And I’m not just blaming the individual members from here, but as a group. We have five members and two state senators, and they can’t do it all,” Bloom said.

One of the bills that died in committee proposed to have a 1 percent sales tax in Mon County that would go toward fixing the potholes in the roads.

“The citizens of Mon County were willing to tax themselves and match with state funds to fix our roads – that came from (the) Mon County Committee and the Chamber of Commerce. The irony, I believe, is it died not because we weren’t willing to tax ourselves, but because the state wasn’t willing to come up with the matching funds,” Bloom said.

While the Monongalia County Commission is working on solutions, specifically by considering having a sin tax on cigarettes and alcohol, nothing is being done in state legislature to help resolve the problem.

Bloom was able to give some good news, however, by noting the announcement by Bob Beach, a West Virginia state senator, that Beechurst Avenue will be paved this paving season, which will be sometime between May and August.

Handicap accessible sidewalks will also be placed along Beechurst.

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Nyden talks D.C. trip for Big 12 On the Hill event by corey mcdonald staff writer @dailyathenaeum

At last night’s Student Government Association meeting, Student Body President Chris Nyden presented the results from the Big 12 On the Hill event, where several issues were brought to the attention of congressional leaders through the joint efforts of student government bodies throughout the conference.

Nyden gave a presentation displaying the results of the three-day event which occurs annually in the spring.

Representatives of the universities in the Big 12,

with the exception of Texas and Oklahoma, got together and discussed matters relevant to the students of their institutions.

Representatives of WVU’s student government spoke with all five of the members of the congressional delegation to discuss specific issues related to university students. Both senators were able to speak personally with the representatives.

The event focused on three main issues.

The primary issue was college affordability, specifically the push for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. This act funds everything the federal government of-

fers for higher education affordability, including Pell Grants and student loans.

“Over one fourth of our student population here relies on Pell Grants and over half relies on some form of federal loans,” Nyden said.

“It’s a very important issue for WVU.” The Higher Education Act may not be considered for quite some time, however.

The Congress education committees are not presently able to consider this act due to their primary focus on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, that would reform No Child Left Behind.

The second issue regarding college affordability fo-

cused on the proposal from President Obama to increase Pell Grant funding.

The current limit is $5,775; the Obama administration plans to increase that cap by $140.

“Every little bit counts when it comes to the tuition increases that we’re facing year after year,” Nyden said.

Another concern was the increasing interest rates for student loans. Student interest rates increase as inflation increases - the current cap for student loan interest rates lies at 8.25 percent.

Sexual assault prevention was also a main focal point addressed during the event, focusing mainly on the Campus Accountability

and Safety Act. This bill was also co-sponsored by Senator Capito.

This bill requires schools nationwide to have uniform codes to deal with sexual assault. This would require specific training for professionals working with the victims, along with assuring a confidentiality adviser present to help assist in the process.

“This bill has pretty broad bipartisan support,” Nyden said. “Senator Capito is among six republican co-sponsors.”

A third focal point during the event was the issue of research funding for universities. Student government representatives stressed

the importance of research funding to members of committees in charge of funding for agencies such as the National Science Foundation.

Congress recently eradicated the earmarking process, where funds are designated to specific projects - in this case research funding.

“As a result this hurts institutions like WVU; we rely on that type of funding for research projects,” Nyden said.

“I think we did a fantastic job representing WVU and the Big 12, and I look forward to what this will bring in the future.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Ferguson chief resigns in wake of scathing federal report Sue Ogrocki/AP

University of Oklahoma students rally outside the now closed University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, March 10.

Students at OU hope racist fraternity video sparks change NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A video of University of Oklahoma fraternity members engaging in a racist chant outraged and angered students across the campus, but its release also has sparked a dialogue that many students hope will lead to positive changes at the school.

Protests and rallies have been held every day on the campus in Norman since the release earlier this week of the video, which shows students participating in a chant that referenced lynching and indicates black students would never be admitted to OU’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. On Wednesday, a town hall-style forum on diversity sponsored by the black student group Unheard was planned on campus, and a student spokeswoman for the group said the incident appears to be serving as a catalyst for change.

“Just the students coming together has been a positive for me,” said Alexis Hall, a 20-year-old junior from Houston. “I think this is sparking a universitywide movement of: ‘Hey,

we need to start making some changes. We’re going to improve things and make it better for all of our students.’”

Among the group’s grievances are low numbers of black faculty and administrators, poor retention rates among black students and a lack of programs aimed at supporting black students.

OU President David Boren booted the fraternity from campus and expelled two of its members for creating a hostile learning environment. He said that university officials already had been working with Unheard, which formed after the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, to address some of their concerns and that those efforts will continue.

“They met with me.

They had some very positive suggestions,” Boren said. He said their proposals included greater representation of black students at the university’s orientation camp and on various committees, to ensure that “the whole range of diversity of our campus is represented.”

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The police chief in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson resigned Wednesday in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer.

Calling Chief Thomas Jackson an “honorable man,” Mayor James Knowles III announced the city had reached a mutual separation agreement that will pay Jackson one year of his nearly $96,000 annual salary and health coverage.

Jackson’s resignation becomes effective March 19, at which point Lt. Col. Al Eickhoff will become acting chief while the city searches for a replacement.

Jackson had previously resisted calls by protesters and some of Missouri’s top elected leaders to step down over his handling of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and the weeks of sometimesviolent protests that followed. He was widely criticized from the outset, both for an aggressive police response to protesters and for his agency’s erratic and infrequent releases of key information.

He took nearly a week to publicly identify Officer Darren Wilson as the shooter and then further heightened

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Continued from page 1 ing a room finally designated for them, and that was one of the first things,” McKinley said. “We found that to be universal. Whatever campus we were on, the vets want to take care of the vets. They want to have each other’s backs and they want to have a vet center. I think it will happen and Gordon (Gee) has assured me that he wants to do it too.”

Another item high on the veterans’ wish list was adjustments to the GI Bill. The GI Bill gives funding to veterans pursuing an academic degree.

However, the funding is limited to a certain number of months, and student veterans who have been out of school for several years of-

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Continued from page 1 I took this very personally. I was very frightened and appalled with what happened and I’m mourning.”

Moving on to discuss her two graphic novels, Katin said the stories of her past had always been like “an unwanted, uninvited presence” in her mind. Once she discovered comics, however, she said she finally found a way to express the “stories that haunted” her.

Her expressions weren’t

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In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson talks at a news conference in Ferguson, Mo. Jackson has resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report prompted by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer. tension in the community by releasing Wilson’s name at the same time as store security video that police said showed Brown stealing a box of cigars and shoving a clerk only a short time before his death.

Jackson submitted a foursentence letter in which he said he was announcing his resignation with profound sadness. He told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he felt it was time for the city to move

on.

“I believe this is the appropriate thing to do at this time,” Jackson said. “This city needs to move forward without any distractions.”

During a 12-minute news conference, Knowles said Jackson resigned after “a lot of soul-searching” about how the community could heal from the racial unrest stemming from the fatal shooting last summer.

“The chief is the kind of

honorable man you don’t have to go to,” Knowles said.

“He comes to you when he knows that this is something we have to seriously discuss.”

Jackson becomes the sixth employee to resign or be fired after the U.S. Department of Justice last week issued the report that cleared Wilson of civil rights charges in the shooting but found a profit-driven court system and widespread racial bias in the city police department.

ten times have a hard time transitioning back to college, which forces them to go past the time limit.

In February, McKinley and Dina Titus (D-NV) reintroduced a bipartisan bill that would extend the limit on the GI Bill for veterans pursuing a degree in the STEM fields.

“We’ve done that, we’ve introduced that bill (and) it’s getting some noise now. The discussion was: 36 months is not enough,” McKinley said.

“Someone that’s been out of the education for three, four, seven years in the military service, to come back and get acclimated right away – there is a transition there…If you’re a veteran (and) you go into STEM education, you’re going to get an extra year of GI Bill rights.”

Much of McKinley’s conversations with the University revolves around the

STEM fields. The congressman is worried about the low number of undergraduates majoring in the fields in the U.S., and he wants WVU to take more of a leadership role when it comes to this part of its curriculum.

“We’re struggling particularly in engineering under STEM because in engineering, a lot of campuses now are five years to get your degree, so I think we have to go an extra step, especially given that America’s undergraduate programs are not fully utilizing STEM,” McKinley said. “Five percent of undergraduate students in America are in STEM education; in China it’s 22 percent.”

A more specific area where McKinley believes the state of West Virginia and WVU should take more of a leadership role is when it comes to energy.

“The best way is trying to

get WVU up to be more of a center of excellence around the country for people that when they think of energy, I don’t want them thinking about Penn State or Pitt or VMI or Virginia Tech, I want them thinking about WVU,” McKinley said. “Why aren’t we this center? A lot of our efforts is trying to get more research dollars into here.”

McKinley said a lot of the leading research on the issue has in fact taken place in Morgantown, but it hasn’t been utilized the right way.

“This technique they use around the country for fracking - they’ve been doing it for 40 years, this is not anything new – was developed here in Morgantown,” he said. “Because we weren’t doing it, it was being used in Oklahoma and Texas; now we’re doing it here.”

immediately praised, however. The color usage in Katin’s first novel—or lack thereof—was questioned by publishers who were used to colorful comic strips.

“I had difficulty picturing my past in color. I could only imagine them in black and white,” Katin said. “Because of the pictures from back then, maybe, or because of the sadness and horror, I couldn’t imagine it otherwise.”

In contrast, Katin’s latest graphic novel uses a spectrum of bright colors to tell a more contemporary story as she comes to terms with her son moving to Berlin. The front cover even mimics the colors of the German flag.

In this way, Katin said she sees her choices in color as “a statement, symbolizing fear and hope.”

Considerable detail is also stressed in each of the novels. Katin described many instances in which she’d spend hours researching typical uniforms of soldiers, weaponry and even fashionable furniture to paint the most realistic picture she could for her readers. To prove her dedication to the audience, Katin dis-

played pictures of herself holding cockroaches while working, so that she could draw them into her novel perfectly.

“We artists are pretty obsessed with always doing the research, and we go about it in a pretty obsessive way,” Katin said.

But the meticulous crafting of the novel was hardly the most difficult part of Katin writing the novels. Katin said the dedication to detail and need to provide a window into the past required her to once again “find that little girl” she was as a child, having little more than her mother’s stories to draw from her experiences in Hungary.

“I had to find her and inhabit her. I had to make her alive—to make her walk and talk. And it was somehow I could imagine the people and places my mother told me about, and I became to know myself as a child and define how terrible and confusing those times were,” Katin said.

Even in her latest novel, the readers are presented with an internal struggle as Katin comes to terms with the past and her present.

Having drawn the novel in real-time as the experiences came to her, one goes through the journey with Katin to acceptance.

“The city was really very beautiful, and I thought maybe it had started to grow on me,” Katin said of a second visit to the city. “I guess the Germans had moved on, and I had not.”

Currently, Lisa DiBartolomeo uses Katin’s first novel, “We Are On Our Own”, in her course, “The Holocaust in East European Film and Literature.”

Students who were present said they admired Katin’s courage in telling her story when she could have tried to forget her experiences all together.

“She is just full of these interesting and compelling stories that really should be shared with everybody,” senior student Alex Svolos said. “It’s hard to picture yourself in her shoes, but she really tries to make that easier for her readers.”

Katin stayed in Ming Hsieh after speaking to sign copies of her book and speak with fans directly.

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Promoting community outreach The West Virginia University Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources announced Wednesday it is adding a new camp to its summer outreach programs. The college will now feature a new Engineering in Entertainment camp this June as well as a Makers Camp in July.

Community outreach and outreach programs are an incredibly important part of WVU. Being able to engage with residents of the state and future Mountaineers through programs such as these are crucial.

They serve as mutually beneficial for both the University and the community at large. Members of the community are able to engage with WVU and benefit from the instruction provided and knowledge shared. The University, in turn, is able to engage with a future generation of Mountaineers and help mold the academic landscape within the state.

This is why more departments and programs should offer summer outreach programs for members of the West Virginia community and even on a global scale.

As of now, many of the programs offered are very STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) related. The STEM industry is huge and growing.

According to a 2010 survey by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1 in 18 workers were in a STEM field. While this same study expects the field to grow even further (more than nine percent) by 2018, non-STEM fields are also expected to grow by nearly the same amount (more than seven percent).

It would be wise for other departments to participate in outreach in order to accommodate this growing non-STEM field, as well.

This could be done with steps as simple as partnering with writing or communications programs. For

other departments, advertising already existing programs could be the key to increased enrollment and recognition.

WVU’s College of Creative Arts offers summer programs at the youth and teen levels in dance. They also offer a Summer Acting Academy and a Summer Acting Conservatory for teen actors. Utilization of these camps would be ideal to help find the best potential candidates for future Mountaineers.

Similarly, WVU Athletics offers camps in a variety of sports for a variety of ages.

These are often more utilized due to the level of interest in Mountaineer athletics throughout the state.

Finding the right space to market and encourage outreach is important for the future of the University.

Helping to create a better WVU for the future is our responsibility now. galleryhip.com

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SGA elections in need of more communication abby humphreys columnist @obiwan_baloni

Last Wednesday around 5 o’clock, I was leaving my last class of the day to walk home. To get to my apartment requires me to walk past the Mountainlair, where I knew the three parties running for the West Virginia University’s Student Government Association had set up tents to further their campaign efforts.

As soon as I saw the candidates trying to make eye contact with passersby, I turned to cross the street further up and avoid the hub. It was raining, I was hungry and had some homework that needed to be done. The last thing I wanted was to have soggy business cards pressed into my hands after listening to a memorized “Vote for us!” speech.

In the week prior to the election, I’d had some good conversations at different points with candidates who I had guaranteed my vote, and I respected all the running parties and their goals for the school. Governors go through leaps and bounds just to get the

chance to campaign, and I do believe each member of the three tickets had WVU’s best interests at heart.

However, three parties simultaneously vying for the majority vote created an uncomfortable environment for voters, and I believe the campaigning methods parties used to encourage voting actually created more apathy and annoyance in students.

In an effort to be heard above the competition, candidates went to extremes to solicit the public by interrupting lunches, confronting students the moment they entered the Mountainlair and even walking a few all the way to their classes.

I’m not urging future candidates to campaign less and sacrifice their chance at making positive changes on campus. With three parties running this year, it’s no surprise such drastic measures were taken. I’m simply questioning whether the time and energy put into these methods is producing results and according to a recent poll conducted by The Daily Athenaeum—it isn’t.

The poll revealed 47 per-

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Samantha Shimer (background) and Amanda Hutchison (foreground), BOG elects with the MAD Movement, talk to students in the front of the Towers PRT Station. cent of students were eiFor instance, I couldn’t Though this information ther uninformed or apa- tell you which governors is always available for thetic about the elections from last year’s election ac- those with the time and pathis year, which, although tually accomplished their tience to seek it, it certainly unfortunate, isn’t surpris- platform’s goal. Until very doesn’t appear to be very ing. There appears to be recently, I was entirely un- well-advertised.

I believe the gap bea major disconnect be- aware I could view a live tween elected SGA mem- stream of SGA’s weekly tween student governbers and the rest of the stu- meetings from their web- ment and the governed dent body, and until this is site and had no idea open could be bridged with betremedied, I believe inter- forums are held to al- ter communication, not est in future elections will low the public a chance more fervent and intrusive only continue to plummet. to speak with governors. campaigning during elec-

tions. It’s impossible to make someone care about a cause when they refuse to listen, but countering indifference with even more insistent self-promotion is hardly a solution, either.

A monthly newsletter sent via email to students would somewhat increase awareness of what’s happening inside student government. If students didn’t need to seek out knowledge of SGA activities from a website but had this information at their fingertips instead, they might be more inclined to participate in next year’s election and have a more favorable view of SGA as a whole.

It would also give SGA the credibility and authority it needs in the eyes of its constituents.

Voter apathy arises when students don’t feel like their vote will make a difference, but students, this is where you’re wrong. Help create positive change at WVU by voting. The members of student government want to hear your voice—they wouldn’t have handed out business cards in the rain if they didn’t. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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College as a business: Why we spend more time looking at money than leaders taylor jobin columnist @taylorjobinwvu

College being a liberal bastion is a myth. In fact, it’s neither liberal nor conservative, but instead just a good, old-fashioned business.

After almost five years of moderate to Chuck Schumer-level professors, multiple instances of legal ambiguity and countless acts of debauchery, I can confidently say this.

The numbers, however, don’t back up what I’m saying. In a report by the Washington Post, 72 percent of American university and college professors are liberal and 15 percent are conservative, all by their own admission.

There’s the first gaping hole in my argument you’re free to pick apart.

But think how often a professor or faculty member has ever presented a political ideology as either fact or fiction to you.

What I mean is, regardless of professors’ chosen political beliefs, at no point do political agendas get shoved down students’ throats. Nor is there even an inkling of political pressure from any academic, at least in my experience. If anything, the lack of pronounced political agendas around campus have made

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In a study conducted by me more skeptical of either dent while they are away party. at school. And sometimes fivethirtyeight.com to deAnd let us look at the when ideas are left to grow termine the most elite constudents. organically for too long, servative and liberal law It’s not hard to find ei- you end up with the dopes schools, and how many ther extreme around cam- exemplifying their stereo- top justice and clerkships pus, from the all-organic, types. But the majority of they produced, Harvard tree-hugging hippie with students are logical cen- and Yale were the runan extra slice of know-it-all trists who don’t have time away winners, accounting Democrat to the good ole for political nonsense any- for 42 percent of all clerks boy Republican, who gosh way, what with midterms and justices out of a possidarn won’t listen to that coming up and all. ble 204 American Bar Associalist Obama – ‘Merica.

But how about some sociation approved law These s t e re o t y p e s practical examples: Har- schools.

Harvard and Yale were are just walking, talking vard Law School, arguably memes, only less creative. the top law school in the both ideologically close to They don’t represent the world, has alumni rang- the center, but bimodal in student body as a whole, ing from president Barack alumni distribution - politthey’re just outliers in a Obama and the aforemen- ical extremes on both the system that lets students tioned Schumer, to Ted left and right.

The most liberal school, get creatively indepen- Cruz and Mitt Romney.

University of California, Berkeley, and the most conservative school, University of Virginia, both had notable alumni from opposite sides. Berkeley graduated former Republican governor and Supreme Court justice Earl Warren, overseer of landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona, from which we get our Miranda rights—never forget. UVA calls revered progressive, albeit controversial, Ted Kennedy a graduate.

And what does SGA do?

Now that elections are over and we can all walk around the Mountainlair relaxed for first time in what feels like forever, you probably already forgot. They mostly just give and spend money from an allotted budget, maybe start a new club or organization that will prove to be profitable in the future, kind of like a business.

Because that is what college truly is, a business. We didn’t come to WVU to get indoctrinated into a set of political beliefs. On the contrary, we all came here to get paid.

To study a particular field, then get paid for services provided in that field.

College being “liberal” had no affect on what major you chose or what job opportunities await you after graduation.

It has no effect on anything because it’s a myth from conservatives. A myth started when college professors were predominately conservative, but as the American zeitgeist changed to being more progressive in the 60s and 70s, their complaining turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy, thus causing fewer conservatives to become professors, leaving a vacuum assumed by liberals.

But that’s irrelevant because there’s one thing liberals and conservatives can agree on most: The desire to get paid. Just like colleges.

Raising enrollment to 40,000 is a business decision. Tearing down Grant Street and condemning the party school image is a business decision. The university’s decisions are for itself because it is a business; it has to protect its brand.

And so do we. That’s why we constantly update our resumes or stay up late and wake up early for classes, and why we spend more time checking our bank accounts and the price of tuition than we do listening to what the president or congress is saying. Because college is a business.

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WVU Choirs to recruit, raise funds for Burch

By ALLY LITTEN A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University Choirs will be honoring Nolan Burch through song during the upcoming recruitment tour. A concert will be held March 14 at the Calvary Episcopal Church in Buffalo, N.Y., where the Burch family are active members.

The choir will start their recruitment tour in Pittsburgh Thursday at Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church. Starting at 8:15 p.m., the choir will perform genres from many different countries such as Australia, Tai-

wan, England, Austria and America. Spirituals and jazz will also be included.

While in Buffalo, WVU Choirs decided to reach out to the Burch family. After many conversations with the musical director at Calvary Episcopal Church, WVU Director of Choral Activities Kym Scott developed the idea of a musical tribute for Nolan at the family’s request.

“We occasionally do recruitment tours, and since we were going in that direction, we thought it was a good opportunity to reach out as a WVU family,” said choral music teaching assistant Jason Brown.

During the Buffalo concert, the choir will perform pieces from Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light requiem in honor of Nolan Burch. A requiem is a musical composition that honors people who have passed away. There will also be a collection plate passed around in Buffalo and Pittsburgh in Nolan’s name.

“Traditionally, requiems were composed as prayers for the dead. Starting with Brahms’ German Requiem, however, it has become commonplace for requiems to serve that purpose as well as offering inspiration to the living,” Brown said.

The choir will also be per-

forming at the 8 a.m. Calvary Episcopal Church service the next day before returning to Morgantown. Not only will they be honoring Burch, but they will also be in charge of all music during the service.

“The piece that we will dedicate to Nolan’s memory on Sunday morning is ‘Lead, Kindly Light,’ from Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light requiem,” Brown said.

Because of the beautiful, poetic lyrics in the piece, the choir chose the fourth piece of the requiem specifically for Burch.

“The text of ‘Lead, kindly light’ is one such inspiring movement and features po-

etry of John Henry Newman,” Brown said.

“The night is gone/and with the morn those angel faces smile/which I have loved since, and lost awhile,” read the lyrics.

The money collected during the recruitment tour will be donated to the Unyts organization in Burch’s name.

Unyts is an organization in Buffalo that is committed to helping others through organ, eye, tissue and blood donation.

“In my time here, this is the fist time something like this has ever been done,” Scott said.

On April 18, WVU Choirs

major works concert will be held at the Creative Arts Center. The University Singers, the West Virginia Community Choir and WVU Women’s Chorus will perform Goodall’s Eternal Light Requiem. “Easter Anthem” from Pietro Mascagni’s opera, Cavalleria Rusticana and John Leavitt’s Requiem will also be featured.

“It promises to be an evening of powerfully inspiring music,” Brown said.

To make a donation in Nolan Burch’s name or for more information, please go to http://unyts.org/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The Fox Hunt, Signs & Wonders return to Morgantown

BY Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Despite traveling and playing music in Japan and Ireland or biking across the country, there’s no place like home for Ben Townsend.

He’s the current banjo and fiddle player for The Fox Hunt and Signs and Wonders, but there are plenty of other bands and projects he takes on. It all started in Shepherdstown, W.Va., with a guitar at age 12.

“That was it,” Townsend said. “As a kid, I would dig through my mom’s records, and I’d always be listening to music.”

While no direct family members except his cousin helped him along, Townsend found two teachers in Hampshire County.

“Paul Roomsburg - he taught a lot of people in Hampshire County to play,” he said. “When I was 17, I took to him and he changed my life.”

Townsend emphasized the need for this man in his life.

“If you get a good teacher, your life can drastically change,” Townsend said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do anything without him.”

The other man is Dave Zing, who runs the Augusta Heritage Center through a grant. It’s a five-week program over the summer that teaches a different genre of music each week.

Townsend participated and got his own musical-skill ball rolling.

“I’ve learned a ton,” Townsend said. “The bluegrass and old-time were my

thing in that situation. It’s an awesome thing, and you can learn a lot there.”

Townsend learned to appreciate the traditional music of this state and the value of a teacher.

“It’s always in the back of my mind to inspire other people because of how much other people inspired me,” Townsend said.

“It’s not people in the big industry or the media world; it’s the people from around here.”

While he did love traveling to exotic locations, he wanted to keep bluegrass in its home state, as well.

“West Virginia has a ton of great music and musicians that are really undervalued, and that’s why I came back. I’m trying not to have to go somewhere else and make a success out of it,” Townsend said. “I want people to come here to see it.”

While he freely chose to come back to West Virginia, he still felt it was an obligation to bring bluegrass back to its home, too.

“I came to Elkins because most of the best musicians in this style that I know come here. So many people took care of me and nurtured me, I feel obligated to give it back,” Townsend said.

He gives it back by using his talents in two West Virginia bands, The Fox Hunt and Signs and Wonders.

Townsend plays the mandolin, banjo, fiddle or even an electric guitar occasionally for both of these bands.

In fact, the bands are the same except in Signs and Wonders, in which Darrin

The Fox Hunt plays string instruments during a performance in 2011.

Hacquard wrote his own out.

“It’s an opportunity to material and produced it with Fox Hunt. get creative. It’s kind of Hacquard met Townsend a psychedelic country,” through a few music festi- Townsend said. “We can vals and, after a member of have a horn section or a piFox Hunt left, moved down ano and get back to being to West Virginia from Ath- creative.” ens, Ohio.

Even though Townsend While it’s technically all has played in over eight of Hacquard’s own music, bands, he’s doing what all band members help out he loves. He doesn’t have with the making of it. a “normal” job because “Originally, it was us he’d rather bike across making his solo record,” the country - just to play Townsend said. “But we music.

As for the bike story, realized we wanted to contribute.” it was a bicycle, not a And he has a blast doing motorcycle. He rode it just that because it allows through the Blue Ridge his creative side to break Mountains down to Flor-

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ida and then to Los Angeles to record with a buddy.

If it wasn’t obvious already, music is his passion, and he won’t let anyone get in the way of his dream.

“There’s never been anything else in the world that I’ve wanted to do,” he said.

“I’m happy when I’m playing, when I’m traveling. I know a lot of interesting people. I’ve found out that

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The other stuff just doesn’t interest me as much.”

But nothing beats his home, which is why The Fox Hunt and Signs and Wonders plays 9 p.m. tonight at 123 Pleasant Street. Tickets are $5.

Happy birthday to our favorite porn star! Wait, what?

Ron Jeremy, Hollywood’s infamous porn actor who most likely smells like a greasy burger, turns 61 today.

Jeremy’s stint in the industry was not due to his striking good looks or chiseled body, but rather his average appearance and attitude on camera. In 1978, Jeremy’s girlfriend took it upon herself to send in a photo of the mustached “heartthrob” to Playgirl’s “Boy Next Door” edition. Weeks later, Jeremy’s inbox was filled with female fan mail and interest from some of the industry’s top adult filmmakers. Since his peak in the 1970s and ‘80s, Jeremy’s role in the industry has went stale. Since his exit from the adult film industry, the porn star has appeared on multiple reality shows, including VH1’s “Surreal Life.”

This throwback goes to Michigan in 1998, where alternative-metal rock group Korn sued an assistant principal who suspended a student for wearing a T-shirt that flaunted the band’s name.

Korn issued a cease-and-desist order against the high school, arguing staff was engaging in “defamatory comments about the band that infringed on the group’s civil liberties.” In a statement, Zeeland High School assistant principal stood by her decision to suspend the student saying she deemed the shirt offensive, explaining that Korn’s music is “indecent, vulgar, obscene and tends to be insulting.” Although the group threatened a multimillion dollar lawsuit, the

charges were dropped due to the group’s busy personal schedules.

March 12 marks the day drama ensued following Natalie Maines’ controversial comment about two-term President George W. Bush.

In 2003, while news of the U.S. invasion of Iraq buzzed across the globe, Maines made a comment that would be heard around the world.

Taking the stage March 10, 2003, The Dixie Chicks were performing its latest single “Travelin’ Soldier” at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire theater in London when Maines made the harsh comment concerning the President’s decision regarding Iraq.

“Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all,” Maines said. “We do not want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.”

On March 12, The Guardian, a British newspaper, published a review of The Dixie Chicks ensemble, where writer Betty Clarke left out the middle of Maines quote.

Clarke quoted Maines as saying, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.”

The backlash that resulted following the comment was detrimental. Radio stations boycotted playing Dixie Chicks tracks, and even country singer Toby Keith made a statement when he featured a giant backdrop showing an image of Maines beside Saddam Hussein. President Bush, however, sanctioned the singer’s comments to freedom of speech saying, “The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Particle to bring electroinc-rock to 123 Monday

By Chelsea Walker A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

Funky and innovative electronica-rock group Particle will showcase its unique jams at 123 Pleasant Street Monday.

Steve Molitz, Ben Combe, Clay Parnell, Brandon Draper and Allen Aucoin met through concerts and festivals within the jam band scene. The pioneers got their start in Los Angeles in 2000, where they began toying with “livetronica” music. The quintet combines electronic beats with live jam sessions and sonic improvisation. Particle front man Molitz first voyaged into the groovy, progressive-electronic rock genre 14 years ago.

“This ‘livetronica’ thing just sort of happened organically for us,” Molitz said.

The group uses keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion and vocals to produce lengthy, ad-libbed tracks. Particle’s ability to improvise on stage has allowed the group to perform at festivals such as Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza. Molitz compared being on a sports team to the group’s on-stage mu-

sical stamina, which often produces tracks exceeding 10 minutes, saying the group has learned when to pass the ball.

“You start to know who you need to pass the ball to at what time,” Molitz said.

“That fluidity of the team, where you can kind of let the music go where it needs to go and know that someone always has your back.”

Molitz has even worked alongside some of the jam band’s most influential rockers, from Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh and The Doors’ guitarist Robby Krieger, to The Allman Brothers and G Love and Special Sauce. The artist said working with icons has taught him a lot about music and the industry.

In 2006, Particle members took time to explore various other creative outlets and cut its tour down to less than 20 dates a year, accommodating the group’s busy schedules. After tremendous outcry from fans dubbed “Particle People,” Molitz, Combe, Parnell and Draper reunited in 2014, where the group picked up right where they left off. With new beats in the works, Particle is currently performing on its March tour, while also tak-

ing time to work on studio singles for the “people.” Molitz anticipates the group will release two new albums sometime in 2015.

For now, the group is staying busy writing and playing new songs while traveling on its nearly exclusive East Coast March tour.

Molitz said Particle’s reunion has been amazing

Drive-By Truckers combine country, rock Another rocking southern classic is joining the Mountain Stage lineup this weekend. Reigning from Athens, Ga., the Drive-By Truckers embody a true country spirit while still honing in on classic rock and roll. Though its members have been transient through the years, the band’s founding members, Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood, have kept the group musically grounded. The two lead guitarists and vocalists, who are long time friends and musical partners, originally bonded over their love of their hometown in Muscle Shoals, Ala. It’s evident the culture and musical styles from the notorious region have influenced much of the Drive-By Truckers’ sound. The band keenly contrasts smooth country ballads with gritty, powerful rock hits.

Other instrumentalists currently in the band include Brad Morgan on the drums, Jay Gonzalez working the keys and Matt Patton on bass.

Together the group has established

a major following, which can largely be attributed to the band’s constant touring. Taking a break from opening for Eric Church, the Drive-By Truckers will be making their first appearance on the Mountain Stage. Though it will be unfamiliar territory, the band’s twangy alternative style is sure to be a perfect fit for the bluegrass-inspired event. Its longtime hit “Goddamn Lonely Love” gives fans a mellow taste of classic southern rock, pairing a soft lingering beat with the raspy emotion of former member Jason Isbell. Other songs such as “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” gives listeners a heavier rock vibe, boasting sharply executed guitar solos. In total, the band has a collection of 10 studio albums and three live albums. Its impressive resume and stellar live performance is sure to make them a must-see at this weekend’s epic musical event.

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‘Top Gear’ show future uncertain LONDON (AP) — An offset altercation has imperiled the internationally known TV car show “Top Gear,” one of the BBC’s most lucrative productions.

BBC News said Wednesday the broadcaster has postponed the three remaining episodes after suspending host Jeremy Clarkson over a reported “fracas” with a producer.

The BBC hasn’t given details about the incident, but co-host James May characterized it as “a bit of a dustup.”

“But I don’t think it’s that serious,” he added.

The blend of car news, humor and blokey banter in “Top Gear” has won it legions of fans. The current series was launched simultaneously in more than 50 countries and the BBC has sold the format for locally produced versions in the U.S., China,

Russia, Australia and South Korea.

It has also attracted controversy, much of it attached to 54-year-old Clarkson, one of three presenters and a selfstyled enemy of “political correctness.”

In October, the “Top Gear” crew was forced to flee Argentina after facing violent protests for allegedly referencing the 1982 Falkland Islands war on a license plate.

Clarkson also asked for forgiveness last year after allegedly using the racist n-word during filming for the show.

He said then had been given a “final warning” by producers.

In 2011, the BBC apologized to Mexico after Clarkson and his co-hosts characterized Mexicans as lazy and oafish.

Fans clamored Wednesday for Clarkson’s re-

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turn. The government’s culture minister, Maria Miller, called the TV personality a “legend,” and said the BBC “needs to be better at managing its talent.”

“There are other organizations that have to deal with larger-than-life characters,” she said.

Will Wyatt, a former director of BBC television, said the broadcaster could try to continue “Top Gear” without Clarkson, but “it would be a bit like the Musketeers without D’Artagnan.”

“He is certainly the major personality in it and a huge part of its appeal,” Wyatt said.

Even as reporters and photographers camped outside Clarkson’s home, he emerged joking, saying he was on his way to Britain’s unemployment office.

“I’m just off to the job center,” he said.

so far, and the energy from fans is what’s keeping the band fueled. He said although the group scaled back on touring and performing with Particle, the band ultimately missed exploring the realm of the “livetronica” genre.

“We’re really just having a blast out here, and the shows just keep getting

better and better. That’s definitely a good feeling,” Molitz said. “There’s nothing I’d rather be doing than playing this music on tour right now.”

Molitz said the group is striving to challenge themselves. In Particle’s last few shows, the group has debuted new songs, allowing fans to see the group’s un-

folding evolution.

“We’re playing better than we ever have and also just having a lot of fun out here,” Molitz said.

Particle will take the stage at 9:30 p.m. Monday at 123 Pleasant Street. For tickets, go to http://particlepeople.com/tour/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Documentary against Scientology NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Rinder had spent virtually all of his life in the Church of Scientology. From the age of 6 he was raised in the church, eventually rising to become its chief spokesman. Everyone he knew was a Scientologist, including his wife, his two children, his mother, his brother and his sister.

But after spending more than a year in a disciplinary facility known as “the hole,” where Rinder says he and other Scientology executives were confined, an increasingly disillusioned Rinder left the church in 2007. It was while in that Los Angeles compound that Rinder, now 59, says he realized the church was “a road to hell” and that he had to get out, even if penniless and without his family.

“I literally walked away with a briefcase,” says Rinder, who now lives what he calls “an entirely new life” in Florida with a new wife, a son and a step-son.

“A briefcase with nothing in it, but a briefcase.”

Rinder’s story is one of eight from former church members that make up the emotional arc of the documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” which opens in theaters Friday and will air on HBO on March 29.

Directed by the Oscarwinning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney and based on the acclaimed book by the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Lawrence Wright, “Going Clear” is the highest-profile expose yet of the controversial religion founded by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

Substantially on the basis of former members like Rinder speaking out, the film paints a disturbing portrait of Scientology, claiming physical abuse happens

regularly; that the church drives wedges between families by labeling non-Scientologist spouses and parents “suppressive persons”; and that the Internal Revenue Service deemed the church a tax-exempt religion in 1993 only because of an avalanche of lawsuits.

The documentary also singles out several of Scientology’s most famous faces including Tom Cruise and John Travolta - for not using their power to change the organization.

The church, which declined interview requests for the documentary, has mounted a considerable campaign against the film, including full-page ads in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times and a series of Internet videos. In response to a request for an interview for this story, the church pointed toward videos posted by the Freedom Magazine, which the church publishes.

In those posts and others, the documentary’s sources are derided as “bitter, vengeful apostates.” The church alleges Gibney didn’t present the film’s allegations to them for response and calls the film “a one-sided false diatribe.” Representatives for the church did meet with Wright, though the church labeled his book “so ludicrous it belongs in a supermarket tabloid.”

“Their sources are the usual collection of obsessive, disgruntled former Church members kicked out as long as 30 years ago for malfeasance, who have a documented history of making up lies about the Church for money,” said the church in a statement.

The church has also vigorously denied allegations of physical abuse or confinement. It has previously said that managers

like Rinder were never held against their will, but were subject to “ecclesiastical discipline.”

But Wright and Gibney, with the backing of HBO and The New Yorker (for which Wright writes), bring some heft to their face-off with the church. Wright’s New Yorker profile on “Crash” director Paul Haggis, arguably the most famous Scientologist to leave the church, was the magazine’s most fact-checked story ever. His book brought rare scrutiny to an organization that has regularly repelled it. “I envisioned that I would have to defend every single word in there,” he says. “It’s one reason there are very few adjectives.”

In a recent interview at HBO’s Manhattan offices, just a stone’s throw from Scientology’s Manhattan office, Gibney, Wright and Rinder spoke of “Going Clear” as empathetic toward those lured to the church, but critical of its enablers.

“We’re not attacking the beliefs of the church,” says Wright, who previously collaborated with Gibney on the documentary “My Trip to Al-Qaeda.” “You can believe whatever you want to believe and that’s fine. It doesn’t matter if it’s crazy; there are a lot of crazy religions. It’s the practices and abuses that are going on in Scientology that I think the book and the film shed light on.”

Much of “Going Clear” depends on the testimony of former church members. They do so despite the likelihood of aggressive responses from the church.

The church’s Freedom Magazine has published harsh appraisals of those it terms “discredited sources.”

Rinder is labeled “the lady killer.” Haggis is called “the Hollywood hypocrite.”

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH A friend could add an element of confusion to your plans. You might decide to invite someone who has been a bit off to a spontaneous dinner. You are likely to gain some insight into this person’s personal life as a result.

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Head coach Dana Holgorsen talks to his players during the Liberty Bowl game in January.

West Virginia held spring press conference earlier this week, looks to opening practice this weekend by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

A little over two months since a 45-37 loss to Texas A&M in the 2014 Liberty Bowl, West Virginia is set to officially begin its 2015 season with the start of spring practice Sunday.

The biggest question the Mountaineers face heading into spring is at quarterback, where all eyes will be on the impending fourman quarterback battle.

“Right now, Skyler Howard is running with the

ones at the quarterback position,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “He’s the one that understands what to do. We’ve got three freshmen behind him. …

Skyler is the one who runs things much better because he has a few games under his belt. Austin Hensley has four years of eligibility and looks about the same as the other three guys.”

After transferring to West Virginia in January 2014 from Riverside City College, Howard spent the entire spring, summer and

fall absorbing the offense.

The 6-foot, 206-pound Texas native grabbed the reigns after Trickett went down against Kansas State on Senior Night, nearly leading the Mountaineers to a come-from-behind win.

“He played a big role in three of the games last year. He’s still pretty raw so he will continue to get better,” Holgorsen said. “David Sills may be the most athletic one we have. You can see that with the different drills he’s running.

We know William (Crest)

is an incredibly athletic guy. Chris Chugunov is a little less athletic but has absorbed the offense quicker. You can tell from asking him questions that that dude is pretty bright.

“Until I can put a ball in their hands and watch drills and see them execute, I don’t know.”

Crest, a former four-star prospect out of Baltimore’s Dunbar High School, was listed as the No. 2 quarterback early in the season before sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury.

“Crest looks great physically. I told him he better quit lifting or he will be a linebacker,” Holgorsen joked.

Holgorsen also announced that senior Paul Millard, who was a darkhorse candidate to win the job, will not return this season.

“Paul Millard came in and told me his career at West Virginia is over,” Holgorsen said. “He will get his degree this summer.

Whether he moves on to play football is something he is unsure of at this point

in time.”

The fifth-year head coach offered no indication as to when he might name a starter.

“That’s up to them. I name them when I feel good about naming them,” Holgorsen said. “Two years ago we did it and no one took ahold of it. Last summer, Clint came back and took ahold of things.

“There will be a lot of snaps in the spring that will give them opportunities to prove themselves.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

men’s basketball

Watkins contributes when he can, still battles injuries by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

No. 18 West Virginia faces Baylor today in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament, but as the season has worn on, players have worn down.

One player in particular is forward Brandon Watkins, who has had his fair share of health issues during the course of this season.

Watkins dealt with an illness at the beginning of the year, which caused him to lose significant weight.

Against Kansas State, Watkins suffered an MCL sprain in his left knee. Since then he’s seen scarce time on the court.

Watkins is dressing for games and is available should he be needed. However, he can only play a limited amount of time should his number be called.

“Brandon (Watkins) is probably going to have to have surgery when the season is over with,” said head coach Bob Huggins following the win over Oklahoma State. “He’s playing hurt. We got a bunch of guys that have some business for the hospital at the end of the year, but

they want to play and don’t want to let anyone down.”

Watkins is unsure how much he can play, as he doesn’t have a concrete max or minimum number of minutes he could handle playing.

“I have no idea (how much I could play),” Watkins said.

“You know I have an injury or whatever. We’re not going to push it to the point where it gets worse. I might get in when they really need me. I don’t have any problem with that, because I understand.

I just don’t know how much playing time I will get.”

On the season, Watkins is averaging 2.2 points per game and 1.6 rebounds per contest. Those numbers are a direct translation to the average amount of playing time he’s given each game – 7.1 minutes.

Ever since Watkins started his collegiate career, he’s battled injuries, which is something that was quite new to him.

“Throughout high school I never really had a serious injury,” Watkins said. “I mean, I guess it happens. I just have to deal with it.”

All season long, Devin Williams and Jonathan Holton

have been the core forwards getting the job done beneath the basket for the Mountaineers.

Williams is the team’s second leading scorer, averaging 11.1 points per game, while Holton is the team’s fourth best, averaging 7.8 points per contest.

Just because Watkins is on the bench while his fellow forwards duke it out inside the lane doesn’t mean he isn’t trying to contribute to the team’s success. He’s using the year of experience as a helping tool to the new faces on the team.

“I try to tell them stuff here

and there,” Watkins said. “I’m sure I can help them. Sitting on the bench I pick up on a lot of stuff they might not see. I can probably help them out.”

Watkins played in last year’s conference tournament and is trying to instill the mindset to his fellow teammates that this is do-or-

die time.

“They got to get the mentality if you don’t win, you go home,” he said. “I think a lot of us want to win. Hopefully we get it done out there and get a championship like our goal.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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RIFLE

Hammond leads WVU to NCAA finals, again SPECIAL NOTICES

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

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WVU’s Patrick Sunderman lays down in prone position for a shot during a meet against Nebraska earlier this season.

by ashley conley sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The term leader is defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “a person who has a commanding authority or influence”. Rifle head coach, Jon Hammond, is notably known as the leader of the No. 1 Mountaineers.

Hammond has led West Virginia to three NCAA Championship titles in his nine-season tenure at West Virginia, whose rifle team is known for being highly competitive in Division 1 as a member of the Great America Rifle Conference.

West Virginia holds the record for most rifle championships in NCAA history at a whopping 16.

That’s six more than any other school in the coun-

try. Alaska Fairbanks is at a distant second with 10 total titles, and Tennessee Tech is third with three.

The rifle team is by far the most outstanding, consistent and underrated team at West Virginia based on statistics, win-loss records and NCAA titles. While most people know little to nothing about the sport of rifle shooting, 10 student athletes led by the competitive Hammond endure grueling practices and twice-a-week workouts while juggling school and a tough travel schedule.

Hammond arrived at West Virginia in 2003 as he pursued his master’s degree in Sport Management after achieving his bachelor’s degree at the University of Leeds in England, where he competed on the school’s rifle team.

Not only has Hammond coached NCAA athletes, some who went on to become Olympians, he also teamed up with his father to teach Blind Shooting in his home country of Scotland. He assisted members of the Grampian Society for the Blind in learning the sport of rifle.

Rifle is clearly more than just a sport to Hammond.

Rifle allows participants to develop both physically and mentally, as well as to build character, teamwork and concentration skills.

This sport requires maturity and patience, both of which are key characteristics in becoming wellrounded adults, which is what holds the most importance to Hammond.

“You can’t just go out and grab 10 random people and throw them together. I really recruit

shooters as much, if not more, on their personality, not necessarily their rifle or academic skills and making sure that they’ll fit into the group that we have here,” Hammond said in an interview with the WVU Reed College of Media.

Since Hammond arrived, West Virginia has achieved a 91-14 win-loss record, won three national championships and most recently earned a sixthstraight GARC title.

Hammond has coached some of the best shooters in all of college rifle throughout the last few years, including one of the best shooters in the world, Petra Zublasing. Zublasing participated in the 2012 London Olympics, was the NCAA air rifle Champion in 2012 (WVU’s 16th individual national cham-

pion) and won a slew of other titles, both academic and athletic. Hammond also coached Nicco Campriani, who won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

On March 13-14, Hammond will coach his team at the NCAA National Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska, where they will compete for the 17th title in school history. The Mountaineers are ranked No.1 heading into the competition and are considered by many to be the favorite to win. Some of West Virginia’s key shooters will be junior Garrett Spurgeon, who was the individual air rifle champion at the GARC championships in February, and seniors Maren Prediger and Ziva Dvorsak. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU finishes Zone A NCAA Qualifiers

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“This is a tough event to train for since we don’t have a tower for training.”

Nevertheless, the Mountaineers entered freshman divers Alex Obendorf and Michael Proietto into the competition, and both were able to reach the finals of the event. Although they fell short of NCAA qualification, the pair improved on their Big 12 Championship scores.

“Alex and Mike both set goals for the meet and did a great job achieving personal bests today,” Grapner said. “Alex was able to beat his prelim score and break the 300 mark. At Big 12, he went 299.90. We have been so close to qualifying for the NCAA meet. I’m determined to get some divers qualified.”

Coming off an All-Big 12 First Team performance on the platform at the conference championship, Obendorf checked in with a combined score of 595.20 and an overall finish of 12th. Meanwhile, Proietto made his first final of the competition, finishing 16th overall with a score of 507.35.

Although Grapner’s divers missed out on a berth in the NCAA Championships, the Mountaineers will be represented when the competition kicks off in Iowa City, Iowa in two weeks.

The NCAA Division I

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Committee announced two Mountaineer men’s swimmers as qualifiers on Wednesday. Senior Tim Squires and junior Andrew Marsh, two of WVU’s top performers all season long, will get the chance to make it back-to-back years a Mountaineer swimmer has been an All-American, after Bryce Bohman achieved the feat in 2014.

“This is a great opportunity for both young men,” said Mountaineer head coach Vic Riggs. “I’m excited for them to reach the NCAA Championships and look forward to seeing them represent the flying WV in Iowa.”

Squires achieved qualifier status in the 50-yard freestyle, while Marsh hit the mark in the 100-yard backstroke. Marsh will be making his debut at the NCAA Championships, while Squires will be taking part in the national competition for the second time - he finished 27th in the 50-yard freestyle there last season, along with a 36th place showing in the 100-yard freestyle.

The NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships will be held from March 26-28 in Iowa City, Iowa. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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North Carolina guard Marcus Paige passes the ball to a teammate during a game against Boston College earlier this season.

No. 19 North Carolina beats Boston College, 81-63 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s players were in no mood for a repeat of last year’s brief stay at the Atlantic Coast Conference, and they didn’t want to watch Boston College’s Olivier Hanlan have another big game against them.

Instead, the No. 19 Tar Heels slowed Hanlan and led most of the day to beat the Eagles 81-63 on Wednesday in the second round of the tournament, a much better debut in Greensboro than the oneand-done exit of a year earlier.

“Coach (Roy Williams) didn’t talk about it a lot but I brought it up today as we coming to the gym, that we lost the first day we played last year,” junior Marcus Paige said. “That it was bad and we went straight

back home. I was telling the guys, ‘You don’t want that feeling.’”

Paige and Brice Johnson each scored 17 points to lead the fifth-seeded Tar Heels (22-10), who played without forward Kennedy Meeks. UNC had trouble putting away the 12th-seeded Eagles (13-19) for much of the second half, but pulled away late and won its seventh straight meeting to set up a matchup with No. 14 Louisville.

Among the biggest keys for that success: making Hanlan — an all-ACC guard who scored 30 in the only regular-season meeting between the teams — work for his points.

Hanlan scored 18 points, but went just 5 for 19 from the field, including 1 for 5 from 3-point

range. The Tar Heels rotated several defenders, though Williams credited J.P. Tokoto’s work on him in particular.

“He’s big time, a bigtime player, and our goal was to try to make sure he didn’t shoot a great percentage,” Williams said.

Hanlan missed 12 of his first 14 shots.

“We got some great looks offensively,” Hanlan said, “but I had some inand-outs and them having so many guys and so many different guys guarding me, being fresh all the time, obviously played a huge factor.”

UNC led by 13 at half and never by fewer than eight from there, shaking off a cold start to the half and finishing at 52 percent shooting after the break.

It was a much better

start to the tournament than a year earlier, when the Tar Heels fell behind by 20 and couldn’t rally in a loss to Pittsburgh that gave them a quick exit from Greensboro.

“It’s great,” Johnson said of the win, “because that Pittsburgh team we played last year really punked us.”

TIP-INS Boston College: Aaron Brown scored 20 points to lead BC. ... The Eagles shot 40 percent, including 6 for 21 from 3-point range. ... Hanlan wouldn’t comment on whether he would return for his senior season.

UNC: Freshman Justin Jackson added 12 points, including two 3-pointers. ... UNC took a 43-25 rebounding advantage and scored 19 second-chance points. ... Joel James

started for Meeks and finished with six points and three rebounds. ... Williams earned his 746th career win, moving into a tie for 15th in NCAA history former Kansas coach Phog Allen.

HEALTHY PAIGE Paige again looked healthier after battling a foot injury and had playing through pain since at least January, finishing with nine assists, six rebounds and two steals.

UNC’S INJURIES Meeks has an illness that includes a fever, keeping him sidelined for two recent practices. Williams said he doesn’t expect Meeks to play, while Meeks said he felt close and “hopefully” could play Thursday.

In addition, UNC also played without freshman

guard Theo Pinson, who was a game-time decision due to a sore left foot. He had recently returned from a monthlong absence after breaking that foot in January. Pinson was noncommittal about his status, saying he is going to “go day by day.”

BC’S FINISH Boston College had won its last three regular-season games after a 1-14 league start, then rallied and used Hanlan’s shot with 10.9 seconds left to beat Georgia Tech 66-65 in Tuesday’s ACC tournament opener. That was BC’s fourth straight win to match its longest streak of the season before Wednesday’s loss.

UP NEXT Boston College: Season complete.

No. 7 Gonzaga takes 14th WCC title

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gonzaga’s players were like blurs up the floor, whipping passes, filling lanes, dropping in 3-pointers as their fans roared with each highlight.

These Zags are fun to watch — and hard to catch once they get out front.

Kyle Wiltjer had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 7 Gonzaga shot its way past Brigham Young 91-75 Tuesday night for the Zags’ third straight West Coast Conference tournament title.

“We want to play the fast and can score with the best of them,” said Wiltjer, the tournament MVP. “We wanted to just push the pace and did that.”

Gonzaga (32-2), the regular-season champion, clinched its 14th WCC tournament by putting on an offensive show in an entertaining rematch of last year’s title game.

The nation’s best- shooting team during the regular season, the Bulldogs hit 53 percent inside Orleans Arena and made 8 of 12 from 3-point range.

Kevin Pangos had 16 points and five assists while orchestrating an efficient Gonzaga offense that had 15 assists and six turnovers.

Domantas Sabonis and Gary Bell Jr. added 15 points each for the Zags, who are expecting a high seed when the NCAA Tournament selections are announced on Sunday.

“They love each other and just want to keep playing with each other, that’s been the base for this team all year,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. “They want to keep winning so they can keep playing with each other.”

BYU (25-9) tried to match the Zags shot for shot behind Kyle Collinsworth, but never quite caught them after Gonzaga went on an early secondhalf run to build a 12-point lead.

Collinsworth finished with 28 points, eight rebounds and five assists after posting a triple-double in the semifinals.

Tyler Haws added 15 points for the Cougars, who have to endure an agonizing wait until Selection Sunday for the second straight season.

“There’s a committee that makes that decision and If they watched us play, I think they’d feel pretty good about putting us in their tournament,” BYU coach Dave Rose said.

The Zags have become a staple in the WCC title game, making their 18th straight appearance, the last 15 under Few Gonzaga won the regular-season title for the 14th time in 15 years and is guaranteed to make its 17th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

BYU was still hovering around the NCAA Tournament bubble, though its 14-point win over Portland in the WCC semifinal finals boosted its bid.

The Cougars were one of two teams to beat Gonzaga during the regular season, ending the Zags’ 41-game home winning streak with a 73-70 victory less than two weeks ago.

Gonzaga shot poorly in the second half of that game — 1 for 8 from 3-point range — and started slow in the title game, missing eight of its first 10 shots.