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Students, groups continue pushing for veteran priority registration by corey mcdonald staff writer @dailyathenaeum

NCAA athletes, under federal stipulations, receive funding and several different benefits to help efficiently guide them through the process of receiving a college degree. One of the benefits included is priority registration, which allows them to register for classes earlier than the rest of the student body. Similarly, U.S. Veterans receive federal stipulations and funding through the Veterans Administration. West Virginia University, however, currently does not consider

veteran students eligible for priority registration.

This creates a problem not only for veteran students, but ultimately for the University.

A GI Bill was signed into law in July 2008, which created an education benefit program for members who have served for more than 90 days in the armed forces. Among the benefits included was priority registration for these students.

However, the fine print of the law states universities may apply priority registration “where appropriate.”

“The University just says that it’s never appropriate,” said Jason Keffer, WVU stu-

dent and president of the Veterans Club. “That’s their go-around.”

Veteran Administration funding is based on degree-specific classes and full-time enrollment. Veterans are given two semesters before they must declare a major. If a veteran student is not able to register for a necessary class in a timely manner, they may lose funding and will thus have to pay out-of-pocket.

Veterans are left picking from the last batch of the classes, which sometimes prevents them from getting into necessary classes. This quick turn-around makes it crucial to have general ed-

City Council discusses Home Rule status, non-student ex-officio addition by taylor jobin staff writer @Dailyathenaeum

The Morgantown City Council discussed an amendment to its application for Home Rule status and members of West Virginia University’s Student Government Association spoke to the Council about the importance of adding a non-voting, ex officio student to the Council membership.

The Home Rule amendment proposed an amendment to the city’s fire code.

If accepted, this would give Morgantown fire marshals and deputy fire marshals the power to arrest arsonists at the scene of the crime and those violating other areas of the fire prevention code.

After the ordinance was announced, a public hearing was held on the issue.

Jim Craig, a Morgantown resident who claimed to have lost thousands of dollars worth of items to unlawful fires, spoke in favor of the ordinance. He expressed his disappointment with the Council for neglecting to propose this earlier and said that if the fires had taken place in residential neighborhoods–not student neighborhoods–this issue would have been solved long ago.

“Had this been happening in Suncrest, South Park… or what- not, where people vote, we would not be doing this here tonight 15 years after the fact,” Craig said. “But because it’s in a student neighborhood where nobody votes, then really, I’m not sure the Council or University really care.”

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ucation classes available to veterans.

“Once those two semesters go by, if you haven’t gotten the classes you needed, whether you got into them or not, they’re not going to pay GI benefits until you’re in your major,” Keffer said.

The pressure of falling behind in course progression due to registration problems is also coupled with the fact that many veterans endure unsettling culture shock upon leaving the armed forces to the more relaxed nature of a university campus.

“You’re already at a disadvantage when you start,” Keffer said. “Trying to get

back into the school mode, it’s tough, it’s a culture shock. Almost all of the vets I know have spent time in Iraq or Afghanistan. A lot of us have our own issues that we’re dealing with while we have to deal with school as well.”

This has been a longstanding issue for the Veterans Club. Since 2012, members of the club have tried to bring this to the attention of various officials and offices of WVU, including the Registrar’s Office and even the University President’s Office.

“We’ve made it known frequently, not only just this semester. It has been going

on since I was a sophomore here,” Keffer said. “The Veterans Club has been waving the priority registration flag at the University, and they continue to deny it.”

“I know the club went and got signatures in 2012 of over 1,000 students themselves,” Keffer said. “They went to the Registrar and said ‘Hey, look, the students support this as well,’ and they still said no.”

Members of the Student Government Association have taken notice and have set plans into motion to advocate for this policy change.

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Morgantown resident who spoke in favor of the new ordinance, said Morgantown has “a culture of arson.”

He told the story of how a dumpster on one of the properties he owns has been burned six times already this year by what he suspects to be a repeat offender. He said after watching surveillance video that the offender shows no sense of urgency when they light the fire.

“They calmly approach, they light, they watch, they fade away. I don’t believe they think they can get caught,” Corwin said.

Corwin then implored the City Council to pass the amendment.

During the next part of the public hearing, multiple elected and appointed SGA members spoke in favor of putting a non-voting, ex officio student member on the Council.

Among those who spoke were Student Body President George Capel and Vice President Ashley Morgan.

Capel, on the issue of the ex officio, said, “It is of vital importance to our institution to strengthen our collaborative relationship between ourselves and all of our surrounding communities. Hopefully years from now, they will look back on our times and say that together, we changed the course of Morgantown for the better.”

“But today, we are at a turning point in our community,” Capel said. “We need to be sure beyond a shadow of doubt that we do everything we can to communicate and work together for our common good.”

Morgan also stressed

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Local voters Nancy Jamison, left, John Lozier, back, and political science student Justin Click, right, bring awareness to the student body. “Students have the mindset that we can’t make a change, but as students, we are the future voters, and we make the decisions,” Click said.

Delegate Fleischauer and others bring awareness of college debt to WVU by emily leslie staff writer @dailyathenaeum

On Tuesday afternoon, Barbara Fleischauer D-Monongalia, and other supporters spoke in front of the Mountainlair to urge 2016 presidential candidates to support debt-free college becoming a reality in the upcoming years. “(Student debt) is a problem that we really need to solve, and it’s only one that we can solve with the help of the federal government. We hope that in the presidential campaign there will be a focus on making college education not just affordable, but to the greatest extent possible, debt-free,” Fleischauer said.

West Virginia University was one of 10 college campuses around the

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country to call for protest this week in an effort to promote the idea that all students should be able to graduate from public universities and colleges with absolutely no debt.

Local students, leaders and officials organized these nationwide protests with the support of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a nationwide grassroots organization.

The PCCC intends to ensure debt-free college remains a priority in the national conversation through 2016, as one of the key issues in its “Ready For Boldness” campaign.

As obtaining a degree from an institution of higher learning has become more important than ever in a competitive job market, the cost of attending colleges and universities has simultaneously risen. In the last three decades, the cost of attending

college increased by 250 percent, according to the PCCC, leaving many students with heavy loans to pay after graduation.

Colin Shock, a WVU graduate and volunteer with the PCCC who is still paying off his student loans, commented on how higher education is expected out of high school graduates but is burdening students financially.

“Right now, a four-year bachelor’s degree from a university or college is almost necessary to get ahead in life.

The average student comes out of college with $29 thousand in debt—and that’s a huge yolk around students’ necks,” Shock said.

Shock claims it is the government’s responsibility to ensure students do

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Gov. Fitzwater hosts search for gender-inclusive bathrooms at WVU by hollie greene correspondent @dailyathenaeum

For some students, finding a restroom they feel comfortable using can be a difficult experience.

Today at 4 p.m., students can join West Virginia University Student Government Association Governor Sean Fitzwater to search for the solution to this problem in the form of gender-inclusive restrooms.

For the Bathroom Hunt, students will search the Evansdale Campus, includ-

ing the Law School Campus and the Health Sciences Center, for gender-nonspecific, private restrooms.

This project, started last year by the Program Coordinator for the new LGBTQ Center and former student body Vice President, Benjamin Seebaugh, is intended to provide students, faculty and community members with information on all of the private restrooms located across campus.

One group of individuals expected to be impacted by the project is WVU’s transgender community.

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“The bathroom can be an intimidating place for a lot of people, especially someone who might be going through the process of transitioning or someone desiring going from one gender to another,” Seebaugh said.

The Bathroom Hunt was designed to help students such as these find a place where they can feel comfortable and, more importantly, safe using the restroom without having to travel too far across campus.

“What if a female who is transitioning into be-

coming a male goes into the male restroom?” Seebaugh said. “This could cause some amount of discontent among some of the other people in the restroom. Then, this could become a dangerous place for that person.”

WVU Research Associate Alexandra Kadner spoke about her own experience transitioning. Though she stated she was fortunate enough to avoid any major issues, she spoke about the benefits she believes gender-inclusive restrooms can bring to students going

through a transition.

“I can see the benefit of having a private bathroom.

It takes away from thinking ‘What do I have to worry about this time?’” Kadner said.

Fitzwater expressed hopes that this project will bring WVU one step closer to becoming a safer, more inclusive place for not just the transgender students on campus but all members of the LGBTQ community.

“As the country moves closer to acceptance of all people, I believe that we as the flagship University for

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our state must help spearhead that change,” Fitzwater said.

Though Seebaugh and Fitzwater hope the Hunt will have a serious impact on the LGBTQ community, they are also taking measures to help other groups of individuals on campus who could benefit from the project by searching for restrooms that are handicapaccessible and have breastfeeding facilities.

“This isn’t necessarily just for trans people,” See-

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Wednesday April 22, 2015

Peace Corps representatives visit WVU by cameron gleason correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Throughout the course of the day on Tuesday, representatives from the Peace Corps visited West Virginia University to speak with interested students about the program and the benefits it could offer them.

Keely Hayes, a recruiter and former volunteer, spent the afternoon describing her personal experiences with the Peace Corps, how the 27-month volunteer process operates, the benefits offered to students and how the Peace Corps can overall brighten one’s future.

“We are funded by Congress, and we send volunteers with skills to live and work overseas in developing countries for 27 months,” Hayes said. “Three months of training in-country, and then two years of service to a community abroad.”

Hayes went on to explain the different fields of work available abroad.

These fields range from cooking to mathematics, all the way down to

the most basic of skills needed to survive such as personal health and agriculture.

“Education encompasses teaching English as a foreign language, there’s also math and science teaching opportunities, a small art education and a small deaf education, and a special education program as well.

Public health would be the second largest program after that, so teaching about HIV/AIDS, malaria and safe sex,” Hayes said.

Volunteers for the Peace Corps receive extensive medical care from a doctor on call 24/7 as well as assistance with students loans on top of a living stipend.

“Currently it’s about $375 (per month) that Peace Corps pays out to you at the end of your service,” Hayes said. “Obviously, you get to travel overseas–Peace Corp takes care of your passport, your visas, your plane tickets and you also earn 48 days of vacation over the length of your service.”

Recruitment Supervisor Jessica Koehler spoke of her two-year experience in Roma-

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the globe that are in dire need of assistance.

“Personally, it completely changed my outlook and perspective on life, and it helped me to realize that I want a career that means something,” Koehler said.

the importance of having a more inclusive Council for students.

“If we have an ex officio, non-voting member on this council to represent the needs of students, we have the opportunity to bridge that gap between students and the community.”

She also said the position would benefit the Council and the City it serves as well.

“By doing that, we can provide a resource to students to connect with the city,” Morgan said. “But also do the reverse, by providing the Council with a point person to discuss studentdriven issues.”

If this proposal does pass, West Virginia University would not be the first Big 12 school to have a position like this with the City Council.

Iowa State’s Student Government Association’s Financial Director doubles as an ex officio, according to the organization’s SGA constitution.

Morgan said the experiment in Ames, Iowa, has been “extremely successful.”

Regular City Council meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month in City Hall Council Chambers, 389 Spruce Street.

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David McGill, professor of Global Forest Resources, asks a question about the Peace Corps for farmers. nia, and what it meant to her.

“Everybody was so willing to embrace Americans and learn about our culture. They have those idealized views of us,” Koehler said. “To actually sit down at the table with them and show them we’re just like everybody else, and

we have similarities and differences, and there’s so much that I can learn from you, and there’s so much you can learn from me—figuring that out was amazing.”

The Peace Corps offers volunteers the opportunity to extend help to developing countries all over

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not go into debt trying to pay for college.

“It’s the responsibility of our federal and local state governments to empower their citizens with the tools they need to be productive in society—and in order to do that, you need at least some form of college education,” Shock said.

According to Shock, when graduates enter the world of adulthood with massive student loans to pay, it is not only bad for them, it is bad for the economy. Shock claims if there was more government funding and Pell Grants to help students, society would benefit from investing in its students.

“For about every dollar we spend on education, we get about $6.50 in return investment with the growth of the economy, and so on and so forth. So it makes

baugh said. “This can be for anyone who is seeking a little bit more privacy in the restroom for any number of reasons. Perhaps something as commonplace as changing their clothes or something like having a catheter.”

Fitzwater said he hopes to see at least one genderinclusive restroom in every student-used building on campus.

Questions about the Bathroom Hunt can be directed to Fitzwater at 304-651-0185.

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Continued from page 1 Governors Blake Humphrey and Shani Waris have been promoting a petition that will push for allowing veteran priority registration.

Along with this petition, Governors Humphrey, Warris and Dustin Seabolt will be proposing Resolution 2015-02-11 to the Board of Governors tonight that will outline the SGA’s support for priority registration.

The resolution describes the necessity for priority registration by outlining the fact that WVU is the only institution in the state

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Supporters come out to help raise awareness of college debt with Fleischauer in front of the Mountainlair. perfect sense—you spend said. “You’re going to have the long run. Absolutely we their support for having this kind of money invest- more folks in higher-pay- should spend money on it.” college become a debt-free There is a petition at experience. ing in our students, it’s go- ing jobs and paying more ing to pay huge dividends taxes and if anything, it’s DebtFreeCollegeNow.com down the road,” Shock going to save us money in where people can show danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu that does not provide priority registration for veterans, emphasizing the time of veterans’ provisional programs and stressing the need to honor the veterans’ sacrifices made for their country.

“We’re going to get the resolution passed on Wednesday, which will show student support and SGA support for this,” Humphrey said.

The conflict between the Veterans Club and the University Registrar has made the advancement of this new policy difficult, but members of the Board of Governors hope to serve as a liaison between the two entities in hopes to cooper-

ate and make progress on the issue.

“I think he’s cooperating to the extent that he told us he’d have a meeting with us,” Humphrey said, referring to the University Registrar supervisor. “I don’t necessarily know what level of cooperation that indicates or signals, but I think that him signaling to meet with us is a good sign. I like to use the phrase ‘cautious optimism.’ I don’t want to be going in too excited, but I do have a sense of optimism that he will understand where we’re coming from, respect our opinions and hopefully cooperate with us.”

The West Virginia Fed-

eration of College Republicans has also indicated in an April 13 press release that it is proceeding to try and create change on the state level.

Syed Akhtar, chairman of the Federation, and Charlie Hageboeck, political director of the Federation, have been working with members of the state legislature to create a bill intended to strike out the words “where appropriate” in the West Virginia state code.

“What we’re hoping to do is to change the state code, so therefore public universities in West Virginia will be required to have priority registration,” Akhtar said.

“This is not a partisan issue. This is a University and a West Virginia issue,” Akhtar explained. “This is a growth for West Virginia because there are many veterans here and we need to make sure they have our support and that they are welcome here.”

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Humphrey added, “If the Registar is not willing to do that, then that’s where the Federation engages and goes down to Charleston and presses for those changes.”

The Daily Athenaeum attempted to contact the University Registrar, but received no response by press time.

Along with matters regarding veteran students, issues regarding University progression are also at stake.

The Yellow-Ribbon policy, a policy adopted by WVU that gives all veteran students in-state tuition, is undergoing upcoming changes at the federal level that will grant in-state tuition to veteran students in every university in the country, private or public.

This new policy change will be problematic for WVU’s veteran student retention rate.

“Now it’s going to be

highly competitive (for WVU) because all schools across the country are going to be required to provide in-state tuition,” Humphrey said. “Giving priority registration is just the first step for the University to distinguish itself as a school that really is trying to reach out and retain and recruit veterans to stay here to learn.

This is just something that we think is right. We think that veterans serve our country, so our University should serve them.”

Keffer added, “We want veterans to succeed, and to be veteran-friendly, the University needs to be able to help a veteran get into the University, get into their school, get their degree and get on with their life. Whatever makes that the most effective and most efficient way is how the University should go about it. Priority registration would be key.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu EOE

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By Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

It’s 6 a.m., and I drink a cup of tea, but only because a bird reminded me.

The Eastern Towhee’s song can be heard as “drink your tea” and it was one of the many birds seen at the Core Arboretum Tuesday morning, during a bird walk led

by West Virginia University’s Mountaineer Audubon members.

A group of about a dozen attendees trickled into the Arboretum around 7:30 a.m., most consuming coffee beforehand and ignoring the birds’ wise calls.

More people came after the walk initially started at the Core Arboretum on Evansdale. This is the first of four walks to happen at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday mornings.

There will also be walks April 28, May 5 and 12.

“The leaves are not out yet, which is good, but the birds are not out yet, which isn’t good,” said Terry Brownson, Mountaineer Audubon member.

He was joking, of course, because our group ended up seeing, hearing and identifying over 20 species of birds. However, the leaves are coming in and some birds are almost gone for the season already.

Luckily, birding wasn’t the only thing to do on this walk, despite the fact that it’s called a “bird walk.”

“These walks are advertised as birding walks, but they’re just as much nature walks,” Brownson said. “You learn about everything.”

Zach Fowler, the new director of the Core Arboretum, and other group mem-

bers stopped and pointed out specific flora along the trail too. He explained to me people come on flower days, too, and the next one is at 2 p.m. Sunday.

There’s even more than just nature to look at - it’s for the friendships.

“You do it for the comradery. Everyone’s always so friendly and willing to share,” said Fred Schroyer, a resident of Waynesburg, Pa., who loves to bird at WVU before he heads off to work in Morgantown, W.Va. He’s right, too. Every single person in the group introduced themself to me personally and even lent me a pair of binoculars.

If I didn’t know a call, someone else called it out for me. Don’t know dereklauzon.com that bird’s flight pattern or wing pattern? That was ex- The Eastern Towhee is in the sparrow family. It enjoys rummaging through brush plained to me, too. I just and is famous for its unique call which sounds like “drink your tea.” wish I remembered my own pair of “binocs” from home to see them closer.

The Arboretum was gorgeous but slightly chilly.

Despite the wind, the sun could not have been shining brighter.

I took a bird class in high school, AP Environmental Science, and my teacher made us memorize over 200 species of birds for whatever reason.

It was only last year, but I couldn’t remember most of them. While I could spot the differences between blue jays and blue birds, there were still some birds I didn’t know. This group was more than helpful and any amateur birder could walk with them and come out learning something new. commons.wikimedia.org Red-bellied woodpeckers use their beaks to drill holes into treebark, digging out daa&e@mail.wvu.edu tasty insects from within.

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Blue jays are found all over the eastern and central U.S. They are a noisy songbird often found near residential areas.

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Male purple finches have red on their heads and backs. These birds forage for seeds, berries and insects.

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Fact vs. Fiction Edition: Cutting calories, getting abs, squats & more Caitlin Worrell Associate A&E editor @dailyathenaeum

Sometimes reaching your fitness goals can be challenging, causing people to exhaust numerous methods to achieve results. There are countless techniques to get that perfectly toned figure, but so many options and suggestions can have your head spinning. And with so many ways to get fit, how do you know what’s really effective?

This week’s fact versus fiction edition of Workout Wednesday will debunk the many myths surrounding your fitness plan. From diet and portion control to exercise and sleep, misconceptions about health can be the one thing holding you back from seeing the results you want.

Fiction: The best way to lose weight is to significantly cut calories.

Fact: This can actually have the opposite effect on the body. Depriving your body of necessary calories actually slows the metabolism and begins to hold on to fat to use as energy instead.

It’s much more effective to eat small meals frequently.

Spreading out your calorie intake keeps your portions small and your metabolism going.

Fiction: Abdominal exercises are the fastest way to tone your core.

Fact: While abdominal exercises like crunches and planks work specific muscles within your core, they won’t necessarily burn fat. The real abs results begin with the fat intake in your diet. Cutting fats begins with eating lean proteins, low-glycemic fruits, and lots of veggies.

Fiction: Doing squats will make your butt big.

Fact: Many believe that squats bulk when it’s actually quite the opposite.

Squats can help lift and trim your glutes and thighs. The catch with this exercise is maintaining good form to see proper results. Keeping your back and core strong is essential to working your buns and feeling the burn.

Fiction: Stretching helps your body recover quicker.

Fact: Though some would like to think this is true, there is no scientific proof surrounding this claim. However stretching can relieve muscle soreness and post-workout stress on the body. It’s important to make stretching a priority after your workout since it is the best time to improve muscle flexibility. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Proper squatting technique is key to reap the exercise’s benefits.

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They will be back: Sequels multiply this summer NEW YORK (AP) — “I’ll be back,” the line Arnold Schwarzenegger first uttered more than 30 years ago in that indelible manly monotone, belongs to the Terminator, of course. But it also might as well be the official slogan of the summer movie season.

It’s the time of year when Hollywood’s older, reliable brands, with the tenacity of Schwarzenegger’s lethal cyborg, claw their way back onto the big screen in a popcorn parade of big-budget sequels, reboots and re-dos.

That’s nothing new, but the extent of the sequel spinning is.

The sequel expansion - as headlong as Tom Cruise in the “Mission: Impossible” movies - runs in all directions, stretching into prequels, second-try reboots, spinoffs and franchises that are less linear, roman-numeral progressions than (as in the brimming Marvel world) whole universes of overlapping characters: fantasy realms to visit, not just stories to follow.

To fuel the proliferation, Hollywood is dipping ever deeper into its vaults: 10 of this summer’s most antici-

pated blockbusters have origins dating back more than three decades, including “Fantastic Four,” “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Terminator: Genisys,” the fifth film in the series created

by James Cameron in 1984.

Schwarzenegger is back to say that he’s back.

Nostalgia and familiarity mingle with updated special effects and new cast members in these films to render something that hopefully feels fresh to moviegoers. As the “Fast and Furious” series (more profitable in its seventh installment than ever before) has proven this spring, the lifespan of the sequels no longer adheres to the old rules of inevitable decay at least for now.

The ever-lengthening life of franchises can make for some strange off-screen realities, and not just for 67-year-old Terminators.

“Mad Max: Fury Road” (May 15), is returning decades later with its original creator, the Australian director George Miller.

“One of the most jolting experiences of my life was to go to SXSW and watch

`Road Warrior: Mad Max 2’ in a newly minted print for the first time in 32 years and then showing scenes from `Fury Road’ all these years later,” says Miller. “It was a kind of a time travel.

It was a strange but powerful experience.”

There is blunt mathematics behind the proliferating franchises. The top six summer films at the box office in 2013 were sequels.

Last summer, all of the top 10 movies were sequels, reboots or hailed from wellknown properties.

This summer, the boxoffice seems nearly certain to be led by “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (May 1), the sequel to the 2012 superhero team-up original, the highest grossing-summer movie ever. With $1 billion-plus in box office assured, the financial imperative is, of course, enormous. “Age of Ultron” writer-director Joss Whedon says “making more money would be swell,” but a creative purpose is still necessary.

“I wanted to do better,” says Whedon. “I wanted to spend more time with these guys. I just introduced them, and the movie ended.

I wanted to spend time with them as a team, as comrades, with them in conflict and the fun and the humor and the pain that comes with that. I wanted to go deeper.”

While Marvel’s “Avengers” marches forward (a two-part sequel is planned), other franchises have progressed less predictably.

“Magic Mike,” made for just $7 million, opened in June 2012 with a remarkable $39.1 million and went on to gross $167 million worldwide. A male stripper romp that winks to the real past of producer-star Channing Tatum, it returns July 1 with “Magic Mike XXL.” It’s the classic kind of sequel a road trip - albeit one with an especially untraditional destination: a Florida stripper convention Tatum attended before his acting career took off.

The premise still makes director Gregory Jacobs chuckle.

“We started thinking about a sequel, honestly, really early on,” says Jacobs, a producer and assistant director on the first “Magic Mike,” now taking over for director Steven Soderbergh.

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Changing student work restrictions While we are students, we are also adults expected to be financially responsible for ourselves, and should therefore be the judge of how many hours per week we can work.

West Virginia University currently allows its student employees to work a maximum of 20 hours a week.

Most student worker positions sit at or just above the state’s minimum wage requirement. For too many students, this is unfortunately not enough to sustain an education in Morgantown.

Many students must work in order to pay rent, bills and food expenses. They either support themselves completely with a job or receive occasional help from friends, family and the omnipresent student loan option. If a student needs a convenient, nearby option, then the University is the ideal place to look. However, it may be difficult for them to make the money they need working only 20 hours a week at minimum wage.

Again, we are expected to

be adults and are responsible for managing our own time.

The choice to work more or less should correspond to each individual and their needs. For the University to restrict access to work and income is not in the best interest of students.

The number of hours students can work should not be restricted, or the University should consider increasing student worker wages to better accommodate the 20hour schedule.

Rasing the minimum wage would be ideal for students, because it would help students balance their work load . With more money for their integral part in the University, students would be able to maintain their focus on academics.

Whether you are a student working in a department office, dining hall or even the President’s office, you are important and you are needed.

Student workers do not go unnoticed and are not under-appreciated. Last week was National Student Em-

ployment Week and every student worker received an email commemorating their hard work. However, it is important we are recognized as a driving force and the University administration should consider giving students the option to work more than 20 hours.

Limitations placed on hours may also push students into working more than one job. If students should be focused on academics and able to manage their schedule, pushing them into working several jobs will not help. Trying to coordinate a full course load and a single job schedule can be tricky, but throw in a third time frame and you will have one flustered student. Additionally, with attention divided in so many ways, it would be difficult to completely dedicate oneself to doing well in any particular area.

Student lives and minds could be eased with a review and change to the student worker policy.

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Instagram, Twitter inspire shift in teen online presence abby humphreys columnist @obiwan_baloni

Teens and young adults have been associated with Facebook since the website’s creation in 2004. Though it was originally designed for college students who wanted to connect with friends around campus, younger generations jumped on the bandwagon and claimed the social networking site as their own almost immediately after it hit the web.

However, a recent study

by PC Magazine showed that while 95 percent of teens used Facebook in 2012, that number decreased to 88 percent in 2014. Following that same trend, only 14 percent of teens today consider Facebook their primary way to social network—a startling drop from 33 percent in 2013.

Though Facebook use in teens has plummeted, other social networking sites and apps like Twitter and Instagram are still expanding their teenage user base each day. But what sets these apps apart from Facebook, and what is the secret to their continuing success?

On the surface, they all appear to offer similar features.

Facebook allows users to upload photos and post status updates in the same fashion as Instagram and Twitter, and has even allowed for use of the hashtag on their website.

The key difference lies in the way these features are utilized on each app. For example, Facebook is usually rife

Apps like Twitter and Instagram have dominated the social media market among teens and young adults. with family photos, birth- observations to an accepting acne and braces from early day wishes and tame dinner audience. The site provides high school with one acciparty invites. Photos and vid- a less serious mode of com- dental click may not be so eos tagged from 2008 are still municating than the all-en- enjoyable.

Whether users like it or likely to pop up from time to compassing status updates of time, and requests from time- Facebook, and makes read- not, Facebook functions like wasting games like Farmville ing one’s feed an entertain- a timeline—the site has even taken pains to remind uswill never stop clogging your ing experience.

These relatively brief and ers of this through add-ons notification bar.

Conversely, Instagram often-edited glimpses into like “On This Day” (similar showers users with tasteful one’s life from Instagram to Timehop, which brings up filters and appealing poses and Twitter contrast harshly posts from years past). Nearly each time they open the app. with the reality Facebook everyone has some ugly truth It isn’t uncommon to see provides. Stumbling upon from their past they’d like to perfected smiles, flattering picturesque sunny day self- hide, but as the site makes it angles and artistic sky pho- ies and short Twitter blurbs increasingly hard to escape tos on nearly everyone’s pro- from the past might typically the reality of one’s life, it apfile. Along these same lines, be considered a pleasant ex- pears teens are switching to Twitter provides an outlet to perience, but viewing actual more glamorous forms of soshare witty jokes and astute photographic evidence of cial media instead.

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In essence, Instagram and Twitter allow users to fudge the truth of their life to others while Facebook does not.

It’s incredibly easy to portray oneself online as funnier, better looking or more intelligent simply by using appealing filters or crafting amusing tweets.

I’ll admit breaks from reality can be healthy at times, but it will be important in the future to consider how sites that allow users to influence how others perceive them can affect life outside the context of social media.

These apps almost encourage us to appear as though we

live the life we want to have instead of the one we’re currently stuck in, and this could create potentially disastrous effects in areas like self-esteem and self-image.

Facebook may occasionally show us reminders of the dorky kid we used to be, but maybe this isn’t such a bad thing after all. Instead of focusing on creating an enticing online persona, perhaps recognizing the less-thanphotogenic aspects of us all would be a more worthwhile and fulfilling endeavor. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Questions and answers for graduates finding their way after May Elana Goodwin Ohio State

As a college senior who is graduating in less than a month, I can attest to the fact that there’s a lot of pressure on me from multiple sources.

But I think that perhaps the biggest source of pressure on college seniors is the pressure they put on themselves — at least, that seems to be the case with me.

With the semester’s end fast approaching, I find myself in a state of constant worry, anxious about the future, and questioning myself daily.

Here are some of those questions, and the answers I would give myself if I could stop freaking out long enough to listen.

“Where has the time gone?” Well, the funny thing about time is that it just keeps going. There’s no pause button on life, and whether or not you’re ready, as a college senior (who has no plans at the moment to attend grad

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Graduates often worry about the next step if they don’t already have a job lined up. school), you’re moving on to But part of being an adult is whatever the next chapter in facing your fears — not necessarily conquering them, your life will be.

I suggest you get with the but at least coming face-toprogram, stay present, and face with them and marchmake the most of each mo- ing on. As graduating colment. (Easier said than done, lege seniors, we are now real I know). adults who are about to head “How can I be an adult al- off into the real world, hopeready?” For me, this ques- fully smarter than we were at tion is usually accompanied our high school graduations. by some expletives, followed “Why do I have to go into by “I’m not ready” and “make the real world?” I recently it stop!” told my mom while ventBeing an adult is scary, as ing to her about some of the is leaving the world of aca- above questions that “being demics (for now, at least) responsible is no fun.” when it’s all many of us have Unfortunately, being a known for the last 15+ years. graduating college senior

means it’s time to enter the real world, get a job, and start being a contributing member of society. (Ugh).

And when you’ve got bills and loans to pay, you’re not really in a place to be frivolous and not worry about money, but instead need to enter the real world as quickly and seamlessly as possible to start earning an income.

But worrying about money is super tiresome, boring, and stressful, and ultimately won’t do anything to help.

And because I’m not exactly rolling in the Benjamins — and neither are most of my fellow college seniors — we can’t really afford not to enter the real world.

So the short answer is that we have to enter the real world because that’s where the money is, and strangely, I’ve gotten quite attached to my habit of being able to buy food to eat when I’m hungry.

“What if everything I’ve done until now has all been a huge mistake?” This is one of my favorites to ask myself because it leads to my going

back over every decision I’ve ever made and wondering if I should’ve done things differently — it’s great fun.

But ultimately, whether or not everything we’ve done until now has been a huge mistake, we are where we are and we can’t go back and have a “do over.” Marty McFly, we’re not.

Hopefully, once the neurosis has stopped, you’ll look back proudly and nostalgically on the path that took you to where you are now, rather than looking back regretfully.

But if you do have regrets and wish you’d done things differently, use that as the fuel to propel you to where you want to go in the future and try not to make those same mistakes twice.

YOLO people; and I say that un-ironically.

“What am I doing with my life?” This is the big one and this is the one most college seniors ask themselves, promptly followed by an indepth and lengthy freakout during which we question every single thing we’ve

ever done until now. (I’m not alone in this, right? Right?)

I always thought that graduating college meant I’d have all the answers, and my life would be going exactly how I thought it would. (I’m sure God’s laughing so hard right now). But just because we’re leaving school doesn’t mean we have to have our lives completely planned out.

Whether you’re going to be starting the job you’ve always dreamed of or are still filling out applications and keeping your fingers crossed, at least you are doing something with your life (or trying anyway). And by the time you retire, you probably will have done many things in your life — and yet, still be asking yourself this very question.

In fact, I hope I never fully answer this question for myself, because I think as long as we keep asking ourselves this, we’ll continue trying new things, exploring new opportunities, and seizing every moment.

So stay hungry, my fellow college seniors — and I mean that metaphorically.

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Alabama Shakes puts out sweet summer sound Chelsea walker a&E wrtier @dailyathenaeum

We’ve been “holding on” to the anticipation surrounding Alabama Shakes’ “Sound & Color” album since February, after the funky fiends promised the record would feature all new, blues-infused tracks. Straight from the stage in Indio, Calif., Alabama Shakes began debuting tracks from its muchanticipated record live at Coachella. The group’s appearance was just in time to amp up the suspense surrounding the record. Finally, with the release of its second album yesterday, the Muscle Shoals, Ala., ensemble sure did shake things up.

In 2012, the music industry met Brittany Howard, a southern singer stacked with a stellar set of vocals and a jazzy three-piece entourage for a band. Behind Howard’s slow, southern draw, the lead singer infused raspy ballads with deep wails that graced Alabama Shakes’ debut record, “Boys & Girls.”

Of course, Howard’s lyrics wouldn’t exist as gracefully without a stream of killer instrumentals from guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell and drum-

mer Steve Johnson, who make up the talented trifecta behind Alabama Shakes’ aesthetic. A sound similar to the likes of Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin, Howard’s soulful style coupled with her band’s innate capability to layer her lyrics with crafty blues undertones earned Alabama Shakes two Grammy nominations after the release of its first album. In similar fashion, “Sound & Color” proves the group’s sophomore album has truly graduated to the top of its class.

“Sound & Color” features 12 tracks loaded with variations from Alabama Shakes’ usual blues-rock genre.

Starting out with “Sound & Color” the Shakes offer a 70s vibe with nostalgic piano keystrokes and soft, whispery lyrics from Howard. The record’s second tune, the popular “Don’t Wanna Fight,” is a lyrical wake up from the first track.

With emotive lyrics from Howard, “Don’t Wanna Fight” is paired with a constant strum from Cockrell on bass and funky guitar twangs from Fogg. The lengthy “Gemini” track is a slowdown compared to some of the more bluesrocking songs from “Sound & Color,” but still gives fans something to sink their teeth into. Melodic beats

and static drumming from Johnson combined with loving lyrics creates a perfect setting for the intimate relationship of song and sound. “Dunes” is the album’s more classically rock-inspired tune. Howard’s acknowledgement of influences from greats such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and The Ramones can be overwhelmingly heard through the psychedelic guitar thrums.

Alabama Shakes’ second album may have been a long time coming, but its design was well worth the wait. Crafted with its usual aesthetic, “Sound & Color” proves Alabama Shakes stays true to its blues-based nature. “Sound & Color” is an album featuring an array of musical creativity, from low, deep-based vocals to high-rocking beats, showcasing this group’s multifaceted talent. Howard’s distinct wailing and crooning ballads - along with her emotionally raw lyrics take us back to the days of Woodstock.

“Sound & Color” is an album made just in time for all that barefoot frolicking you’ll be doing this summer. To hear “Sound & Color,” visit http://alabamashakes.com/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords to receive DVF ‘Inspiration’ Award NEW YORK (AP) ‑ Gabby Giffords, who's been devoting her time to pushing for tougher gun laws as she slowly recovers from her 2011 shooting, will now have $50,000 to donate to her cause, courtesy of designer Diane von Furstenberg.

Von Furstenberg's DVF Foundation is honoring the former Arizona congresswoman this week with its Inspiration Award, and Giffords plans to give the money to the Americans for Responsible Solutions Foundation, which she formed with her husband, Mark Kelly, to educate the public about gun violence.

"Our leaders - both in

Congress and in state legislatures around the country - must close the loopholes that let dangerous people like felons and domestic abusers buy guns without a background check," Giffords said in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday. "They must also do more to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers, and we need strong laws that can help crack down on illegal gun trafficking."

In the email, Giffords also addressed her difficult recovery from the shooting in Tucson that killed six people and left her partially paralyzed from a gunshot wound to the head, calling

it "tough, gritty and endlessly repetitive."

"It's been a long, hard haul, but I'm working hard and getting better every day," she wrote. "I am continuing to do speech therapy, physical therapy, and even some yoga, too. And while speaking and moving my right side remains physically very difficult for me, I am seeing progress. I'm still fighting."

Giffords added that she's "back to doing a lot of the things I love, like playing my French horn and riding my bicycle with Mark and good friends. This fall, I rode 11 miles in Tucson's annual bike race, El Tour de Tucson, and my goal is to do 40

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Von Furstenberg created the DVF awards in 2010, along with the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation. The Inspiration Award goes to a woman who has demonstrated exceptional strength. Giffords will attend the awards ceremony Thursday at the United Nations and make remarks there.

In a telephone interview, the designer said she'd met Giffords last year at an

said that while Congress "still refuses to act" to reduce gun violence, "many leaders in the states are making some commonsense changes to their laws.

In the last two years, a number of states have closed the loophole that lets dangerous people buy a gun without a background check, and many other states have acted to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers."

And she said she believes that "someday, Congress will finally catch up to where most Americans stand on laws that reduce gun violence, like background checks on gun Giffords, in the email, sales."

event. "I was so impressed by her. She had the courage to fight, and the power to survive - and then the leadership to inspire," von Furstenberg said. "No matter what, she refused to be a victim, even though she was a victim."

Also to be honored at Thursday's ceremony: Melanne Verveer, director of the Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace & Security. Verveer, who will receive the Lifetime Leadership award, served in the Obama administration as an ambassador-at-large for global women's issues.

Film: How old are these franchises?

NEW YORK (AP) ‑ This summer, Hollywood is digging deeper into its vaults to trot out a season full of sequels, reboots and spinoffs. Here are the ages of some of the most anticipated summer franchises: 59: “Tomorrowland.”

The Disneyland futuristic theme land opened in 1955.

53: “Fantastic Four.” The superhero team first appeared in the 1961 comic book “The Fantastic Four No.1.”

53: “Ant-Man.” The diminutive superhero debuted the 1962 comic “Tales to Astonish No. 27.”

51: “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” The superhero team first appeared in the 1963 comic book “The Avengers No. 1.”

50: “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” The NBC program debuted in 1964.

48: “Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.” The CBS series debuted in 1966.

36: “Mad Max : Fury Road.” George Miller’s “Mad Max” originated in the 1979 film.

36: “ Vacation.” The comedy franchise originated with John Hughes’ short story, “Vacation ‘58,” published in the National Lampoon in 1979.

33: “Poltergeist.” The original horror film de-

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30: “Terminator: Genisys.” James Cameron’s original film was released in 1984.

24: “Jurassic World.” Michael Crichton’s novel “Jurassic Park” was published in 1990.

14: “Hitman: Agent 47.”

The “Hitman” video game series premiered with “Hitman: Codename 47” in 2000.

10: “Entourage.” The

HBO show premiered in July 2004.

4: “Minions.” The little yellow ones originated in “Despicable Me,” which opened in July 2010.

2: “Ted 2.” The first Seth MacFarlane comedy was released in June 2012.

2: “Magic Mike XXL.” The original “Magic Mike” opened in June 2012.

2: “Pitch Perfect 2.” The first musical comedy came out in fall 2012.

Paltrow officially files for divorce LOS ANGELES (AP) ‑ Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin are officially uncoupling after the actress filed for divorce after more than 11 years of marriage.

Paltrow cited irreconcilable differences for the breakup of her marriage to Martin, who is the frontman for the band Coldplay.

The couple separated in May 2013, according to Paltrow's filing. In March 2014, the pair announced they were undergoing a process they called "conscious uncoupling."

The announcement on Paltrow's lifestyle website, Goop.com, drew attention to the term. It was coined by

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin attend a dinner event in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Los Angeles therapist and author Katherine Woodward Thomas, who has created a five-step "Conscious Uncoupling" online process.

Paltrow and Martin were married in December 2003 and have two children, ages 10 and 9. Paltrow is seeking joint custody.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Keeping track of you could be close to impossible. The unexpected, though becoming more common with you, still shocks others. Take charge of a situation, and worry less about what is about to happen. Make what you want possible. Tonight: Gather with friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could have a problem that you would prefer not to deal with. Don’t ignore it, and you will feel better in the long run.

Have an important talk. You are likely to feel energized and empowered as a result. Be willing to let good news in.

Tonight: All smiles. Spontaneity rules.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You’ll gain an insight that you would prefer not to have. Still, you’ll need to work with it. Don’t push so hard, and trust that others will pitch in.

Your vision of a situation could change with some feedback. Anger might flare up from out of nowhere.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HH Listen to what is being said around you. Try not to personalize what you hear, and stay open. The more you detach, the more you’ll understand what to do. You also will feel much better as a result. Deal with someone’s anger sooner rather than later.

Tonight: Go for some zzz’s.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Others will help you manifest what you want. An associate could be quite irritable. Be smart, and don’t take this person’s words personally; he or she has a tendency to suppress his or her anger. Encourage a discussion. A friend will be a fun distraction.

Tonight: Where the gang is.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Pressure builds unless you re move some of the stress factors.

Relate to a partner or key loved one directly. One-on-one relating will flourish. You will land well no matter what you do. Be ready to hear some surprising news.

Tonight: Make time for a special friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. You could be looking at a new opportunity that pops up from out of the blue. Explore what it holds for you with the help of a friend. Others will be verbal and might be pushy.

Tonight: Make it cozy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Deal with a loved one directly. Stay on top of a change, and try not to be swept away by what is happening. You could be very exhausted from everything that is happening. A partner could push hard for what he or she wants.

Tonight: Let a friend make the call.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Defer to others, and make

sure they understand where you are coming from. You have a project that you can’t keep on the back burner any longer. Toss yourself into it. Be aware of your time, your limitations and what must be accomplished.

Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be on the other side of an issue and choose not to express your thoughts. You might be more interested in what others have to say. Your creativity emerges, and you’ll find solutions. A partner will give you feedback once you open up. Tonight: Get some exercise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Your humor might be out of sync with others, with the exception of

one close associate. Say little, especially when it comes to a family member’s tirade. You’ll be surprised by what this person has to say.

Tonight: Be caring and responsive.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Tension remains high, and, as a result, you might say something that could reflect your need for a resolution. Depending on how you handle stress, you could be seemingly out of control. A dear friend will support you in seeking an adjustment.

Tonight: Soak stress away in a hot tub.

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Mountaineers scratch close win against Thundering Herd last night by connor murray sports writer @dailyathenaeum

There wasn’t much pretty about it, and the outcome was doubtful until the very end, but West Virginia did just enough to scratch out a 3-2 victory against in-state rival Marshall Tuesday afternoon at the Monongalia County Ballpark.

Senior shortstop and team captain Taylor Munden scored the game’s eventual winning run after center fielder KC Huth drew a two-out walk with the bases loaded.

Munden led off the inning with a single, stole second to get into scoring position and got to third after second baseman Kyle Davis grounded out to the shortstop before crossing the plate for the decisive run in a hard fought game.

“Me and Mazey were talking on deck before I went up to bat and I asked him what I should sit on. I got a fastball first pitch and I was sitting on a curveball.

He came back with it and I hit it up the middle. I put a good swing on it,” Munden said.

After going through a bit of a mid-season lull,

Munden has started to break out. He hit his ninth home run of the season in the bottom of the third inning, and was the only Mountaineer to collect more than one hit on the day.

“I thought his best swing in a month came in his last at-bat against Oklahoma.

Fortunately that carried over to today. He looked pretty good in there today,” said head coach Randy Mazey.

West Virginia’s offense was sluggish out of the gate, much like it was against Penn State last week. That time, it cost the

Mountaineers a loss and a big RBI hit last week, and it probably should have this time if it weren’t for a strong effort from WVU’s bullpen.

Adam Keller, Jeff Hardy and Blake Smith combined to pitch six scoreless frames of relief after starter Shane Ennis left the game after three innings.

All in all, the Mountaineer hurlers held the Thundering Herd to two hits on the day, and both of Marshall’s runs were unearned.

Today the bullpen was able to shoulder the load, but that will not always be the case. Especially in

these mid-week games, West Virginia has shown signs of complacency that can and have led to bad losses.

Marshall came into this game with a starting pitcher sporting an earned run average of 10.12 and an RPI of 271 nearly taking the win. Mazey said his team might have overlooked the Thundering Herd, which almost always leads to trouble.

“That’s two mid-week games in a row that I feel like we were unmotivated.

If you’re going to be a good player and a good team, you’ve got to be a self–mo-

tivator,” he said.

“I think our guys looked at the stat sheet today and saw that their starting pitcher had over a 10 ERA and thought it was going to be really easy. That kid went out and pitched a really good game. That’s what happens every time you think it’s going to be easy.”

With the win, West Virginia improved its season mark to 23-15. The Mountaineers have a threegame home series against Kansas coming up this weekend. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia University men’s golf announced the addition of four new players to the team for the 2015-16 season, bringing the roster total to nine players.

The Mountaineers have five players on the team who currently attend WVU. Juniors Easton Renwick and Mason Short lead a young team that includes sophomores Jon Ransone and Chris Williams and freshman Tae Wan Lee, a native of South Korea.

Head coach Sean Covich now adds three incoming freshmen and a transfer to compete in their inaugural Big 12 season.

“I know that coach has done an incredible job at recruiting top-level individuals to join our team next semester,” Renwick said. “I know that each and every one of them has had great success in junior golf that is going to prepare them for success at the collegiate level. I’ve had a chance to meet some of the guys and I can’t wait for them to get on campus.”

Covich will expose in-

coming freshmen Cole Hand, Tristan Nicholls and Max Sear to the high level of play that the Big 12 has to offer.

“Obviously the new guys are talented,” Covich said.

“You can look at their accomplishments and see that, but there is a little bit of an adjustment factor, especially for freshmen and international students. They haven’t seen the courses we qualify on so that will take some time for them to learn. But I expect every player to be very competitive.”

Hand is the only native West Virginian in the incoming freshman class, hailing from Wheeling Park High School in Wheeling, W. Va. The 2014 West Virginia State Champion is a member of the National Honor Society and will represent the importance of academics to his program.

Born in South Africa, but growing up in Queensland, Australia, Nicholls is the first of two international freshmen in this class. He is ranked as the No. 3 junior golfer in Queensland and finished in the top 20 for the 2014 Australian Boys’ Amateur Championship while maintaining a 74.8 stroke aver-

age during the 2013-14 season.

The final freshman is Max Sear of Unionville, Ont., Canada. Ranking as Ontario’s top golfer in the 2015 class, second in the country for his class and fourth overall in Canada, he finished his junior season with a 72.36 stroke average. No. 199 in the world for his class, he will become WVU’s third international student on the roster.

Covich will also add transfer Alan Cooke from the University of South Carolina at Beaufort. A Vienna, W. Va., native, he held a stroke average of 73.28 to lead his team during his first two seasons.

He will have two seasons at WVU and is likely going to be eligible to play immediately.

“Alan contacted me back in the fall,” Covich said.

“He had improved every year since high school and was happy where he was, but I think he wanted to challenge himself against the best collegiate players in the nation by playing in the Big 12 Conference.

Also his family loves WVU, so that opportunity came available and now he’s a Mountaineer.”

Covich has stressed the importance of work-

ing hard on and off the course to his team, but understands how important it is for his incoming freshmen.

“I think the areas that the new players will need

to work on will mostly be off the course, especially the freshmen,” Covich said. “A student-athlete’s day is busy: Early morning workouts, breakfast, class, get out to prac-

tice, grab dinner, study hall, tutors, etc. That will be the biggest adjustment for them, learning time management.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Members of the WVU rowing team compete on the Monongahela River last weekend.

Sharon finishes her time on WVU squad by ashley conley sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Mindy Sharon’s family currently resides near the starting line of the Boston Marathon. That starting line is a piece of sports history, where almost every person who pays the least amount of attention to sports or national news will recognize after the Boston bombings in April 2013.

That starting line also plays an important role for Sharon. Since her family moved to Hopkinton, Mass., from her hometown of Tolland, Conn., being so close to that line, Sharon finds inspiration every day. She also finds inspiration through the spirit of her best friend, Angie, who passed away during her freshman year. Sharon promised Angie she would give 100 percent in everything she does and since then she has done exactly that.

Growing up playing multiple sports including track and field, cross country and softball, Sharon always had a passion to be an athlete.

Her freshman year, she ran track and field for a small Division III school right outside of Pittsburgh, and that is when she fell in love

with the place she now calls home; Morgantown.

“During the indoor track season, we traveled down to Morgantown for a meet, and I instantly fell in love with this place,” Sharon said. “My sophomore year I transferred to WVU and I’ve never been happier.

WVU has offered me every opportunity I could ever dream of, and I could not be more thankful to have spent the past four (to) five years here.”

Most walk-on athletes never get the opportunity to become intricate parts of their respective teams due to the overwhelming amount of scholarship athletes who are usually highly recruited. For rowing however, the rosters are large and here at West Virginia, coach Jimmy King is always looking for new members to participate on the novice squad.

Sharon began her journey as a Mountaineer when she was handed a flyer in the WVU Student Recreation Center.

“I was intercepted by a former novice coach of the rowing team,” Sharon said.

“I’ll never forget that, because she took one look at me and said, ‘You look athletic; consider trying out for the rowing team,’ and

handed me a flyer. That moment right there changed my life and my future at WVU.” Sharon didn’t know anything about the sport of rowing until that year and spent her sophomore year working with the novice group toward a chance at staying on the team.

Since then, she has had a pretty successful career at West Virginia, to say the least. Due to switching from track and field to rowing, Sharon was able to start her sophomore year with four years of eligibility for rowing. Now, she is currently in her fourth year of rowing and her fifth year of schooling where she is working toward her master’s degree.

“I took on the challenge of attempting something completely new, and I’ve never let that stop me,” she said. “It’s easy to get frustrated during the learning process when you don’t believe in yourself, and I’ve had my share of tough days on the water, but you learn to not take it with you the next day.”

Sharon started out as a rower on the novice squad where she learned to row with three other rowers and a coxswain in a 4+ boat. During that year they earned Athlete of the Week

honors after a win in a large regatta. Following the successful learning process of a season, Sharon was moved up into an 8+ boat.

“During my second year, I was in the Second Varsity Eight, and that was one of the best moving boats I’ve ever been in. In terms of height, we were on the smaller side, but we never let that get in our way,” she said. “Perseverance was our strongest aspect and I’ve kept that with me these last two years since.”

Some of Sharon’s notable career moments include helping row the Novice 4+ to a first-place finish at the Occoquan Sprints as a freshman and being a member of the Second Varsity 8+ that earned Conference USA Boat of the Week honors for their two firstplace finishes against Bucknell and Delaware during the 2012-13 season. Sharon has been a member of Academic All-Big 12 Second Team two years in a row and earned Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll last season.

Sharon will finish out her career at West Virginia with the Big 12 Championships in May. Although it is coming to an end, her time as a Mountaineer will be something that sticks with her

forever.

“Some of my best friends are on the team, and life without them would be so bland. Nobody else knows what you go through as an athlete, except for your teammates. Having eachother to lean on during the tough times is all you can ask for,” Sharon said.

Sharon spends a majority of her time at Ruby Memorial Hospital, where she truly makes a difference in the lives of others. Helping others has always been something Sharon was passionate about, especially in the field of medicine.

“I’ve always had aspirations to go into the field of medicine, and I knew that solely having “college athlete” on my resume wasn’t going to be enough. I juggle a lot of different hats during the week, let alone a single day,” she said. “The School of Public Health has a lot of potential and I’m proud to be a part of it. Thankfully, coach King has put up with my overly busy schedule, and he knows how appreciative I am of that.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Sophomore Heather Kaleiohi dribbles the ball during West Virginia’s home game with Oklahoma State last season.

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The West Virginia women’s soccer team will look to finish its spring season above .500 Saturday when the Mountaineers do battle against Ohio State.

On the spring season, West Virginia displays a 2-2 record.

The Mountaineers’ first game of the spring session took place on March 14. West Virginia faced the Western New York Flash, an American professional women’s soccer club in Elma, N.Y. West Virginia fell 4-0 in that matchup. The Moun-

taineers surrendered just one goal in the first half but buckled in the second half, giving up three goals.

“It was very, very good to see where we are starting at this spring,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown in a release following that game. “We played against professionals today, and it showed.”

In the Mountaineers’ second outing, rival Pitt came to Morgantown. West Virginia managed to shut out the Panthers, registering a 1-0 win back at the beginning of April.

West Virginia’s lone goal came from sophomore Heather Kaleiohi, who scored in the 32nd minute

after she connected just outside the box.

Izzo-Brown has been playing two goalkeepers all spring —Hannah Steadman who saw the majority of starts last season and Michelle Newhouse. Both played against Pitt and shared the shutout victory.

Maryland came to town in the Mountaineers’ third spring game. The Terps shut out West Virginia 1-0 after a goal by Maryland’s Alex Anthony in the 27th minute.

“As I told the team, this match is a great opportunity for me to continue to evaluate the team and understand where we are as a group and where the in-

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In West Virginia’s latest spring game however, Izzo-Brown’s team bounced back in a big way.

The Mo u n t a i n e e r s cruised past St. Francis winning 6-0. Kaleiohi played another major role as she tallied two unassisted goals. She now has three on the season.

“I think the team did a really good job today of making the most of its

opportunities in the final third,” said associate head coach Lisa Stoia in a release after beating St. Francis.

“Coach (Nikki IzzoBrown) did a great job this past week of helping the team key in on its patterns of play in the final third— you could see those training habits put into the game today, and we were able to find the back of the net. Overall, we did a great job of executing everything we worked on in practice.”

The Mountaineers will finish their spring season on the road Saturday at Ohio State. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Reds’ Bryan Price apologizes for his language MILWAUKEE (AP) - Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price apologized on Tuesday for using profanity during a pregame meeting with reporters, but says he stands by his message that media shouldn’t report developments he feels would put his team at a competitive disadvantage.

Price had a profanityfilled monologue before a 6-1 win over the Brewers on Monday night. The struggling Reds had just been swept in St. Louis, dropping them below .500.

Through the team’s Twitter account on Tuesday, Price apologized for his choice of words.

“In my pre-game conversation with reporters yesterday, I used wholly inappropriate language to describe the media coverage of our team,” Price said, according to the team’s tweet. “While I stand by the content of my message, I am sorry for the choice of words.”

Price was particularly upset over a Cincinnati Enquirer report that

catcher Devin Mesoraco wasn’t available to play during a game in St. Louis because of injury. The Reds confirmed on Monday that Mesoraco is in Cincinnati getting tested for a sore hip.

Price also was upset that the Enquirer reporter had tweeted that catcher Tucker Barnhart was on his flight to St. Louis for the series on Friday, an indication he was being called up from the minors.

“It’s nobody’s (expletive) business,” Price said.

The Enquirer counted 77 uses of a common vulgarity during Price’s 5-minute, 34-second diatribe.

Price’s blowup was out of character. The secondyear manager is known for being gracious and respectful with reporters, and rarely swears in their presence.

Unlike the NFL, where coaches try to keep injuries more secret, Major League Baseball managers routinely tell reporters which players are available for a game. They’ll explain

that a starter is out of the lineup because of a minor injury, but is available to pinch-hit. Or that a reliever is unavailable because he has pitched several days in a row.

Price was elevated from pitching coach to manager when the Reds fired Dusty Baker after the 2013 season for failing to get the team deeper into the playoffs. The Reds won only 86 games last season and finished ahead of only the Cubs in the NL Central.

They won their first four

games this season - their best start in four years then dropped seven of eight. During the slump, Price - who was ejected twice last season - got thrown out of a game for causing a delay by refusing to leave the field.

There’s added pressure on the Reds to do well this season. They host the AllStar Game in July and want the team to be doing well when Cincinnati gets the national attention.

Price is in the second year of a three-year deal.

Hawks’ Budenholzer voted NBA Coach of the Year

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Atlanta Hawks’ head coach Mike Budenholzer points to the other side of the court as the ball is turned over during a game earlier this season.

ATLANTA (AP) - Mike Budenholzer was right where he didn’t want to be: the center of attention.

There was no avoiding it. Not after leading the Atlanta Hawks to the top of the Eastern Conference.

Budenholzer was honored as the NBA coach of the year on Tuesday, an award that moved him to tears as he spoke about the people who meant so much to his career.

His players. His father. Danny Ferry. And, of course, Gregg Popovich.

“Winning this award evokes a lot of emotions,” Budenholzer said, choking up several times.

He is clearly uncomfortable in the spotlight, rarely opening up about anything more than the next game.

So it didn’t sound like polite modesty when he said he would have preferred for Golden State’s Steve Kerr to win the award.

Kerr, whose team fin-

ished an NBA-best 6715 in his first season with the Warriors, was second in the balloting, the only other candidate to receive serious consideration.

“I don’t want to sound like I’m not appreciative of it,” Budenholzer said after a ceremony at Philips Arena.

“But in a perfect world, I’d be somewhere else.”

A longtime assistant under Popovich at San Antonio, Budenholzer won the Red Auerbach Trophy for guiding the Hawks to a 6022 mark during the regular season, the best in franchise history. They had a 19-game winning streak, became the first NBA team to go 17-0 during a calendar month, and cruised to their first division title since 1994, which also was the last time they held a No. 1 seed.

“He deserves it,” said Jeff Teague, the Hawks’ All-Star point guard. “He’s made me a better player. He’s

made our team better.”

Budenholzer received 67 first-place votes and 513 points overall in balloting by sports writers and broadcasters. Kerr received 56 first-place votes and 471 points. Milwaukee’s Jason Kidd was a distant third.

“I’m actually really glad Mike won,” Kerr said. “I just got into this gig. It would’ve felt really weird to win that award when this team has had so much success and was already really good last year before I got here.”

Indeed, while the Warriors put together one of the great seasons in NBA history, they did go 51-31 under former coach Mark Jackson. Atlanta went 3844 during Budenholzer’s injury plagued debut season with the Hawks, a result that was not unexpected given the team’s almost total makeover the last couple of years.

“Mike has transformed

that team,” Kerr said.

The Hawks’ turnaround is even more impressive given their troubled offseason. Emails emerged showing owner Bruce Levenson made racially charged comments about the fan base, prompting him to put the team up for sale. Not long after, it was revealed that Ferry - the team’s general manager, architect of the roster overhaul, and the one who hired Budenholzer - made racially insensitive comments during a conference call to discuss the potential signing of free agent Luol Deng. Ferry was forced to take an indefinite leave that lasted all season.

The 45-year-old Budenholzer, with help from assistant GM Wes Wilcox, took control of player personnel matters as well as his coaching duties. He molded a tight-knit unit that has been willing to sacrifice individual stats for the good of the team.

After a sluggish start, the Hawks finished seven games ahead of the overwhelming East favorites, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Atlanta had six players average in double figures, with the five starters finishing between 12.1 and 16.7 points a game.

In January, all five starters were honored as NBA players of the month, the first time the league has given the award to an entire unit.

“It’s been a tough year,” said Budenholzer, the first coach of the year from Atlanta since Lenny Wilkens in 1994. “But hopefully everybody has handled it to the best of all of our abilities.”

Budenholzer teared up as he talked about his father, a retired high school coach who “gave me my love for the game.” He also got emotional when thanking Ferry, whose future

with the team will apparently remain in limbo until new ownership takes over.

“I would not be here today without Danny Ferry’s faith in me,” said Budenholzer, whose team leads Brooklyn in the opening round of the playoffs heading into Game 2 Wednesday night.

In a fitting touch, the Hawks arranged for Popovich, whose defending NBA champions are in Los Angeles to play the Clippers in the Western Conference playoffs, to make the call to Budenholzer telling him he was coach of the year.

It was Popovich who gave Budenholzer his start in coaching as a lowly film coordinator.

“This award has a permanent spot on his desk in San Antonio,” Budenholzer said, his eye moist as he looked at the trophy.

“He just shares it around the league every couple of years.”

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