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City prepares for St. Patrick’s day by lauren caccamo staff writer @dailyathenaeum

One could easily assume that West Virginia University Police dread this time of year with St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, but Unviersity Operations Captain Danny Camden insists that is not the case.

“We’re definitely enjoying the warmer weather,” Camden said.

Still, Camden acknowl-

edges that the upcoming drinking holiday will call for an increase in UPD and Morgantown Police Department patrol officers, across the city and WVU campuses.

“We certainly don’t expect there are going to be problems but there tend to be a lot more people out than normal and so we want to do our part to promulgate this safe environment so people can have a good time,” Camden said.

“We want students and local folks to enjoy the holiday.”

To prepare for the festivities, Camden said UPD will spread extra patrolmen across Sunnyside, North High Street and the area around Arnold Hall between 8 p.m.-4 a.m. tomorrow. They will also be present around the Towers Housing Complex and Evansdale campus.

The City of Morgantown will also be making accommodations of its own to prepare for the expected swarm of pedestrians. According to a press release, the Mor-

gantown Parking Authority will be restricting parking along the 300 block of High Street and 200 block of Walnut Street starting at 11 p.m.

Tuesday night through 5 a.m.

Wednesday morning. Meters will be bagged to identify these regulated areas.

MPD will also be placing additional police officers throughout the city and downtown area.

MPD Chief Ed Preston declined to comment, stating “comments are limited to the

press release” posted on the website. Preston did, however, confirm that “all available personnel will be working and their schedules will be modified to put the most officers on the street during peak activities.”

In the past, St. Patrick’s Day has caused the University a considerable headache, particularly after the “I’m Shmacked” documentary video surfaced in 2012.

But the ruckus historically caused on the holiday doesn’t

have so much to do with students. Camden said in his 26 years with UPD, most of these rowdy students are actually out-of-town visitors.

“A lot of the people we end up arresting are visitors. They just get drawn in because of the festivities,” Camden said.

“It’s sad, but true that when you get people down here who don’t live here for an event like this, they tend to not respect what we have to

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PRSSA hosts fashion show to raise money for Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club

VINTAGE VIDEO GAME STORES

by taylor jobin staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Two of Morgantown’s local shops promote adventure, comradery by john mark shaver STAFF WRITER @dailyathenaeum

According to both local and national store owners, brick and mortar video game shops foster the fun, adventure and comradery that larger chains and online stores lack.

A recent study by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) noted that in 2010, 67 percent of homes contained gamers, a number which has surely risen in years since. It’s no surprise, then, that downtown Morgantown alone boasts two locally owned video game stores, with many more in the surrounding area. However, one must wonder what these stores offer their customers that can’t be obtained by shopping online or at a major chain.

Lee Ann Riggleman, owner of Vintage Videos and Games on Walnut Street in downtown Morgantown, said a major factor is how customers are treated in a locally owned store versus a national chain or online.

“People appreciate coming into a store and being treated like a person,” Riggleman said. “That’s always been our policy. We like to know our customers, and we do know a lot of our customers by name. They’ve come to us for years.

I think it fosters community because everything is sort of huge, box stores now. They don’t want to know you. They don’t care. You’re there, you buy your stuff, you leave and you’re done.”

Riggleman also said it’s beneficial to not have to pay shipping or wait multiple weeks for an item like you would when buying online.

Chris Hendershot, owner of the recently opened Cartridges Galore on High Street, shared the sentiment, saying it’s easier to see exactly what condition the product is in if someone buys it in person. He also shared some more ideas.

“The bottom line is that people like to

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Vintage Videos and Games is located at 218 Walnut St. see it and hold it in their hand and see what they’re buying, and be in a physical store where they can see the sights and sounds and maybe hear the ‘Mario’ theme,” Hendershot said. “They can see some arcade machines and the displays.”

Joe Negron, host of the Smart Video Game Fan podcast, explained that to him, half of the fun of video game shopping is finding things he’d never even thought about, something he can’t get from online shopping.

“I love walking into a game store,” Negron said. “I love seeing different things I never thought I would. If I’m online somewhere searching for a game, it’s because I have a specific game in mind.

I have an idea, I know exactly what I want, I find it online and have it shipped to me and I don’t even need to leave my house. But that’s not always what I want.

I like just going and shopping and looking and talking to the people there.”

Negron, a lifelong video game fan and former shop owner, said one of his favorite activities in the 90s was hunting through shops and flea markets to find rare games and items. The rise of the internet had a disheartening effect on his adventures, as market prices, now available to more people than ever online, allowed store owners to follow the prices they saw online. Negron said market prices have made it almost impossible to find the rare, special deals that he did 20 years ago.

However, above market prices, nostalgia and easier access aside, Hendershot, Riggleman and Negron all agreed local shops offer something much more special than shopping online.

Riggleman noted that Vintage Videos and Games, which has now been open for almost two decades, strives on its ability to garner conversation between

Members of the West Virginia University Public Relations Student Society of America will walk the catwalk tonight to raise money for the Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club.

Students from various sororities and children from the Boys and Girls Club will act as models for the sixth annual show.

“Not only are you supporting a great cause, (you are) supporting the younger generation and an after school program that provides a safe place, safe environment (and) a fun environment for kids to grow and learn,” said Rashidah McCoy, the public relations director for the PRRSA. MBGC is a community program that aims to promote and enhance the development of boys and girls. The organization aims to instill personal responsibility, respect for others and oneself and giving back to the community.

MBGC also has programs that help tutor kids in the S.T.E.M. fields, promote leadership in the community and teach kids about financial literacy.

Eight local boutiques will be featured in the fashion show. The models will strut the boutique’s clothes down the runway, followed by children of the MBGC, who get to make an appearance on stage.

“I’m just excited to see the kids’ faces and let this night be about them,” McCoy said. “They are the VIP guests because this year the theme is Red Carpet Extravaganza so the kids really are our VIP guests for the event.”

This is the first year the kids are allowed to participate on stage.

The event will go from 6-8 p.m., with doors opening at 5:45 p.m. All proceeds go directly to the Boys and Girls Club.

PRSSA has more than $1,000 in raffle prizes to give away. According to McCoy, the organizations received donations from many local businesses such as Black Bear, The Spa at The Waterfront, Texas Roadhouse, Chico’s Fat and Starbucks, among others.

DJ Dollar will be DJing the event, and Miss West Virginia and Miss Morgantown, who will be sharing Emcee duties, will join him.

President Gordon E. Gee will be making an appearance from 6-7 p.m., but perhaps the most important special guest to the kids will be College of Media therapy dog Omega.

“It’s an opportunity for the community and the University to come together to schedule a fun night. Often times we don’t have that opportunity on campus for everyone to come together to enjoy different experiences,” McCoy said.

Tickets for the show are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. For more information or to order tickets, visit http://prssa.studentorgs.wvu. edu/prssa-fashion-show. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Media college students work on project to reduce breast cancer in Brazil by rachel mcbride staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University students in the Reed College of Media who are enrolled in a strategic communications and public relations study abroad capstone course are working with FEMAMA, the Brazilian Federation of Philanthropic Breast Health Institutions. The course focuses on helping real-world health care clients and to reduce breast cancer death rates in Brazil.

“The idea for FEMAMA was created because Dr. Caleffi (founder of FEMAMA) saw the need for such an organization in the work she does as a doctor of medicine in Brazil,” said Cody Whisinnand, a student enrolled in the capstone course. “The idea for the class was developed because it is an amazing opportunity to work with real clients internationally.”

At the beginning of the semester, the course divided its students into four agencies. Each agency has

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Next week, the agencies will travel to FEMAMA’s headquarters in Porto Alegre during spring break, to meet with the founder and present their campaigns to healthcare professionals.

“This is great because it encourages us to really push to create something as professional as we can, and it also mimics real life where you would compete with other agencies for the spot to work for a client,” Whisin-

nand said.

According to Whisinnand, the capstone course aims to bring international breast cancer awareness.

The group also plans to help strengthen FEMAMA’s methods of communication with other non-profit organizations.

“We are doing this to help FEMAMA grow in size and work in more cohesion with their smaller affiliate NGO’s (nongovernmental organizations),” Whisinnand said.

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capstone course is both rewarding and emotionally fulfilling.

“Brazil is 20 years behind the United States in healthcare, so being able to help in anyway is greatly rewarding,” Whisinnand said. “Getting involved not only helps the people you are giving aid to, but it also teaches you lessons about life that you would normally not be exposed to.”

Caleffi founded FEMAMA in 2006. The organization works on increasing infor-

mation pertaining to breast cancer by focusing on mammogram accessibly and quality, and creating resources for federal diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

FEMAMA re c e nt l y helped pass federal legislation that allowed all women over 40 in Brazil to receive one free mammogram per year. For more information on FEMAMA, visit: http:// femama.org.br/ingles/index.php. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Monday March 16, 2015

Man, 20, charged with shooting St. Louis-area officers CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 20-year-old charged Sunday with shooting two police officers watching over a demonstration outside the Ferguson Police Department attended a protest there earlier that night but told investigators he wasn’t targeting the officers, officials said.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Jeffrey Williams told authorities he was firing at someone with whom he was in a dispute, not at the police officers.

“We’re not sure we completely buy that part of it,” McCulloch said, adding that there might have been other people in the vehicle with Williams.

Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action. McCulloch said the investigation is ongoing.

The officers were shot early Thursday as a crowd began to break up after a late-night demonstration that unfolded after Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson resigned in the wake of the scathing federal Justice Department report.

“He was out there earlier that evening as part of the demonstration,” McCulloch said of Williams.

A 41-year-old St. Louis County officer was shot in the right shoulder, the bullet exiting through his back.

A 32-year-old officer from Webster Groves was wearing a riot helmet with the face shield up. He was shot in the right cheek, just below the eye, and the bullet lodged behind his ear.

The officers were released from the hospital later Thursday, and St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Sunday that “officers were getting better, not getting worse.”

Williams used a handgun that matches the shell casings at the scene, McCulloch said. He also said tips from the public led to arrest.

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St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch, left, speaks during a news conference as St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar listens Sunday in Clayton, Mo. McCulloch said 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams has been charged with two counts of first-degree assault in the shooting of two St. Louis-area officers.

Williams, who Belmar word of the arrest circu- stolen property, McCulloch But one, 26-year-old Jason The police department said is black, is being held lated. She said no one in the said. “I think there was a White, said “He was cool. I has been a national focal on $300,000 bond. County group knew Williams, and warrant out for him on that never heard of him doing point since Brown, who was police spokesman Brian they checked with other fre- because he had neglected nothing to nobody.” black and unarmed, killed Belmar said Thursday by now-former police offiSchellman said he didn’t quent protesters — who also to report for the last seven know whether Williams had hadn’t heard of him. months to his probation of- that the officers could have cer Darren Wilson. Wilson an attorney or when he’d Ferrell suspected Mc- ficer,” he said. easily been killed, and called was cleared by the Justice appear in court. A message Culloch tried to cast him as Online state court re- the attack “an ambush,” cit- Department’s report and a left at the St. Louis County a protester to reflect nega- cords show a man by the ing the two New York City grand jury led by McCulloch Justice Center was not im- tively on the movement. name of Jeffrey Williams at officers who were shot and declined to indict Wilson in mediately returned.

“This is a fear tactic,” she the address police provided killed in their police cruiser November.

Several activists who’ve said. “We are very tight- Sunday was charged in 2013 in December.

The federal report found Attorney General Eric widespread racial bias in the been involved in the pro- knit. We know each other with receiving stolen proptests since the Aug. 9 fatal by face if not by name, and erty and fraudulent use of a Holder said in a statement city’s policing and in a mushooting of Michael Brown we’ve never seen this per- credit/debit device.

Sunday that the arrest nicipal court system driven told The Associated Press son before.”

There was no answer at “sends a clear message that by profit extracted from they were not familiar with John Gaskin, a St. Louis the door at the small, ranch- acts of violence against our mostly black and low-inNAACP leader, said of Wil- style home at the north St. law enforcement personnel come residents.

Williams.

Brittany Ferrell, 26, a pro- liams, “I don’t know him. Louis address listed for will never be tolerated” and Six Ferguson officials, intest leader with the group I’ve never seen him.”

Williams. Several neigh- praised “significant cooper- cluding Jackson, have reMillennial Activists United, Williams, a north St. bors, including the people ation between federal au- signed or been fired since had just left a meeting with Louis County resident, was just across the street, said thorities and the St. Louis the federal report was reother leaders Sunday when on probation for receiving they didn’t know Williams. County Police Department.” leased March 4.

McConnell says attorney general Gay groups march at last in Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade nomination could be delayed WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Sunday that he won’t hold a confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch as attorney general before the Senate completes work on a bill designed to curb human trafficking.

The Kentucky Republican’s comments prompted immediate protests from Democratic lawmakers who view her confirmation as a top priority.

McConnell had said he would be moving to the Lynch nomination this coming week. But then last week’s debate on a human trafficking bill broke down over a dispute about a provision regarding funding for abortions. Democrats made a late objection to a provision that prohibits money dedicated to a fund for victims from being used to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or if the life of the woman were in jeopardy.

Similar restrictions on the use of federal funds have been in place for three decades. But abortion-rights supporters said the legislation takes the restrictions a step further by applying them to the personal money convicted sex traffickers pay into a government fund.

McConnell said Sunday

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Democrats pressed Republican leaders Thursday, March 5, to schedule a vote on the president’s pick to be attorney general. President Barack Obama nominated Lynch in November. She now serves as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. during an interview on CNN that Democrats had voted for the very same language three months ago. He said the Senate is soon scheduled to turn to the budget and then to be on recess for two weeks, so there is only a limited window of time for the Lynch vote.

“If they want to have time to turn to the attorney general bill next week, we need to finish up this human trafficking bill,” McConnell said.

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Republicans are using any excuse they can to stall the

nomination. At a time when terrorist groups are threatening the U.S., the nominee deserves a vote, he said.

“It’s time for Republicans to stop dragging their feet on Loretta Lynch,” Schumer said.

Lynch would be the first black woman to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. She would succeed Eric Holder, who is staying on until a replacement is confirmed.

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“When you talk to people online, you’ve never seen them,” Riggleman said. “You’ve never technically met them. People appreciate that when they come in here, we like to chat. We’ll chat about anything. It can be games, records or what’s going on in town. We’ve been in busi-

BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade made history Sunday as two gay and lesbian groups marched after decades of opposition that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The gay military veterans service group OutVets and gay rights group Boston Pride joined the annual celebration of military veterans and Irish heritage at the invitation of the sponsoring South Boston Allied War Veterans Council.

“We march today for the memories of those thousands and thousands of people who went before us, some who went to their graves in the closet,” OutVets founder and leader and Air Force veteran Bryan Bishop told his group before the parade. He called it “the beginning of the mission of this organization to honor the service and sacrifice of every single LGBT veteran, their family, their allies and every veteran in this country who fought so selflessly to defend the rights that we hold dear.”

Sarah Jo Gomez-Lorraine, a Naval officer and OutVets member taking part in the march, said it’s an honor to represent gay veterans who never got the opportunity to come out.

“I feel today that I stand on the shoulders of giants who’ve gone before me and never got to see this in their lives,” she said. “It’s very humbling to be able to stand in places that others never got to.”

Boston Pride member Freddy Murphy said the open inclusion of gay groups was a long time coming.

“I just remember watching the parade and kind of thinking it was hopeless, that my entire world was against me,” said Murphy, a Dorchester neighborhood native whose father was a Boston firefighter. “This is why I’m matching today.”

The Allied War Council’s current leaders voted 5-4 in December to welcome OutVets as one of about 100 groups in this year’s parade.

Boston Pride said it also received an acceptance letter this week.

“We honor immigrants and veterans, and they served,” council leader Brian Mahoney said this week.

Boston’s mayors had boycotted the event since 1995, when the council took its fight to exclude gay groups to the U.S. Supreme Court and won on First Amendment

grounds.

This year Mayor Marty Walsh, Gov. Charlie Baker and other Massachusetts political leaders took part.

First-term U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who served four tours in Iraq as a Marine, marched with OutVets. “I believe gay rights is the civil rights fight of our generation and this is a small, but important, step in the steady march toward freedom and justice,” he said.

At a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast earlier Sunday, Walsh thanked the sponsors for making sure the parade, was “fully inclusive today.” He and Baker said in parade-side interviews with New England Cable News they were glad to see the issue put to rest. “Gay people marched in the parade for years, just under different banners,” Walsh said.

In addition to St. Patrick’s Day, the parade also celebrates Monday’s local Evacuation Day holiday, honoring a Revolutionary War victory in Boston.

Some Roman Catholic groups declined to march, including the state Knights of Columbus, saying they felt this year’s parade had been politicized.

ness a long time. We have very loyal customers and I think that’s the reason.”

According to Hendershot, local video game shops are a natural hive for like-minded gamers to congregate, socialize and reflect.

“I think that gamers, in general, are just a tightknit group by nature,” Hendershot said. “Some of these games and systems even have what you could call a cult following. These people are so passionate and so interested in some of these

franchises, especially the ones that have been around forever… It’s crazy how passionate they are about these game franchises.“ Hendershot lent the idea that almost everyone under the age of 40 has owned a gaming system at some point in their life, and they all can appreciate and find use in the number of retro and local gaming stores they have to choose from.

If one thing seems certain, it’s that the local video

game scene isn’t slowing down anytime soon.

“Let’s say if you have younger children–you’re better off giving them a Super Nintendo than a Playstation 4,” Riggleman said.

“We’re talking both expense and durability. I think a lot of older folks now are saying, ‘Oh, I remember that game from when I was young!’ and they want to revisit it. I think there’s a lot of nostalgia involved.”

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work so hard to build and keep. And that doesn’t just go for the UPD, but also for the students and the college itself. It kind of ruins it for everybody, doesn’t it? It kind of puts a bad taste in everybody’s mouth.”

Camden said students should download the LiveS-

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Philadelphia police renaming valor medal for slain officer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In his final, courageous moments, Officer Robert Wilson III took on two armed robbers and gave his life to save those around him — an act so noble that Philadelphia’s police department will rename its valor medal in his honor, police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Saturday.

Ramsey recounted Wilson’s heroism during the slain officer’s funeral, telling thousands of mourners it was the greatest act of bravery he has seen in his 46year law enforcement career.

“Robert redefined what valor means, in my mind,” Ramsey said.

Surveillance video of the March 5 encounter at a GameStop store in north Philadelphia captured the 30-year-old Wilson’s unflinching response, Ramsey said.

The gunmen burst in as the 8-year department veteran waited in line to purchase a game for his son, who had excelled in school and was turning 10 in a few days. He instinctively moved from the counter to draw the suspects’ gunfire away from innocent bystanders and returned fire, Ramsey said.

More than 50 shots were fired during the fierce gun battle, investigators said.

“He never stopped until that fatal round was fired,” Ramsey told the assembled crowd, many of whom were law enforcement officers from across the country whose dress uniforms formed patterns of blues and tans inside the Palestra sports arena.

Mayor Michael Nutter said he is struggling to comprehend the loss of the city’s 10th police officer killed in the line of duty in the last 9 years.

The city has lost a friend, a brother and an American hero, Nutter said.

“Two cowards came upon him, firing at him,” Nutter said. “He fought them valiantly until he could fight no more.”

Ramone Williams, 24, and Carlton Hipps, 29, are charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery and other offenses.

“I miss my man,” Wilson’s partner, Damien Stevenson, told mourners. He shot one of the suspects in the leg as

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The remains of Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III are transferred to a horse drawn hearse during a winter rainstorm on Saturday in Philadelphia. Wilson was shot and killed after he and his partner exchanged gunfire with two suspects trying to rob a video game store. they attempted to flee.

Stevenson reminisced about the fun he and Wilson had on patrol in their car, No. 2222, the time they donned red and white striped socks to entertain children at a Ronald McDonald House and the banter they shared.

“That’s all we did, we had fun,” Stevenson said, as a video screen displayed images of the partners in their squad car, the slain officer smiling broadly. “There was no car like 22-22.”

Wilson will receive the newly renamed medal of valor and the department’s medal of honor and a posthumous promotion to sergeant, Ramsey said.

Wilson, known to friends as Rob and Robbie, leaves behind two sons: Quahmier, 10, and Robert IV, a toddler.

He graduated from the police academy in December 2006 after a six-year stint repairing vehicles — including police cars — in the city’s fleet management department.

Nutter recited a list of of-

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Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III funeral procession marches along Market Street during a winter rainstorm on Saturday in Philadelphia. ficers killed in that span — “Thank a law enforcement Wilson’s death came in the last, Moses Walker in officer today and every day,” an uptick in violence against August 2012, worked in Wil- Nutter said. “Thank a caring police officers, amid lingerson’s 22nd District — and and supportive citizen today ing tensions from the deaths encouraged police officers and every day. All of our lives last year of unarmed men in and residents to bridge the matter in this world.”

Staten Island, New York and divide that has led to mistrust and violence.

He called the deaths painful and senseless.

Ferguson, Missouri.

Two officers were shot in Ferguson, an officer on New York’s Long Island was wounded and a U.S. Marshal in Louisiana was shot and killed in the past week.

Officers bathed in the blue light of police cars stood in a heavy rain and saluted as a horse-drawn caisson carried Wilson’s body through the streets of Philadelphia in a predawn procession.

After the service, honor guards from across the region ringed a roadway between the Palestra — normally the site of athletic triumphs — as drummers and bagpipers played. Spectators from a lacrosse game at nearby Franklin Field peered at the procession from the top of the stadium.

“Rest easy my friend,” Ramsey said. “You did all you could do. No one could have done anything more.”

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The problem with online courses With 191 degree programs available to West Virginia University students, it is easy for each individual to find a major—possibly even a minor or two—they are passionate about. However, many students are unable to obtain the necessary credits to complete many programs.

Programs requiring online courses can be very hard for full-time students to complete due to the re-

strictions on online courses.

Most online courses require a student to be taking 12 credit hours or fewer to register for online courses.

With 12 credit hours being the bare minimum for full-time enrollment, this leaves students with very little wiggle room in case they need to drop a class due to an emergency. On top of that, there may be other reasons students must take more than 12 credit hours

such as maintaining scholarships or graduating on time.

The University should either not allow full-time students into programs that require these courses, or they should create sections specifically for full-time students.

The current reasoning behind these 12 credit hours or fewer courses is to allow them to stay open and available to non-traditional students who are not full-time.

This is a great way of reaching those who wish to continue their education. But, if this is the purpose of these courses, then the University should have a disclaimer for full-time students who are longing to enroll in programs that require the online course.

By letting students know the only ways they can earn these credits is by either taking no more than 12 credit hours a semester or taking

summer classes, the University could help prevent a lot of student stress.

Another alternative, creating a section only for fulltime students, would be the most beneficial to the student body. Students would then be able to take the required course to earn their extra minor before graduation, and do so without having to spend extra money on summer courses.

This is also a chance for

the University to create more jobs—something that would benefit the community in the long run. With more courses open to students, more instructors would be needed.

By making sure students are thoroughly informed, or creating more options for them, the University could help to advance the learning experience for full-time students. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Palcohol laws reinforce a culture of victimization hannah chenoweth columnist @hannahchen2

Many of you may believe there is a typo in the title, but Palcohol is a real powdered alcohol product hitting the shelves this summer—at least in the states that have not yet banned it.

These powdered packets can turn water into a mixed drink just like lemonade flavoring. Approved this past week by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, this powdery mix has already been banned by several states who have unfounded and ridiculous fears about the concoction.

Lipsmark, the company which owns Palcohol, created the product as a solution for outdoorsy folks who don’t want to lug around heavy containers of alcohol. Campers can easily carry these packets and lighten their load considerably, while also knowing they can kick back with a drink after a long day.

Flavor options include rum,

vodka, cosmopolitan, margarita and lemon drop.

Of course, the backlash concerning Palcohol isn’t centered on campers who might get too rowdy out in the woods. The concern is about underage drinking and the overall potential for abuse of these powdered packets.

Opponents of the new product have fear the product will be snuck into venues banning alcohol, from school dances to sporting events. This is an extremely weak reason to ban a product, one that could be the basis for banning legitimately anything. Flasks of every variety exist on the market, and people already take extreme and uncomfortable measures to smuggle their alcohol and drugs.

I highly doubt the appearance of these powder packets will suddenly cause a spike of public intoxication cases.

Perhaps the high incidence of people brining their own alcohol into sports events could inspire the price of beer to be lowered from a ridiculous $10.

The possibility for abuse includes the potential of snorting Palcohol. Lipsmark refutes this as a likely possibility because its product has the burn of alcohol, and it would take an hour to snort a shot’s worth of vodka. This complaint strikes me as ridiculous when you consider the fact that anything can be snorted, from chalk dust to ashes. Seriously, anyone who has ever seen “My Strange Addiction” can let you know when there’s a will, there’s a way.

I believe outlawing a product because of potential for abuse, before it has even hit the shelves no less, is uncalled for. Any product runs the possibility of being used improperly. Teenagers thrive on doing the very things they are banned from, and underage drinking is extremely common in our society. There’s no reason the government or parents should blame the company for their kids using its product. Their kids could eat Elmer Glue if they want to, but it’s not Elmer Glue’s fault.

Teenagers will absolutely get their hands on Palcohol if

they want to, just like they will do with other illegal items.

This is a classic example of the government doing the job of parenting for parents who won’t make the time and effort. Parents can take steps to raise healthy attitudes and behaviors by modeling responsible behavior and having honest conversations with their children. It’s not the government’s place to decide every child will automatically rip open these packets and go crazy—it is about being an involved parent.

Laws shouldn’t be written based on the bad behavior of a small segment of society. It’s the same concept of preaching about punctuality to the students who are on time. It is unfair we are all punished because of someone else’s lack of judgment. There is already plenty of opportunity for stupid decisions when it comes to alcohol.

The victimized culture we live in makes it seem like the supplier of the drug is completely at fault. Personal responsibility is a concept that needs to be reintegrated back

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into our society, which already finds enough ways to misuse household products as it is.

This powder is a great product for backpackers, hikers and campers that reduces the amount of glass left behind on these types of trips, and shouldn’t be eliminated

from the market. States that have already enforced a ban, like South Carolina, Alaska and Vermont, are more or less enforcing the idea that we are dangers to ourselves and need the government to make our decisions for us. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Pothole problem a result of miscommunication between state, local government molly robinson columnist @darthmolly22

As the blessed deities smile upon us and gift us with the blossoming of spring, students can ditch their winter coats, walk to class safely and day drink on their front porches. Spring is a highly anticipated season after such a nasty winter, but as the frozen tundra of two weeks ago melts, it leaves behind a nasty surprise: Potholes.

According to an article last week in The Daily Athenaeum, Morgantown’s pothole problems fall entirely on the shoulders of the state. So far, there appears to be little to no interest from the state in fixing up our roads, although the silver lining is that Beechurst Avenue is due to be repaved come May. It would be one thing if the potholes were most evident in the back roads of Morgantown, where one wonders how a snowplow, much less a

Pot holes left unattended on Grant Street. paving crew, would even be one of the most frequently able to make the road suffi- driven areas in the city. ciently mediocre enough to Beyond ruining car parts drive on without risking flat and lining auto mechanics’ tires and ruined suspensions. pockets with poor college stuThe real problem is pot- dent money, the potholes are holes are evident on ma- a road hazard.

I’ll be the first to admit I jor roads too. Beechurst, although due to be fixed this openly swerve to avoid these summer, has enough holes to craters because my car is a rilook more like a post-apoca- diculous little convertible and lyptic Morgantown road than will pop a tire faster than Mor-

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gantown brushes off the responsibility of fixing the damn things. I’ve seen others do the same, because paying upward of a couple hundred dollars for a new tire to a couple thousand dollars to replace a suspension is just not within a normal person’s budget, much less a student’s.

This isn’t the first time the city and state have played

the “hot potato” game with tricky issues relating to Morgantown. Just last semester, the state and local police department played this same “not my problem” card with the WVU Alert System notifications sent to students when the city is under any sort of duress.

Enough public outcry from students led to an increase in notifications, an excellent example of how, if enough people complain, something might actually get done around here.

It’s hard to say if the pothole issue will follow in these same footsteps, because fixing potholes is a pretty expensive job to do as compared to sending out a mass text message.

However, the similarity between the two issues is astounding. It would appear the state and local governments, and their derivations, are in a constant battle of who should care about what. While Morgantown residents are quick to turn to their local govern-

ment to help with something as seemingly simple as fixing the ditches on major roadways, there definitely appears to be a startling disconnect between our city and state governments, to the extent that neither appears to have efficient communication between themselves or even to the people they govern.

Frankly, I don’t care whose job it is it fix the potholes or send out WVU Alert notifications. Reading articles about the local government putting their hands up in the air and blaming the state doesn’t actually get the job done (though that isn’t to say it wasn’t an informative read – check it out at thedaonline.com).

All I care about is that something gets done so my stupid little convertible – and the rest of Morgantown’s cars – won’t end up in repair shops or on the side of the road.

At this point, even a piece of plywood over these pits would be a godsend. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Can’t we all just get along: Racial biases in modern America taylor jobin columnist @taylorjobinwvu

It’s doleful to say, but little has changed from Martin Luther King’s triumphant march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge, to the Department of Justice’s Ferguson investigation.

For context’s sake: Black people have had the right to vote since the Civil War ended.

The highest percentage of African Americans in the legislature, in American history, was right after the civil war, during Reconstruction. Throughout that brief period of history, African Americans were able to actively participate in politics, economic issues and the social lives of their peers (mostly) unencumbered.

Of course, that all ended after the fall of Reconstruction.

The soon to be implemented Jim Crow laws - when we got

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segregation - had yet to be enacted, which would serve to disenfranchise black citizens and slowly erode their civil liberties. We still haven’t seen an accurate portrayal of black representation in the legislature since.

States soon began to pass their own voter suppression acts, and a dark century of African American voting and human rights inhibition followed, until Dr. King’s fateful march on Selma and the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Ferguson is no different than any antebellum southern zealots, and neither are many other municipalities across America.

The Ferguson report reads like a George Wallace fantasy, only annotated by the Justice Department. The Ferguson police, by order of city officials and in cohorts with the court system, used a systematic approach to harass and exploit

the mostly black citizens of Ferguson, as a means of generating revenue and to refill the city’s coffers. Officer evaluations and promotions are based off the number of citations handed out, leading officers to look at Ferguson’s citizens less like constituents in need of protection, and more like dollar signs.

The racial bias is obvious as well. Per the report: “African Americans are more than twice as likely as white drivers to be searched during vehicle stops even after controlling for non-race based variables such as the reason the vehicle stop was initiated, but are found in possession of contraband 26 percent less often than white drivers, suggesting officers are impermissibly considering race as a factor when determining whether to search.”

The FPD is also astronomically more likely to give multiple citations to an African

American than to a non-African American. From 20122014, on 73 different occasions an African American received four or more citations during traffic stops; non-African Americans received four or more citations only twice during that same time period.

African Americans accounted for 95 percent of Manner of Walking in Roadway charges, or, more bluntly, black people are continuously stopped and cited for “walking while black.”

This isn’t anything new.

African Americans used to not be allowed to walk on the same sidewalks as white people and could be arrested for it. The charge loitering was used in the 1900s to lock up freed slaves for being free.

Only then could they be put in chain gangs and sent back to work, free of charge.

Wait. That sounds familiar. I remember just reading

about a city in America that was systematically arresting and locking up a proportion of its citizens for monetary gain.

Oh yeah, Ferguson.

Unfortunately, this is all still the status quo in many parts of the country. According to a study by Better Together, a non-profit group, and reported on by the New York Times: “Ferguson does not even rank among the top 20 municipalities in St. Louis County in the percentage of its budget drawn from court fines and fees. The small city of Edmundson, five miles away, brings in nearly $600 a year in court fines for every resident, more than six times the amount in Ferguson.”

According to a report by USA Today: “At least 1,581 other police departments across the USA arrest black people at rates even more skewed than in Ferguson, a USA TODAY analysis of arrest records shows. That in-

cludes departments in cities as large and diverse as Chicago and San Francisco and in the suburbs that encircle St. Louis, New York and Detroit.”

The Ferguson report calls for a complete overhaul of both the police and the court system, giving 13 well thought-out steps for each; easier said than done. Truthfully, there is no simple or even complex solution to the ingrained problem of racial injustice.

The easy answer is, as always, understanding. If the police and municipal courts put in the consorted effort to get to know the people they are supposed to serve and protect, and the people allowed the police into their lives on a personal level, without fear, then maybe, just maybe, some love could be shared and the times could finally start changing. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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PLAY ME SOME MOUNTAIN MUSIC Mountain Stage brings 4 artists to CAC

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Members of the crowd jumped to their feet during Carlos Nunez’s performing at Mountain Stage.

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Episode 841 of Mountain Stage graced the stages of the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center last night.

Mountain Stage is a live concert recorded by NPR to be on West Virginia radio stations and http://NPR.org/ MountainStage/ sometime in May. It was neat to hear how this meant-for-audio show works and see all the immediate set changes happen rapidly so there would be minimal dead air. The whole audience is recorded as part of the show, too, and it felt like the audience was up on stage with the artists. The audience was actually invited onstage during Carlos Nunez’s performance.

The set up between sets was fun to watch because the stage was literally built before the audience’s eyes. It was a basic set up with the Mountain Stage guitar, bass, piano and drum players for those artists that needed them.

The first artist of the night, Allison Moore, utilized these people and came out in a simple outfit of a black shirt, skinny jeans and boots. She had a coffeehouse vibe but didn’t lack any vocal power.

In fact, she’s an Academy Award and Grammy-nominated artist, and this is her

fourth time on the Mountain Stage.

The fact that the Mountain Stage band could know, play and understand all these types of music is incredible, and they were very in-tune with Moore.

After ascending from soft acoustics into strong, bouncy songs, Moore ended with a more intimate song about learning to love one’s self and that it’s okay to stumble. The tune was dedicated to her almost 5-year-old son and was about her struggles with motherhood.

After her half-hour set, there were changes onstage to set up for one of the biggest names in bagpipe music, Carlos Nunez. He busted out a huge, strong opener with his bagpipes and his fellow fiddler, hand-drummer and guitar player. Even though he’s almost 42, he was a very high-energy performer and bounced all over the stage.

He got the whole CAC to stand up and brought people onstage to jam out to the bagpipes with him. And, yes, it’s possible to jam out to bagpipes, the flute and even the recorder - Nunez proved it.

Just as promised, he blended Latin American and Celtic music and, for the first time ever, played it with American musicians. Nunez had a little bit of everything.

It was easy to tell he loved being on stage, and I couldn’t

Carlos Nunez and the Mountain Stage band rock out in the Lyell B. Clay theater Sunday night. help but feel happy just because of how much he loved performing and honoring his bagpipes and his country.

The Barr Brothers actually drove from Canada during the day and got held up at border patrol. They almost didn’t make it, but luckily, after four hours of being held up, they were able to produce some groovy tracks for the Mountain Stage audience to enjoy.

It’s hard to pinpoint the Brothers’ exact sound; it’s a blend of rockin’ bouncy, smooth and twangy notes, with thick, solid, deep voices.

Everything about the band

was unique, from that hardto-describe sound to the relaxed clothing choices and the guitarist playing his instrument with a bow.

They definitely got a standing ovation at the end, and so did the following act, Mary Gauthier. Her first two songs were about hobos and drinking. Her attempt at humor here was weak, but her strong female vocals kept me interested. What got me roped in was the fact that Gauthier helps with an organization called “Songwriting with Soldiers,” a program that gets a group of veterans and a group of songwriters to write songs.

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The one she chose to sing was very heartfelt, deep and truly from a soldier’s perspective.

Her closer was another home run, with excellent vocals and a personal stage presence.

The last segment of the show drove us home with the Drive-By Truckers. This band consisted of two lead singers that were deep and twangy yet only hinted at country. It was a gritty rock with plenty of guitar and incorporated piano, too.

The Truckers definitely connected to its roots, homes and stories. It was apparent in all of the Truckers’ songs. One singer even paused to tell a

few stories when introducing songs, such as one about his great-grandmother “Gran Gran.”

They were a great closing to an evening packed with four very different acts and funky interludes between performances.

Everyone from the lineup came out at the end to sing the last song, “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door,” and it was so enchanting to see every person swaying in time with the groove of each other and the most unique blend of bands to play together all at once. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Big Data, more CAITLIN WORRELL A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

Kendrick Lamar – “To Pimp a Butterfly” The dark horse of hip hop is slated to release his third studio album next week, finally giving fans a glimpse into the mystery of the highly anticipated record. “To Pimp a Butterfly” is the next chapter in Kendrick Lamar’s epic rap diary. His notoriously provocative, raw lyrics instantly captivated the attention of listeners worldwide, launching his stellar breakout into the scene. Lamar’s style embraces an urban Kendrick Lamar’s ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ will drop March 23.

‘Mr. Wonderful’ will release March 23.

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nineties aesthetic, flaunting chill beats and a clear emphasis on his keenly crafted rhymes. “To Pimp a Butterfly” shows Lamar’s growing confidence, as it aims to make a slightly political statement.

The album’s lead single, “The Blacker the Berry,” highlights the harsh realities of some Black Americans. Other tracks, such as “Hood Politics” and “How Much a Dollar Cost,” also seem to fit the highly controversial theme. Overall, the new collection is an even more honest glimpse of the ill-spitting rapper.

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Smallpools – “LOVETAP!”

Lights, camera, action: Hip-hop newcomer Action Bronson will drop his second album next Tuesday, turning the heads of new listeners across the musical spectrum. A relatively fresh face to the scene, Bronson’s signature raspy charm is perfectly juxtaposed with his lighter, up-tempo beats. His creative and colorful personality is as loud and unconventional as his bearded, tattooed appearance. “Mr. Wonderful,” which Bronson deems a self-titled album, gives us a retroinspired glimpse at the genre-hopping rhyme master. This is the first album from a major label for the budding artist, giving him the opportunity to work with other established names such as Chance the Rapper and Party Supplies. “Easy Rider” gives listeners both a rap and rock experience, pairing blaring guitars with old school rap verses.

His impressive range and notoriously funky style, heard throughout the album, separate Bronson from other genre-bending rappers.

Big news from Big Data: The indie electronic group is finally set to release its first studio album, “2.0”. Led by Alan Wilkis, a Brooklynbased producer, Big Data began as a personal project after finding success remixing tracks like “Sweet Disposition” by Temper Trap and “Que Veux-Tu” by Yelle. Vocalist Daniel Armbruster, along with members Rajeev Basu and GHOST+COW complete the ultra techno alternative unit. Big Data dropped its first EP 1.0 back in October of 2013 and are most known for that record’s leading single, “Dangerous,” featuring Joywave. “2.0” gives us an extended glimpse of the band, re-releasing popular hits as well as original material. Newer track “The Business of Emotion” packs a heavy drumbeat against Arbruster’s signature whimsical sound.

“2.0” has a heavy pop influence, giving a listeners a Michael Jackson sounding vibe. Sophisticated, psychedelic style gives the group enough flair without taking away from the story behind the music

Adding to next week’s indie-alternative lineup is another standout newbie, Smallpools.

Coming off a successful 2014 festival season, the band will release its debut album “LOVETAP!.” Known for its fun, energetic sound, Smallpools mashes electronica and alternative styles to create a vibrant musical trance. With many other similar acts on the rise, Smallpool’s ultra-modern style and funky charisma gives it a leg up on the competition.

The band is most known for its single “Dreaming” from the band’s self-titled EP. “LOVETAP!” gives a glimpse of the group’s true colors, taking listeners of a funky electronic trip. Its groovy sound mixing and charming verses are enough to keep you humming its hits for weeks. The album’s single “Karaoke” not only shows off the group’s vocal range but also exposes its ultra-techno aesthetic. Other tracks like “Mason Jar” and “Killer Whales” are infectiously upbeat, perfect for the gym or your next house party.

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“A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this book will appeal to those who have soft spots for a good love story. Every time Abby Whitshank tells the story of how she fell in love with her husband Red, she begins with, “It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-andgreen afternoon.”

As Abby tells the story one more time, their children, grandchildren and dog sit on the porch. However, this will be a different kind of gathering: Red and Abby are growing older and the decision of how best to care for them must be made. The fate of the house built by Red’s father must be determined. The story digs down into three generations of this family, and secrets will come out.

In Tyler’s 50th year of writing, she has created a relatable book that shows these characters as individuals and as a family.

“The Buried Giant” by Kazuo Ishiguro In this fantasy novel you can expect love, vengeance and war. Since the Romans have departed, Britain has been in decline. However, the wars that have scarred this nation have finally ceased. Now, a couple of Brits, Axl and Beatrice, decide they should set off to find their son that they have not seen for many years. They will travel across dangerous lands, and they will face obstacles that are bizarre and out of this world. This adventure will not only test their limits but it will also reveal the love they have for each other. On their journey, they will be encountered by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge and a knight, all of whom are lost in their own way.

This novel tells a story of forgetting and shows us the power of memory.

Ishiguro has also written “Never Let Me Go” and the award-winning “The Remains of the Day.”

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“The Girl on a Train” by Paula Hawkins Rachel has the same routine every morning.

She takes the commuter train that flashes past communities and stops at a point where she is able to watch a couple having breakfast on the deck of their home. Now, she has developed a certain bond with this couple, so much so she named the couple “Jess and Jason.” Their life, as she sees it, is seemingly perfect, almost like the life she recently lost. One day, she witnesses something that is shocking right before the train begins to move again. From that point on, Rachel’s life would be turned upside down. Finding herself in a situation where she must choose what path she will go down, Rachel decides to go to the police and tells them what she saw. As anyone would, she becomes intrigued with the case and the people involved. This thriller that draws comparisons to “Gone Girl,” “The Silent Wife” or “Before I Go to Sleep” is one to give a chance.

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After ‘Blurred Lines’ verdict, Dupri understands both points of view NEW YORK (AP) — As the music industry debates the fallout from the "Blurred Lines" copyright verdict, Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri finds himself sympathetic to both Pharrell and Marvin Gaye's family.

Dupri, who helped Usher reach superstar status, aided in Mariah Carey's ultra-successful comeback a decade ago

and produced for the diva in 1990s, remembers his days as a budding producer who drew inspiration from the artists who came before him - but also says there is a startling similarity between a new single and a hit he co-wrote more than a decade ago.

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cords that are out there," Dupri said in an interview Thursday. "That's how hip-hop has always been created - it has some kind of element of something (from) the past. Or sometimes we just take the entire sample and we give the artist the credit for that sample."

"We've all been in a position where it could go like this or we can give the producer the credit,"

he added.

Pharrell and Robin Thicke were ordered to pay nearly $7.4 million to three of Gaye's children after a jury determined the performers copied elements of the R&B icon's 1977 hit, "Got to Give It Up." "Blurred Lines," which also featured rapper T.I., was the biggest hit of 2013: It sold more than seven million tracks in

the United States alone, topped the pop charts for months and earned top Grammy nominations.

Attorneys for the collaborators filed a pre-emptive lawsuit in August 2013 asking a judge to determine the hit didn't copy other songs.

"My first time hearing it, I was like, `This might be a problem.' I kind of felt like that," Dupri said.

"Them going to court was

really more shocking than anything."

The 42-year-old Dupri, who has co-written and co-produced No. 1 hits such as Carey's "We Belong Together" and "Always Be My Baby," Usher's "Burn" and Monica's "The First Night," said he is "50/50" about the "Blurred Lines" case because he understands both sides.

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Continued from page 7 He says he's currently in a similar situation: Dupri claims R&B singer Ciara's latest song, "I Bet," is too close to Usher's "U Got It Bad" - the massive 2001 hit that Dupri also co-produced - for comfort.

"Ciara's new single is a complete rip-off of Usher's `U Got It Bad,'" Dupri said.

"I'm clear on what I made and I'm clear on how music influences people and I'm clear on chord changes and how people move things. ...

It might not be as evident as the `Blurred Lines' situation, but I believe the same thing

happened to me."

Dupri said he, Usher and producer Bryan-Michael Cox all noticed the similarities immediately. And he said "I Bet" also sounds like R&B singer Tamia's "Still," another song he produced.

Dupri said he plans to contact Ciara and the producers of "I Bet," which was released in January and has peaked at No. 27 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart, and ask that he, Cox and Usher be properly credited.

A personal representative for Ciara referred questions to a label spokeswoman.

That spokeswoman did not return email and text messages seeking comment.

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM reached out to several performers, songwriters, publishers and record executives about the effect the "Blurred Lines" case would have on the industry; most declined to comment.

Keith Urban said he had "mixed feelings" about the verdict.

"I was shocked, honestly.

Because it seems more like a sound and a feel and style and a genre and an era, none of which can be copy written," he said.

He added that because "Blurred Lines" was such a ubiquitous song, "you've got a bigger target on your back."

The Gaye family will seek an injunction against "Blurred Lines," giving them

possible control to negotiate for royalties and other concessions. Millions more in potential future profits for "Blurred Lines" are also at stake.

Though Pharrell and Thicke are billed as the writers of "Blurred Lines," Thicke told jurors he didn't write the song and Pharrell testified he crafted it in about an hour in 2012. Pharrell also testified that Gaye's music was part of the soundtrack of his youth.

Two years ago, the song marked a breakthrough for Thicke, a successful R&B singer at the time, and helped Pharrell continue to reach new heights as a producer but, more importantly, as a solo act. The suc-

Monday March 16, 2015 cess came around the time he co-starred on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and launched his single, "Happy," last year's top track.

Dupri, who has overseen the careers for acts including Kris Kross, Bow Wow, Da Brat and R&B groups Xscape and Jagged Edge, said whenever he had thoughts of releasing a song without properly giving credit to an older tune, his label stepped in.

"It's crazy because I've tried to get away with records like that, where I was influenced by something, and the record company wouldn't budge; they wouldn't put the record out until I got whatever they thought they heard in the song cleared.

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No 1. West Virginia brings home its 17th, third-straight National Championship trophy

by Ashley conley sports correspondent @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia rifle team went into the NCAA Championship ranked No.1, and that’s exactly where they finished. The Mountaineers won their third-straight NCAA title with a total score of 4702, which is the secondbest aggregate score in NCAA Rifle Championship history.

The Mountaineers began progressing toward another championship run as they only took one loss all season, losing by only one point to Alaska-Fairbanks. The team finished the regular season with a record of (11-1, 8-0 GARC).

No. 2 Alaska-Fairbanks was West Virginia’s toughest competition all weekend.

The Nanooks won Friday’s smallbore competition with a 2331 score, leaving West Virginia 12 points behind. On

day two of smallbore competition, UAF slipped into second place.

Heading into day two, the competition between West Virginia and UAF was only beginning to heat up. It appeared as though this one was going to come down to the wire and it most certainly did.

Maren Prediger, West Virignia’s strongest individual shooter, had one of the best performances in WVU’s rifle history at the NCAA Championships. The senior was near-perfect in her first air rifle relay, finishing one shot short of her career high with a score of 598, which allowed her to enter the final relay in first place.

In the final, Prediger ended with a 205.8 score, earning her the 2015 air rifle individual title. She is the first Mountaineer to win an individual title since Olympian Petra Zublasing did so in

2013. Prediger’s individual title is the 23rd in West Virginia’s incredible rifle history.

This championship title is the fourth won by West Virginia under Head Coach Jon Hammond in his nine seasons with the Mountaineers.

“For Maren to shoot a 598 air rifle in her last match is incredible,” Hammond said in an interview with WVUsports.com. “I can’t fault her on anything this weekend. It says a lot about her character to come back today and win. She’s a world-class air rifle shooter. For her to win the final after being so close last year is a huge credit to her. To do it during her final match is even better.”

Prediger plans to remain at West Virginia University for graduate school. After completing all of her schooling, she plans to return to her home-country of Germany to continue her shoot-

ing career.

Michael Bamsey, Thomas Kyanko, Ziva Dvorsak and Garrett Spurgeon all had excellent air rifle relays as well.

Bamsey pulled the team to within just three points of UAF with a score of 595 in his relay. Kyanko reduced that deficit to just two points with a 590. Dvosak and Spurgeon pushed the Mountaineers to the top of air rifle with their scores of 594 and 596, respectively.

A total team effort truly allowed the Mountaineers to claim the NCAA Championship. Three of the five counting members competed in their final rifle match for West Virginia. Dvorsak, Kyanko and Prediger all ended their careers this weekend on the best note possible.

Junior Garrett Spurgeon, a continuous success for the Mountaineers, won the NCAA Rifle Championship Top Performer Award, given

for the very first time this weekend. He finished the weekend with a total score of 1179. Spurgeon shot well in both air rifle and smallbore, and had a huge impact on the team’s overall scores.

He, along with Dvorsak, paced the team in smallbore competition with 583 relay scores, which was one shot higher than Spurgeon’s season average.

“Our score was not what we would have liked it to be,” Hammond said. “It was definetly below our average. I thought our performance was good, however, and all five of the team members shot their match how I would want them to shoot it.”

Rachael Martin (Nebraska) claimed the smallbore individual title with a score of 453.3. Although the Mountaineers’ strong point of the weekend was not in smallbore, Hammond was still happy with their perfor-

mance in the smallbore final.

“Even the three who made the final (Spurgeon, Dvorsak and Bamsey) probably aren’t satisfied with the results,” he said.

Spurgeon came away with a fourth place finish in the final, the best for West Virginia.

The West Virginia Mountaineers have now won an NCAA record of 17 championships, seven more than any other school. AlaksaFairbanks has won a total of 10.

West Virginia is the first school to three-peat since AFU’s 2006-08 run. The rifle team is the only Mountaineer team to have won an NCAA title this year. Although their success usually goes unrecognized, the rifle team continues to be the most dominant sport at West Virginia University. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

football

White, Alford make the most of opportunity at WVU by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

A little more than two years ago, West Virginia football was in the midst of a transition. The Mountaineers had just finished a disappointing first year in the Big 12 under second-year Head Coach Dana Holgorsen and were about to lose perhaps the best trio of offensive talent to take the field together in program history — quarterback Geno Smith and wide receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.

Heading into spring ball, it was clear that the team would take on a completely new identity, but it was unclear who would lead the way. As Holgorsen introduced his recruiting class of 2013 on National Signing Day in February, a fresh crop of faces officially began their West Virginia careers, looking to be the next in line of offensive weapons in WVU’s “Air Raid” offense.

Among that recruiting class was a pair of junior college wide receivers.

With two years of eligibility left, they had the raw talent to garner an offer from WVU, but were still relative unknowns.

Fast forward two years, and those mysterious JUCO transfers have turned into household names. Yes, it’s safe to say Kevin White and Mario Alford have made the most of their opportunities as Mountaineers.

After a breakout senior season that included 10

touchdown grabs, 1,447 receiving yards on 109 catches, White shot up draft boards along with fellow Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, Alabama’s Amari Cooper.

While Cooper won the award, White may end up winning in the long run by being the first wide receiver taken in the NFL Draft, especially after his headturning performance at the Combine in Indianapolis, which included a 4.35 second 40-yard dash, which surprised even his former quarterback, Clint Trickett.

“We always knew he could be something. I don’t want to say I didn’t know he could be that, but we knew he could be something. It’s just, he’s a late bloomer.

He keeps getting better. I would’ve never thought he would run that 40 time,” Trickett said.

Trickett has developed a deep understanding with White and Alford over the last two years. After transferring from Florida State in 2013, he won the starting job after fall camp and spent the next two seasons as the benefactor of this dynamic receiving duo. That’s part of the reason Trickett has gotten so much enjoyment out of watching his teammates excel as they make the transition to professional football.

“I was down in Tallahassee. I was jumping up and down. I started throwing stuff. I was like a little kid,” Trickett said, describing his reaction to White’s 40 time at the Combine.

“You would’ve thought

it was me who ran it. I was with a bunch of my friends too. We were just going nuts like I’m sure everyone was.”

White became known for his ability to manhandle defensive backs, his dominance against single coverage and his ability to high point the ball, but his speed was somewhat underappreciated in college.

The same couldn’t be said for Mario Alford. Speed is the name of the game for him, which is why his 4.43 second 40-yard dash time at the Combine led to some head scratching and soul searching.

“I was mad when I ran my 40 at the combine. Up until this day, I was mad,” Alford said after WVU’s Pro Day Friday.

“I was just overthinking myself, trying to do way too much…I just had to clear my mind and do what I do. I mean, I’ve been running my whole life.”

That he has, and he showed it in front of a crowd of NFL scouts at Pro Day. Donning shining gold cleats, Alford posted an unofficial 4.25 second 40 time that looked closer to flying than running.

“There wasn’t any pressure at all. I knew today that I was going to come here and burn the 40. I knew it for a fact. All the other stuff, running routes, catching the ball, that just comes second nature to me...I had to prove to myself that I wasn’t a 4.4 guy. I knew I wasn’t,” Alford said.

What was his motivation after his disappoint-

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Mario Alford catches passes from Clint Trickett during Pro Day on Friday. ing Combine performance? Keyshawn Johnson, Larry Redemption, among other Fitzgerald and Michael Irthings, and a desire to prove vin. I just want to persomething to his teammate. fect my game, whether it’s “I just had to prove to route running or off-theKevin that I’m still the man,” field stuff. I just want to be Alford said with a wry smile. a great guy, on and off the While Alford may have field,” White said.

The spotlight brings opreaffirmed himself as “the man” when it comes to pure portunities to learn, but speed, White has put him- it also has its drawbacks. self in position to be a top- Getting caught up in readfive overall pick by being the ing what everyone is saying most well-rounded player about you leading up to the there is in this year’s draft. most important day of your The notoriety that comes life to date can have a debilwith being a hot prospect itating effect, which White has given White the oppor- said he is working hard to tunity to learn from some of avoid.

“I don’t want to get the game’s greats, including his most common pro com- caught up in the hype. A mock draft…It’s a fake draft. parison, Larry Fitzgerald.

“I’ve been soaking in So you know, on draft day it knowledge from guys like always changes. You’re not

going off of what the mock drafts say. I don’t watch that stuff as much as possible,” he said.

As draft day approaches, the distractions will only become more intense, but White will have his college coaching staff to lean on for guidance along the way.

“They’ve just been telling me, ‘Don’t listen to the hype.’ They say I’m not that good of a receiver just to play around with me. They let me know that it’s just a game,” White said.

“It’s something I’ve been doing my whole life. I don’t need to freak out over something I’ve been doing my whole life.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Senior Dayah Haley swings from the high bar during her uneven bars routine at Saturday’s meet.

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Seniors Lia Salzano, Dayah Haley and Beth Deal watch a goodbye video created for them during Senior Night.

WVU posts season-high score at Senior Night by nicole curtin

associate sports editor @nicolec_wVu

The West Virginia University gymnastics team wrapped up its regular season Saturday evening in a Senior Night home meet with the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University. In a sweep of all events, the Mountaineers posted their highest score of the season, 196.075, and took the win.

West Virginia led the entire meet, and the team did not post any event scores below 48.9. Senior Dayah Haley competed in her first all-around of the season, hitting the beam in competition for the first time since last season.

Haley took first place for

all-around with a final score of 39.075.

Opening the meet on the vault as usual, the Mountaineers finished with a 48.9, the highest they have scored on that event since February.

Freshman Zaakira Muhammad and junior Jaida Lawrence tied for first on the event, both hitting a 9.85, and sophomore Nicolette Swoboda took third with her 9.75.

On the vault, senior Lia Salzano saw her first action of the season, and while she stumbled in the end of her landing, posted a 9.475.

“I think she did great, I know she’s probably going to be disappointed with her performance on the floor, but she wasn’t expecting to go in on the floor,” said head coach Jason Butts on Lia entering the

meet.

“We were just really happy to be able to give her that opportunity (in) her last regular season meet in the Coliseum. The past few weeks she has put in the numbers, so we wanted to give her that chance to get out there and perform in front of the home crowd.”

This entire season, the West Virginia lineup on the uneven bars has been continuously putting in effort to finish with high scores, and the girls proved themselves in the last few meets. Coming out of the second rotation, the Mountaineers posted a 48.9 on the bars, the secondhighest score on the event all season.

Goldberg took the podium for first place with a 9.9 finish after a flawless routine

and perfectly stuck landing.

Muhammad finished in second with 9.825, and a gymnast from Cornell earned third place. Swoboda hit her career-high 9.775 on the bars, and Haley posted her seasonbest, 9.7.

The stuck landings have made such an impact on the scores WVU puts up during the uneven bars. This strength is something the team will have to utilize during the upcoming Big 12 meet.

In the third rotation, the Mountaineers hit the beam for another sweep. Finishing with a 49 on the event, Goldberg, Melissa Idell and Jordan Gillette all tied for first place with scores of 9.825. Haley had her season debut on the beam and hit a 9.75 “I was really excited to go in and show everyone what

I can do on the beam, and it was a really great feeling to do all-around again,” Haley said.

“It feels incredible, especially being senior meet — there’s really nothing else I could ask for. It’s just the greatest feeling.”

Following the beam routines, West Virginia faced arguably its second-best event with the floor. All season, just like the uneven bars, the floor has been an event for the Mountaineers to score big and solidify their standings in the meet.

Idell, a junior from Newark, Del., matched her career-high with a routine she has been perfecting this year with a 9.925 and took first place. Haley hit a 9.9, her third score of a 9.9 or higher this season, taking second place, and Goldberg finished with a

9.875 in third place.

Salzano also took part in the floor rotation and while she fell during her first and last tumbling passes, she gave it her all. The senior scored an 8.15.

Four seniors are moving on from West Virginia following this season: Haley, Beth Deal, Salzano and Brittney Harris.

Harris is a transfer from Pittsburgh University who hasn’t seen any action yet in the Old Gold and Blue. Deal, Haley and Salzano were all honored at the meet in a goodbye video. Alumni gymnasts were also in the Coliseum to celebrate the program.

As the end of the regular season comes to a close, the Mountaineers face Iowa State and Oklahoma this weekend in the Big 12 Championship in Norman, Okla.

women’s basketball

West Virginia awaits its fate in tonight’s selection by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team went into this season with the highest of hopes. Now, Mike Carey’s squad is just hoping the NCAA Selection Committee will smile upon them.

With the field for the 2015

NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament set to be unveiled tonight at 7 p.m., tonight, the Mountaineers are poised firmly on the bubble. And after an undistinguished regular season that ended with a quarterfinal exit in the Big 12 Tournament, the Mountaineers are in danger of missing the field of 68 for the first time in five years.

West Virginia could have helped themselves with a strong finish to the season, but they were unable to sustain any momentum in the final weeks. Still, after a comefrom-behind overtime win over Texas on Senior Day two weeks ago, head coach Mike Carey said that he was confident that his team would make NCAAs with a win in

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But things didn’t go according to plan. West Virginia squandered a 12-point second-half lead to lose in Manhattan, Kansas on March 3, and never led in a Big 12 quarterfinal matchup with Oklahoma.

The Mountaineers ended up with an 18-14 overall record and a 7-11 Big 12 mark, placing them eighth out of 10 teams in one of Division I’s toughest and deepest conferences.

On paper, West Virginia’s NCAA prospects do not look promising. Although West Virginia has nine top100 wins to its credit, its RPI is a pedestrian 75th, behind mid-major schools like Pacific, Fordham and Drexel.

At the crux of the problem was a 2-10 road record for the season — as of Sunday, ESPN bracketologists listed West Virginia as part of their “Next Four Out”, alongside Kansas State, Washington State and Michigan.

The Mountaineers were unable to notch a true signature win. Although Oklahoma State and Texas were both ranked when the Mountaineers beat them (Oklahoma State on Jan. 17, Texas on March 1), West Virginia only has one victory over a team that finished the season ranked in the top 25: that would be No. 24 Seton Hall, who West Virginia topped in just their second game of the regular season.

Against the other teams in the top 25 that West Virginia did face, its track record is less than impres-

sive. The Mountaineers were blown out by No. 12 Mississippi State and No. 23 Ohio State in nonconference play, and went down both times they attempted to challenge No. 5 Baylor during the Big 12 schedule.

Middle of the pack in the Big 12 in both offense and defense, the Mountaineers have been more or less unremarkable in just about every respect this season, but they’ve had just enough strong performances to make things interesting.

The Mountaineers will have to hope that a bottomhalf performance in a tough conference is enough. If not, they’re sure to be a high seed in the Women’s NIT, a tournament that played host to West Virginia’s deepest postseason run in Carey’s tenure, when the Mountaineers reached the 2005 WNIT final but lost to Missouri State.

The NCAA Women’s Division I Selection Show will air tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN. The first and second rounds of the tournament will be held from March 20-23. If the Mountaineers end up in the WNIT, they will play their first round game on March 18, 19 or 20. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Iowa State forward Abdel Nader dunks during the Cyclones’ win agaisnt No. 15 Oklahoma at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship.

No. 13 Iowa State wins Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship by david schlake sports editor @dschlake_wvu

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship came to a close Saturday in an expected dramatic fashion, as No. 13 Iowa State took the title as its own for the second-straight year with a 7066 win over No. 9 Kansas.

The Cyclones entered the Sprint Center in Kansas City Saturday, after winning a couple of nail-biters against Texas and No. 15 Oklahoma earlier in the week.

Against the Longhorns Thursday, the Cyclones were down by 11 points at halftime, but came back and won on a buzzer-beater by sophomore guard Monte Morris, who totaled 24 points on the day.

Following the close escape from the Longhorns,

the Cyclones had to face a team in Oklahoma that had just steamrolled Oklahoma State with ease, defeating the Cowboys, 64-49.

The Sooners controlled the tempo for the majority of the game, but the Cyclones found their way out of trouble once again, as Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler missed an easy layup at the buzzer, sending the Cyclones to the championship game. “It was an unbelievably competitive game,� said Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg of the win over Oklahoma. “They jumped out on us early. I thought we missed a couple of good looks at the basket, and I thought we started rushing our shots a little bit, as opposed to letting the offense come to us.�

Hoiberg stressed that his team’s late success in the

first two games of the tournament was a result of the Cyclones always staying in the game. �They went on a run— which we knew they would—but we held our composure,which was a great sign and that’s what allowed us to win that game.�

After the exhilarating pair of games that qualified the Cyclones for the Big 12 Championship finale, Iowa State walked into what was sure to be an all-out war against the No. 1 overall seed in the Tournament, better known as the Kansas Jayhawks.

Iowa State was down by as many as 17 points early in the second half, but the Cyclones would do what they’ve shown they can do best—come back in cinematic fashion. “With the guys that we have and the coach that

we have, we have no quit in us,� said First Team AllBig 12 forward Georges Niang. “We were all talking about what we had to do, and we had to stay positive and push through and I think we did that. It led us to a great thing in the Big 12 Championship.�

The Cyclones have managed to come back from double-digit deficits in their last five games, proving they are a team to watch out for in the NCAA Tournament. “If we can get hot and keep the confidence going, that’s, I think, the biggest thing in a three‑day run like this against three great teams—it breeds confidence in your players.� Hoiberg said. “They can battle through anything. No lead is insurmountable.� dschlake@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 1 Kentucky wins SEC Tournament, remains perfect NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)— The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats have a 34-game winning streak and yet another Southeastern Conference Tournament cham-

pionship as they head into the NCAA Tournament.

So they sent student managers to cut down the nets. “Those aren’t the nets

we’re really looking to cut down,� junior forward Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It’s just a milestone. It’s just part of the process for us winning and everything,

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but we’re looking for something bigger. We’re looking to cut down a couple more nets in the tournament.�

And perfection just may be the side product.

Cauley-Stein scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Kentucky never trailed in beating No. 21 Arkansas 78-63 on Sunday for the program’s 28th SEC Tournament title.

The Wildcats (34-0) are only the fourth team to go into the NCAA Tournament undefeated since Indiana finished off the last perfect season with a title in 1976. The last three teams that went into the NCAA Tournament undefeated all lost with Indiana State and Larry Bird the closest, losing in the 1979 title game.

Not that Kentucky sees being undefeated as a challenge. “We’re still only guaranteed one game, so it’s really the slate is clean whether we’re 34-0 or have got five losses,� Cauley-Stein said. “It’s still from here on out, you’re 0-0.�

Andrew Harrison also scored 15 points for Kentucky, and his brother Aaron had 11.

The Razorbacks (26-8) were trying to win their second tournament title and first since 2000. Michael Qualls, coming off the bench for only the second time this season, scored 18 points, while Bobby Portis, the coaches’ pick for SEC player of the year, added 13 with a season-low two rebounds.

Unlike last season when Arkansas swept Kentucky, these Wildcats proved to be just too good. With Coach John Calipari rotating Wildcats, they simply ran around the Razorbacks’ usually stifling pressure defense or passed over them. “Our guys came out and fought and scratched and clawed,� Arkansas coach Mike Anderson said. “But at the end, I thought their depth and their size were hard to overcome.�

With Nashville barely an hour’s drive from Kentucky, the Wildcat faithful filled Bridgestone Arena with blue from courtside to the rafters for a tournament record attendance of 20,315. The Razorbacks had only a couple patches of family, friends and fans inside the building.

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