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Same-sex marriage legal in W.Va. By evelyn merithew associate city editor @dailyathenaeum

In what will live as a triumphant victory for same-sex couples and all civil rights advocates throughout the nation, West Virginia legislature decided Thursday that they will no longer fight efforts to keep same-sex couples from getting married.

The decision follows the Supreme Court’s refusal Monday to intervene in voter-approved bans from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down Virginia’s same-sex

marriage ban. Both West Virginia and Virginia are under the 4th Circuit’s jurisdiction.

Following the refusal to intervene, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey that his office would not defend the lawsuit challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban.

West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin said in a press release the rulings “make it clear that laws banning same-sex marriage have been declared unconstitutional.” He also said he has directed state agencies to ensure that this decision is upheld

“I guess it’s good for all of America that that’s happening. I just don’t really have a huge opinion on it myself like some people, but I guess my opinion would be it’s good for the state.”

-Ben Burton, a freshman business student

“I don’t think it’s a problem. If you love someone then you love them. My best friend is gay.”

-Sarah Everett, a freshman exercise physiology student

Christian Ministries provides clothing to seek employment by alexa mcclennen correspondent @dailyathenaeum

At 219 Walnut St. sits Christian Help Inc., a hidden gem that provides five assistance programs to not only Morgantown residents, but college students as well.

Christian Help Inc. is encouraging West Virginia University students to take advantage of their Career Closets, a program which provides free professional clothing to anyone who is working or actively seeking employment.

“We have so many students in this town that are already strapped for cash, there’s no need to pay for professional clothing when we have that need completely met for any demographic. We are really trying to reach out to the college students to let them know this resource is also available to them, not just Morgantown residents,” said Alissa Ponzurick, the career closet coordinator.

While visits are limited to once a month, customers can leave with two to three professional outfits free of charge. The women’s career closet provides a wide variety of suits, dresses, skirts, blazers and button ups from sizes 0 to 26. Heels, jewelry, handbags and medical scrubs are also available.

appropriately.

“Our state is known for its kindness and hospitality to residents and visitors alike,” Tomblin said in the release. “I encourage all West Virginians, regardless of their personal beliefs, to uphold our statewide tradition of treating one another with dignity and respect.”

Just hours after the decision, same-sex couples were obtaining marriage licenses. In a statement, the West Virginia Health and Human Resources Department said

see MARRIAGE on PAGE 2 “I do not have a formal opinion about that. If men want to marry men and women want to marry women then I don’t have a problem with that.”

-Davi Lanzieri, a junior electrical engineering student

“I think that gay marriage should be legal. I think everyone should be treated equally, homosexual or straight, everyone has their own preference.”

-Alex Gardineer, a junior criminology student

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The men’s career closet also has a wide variety of suits, khakis, dress shirts, outdoor work clothes, steel toe boots and dress shoes available in a wide range of sizes. The program also offers résumé assistance, interview help and job training. In 2012, the two closets assisted 1,321 women and 501 men from the Morgantown area.

“We often get clothes with tags still on them, I’ve seen brands come through here such as Coach, Calvin Klein, Banana Republic, BCBG Max Azria, Anne Klein, 7 for All Man Kind, Tommy Hilfiger and the best thing is that everything is completely free to anyone and everyone,” Ponzurick said.

Other programs Christian Help Inc. provides are emergency financial assistance, a food pantry, a job training program and a free store, which offers a wide variety of household and clothing items all available for free and solely supported by community donations.

Christian Help Inc. is a United Way Agency that is always accepting volunteers and will provide service hours for students.

“I have been volunteering here for about a month and it’s very fun but also rewarding because you are helping people at the

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Natalie Tennant, Secretary of State of West Virginia, speaks to Professor Hickey’s Introduction to American Government class. Elizabeth Frattarole, a sophomore broadcast journalism student, talks one on one as Tennant pulls her out of the crowd.

Democratic Senate nominee Natalie Tennant visits WVU, speaks to students by jake jarvis managing editor @Jakejarviswvu

During her first home football game in 1990 as the Mountaineer Mascot, a man strides up to a 22-year-old Natalie Tennant and flips her off. She thanks him for his support and he tells her to go home.

“I am home,” Tennant said.

“You have no right to be here.”

The crowd around her begins to cheer, “Let’s go, Mountaineers. Let’s go, Mountaineers.”

Twenty-four years later, the same woman is running for West Virginia’s soon to be open Senate seat.

Tennant, now serving as

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the West Virginia Secretary of State, visited West Virginia University Thursday.

She spoke to political science classes and a portion of The Daily Athenaeum’s Editorial Board about her political views.

On Tuesday, Tennant and her opponent, Republican Senate nominee Shelley Moore Capito, debated for the first time in Charleston, W.Va. “I wanted five debates,” Tennant said. “I wanted the state to get to see all of us in different areas where someone might not have been able to tune in on Tuesday night.

I wanted to be prepared and present my record, my vision

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Natalie Tennant sat down with part of The Daily Athenaeum’s Editorial Board to discuss her campaign and feelings after the recent debate with Shelley Moore Capito.

University Health Sciences Center works to end poor health condititons Courtney Gatto Correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Today, from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., the Morgantown Mall is hosting the 2014 WVU Healthcare Expo.

West Virginia has always been recognized as a relatively unhealthy state. It has been reported as having high obesity rates, smoking rates and drinking rates among the population.

This year, some of the schools from the West Virginia University Health Sci-

ences Center will be taking an extra step to put a stop to poor health conditions by hosting the Expo at the local mall.

“We are doing it to first and foremost to improve the health of West Virginians and the community and also it’s a great way to get our name out there and try to become recognized as health care providers,” said Drew Eddy, a third-year student pharmacist.

Various departments of WVU Healthcare will be present this weekend. They

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will be providing information, evaluations and other health related activities for guests to experience with the hopes of bettering the health of the West Virginia population and the Morgantown community.

This event will be especially important to the WVU School of Pharmacy because October is American Pharmacy Month. This month is a reminder to the public to make appointments and discuss the medications they’re taking with their pharmacists, as well as promote pharma-

cists as healthcare providers, a title people don’t always associate with this profession.

Because of this, the School of Pharmacy is providing several different screenings for the general public so they can assess their health as a precautionary measure.

Some of the services that will be provided today are diabetic glucose testing, blood pressure monitoring, bone density scans, cholesterol tests and body fat scans.

These screenings are for precautionary use only. Although they are helpful in

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giving people an idea of the state of their health, they should not be taken in replacement of going to the doctor.

“I think the first step is to take an active role in your health. It allows you to see if you need to make changes in your life,” Eddy said. “If you’re curious about your current health state then I would greatly encourage you to come out and see if you have any abnormal levels.”

Eddy stressed that this is a great opportunity. The expo will be able to give people

an insight on their current health situation as well as offer advice for future actions or precautions that they may be able to take.

Although the event will help gain exposure to the University and its programs, the WVU Healthcare Expo is designed to keep people on top of their health.

“It’s hard to make the correction in your health behaviors if you’re not aware that a correction needs to be made,” Eddy said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Johnston presents ‘Twin,’ discusses creation process by david schlake staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Thursday, West Virginia University journalism professor April Johnston stood in Colson Hall and read aloud a story about Derris Lewis, a man who was wrongly accused and imprisoned for killing his identical twin brother, Dennis.

Johnston’s story, “Twin,” is the product of a collaboration between her and her husband, David Smith, also a professor in the Reed College of Media, who helped with the photography and the presentation itself.

Derris grew up in a rough neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised by a single mother who was a drug addict, and whatever extra family members needed a place to stay.

Lewis had a full-ride scholarship to the Ohio State University, and maintained a formidable character despite the environment in which he matured.

In 2008, his twin brother Dennis was murdered. Police investigators found Lewis’ hand prints in his brother’s blood at the murder scene, even though he wasn’t there when it happened.

Throughout Johnson’s story, she illustrates the bravery and strength Lewis displayed even at his darkest hour when he was being accused of killing his twin.

Johnston explained one of her goals was to capture that strong character with this project, so everyone could see who Lewis was.

In 2009, Lewis was exonerated after police discovered a discrepancy in the evidence, which according to Johnston was found due to the persistence of Shannon Leis, one of Lewis’ legal associates.

It wasn’t until 2010 that Johnston began sitting down with Lewis to get

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same time,” said Samantha Moates, a local Morgantown resident.

Currently Christian Help Inc. is in need of warm winter boots, hats, gloves and long thermal wear. Donations are accepted at any time during hours of operation.

Christian Help Inc is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and the first Saturday of ev-

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county clerks will begin issuing newly updated marriage licenses to same-sex couples by Tuesday, Oct. 14.

Along with refusing to intervene with Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban, the Supreme Court also refused to intervene in samesex legal challenges in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Wisconsin. Within weeks, there could be 35 states that decide same-sex marriage bans are unconstitutional.

Lambda Legal, a national gay rights organization, filed a lawsuit on

April Johnston talks on her project ‘Twin,’ a story about a teen falsely accused of killing his teenage twin brother. his story, and in 2011 she Lewis very well, and even Monthly, which is where started writing. Originally, watched him graduate from she found Lewis’ story. She she wanted the story to be college. She said the proj- started working University published as a book, but ect took about three years Relations about five years ago, when she was working found the story wasn’t a to complete. good fit for that format.

Johnston started in jour- with University Relations.

“This was just such an nalism with a job writing for Johnston claims Lewis’ amazing story that I had to the Beaver County Times personality is what made write it,” Johnston said. “It in Pennsylvania where the story so important to was more than print with she was hired as a beat re- her. all of the multimedia con- porter, but after about a “Ultimately, because tent we had access to, and year got promoted to proj- there’s such a good person this site (creatavist.com) al- ect reporter. at the heart of it, and the lowed me to tell it.”

She also wrote for the fact that Derris is who he is, Johnston and Smith Fayetteville Observer, it means a lot.”

She also explained that ended up getting to know as well as the Columbus ery month from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

“We are able to serve as best we can with what’s donated to us. If students want to donate their time or clothes, or want to shop, I would love to see the student body move though this place,” said Ponzurick “All you need is a will to work.”

If you are interested in getting involved with Christian Help Inc., visit their Facebook page “Christian Help Inc.” or call 304-296-0221. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

behalf of three same-sex West Virginia couples in fall 2013.

According to West Virginia Metro News, senior Lambda Legal attorney Beth Littrell said “there’s nobody standing in the way for same-sex couples in West Virginia to exercise their constitutional rights and be able to get married.”

Further, Littrell said she is proud West Virginia is among the more progresssive states in the country.

“I’m glad that West Virginia is on the early side of history,” Littrell said according to the Charleston Gazette. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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the story opened her and her husband’s eyes to other possibilities.

“I think it will affect the way I approach other stories. It gives David and I ideas for the future.”

Regarding creatavist. com, Smith explained some of the benefits of using the program.

“It’s great for long-forum stories,” he said during the presentation. “It allows you to tell the story using multimedia, and it’s very easy

to use.”

Johnston talked about how much she enjoyed the project, even for herself.

“It meant a lot to Derris,” Johnston said. “But, honestly it felt great for me too.

I don’t get to write like that anymore now that I teach, but during the entire process of this story, I felt alive again.”

To read “Twin,” go to twin.creatavist.com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

College graduates generate cost of attending school

by Kendall snee staff writer @dailyathenaeum

John Deskins, the director of the Bureau of Business & Economic Research and Eric Bowen, BBER research associate, recently conducted a study commissioned by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission stating that college graduates will generate four times the amount of money it cost to put them through school over a 20 year period.

The study itself shows graduates with a higher education tend to be more motivated workers who are not only making more money but are also able to spend more of their earnings, which stimulates the economy.

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Continued from page 1 and be able to have a real discussion. “ Many topics were covered at the debate, but these were expanded upon during her visit.

In Patrick Hickey’s Intro to American Government class, Tennant answered questions submitted by members of the class. She began the morning by telling the audience that she parked on Falling Run Road and then had to hike to Ming Hsieh.

“You know what they say about West Virginian girls don’t you?” she said. “They have the best calves.”

Tennant chose to focus on only a few of the submitted questions, each time addressing the student who asked it. Marquel Hampton, a freshman political science student, was one of those students.

“I think this is why I like this class so much,” he said,

“This study was interesting because of the impact of having a college education and the gain individuals get because of their income,” Bowen said. “What we wanted to do was show what happens to the overall state economy. It really gets at the value to the state over all.”

Secretary of State Natalie Tennant recently made endeavors to various political science classrooms at West Virginia University and made comments on Deskins and Bowen’s study.

“John Deskins and Eric Bowen wrote about the average student debt, and how greater education benefits the economy as a whole,” Tennant said. “I will fight tooth and nail to stop large debts on students to make this goal even more “because we have so many people who come in and speak. I hope her opponent (Capito) can come in too so we can get both sides of the spectrum.”

Tennant noticed a smart watch on Hampton’s wrist, prompting her to speak about the importance of technology in the West Virginia coal industry.

Tennant said she supports the coal industry, telling the class that her first action as a U.S. Senator would be to sign the Robert C. Byrd Mine and Workplace Safety and Health Act. During Tuesday’s debate, Capito connected much of what Tennant said with ties to President Barack Obama or Harry Reid.

“I look at this race and I’ve said it time and again that it’s not about Obama,” Tennant said. “It’s not about Washington. It’s about West Virginia.”

In many interviews, Tennant was asked about her support for Obama during the 2008 election. She typically says that if Obama came

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possible. You as students do not deserve a mountain of debt.”

Deskins said this research along with support from politicians could lead to a bright future for college graduates.

“It’s important that we devote our resources to college education because of the benefits they produce,” Deskins said. “By doing this study we looked at one part of a broader question to figure out if it’s worth it, the money for the education. “ And through their study, the pair believes that it is in fact worth it.

“It’s clear that economic gains are found in states with people who have a higher education,” Bowen said. “West Virginia has been on the lower end of this. The study looks at

the gain for one graduating class of $6 billion, four times the amount the individual pays themselves.”

The study was based on the statistics of the 2010 graduating class of the state’s public colleges and universities.

“The reason we focused on employees with a college diploma is that those workers with a high education are more productive and will receive a higher income,” Deskins said. “And because of that they will earn more than the average person and spend it in the economy.”

To learn more about Deskins’ and Bowen’s study, contact john.deskins@mail. wvu.edu and eric.bowen@ mail.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Marquel Hampton, a sophomore political science student, talks one on one as Tennant pulls him out of the crowd. to West Virginia, “he would have some explaining to do.”

“I was a part of a group of West Virginian leaders who went with his Director of the EPA Gina McCarthy and discussed what it meant to West Virginians,” Tennant said. “As a matter of fact, I looked across the table and said, ‘Come to West Virginia. Drive our roads and see how we live. Let us have this discussion.’”

She said she was disappointed that instead of coming to West Virginia, the group went to Pittsburgh.

Besides the coal industry, Tennant addressed issues of gender inequality across the nation and in the state of West VIrginia. Women earn 77 cents for every dollar men earn, but she said this number drops to 66 cents in West Virginia.

Tennant said another way West Virginia can fight for gender equity is by creating jobs. Since many of the un-

employed are women, she said this would help shorten the wage gap.

“Two thirds of those who work for minimum wage in West Virginia are women,” Tennant said. “We should increase the minimum wage.

And I have said I would vote for (a) minimum wage increase up to $10.10 an hour.”

At each speaking engagement and many others around the state, Tennant highlights growing up in Marion County.

She said the same lessons she learned “on the farm” helped her in the Secretary of State’s office.

“I’m asking for the votes of West Virginians because I will represent you because I know how you were raised,” Tennant said. “Your story is my story.

Early voting begins in West Virginia on Oct. 22 and continues through Nov. 3. General Election Day is Nov. 4. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

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Prominent writer wins Nobel Prize for work on Nazis PARIS (AP) — French novelist Patrick Modiano has devoted his career to exploring the traumas of the Nazi occupation of his country, including how it could strip people of their identities.

On Thursday, the 69-yearold Parisian’s steadfast efforts over the past 45 years earned him the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature.

In a sign of how effective his works have been, his 1968 “La Place de l’Etoile” was later hailed in Germany as a key post-Holocaust work.

Modiano was out for a walk on Paris’ Left Bank when he received word of his prize. “I was walking near the Luxembourg Gardens when my daughter called with the news,” Modiano said at a news conference at the offices of his French publisher Gallimard. “It came as a complete surprise, I just kept walking. It felt like it was happening to my double.”

He was at a loss when asked how he would celebrate his win.

“Nothing special. I really didn’t expect this,” he said, adding that he would dedicate the prize to his grandson, who is Swedish.

Academics said his appeal largely lies in the poetic nature of his texts, which

Patrick Modiano is a prolific French writer. doesn’t come across as well in translations, making him less well known in the English-speaking world.

The Swedish Academy said it gave him the 8 million-kronor ($1.1 million) prize for evoking “the most ungraspable human destinies” and uncovering the humanity of life under Nazi occupation.

“All his books are in a sort of correspondence with each other that I think is pretty unique,” added the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, Peter Englund.

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Modiano has published more than 40 works in French.

As with such recent Nobel winners such as Tomas Transtromer and Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, Modiano is little known in the United States and other English-speaking countries.

The handful of his book that are available in English translation were not released by mainstream New York publishers, but by independent and academic presses.

They include “Ring of Roads: A Novel,” “Villa

Triste,” “A Trace of Malice,” “Honeymoon” and “Missing Person,” which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1978.

Yale University Press quickly announced that it is moving up publication of “Suspended Sentences,” a collection of three novellas, from February to November, while publisher Godine said has ordered reprints for three Modiano books: “Catherine Certitude,” “Honeymoon” and “Missing Person.”

Jewishness, the Nazi occupation and loss of identity are recurrent themes in his novels.

“I have the impression that I’ve been writing the same book for 45 years,” Modiano said.

“I’m curious to know the reasons the committee chose me,” the author added with disarming modesty. “It’s hard as a writer to have an overall vision of your own work. It’s like a painter painting a ceiling fresco; you are up too close to see the whole thing.”

Dervila Cooke of Dublin City University, author of a book about Modiano, said his works deal with the traumas of France’s past but have a “darkly humorous touch.”

“His prose is crystal clear and resonant,” she said. “A

common description of his work is of its `petite musique’ - its haunting little music.”

“His novels are rarely traditional (with) a strong storyline. It’s all about fragmentation,” added Alan Morris, a senior lecturer in French at the University of Strathclyde.

Modiano was born in a west Paris suburb in July 1945, two months after World War II ended in Europe, to a father with Jewish-Italian origins and a Belgian actress mothewho met during the 1940-44 occupation of Paris.

Englund said Modiano’s works often explore the themes of time, memory and identity.

“He is returning to the same topics again and again simply because these topics, you can’t exhaust them,” Englund told journalists in Stockholm. “You can’t give a definite answer to: Why did I turn into the person I am today? What happened to me? How will I break out of the weight of time? How can I reach back into past times?”

French President Francois Hollande congratulated Modiano, the 15th French citizen to win the Nobel for literature, saying he “takes his readers right to the deep trouble of the occupation’s

dark period. And he tries to understand how the events lead individuals to lose as well as find themselves.”

Betting on Modiano to win the Nobel surged in the last week, raising questions about a possible leak. David Williams of bookmaker Ladbrokes said Modiano’s odds had shortened from 100-1 a few months ago to 10-1 before the announcement.

Something similar occurred in 2008, the last time there was a French Nobel winner for literature, Le Clezio. But Williams said the betting pattern on Modiano was not suspicious.

With the choice of Modiano, the prize returned to Europe after the academy picked Canadian writer Alice Munro in 2013 and Mo Yan of China in 2012.

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements started Monday with a U.S.-British scientist splitting the medicine prize with a Norwegian husband-and-wife team for brain research that could pave the way for a better understanding of diseases like Alzheimer’s.

The announcements continue with the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and the economics award on Monday.

The awards will be presented on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896.

CW’s new sitcom ‘Jane the Virgin’ will star Gina Rodriguez LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Gina Rodriguez’s adorably fizzy charm itself would be enough to make CW’s “Jane the Virgin” look like a winner.

But the sitcom debuting at 9 p.m. EDT on Monday boasts a premise that’s both high-concept and clever, as well as offering the rare prospect of a show that is focused on Latino characters who go beyond stereotypes.

Based on a Venezuelan telenovela - the deliciously over-the-top soap opera genre that also gave us “Ugly Betty” - “Jane the Virgin” is about a young woman who has clung to celibacy as instructed by a sternly loving grandmother and to further her own dreams of professional success.

Fate has other, crazy plans, and the still-virginal Jane finds herself pregnant.

Chaos and comedy ensue, impeccably played out in the pilot starring Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva; Brett Dier as her rightly confused fiance Michael; Ivonne Coll as grandmom Alba and Andrea Navedo as Jane’s highspirited mother, Xiomara.

For the CW, the sitcom is an odd duck, a family comedy on a schedule rife with zombies, superheroes and vampires in series including comic-book based new-

comer “The Flash.”

The network must avoid slipping “completely down a genre hole” and being perceived as other than a broadcaster, CW President Mark Pedowitz told a TV critics’ meeting. “Jane the Virgin” can help, he said.

“Audiences do not come to us to watch procedurals. They have other, better places to go. But they do come to us to watch interesting characters in a very serialized form,” Pedowitz said.

For Rodriguez, 29, “Jane the Virgin” was a project worth waiting for. The actress, whose credits include “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “Army Wives” and indie films, said she turned down a role on Lifetime’s “Devious Maids,” Marc Cherry’s successful follow-up to ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” that he produces with Eva Longoria.

“I didn’t want to do a show about maids because there are other stories to be told” about Latinos, Rodriguez said in an interview. “I know all the women on `Devious Maids’ and I love and support and wish them only the best. ... It just wasn’t my dream.”

The positive buzz swirling around the sitcom is reminiscent of what Rodriguez encountered when the 2012

film “Filly Brown,” in which she played an aspiring hiphop artist, screened at Robert Redford’s Sundance festival.

“I was the `It Girl,’” she recalled. “People were like, `Rah, rah, rah, you’re amazing. You’re going to be Jennifer Lawrence’ ... Yeah, I wish.”

Such big-screen fame wasn’t immediately forthcoming, but she’s already determined how to handle herself whatever happens.

“I learned about the woman I want to be, that ego is the death of talent,” said Rodriguez, who doesn’t name names when it comes to anti-role models in the industry.

Besides, she says, she has already achieved a measure of success in the eyes of those she holds dearest, her family. After graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rodriguez appeared onstage as artist Frida Kahlo and got one especially crucial review. “’You can do this. You’re good,’” she recalled her father telling her. “I said, `I made it. He believed in me.

He accepted everything I wanted to accept and believe in.’”

The Chicago-born Rodriguez credits parents Genaro and Magali Rodriquez with

Actress Gina Rodriguez seen here in the 2012 movie ‘Filly Brown’. instilling drive and positive self-esteem into her and her two older sisters. One is a physician, the other an investment banker.

“I’m not a self-made anything,” she said, firmly. “My father made me look in the mirror and say, `Today’s going to be a great day. I can and I will.’”

Rodriguez is appealingly confident in an interview,

holding a listener’s gaze and punctuating her rapid-fire speech with smiles. Tell her she could give Oprah Winfrey a run for her money as a self-empowerment guru and she laughs good-naturedly.

She certainly wasted no time in pursuing her goals.

At age 7, Rodriguez joined a salsa dance company, eventually performing at events throughout the country. The

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experience awakened her to the actress within.

“When I was dancing onstage I just wanted the music to stop, and I wanted to talk and I wanted the lights to come up and I wanted the spotlight on me,” she said. “I always felt this pull to tell stories. I wanted people to hear my heart or hear my voice and be affected by it.”

3-D printing, helping you realize a dream you never knew you had NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into Eddie DaRoza’s office and you’ll find two of him there: the actual 32-yearold video producer, and a 5-inch statuette of him.

“There are a lot of double takes. It’s like a little action figure of myself,” the Los Angeles native said.

He had the statue made on a lark. While waiting for his brother at a mall, he stepped into a studio that scanned his body and sent the scan off to a 3-D printer. These studios are popping up rapidly as 3-D scanning and printing technology gets more advanced. In New York City alone, there are at least four stores that offer the service, including three just in the past year. You can get scanned in just a few seconds and get your statue delivered in days.

The advent of digital cameras and smartphones killed the traditional mall portrait studio, but 3-D printing has sparked a new trend.

Overloaded with digital photos, statues may be moving in to fulfill our desire for portraits that stand out.

Many of the customers

of the statue studios are parents who want statues of their kids. Sylvain Preumont, who opened a New York branch of his London-based iMakr store this year, said a soldier’s wife had their three children scanned so he could bring them to Afghanistan. Victor De Los Angeles, owner of New York 3-D printing and scanning store Cubo, has scanned several pregnant women.

“I had a lady come in the day before she went into labor and she was like: `I need it done today,’ “he said.

New York’s Museum of Art and Design offered scans and statues earlier this year. Shapeways, the company that supplied the exhibit, said it scanned about 6,000 people and sold about 1,500 statues for $30.

Woody Allen got himself scanned there, so it’s now possible to buy a 3.5inch statue of a slumping Woody Allen in a cardigan.

The Smithsonian Institution scanned President Barack Obama and revealed a 3-D printed bust of him this summer. It will be added to the National Portrait Gallery.

The typical 3-D-printed statue is printed in full color in a material known as “sandstone” - really, gypsum powder. It’s glued together by color ink ejected from a head similar to the one found in an inkjet printer. The statues range from three to eight inches tall. The technology allows for a lot of variation in materials. IMakr offered chocolate statues for Easter. For 99 pounds, you got a box with six small chocolate likenesses of yourself.

Big businesses are getting into 3-D statuary as

well, with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. at the forefront. In July, at a newly opened Sam’s Club in Montgomery, Illinois, and another outside Fort Worth, Tex., 3-D printers scanned shoppers’ faces and placed resin printouts of their heads on action figure-sized bodies of one of three Marvel characters.

Wal-Mart’s British unit, ASDA, starting testing a service in November that lets customers buy 8-inch figurines of themselves for 60 pounds, or $100. The studio is now permanent in one store, and it’s been

so popular that the company is considering rolling it out to other locations.

“It’s become the new family portrait,” said ASDA spokesman Russell Craig.

A Staples store in New York scans people’s faces and puts them on NBA and Star Trek figurines. The goal of the pilot program is to get small businesses to use Staples Inc. for 3-D scanning and printing jobs, just like they’ve provided those services for paper.

One example of what that might look like: A bakery that wants to use

statues of the bride and groom as wedding cake toppers would need a printer that cost $60,000 or so, plus the expertise to use it. Staples wants to do that job for them, for $70.

Before that can happen, small businesses like bakeries have to learn about the possibilities of 3-D printing.

“There’s a really big education component that I don’t think can be underestimated,” said Damien Leigh, senior vice president of business services for the office supplies retailer.

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Congratulations, W.Va.

Rail Trail sexual assault notification a severe oversight on University, Morgantown Police

Well, it’s about time.

West Virginians have long awaited the right to marry who they choose.

The Daily Athenaeum applauds the West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey for recognizing the importance of this issue and dropping the case concerning the same-sex marriage band.

Many may argue that the United States has a long way to climb on the social justice ladder.

However, up to this point, the U.S. has reached myriad milestones in regards to overcoming inequality and standing up

for what America should stand for: Freedom and justice for all.

So, Congratulations, West Virginia. We are joining a group of progressive states - now 26 and counting - that realize love is love, regardless of a person’s gender.

There are many LGBTQ citizens of this state that will be positively benefited by this act.

And, of course, there will be many who disagree with the decision.

Regardless of which side you lie on (or maybe you’re somewhere in between), know this topic

can no longer be avoided.

If you would have asked a student at West Virginia University just five years ago if they thought samesex marriage would ever be legal in this state, they probably would have said no.

This is an incredibly important day in our history.

West Virginia has not always been in the front half of states when it comes to progressing in equal rights movements.

This decision shows the rest of the country, and the world for that matter, that West Virginia can be on the front line of social jus-

tice causes.

But this de cision doesn’t mean the battle is over. There is still a lot to be done in terms of equality and all the aspects that word includes.

Let’s forget about that for a second and enjoy this moment, because they don’t come around so often these days.

We can only hope more states will follow in the footsteps of this longawaited trial for marriage equality.

Hopefully sooner than later. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

commentary

Implications of online trolling in McCann Case hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

The missing-persons case of blonde, British toddler, Madeleine McCann, is one that is well-known around the world. The three-year-old was snatched from a Portugal resort in 2007 while sleeping in the same room as her younger twin siblings. Her parents were only 160 feet away from the children and were checking on them every half-hour when they discovered that Madeleine was missing.

I remember very clearly seeing this case all over the news when I was a freshman in high school. It’s the kind of news story that’s hard to forget, one that I prayed to see end with a positive outcome in the media.

It’d been years, however, since I’d thought about the tragic case when I suddenly saw the headlines this week: “McCann Twitter Troll Found Dead.”

The so-called Twitter troll wasn’t an Internet-obsessed teenager, but actually 63-yearold Brenda Leyland, who was obsessed with the McCann case. Leyland was exposed by Sky News Media last week for posting more than 81 pages of abuse toward the McCann family online. Twitter, Facebook and online forums were filled with messages such as, “I want to see them smashed up on the back of a bus or trampled by horses.” Other posts include hopes for the family “to live in misery” and be “tortured and killed”, all ending with the hashtag “#mccann.”

When Sky News reporter Martin Brunt confronted Leyland Oct. 2 about the allegations, her reply was: “I’m entitled to.”

On Oct. 3, Madeleine McCann’s father, Gerry McCann, publicly commented that “the trolls

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who posted vile nonsense” about his family should be prosecuted.

On Saturday, the housewife and Twitter troll Leyland was found dead in a hotel room. Although the official cause of death has not yet been confirmed, an intentional drug overdose is highly suspected.

The entire situation is beyond sad for many reasons.

The McCann family still does not have their beloved daughter back. The family’s pain is compounded by relentless threats and harassment online by complete strangers.

And now, a woman is dead by her own doing after being exposed by the media for her online activity.

The recent circumstances have quickly escalated from an undeniable tragedy to a blame game. Many are up in arms about Sky News exposing Leyland, claiming that they caused her suicide by posting her image, the hateful messages and her Twitter handle. According to IB Times, Sky News is facing a possible investigation by the broadcast regulator Ofcom.

Facebook supporters of Leyland claim she was subjected to a trial by the media for ex-

pressing her opinions.

So, was Leyland unfairly targeted by the media to the point where they ruined her life and caused her death?

I do not believe so. What I think we can take from this awful situation is that we live in an age where your online activity is not separate from your real life. With more than 5,000 tweets directed at the McCann’s, Leyland made a very clear choice to involve herself. She definitely paid the ultimate price by getting so involved, but I do not believe Sky News is in any way accountable for reporting on the bullying that she has heaped upon the family for the past seven years.

This situation could have gone the other way, ending in the suicide of a McCann family member after thousands of messages such as: “To Kate and Gerry, you will be hated by millions for the rest of your miserable, evil, conniving lives, have a nice day!”

The McCann’s have stated many times that they fear for the lives of their nine-year-old twins because of death threats and hate messages they receive on a daily basis. Yet, this family is actually being

blamed along with Sky News for the death of an Internet troll. The real victims being targeted are the McCann’s, not a lady who was held accountable for harassment.

Did she deserve to feel like she should no longer live? I would argue that it’s a tragedy for anyone to feel that way.

Was she in the wrong? This answer is not so clear-cut. Yes, she has the freedom to express her opinions, but these opinions leaned towards harassment that absolutely can have consequences.

There are thousands of people who get involved in high-profile cases online just like Leyland, and post remarks that err toward the definition of bullying. A 2014 study conducted by Canadian doctors, “Trolls Just Want to Have Fun”, calls these people “agents of chaos” online.

The study predicts that Internet trolling will continue, because there are still so many ways to hide online. I hope that situations like these express to people, however, that there can be consequences for things you might not say in person but will post online. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

molly robinson columnist @dailyathenaeum

Tw o weeks a g o, two women were sexu a l l y a s s au l t e d o n the Morgantown Rail Trail.

This may come as a surprise - primarily because of the content itself, but also because students were not notified about these assaults. The first attack occurred at 4 a.m. and the other at 8:30 a.m., both on the Rail Trail.

One would think that a crime occurring in such close proximity to our most heavily populated campus would be something to inform students about. One would even expect to receive some sort of information about it, a la our fancy WVU Alert system, which texts and emails students about issues occurring on campus.

So far the WVU Alert system has been instrumental in informing students of school closings.

We all sang its praises when, on sleepy 8 a.m. mornings last winter, we were awoken to the glorious WVU Alert text telling us to all go back to sleep, school had been canceled.

I even appreciated it beyond its ability to land me a full night’s sleep and a lazy pajama and Netflix day. WVU Alert has been on the ball with informing its students of other dangers on campus, such as three years ago when there were reports of a shooter near High Street.

All in all, the WVU Alert system is an incredibly effective way to connect West Virginia University students with the University and Morgantown Police departments, especially when student safety is on the line.

But in this case, the WVU Alert system – and, subsequently, the Morgantown and University Police Departments – have failed us students.

I am not the first to be disappointed in how these cases were handled with regards to us students, as SGA addressed these concerns with the UPD Oct. 1.

In the case of the first assault, the UPD decided not to alert students because there was nothing inherently “unique” about it – it was 4 a.m. on the Rail Trail, and the victim was not a

student.

Frankly, I don’t care if it was 4 a.m. or p.m., if the person was male or female, student or non-student. What I care about is that a violent crime happened just miles away from WVU students, and within Morgantown city limits.

To say that excusing this assault as not unique enough to inform students about is an understatement.

What happened was not only a disgusting oversight on behalf of the University and Morgantown Police Departments, but a conscious decision to keep students ignorant of issues threatening our well-being.

In the case of the second assault at 8:30 a.m., the UPD again opted not to tell students because the suspect was already in custody by the time they received the report from the Morgantown Police and they feared they would simply be telling us news and not “alerting” us to an actual issue.

While catching the perpetrator is the only silver lining I see to this article, the fact remains that once again, and less than five hours later, the police opted not to tell us a damn thing.

Some students have 8:30 a.m. classes. Some students even have 8:00 or – if you’ve got really bad luck – 7 a.m. classes.

Students, including myself, were sleepily sipping their coffees and bundling up their jackets while a woman was sexually assaulted close by.

Granted, I do not know how long it was after the assault that the suspect was caught. But I do know there was probably time in between these events when the police could have informed us that an offender was terrorizing the Rail Trail, and again, chose not to.

The WVU Alert system is not just a system for snow delays; its job is to inform students of emergency issues occurring on campus in an effort to prevent any threats to our safety.

Quite frankly, I would consider getting sexually assaulted to be a massive threat to my safety. Apparently the Morgantown and University Police Departments don’t feel the same way. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Midterm morality missing: How cheating affects other students chris dierolf correspondent @dailyathenaeum

If you’re like me, you’re glad midterms are over. I was burning midnight oil for about two weeks trying to prepare. I made check lists, organized, prioritized and tried to stick with what I planned. It was hard work and, honestly, I could have done a better job. I pushed my limits and found out how much I’ve actually learned this semester. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation.” It has taken you your whole life to be who you are right now. So when I’m tested, I’m showing who I am.

Why is that important?

Most of us are university students. Are we not pre-

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paring for life after school?

The accountant needs to know his statistics for his coming time on the job when someone hires him to know the probability that a portfolio is going to grow. The physical trainer needs to know the proper balance of sodium and potassium that should be in a body so that the muscles work efficiently, so when they are hired by a sports team or a physical rehabilitation center they can get people moving. Foresters need to know their flora and fauna. Social scientists need to know government and economists need to know supply and demand.

Basically, as students, we need to know our stuff to do our jobs.

Those are some of the reasons that I was abhorred when I was taking my last midterm. It was a doozy; short and long essay, cov-

ering a variety of material that had the potential to touch on details and nuances that could have been easily overlooked. I found it a fair and fitting test. What I didn’t find fair and thought abhorrent was when, midtest, I noticed a pause in a student. Then an extended pause, as if stuck thinking, which is normal for a test.

Then the abhorrent; a surreptitious hand reaches for a cell phone, presses a few icons and, abracadabra, the answer manifests itself on the paper through the student who is now writing furiously.

So, what can cheating say about a cheater? Maybe the cheaters believe they will not ever need to know the information which they currently don’t know. Are the classes we are taking serving us the way we expect them to? Curricula are designed to prepare

us for the job market that is consuming our degree.

It’s competitive between schools to produce the best prepared graduates even.

I’ll concede that the economist might not need to know about the aesthetic alienation in the AvantGarde and the physicist doesn’t necessarily need a wine tasting class, but in this case I know these aren’t the facts.

This is a fundamental class for those involved. So, it can’t be that the cheater believes they won’t need the information. Further they must find the class important enough to take the risk of cheating, and the skill and practiced hand makes me think it wasn’t the first time the cheater cheated. So, maybe it’s a question of preparedness: they weren’t.

But how should I feel? I had to balance my life just

the same as they did in order to be as prepared as possible. As I say, there is competition - competition between schools and competitions between students.

There is a finite number of jobs and the market wants the cream.

Those with a higher GPA have a better chance of being hired. So they’re cheating me, because now I’m playing in a rigged game.

They’re cheating themselves, because now they don’t know the information they claim to, and they’re cheating their future employers because they expect them to know the information.

Or maybe they don’t expect them to know the information but expect the cheater to have the ability to organize their life in order to learn, practice and use new information, which is what college is for, which

they have now lied about.

She hasn’t gone to school, she’s played on her phone.

Maybe the cheater thinks that’s all it’s going to take to make it in the world, and maybe it is, but that is not what I’m preparing for, that’s not what I expect.

The world isn’t perfect. The rate for unemployment and underemployment is dropping but still a factor.

I want to rise in my profession, and that’s going to take work. That is what I’m practicing now.

As rapper Wale says, “Only fear is mediocrity.” I don’t think anyone strives to be mediocre. I don’t think that is semantically possible (you can strive and be mediocre). You strive to be the best. Cheating is not striving, and by not striving you settle for less, so don’t sell yourself short. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR Born today This year you open doors because of your willingness to socialize and understand different mindsets. Your friendships pave your way to success in many ways, some of them being less obvious. Zero in on what you want. If you are single, you might want to remain uncommitted, even though you will have many potential suitors. If you are attached, the two of you naturally interact well this year.

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Mountaineer Idol

First-year competitor Harless makes it to top-5

By Nicole Curtin A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

*Author’s note: Hannah Harless is an A&E writer for the Daily Athenaeum.* The annual West Virginia University singing competition Mountaineer Idol is entering its final stages with the last two rounds.

In the top-five is newcomer Hannah Harless.

Harless is a sophomore public relations major, and this is the first time she has competed in Mountaineer Idol.

“I wanted to do it last year but I missed the deadline unfortunately,” Harless said. “This year I got to do it and I was really excited because one of my friends was in it years ago and she said it would be a really good opportunity for me to perform.”

Harless is from Saint Albans, W.Va., in the southern part of the state. Aside from performing and competing, she has a strong love for music she wants to continue after college.

“I want to do (public relations) in the music industry,” Harless said. “So either move to New York or Nashville and work for one of the labels like Sony Music. I’ve always been inter-

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Hannah Harless sings ‘Fly me to the Moon’ at Mountaineer Idol last week. ested in music and this is a way for me to experience music and be around it, and I have a love for writing so I think that’s a good job for me.”

While competing in

Mountaineer Idol, Harless has played her guitar or the piano while singing her pieces, something she said helps her perform.

“I like doing that be-

cause its really comfortable for me,” Harless said.

“I think that when people always use tracks it sounds like karaoke. I’ve had experience with it and it’s not always reliable. I get

nervous that something is going to happen to the track, so using an instrument, it helps me keep my own pace. If I decide to do a different rift or hold a note out longer, I can do

that.”

So far in the competition, Mountaineer Idol contestants have gone through nights like country, ‘80s and oldies. Harless said her favorite style to sing is a mix between a couple of different genres.

“I feel like I’m really diverse and like to sing different stuff,” Harless said.

“I like to change pop songs and make them indieish so I guess indie/pop mix and country. I also like country. I like turning them my own way if that makes sense. Broadway probably, out of all of them, is the one I’m least looking forward to. I do love attending Broadway shows, but I definitely feel like Broadway keeps you in such a box where you have to perform a certain way. It’s so theatric. I just would rather do my own thing and have real emotion to it.”

Harless gets her inspiration to perform from a couple of different sources, having a deeper meaning than just singing for fun.

“Particularly the main reason why I sing is either to glorify the Lord or speak out to other people and help them feel s o m e t h i n g ,” Ha r l e s s said. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

123 Pleasant Street

Andy Tuck talks beginnings, The Greens, performances

By Jillian Clemente A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

Young and constantly in trouble, Andrew Tuck was frequently grounded. Trying not to go stir-crazy in his house, he picked up a guitar and started plucking around to Nirvana.

Tomorrow, Tuck is taking his talents to the Morgantown music scene for a solo act at Black Bear and with his band at 123 Pleasant Street, The Greens.

The three-person group, with Ben Sweeney on bass and Nathan Yoke on drums, first grouped together when Yoke and Tuck worked at Kroger’s together in Wheeling, W. Va., in 2000.

“We stayed in contact after I went away (to California),” Tuck said, “and I moved back essentially to start the band.”

The bass player “materialized,” according to Tuck.

“We had gone through a series of bass players but Ben’s been with us for six

or seven years. He’s just a really good guy and supreme bass player.”

The band officially formed in 2002 and the name came out of necessity.

“We needed a name as all bands do,” Tuck said.

“We were playing original music and it was all kinds of blues bass chord changes and rhythms, but not in a traditional sense.

(The name) sort of became a convenient monitor for other cool stuff (to play).”

The Greens’ genre is primarily folk rock with a blend of influences from country and funk. Tuck himself always tries to spice up his performances.

“When you’re with yourself (on stage), it’s almost like stand-up comedy or a one-man-show, so I try to make it as entertaining as possible,” Tuck said.

He’s played everything from a foot tambourine to a harmonica, kazoo and a mandolin.

“I’m working on a kick drum apparatus,” he said.

“I try to make as much noise as I can.”

And even though he loves these solo performances, it can never replace the feeling of being in a band.

“For me, I must maintain musical activity. It’s part of my nature,” Tuck said. “If I had my way, we’d play together all the time.

Now we just get together for shows, rock ‘em out and go on our way.”

Each of the members has another job besides the band. Tuck is an organic farmer, videographer and is back in school for a Masters in education; he’s also a father of two.

Yoke has a family as well and Sweeney the “youngster,” as Tuck refers to him, lives in Erie, Pa. “We’re weekend warriors. When we get together on weekends, we’re a band,” said Tuck.

However, there is a problem maintaining fans in this town, since most move after four years.

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The Greens play at 123 Pleasant Street in 2013. owner L.J. Giuliani keeps booking them, though.

“Andy and his band, The Greens, are always willing to perform,” Giuliani said.

“They really know what they’re doing and it certainly translates on stage.”

In fact, that’s Tuck’s favorite part of being in the music industry.

“During the time when we perform, you can let

go of the hang-ups and the stresses for a couple of hours and just celebrate life in a pure way,” Tuck said. “Invoking the muse is my favorite part of playing music.”

The Greens are loved by both the crowd and venue owners.

“It’s one of the easy bands to have down at 123 because you know they’re

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going to put on a good show and you know everyone’s gonna have a good time,” Giuliani said.

Tuck himself will play at 6:30 p.m. at the downtown location of Black Bear Burritos and at 9 p.m., The Greens are at 123 Pleasant Street. The cover is $5. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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on demand to overcome what was considered a fundamental limitation for optical microscopes.

Betzig, 54, works at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Virginia.

Hell, 51, is director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany, and also works at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. Moerner, 61, is a professor at Stanford University in California.

Their work, done independently and extending back to the 1980s, led to two techniques that were first demonstrated in 2000 and 2006.

Previously, a calculation published in 1873 was thought to define the limit of how tiny a detail could be revealed by optical microscopes.

“As recently as 15 years ago, it was believed to be theoretically impossible to break this barrier,” said Nobel committee member Claes Gustafsson. He called the laureates’ work “a revolution.”

The result of their advance is “really a window into the cell which we didn’t have before,” said Catherine Lewis, director of the cell biology and biophysics division of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences

in Bethesda, Maryland.

“You can observe the behavior of individual molecules in living cells in real time. You can see ... molecules moving around inside the cell. You can see them interacting with each other.”

The research of the three men has let scientists study diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s at a molecular level, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

“Due to their achievements, the optical microscope can now peer into the nanoworld,” the academy said, giving the 8 million-kronor ($1.1 million) award jointly to the three for “the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.”

While scientists can get still finer resolution by using an electron microscope, that device can’t be used to examine cells that are alive.

“You really need to be able to look at living cells because life is animate - it’s what defines life,” Betzig said.

Hell said that close look can shed light on disease.

“Any disease, in the end, can be boiled down to a malfunctioning of the cell,” he said. “And in order to understand what a disease actually means, you have to understand the cell and you have to

understand the malfunction.”

Hell has used the technology to examine nerve cells, Moerner studied proteins related to Huntington’s disease, and Betzig tracked cell division inside embryos, the academy said.

Betzig said his reaction to hearing about the prize was “kind of like 50 percent happiness and 50 percent fear.

Because I don’t want my life to change. I really like my life, and I’m busy enough already.”

Moerner heard the news as he stepped out of a shower in Brazil, where he was attending a conference. The phone call came from his wife, who learned that he’d won from The Associated Press.

“I’m incredibly excited and happy to be included with Eric Betzig and Stefan Hell,” Moerner told the AP. This year’s Nobel awards began Monday with U.S.British scientist John O’Keefe splitting the medicine award with Norwegian couple MayBritt Moser and Edvard Moser for brain research that could pave the way for a better understanding of diseases like Alzheimer’s.

The Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday, followed by the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and the economics prize Monday.

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Holgorsen, West Virginia travel to Lubbock Tx., take on Red Raiders Saturday by anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

The first time West Virginia traveled to Lubbock, Tx. to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2012, things didn’t exactly go as planned.

After the Mountaineers began their 2012 campaign 5-0, the Red Raiders sucked every ounce of life out of WVU, beginning a long downhill battle the rest of the season, as they defeated the Mountaineers, 49-14.

Now, two years later, the Mountaineers (3-2, 1-1) will be looking for revenge Saturday and as head coach Dana Holgorsen said, his team is completely different now and is only focused on what lies ahead, not the past.

“This is a totally different team than what we experi-

enced two years ago,” Holgorsen said.

The Red Raiders (2-3, 0-2) offense, led by sophomore quarterback Davis Webb, has connected on 140 passes this season for 1,603 yards and 16 touchdowns. That ranks Texas Tech’s passing game No. 11 in the country, while the Mountaineers stand at No. 6.

Holgorsen said not many changes have been made to the Red Raider offense, but that doesn’t mean the challenges for Saturday’s game will be any easier.

“Everything kind of starts offensively when you think about Texas Tech and think about (coach) Kliff (Kingsbury) and what he’s already been able to accomplish there. You immediately think offensive football.

Based on what they did last

year, they’re a different team in general, but they’re pretty much the same offensively.”

Holgorsen said the options available in Texas Tech’s offense have expanded, especially in their running game with junior running back DeAndre Washington, who is averaging 5.4 yards an attempt this season for 326 yards and a touchdown.

“I do think they’re doing a little bit better job of running the ball this year,” he said. “DeAndre Washington is a good back – as good a back as we will see. He’s quick and shifty (and) has been productive.”

However, on the other side of the ball for Texas Tech is where Holgorsen said they are different. Although Holgorsen said he’s seen changes he believes can

improve their defense, the Red Raiders are No. 120 in the nation in points allowed this season with an average of 40 per game and has given up at least 45 points during their current three-game losing streak.

“Defensively is probably where I see the biggest difference with them,” he said.

“They’ve simplified, and I’ve seen better effort. I see a defense playing with more energy. Not doing as much as what they were doing (and) I think that’s going to put them in position to be able to be better on defense.”

As for the Mountaineers, they’re coming off their first Big 12 win of the season against Kansas, 33-14, last Saturday and although the entirety of the game was spent with the Mountaineers leading the way, WVU play-

ers and coaches alike saw many issues they know they need to fix entering Week 7.

As Holgorsen spent eight years at Texas Tech in a variety of positions from wide receivers and quarterbacks coach, and then to offensive coordinator under then Red Raiders head coach Mike Leach, he made it clear he’s no stranger to what the environment will be Saturday.

“We’re expecting a rowdy environment,” he said. “Obviously, I’ve been there a bunch and know what to expect. It’s going to be loud, it’s going to be full, there will be a bunch of people there with a bunch of energy and we need to go in there, and we need to handle it.”

Kickoff is set for noon EST from Jones AT&T Stadium. anthony.pecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

women’s soccer

Mountaineers set for Texas Tech at home tonight

WVU forward Kelsie Maloney fights for the ball earlier this season against a Villanova defender.

by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

In 2013, the only conference game the West Virginia women’s soccer team lost was against Texas Tech.

Even though the Mountaineers went on to claim the Big 12 title, the Red Raiders blemished their perfect conference record.

“There’s obviously players from last year that are coming after it,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“They were the only team to beat us last year in conference play. It’s definitely going to be a huge game for us.”

The Mountaineers are

coming off a bye week. They have two Big 12 games under their belt displaying a 1-0-1 record.

In West Virginia’s first Big 12 game, they played to a draw against TCU, while the results of their second conference game yielded a 2-0 win over Texas.

“It was a good opportunity for us to regroup,” IzzoBrown said in regard to the off week. “Kind of come back together after being on the road.”

Texas managed to hand Texas Tech a 1-0 loss back on Sept. 26. While it’s a slight confidence boost for West Virginia – knowing they defeated Texas, whom beat Texas Tech –

the Mountaineers are still aware of how good Texas Tech is.

“It does give us a bit of hope,” said sophomore forward Ashley Lawrence.

“But, at the same time, you never know with soccer.

Just because that pattern played out doesn’t matter.

Texas Tech is a very dangerous team.”

Senior forward Kate Schwindel has had this game underlined in the back of her mind since last season.

It was against the Red Raiders that Schwindel suffered a torn ACL, causing her to miss the remaining part of the 2013 season.

“I’m so eager to play,”

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Schwindel said. “After everything, we respect them more than anything and it’s just going to be a battle on both sides.”

West Virginia and Texas Tech are both nationally ranked. The Mountaineers currently sit at No. 14 while the Red Raiders are ranked No. 15.

Texas Tech is not off to a strong start in conference play. The Red Raiders possess a 0-2-1 record and will surely hope to secure their first conference win against the Mountaineers.

Izzo-Brown said she is anticipating a physical matchup against the Red Raiders. Texas Tech and West Virginia are both ca-

pable of producing a physical game.

“The athletes and physicality of what’s at stake will definitely be something we need to look at,” IzzoBrown said. “This team knows when we get into conference play (that) everybody’s battling.”

It’s been five years since the Mountaineers have dropped a conference game on their home field and Izzo-Brown’s squad is not looking to snap that streak anytime soon.

The Mountaineers and Red Raiders will kickoff at 7 p.m. tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Contrary to popular belief, West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen said the wind didn’t affect the outcome of the Mountaineers’ 49-14 loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock two years ago.

While the Red Raiders remain one of three Big 12 teams which West Virginia has yet to beat, since relocating to the conference in 2012, Jones AT&T Stadium can often be a tough place to play because of the wind.

The 60,454 capacity stadium sits in the desolate land just south of the Texas Panhandle where there isn’t much elevation around to block wind gusts.

Although Holgorsen has coached in the Midwest for basically his entire career, he said there hasn’t been many instances where he’s had to significantly adjust play calls due to the wind.

“That (2012 game) was not one of them,” Holgorsen said. “There were a lot of other issues going on in that game other than that. It dang sure didn’t affect (Texas Tech), because they threw for about 500 yards and had 49 points.”

Although senior quarterback Clint Trickett wasn’t a member of the team when the Mountaineers traveled to Lubbock in 2012, Holgorsen said he believes Trickett has experienced that kind of atmosphere and doesn’t think it will affect him.

“If it’s gusty … Clint (Trickett) is a fifth-year guy who’s played in it before,” Holgorsen said.

“He’s made trips to TCU and Baylor and Kansas and Iowa State and stuff like that. He’s experienced it, which does a lot of good.”

Trickett said the wind has the potential to affect certain passes. But he also believes variables such as the distance and angle of the throw and what the defense is doing will come into play as well.

“There are so many variables that go into it that you just have to go out there and play,” he said.

“You can’t really think about it.”

Through five games West Virginia has the nation’s No. 6 passing offense with 1,909 yards and an average of 381.8 yards per game. Texas Tech is not far behind at No. 11 with 1,677 yards and an average of 335.4 yards per game.

Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson said he expects the Red Raiders offense to spread the Mountaineers’ defense out and throw the ball all over the field Saturday.

“They are going to play fast and up-tempo, so we have to be able to do a good job,” Gibson said.

“It’s going to be hard to get to the quarterback, considering they only gave up four sacks all year and I think two of those are from the backup quarterback.

No. 5 (Texas Tech quarterback Davis) Webb gets rid of the ball quickly.

“He does a great job. He has great wide-outs.”

Saturday’s forecast in Lubbock only calls for 10 mph winds, and I would have to agree with Holgorsen that the wind shouldn’t be too much of a factor when the game kicks off at noon EST. “I don’t think it will affect us one bit,” Holgorsen said. “If it affects us and it changes what we call, it’s going to affect Texas Tech and what they call. It’s the only way you can look at it.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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MAC play begins for West Virginia Saturday at home

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WVU defender Alex Ochoa runs with the ball earlier this season against St. Francis.

by ryan minnigh sports writer @dailyathenaeum

It’s time to separate the men from the boys: MAC play opens tomorrow for West Virginia.

The Mountaineers are traveling to DeKalb, Ill. to take on the Northern Illinois Huskies in their MAC opener. The Mountaineers have been adamant all season about bringing home the MAC title, and the road to achieving their goal starts tomorrow.

West Virginia is coming off a major home win against Duquesne where the Mountaineers captured their fourth shutout

of the season. The Mountaineers were able to pressure the Dukes all evening and kept them away from the net with excellent defending as well.

The Mountaineers are currently 6-5 and the Huskies head into MAC play with a 2-5-4 record.

Northern Illinois has posted a 1-2-1 record at home this season and has been up and down on its home pitch. In their four home games this season, the Huskies have been hard pressed to score goals. They have only scored three goals at home this season and have been shutout in two of the four games.

In their most recent action, the Huskies were shutout 2-0 by Northwestern at home. The Wildcats broke the backs of the Huskies going into the half, scoring a goal in the 43rd minute, to give them momentum. Northwestern added a second goal in the 66th minute that helped them pull away from the Huskies and shutout the Huskies for the second time at home.

Isaac Kannah and Chris Patton are the offensive standouts for the Huskies.

Kannah, a senior midfielder, leads the team in both goals and points with three and eight respectively. Patton, a sophomore

forward, is a shooting machine. He has registered 28 total shots this season with 12 of them coming on goal.

The Huskies have allowed their opponents to score 1.36 goals per game, which is similar to West Virginia’s 1.55 goals allowed per game. The big difference is the goals scored per game. West Virginia stands at 1.91 and the Huskies have scored a mere 0.82 goals per game.

Two years ago, West Virginia played in an unfavorable environment at Northern Illinois and fell 1-0. Coach Marlon LeBlanc said the team had a lot of excuses the last time they played in DeKalb, but that

won’t happen this time.

“This time there can be no excuses, we’re prepared for it,” LeBlanc said.

“They’re a very good team, they’ve played a good strength of schedule, but we’re going to be ready.”

Coach LeBlanc said he also believes the Mountaineers are a better road team than their record indicates this season.

“We’ve played well on the road, it’s not fair to say we haven’t had success on the road this season,” he said. “We scored three goals at James Madison and should have won the game.”

Coach LeBlanc said he wants the team to learn

from the last road game and keep 11 players on the field. A red card at New Mexico left the Mountaineers a man down for nearly the entire matchup.

The Mo u nt a i n e e r s blasted the Huskies last season at home, defeating them 4-0. Carrying over that success to this year will help the Mountaineers get a head start in the MAC. “Sometimes in the conference games, sometimes one goal has to be enough,” LeBlanc said.

The Mountaineers and Huskies will start action at 8:30 tomorrow evening in DeKalb, Illinois. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Volleyball

Mountaineers continue home play Saturday against TCU by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University volleyball team will continue home play in a match against the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs this weekend.

TCU is 12-6 on the season, 2-2 Big 12 and the Mountaineers are 11-7, 1-3, coming off three straight losses including their most recent to Oklahoma Wednesday night.

West Virginia hit for its

season low .067 in that match and the Sooners took over hitting .308.

Coming into this TCU game, the Horned Frogs are hitting .269 this season and the Mountaineers are averaging .224. Jordan Anderson is leading the squad with 289 kills this season, posting about 4.66 per set and hitting .247 on the season.

Taking charge of the Horned Frogs is sophomore outside hitter Ashley Smith with 178 kills so far and four of her teammates are behind her all with over 100 kills in

2014. TCU has a team total of 863 kills while WVU has 817, something that Oklahoma capitalized on as well, as their hitters took over in the match.

TCU is coming off a win against Baylor, 3-1, over the weekend. The Horned Frogs were down and lost the first set, 24-26, before coming back and beating the Bears 25-22, 25-14 and 25-18.

Leading the Big 12 in blocks, TCU has 49.5 on the season averaging 3.3 per set.

They are also leading the league in serving aces and

are third in hitting percentage, after Oklahoma and Texas.

In their match against the Sooners, the Mountaineers came out after half time and rallied to pull out a win in the third set. Keeping that energy alive throughout the game is something that will help them throughout conference play.

“I think we waited too long to get started in this match,” said head coach Jill Kramer after the game. “We’ve been struggling through some things with the team the last

few matches.”

Oklahoma took a big lead in the first set, at 14-8 before WVU tried to come back and cut the score, then the Sooners attacked again giving them an 18-12 advantage.

In the second set, Oklahoma had a 7-0 run taking a 15-7 lead. Caleah Wells and Nikki Attea tried to help the offensive effort with two back to back kills, cutting the score to 15-9 and scored three more points before OU eventually took the set 25-12.

WVU came out in the third and had an early 4-0 run and

took an eventual 17-14 lead and later a 3-0 run pushing the gap to 23-19. The Mountaineers took the set, 25-20, but then slowly dropped the fourth set 25-12.

After their match against TCU, the Mountaineers will hold a free youth clinic open to kids in the eigth grade or younger. Those who attend will learn skills from coaches and players as well as doing drills.

The match begins 4 p.m.

Saturday at the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Swimming & Diving

WVU picked as heavy favorite entering State Games by david statman

ing teams will begin their season in earnest fashion with the fourth annual West Virginia State Games The West Virginia Uni- this weekend. versity swimming and divThe Games will be sports writer @dailyathenaeum

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University in Huntington, W. Va., is a competition between several collegiate swimming and diving programs in the state of West Virginia.

WVU has won the West Virginia State Games the last three years, and are going into the event as the heavy favorite. Head coach Vic Riggs said the event should create good publicity and exposure for the sport in West Virginia.

“West Virginia has many great swimming and diving programs and it is fun to get to see all of the state compete together and hopefully gain some exposure for all the programs,” Riggs said.

Riggs specifically identified Marshall as one of the Mountaineers’ biggest challenges this upcoming weekend. Other schools competing in the West Virginia State Games include Fairmont State, Alderson Broaddus, West Virginia Wesleyan and Wheeling Jesuit University.

For the athletes, getting all the programs in the state can serve as a reunion of sorts.

“It’s always nice just because I am an in-state

kid, so just seeing all the other teams is nice for me because I always know a couple guys on the teams,” senior swimmer Tim Squires said.

With the preseason and the Gold-Blue Meet in the rearview mirror, the West Virginia State Games also serves a valuable purpose in helping the team gauge how exactly to move forward when the schedule ramps up.

“Each meet is a learning curve and this meet will set the starting point,” Riggs said. “We’ve just entered our third week of heavy training and the team is starting to feel the effects of that. So, we will use this meet to adjust our training based off how they compete this weekend.”

This will be the fourth West Virginia State Games held, and so far hosting has alternated between WVU and Marshall. WVU hosted the event last year at the WVU Natatorium, finishing in first place.

The Mountaineers enter this weekend after the annual Gold-Blue Meet, which saw the Gold team win by the score of 288277. Senior swimmer Tim Squires set a pool

record in the 100-yard freestyle, and many of the program’s freshmen – who will be participating in their first real competitive meet this weekend – turned in strong performances.

The two day event begins at 4 p.m. Friday and resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday. Afterward, the season picks up again on Oct. 23, when the Mountaineers host Penn State at the WVU Natatorium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martavis Bryant can feel the urge to raise his hand whenever the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver hears a member of the coaching staff talk about the team’s need to become more aggressive in the red zone.

Yet the 6-foot-4 rookie stays quiet, even if his sizable frame would present the kind of matchup advantages the Steelers are looking for in tight spaces.

“I think about (speaking up) from time to time but at the same time it ain’t going

to get me nowhere,” Bryant said. “It’s going out and proving what you can do.”

Five months after being taken in the fourth round of the draft to give quarterback Ben Roethlisberger the big target he’s lacked since Plaxico Burress bolted nearly

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a decade ago, Bryant is still waiting for his chance. For the first time since he started playing football at age 6, Bryant spends his week on the scout team and Sundays watching from the sideline in sweat pants after being placed on the inactive list.

It’s a streak that’s unlikely to change heading into Sunday’s game at Cleveland (22). Not playing when he’s healthy is weird, but Bryant understands the dynamic.

He’s young, raw and stuck at the bottom of a depth chart behind more experienced players like Justin Brown and Darrius Heyward-Bey, both of whom are excellent blockers on special teams, a skill Bryant is still developing.

“Everything is not a perfect Cinderella story,” Bryant said. “I’m still a rookie. I’m just going to patiently wait and whatever happens, happens. When my time comes I’ll be ready and take advantage like I always do.”

Bryant’s got plenty of company. After spending most of the preseason talking about how vital first-year players will be in helping the Steelers (3-2) keep pace in the AFC North, only rookie linebacker Ryan Shazier has earned consistent playing time, and he’s out indefinitely with a sprained right knee.

Finding balance between their own internal drive and their current place on the ros-

ter is difficult for Bryant, running back/wide receiver Dri Archer and defensive tackle Stephon Tuitt. While Bryant is still waiting for his first snap in a regular season game, Archer and Tuitt have found their way on to the field, just not as frequently as they would like.

An ankle injury in the opener against the Browns has slowed Archer’s progress.

Taken in the third round because of his versatility and 4.27-second time in the 40yard dash, Archer has yet to flash the explosiveness that made him one of the most dynamic players in the country during his college career at Kent State. Archer’s five offensive touches have gone for a total of 13 yards and he’s averaging just 16.3 yards on kickoff returns.

Offensive coordinator Todd Haley praised Archer’s progress and blamed poor blocking as the culprit in why a pair of plays designed specifically for Archer failed in last week’s sluggish 17-9 win over Jacksonville.

“He’s a good runner inside and out,” Haley said. “He’s got very good vision and he’s putting the ball where it’s supposed to go.”

Even if it’s not to the end zone. Archer stressed he’s “just a young guy learning the process,” one that includes watching and learning. While technically a running back,

he’s worked extensively with the wide receivers as Haley searches for ways to get Archer free in space. The big plays haven’t happened yet, but Archer believes they’re coming.

So does Bryant, even if it may not be until next year.

A shoulder injury at the end of training camp didn’t help matters. Relegated to the scout team, Bryant’s only exposure to what the first team is doing comes during video sessions. He does his best to hit the books, but it’s not the same as standing next to Roethlisberger in the huddle.

“I learn stuff by doing it, looking at the piece of paper and studying it,” he said. “It’s hard to stay on top of everything. I try to do the best I can, at the same time I’ve got to learn my craft.”

It’s a phrase echoed by rookies up and down the roster. Measuring progress can be difficult. While Tuitt is making a case for more snaps behind veterans Steve McLendon and Cam Thomas, he says every good play highlighted by coaches is quickly followed by “the worst play” ever.

The goal is to find some consistency. Until that happens, he’ll bide his time and put in the work. It’s what the guys playing in front of him did to earn their spot. Now it’s his turn to serve as an apprentice.