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Leaking roof at Summit forces some students out temporarily
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BY JOE SEVERINO SPORTS EDITOR Some students at Summit Hall were forced to move out of their dorm rooms temporarily after heavy rains and wind damaged the top floors of the residence hall last weekend. Most of the 24 students affected from Summit’s ninth and tenth floors have been moved to Brooke Tower for at least two weeks, Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life Chris MacDonald said. Six students were moved from the ninth floor and 18 were moved from the 10th. The University expects students to be displaced for about two weeks, University Director of News April Kaull said. “Right now, [WVU is] estimating about two weeks,” Kaull said. “That might shift just a little bit because anytime you get into a construction project you might encounter some things that you didn’t initially see. But we think right around two weeks.” Kaull said the University believes the storms last weekend caused the damages, and the leak was unexpected. She said the University did not believe there was an ongoing problem with Summit’s roof. “There was damage to some floors and walls, primarily, and there was a little bit of ceiling damage on the 10th floor,” Kaull said. “And then the damage did include both hallways and rooms.” MacDonald said the incident became prevalent early Sunday morning, and students began the move out later that day. “The incident began around 4 a.m. on Sunday,” MacDonald said, “and we moved a good portion of them that afternoon, midday afternoon, over.” MacDonald said WVU Facilities Management removed most of the affected students’ items from Summit by 10 p.m. Monday. On Tuesday. the items were placed in Brooke Tower. MacDonald said there was al-
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Flags fill Woodburn Circle in remembrance of lives lost on 9/11 PHOTO BY KRISTIAN DAVIS
Water damaged ceiling on the ninth floor of Summit Hall. ready a deserted floor at Brooke, which made the move easier and kept everyone together. “We had a closed floor, we were able to move them so they were all able to stay together, and the RA moved over with them,” he said. Facilities Management has been working on the damages at the residence hall thus far, and will continue to work alongside a thirdparty vendor. Kaull said WVU hired Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration to repair the damages. The company’s website says it is “The Official Restoration Company of the Mountaineers.” The cost of the damages to Summit and the hiring of Panhandle were not immediately available, Kaull said.
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An empty dorm room on a water-damaged floor.
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THURSDAY 9/13:
Sept. 13, 1848: Attorney ‘‘J. R.’’ Clifford was born in present Grant County. In 1887, Clifford became the first African-American admitted to practice law before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. He was one of the first lawyers in the nation to challenge segregated schools.
Afternoon thunderstorms. High of 83°F, low 67°F.
FRIDAY 9/14: Afternoon thunderstorms. High of 81°F, low 66°F.
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SATURDAY 9/15:
Mostly sunny. High of 79°F, low of 63°F.
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NEWS
University preparing for possible remnants from Hurricane Florence BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall in the United States this weekend, and while Morgantown is not near the Carolina shores, adverse weather conditions are possible and the University is preparing for anything. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Service shifted the projected trajectory of Florence slightly more south than the projection showed last weekend, but the current Category 3 hurricane has a potential track area in southern West Virginia, according to the NHC. Rain and strong winds are expected in Morgantown this weekend and into early next week, according to recent forecasts, but it won’t be clear until it happens how bad the weather could be. Last weekend, heavy rain and wind knocked out power in some areas of Morgantown. If worsened conditions arrive this weekend and power is knocked out for a long period of time, WVU Police Sgt. William Armstrong said it’s time to start preparing for it now. “If you live off-campus, make sure you have enough non-perishable foods, batteries in your flashlights; simple things that keep you going,” he said. For water, UPD suggests filling up zip-up freezer bags of water and putting them in
your fridge. If Florence takes a northern turn and Morgantown sees increasingly bad weather, UPD Sgt. Peggy Runyon said the Office of Student Life may set up shelters on campus if needed. “Sometimes, depending on the weather situation, they’ll set up shelters like in the ballroom, or maybe even over at the Rec Center,” she said. “So, that if people are without heat, without services, that they come there, hangout until everything gets back to some kind of normal.” In an email sent Wednesday morning, WVU urged students, faculty and staff to be prepared for Florence and to communicate with their families who may be affected. “While there is no indication at this point the Morgantown area will get hit hard by this storm, the impacts of Florence are expected to be felt in many parts of the state. Additionally, we know that students’ families, WVU alumni and others in our Mountaineer family may be affected,” the email said. “Should conditions deteriorate making travel potentially dangerous, both students and employees are reminded to use their own good judgment before venturing out.” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a State of Preparedness on Tuesday, which gives assistance before the storm and can help with recovery afterward.
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Florence is currently a Category 3 hurricane moving toward the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. It is expected to make landfall later this week. Christopher Plein, a professor of public administration at WVU, said local and state government must be
proactive before Florence makes landfall. “Local government and state government play a cru-
cial role in helping to prepare communities for these events, and that includes getting word out and the pub-
lic about the severity of the event and the risks that are involved,” he said.
WVU professor talks suicide in WV, rural areas BY CIARA LITCHFIELD CORRESPONDENT The level of tragedy, in regards to suicide, is comparable with the number of those who died on 9/11, said a speaker at a lecture at WVU’s Health Science Center. “So, that was a tragedy that was kind of burned into all our memories, and it was responsible for nearly 3,000 deaths that day,” speaker Dr. John V. Campo said at a Festival of Ideas event on Tuesday, referencing the terror attacks on 9/11. “In 2016, the last year we have really solid data for, there were almost 45,000 deaths from suicide. That is 159/11’s; over 123 deaths per day.” Campo is a professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry at the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute. Campo is also board certified in pediatrics psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry. He graduated from the
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John V. Campo, M.D. University of Pennsylvania. Comparing suicide to the deadliest attack on United State’s soil, Campo’s goal was to put into perspective the number of people affected by suicide and to raise questions to why suicide isn’t viewed as a bigger issue in the United States. Campo began with the intent to inform on suicide in the state and beyond with similarities in
the drug epidemic and the prevention strategies the state, faculty and individuals can partake in to prevent suicide. West Virginia ranks above the national suicide rate, but only ranks as the 11th highest suicide rate out of all of the states, Campo said. Overall, not all age ranges carry the same risk level. These suicide rates increase with age, and the chances that the attempted suicide is completed decrease with age. In West Virginia, approximately 83 percent of veteran suicides attempt suicide with firearms, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Campo mentions the difference in suicide rates due to sex and how men are three times more likely to attempt suicide than women. Campo highlights that higher suicide rates are associated with the deprivation of education, employment, income and housing. Another factor that increases
suicide rates is the exclusion those who have single parents, divorced parents and impermanent parents may feel, he said. Those who have higher per capita gun shops also see higher suicide rates, which mainly affects urban communities. One strategy Campo emphasizes is gatekeeper training. These gatekeepers are groups of people that help direct those at risk of suicide to appropriate services, and they also maintain connectedness after suicide attempts. This connectedness, in some studies, is shown to decrease the suicide rates of those involved, Campo said. “The whole idea of maintaining connectedness is huge,” Campo said. “And this is something that our healthcare system hasn’t been good at.”
By the numbers: suicide in Appalachia • The suicide rate in the Appalachian Region is 17 percent higher than the national rate. • All five Appalachian subregions report suicide rates higher than the nation as a whole, with Central Appalachia reporting an incidence 31 percent higher than the national rate. • Residents in the Appalachian Region’s rural counties are 21 percent more likely to commit suicide than those living in the Region’s large metro areas. • Residents living in the Appalachian Region’s distressed counties are 14 percent more likely to commit suicide than those living in the Region’s non-distressed counties. INFORMATION VIA THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
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Night games, UPD and emergency rooms: tailgate season is here BY JOE SEVERINO
Crime report from the WVU vs. Youngstown State football game on Sept. 8, 2018
NEWS EDITOR WVU Football will play two night games, one 3:30 p.m. game and two more games at an undecided time at home this season, and University Police say they’re prepared for any start time. WVU’s game against Youngstown State last Saturday, beginning at 6 p.m., was the latest start time since No. 9 Oklahoma visited No. 14 WVU on Nov. 19, 2016. The Mountaineers played five of their six home games at noon last year. WVU Police Sgt. William Armstrong said WVU’s next home game against Kansas State, starting at 3:30 p.m., might just be the optimal time for both students and police. “If you’re one of our officers, as a whole, you probably hope for the 3:30 games,” he said. Armstrong said for late afternoon games, people usually take it slower in the morning and are not as rowdy downtown after the game. “Noon games, they go to the game early, try to get in as much as they can, then they go home, pass out, and then midnight’s busy that night,” he said. And later this year, Baylor will visit Morgantown on a Thursday night; kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Armstrong said regular Morgantown traffi c mixed with WVU gameday will create some degree of chaos. “We’re going to try to share the city with everybody coming and going with their normal day, and get 60,000 people into a stadium too,” he said. Lots will open around 4 or 5 p.m. for the Baylor game. UPD Sgt. Peggy Runyon said the season opener usually means the same routine; informing people what they can’t have at their tailgate. “It was busy for us as far as work,” she said. “It’s like reeducating people every year on the same thing.” Not allowed at tailgates are kegs, liquor, beer bongs,
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WVU fans enjoy themselves by sporting their school spirit in the student section during the WVU v. Youngstown State game on Sept. 8. shotgunning beers and drinking games, according to the rules on the back of WVU’s tailgate passes. Basically, nothing that promotes binge drinking. One problem UPD says it often deals with in tailgate season is unwelcome visitors in the Blue Lot. Armstrong said stragglers sometimes crash tailgates on their way to the stadium. “Everybody traveling from their tailgates end up in the Blue Lot on the way to [the stadium],” he said. “So, you get a lot of people going in and out of people’s tailgates who probably shouldn’t be there.” Tailgate crashers become the problem of the lot owner, Armstrong said, so it’s important for pass owners to keep track of who is at their tailgate. “If it is your lot and you own that pass, the original owner of that pass is responsible for everyone and their actions at the tailgate,” he said. In recent years, Runyon
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A group of WVU fans tailgating before the WVU vs. Youngstown State game. said Ruby Memorial Hospital has increased its emergency medical staff due to alcohol-related injuries. “They actually have more
medical people on duty now then there used to be for games, because we were overloading the emergency room with intoxicated people,” she
said. “In past games, they’ve actually called and said ‘We can’t handle anyone in the emergency room here, start taking them to Mon General.’”
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CULTURE
Science on Tap speaker series aims to introduce relevant topics into everyday life BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Science, especially hard science, is not something that everyone can find enjoyable. For some, the stress from academia makes some topics too intimidating. For others, the terminology and jargon can make it too hard to understand. In an effort to make science more accessible to everyone, there are some at WVU who want to talk about science in a comfortable environment, away from the pressure of academia, and in a way that anyone can follow. Science on Tap is a speaker series put on by the Interdisciplinary Graduate Education and Research Traineeships (IGERT) that aims to bring science into the lives of everyday people. IGERT provides training to graduate students. Science on Tap is held on the second Wednesday of every month at the Morgantown Brewing Company, and the speakers brought in are specifically chosen to talk about things that are relevant to everyone. WVUteach master teacher Michael Tilley said they are careful not to choose speakers or topics that might alienate anyone in the audience. WVUteach allows students to explore teaching in STEM fields. “We’re careful in who we recruit and what they’re speaking topic would be. If it was some-
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Dr. Chris White speaks at Morgantown Brewing Company during the first Science on Tap event of the academic year. thing that we would see at a physics colloquium, that person would be talking to physics professors and they’re talking about the quantum electrodynamics of the blah, blah, blah. You’re not going to get people to show up at the bar for that,” Tilley said. “We try to pick things that are relevant to the local people and that the presenter can present to a lay audience. The whole point is, ‘Here’s some cool stuff going on, and you don’t have to be a scientist
to really understand the overall gist’.” Tilley said choosing speakers in this way is a good way for the audience to engage with what the speaker is presenting. “Very often, many people will stay afterward and continue [the] discussion on topics. They’ll try to talk to the presenter, or it will spur some discussion among friends,” Tilley said. “Then people will sit around for another 30 minutes or even an hour because they’ve
got food, they’ve got drinks and they just had this cool thing talked about.” This week’s speaker was Dr. Chris White, the president, founder and CEO of White Labs, which provides fermentation services to beer, wine and distilling industries. Ph.D. candidate Matt Winans said the large homebrewing community in and around Morgantown makes White a great first speaker for this year. The opportunity to talk to
an expert in the field in a relaxed environment is very rare, Winans said. “It’s something that is kind of cool,” Winans said. “You don’t get to see a lot of science talked about openly with experts on a day-to-day basis. What better way to talk to anyone and everyone than to go to the local brewery?” Winans also said the main focus of Science on Tap is to make sure that the presentations are accessible to everyone.
“They’re talking about things, most of the time at least, that are relevant to everyday people,” Winans said. “There’s really not academic pressure at all. What we aim to do is have something that, first of all, is relevant to most people, to have a good presenter who is able to present the information in a way that everyone can grasp it. You can get caught in so many details that you can convolute the point. They want to present it in a way that is accessible to everyone and to openly have a dialogue in the end with the people in the audience.” The event in October will be on the first Wednesday of the month, and the event in March will be held on the third Wednesday of the month, due to scheduling. Next month’s event will be held in conjunction with the Friends of Deckers Creek, discussing the local watershed. The speaker in November is set to be Dr. Todd Ensign, the director of NASA IV&V Robotics Alliance Project, who is expected to speak about competitive robotics. Tilley said Science on Tap is a good way for people to engage with the science discipline devoid of any pressure. “This is a pretty good way. There’s no test at the end,” Tilley said. “I understand anyone who shows up and is like ‘I’m kind of lost’, but it’s not like there’s pressure. No one’s going to judge them, and you can ask questions.”
Flags fill Woodburn Circle in remembrance of lives lost on 9/11 BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR For many, Sept. 11 is a day of remembrance. Yet, on a college campus where many students were not old enough to walk when the terrorist attacks occurred, remembering can be hard. The WVU chapter of Young Americans for Freedom want to make sure that students remember. Students from Young Americans for Freedom placed 2,977 American flags in Woodburn Circle to represent each life lost on 9/11. This included lives lost at the Pentagon, in Pennsylvania and in New York City. Young Americans for Freedom began placing the flags in Woodburn Circle around 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The
flags were visible until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. This demonstration was part of Young Americans For Freedom’s Never Forget project. The organization’s president, Kathryn Brooks, a freshman international studies student from Castaic, California, encouraged students to “take some time and really think about what happened in 2001.” Jaron Bragg, the organization’s vice president and a freshman political science student from Shady Spring, West Virginia, described how seeing the flags reminded him of the horrible tragedy and that it could have been avoided. “It wasn’t a natural disaster. It was evil people taking lives,” Bragg said. The message that Young Americans for Freedom wants to promote is not only remem-
brance, but also unity. “After 9/11, the unity that America found and everyone coming to help I think is really important to remember,” Brooks said. Young Americans for Freedom is an organization for high school and college students to promote the conservative movement. The mission of Young Americans for Freedom is to ensure an increasing number of young Americans understand and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, a strong national defense, free enterprise and traditional values, according to its website. Anyone interested in joining Young Americans for Freedom PHOTO BY BY TEMITAYO ADESOKAN should email wvu.yaf@gmail. Young Americans For Freedom placed 2,977 American flags in Woodburn Circle to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11. com.
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
“Adulthood” when it’s convenient BY DOUGLAS SOULE EDITOR INCHIEF
Adulthood. Coming to college, leaving parents behind, students experience what it means to be an adult for the first time. Sometimes. It depends on the school policy. This fall, WVU became stricter with its outstanding tuition balance policy. Students who had a balance of more than $1,000 were removed from classes on Sept. 4. Students had until Sept. 7 to get their outstanding balances below $1,000 and pay a $250 reinstatement fee. Last spring, students were removed from classes if their balance exceeded $2,500. “The late fee and removal from class policies were adjusted with the goal of reinforcing the message to students that the University takes financial responsibility seriously,” said a FAQ document attached to an email Provost Joyce McConnell sent to faculty last week about the balance policy. “An important part of transitioning to adulthood is learning the importance of paying your bills on time.” This quote was in response to the question, "It seems that we are being tougher on students who pay late or do not pay their balances this year. Why is that?" True, the University is right to
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Editor-in-Chief Douglas Soule hard at work. strive to prevent debt. True, lessons of adulthood are important to college students. True, the consequences of removing students’ access to education can have a far-reaching, negative influence on their adulthoods. Increasing the cost of tuition, as was done this year and a number of years past, while simultaneously lowering the bar for classroom removal can put strain on some students. Ironically enough, many students who find themselves unable to cover the rising cost of tuition are likely the ones who are the most independent and the most understanding of the trials of adulthood, unable to rely on parents who pay off the majority of college-related expenses.
Maybe some students simply made the mistake not to pay on time. These students will surely benefit from an exposure to the negative consequences of such a mistake, paying an extra $250 to enter a classroom again. Maybe they lack the scholarships and financial resources to cover the costs. For these students, it’s disingenuous to cite lessons of adulthood as a rationale for their removal. As students pack their bags, unable to pay so unable to stay, one shouldn’t tell them, “It’s for the best. This is adulthood.” These students might learn this lesson of adulthood, if they haven’t already, from such a goodbye. That lesson will put them no closer to paying off tuition.
The University is inconsistent in its use of adulthood as a justification for a policy, which in itself weakens that justification. This fall, the University announced it could notify parents of drug and alcohol violations for students who are under 21 years old. Students who could have been kicked out of class for not paying their bills, since that’s what it’s like in the real world, could also have their parents notified of their bad behavior in school. This sends conflicting signals to students about whether the University views their adulthood as a real thing or just something to be invoked when implementing a controversial policy.
Healthy food comes at a cost BY SIERRA POWERS CORRESPONDENT
While looking through the aisles at a grocery store, it appalled me the cost differences between processed, unhealthy foods and healthy, organic food. This discovery got me wondering why there is such a price gap between healthy and unhealthy foods. According to a 2013 research study done by Harvard University’s School of Public Health, a healthy diet costs $1.50 more per day per person than an unhealthy one. That may not seem like a lot, but for the average family of four, a $1.50 increase per day adds more than a $2,000 increase each year. The easiest way to find out if this gap truly exists is to go to a grocery website and look for myself. What I found was shocking. According to Walmart Grocery online, a “Marie Callendar’s Frozen Salisbury Steak Dinner” costs $2.24, so for a family of four that is $8.96 for dinner. To compare, I found the price of fresh steaks for four, which alone cost $9.96
per pound. This price is just for the steak, while the frozen dinner comes with potatoes and macaroni and cheese. Adding up all the prices to make a steak, gravy, mac and cheese and roasted potatoes from scratch, the price of a fresh Salisbury steak dinner would exceed the $2.24 a frozen one costs. These frozen dinners are processed foods that have been frozen for long periods of time, so their freshness is minimal. The frozen steak dinner has over 45 percent of the daily amount of sodium and 41 percent of the calories comes from fat, making it not very healthy at all. Obesity is a growing epidemic according to an article written by Niall McCarthy for Forbes. McCarthy states that “obesity rates have hit an all-time high,” and then gives the example that the rates are “rising from 30.5 percent in 1999-2000 to 39.6 percent in 2015-2016.” I believe that these rates are rising because of the fact that healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy, fast food. In an article written by
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A salad with vegetable and fruit fix-ins is a healthy alternative to a frozen dinner. Linda Carroll and Madelyn Fernstrom from NBC, they said, “we are surrounded by tasty temptations that cost very little.” They proceed through the article by saying that the obesity problem isn’t between rich and poor, but because the unhealthy food is temptation. But, they said the temptations cost “very little,” so how much is the temptation and how much is the cost of the food? For a family struggling to make ends meet, the cheaper option for food is going to be
the way to go. How is that fair to them? All people should have equal access to healthy foods such as produce, fresh meat and organic snacks. With this information, trying to maintain a healthy routine could be quite challenging to a lower-income family. Healthy food, a gym membership and other components of a healthy lifestyle are bound to rack up to an unimaginable price that average families cannot afford.
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WVU, NC State did all they could to play “Anybody that knows football knows that I’m not going to play a game on Saturday and turn back around to play a game on Thursday night. That’s not an option for me.”
BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen said it best. You “can’t outsmart” a hurricane. No matter how hard you try. No matter how many scenarios you concoct. There was pretty much nothing Holgorsen, WVU or NC State could do to try and squeeze in Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. football game in Raleigh. As much as one might like to think there was an opportunity to play, there was nothing logistically that could be done. As of Wednesday evening, Hurricane Florence is listed as a Category 3 storm. There are mass evacuations along the coast. People are fleeing their homes along the coast of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. According to one CNN article published Tuesday, “Florence is one of the strongest hurricanes to churn toward the eastern seaboard in decades.” Raleigh is inland. It is not directly on the coast. But it will be affected greatly. NC State has already suspended classes and normal operations at the university through 5 p.m. Sunday. East Carolina – a university 119 miles away from NC State, canceled classes for the rest of the week as well. Safety comes first. West Virginia knows that. So does NC State. So many options were floated out from various people out there. Perhaps the game could be moved
- Shane Lyons, Athletic Director
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Hurricane Florence approaching the east coast. to Morgantown instead. On such short notice, though, that is not going to work. That means flipping the home-and-home venues for the series that was contractually scheduled for this season and 2019. That means that the game would have been flipped at the last possible moment to Morgantown and then the 2019 meeting set for Morgantown would have been moved to Raleigh. That is not feasible. First, WVU would have to sell as many tickets as it could just days before Saturday. No way anywhere near 60,000 people flock to Milan Puskar Stadium. It does not matter how great your fanbase is. That means less revenue for the school. Not only that, but if the 2019 meeting got moved to Raleigh, then WVU loses a home game and only five of
its 12 games on the schedule are at home. “It’s not a matter of just looking in a vacuum of let’s flip-flop the game,” said WVU athletic director Shane Lyons. “It’s a matter of looking at your future schedule.” Perhaps a neutral site venue could be found. Again, that is a lot easier said than done. Virginia was able to move its home game against Ohio to Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. But again, the logistics of making that all work is extremely difficult, and the words “extremely difficult” might be an understatement. Maybe the game gets moved to a different date. Maybe it gets pushed back to Sunday. Nobody seemed on board with that, though. Maybe the game gets played on Oct. 20 during WVU’s bye
week. Lyons did not like that idea, and I’m sure nobody at WVU really did. That would mean that WVU plays only five days before a Thursday night home tilt against Baylor. NC State also plays Clemson on Oct. 20, so there is no way the two schools could make that work. “I will not be scheduling a game on our off week,” Lyons said. “Anybody that knows football knows that I’m not going to play a game on Saturday and turn back around to play a game on Thursday night. That’s not an option for me.” Maybe the game gets played on Dec. 1. Again, not possible. That is the day of the Big 12 Championship in Dallas, and Lyons plans to be there. WVU hopes to be there, too, and with all of
the hoopla surrounding star quarterback Will Grier and the Mountaineers, that is a very realistic scenario. Or maybe the game gets played on Dec. 8, a week after conference championship week. Again, not possible. The College Football Playoff and all bowl games have been decided at that point. One last thing: an 11game schedule instead of a 12-game schedule will likely not hurt WVU’s postseason chances in general or Grier’s Heisman campaign. WVU already has 10 teams from Power Five conferences on its schedule, and it would have been 11 if the NC State game could have been played. Only three others schools – Purdue, Texas and USC – put 11 Power Five schools on their schedules this season. There is even one SEC team – Arkansas – that put just eight on its gauntlet. “I’ve been asked the question ‘Oh my gosh if you don’t play NC State, you’re not going to have a quality win?’” said WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen. “Well, Tennessee is in the SEC. It’s a quality win. There’s a lot of teams out there that are only play-
ing nine Power Fives.” There was just nothing anyone could do. No matter how hard anyone tried. No matter how many potential scenarios could be thrown out there. Everything is too difficult logistically. Could they have made it work? Of course, but this is a hurricane. A far too dangerous one, too. WVU at NC State was not the only game canceled due to the impending weather either. East Carolina’s matchup with Virginia Tech was canceled. So was North Carolina’s game against UCF and Marshall's game at South Carolina. According to the National Weather Service, there are more than 5.4 million people that live in areas under hurricane warnings or watches along the east coast. President Donald Trump already declared a state of emergencies for the Carolinas and Virginia. Safety comes first. The most important thing is that all of the players, coaches, administrators, students, fans and everyone affected by Hurricane Florence is safe.
WVU looks for wins before conference play BY JARED SERRE SPORTS WRITER Despite starting off fast prior to conference play last season, the WVU women's soccer team have been unable to match their success of old. Currently, they sit in an unfamiliar position— owning a record of 2-2-3—with only two games to go before Big 12 Conference play begins. On Thursday, Boston University will travel to Morgantown. The last time the Terriers and Mountaineers met was in 2009, when the two squads fought to a 0-0 draw. The Terriers are presently sitting at 1-6-1—last in the
Patriot League. “I know they have a dynamic three-front," WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. "Nancy [Feldman, BU head coach] has been around forever, like me, and that’s a good thing. She’s a very organized, very disciplined coach. I know that BU is going to come out flying.” After that, the Mountaineers will matchup on Sunday with St. Francis of Pennsylvania. In 2016, the teams faced off with WVU, taking the match by a 3-1 score. With a 2-4-2 record, the Red Storm sits at third in the Northeast Conference. While the success of the upcoming opponents may not seem eye-opening, Izzo-Brown wants to use
this time to focus on the fundamentals. “We want to control getting better, whether it’s one pass at a time, one shot at a time or one defensive movement at a time,” Izzo-Brown said. “Being at home and having the opportunity to have our fans here is great, but we’ve recognized the fact that we’re hunting a win, and we know we have to be a little better every day to get that win.” The upcoming home stretch comes off of a win at Clemson, where strong offensive efforts were put forth by senior forward Hannah Abraham and sophomore midfielder Stefany Ferrer-VanGinkel. While the Mountaineers
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Sophomore forward Lauren Segalla attempts to make a goal. have won two of their last three matches, they are currently the third worst overall
team in the Big 12. “I think getting these two wins at home this weekend
will propel us forward for our first weekend in the Big 12,” Abraham said.
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Hurricane Florence should not hurt WVU BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR Contrary to popular belief, West Virginia's canceled game against N.C. State will not hurt the Mountaineers. At least not directly. West Virginia having games canceled due to severe weather is not a normality for the team or the fanbase, but it's not unprecedented in the world of college football. Last season, two schools with national title aspirations remained in the hunt all the way until the end of the season and both had games canceled due to inclement weather. Miami and UCF both had games canceled in 2017 due to Hurricane Irma. The Hurricanes and the Knights both had home games dropped from their schedules against Arkansas State and Georgia Tech, respectively. Miami rose all the way up to No. 2 in the College Football Playoff rankings until
losing to Pitt on Thanksgiving weekend. UCF finished the season undefeated and was dubbed national champions by Colley Matrix, despite not playing a Power Five home game on their schedule. With West Virginia already having a Power Five win on their schedule going into Big 12 Conference play, it's difficult to believe that the Mountaineers will be punished by a hurricane. "I had asked the question, ‘Oh my gosh, if you don’t play NC State, you’re not going to have a quality win?’" WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "Well, Tennessee is in the SEC, that’s a quality win. There are a lot of teams that are only playing nine Power 5s. We’re guaranteed nine, and we’ve already played one, which is 10." Saturday's game at N.C. State is not the first time West Virginia has had a game canceled due to inclement weather. In 2005, the Mountaineers were scheduled to play at South Florida on Oct. 22. Due to Hurricane Wilma,
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West Virginia played South Florida to end the 2005 season after the game was postponed due to Hurricane Wilma. Pat White ran for 177 yards in the 28-13 win. the game was canceled and rescheduled for Dec. 3, making it the final regular season
game for both schools. Even before playing against South Florida, WVU wrapped
up an AP Top 15 ranking and a bid to the Sugar Bowl. The Mountaineers still won, 28-
13, to complete an undefeated Big East season.
WVU looks to regroup after consecutive shutout losses BY COLE MCCLANAHAN SPORTS WRITER The West Virginia men’s soccer team has suffered back-to-back road, shutout losses after a promising start to the season saw them win two of their first three matches. The Mountaineers’ (23) last match was a 1-0 loss to the Maryland Terrapins where they outshot Maryland 12-10, including 6-5 on goal. WVU led in corner kicks, too, 6-3. West Virginia began slowly on offense as they were outshot by the Terrapins 6-2 in the first half. WVU was able to increase their chances in the second half by getting 10 shots off compared to Maryland’s four and had a 5-1 advantage in shots on goal. A goal by Maryland’s Amar Sejdic in the 77th minute was too much for the Mountaineers to overcome. It was Maryland’s first win of the 2018 season. Junior midfielder Andres Muriel Albino led WVU with five shots, three on goal. Senior forward Rushawn Larmond, sophomore defender Kevin Morris and sophomore forward Tsubasa Takada were all second on the team with two shots each and one on goal.
Sophomore goalkeeper Steven Tekesky made four saves for West Virginia. Moving on from their twogame road swing, the Mountaineers return home to Dick Dlesk Stadium on Saturday for a matchup with the St. Francis Red Flash. St. Francis is 2-2 on the season, with their losses coming against the Houston Baptist Huskies and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Highlanders. Their last match, a 2-3 loss to NJIT in overtime, saw the Red Flash take a 2-1 lead into halftime. St. Francis was able to hang onto their lead the entire second half until a late, 88th-minute goal scored by NJIT tied the game and forced overtime. The Highlanders eventually won in overtime after a 99th-minute goal was scored. St. Francis was outshot by NJIT 14-13 in the match, but were able to get more on target as they led 7-5 in shots on goal. Senior forward Mario Mastrangelo leads St. Francis in goals, shots and shot attempts with three, 13 and seven, respectively. Sophomore midfielders Lucas Rosa and Kevin Smolyn are both second on the team with one apiece. Mastrangelo, Rosa and
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Marlon LeBlanc yells instructions at his players during a draw against Northern Illinois last season. Smolyn lead the team in assists as well, each with one. St. Francis has had many scoring opportunities this season with three double-digit shot totals through four games.
They have outshot their opponent in every match so far except one, their loss to NJIT. They also have had more shots on goal than their opponent in every match this year. The Mountaineers will look
to snap their recent scoring drought on Saturday night against St. Francis, but it will be difficult unless they can increase their scoring chances. “I think we are going to be very good if we can start find-
ing the back of the net,” WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc said. Kick off between West Virginia and St. Francis is set for 7 p.m. on Saturday at Dick Dlesk Stadium.
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Mountaineers wrap up their non-conference slate BY SHYLA PARSONS SPORTS WRITER The WVU women's volleyball team will host the Mountaineer Classic this weekend to close non-conference play. The Mountaineers return home to take on Morehead State (8-2), Penn (2-5) and
Wake Forrest (3-6) on Sept. 14 and 15 in the WVU Coliseum, ending their non-conference slate this weekend. WVU will match up with Morehead State this Friday at 7 p.m. The Eagles finished last weekend with a 3-0 win against Duquesne. They ended the game with a total of 40 kills, 12 of which were
earned from Jessie Wachtman. Freshman Allison Whitten led the Eagles with a total of 17 digs. On Saturday, the Mountaineers will match up with Penn at 11 a.m. and Wake Forest at 7 p.m. Penn had a 3-1 win over Delaware State on Tuesday and ended the 4th match in a 25-22 vic-
tory. Maya Ngundam led the Quakers with a total of 17 kills against the Hornets. Wake Forest defeated Akron on Saturday with a 3-0 win. Sophomore Caroline Kuhn led the team with a total of 11 kills out of 39 total. The Mountaineers won 3-0 against Western Illinois last Friday, during the Flor-
ida Gulf Coast Tournament. After taking a 0-3 defeat against Albany on Saturday, WVU came back to win a 3-2 victory against the host, Florida Gulf Coast. On Friday, the Mountaineers will host a book and school supply drive. Those who bring books or school supplies will receive a dis-
counted ticket for $2. Saturday morning, the first 100 WVU fans will receive free coffee and doughnuts at the game. The first 250 fans get a free t-shirt. WVU is only eight wins away from their 700th win program history. The Mountaineers currently hold a 692727 all-time record.
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