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Maxwell’s, landlord dispute rages on by evelyn merithew staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The ongoing case involving the unexpected shutdown of Maxwell’s, a Morgantown restaurant staple, seems to be just beginning. Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Monongalia County Circuit Court, John Angotti, attorney for Maxwell’s, asked Circuit Court Judge Russell M. Clawges for an injunction to prevent the landlord, BMP LLC and Mottie

Pavone from selling, using and destroying items that do not belong to him. “Maxwell’s wants to prohibit (Pavone) from allowing anyone to occupy the structure until this is restored,” Angotti said. The complications surrounding this case date back to July 2013. John Lichter and Ann Lawson bought Maxwell’s from the previous owner of 25 years and made $100,000 worth of renovations to the building. On Dec. 13, 2013, the

restaurant was locked up by Pavone without notice. Within 18 hours of an eviction notice, Pavone changed the locks on the restaurant door. Pavone and BMP claim that Lichter did not pay rent on time, a claim that Lichter denies. “Once (Lichter and Lawson) purchased the business, they paid rent personally to Pavone. Pavone lured them in, while accepting the investments,” Angotti said. “Pavone unilaterally, without a court order, changed

the locks.” Angotti argued closing Maxwell’s without a court order is illegal, and if Pavone has converted Lichter’s investments for personal gain, these are felonies. “I’m extremely surprised that a savvy businessman like Pavone thinks he can do what he wants without a court order,” Angotti said. Among some of the things left in Maxwell’s that Lichter has been unable to access are his cash registers containing money, his tax

records, corporate files, receipts, food and wine. Maxwell’s was loaned stained glass windows and antiques, neither of which Lichter has been able to retrieve to give back to their rightful owners. Pavone and Lichter are unsure if these items have been destroyed or sold. Though Lichter has not had access to the restaurant, he said from looking through the windows, much of his equipment and personal items are gone, and

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there appears to have been a party thrown in the building where Maxwell’s beer was consumed. Angotti argued Pavone conveniently kicked Lichter out of business after extensive renovations were made. On Dec. 11, 2013, Pavone filed a lawsuit against Lichter claiming he failed to pay rent. However, Feb. 17, Pavone withdrew this suit. Pavone and his

Black Bear Burritos supports local school with fundraiser By Hannah Wigal Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

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During the NAACP award ceremony the award for Commitment to Service was presented to Kenneth Gray, vice president for Student Affairs.

WVU NAACP chapter hosts 2014 image award ceremony by daniel schatz staff writer

West Virginia University’s collegiate chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted their 2014 Image Awards Thursday night. The event honored students and faculty who have excelled in their field of practice, benefitted the student body socially and contributed to the advancement of the University collectively. The recipients of the awards were Sports and Exercise Psychology Club for the Student Organization of the Year and the Community Service Award of the Year; Lindsay Gallegly, a sophomore marketing student, for Student Leader of the Year; Damien Clement, an assistant sports sciences professor, for Professor of the Year; Juwan Staten, a junior public relations student, for Male Athlete of the Year; Frances Silva, a women’s soccer player, for Female Athlete of the Year; Anthony Braxton, a sophomore marketing student, for the Rising Star Award; Bruce Mitchell II, assistant director of the Center of Black Culture and Research, for the Agent of Change Award; and Kenneth Gray, vice president of Student Affairs, for the Commit-

ment to Service Award. Jihad Dixon, co-president of the WVU collegiate chapter of the NAACP, said he believes these events that honor involved students and faculty members inspire others to strive for achievements, as well. “(Students) see the impact on organizations who give back to the community such as the NAACP,” Dixon said. “We’re a support organization, so these events not only create the emphasis on getting involved more in the community, but it also create the emphasis on membership in community service organizations.” Braxton, recipient of the rising star award, said he felt this event confirmed his good fortune thus far on the road to success. “This means a lot to me because it says I’m on the right track,” Braxton said. “This lets me know that I need to continue to do what I’m doing to actually push through.” Gray was awarded what many consider the most prestigious award of the night. The executive members of the student run chapter of the NAACP held him in high esteem and explained that he has made an impact on the student body.

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The Black Bear Burritos Evansdale location will host a fundraiser to benefit the Brookhaven Elementary Playground Improvement Fund Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. The Brookhaven playground equipment is 20 years old, and the condition of the equipment has deteriorated beyond repair. Maintenance work has been performed on the equipment in the past, but school officials fear the playground is no longer safe for students. Davene Burks, the principal of Brookhaven Elementary, said the equipment was roped off for a period of time until temporary repairs were finished. However, school officials can no longer find the proper parts for the outdated equipment. “We need a safe place for children to play,” Burks said. The Evansdale Black Bear Burritos is typically closed Sundays, but it will be opening its doors for guests to enjoy select menu items and live entertainment while contributing to a worthy cause. “It’s very important to us to be involved and to

make sure that our community knows we care about the area in which we live and the well-being of those around us,” said Jason Coffman, coowner of Black Bear Burritos. Coffman said the business supports local efforts and organizations as frequently as possible. The proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to the Brookhaven Elementary Playground Improvement Fund, and Black Bear staff and entertainers will donate their time for the Brookhaven benefit. “I don’t think our staff gets enough recognition,” Coffman said. “When you have people who are willing to donate their time on their day off, it really says a lot about their character.” The cost of the event is $12 for adults and $6 for children, which covers the price of the meal and live entertainment from musicians Josh Arthurs and Tim Mashburn. Adult guests can choose from a “Bear Trap” or a stir fry dish with sauteed vegetables and chicken served over rice. Vegetarian alternatives for each of these dishes will be offered, as well.

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Senior students leave print on WVU, work to promote Zero Year Reunion By Alexis Randolph Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

To preview the Senior Send-Off: A Zero-Year Reunion, senior West Virginia University students stopped by the Mountainlair Thursday to leave a literal print on the school. As a part of a public relations capstone course, students and alumni created a banner that senior students could stamp with their handprint and name. The banner will be hung in the Mountainlair Food Court to advertise the Senior SendOff, held April 13 from 5-8 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center. Nick Gordon, a senior public relations student, helped organize the banner decoration. Gordon said pulling students in with food was Wythe Woods/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM just the first step. “We want to give seniors a good Emily Dearth, a senior fashion design student, signs the Senior Send-Off banner in the Mountainlair Thursday.

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best last memory to leave your mark here at WVU,” Gordon said. “We are giving them the chance to leave their mark at WVU. I think it is a fun thing for everyone to come out and do.” Gordon said making memories is a very important part of being a WVU student, especially in your last semester. “At WVU, we love memories. We’ve had tons of football games that have been big deals (and) made the Final Four,” he said. “We just think this is a great way for seniors to come out and make one last memory.” “I think, as students realize, your last semester goes by quickly, and so the Senior Send-Off is a great chance to come together one last time and spend some time with their friends,” said Tara Curtis, a 1993 graduate and director of com-

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munications for the WVU Alumni Association. “We are thrilled to offer this kind of event (that) brings seniors together and gives them the opportunity to unwind.” Curtis said she advises seniors to do as much as they can and make the most of their final days at WVU. “Take it all in, as much as possible. Take those last photos, visit your favorite places and really just enjoy those moments with your friends,” Curtis said. “Even though you will stay in touch, it is really hard to bring everyone back together at one time.” Jason Contessa, a senior criminology student, stopped by to leave his mark on the University. “I saw it when I came in and I thought ‘I should probably do that since I am graduating’,” Contessa

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OPEN FOR PRACTICE The WVU football team has been hosting open practices in preparation for the Blue-Gold Spring game. SPORTS PAGE 12

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Malaysia vows: We will give plane families closure PERTH, Australia (AP) — Leaders of the two countries heading multinational efforts to solve the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pledged Thursday that no effort would be spared to give the families of those on board the answers they need. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak flew to Australia for briefings on the search for the missing plane and talks with his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, whose country is overseeing the hunt in a huge and remote patch of the Indian Ocean. “It is a very difficult search – the most difficult in human history. But as far as Australia is concerned, we are throwing everything we have at it,” Abbott said in a media appearance with Najib. No trace of the Boeing 777 has been found nearly four weeks after it vanished in the early hours of March 8 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Ten planes and nine ships were involved in search operations Thursday, scouring the ocean far off Australia’s southwest corner where investigators believe the plane may have ended up after unknown events occurred on board. More resources will be committed to the wreckage hunt on Friday, with 14 planes and nine ships to search a 217,000 square kilometer (84,000 square mile) expanse 1,700 kilometers (1,100 miles) northwest of Perth, the Joint Agency Coordination Center overseeing the search said. JACC described weather in the search area as fair, with visibility about 10 kilometers (6 miles) and cloud above the optimum search

altitude of 1,000 feet (305 meters). Najib, whose government has been harshly criticized by some victims’ families for giving sometimes conflicting information about the flight and for the slow pace of the investigation, said everyone involved in the search is thinking of the families of victims who are waiting desperately for news. “I know that until we find the plane, many families cannot start to grieve,” Najib said. “I cannot imagine what they are going through. But I can promise them that we will not give up. “We want to provide comfort to the families and we will not rest until answers are indeed found. In due time, we will provide a closure for this event,” he said. Najib met with Abbott at the Australian base near Perth that is serving as the hub for the multinational search effort. They were briefed by Angus Houston, the head of a joint agency overseeing the search. Although Australia is coordinating the ocean search, the investigation into the tragedy ultimately remains Malaysia’s responsibility. Najib said Australia had agreed to be an “accredited representative in the investigation,” and would work with Malaysia on a comprehensive agreement on the search. On Wednesday, officials warned the investigation may never fully answer why the airliner disappeared. A dearth of information has plagued investigators from the moment the plane’s transponders, which make the plane visible to commercial radar, were shut off. Military radar picked up the jet just under an hour

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butions to student life are sensational. “We decided to honor Ken Gray, because from the center to the student organizations, he’s just shown so much support,” Puller said. “Since he’s been here he has brought togetherness

Continued from page 1 Joshua Puller, president of the University collegiate of the NAACP, said he thinks Gray’s contri-

Relatives of the Chinese passengers onboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 wear T-shirts with the words ‘Pray for MH370, safe return’ in Beijing Thursday. No trace of the Boeing 777 has been found nearly a month after it vanished in the early hours of March 8 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. later, way off course on the other side of the Malay Peninsula. Authorities say that until then, its “movements were consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane,” but have not ruled out anything, including mechanical error. Police are investigating the pilots and crew for any evidence suggesting they may have hijacked or sabotaged the plane. The backgrounds of the passengers have been checked by investigators and nothing suspicious has been found. The search for the plane began over the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea, where its last voice communications were, and then shifted west to the Strait of Malacca. Experts then analyzed hourly satellite “handshakes” between the plane and a satellite and now believe it crashed somewhere in the southern

Indian Ocean. Thursday’s search zone was a 223,000-square kilometer (86,000-square mile) patch of ocean 1,680 kilometers (1,040 miles) northwest of Perth, part of a larger area crews have been scouring since last week. The British navy’s HMS Echo reported one alert as it searched for sonic transmissions from the missing plane’s flight data recorder, but it was quickly discounted as a false alarm, the search coordination center said Thursday. False alerts can come from animals such as whales, or interference from shipping noise. No confirmed trace of the plane’s wreckage has been found. Houston has said there is no timeframe for ending the search, but acknowledged a new approach will eventually be needed if nothing turns up.

to student organizations.” Puller explained that before Gray’s work, the student organizations were not cohesive, but with his help many groups have grown stronger.

Australia’s prime minister said everything that possibly could be done to find the plane would be done, but cautioned, “We cannot be certain of success.” Najib’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, also traveled to Perth, where she met with Danica Weeks, whose husband, Paul Weeks, was among those on Flight 370. Weeks said the meeting gave her some comfort and confidence the Malaysians are committed to finding answers. But she also said the pervasive uncertainty surrounding the plane’s fate had made coping with the loss impossible. “You cannot grieve for someone unless you have something concrete,” Weeks told Australia’s Channel 9. Two British vessels – a nuclear-powered submarine with advanced underwater search capability

and the British Survey ship HMS Echo – have joined the hunt, Houston said. The Ocean Shield, an Australian warship carrying a U.S. device that detects “pings” from the plane’s flight recorders, was en route. Spotting wreckage is key to narrowing the search area and ultimately finding the plane’s data recorders, which would provide a wealth of information about the condition the plane was flying under and the communications or sounds in the cockpit. The data recorders emit a ping that can be detected by special equipment in the immediate vicinity. But the battery-powered devices stop transmitting the pings about 30 days after a crash. Locating the data recorders and wreckage after that is possible, but becomes an even more daunting task.

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attorney, Bryan Edwards, argue there are no records of Lichter paying rent except for August and September of 2013. “There were discussions that Lichter didn’t have any money for paying rent,” Cranston said. Cranston also argued that the plaintiff caused damages to the restaurant that will have to be taken care of by Pavone, like taking out a section of a wall. Angotti and Lichter maintained they want nothing more than to retrieve Lichter’s personal property and property of those who lent things to him, and to assess the things that may have been taken from him, damaged or used. Clawges said in the next seven to 10 business days, he expects the two parties to agree on a time when the plaintiffs and defendants can go into Maxwell’s and make a list of the inventory of their belongings. The plaintiffs are entitled to access the premises with expert witnesses to establish their claims for damages. “Once they establish the condition of the premises and figure out where we’re going to go from there, the defendants can go ahead with whatever future plans are with the premises,” Clawges said. “The defendant should do nothing to change the current state of the premises.” Thus far, it seems as though Pavone has had plans for Maxwell’s and the building since December, if not before. BMP posted an ad on Craigslist Dec. 31, 2013 asking to sell the restaurant for $25,000. On the City of Morgantown website, a zoning variance is scheduled for April 16: “Mark Bowers, on behalf of Maxwell’s Place, LLC, seeks conditional use approval for a ‘Restaurant Private Club’ located at 1 Wall Street.” Regardless of what is to come in this case, the public is left with many unanswered questions. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 said. “On the way out I saw they needed some more gold hand prints.” Contessa said events like this are great opportunities to spend time as a class before parting ways in May. “I think there should be more of them. I mean, there are always like senior parties, but there is never a WVU thing with all the seniors together,” he said. “They need to do more of this sort of stuff.” For his fellow soon-to-

be graduates, Contessa offered a bit of advice. “Don’t get senioritis. That happened to me halfway through the semester and now I am battling my way back up,” he said. “Start early with your graduation stuff so you aren’t rushing towards the end.” The Senior Send-Off will feature food, prizes, a photo booth and DJ. There will also be a bow tie tying contest and a corn hole tournament. To learn about being a new alumni, visit http://alumni.wvu.edu/ new-grad. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Continued from page 1 “We continue to be flattered by the community efforts in Morgantown, and we continue to be impressed with our customers’ abilities to come out for events like this,” Coffman said. “Whether they have a child that goes to Brookhaven or not, we will see a lot of our regular customers at events like this and we expect to see them on Sunday.” Payments made in cash or by check are preferred, but credit and debit cards will be accepted at the event. For further information or questions regarding Black Bear Burritos’ fundraiser for the Brookhaven Elementary’s Playground Improvement Fund, contact Jason Coffman at 304-777-4876. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Argument may have preceded deadly Fort Hood attack FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member prior to the attack, and investigators believe his unstable mental health contributed to the rampage, authorities said Thursday. The base’s senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, said there is a “strong possibility” that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a “verbal altercation” with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday’s shooting, which unfolded on the same Army post that was the scene of an infamous 2009 mass shooting. However, there’s no indication that he targeted specific soldiers, Milley said. Lopez never saw combat during a deployment to Iraq and had shown no apparent risk of violence before the shooting, officials said. The 34-year-old truck driver from Puerto Rico seemed to have a clean record that showed no ties to extremist groups. But the Army secretary promised that investigators would keep all avenues open in their inquiry of the soldier whose rampage ended only after he fired a final bullet

into his own head. “We’re not making any assumptions by that. We’re going to keep an open mind and an open investigation. We will go where the facts lead us,” Army Secretary John McHugh said, explaining that “possible extremist involvement is still being looked at very, very carefully.” Scott & White Memorial Hospital in nearby Temple, Texas, was still caring for five of the 16 people who were wounded. Three were in serious condition, and two others were in good condition and could be discharged later Thursday. Hospital officials had no information about patients being treated elsewhere, including at a base hospital. But because the hospital is the area’s only trauma center, the patients with the most serious injuries were probably taken there. Within hours of Wednesday’s assault, investigators started looking into whether Lopez had lingering psychological trauma from his time in Iraq. The shooter had sought help for depression, anxiety and other problems, and was taking medication, military officials said. Investigators searched

the soldier’s home Thursday and questioned his wife, Fort Hood spokesman Chris Haug said. Lopez apparently walked into a building Wednesday and began firing a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol. He then got into a vehicle and continued firing before entering another building. He was eventually confronted by military police in a parking lot, according to Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, senior officer on the base. As he came within 20 feet of a police officer, the gunman put his hands up but then reached under his jacket and pulled out his gun. The officer drew her own weapon, and the suspect put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger a final time, Milley said. Lopez grew up in Guayanilla, a town of fewer than 10,000 people on the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico, with a mother who was a nurse at a public clinic and a father who did maintenance for an electric utility company. Glidden Lopez Torres, who said he was a friend speaking for the family, said Lopez’s mother died of a heart attack in November. The soldier was upset that

he was granted only a 24hour leave to attend her funeral, which was delayed for nearly a week so he could be there, the spokesman said. The leave was then extended to two days. Lopez joined the island’s National Guard in 1999 and served on a yearlong peacekeeping mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in the mid2000s. He enlisted with the Army in 2008, McHugh said. Lopez saw no combat during a four-month deployment to Iraq as a truck driver in 2011. A review of his service record showed no Purple Heart, indicating he was never wounded, McHugh said. He arrived at Fort Hood in February from Fort Bliss, Texas. He saw a psychiatrist last month and showed no “sign of any likely violence either to himself or others,” McHugh said. Suzie Miller, a 71-yearold retired property manager who lived in the same Killeen apartment complex as Lopez, said few people knew him and his wife well because they had just moved in a few weeks ago. “I’d see him in his uniform heading out to the car every morning,” Miller said. “He was friendly to me and a

lot of us around here.” Shaneice Banks, a 21-year-old business-management student who lived downstairs from the Lopezes, said her husband, who also works at Fort Hood, helped the couple move in. Hours before the shooting, Banks said she ran in to Lopez when he came home for lunch. “He was going to his car, and I was like ‘Hey, how’s your day going?’ And he seemed perfectly fine. He was like, ‘Day’s going pretty good. I’ll see you whenever I come back home.’” When word came out that there was a shooting at the base, Banks saw Lopez’s wife frantically calling her husband over and over, trying to reach him via cellphone from the apartment’s shared courtyard. “She was bawling because they have a 2-yearold, and she was just holding the baby,” Banks said. “My heart just went out to her. I was trying to get her information when I could but she doesn’t speak a lot of English.” Xanderia Morris lives next door to Banks. She also saw Karla Lopez distraught in the courtyard. “We tried to console her.

She called some people over, and we were consoling her, and then she started up the stairs back to his apartment, and they identified him as the shooter on television. She just broke down. We had to rush her up the stairs so nothing would happen to her,” Morris said. Neighbors took Lopez into Morris’ apartment, where she sat crying on the sofa for a long time. The shootings revived memories of the November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in U.S. history. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan was convicted last year in that assault, which he has said was to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression. After that shooting, the military tightened base security nationwide. In September, a former Navy man opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard, leaving 13 people dead, including the gunman. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the Pentagon to review security at all U.S. defense installations worldwide.

Senate panel votes to release CIA torture report WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to release parts of a hotly contested, secret report that harshly criticizes CIA terror interrogations after 9/11, and the White House said it would instruct intelligence officials to cooperate fully. The result sets the stage for what could be the fullest public accounting of the Bush administration’s record when it comes to waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques.” The panel voted 11-3 to order the declassification of almost 500 pages of the 6,300-page review, which concludes the harsh methods employed at CIA-run prisons overseas were excessively cruel and ineffective in producing valuable intelligence. Even some Republicans who agree with the spy agency that the findings are inaccurate voted in favor of declassification, saying it was important for the country to move on. “The purpose of this review was to uncover the facts behind the secret program and the results, I think, were shocking,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the committee chairwoman, said. “The report exposes brutality that stands in sharp contrast to our values as a nation. It chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. This is not what Americans do.” The intelligence committee and the CIA are embroiled in a bitter dispute related to the three-year study. Senators accuse the agency of spying on their investigation and deleting files. The CIA says Senate staffers illegally accessed information. The Justice Department is reviewing competing criminal referrals. As a result of Thursday’s vote, the CIA will start scanning the report’s contents for any passages that could compromise national security. That has led to fears in the committee that a recalcitrant CIA might sanitize key elements of their investigation, and demands for President Barack Obama to ensure large parts of the report aren’t blacked out. Obama, said Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., should “hold onto the redaction pen himself.” White House press secretary Jay Carney on Thursday restated Obama’s support for declassifying the document and said intelligence

officials would be instructed to conduct the work quickly. CIA spokesman Dean Boyd said his agency would “carry out the review expeditiously,” but suggested the process may be difficult. “We owe it to the men and women directed to carry out this program to try and ensure that any historical account of it is accurate,” Boyd said. The report was produced exclusively by Democratic staffers. It concludes among other things that waterboarding and other harsh techniques provided no key evidence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to congressional aides and outside experts familiar with the document. Feinstein and other senators also have cited a series of misleading claims by the CIA over the years about the effectiveness of the program, including in statements the agency made to President George W. Bush and Congress. Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, the intelligence committee’s top Republican, joined the vote in favor of declassification despite criticizing the report as a “waste of time.” He said the U.S. public should be able to see the report alongside reservations among the GOP members of the committee. “This is a chapter in our past that should have already been closed,” Chambliss told reporters. He said Republicans would dispute some of the conclusions in their own report and insisted the CIA interrogations “led not only to the takedown of bin Laden, but to the interruption and disruption of other terrorist plots over a period of years.” Members of the intelligence community have criticized the investigation for failing to include interviews from top spy agency officials who authorized or supervised the brutal interrogations. They questioned how the review could be fair or complete. “Neither I or anyone else at the agency who had knowledge was interviewed,” said Jose Rodriguez, the CIA’s chief clandestine officer in the mid-2000s, who had operational oversight over the detention and interrogation program. “They don’t want to hear anyone else’s narrative,” he said of the Senate investigation. “It’s an attempt to rewrite history.” Rodriguez himself is a key figure in the Senate re-

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaks after a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, as the panel votes to approve declassifying part of a secret report on Bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects puts the onus on the CIA and a reluctant White House to speed the release of one of the most definitive accounts about the government’s actions after the 9/11 attacks. Members of the intelligence community raised concerns that the committee failed to interview top spy agency officials who had authorized or supervised the brutal interrogations. port, not least for his order the agency of improperly use of Senate staffers and the Constitution’s separain 2005 to destroy 92 video- monitoring the computer deleting files, undermining tion of powers. tapes showing waterboarding of terror suspects and other harsh techniques. Senate investigators were unable to talk to relevant CIA officials because of legal constraints posed by a separate investigation ordered by Attorney General Eric Holder. At Holder’s direction, John Durham, an independent prosecutor, conducted several criminal probes related to interrogation methods and evidence destruction before dropping them altogether in 2012 – shortly before the Senate panel wrapped up its work. Congressional aides said the CIA’s own field reports, internal correspondence, cables and other documents described day-to-day handling of interrogations and the decision-making and actions of Rodriguez and others. Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida, Dan Coats of Indiana and Jim Risch of Idaho voted against releasing the report. “Too much time, energy and too many resources have been spent investi* Get GECs Out of the Way * Focus on a Challenging Class * Earn a Minor gating a CIA program that ended more than six years ago,” Coats said. Bad blood between Senate aides and the CIA ruptured into the open last month when Feinstein took to the Senate floor to accuse

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Friday April 4, 2014

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The end is near: or how to stop worrying and love graduation The end is near. The first graduation ceremony of the May graduates will commence in little more than a month, and weary students everywhere are counting down the days. If you are graduating, have you completed these tasks? 1. Order cap and gown. 2. Sign up for a graduate review. 3. Evaluate course grades to make sure you’re not failing. 4. Sign up for exit counseling.

gratulations. You’re not even close to being done. We’ve all heard senior year is the time to chill out and take it easy. In actuality, it is anything but. Between completing the capstone or thesis and applying for jobs, every moment of free time is taken up. This is a time of change, and no one really told us how much change there is. Almost everyone you know will be moving on to bigger and possibly better things in many different areas. You’ll soon need to If all that is done, con- start paying back student

loans. But first, you have to find a job to pay them back. If you’re attending graduate school, that’s an entirely different matter. If you’ve already applied and been accepted, all you need to do is pass your classes and show up at graduation. However, that’s not the best kind of mindset to have as you transition into one of the toughest phases of your life. Whether you’re graduating and going into the work force or diving headfirst into grad school, do

your best to keep your head above water. For most people, your GPA does still matter. And if you fail a course, you won’t make it to the stage to accept your diploma. That said, now is the time to prioritize. You’ve learned the ropes by now, and you can figure out what you need to do to get a perfect A in a course and what you need to do to get the still-acceptable B. Those writing assignments that are only worth 10 percent of your grade but take forever to do? It’s a safe bet you can focus

on the larger projects that may be portfolio-worthy instead. That’s not to say you should slack on everything. As tempting as it may seem, now is not the time to skip classes. The last three or four weeks of classes have the most information packed into them, so it’s definitely worth it to stick around, even if you only pick up one or two more handy bits of info. Most importantly, relish the time you have left in Morgantown. It’s so cliche to suggest and you’ve

spent the past three years wishing you were anywhere but here, but this is the last time you’ll see the city as an undergrad. This may be the last time you see this city ever. Visit your favorite bars one last time. Ride the PRT for fun. Swim in the Rec Center pool. Get stuck in rush hour traffic on Patteson Drive. Plan a final house party with your classmates. Just remember – once a Mountaineer, always a Mountaineer. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Are you addicted to your smartphone? MARSHALL AMORES COLUMNIST

Do you ever find yourself fidgeting with your smartphone absentmindedly when you think there is nothing to do? Maybe you like to spin it around between your fingers. It almost falls each time but you enjoy the risk. Perhaps you just like making designs with your finger on the screen. I can guarantee some of us touch our smartphones more often than we touch a light switch or a doorknob in a day. Our smartphones are always with us. They are small, buzzing and ringing boxes that live in our pants pockets and make their mark in more ways than just an imprint on tight jeans. These boxes hold entire worlds within their frames, which can vie for our attention at inopportune times. It is rare to see somebody without a smartphone in 2014. The Pew Research Center found that more than 50 percent of Americans own a smartphone. Smartphones are labeled “smart” because they have similar functions to computers and can run many applications simultaneously. A smartphone does all the heavy lifting so you do not have to. Or so it seems. I think that we use our smartphones way too much, and I do not think I am alone in this view. I am not anti-smartphone. They just irk me at times. When you have more than five GB of mobile power, you can accomplish much in a day. You can also

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According to the Pew Research Center, more than half of all Americans own a smartphone. exacerbate your current situation. My cousins and friends, even my grandparents, always break the one cardinal law of socialization: be present. With the option of doing so much, it is hard to say no to the vices of a smartphone. This is why I always catch people talking to me or others pulling out their phones like it is no big deal and checking Twitter or their email during a conversation. The smartphone user may not intend to be rude, but that simple action really detracts from whatever con-

versation is going on, even if you do not notice it. Nonverbal communication is just as important, if not more important, than the words you say. Imagine you need the help of a policeman on the street and you rush up to him and he responds, “How can I help you?” only his arms are crossed and he is looking off in the distance at a cloud in the sky shaped like something more interesting than your pressing matters. It is not just the social area where smartphones can have a negative effect.

Doing homework is instantly complicated the moment a smartphone is introduced to the setting. Be honest, would you want to write a paper or do calculus when you have the allure of Reddit, hilarious Vines or the shock value of WorldStarHipHop.com all a tap away? It has taken me over an hour and a half to write this article itself because I got distracted and stalked my extended family on Facebook following a couple of minutes of browsing through videos of the Nae Nae dance craze sweeping

the nation. Still, the most obvious evidence we use our smartphones way too much is that we text while we are driving. Seriously, how much more dangerous can you get? Not only do we text while we drive, but we get mad at laws and commercials aimed to reduce texting while driving simply because it inconveniences us. I feel like if an individual is going to be operating over a ton of metal moving at over 20 miles per hour, it may be safe to say they should focus solely on the

road. This issue of smartphone dependence is real, and it needs to be curved for social, productive and safety reasons. Maybe we should all just switch to Bluetooth headsets so we can only talk to other people, thus mitigating the need to fill our hands with apps. Actually scratch that. Bluetooth headsets do not look cool, just strange, kind of like our dependence on tiny boxes that can blindfold us to tangible benefits of the world in front of us. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

International students deserve more academic recognition MADDONNA NOBEL COPY DESK CHEIF

Every year, West Virginia University recognizes the top seniors with the WVU Foundation Outstanding Senior Award, but only a select few are honored with the Order of Augusta – the University’s most prestigious top student honor. The Order of Augusta recognizes students’ superior leadership, scholarship and service, and the foundation only recognizes eight top seniors for this award. While the recipients of the award are indeed commendable, it is intriguing to note most of the recipients from 2007-14 were West Virginians and three were international students – Johannes Herber (2006), Andreina Varady (2011) and Petra Zublasing (2013). Niccolo Campriani was recognized as a top senior in 2012 but was not awarded the order. In seven years, there have been 56 recipients of the award and

only three were international students? It begs the question: why aren’t there more international students recognized for their superior leadership, scholarship and service? What does it take for an international student to receive such recognition? Compared to the local recipients, some of these students have had to win a national title or at least achieve some national recognition, while their American counterparts received college, regional or state honors. This is not to say the West Virginian students are mediocre compared to the international students, but it is a hint to level the playing field. The three international students mentioned can’t just be the only few who contribute to the University or the state of West Virginia through public service. In 2013, 51 percent of the student population was made up of nonresidents who come from all over the United States and 113 nations (oddly enough, there weren’t

any numbers to indicate how many international students were enrolled). Surely out of these 113 nations and the 51 percent, there are international students out there who deserve the award through exceptional scholarship and leadership. Why does it take a student to go beyond even their outstanding peers to even be considered as seriously as these peers? Failure to adequately recognize exceptional international students and people of color only serves to alienate them and gives the message that their contributions, while welcome, are not up to par compared to everyone else’s – even if they did more than their peers. If this trend continues for years to come, perhaps the Order of Augusta application should just be sent to outstanding West Virginians and not the other students. It could also just be renamed to indicate its exclusivity – no internationals allowed. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Niccolo Campriani was recognized as a top senior in 2012 but was not awarded the Order of Augusta.

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Immigration Seminar Agricultural Sciences Blg. Rm 2001 Monday, APRIL 7, 2014 9 AM - Noon • FREE EVENT Presenters: Douglas Halpert - Attorney at Law Doina Jikich - Associate Director of WVU Office of International Student & Scholars Target Audience: WVU International Students and Scholars, Faculty, Staff and the public. PROGRAM 9 - 9:30 am - F1 & J1 Employment Options 9:30 - 10:15 am - Pathways to temporary work visas 10:15 - 10:25 am - BREAK 10:25 - 11:10 am - Pathways to permanent residency (Green Card)

11:10 - 11:45 am - Questions and Answers *Refreshments will be served! One on one consultations will be provided by Douglas Halpert following the morning seminar. The attendees will be able to sign up for one-one consultation on the day of the seminar. Contact - Debi Ryan Beard debi.ryan-beard@mail.wvu.edu • 304.293.5954 Event Sponsor by WVU Office of International Students & Scholars Office of International Students and Scholars, West Virginia University 111 Elizabeth Moore Hall/ PO Box 6411, Morgantown, WV 26506-6411

ACROSS 1 Biblical kingdom near the Dead Sea 5 Blue 8 Chew (out) 12 Old empire builder 13 Construction materials 16 Donald’s address, in comics 17 Like a dotted note, in mus. 18 Bob preceder 19 Tiny fraction of a min. 20 See 4-Down 22 See 8-Down 24 Dander 25 Some tech sch. grads 26 Soweto’s home: Abbr. 27 Great time, in slang 28 Rain cloud 30 Fair ones 32 Julius Caesar’s first name 33 Said 34 Tandoori bread 35 See 30-Down 36 Grilling sound 39 Macduff and Macbeth 41 Charity, e.g. 43 Slipped past 45 Sunday best 46 Soccer star Freddy 47 __ Simbel, site of Ramses II temples 48 Michaels et al. 49 Galoot 50 See 51-Down 52 See 53-Down 54 “Was __ loud?” 55 Having no room for hedging 57 ‘20s tennis great Lacoste 58 Designer Saarinen 59 Cynical response 60 Leftover bits 61 40th st. 62 Whiz 63 “Over here!” DOWN 1 Not where it’s expected to be 2 Windsor resident 3 Scholarly milieu 4 With 20-Across, working again, aptly 5 Fine cotton threads

6 Awards named for a location 7 Kids’ card game 8 With 22-Across, what red hair often does, aptly 9 Banner 10 Amtrak speedsters 11 Store with a star 14 Choruses 15 Queasy near the quay 21 Roman god 23 Earned 29 Squeeze plays involve them 30 With 35-Across, a financially sure thing, aptly 31 PelŽ’s first name 33 Jackson follower 35 1995 Will Smith/Martin Lawrence film 37 Running pair 38 Malicious types 40 Try, as a case 41 Record 42 Seer’s challenge 43 Corrected, in a way 44 Dawn goddess

45 Prefix with carbon 46 Gallic girlfriends 48 Running back Haynes, first AFL player of the year 51 With 50-Across, do some self-examination, aptly 53 With 52-Across, trivial amount, aptly 56 Equinox mo.

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HOROSCOPE BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you are full of surprises. You will receive your fair share of them, too. Sometimes you feel as though a friend, relative or boss expects you to respond to him or her at the drop of a hat. You could feel manipulated as a result. Try working through this issue together. If you are single, you could attract someone who is a lot like you. Being too similar could become irritating, though, and as a result, you might decide to move on. If you are attached, you often find your sweetie putting on war paint. ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Return calls and make important decisions that surround your plans. Someone you look up to could cause a problem. Realize what

is happening: The other party feels threatened and does not want to be dominated. Listen carefully to a suggestion. Tonight: A must appearance. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HH A lot has been happening, and you keep gaining new insights. Use some of your intuitive ability with your interactions. Listen to feedback that is heading in your direction, and focus on the risks of taking action. You will make an excellent decision if you do. Tonight: Your treat. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You’re likely to attract someone who has a different point of view and a creative, unique approach. Go along with this person’s suggestion. You have thought so much about a project that you easily could be blindsided and not see the obvious. To-

night: Start the weekend in style. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Know when to kick back and not push so hard. A partner and/or an associate could become unusually controlling. You know when to say “enough.” Recognize your limits, and let others clearly know your boundaries. Tonight: Make it private. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You have an opportunity to make a popular decision. Do not hesitate, and move forward. Keep others posted -- that is, if you want to continue this kind of support and interaction. You are more direct and fiery than you realize. Tonight: Go with tradition. VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHH Pressure seems to build quickly, and it could put you in an uncomfortable

situation. Be aware of what others think, especially someone you need to answer to. Avoid overspending when trying to straighten out a problem. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH Confirm plans. You might need to make a long-distance call or two. Someone might not be as responsive as you would like. Is this a pattern? You might want to resolve the issue or perhaps make an adjustment to your plans. Tonight: Opt for something new. SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH A partner might be demanding, as he or she seems to need a lot from you. It’s up to you to decide whether this is manipulation. Express your irritation without upsetting the applecart. Avoid being standoffish or with-

drawn. Tonight: A close encounter. SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH Others do whatever they need to do to get your attention. You could be shocked by what goes on. Be careful with your funds, as someone you deal with might not be on the up and up. A friend could be too assertive for your taste. Tonight: So many invitations. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HHH Pace yourself, and establish some much-needed boundaries. What you do with a situation could impress others. Realize that you don’t need to start a disagreement -- you just need to support yourself in what you want. Be sensitive to the alternatives. Tonight: In the limelight. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

HHHH Be playful and forthright in what you do. Somehow, you will need to open up to the lighter side of life. You hear so many problems from so many people that you could start to feel down. Listen to what someone is sharing with you. Tonight: Time to frolic. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHH You’ll want to accomplish more; however, a loved one could be very distracting. Listen to news with an open mind and a more caring attitude. Do not fall prey to someone’s manipulation. Honor a change. Tonight: Say “yes” to being out and about.

BORN TODAY Musician Muddy Waters (1913), actor Heath Ledger (1979), author Maya Angelou (1928)

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‘Game of Thrones’ premieres Sunday night

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**Spoiler Alert** The fourth season of “Game of Thrones” will premiere Sunday on HBO, and it looks to be even more action-packed than season three. This season will build on the second half of the third book in the series. First, let me catch you up. Season three covered the first part of the third book, ending just after The Red Wedding between the Starks and Freys at The Twins, the river-spanning

dual castle of Lord Walder Frey. In King’s Landing, the capital of Westeros, Lord Tyrion Lannister, the cunning and sharp-tongued dwarf played by Peter Dinklage, has just unwillingly married the younger and more innocent Sansa Stark. While he looks for a way to annul his marriage to the poor girl, his now-humbled and handless brother Lannister returns to the capital with the warrior maid, Brienne of Tarth. Lannister reunites with his twin sister, Queen Cersi, and the villainous King Joffrey still sits upon the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, in the north,

the Greyjoys launch a new mission to find their captured prince, Theon. At the same time, closer to The Wall, Jon Snow of the Night’s Watch is discovered to be a mole by his lover, the red-haired Ygritte. As he attempts to flee on horseback back to Castle Black, the headquarters of the Night’s Watch, she fires three arrows into him, and his horse brings him back to the castle. Jon’s Night Watch brothers, north of The Wall, run into the White Walkers, an ancient race of evil ice demons who have just risen again. Maester Aemon sends out ravens across

the seven kingdoms, desperately urging the warring lords to turn their attention to the true threat. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen has just conquered the slaver city of Yunkai using her three dragons and army of Unsullied soldiers. The newly freed men and women chant “mother” in their tongue as they surround her and lift her up. It’s a lot to keep track of – I know – and season four promises to bring an even more intricate storyline. The Dornishmen from the scolding dry deserts of southern Westeros will

be making their first appearance this season. Assuming the show follows closely to the books, which it has so far, we can expect to see Prince Oberyn Martell, “The Red Viper,” fight Gregor Clegane, “The Mountain,” in an epic duel. The Greyjoys will grow in both strength and ambition to become much larger players in this game of thrones. What is being called “the purple wedding” will take place this season. For those already familiar with the series, it will come as no surprise that there will also be much

bloodshed. In typical George R.R. Martin fashion, nobody, not even the main characters, is safe. Expect many intense and surprising deaths along the way this season. That’s about as in-depth with speculation as I can go without possibly spoiling some major plot points for everyone. But I promise you, this season may be the most intense yet. Be sure to check out the season four premiere Sunday on HBO to see whether or not your favorite character ends up with their head on the chopping block. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

5k races help improve overall health Jerrod Niemann releases ‘High Noon’ noelle harris a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

With spring comes nice weather, and with nice weather comes a reason to go outside. This is a great time of year to start a 5k run training program and begin running in the sunny weather. If you are starting from ground zero, the first step is to make sure you are healthy enough to start any physical fitness plan. Go get a physical and make sure you can start running. It is hard on the body, and you don’t want to get injured. Running is a great way to reduce stress, lose weight, boost your energy levels and improve overall well-being. Overcoming mental hurdles is the most difficult part of any fitness plan. Don’t be afraid you are too out of shape or slow. You won’t be the best at first.

If you still have any doubts about whether or not you are ready to start running, go stand at the finish line of a 5k run and watch the runners finish. There will be a wide range of people, but they will all have one thing in common – they have worked hard to get to that point. There are a number of six-week training plans to get up off the couch and into the running game. Fitness Magazine and Active.com have great resources for runners who are just starting out and ones who have been doing it for a while. Find a group of friends or family members to support you and make sure you get out and run. For those who are ready to run and are looking for a race, there are many coming up in the next month in the area. Run or walk the CASA Superhero 5k to support abused and neglected children. Show your su-

perhero spirit by dressing for the occasion and letting your cape fly as you traverse the hills and flat areas of the course in Fairmont April 26. The Cheat River Festival 5k run is May 3 in Kingwood. Runners start and finish at the Preston County Country Club, running along the course through the grounds of the golf course, the banks of Buffalo Creek and along the Cheat River. The Fit for the Cross 5k run is also May 3 in Morgantown. The race takes place at the Mountaineer Mall and benefits Trinity Christian School. The Third Annual Ryan’s Rally 5k run and Third Annual Give Back a Smile 5k Run/Walk are this weekend and next weekend, so it might be too soon for some to run, but it would be a great excuse to go see the excitement. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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««««« Country music artist Jerrod Niemann released his fifth studio album, “High Noon,” in late March. The much-anticipated album brings fun, upbeat songs fans expect from Niemann but also some slower tracks that encourage thought and interpretation of the lyrics. Niemann has released several popular country songs such as “Lover, Lover,” “What Do You Want,” “One More Drinkin’ Song” and “Shinin’ On Me.” These tracks have all peaked in the Top 20 of the U.S. Country chart and Niemann’s name is wellknown after self-releasing his first two albums. Niemann has a one-ofa-kind musical style that combines country with some pop and folk-sounding songs. This different take on country music has resonated with many fans and keeps them waiting for his next album release. “High Noon” includes many hits, combining ballads and sunny songs for all audiences. It has already reached the No. 3 spot on the U.S. Country Album chart. “Drink To That All Night” was Niemann’s first single off “High Noon.” It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Country Airplay chart and No. 4 on the U.S. Country chart. “Drink To That All Night” is a fun, upbeat

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track that is definitely a party song. It sets the scene of having fun with influence from electronic and dance music. This song has become a party anthem since its release, which has contributed to the success of this song. “I Can’t Give In Anymore” is a slower and darker song on this album. While it is a ballad, this song is pure country and is beautiful lyrically. This song helps Niemann open up and makes his album seem genuine and personal. “I Can’t Give In Anymore” is from the perspective of a man who feels alone in his relationship and can’t fight for it anymore. While this song is sadder than other tracks on the album, it is relatable to

many. “She’s Fine” is a fun and bright song that features country rap star Colt Ford and a sitar. Niemann explained to Taste Of Country Online that this song is about his fiance, who traveled to India to help children with leprosy and fell in love with the sitar while she was in the country. He gave his fans a consistent album, drawing in new fans while pleasing loyal followers. While Niemann usually writes every track on his albums, he co-wrote 8 of the 13 songs on “High Noon.” This gave Niemann the opportunity to experiment with other writing styles and let his vocal ability shine. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

2 Chainz charged with drug possession in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors have charged Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz with felony drug possession after his arrest last year at Los Angeles International Airport. The 36-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a felony charge of codeine possession. The rapper was arrested in June after airport officials reported finding ingredients for the cough syrupbased concoction known

as “sizzurp” in his checked baggage. Publicist Sarah Cunningham said the rapper had no comment on the issue. The Atlanta-area native is best known for his hits “Birthday Song,” “I’m Different” and “Feds Watching.” He has also done collaborations with some of rap’s biggest names, including Nicki Minaj and Kanye West. The case was first reported by celebrity web site TMZ.com.

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Best places to host graduation celebrations for seniors Jake Jarvis A&E WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Attention seniors! In case you aren’t aware, you only have 21 days of class left. Add a couple days for final exams, and in less than a month, your career as an undergraduate student is over. Whether you’re going off to graduate school or finally entering the work force, be sure to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event. High school graduation parties were the time for relatives to come out of hiding. Sure, it was great

seeing your third cousin twice removed, but it was even better getting handed bundles of cash. Have no fear: if you’ve been too busy to plan the perfect graduation party, leave it to me. Here are some ways for everyone to make sure they celebrate this tremendous occasion. The first and probably the easiest option is having dinner with family and friends. Resist the urge to go to some place like Cheddar’s or Red Lobster. While these places are delicious, they don’t exactly scream “Successful College Grad.” The Vintage Room does. Be sure to reserve “The

Cellar,” which is a private room, seating 35 people for dinner. The wide selection of wines allows you to finally enjoy a glass of pink moscato with mom and pop (if you haven’t yet). But remember, the Vintage Room has a dress code to ensure the restaurant maintains a sense of class. Don’t come in ripped jeans – after all, you’re a college grad now. In case you want to ditch the collared shirts for something more down to earth, a picnic at Coopers Rock is a great option. Invite your family members to bring dishes for a pot-luck, offering incentives for the best dish.

This celebration is especially great for those with younger siblings, as they will be able to run around freely. A small picnic shelter for 60 people or less on a weekday is only about $35 – definitely not breaking the bank. Consider putting the money you save toward buying meat products for a barbecue. If you’re anything like me, a large family gathering serves only as a source of anxiety. For those less family-inclined, a road trip with some good friends might be the way to go. Take a weekend and just drive or fly somewhere. The next couple months

of your life will be spent working your way up from the bottom of the ladder, so why not get some fun out of it before you go? A round trip plane ticket from Pittsburgh to NYC departing May 9 and returning May 13 is only $183. Visit Hostels.com to find a good deal on housing. Though hostels do not offer the same privacy as hotels do, the saved money means more shopping. Better yet, ditch your friends and family both to treat the person that did all the hard work – you. Turn off your phone, log out of Netflix and delete the Facebook app. Take a day or two and de-clutter

your mind. You just went through one of the hardest times of your life, and it’s important to reflect. Hop on over to the Bellini Beauty Bar for a hardearned spa day. No matter how you celebrate it, just make sure you celebrate it. College may seem like something everyone has to do, but it’s not. For four years (or maybe more), you chose to commit yourself to the hard life of studying instead of partying, preparing for the future instead of living in the now. Take time to put it all in perspective. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Fellow musicians remember Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain 20 years after death

Kurt Cobain changed Win Butler’s world. Billie Joe Armstrong thought the Nirvana frontman was his generation’s John Lennon and Paul McCartney. And Beck thinks he owes a debt of gratitude to the singer-guitarist for opening the world’s ears to a thriving, but little-heard underground scene. It’s been two decades since Cobain took his own life on April 5, 1994, at age 27, yet he remains an important cultural touchstone for those he influenced and entertained in his shortlived career. The Associated Press spoke with a handful of musicians about their memories of Cobain as the anniversary of his suicide approached. Some knew him, some watched him from afar. All were touched in some way profound and unforgettable. — Beck experienced Nirvana long before everyone else. He ran into the band three years before Nirvana’s “Nevermind” changed pop music. He had never heard of the band, the opening act on a three-band bill, the top draws now lost to memory. “I have a memory of them coming out and he had his middle finger up, was giving his middle finger to the audience,” he said. “ ... I’d seen a lot of punk shows and I’d seen a lot of bands when I was younger where the shows were pretty aggressive or confrontational, but there was something completely different about this. I remember he had a smile on his face, there was a kind of playfulness, but it was also a little menacing, and I remember the minute they started playing, the entire audience erupted in a way I hadn’t seen before.” Everything that would make the band popular when “Smells Like Teen Spirit” ripped the fabric of pop music was already there.

“And I can tell you, any situation I’ve been in and many of my peers I’ve seen coming up, playing for audiences who’ve never heard of you, you don’t get people’s attention at all,” he said. “Usually they’re talking or going to the bathroom in those kinds of situations, but they had the audience from the first note. Even if they had never become successful, I would still remember that. It made a big impression. I remember at the time thinking, `What is this? Something’s going on here,’ and I was a fan after that.” — Billie Joe Armstrong remembers being out on Green Day’s first tour in 1990 and encountering the band’s graffiti in a string of tiny clubs out West. He’d heard of Nirvana through its Sub Pop releases, including its debut album, “Bleach,” but thought little of it at the time. A year later, Nirvana was known throughout the world. Cobain became something of a tortured poet laureate, a figure Armstrong thinks was as important for his generation as Lennon and McCartney were to theirs. “You know, the guy just wrote beautiful songs,” Armstrong said. “When someone goes that honestly straight to the core of who they are, what they’re feeling, and was able to kind of put it out there, I don’t know, man, it’s amazing. I remember hearing it when ‘Nevermind’ came out and just thinking, we’ve finally got our Beatles, this era finally got our Beatles, and ever since then it’s never happened again. That’s what’s interesting. I was always thinking maybe the next 10 years. OK, maybe the next 10 years, OK, maybe. ... That was truly the last rock ‘n’ roll revolution.” — Like Armstrong, Win Butler was moved when he first heard “Nevermind” in

1991. So was everyone in the Arcade Fire frontman’s world growing up in Texas. “All the sudden the whole kind of social dynamic at my junior high changed where these kind of misfit kids who maybe come from a broken home and they’re smoking cigarettes in the back and they didn’t have money for nice clothes, all the sudden those kids socially were in a weird way on the same level as everyone else,” Butler said. “I was sort of like a weird kid who didn’t know where I fit in or whatever and just to have that kind of voice be that big in culture, I feel like that was a magical period of alternative music where we had Jane’s Addiction and R.E.M. and Nirvana, it was like seeing these kind of freaks from all the different cities of North America and you’re like, oh wow.” Butler still takes cues from Cobain and Nirvana. After winning the 2010 Grammy Award for album of the year, Butler and his band delivered a completely unexpected followup album last year that ignored the lure of pop possibilities – much like Nirvana did when it recorded the band’s final album, the polarizing “In Utero,” in 1993. “Imagine Nirvana having the biggest record in the world and spending nine days and coming back with this super-raw album with pretty acoustic songs and crazy metal songs,” Butler said. “I don’t know, just artistically ‘In Utero’ was a constant source of inspiration. It stands the test of time so well, and ‘All Apologies’ is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, I think.” — Cobain enjoyed a kind of feedback loop with those he admired, and got the attention of Neil Young – a major touchstone for the grunge movement – before his death.

Jamaican reggae star Vybz Kartel sentenced to life KINGSTON, Jamaic a (AP) — A Jamaican judge on Thursday sentenced dancehall reggae star Vybz Kartel and three other men to life in prison for the 2011 murder of an associate. While police in riot gear manned barricaded streets outside the court in downtown Kingston, Judge Lennox Campbell ruled that the entertainer must serve 35 years behind bars before he can be eligible for parole. At that point, the tattooed Jamaican deejay who has dominated the brash reggae-rap hybrid of dancehall for a decade would be 73. Last month, a jury convicted the 38-year-old Kartel and three co-defendants of murdering Clive “Lizard” Williams, who was beaten to death in August 2011 after being lured to Kartel’s house to answer for two missing guns. His body has never been found. One of the key pieces of evidence in the 65-day murder trial, one of the longest in Jamaican history, was a text message police said they retrieved from Kartel’s phone saying Williams had been chopped up in a “mincemeat” so fine that his remains would never be located. On Thursday, dozens of

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onlookers stood on closed roadways outside the Kingston court as police in riot gear kept watch. Some zealous fans yelled to the sky when they heard news of Kartel’s life sentence. “Wickedness! They take away the ‘world boss,’” exclaimed one woman, referring to one of Kartel’s nicknames. Defense lawyer Tom Tavares-Finson said he expects to file an appeal. When Kartel was convicted last month, the only dissenting juror was arrested on charges of attempting to bribe the panel in an attempt to free the music star,

whose real name is Adidja Palmer. The juror denies wrongdoing. Kartel is a major star in the dancehall genre and is known for his prolific output and innovative, but often violent, X-rated lyrics. Over the years, he has collaborated with international artists including Jay-Z, Rihanna and Busta Rhymes, who traveled to Jamaica to attend the last day of his trial as a show of support. Although he has been jailed since 2011, he recorded numerous new songs from his jail cell using a smart phone while also co-authoring a book about himself titled “The Voice of the Jamaica Ghetto.” He’s long been popular among young Jamaicans, especially those in blighted slums. “Gaza,” the name of his dancehall faction, can be seen spraypainted on walls across the Caribbean island. But as his popularity grew, he increasingly got in trouble with the law. Last year, another murder case against Kartel collapsed after prosecutors failed to produce enough evidence to support allegations that he and two others killed businessman Barrington “Bossy” Burton in 2011.

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“Well, you know, it’s a hard thing to deal with,” Young said. “I guess Kurt felt too much. I think it’s sad that he didn’t have anybody to talk to that could’ve talked to him and said, ‘I know what you’re going through, but it’s not too bad. It really isn’t bad. Just (expletive) blink and it will be gone. Everything will be all right. You’ve got a lot

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The hard rock band Fuel is set to perform at Schmitt’s Saloon and Davisson Brothers Music Hall Sunday night. The band, originating from Harrisburg, Pa., has received tremendous success with their latest album, “Puppet Strings.” Currently, Brett Scallions, Brad Stewart, Andy Andersson and Shannon Boone are rocking out together in this great blend of talent. Last week, “Puppet Strings” debuted as the No. 1 album on the Hard Rock

Albums chart. This week, it has fallen to No. 16. Previously, the band made it to the No. 6 spot with their album “Angels & Devils.” “Rock and roll is very much alive and well on this album,” Scallions said on Fuelrocks.com. “The sound is pure, anthemic rock inspired by the punk records of the band’s youth and the Memphis blue sound that taps into Brett’s Tennessee roots.” “Yeah!” is the first track on the album, and it is probably my favorite. To me, it has a timeless vibe. If I had to pin down the sound, I would say it has definite blues undertones that sub-

tly blur the lines between hard rock and a blues romp. Even for this pop music lover, I couldn’t stop my head from rocking to the beat. Robby Krieger, though not currently in the band but serving as the feature guitarist on the album, definitely showcases his talent. Rolling Stone listed him as No. 76 on the list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time. At 68 years old, he proves that he can still rock out with the best of them. “Hey Mama” plays off the group’s southern rock roots. This song is perhaps the easiest to listen to and is the most inviting for our ears.

While other songs might be great for working out or cleaning up one’s bedroom, this is great for driving down the road with the windows down. It comes as a bit of a surprise that Fuel has chosen to play here in Morgantown. “When we first opened, if you told me that we would have eight No. 1 artists play in the first year alone, I would have thought you were crazy,” said Todd King, owner and operator of Schmitt’s Saloon. “When we heard they were touring to support their new album, we knew we had to get them.” A little more than a week

after playing Schmitt’s, Fuel will perform at Rock on the Range in Columbus, Ohio. This annual gathering of hard rock lovers totaled 105,000 people in 2013 for the three-day event. Joining Fuel at the event in Ohio is rock band royalty, such as Guns N’ Roses and Seether. On Fuel’s 23-stop tour across the country, this is perhaps the best chance to see the band in a more intimate setting. And it’s not every day Morgantown residents are treated to such talent. “I am really surprised that this show has not sold out yet. Many lesser-known and less-accomplished acts

have sold out faster,” King said. “I do encourage people to get them in advance though because they probably won’t be available at the door.” King said Schmitt’s is only able to continue bringing “top-notch talent” as long as audiences support it. Though Schmitt’s is known for its celebration of the country music genre, they are definitely working to incorporate more rock groups. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at http://schmittssaloon.com for only $20 plus a processing fee. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Juwan Staten calls out directions during WVU’s loss to Texas in the Big 12 tournament.

Staten’s return provides big lift for Huggins, West Virginia basketball program heading into offseason by amit batra sports editor @batra01

Junior West Virginia guard Juwan Staten will not declare for the NBA Draft and will return for his senior year via his Twitter account Saturday night. “After talking to my parents and Coach Huggins, I have decided to return to West Virginia University for my senior season,” he said. “It has always been a dream of mine to play in the NBA and a dream

of mine to hear my name called as a lottery pick in the NBA Draft. I believe everything happens for a reason, and I have a good feeling about playing my senior season at WVU.” Staten led the Mountaineers in scoring in the 2013-14 season. In large part, it was due to his training and work ethic in the offseason. Staten said he believes in where the program is headed and has his full trust and confidence in Huggins and the staff. “I have a lot of respect

for Coach Huggins and the basketball staff,” he said. “I have never been to the NCAA tournament, and I want to get Coach Huggins and my teammates back to the NCAA tournament.” Staten said he’s fallen in love with the fans and the state of West Virginia since his transfer from Dayton. He said he wants to give back to the fans and the University in his fifth season. “I am excited about next year’s team, and we are going to prepare as hard as

WVU travels to take on Horned Frogs by connor murray associate sports editor @connorkmurray

Following their second win against rival Pittsburgh and their fourth straight victory overall, the Mountaineers will make their first Big 12 road trip of the season when they travel to take on the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth this weekend. With their recent win streak, the Mountaineers have moved up to No. 14 in the RPI rankings and are making a push to break into the Top 25. “I like where we’re at right now. We can’t start drinking the Kool-Aid just yet. There is a lot of work left to do,” said head coach Randy Mazey. The Mountaineers enter the weekend No. 1 in the Big 12 standings with a 2-0 conference record after their two-game sweep of the Baylor Bears in Charleston. While the Mountaineers are in good position near the mid-point of the season, Mazey said his team has to remain on top of its game to have a chance to compete in the Big 12. “The conference means everything to us. We’ve got to finish well in the conference,” he said. Pitcher John Means has been a big reason for the Mountaineers’ early-season success. The junior lefthander has held opponents to a .186 batting average and has posted an ERA of 1.60 in 33.2 innings pitched. He struggled a bit in his most recent outing against the Panthers Tuesday, allowing two runs – one of which

we can to get back to the NCAA tournament.” The return of Staten goes a long way in showing how impactful a relationship can be between a head coach and player. Huggins said he is excited to have Staten return for his senior season. “We are looking forward to coaching and helping Juwan (Staten) achieve every goal that he has set for himself and for the team,” Huggins said. “(Staten’s) achievement from his sophomore season to his

junior season this year was unbelievable. He became the first player in school history to score more than 500 points, dish out more than 150 assists and grab more than 150 rebounds in a season.” Huggins praised Staten’s work ethic as a reason for his improvements. With Staten staying another season and having the opportunity to lead the Mountaineers back to the postseason, WVU’s head coach is excited for what lies ahead.

“His (Staten’s) work ethic is second to none, and I know Juwan will put in the time in the offseason to improve his game even more,” Huggins said. In a time period where the West Virginia men’s basketball team looked a bit shaky and unstable, the return of Staten should give Mountaineer fans a sigh of relief. It also goes to show the bond Huggins and Staten have built over the last two seasons. amit.batra@mail.wvu.edu

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Reliever Corey Walter delivers a pitch last season. was earned – on the strength of three hits in 2.2 innings pitched. Mazey said he didn’t allow Means to go any further into the game because he just wanted him to get some work in before the series with TCU this weekend. “If he wouldn’t have pitched this week then he would have had over two weeks off since he had pitched last, so he needed to get out there and face some hitters, and that was good that he did,” he said. West Virginia’s bullpen did their starter a favor and locked the game down after his early exit, ensuring the Mountaineers would have some momentum to take on the road trip. “It’s really encouraging that some guys stepped up in the bullpen and pitched really well,” Mazey said. While the pitching staff

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did its part in the win over the Panthers, catcher Cam O’Brien stepped up on the offensive end, tallying three RBIs in one of his most productive games of the season. “Everyone’s been hitting on the team, and it feels good to finally contribute. I’ve been scuffling in the past 10 games, so it was just nice to finally get out there and get some hits and score some runs,” O’Brien said. With his team playing at such a high level right now, O’Brien said the win against Pittsburgh will help to keep the Mountaineers on track heading to Fort Worth. “It’s going to be good momentum for us going into TCU and conference play,” O’Brien said. “Hopefully, we can just keep rolling and keep playing well.” connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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Hope Sloanhoffer goes through the beam routine earlier this season.

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Four West Virginia University gymnasts will compete at the NCAA Athens Regional Championships Saturday at 4 p.m. in Athens, Ga. Senior Hope Sloanhoffer, junior Beth Deal and freshmen Alexa Goldberg and Nicolette Swoboda are the gymnasts making the trip to represent the Mountaineers. “Going into regionals, I think they’re very prepared,” said WVU head coach Jason Butts. “They’re peaking at just the right time. Nicolette (Swoboda) and Hope (Sloanhoffer) are both coming off some career-high all-around scores. I think we’re ready to go, and I’m really proud that we’re going to have

that representation down there in Athens.” Sloanhoffer, the southeast region’s No. 6 all-round gymnast, is coming off a Big 12 all-around title. The Cornwall, N.Y., native will be paired with No. 1-seed and host Georgia. Butts said Sloanhoffer is performing the best gymnastics of her career. He believes that if she can perform this weekend with the same consistency she’s been showing the past few weeks, she’ll have no problem qualifying for the NCAA National Championships. “She’s an All-American gymnast,” Butts said. “We just have to get her to nationals to get it done.” Both Deal and Goldberg will be paired with No. 6-seed Rutgers and will compete on the balance beam and uneven bars, respectively.

Deal has been a rock for the Mountaineers on beam this season, while Goldberg has proved herself to be one of the team’s most consistent competitors on bars. “(Deal) was a rock for us on (beam) this year,” Butts said. “For her to be able to go down to regionals in that event and showcase WVU for us – it’s great.” Swoboda, the southeast region’s No. 12 all-around gymnast, will be paired with No. 5-seed NC State. The Westbury, N.Y., native has been a consistent allaround competitor for the Mountaineers this season – a rare feat for a freshman. Butts praised both Swoboda and Goldberg for qualifying for the regional championships as freshmen. “I just think it’s a testament,” Butts said. “They bought into the program

right off the bat when we started official practice. They’ve done their job all year long, and I’m really proud that they’re going to get the opportunity to represent WVU for us as freshmen.” Competing with a different team on arguably one of the biggest stages in collegiate gymnastics figures to be intimidating. However, Butts said he feels his four gymnasts will be fine. “Hope (Sloanhoffer) and Beth (Deal) have both been to regionals … so they know what it’s all about,” Butts said. “The teams that we’ve been assigned with are great teams. We’re going to go down there, we’re going to have fun (and) we’re going to be aggressive and just show off WVU.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia to compete at Indiana University by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rowing team will travel to Bloomington, Ind., to take on Indiana University Saturday. Head coach Jimmy King said his team is focused on this match’s goals only and is not even thinking about the overall season goals; King said the team is just taking it on a week-byweek approach. “Right now, our goals are more immediate: making technical adjustments, being consistent piece-topiece and day-to-day,” King said. “The season’s end goals are at the back of our minds. They haven’t been

placed aside, but we realize that if we don’t take care of our more immediate needs, those goals will quickly become out of reach.” This season, West Virginia has only competed in one regatta and Saturday’s scrimmage against George Mason on the Monongahela River. The Mountaineers’ first time competing this season didn’t go over well, with West Virginia finishing in last place in many races of the three-day tournament. In Saturday’s scrimmage, WVU attempted to keep building after the disappointing start by competing in two flights of eights and one flight of fours with the Mountaineers racing both an “A” and a “B”

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WVU to run in three competitions The West Virginia track team will split up this weekend in order to compete in three separate competitions. Head coach Sean Cleary will send a small group of athletes to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational Friday and Saturday, while a smaller group will make the trip to Gainesville, Fla., for the Florida Relays at the same time. The majority of the team will travel to Athens, Ohio, to participate in the Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational. The Mountaineers are coming off a success last weekend at the

boat in each flight. The 4x1000-meter legs were capped at a stroke rate of 28, followed by a 4x1 minute stretch without rate restriction on the return to the boathouse. The Hoosiers, along with West Virginia, participated in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn., earlier this season, but the two squads did not face each other. IU has since faced Dayton and Duquesne and swept both opponents on Lake Lemon in Bloomington Saturday. Indiana competed in three 2,000-meter races, winning the First Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 against the Flyers and the Dukes.

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The Hoosiers won the First Varsity 8 race by 27 seconds with a time of 6:43.2. In the Second Varsity 8 race, IU’s Novice crew edged Duquesne with a time of 7:23.9. King said the late start to the season and the extremely cold and snowfilled winter has delayed his team’s development to fully prepare for the season. “Some years crews come together quickly, (while) other years it takes a bit longer,” King said. “This is one of those seasons when it’s taking a bit longer to find the right combinations, so the late start has certainly hindered our development to this point.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Friday April 4, 2014

TENNIS

West Virginia to continue Big 12 competition by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team will wrap up its regular season road schedule this weekend as the Mountaineers travel to take on No. 18 Oklahoma today at 5 p.m. EST and No. 22 Oklahoma State Sunday at noon. Head coach Miha Lisac said his team has faced tough competition all season, but the focus remains on continuing to build off each match for both the

players and coaches. “The focus remains on getting better as we go through our first year together,” Lisac said. The Mountaineers (314, 0-6 Big 12) continued their winless Big 12 play by dropping matches to then-No. 32 Texas Tech, 7-0, and then-No. 57 TCU, 4-0, Friday and Sunday, respectively. WVU fell behind early to the Red Raiders after dropping the doubles point Friday. At No. 1 doubles, the freshman tandem of Oana Manole and Kaja Mrgole,

who lead the Mountaineers in doubles victories this season with six, lost their fourth consecutive match to the No. 38-ranked duo of Samantha Adams and Kenna Kilgo, 8-3. B o t h M rg o l e a n d Manole are tied for the team lead with seven singles victories on the season, as well. Sophomore Hailey Barrett and junior Ikttesh Chahal, WVU’s top pair from 2013, has only recorded two wins as a paring this spring, as they fell to Texas Tech’s Nikki Sanders and Rashmi Teltumbde, 8-3.

The Horned Frogs dominated the Mountaineers on Sunday. At No. 1 doubles, Manole and Mrgole came back to knot the match at four, but ultimately lost to Stefanie Tan and Seda Arantekin, 8-6. The Sooners (13-3, 3-1 Big 12) are coming off a Big 12 shutout victory against then-No. 47 Kansas, 7-0, last weekend. OU senior Mia Lancaster earned a singles victory in straight sets over KU’s Paulina Los, 6-4, 6-3. Lancaster and fellow senior Whitney Ritchie, in the No. 1 doubles, de-

feated the Jayhawks’ Maria Jose Cardona and Maria Belen Luduena, 8-3. The Cowgirls (10-5, 4-0 Big 12) are on a six-match winning streak, including their most recent victory over then-No. 61 Kansas State, 5-2. OSU’s duo of Carla Tur Mari and Maria Alvarez moved to 7-1 on the season in doubles as they defeated Palma Juhasz and Iva Bago, 8-5. No. 54 Viktoriya Lushkova leads the Cowgirls with a 13-2 singles record. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Roark helps Nationals earn sweep of Mets NEW YORK (AP) — Tanner Roark recovered from a shaky first inning as an emergency starter in place of ailing Jordan Zimmermann, and the Washington Nationals rallied past the New York Mets 8-2 Thursday for an opening threegame sweep. Ryan Zimmerman tied his career high with four hits, including three that led off innings. His secondinning home run started the Nationals’ comeback from a 2-0 deficit. Washington’s leadoff batter reached in the first seven innings, and the Nationals rallied to win for the third time in the series. While Washington opened 3-0 for the second straight season, the Mets fell to 0-3 for the first time since 2005. They had not lost their first three home games since 1997. Zimmermann, 19-9 last year, was fine Wednesday

but developed a fever overnight and was throwing up. Roark, who had been scheduled to start Friday’s home opener against Atlanta, was told in the morning he’d be on the mound. Roark (1-0) got just two swings and misses in the first two innings and fell behind in a 30-pitch first. He wound up allowing just the two runs and six hits in six innings with three walks and five strikeouts – including his final four batters. Wheeler (0-1) threw a 97 mph fastball but never dominated, although he mostly pitched himself out of trouble. He gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings, and the Nationals broke open the game with a four-run seventh against relievers Scott Rice and Jeurys Familia that included a two-run single by Adam LaRoche off the glove of first base-

man Lucas Duda. Before a small crowd of 20,561 Curtis Granderson doubled in a run in the opening inning for his first hit with the Mets following an 0-for-9 start that included five strikeouts. Juan Lagares’ sacrifice fly made in 2-0. Washington went ahead 3-2 in the fifth when Denard Span hit an RBI single to right, advanced as Granderson heaved a two-hop throw home and scored on Jayson Werth’s two-out single. NOTES: Washington pitchers struck out 39 in the series, third-most in any team’s opening three games since 1914, according to STATS. The only teams with more were Texas last year (43) and Cleveland in 1966 (42). ... Mets 2B Daniel Murphy returned from paternity leave and had a throwing error and a fielding error in

Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper slides home Thursday. his season debut. ... Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson presented the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience to the New York Mets, Walgreens and Monsignor John Brown,

then bounced the ceremonial first pitch. ... Werth was 6 for 13 in the series. ... The Mets started a different first baseman in each game. ... Travis d’Arnaud is 0 for 9 this season.

Stanton rallies Marlins past Rockies 8-5

Giancarlo Stanton is greeted by his teammates in the Marlins dugout. MIAMI (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning, capping a comeback to help the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5 Thursday. Casey McGehee had two hits and three RBIs for the Marlins, who scored 27 runs while winning three of four games in the seasonopening series. Miami finished last in the majors in runs and batting last year and lost 100 games. The Marlins were 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position for the afternoon before Christian Yelich made the score 5-all in the eighth with a two-out RBI single off Matt Belisle (0-1). Yelich stole second – with the call confirmed by a replay review – and Jeff Baker walked. Yelich scored easily when Stanton singled after falling behind 0-2, and McGehee followed with a

two-run single. McGehee has eight RBIs and Stanton seven in the season’s first week. A.J. Ramos (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth. Steve Cishek followed with a scoreless ninth for his 31st consecutive converted save opportunity, and his second this year. Michael Cuddyer homered and drove in three runs for the Rockies, who head to Denver for their home opener Friday against Arizona. Cuddyer had an RBI groundout in the first inning and two-run homer in the third. Last year’s NL batting champion is hitting .412. Franklin Morales allowed three runs in 5 1-3 innings for Colorado. Miami starter Jacob Turner gave up five runs in six innings. Two calls were upheld after replay reviews that took 2½ minutes and 75 seconds. Miami scored in the first

when McGehee slid hard into second to break up a potential inning-ending double play, allowing Baker to come home on Garrett Jones’ forceout. McGehee was hustling again in the third, when he scored from second on Marcell Ozuna’s two-out grounder to second. Ozuna barely beat the throw to first – a call upheld following a review – and McGehee then beat Cuddyer’s throw home. Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez made a leaping catch in the third to rob Giancarlo Stanton of an extra-base hit. NOTES: Gonzalez left Wednesday’s game in the sixth inning when he became dizzy after accidentally swallowing some tobacco dip. ... Stanton broke his bat on a lineout in the fifth, and on his follow-through the barrel hit C Wilin Rosario in the back of his helmet. Rosa-

JOE MITCHIN SPORTS WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

Fan loyalty on display at open practices To some, it may be miniscule information or even completely worthless. For others, though, it’s something of great value and appreciation. For the first time in the Dana Holgorsen term, select spring practices have been open to the public for a sneak peak at the new Mountaineers. Coming off a disappointing 4-8 season, the Mountaineer nation was quieted. It wasn’t until the final two weeks of the season, after back-to-back losses to Kansas and Iowa State (who combined to win six games in 2013) that the season was considered a complete disaster. Clamorings and whispers of Holgorsen’s job security and his feelings toward the University and state as a whole began to surface. His personality compared to those who had led WVU football in the past was nearly incomparable. The Mountaineer football program was left with a choice. Steer the ship the Holgorsen way or bring the fans back early. This spring, WVU has held two open practices to the public – one in Wheeling and the other here in Morgantown. The team will do the same for a third time Saturday in Charleston before the Gold-Blue Spring game April 12. To me, it’s been refreshing for the football program to invite folks into practice, something Holgorsen has never allowed before the spring game at the end of camp. And based on the crowd onhand at these events, the Mountaineer faithful are appreciative. Is this a PR move? Damage control? Perhaps. However, it doesn’t really matter what the reason for traveling across the Mountain State showcasing the 2014 team happens to be. The result of the efforts have drawn the program and its supporters closer, despite being five months away from the start of the season. I attended the practice in Morgantown Saturday. Nearly 2,000 others came with me. If there was any question of the loyalty and anticipation of this university’s fanbase before, then they were quickly answered when nearly everyone remained inside Milan Puskar Stadium in the middle of a steady rain storm. Even after a year of frustration and a visible decrease in talent and experience on the field, as well as a head coach who has remained distant from the fanbase and media alike, nothing appears to have changed. Mountaineer fans are ready for their football game Saturdays. They are prepared to follow the team no matter what the circumstance of the locker room may be. Because of that, they have been rewarded this spring with a chance to feel a part of the program, getting the inside look, for the first time in quite a while. Whether or not Holgorsen’s seat as head coach of West Virginia is hot depends on who you ask. But I can’t help but applaud this decision to let the Gold and Blue in and offer an olive branch to the people he must answer to the most. A simple gesture to the masses has meant so much to a lot of people. It’s been a great spring. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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