The DA 04-09-2014

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

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Wednesday April 9, 2014

Volume 126, Issue 126

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Construction ‘tops-out’ at 8-story University Place complex

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Workers install window panels in a third-floor apartment Tuesday morning. Wvsports.com

A rendering of the Milan Puskar Stadium concourse expansion, among other athletic facility upgrades were announced Tuesday. The upgrades will cost WVU $106 million.

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE WVU announces $106 mil athletic facility upgrades By Anthony Pecoraro Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

$106 million breakdown

West Virginia University Athletic Director Oliver Luck announced Tuesday morning which projects the approximate $106 million to renovate a multitude of Mountaineer athletic facilities. As Luck explained, the primary reason WVU is able to plan such a large project is because of the school’s recent move to the Big 12 Conference. “The real impetus came when we joined the Big 12, and we began realizing that though we had nice facilities, and we still do in many cases – we are now competing against the very best in the country,” Luck said. The $106 million is divided into three financial sources, with the largest being a $75 million bond. The other two are the result of a $25 million private Mountaineer Athletic Club fundraising effort and $6 million from the multimedia rights contract. All three are possible due to the guaranteed annual revenue from the Big 12, as well as guaranteed annual revenue from the multimedia rights contract with IMG. Luck said at least 50 percent of the bond will go toward renovations at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. “We are certain we will invest a significant portion, over 50 percent in the football stadium,” Luck said. “We will do considerable work on the concourses and on entrances to Mountaineer Field.” Mountaineer Field, erected in 1981 when Luck was a quarterback for the Mountaineers, has seen few changes in its 34 years of existence, which Luck said must be changed primarily for the fans’ enjoyment.

$25 million

Private Mountaineer Athletic Club fundraising efforts.

$6 million Annual revenue from multimedia rights contract with IMG.

$75 million

Guaranteed annual revenue from the Big 12 Conference.

“The stadium has held up well, but I think there needs to be some upgrades, not necessarily for the players. This is really all for the fans and fan enjoyment at Mountaineer Field,” Luck said. Although planned football upgrades have been welldeveloped, Luck said when it comes to the 44-year-old WVU Coliseum, nothing has been distinctively planned out. “As we move away from the football stadium to the Coliseum complex, we have a lot of options of things we are looking at but really haven’t decided finally on

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WVU, University of Quebec to host electronic lit conference by taylor mcsorley staff writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University will hold a conference and workshop “New Textualities/New Technologies” Thursday and Friday featuring the Laboratoire NT2 of the Universite du Quebec a Montreal. Hosted by the West Virginia University Center for Literary Computing and sponsored by the Government of Quebec, the event will feature opportunities to learn about cutting-edge technology and creative writing on computer-based platforms and Internet. “WVU is a leader in researching and teaching this topic, and we are bringing in another leading research group with NT2. This new work is experimental, edgy and fun,”

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said Sandy Baldwin, associate professor of English and director of the Center for Literary Computing. Baldwin teaches digital writing and electronic literature and studies works of electronic literature. He is also the project director for the Consortium for Electronic Literature (CELL), a research project based at WVU that collaborates with 10 universities in seven countries to create a search engine and webbased tools for researching and teaching in this area. One of the primary collaborators in this project is the NT2 Lab. “The NT2 Lab researches and teaches about digital writing. In particular, they focus on creative writing using computers and the Internet,” Baldwin said. “The workshop will showcase their research and teaching and will in-

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clude a hands-on look at the way they create webbased resources and tools for teachers and students.” This workshop’s purpose is to introduce people about the most cutting edge form of literature. Some of the talks will feature the work NT2 does for its e-literature database, a history of Quebecois literature and e-literature, and the history and future of webcomics – topics that anyone from any field of student can understand or have an interest in. “Being a journalism major, (I think) new creative ways of writing really interest me. The workshop seems like it would be a cool place to learn about a lot of new technology,” said Kendall Svanda, a sophomore journalism student. The conference will begin Thursday in the

MORE INFO For more information and a complete schedule of the conference schedule, visit http://tinyurl.com/ n3djlwd. Mountaineer Room in the Mountainlair. The conference continues Friday at 9 a.m. in Colson Hall Room 130 and follows with a hands-on portion in Colson Hall Room G10. Students are welcome to attend the conference and workshop or to just stop in and sample individual talks. The event is free and open to all including students and faculty from the WVU community as well as from other universities. For a complete detailed schedule, visit, http://tinyurl. com/n3djlwd. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Photo gallery & VIDEO | More from our University Place walking tour can be found at >> www.thedaonline.com BY SUMMER Ratcliff City Editor @SUMMERRATCLIFF

Set for completion just in time for the start of the fall 2014 semester, the University Place student apartment construction site has quickly taken shape and now towers over the Sunnyside neighborhood near the West Virginia University Downtown Campus. The 950-bed complex will offer two-, three- and fourbedroom, modern student apartment style units and townhomes, and an array of amenities, including a fully equipped fitness center, private study rooms and ground floor retail space across eight floors. With construction on the structure of the building now complete, David Martinelli, owner of Paradigm Development Group and project developer, said the site is rarely quiet and often times will resemble a bee’s nest with busy workers bustling about, working to complete their assigned tasks. “There’s a lot going on at one time,” Martinelli said. “There are hundreds of workers in there on all the different levels finishing each part out. “A big part of the project now is getting materials into the building. There are so many workers in there it’s a big chore to keep them fed with materials. There’s hoisting equipment strategically placed at various points to get the materials in to them.” The unique property will feature a new concept Sheetz store and other retailers that will be announced as soon as negotiations are finalized.

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Local candidates to talk Morgantown, state issues at forum by meagan carpenter staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Daily Athenaeum is sponsoring this event. The Monongalia County Political Candidate Forum, the capstone project of Summer Ratcliff and Christopher Flaherty, will be held Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Gluck Theatre of the Mountainlair. This forum is a place for students to hear directly from local political candidates running for election in the upcoming May primary and the general election in November. The forum will allow students and community members to become more informed on local Monongalia County political leaders and the issues they may be working on if elected. The candidates include Anthony Barill, Robert Beach, Larry Edgell, Barbara Fleischauer, Nancy Jamison, Brian Kurcaba, Kent Leonhardt, Charlene Marshall, Edward Olesh, Amanda Pasdon, Marti Shamberger, Joe Statler, Stanley Shaver, Kris Warner and John Williams. Flaherty, a senior political science student, has been working with Ratcliff during the past four months to coordinate this event and ensure it is successful and helps with their capstone project. “We wanted to get candidates who are running for reelection or running for the first time to come out and be able to answer any questions that students may have about what their plans are if they get elected,”

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