The DA 1-20-17

NEWS

Senator Shelley Moore Capito believes Trump is a “change of direction.”

See p. 3

CULTURE

The 33rd Annual Food and Wine Festival returns to Morgantown this weekend.

SPORTS

After overtime loss, WVU shifts focus to Kansas State.

See p.9

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 20, 2017

See p.6

Like it or not, at noon today, Donald J. Trump becomes our 45th president.

WVU reacts to this historic change. p. 4

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“Donald Trump, a change of direction”

State lawmakers express hope as President Trump takes office following inauguration

BY CAITY COYNE EDITOR IN CHIEF At noon today, Donald J. Trump will stand on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol Building with his left hand on the bible and his right in the air, as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administers to him the presidential oath of office.

This moment is the culmination of what many are calling an unconventional presidential campaign, and it will be the beginning of what many are predicting to be an equally unconventional term in office.

“I think one of the things that came out of the election, too, in the process, is the lack of trust of public figures. He ran as an outsider,” said Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV).

“He’s going to be an unconventional president, certainly for one way–the way he communicates–but for other reasons (as well).”

In November, West Virginia was one of two states (along with Oklahoma) to see Trump dominate every county within its borders.

Of the 55 counties in the Mountain State, only three (Kanawha, Monongalia and Jefferson) supported Trump with less than 60 percent of the vote.

As early as December 2015, a study by Civics Analytics, a democratic data firm,

claimed West Virginia held the highest support for Trump in the country. During campaigning, Logan County was dubbed “the heart of Trump Country” by The New Yorker and several other publications, including Vanity Fair, The Guardian, HuffingtonPost and Politico used West Virginia as the destination on a roadmap of “Trumpism.”

While Trump support thrived in the Mountain State ahead of the election, an unpredictable four years lay ahead for legislators and citizens alike, as Trump’s campaign promises of job growth for West Virginians inspire their hopes for the future.

“I think everybody has big hopes. He’s promised a lot and I think he’s getting some leeway but he’s going to have to deliver, too,” Capito said.

“We’re going to have to help him deliver.”

A promise that means a lot to West Virginians was Trump’s call to revive the coal mining industry. While this could potentially ease economic troubles for some, “we know not everybody is going to get back to work (in coal),” Capito said.

Evan Jenkins (R-WV3)— whose district includes some of the highest unemployment rates in the state as of November 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics— believes current economic struggles are largely due to

PHOTO BY ANDREW SPELLMAN / THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Senator Shelley Moore Capito opens her open house event for West Virginia residents at the Everett Dirksen Senate building in preparation for the inauguration. eight years of environmental regulations under the Obama administration. While Jenkins concedes that market forces, like the rise of the natural gas industry, can impact the coal economy, most of the issue in his eyes spurs from regulatory politics that would have been held strong and repeated in a Clinton administration.

“For West Virginia, I firmly believe the last eight years have not been good for our state,” Jenkins said. “We have people who are really hurting, and they’re really hurting in large part because of the ideological agenda of the Obama administration relating to energy policy and the war on coal.”

Clinton’s early embrace of such ideologies—and her mission to further them— was a dividing factor for West Virginians looking for a rejuvenated coal industry. Simultaneously, Trump was promising the opposite.

“Elections are either change of pace or change of direction; Hillary Clinton offered a change of pace. Donald Trump, a change of direction,” Jenkins said.

Regardless of whether West Virginians were looking for a new pace or direction, both Jenkins and Capito agree a peaceful transition of power from Obama to Trump is the most important thing to consider today.

PHOTO BY ANDREW SPELLMAN / THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Senator Capito speaks to Buchanan, WV, resident Bruce Henderson during her open house at the Everett Dirksen Senate building. Capito emphasized that the President-elect is right for the economy and revitalizing jobs in the Mountain State.

“We must come together now under this president and the next four years to try to move our state and country forward,” Jenkins said. “This is a process, but it’s constitutionally honored and required and provided and no one is happy with every outcome, but it’s important that we come together and work together (toward) the best interest of our state and our country.”

As a member of congress, Capito disagrees with the actions of House members who refused to attend the inauguration as a slight to Trump, saying instead they disrespected the office of the president, not the President-Elect himself.

“I think it’s important to show not just our country but the world that we are behind our president and praying for our president,” Capito said.

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4 | OPINION

OPINION

Making America Great Again?

Respect the office even if you don’t respect the man

BY BRANDON RIDGELY

(The future is) uncertain, very uncertain, but I have a lot of hope right now because I very much believe in positivity toward your generation...

I don’t know, I think we can take it in a different direction even though Trump won, I still have hope for our country because it is a different time right now.

- Krisha Redillas, West Virginia

WVU students react to our 45th president

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WEST VIRGINIA “As long as he doesn’t violate our human rights, like he’s been saying throughout (campaigning) I think it will be all right.”

VIRGINIA “I’m excited about hopefully the economy turning back around a bit... But what I’m concerned about is the large division there is going to be among the people.”

WEST VIRGINIA “You can feel a variety of ways.

I think we should all support him because if you’re not supporting Trump you’re not really supporting America.”

“Honestly I didn’t vote for (Trump), I don’t think he is very nice, but I just don’t want automatically discount him... I wasn’t too gung-ho about either candidate, so I think now that he is elected people should give him a chance and see what he is going to bring to the table.

- Holly Sauvageot (Right), West Virginia

OPINION EDITOR

Whether you like it or not, Donald Trump will be taking his seat at noon today as president of a much divided United States of America.

And whether you’re one of the many American’s dissatisfied with Trump as president, or one of the many celebrating his new role, you still need to respect the office of president, even if you don’t respect the president.

Trump takes office with the lowest approval ratings in history with only 32% satisfied with his transition, according to CBS. While this number ranges a bit amonst other polls done by The Washington Post and CNN, there are many potential reasons for this.

Trump faced multiple major controversiesthroughout his 2016 presidential campaign. He has no small list of opponents and enemies.

Whether it’s the open mocking of a disabled reporter during a speech, or the infamous recording of Trump capped off with the suggestion that, as a celebrity, you could go up to women and merely, “Grab them by the pussy” that bother you, there are plenty controversial moments to choose from.

In addition, many of his cabinet choices have been lacking in area-specific experience, or even have negative experiences and reputations in the fields they will now represent.

Most particularly challenged are Trump’s picks Texas Gov. Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Exxon CEO Jeff Tillerson for Secretary of State, philanthropist Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education, surgeon Ben Carson for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and even Mike Pence for Vice President.

But regardless of your opinions of Trump, if you are actively hoping for the country to fail under his leadership, you should consider whether your opinion is political or just anti-American. They aren’t the same thing.

So critique Donald Trump’s ideas, his performance and his choices, but don’t mistake these opinions as questioning the office that is so critical to our country.

If the results of our elections are considered meaningless (all hacking concerns aside), then our country turns its back on the ideas that we’ve defended from assault for so many years and that make America “great” already.

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6 | CULTURE

CULTURE

Winter weekend filled with wine

BY ERIN DRUMMOND ASSOCIATE CULTURE EDITOR The 33rd Annual Food & Wine Festival returns to Morgantown from Friday through Sunday at Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa. With the theme being “A Taste of it All,” attendees can look forward to a culinary tour of the past festivals.

Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa, located just off I-68 in Morgantown, is known as the Mid-Atlantic’s premier golf resort destination.

The weekend will consist of wine, beer and cuisine tastings, culinary demonstrations, an Artisan marketplace featur-

ing specialty foods, wines and more and an iron chef competition.

Featured classes include “Nuvo Mexican Cuisine” and “Nuvo Mexican Style Buffet” with Chefs Jason “JJ” McFarland and Amez Azzy, “A Gift from the Kitchen (Amoush Boush)” with Chef Josh Brickery, “Salads” with Chef Jessie Teasdale and Mark Tasker, “Appetizers” with Chef Branden Duvoue and “Entree” with Danny Orr. A chef ’s brunch will be served at 9 a.m. on Sunday to end the weekend festivities.

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Art Museum hosts FABRICation Exhibit

BY EMILY ZEKONIS STAFF WRITER The Art Museum of West Virginia University welcomes its first traveling exhibit, FABRICation, at 6 p.m. on Jan. 19 in the Grand Hall of the Museum Education Center.

Contemporary art drawn from inspiration of fabrics and historical textiles created by seven female artists will be showcased at WVU during the exhibit curated

by Kristy Deetz of Wisconsin and Reni Gower of Virginia, along with Virginia Derryberry of North Carolina; three female former professors and artists.

“FABRICations is not only a pun on the inspiration of the pieces, but it refers to the intense fabrication of each piece.” Gower said.

Viewers can expect to see pieces of all media, not just fabrics and textiles, including paintings, mix media works, quilt like constructs, minimalist pieces, tapestries and more. All pieces promote the idea of handcrafted work that takes time and mindfulness, not only to create, but to study.

“People should take time to study each piece,” Derryberry said. “Slow down and engage in the piece. Look at

every stitch and detail, take time with them.”

“The exhibit focuses on how crafting and art can counteract the skimming of everyday life that we take part in during an age with many anxieties and a coping mechanism of skimming past details,” Gower added.

“But if you can find a way to quiet your mind and work through the creative act, it helps to calm the anxiety.”

The exhibits creation was funded by Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Arts and the Painting and Printmaking Department.

Friends of the Art Museum, a membership group for

people who enjoy the arts and social, educational and cultural activities revolving around art, supported bringing FABRICations to Morgantown.

The exhibit opened with a reception and a lecture by Grower, Deetz and Derryberry. The artists will lead workshops out of University High School, located in Morgantown, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 for the opportunity to learn more and understand the value of crafting and fine art.

The traveling exhibit will remain open until March 19.

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FASHION FRIDAY

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by Alainia Conrad, Fashion Columnist Look to Australia for a dose of fashion inspiration. The clothing labels from down under bring individualistic attitude coupled with completely unique and meticulously refined aesthetics. Even if these brands fall outside of your budget, you can access their creative visions for free through Instagram.

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SPORTS | 9

SPORTS

Following tough loss, WVU shifts focus to Kansas State

BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL It is officially sink or swim time for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team.

After squandering a lead that would have left the Mountaineers sitting with some comfort within the conference, WVU (153, 4-2 Big 12) will try to recover from its latest miscue as it faces the Kansas State Wildcats (144, 3-3).

The Mountaineers are coming off a disappointing effort against Oklahoma on Wednesday. After leading by as much as 13 points, WVU head coach Bob Huggins doesn’t want his team to simply forget about the game.

“I don’t want to put it away,” Huggins said. “I want to stick it in their crawl.”

While it may be in the back of West Virginia’s minds, the priority for the Mountaineers is Kansas State. The Wildcats have recently become a team that has been slowly climbing the conference standings.

Prior to the season, Kansas State was voted to finish in ninth place, according to the Big 12 Preseason Poll taken in October. However, few expected the Wildcats to be in the middle of the pack and three games out of first place.

It’s mainly because of Kansas State’s surplus of scoring options.

The Wildcats have three players inside the top-20 of the Big 12’s scoring list. All five Wildcat

starters average more than 10 points per game, led by Barry Brown’s 12.7 points per game.

With the richness in the starting five, Kansas State fails to have that option coming off the bench. Freshman Xavier Sneed has been called upon to fill the role, but outside of Sneed, the Wildcats’ next man off the bench averages less than three points per game.

An aspect that has made the Wildcats a nuisance to deal with is its defensive style. Over the past few years KSU head coach Bruce Webber’s defense has slowly become a threat and maintained its spot at the top.

Since 2012, Kansas State has had three seasons where it sat inside the top four in points allowed per game. In 2017, the

Wildcats find themselves ahead of West Virginia by a mere 0.1-point differential.

All of the aforementioned has led the Wildcats to sit in fourth place, breathing down the backs of the Mountaineers.

Last year, the Mountaineers took the Wildcats to double-overtime before coming out with the victory. However, that matchup resembled an occurrence the Mountaineers experienced on Wednesday with a different outcome.

It was a back and forth battle in which the Mountaineers needed to protect the ball. In that game, it benefited them.

It wasn’t the case when the 13 turnovers cost WVU. They know they need to improve on that going forward.

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WVU guard Teyvon Myers drives to the basket during it’s 89-68 win over No. 1 Baylor on Jan. 11, 2017.

“That’s something we need to improve on,” said WVU junior guard Jevon Carter.

With KSU’s Brown coming off a career-game where he notched 22 points in a 96-88 win over

Oklahoma State, the Wildcats have proven not to be a pushover in 2017. In a time where it may be needed most, Press Virginia would need to make an immediate impact.

Effort, free throws cost WVU in losses

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR Effort. Energy. Missed free throws.

Those are the same points West Virginia (15-3) often reverts back to during its three losses this season. They are what stand in the way of a perfect record— or a better record—and the three close losses the team has suffered (all three were by a combined seven points).

And they were all highlighted during Wednesday night’s overtime loss to Oklahoma, the most demoralizing of them all.

“I just feel like the energy kind of went down,” said WVU junior forward Elijah Macon. “Going into that overtime, I just feel like

we took our foot off the gas. We should’ve just kept going.”

Once WVU scored 15 straight points to take a commanding 6651 lead with under 10 minutes remaining in regulation, it appeared the Mountaineers would improve to 4-1 in conference play. It seemed they would remain one game and striking distance of first place in the conference standings.

But it was the effort, energy and free throws that players and coaches pointed to. Head coach Bob Huggins didn’t understand how energy could play a factor, especially since it was just the 18th game of the year (many fewer than NBA teams have played this season).

“These are guys that are going to be NBA players and play

100 games? 100,” Huggins said.

“What are we? They’ve played 18 games. They’re 32 games from the All-Star Break. That’s some phony stuff right there.”

What Huggins did understand, and was visibly frustrated and disappointed with, was the lost effort and missed free throws as his team squandered the big lead and lost during the final seconds in overtime, suffering an upset at home to unranked Oklahoma.

The Mountaineers converted just four of their nine free throw attempts in overtime, a steady decline after they seemingly made their first five attempts from the charity stripe during the game.

“Played a big part. Foul shooting plays a part,” Huggins said.

We’re not going to win, particu-

larly when we went 10 for our first 11. You go 10 for your last 11, so we’re seven for our last 18. How are you going to win?”

It was one of the same aspects that doomed them during a loss to Texas Tech earlier this month, the program’s only other conference loss to this point. That was a one-point loss in overtime, which although the Red Raiders made timely threes, was thrown away by missed attempts from points that are “handed to you.”

WVU converted just 54 percent of its 24 attempts all game, including a 6-for-12 showing during the overtime period. If two more of those go in, the team wouldn’t have watched the Texas Tech students storm the court.

A lot of it traces back to the effort and energy, and although

“These are guys that are going to be NBA players and play 100 games? 100.”

-Bob Huggins, WVU Basketball Coach previously stated by Huggins that he doesn’t understand why it would be energy, players pinpointed that during the loss. They “let off the gas pedal” while watching Oklahoma’s energy ramp up, storming back to tie it up and eventually win in overtime.

“We had gone on that run, which is what we usually do, but we didn’t keep it,” said WVU senior forward Nathan Adrian.

“Like you said, we didn’t play as hard when we got that lead. Can’t do that.”

Despite the loss, WVU sits with a 15-3 record and is ranked

among the top 10 teams in the country. It trounced then-No. 1 Baylor last week by a score of 8968, narrowly surviving in Texas to win its third straight game.

That winning streak came to a devastating halt, but the Mountaineers know they need to refocus for Saturday’s game at Kansas State, whose 14-4 record and play this season has it sitting just outside the top 25.

“Get ready for Kansas State and we’ve just got to prepare and get ready,” Macon said. “We’ve got to be prepared for every team in the Big 12. We can’t take any team lightly. Every team is good.”

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PHOTO BY ANDREW SPELLMAN / THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Jevon Carter looks to move the ball around in overtime at the Coliseum. Oklahoma would power on the beat the Mountaineers 89-87.

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NEWLY RENOVATED APARTMENTS and HOUSES. Most utilities included. Off-Street parking/on-site laundry. www.mywvuhome.com for pictures or Call: 304-288-2052 LARGE 3BR AVAILABLE IN MAY. 5/ minute walk to downtown-campus.

261 East Prospect. Large porch.

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