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eCampus users experience outages by david schlake staff writer @dailyathenaeum

Over the last few weeks, West Virginia University students have experienced problems with eCampus due to what the University called “technical difficulties.” This reoccurring problem has been a caused concern among some students.

There have been six outages in the past five weeks.

The software system called eCampus is provided and supported by a vendor called Blackboard.

“As with any software, the

vendor is constantly trying to refine and improve the product, so we apply updates from time to time,” said John Campbell, the chief information officer and associate provost for Information Technology at WVU. “The ‘new’ or current version of eCampus, Blackboard Learn 9, went live in January 2014, and its growth has been phenomenal.”

According to Campbell, the current version has several new and sought-after features, including better compatibility with an array of operating systems and browsers, from desk-

top Macs and PCs to tablets and mobile devices. Also included in the new version is the feature of notifications on the top of the screen any time a new file, grade or discussion is added.

“In May and August, we updated the system to allow faculty members to lock down exam locations

by IP addresses, effectively limiting testing to a designated computer lab,” Campbell said. “Faculty can also determine how long a student took to complete an exam and recognize student achievements. A Retention Center replaced the early-

“The recent outages have been associated with the sudden surge in uploading to the content servers that store student assignments and other files. The exact reason the server crashed remains under investigation.”

—John Campbell, the chief information officer warning system, and the Grade Center and Collaborate tools were updated.”

Campbell stressed the importance of these changes and why they make the new eCampus so much more useful than its predecessor.

He also explained that ITS understands how crit-

ical eCampus is to both students and faculty, and the goal is to have the system available any time needed, day or night.

“The recent outages have been associated with the sudden surge in uploading to the content servers that store student as-

signments and other files.

The exact reason the server crashed remains under investigation.

“On Tuesday Oct. 7, we did emergency maintenance, making two recommended changes that were aimed at correcting possible causes. The teams working on eCampus have attacked this problem from three angles—hardware, software and database issues. ITS hasn’t been able to definitively identify a single cause for the recent failures; it is possible we are dealing with

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Family asks students to donate, help bring alumnus home by jacob bojesson editor-in-chief @jbojesson

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WVU student Nick Underwood selected to participate in NASA Social by jake jarvis managing editor @JakeJarviswvu

Nick Underwood knows where he’s headed. As a graduate aerospace engineering student at West Virginia Unviersity, he dreams of being an astronaut and exploring the edges of our solar system.

But for now, he spends his days with his head buried in a book or a cellphone.

He’ll be one step closer to his dream Friday.

Underwood was chosen to participate in the latest NASA Social event at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He and 24 others were chosen to cover the Magnetosphere Multiscale mission in Greenbelt, Md. Over lunch one day, his friend Kristen Basham, a graduate journalism student, convinced him to apply for a spot at the event.

They both were selected.

Growing up in Beaver, W.Va., Underwood said he

always wanted to be an astronaut. It was during his eighth grade spring break that his parents took him to see his first rocket launch at the Kennedy Space Center.

“I’m really glad I am where I am now,” Underwood said, “mainly because the whole rocket science, aerospace engineering thing was never really presented as an option for me.”

During his studies at WVU, Underwood is focusing on guidance navigation and control systems for rockets.

Though he dreams of riding in a rocket, he said he’s fine with navigating it or repairing it. He said he doesn’t care what he does with it, as long as he’s involved.

During the event Friday, Underwood will be tweeting and posting on Facebook about everything he sees during the mission and his tour of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Underwood is extremely active on social media.

At the top of his Twitter profile, Underwood pinned a tweet that says: “Be kind, be brave.” He said both phrases in this mantra have an important meaning to him.

“I like to be nice to people and I like when people are nice for no other reason than to be nice,” he said.

“That’s kindness in its truest form. I like being that way and I like other people (to be) that way.”

As for “be brave,” Underwood said most of the good parts of his life came after taking a chance. He might seem brave speaking about space, but not everything is so easy.

“You have to understand, my everyday life, even with the simplest of things, it’s like, ‘Come on, man. You got this,’” he said. “Like talking to a cute girl, you don’t know what’s going to happen. Meeting with people who can give me a job is an

intimidating thing.”

Underwood wears many hats: Aerospace engineer, social media guru, board game afficienado and more.

He is also the Outreach and Recruiting graduate assistant for the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

In this position, he helps manage other undergraduate ambassadors for the college.

If you follow him on Twitter, you’ve probably already heard of “#SUPERSECRETEXITINGTHING2014.” Early in October, he teased his followers with this hashtag but has yet to reveal what the exciting thing is.

“I can neither confirm nor deny that I will be going into space,” Underwood said grinning.

Wherever he ends up, he’ll be there with a phone in hand, ready to tell his followers all about it. jajarvis@mail.wvu.edu

In early March, while teaching English as a second language in China, West Virginia University alumnus John Berisford’s life changed forever when he went into a coma.

His family is now asking Mountaineer Nation for help to bring Berisford back home.

Since graduating from WVU, Berisford has spent his time traveling the world and teaching in countries such as New Zealand, South Korea and China.

Berisford has been cleared to travel back to the U.S. However, the only problem is the cost of $96,000 for his return.

A GoFundMe page has been set up in his name where people can donate any amount to reach the $96,000 goal.

The fund has currently raised just under $24,000.

“Trying to raise that much money is a daunting task, so they made this fund so anywhere, anybody who has ever met him, whether it’s $5 or five cents, we can collect it in one place and have (a) running total so that anybody can know when they can bring him home,” said Nicole Shipman, a childhood friend of Berisford’s.

What makes up the high cost are two things: Medical bills and the inability to fly commercially in order to be transported home in an air ambulance which would cost around $65,000 to arrange.

Berisford’s medical bills grow by $3,000-4,000 a month, which makes the task even harder considering the fund’s growth rate of around $2,000 a month.

“In China, you don’t leave until your medical bill is paid, so they can’t bring him home or get him back to the states without making this very large payment or donation,” Shipman said.

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Berisford is currently at a hospital in China, but his doctors are not working to discover the cause of his illness or offering him any rehab, leaving his condition unknown.

The Cleveland Clinic has agreed to take Berisford when he is able to return home.

Berisford grew up in Marshall County, W.Va., and was raised a Mountaineer, according to his friends and family.

He was a stand-out student at both John Marshall High and later WVU. “He was a lot of fun, he was genuine,” Shipman said.

“He was somebody that you wanted to be your friend. He treated everybody equally.

He would have given you the shirt off his back. He was an all-American boy, I guess you can say. I know him from growing up in Marshall County 4-H together.”

Many local businesses and community members have organized fundraising campaigns by the name of “Bring John Back.”

But with the bill growing at a higher rate than the fundraising effort, Berisford’s family is now asking the WVU community to donate any amount they see fit in order to bring a fellow Mountaineer home.

Donations can be made at http://gofundme. com/8L2igs. carl.bojesson@mail.wvu.edu

Same-sex marriage legalization prompts discussion of impact at WVU by alexis randolph staff writer @Dailyathenaeum

Based on a ruling made by the Supreme Court on Monday Oct. 6, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey made an announcement Friday saying he would no longer fight against the legalization of same-sex marriages in West Virginia.

That Monday, the Supreme Court gave an order to legalize same-sex marriage in six states including Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, South Carolina,

Wyoming and West Virginia. On Thursday, Morrisey issued a statement saying he would no longer fight this decision and licenses for same-sex marriage were issued.

Daniel Brewster, a professor of sociology at West Virginia University, wrote in an email about the impact this decision will make at West Virginia University.

“The decision tells our students that you can get your degree at WVU, marry the person you love and find work here in the state and be given the same

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rights as all other West Virginia citizens,” Brewster said. “Ultimately the decision allows us to come closer to realizing the motto that ‘Mountaineers are Always Free.’”

Brewster said this issue in particular has caused retention issues for the University in the past, not just with students, but with faculty and staff qualified to teach in different fields.

“In many areas of the University, we have had difficulty recruiting and keeping individuals who are not traditionally married,” he said. “This allows

the institution the ability to now hire highly qualified individuals who may have historically chosen to work in other states.”

He said he believes this is a great step forward for the LGBTQ community in West Virginia, and that it truly embodies the state motto for all Mountaineers.

“This is truly an incredible move on the part of our Governor,” Brewster said. “In allowing samesex couples the same rights afforded differently sex individuals we are acknowledging the true essence of Montani Semper Liberi.”

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While he believes this is a good move forward and a great victory for the state, Brewster said there are still many strides to be made within the state including employment and housing discrimination.

Michael White, a graduate student and member of Faces of Fairness West Virginia said this is a great thing for people like himself who have been hoping that, when the time comes, they could marry in their home state.

“I’ve been with my partner for going on three years now and we have

been hoping and praying that, when we were ready to move forward, that our state would accept us and see us as the same,” White said. “Now as a whole we are WVU, we are Mountaineers together.”

The biggest thing for White, he said, was the state now sees the community as worthy and more accepting of the love the group has. He said he now feels he is truly being treated as a human being.

“This is a big, big event.

It is going to have direct ef-

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Fans vote for professional baseball team’s name by jennifer skinner Staff Writer @dailyathenaeum

Before Friday, Rich Baseball Operations received over 2,500 name ideas for the professional Minor League baseball team coming to Morgantown next summer.

Now, fans are voting on the top ten remaining name submissions.

Led by West Virginia University’s College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences professor Dallas Branch, graduate sport management students Brett Ervin, Kristen Furlong, Manuel Garcia-

Oronoz and team captain Andrew DiPietrantonio are running the Name the Team Campaign.

The team members agree that the top 10 name ideas chosen by Rich Baseball Operations accurately depict the variety of names submitted, and the team is pleased to have received a large response from the community.

“Having a Minor League team here brings a great sense of connection to the team,” Ervin said. “The name definitely wants to have a story to it that relates to the state and the community.”

Suggested names such

as the Black Bears, which refers to the official state animal that lives throughout the state, and the Moonshiners, alluding to the traditional drink made in West Virginia for hundreds of years, are exclusive to the region’s baseball team. Names like the Wild Ones and The Wonder capture the natural beauty of West Virginia and play on the state’s slogan, “Wild and Wonderful.” “(The top ten list) is a pretty good representation of the names suggested, especially the ones about West Virginia’s heritage,” Furlong said.

Furlong said she likes

the names that incorporate West Virginia’s mining history, such as the Black Diamonds, the Canaries, the Coal Kings, the Coal Sox and The Energy.

Along with the other campaign team members, Garcia-Oronoz finds importance in voting on a name that is “original from West Virginia that people could identify with.”

“This (baseball) team is going to be a community.

We want people to vote and to feel proud of the name,” Garcia-Oronoz said.

He encourages fans to take advantage of the special opportunity involved in this contest.

“Minor League teams are very big on community service,” Garcia-Oronoz said. “These players are going to be out there with their team name.”

Though many popular submitted names could not be used because of copyright issues, the top ten names list includes plenty of favorable ideas.

Ervin, Furlong and GarciaOronoz unanimously liked The Wonder and the Muskets, which symbolize the spirit of the Mountaineer.

The professional Minor League Baseball team will kick off its debut season next summer at the new Morgantown baseball sta-

dium, which will be shared with WVU’s baseball team.

The baseball team will be the area’s only local team, so people of Morgantown and the North Central West Virginia region are encouraged to take pride in the new affiliate.

Fans have until 5 p.m. on Friday to visit http:// morgantownprobaseball. com and vote on the name they want to see associated with the future team. The winning name will be announced in late October and the person who chose the name will receive four season tickets. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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University honors Harold Woods with bell-ringing Turkish strikes on Kurds complicate anti-IS fight kendall snee

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

This past Friday, West Virginia University held a bell-ringing ceremony to honor the memory and celebrate the life of a beloved fellow Mountaineer.

Harold Woods, 57, was a Mountainlair employee, a WVU alumnus and a former WVU football player.

He died of natural causes.

Although a graduate of the University, Harold Woods continued to embrace knowledge and was currently attending the University, pursuing his second degree in religious studies. He died on Sept.

30, just months away from completing the degree.

“My husband, Harold Lee Woods, was his brothers’ keeper and a humble giant,” said Joy Wood, his wife. “Harold had dedicated his life not only to his savior but he wanted to make a difference in the lives of everyone he met. He will be missed by many.”

Joy Woods accepted a written condolence from the University at the ceremony in honor of her husband. “ We worked together,” said Jeff Haught, a Mountainlair employee in facilities. “He told me he played football for Potomac and here at West Virginia. He was a worker and a student at the same time. (He was) very religious. Management will miss him greatly. He was a very caring person.”

Harold Woods had a very impressive football career. He played for Potomac and then moved on to WVU until his eventual stint in the Canadian semipros. But football was not

his life passion; religion was.

“I had him in two of my harder religious studies classes,” said Aaron Gale, associate professor of religious studies. “He was always really good about visiting with faculty and always very engaged. He was, after all, a very religious man himself.”

Gale knew him on a personal level and said Harold Woods always wanted to take him and his family out to eat but unfortunately never had the chance.

“He would come into Stansbury, which, believe me, was out of the ordinary since no one ever comes in there, just to talk to us. It meant a lot (to us) how seriously he took our classes,” Gale said.

At the bell ceremony, many acknowledged Harold Woods’ unique ability to touch the lives of both students and faculty.

Many speakers memorialized Harold Woods’ love for God. Virginia Cox, a career services counselor who helped Harold Woods explore his academic opportunities, explained that Harold Woods’ death shocked her because the man seemed superhuman and lively for his age.

“He was an incredible person with all of these wonderful life plans to further his education,” Cox said. “He wasn’t much older than I, which is the sad part, really. He still had so many other things he wanted to do. He would come by my office for chats and was always looking for a way to help the other students in his class. He loved young people. His faith was obvious in all he did. ” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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President Barack Obama salutes a Marine as he exits the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, upon his return from a meeting at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The President met with military chiefs in a show of strength against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh test for U.S. coalitionbuilding efforts, Turkey is launching airstrikes against Kurdish rebels inside its borders this week despite pleas from the Obama administration to instead focus on an international campaign to destroy Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in the region.

Media reports about the Turkish strikes surfaced Tuesday as President Barack Obama and military chiefs from more than 20 nations gathered in Washington in a show of unity against the Islamic State group.

“This is an operation that involves the world against ISIL,” Obama declared, referring to the militant group by one of its many names.

The Turkish airstrikes occurred Monday and marked the country’s first major strikes against Kurdish rebels on its own soil since peace talks began two years ago.

The strikes came amid anger among the Kurds in Turkey, who accuse the government there of standing by while Syrian Kurds are being killed

by Islamic State militants in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani.

The Islamic State militants also have targeted Kurds in Iraq, who have to some extent been able to hold off their advances.

The U.S. has been pressing Turkey — a NATO ally — to take a more active role in the campaign to destroy the Islamic State group, but the Turks have said they won’t join the fight unless the U.S.-

led coalition also targets Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government. The Obama administration sees those as separate fights and has no appetite to go to war against Assad.

Officials from Ankara participated in Tuesday’s meeting at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. A U.S. military official familiar with the talks said the chiefs of defense agreed to recommend to their governments that they continue to move forward together against the extremists, “to contribute capabilities best suited to each nation, and to take action to build on the successes already achieved by coalition efforts on the ground and in the air.” The official requested anonymity for providing the information.

Earlier Tuesday, the U.S.led coalition stepped up attacks on Islamic State targets in Kobani, launching 21 airstrikes in and around the town. One of the strikes targeted the Tel Shair hill that overlooks parts of the city, according to Idriss Nassan, deputy head of Kobani’s foreign relations committee.

Nassan said Kurdish fighters later captured the hill and brought down the black flag of the Islamic State group.

However, the extremist group still controls more than a third of the predominantly Kurdish town.

While the White House has tried to point out progress in the campaign against the militants, the government is also preparing the American public for a mili-

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tary effort that could extend well beyond Obama’s presidency. Officials acknowledged Tuesday that the airstrikes in Kobani may not be enough to prevent a militant takeover, given the lack of an effective fighting force on the ground.

“We certainly do not want the town to fall,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “At the same time, our capacity to prevent that town from falling is limited by the fact that air strikes can only do so much.”

Syrian Kurds have been begging the international community for heavy weapons to help bolster their defense of Kobani. They’ve also called for Turkey to open the border to allow members of the Kurdish militia in northwestern Syria — known as the People’s Protection Units, or YPG — to travel through Turkish territory to reinforce the city.

So far, both requests have gone unfulfilled.

The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries threatened by the militants’ lightning advance.

Syrian and Iraqi Kurds took part in cross-border operations to help rescue tens of thousands of displaced people from the minority Yazidi group from Iraq’s Sinjar Mountain in August.

Turkey, however, is wary of the Syrian Kurds and their YPG militia, which it believes is affiliated with the Kurdish PKK movement in south-

east Turkey that has waged a long and bloody insurgency against Ankara. The U.S. considers the PKK a terrorist group.

The PKK and Turkey agreed to a cease-fire last year, but the agreement has begun to unravel. Asked about the reports of a resumption in strikes against the Kurdish rebels, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday that Turkish forces took the “necessary measure” following intense “harassing fire” by the rebels on a military outpost.

“It is impossible for us to tolerate or to placate these (attacks),” Davutoglu said.

Kurds, who make up an estimated 20 percent of Turkey’s 75 million people, have faced decades of discrimination, including restrictions on the use of their language. The PKK has fought Turkey for autonomy for Kurds in a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1984.

The U.S. has been pressing Turkey to focus its efforts on the fight against the Islamic State group, an enemy the Turkish government shares with the Kurds.

U.S. officials have pointed to some signs of cooperation from Turkey, including commitments to help stem the flow of foreign fighters across the border into Syria.

The White House said Tuesday that discussions are also continuing over whether Turkey will allow the U.S. and other countries to use bases in the country to launch attacks against the Islamic State group.

will have a huge impact on the University as a whole as well.

“Not only is WVU making massive steps with all the different clubs across campus to help the campus become a little more diversity competent, but the state as a whole is making steps towards that,” White said. “I think that is really going to impact not only the gay community, but also all those at WVU.” Same-sex marriage licenses are now being issued throughout the state.

The Monongalia County Clerk was unavailable for comment before print.

ECAMPUS

a confluence of issues.

“ITS hardware, the servers that support eCampus, have been reviewed by outside support, and cleared.

They are not believed to be the cause of the failures.”

Though there have been many issues with this system throughout the semester, Campbell believes the problem will be solved and the new system will be a huge improvement from the software students used before.

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Democratic ads off the air in Kentucky Senate race

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Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, before her appearance on “Kentucky Tonight” television broadcast with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) Ky., live from KET studios in Lexington, Ky., on Monday.

FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has stopped running TV ads in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race, a severe blow to Alison Lundergan Grimes in her challenge to Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

In a statement issued three weeks before the Nov. 4 election and a day after the candidates’ sole debate, the committee said Tuesday that it had spent more than $2 million in Kentucky and continued to fund get-out-the-vote operations. However, the committee made no commitment to go back on the air in support of Grimes, who has been pummeled by tens of millions of dollars in attack ads by McConnell and his allies.

The committee’s decision in Kentucky was in strong contrast to its activities in other states with pivotal Senate races. Democrats continued to spend freely in Iowa, Georgia, North Carolina and several other states as they tried to blunt a Republican drive to gain a Senate majority in midterm elections.

Grimes’ campaign continued to air ads, including one that accuses McConnell of supporting amnesty for 3 million immigrants living in the country illegally. MoveOn. org, a liberal political action committee, on Tuesday called on Grimes to pull the ad because it refers to immigrants as “illegal aliens.”

Grimes was heavily recruited by Democrats to

challenge McConnell, but her support eroded in recent polls under the weight of attacks by McConnell and his allies. While McConnell has been plagued by low approval ratings, he has sought to turn the election into a referendum on President Barack Obama, who is even more unpopular in the state.

In recent days, the issue of Obama moved to the top of the daily campaign back-andforth, with Grimes refusing to say if she voted for Obama in 2008 or 2012, even though she was a delegate for the president at the Democratic National Convention in 2012.

In their televised debate, Grimes repeatedly criticized the five-term Republican senator for running a cam-

paign bankrolled by millionaires and billionaires. She repeated those themes Tuesday after speaking with supporters at an event in Florence.

Campaigning in northern Kentucky during the day, Grimes said of McConnell, “He can buy the airwaves, but he can’t buy the hearts and minds of Kentuckians.”

Grimes has proven to be a formidable fundraiser herself, besting McConnell by nearly $1 million in the most recent fundraising quarter. But her campaign has been outspent

by McConnell and his network of super PACs by tens of millions of dollars.

The Democratic Party ads went off the air as scheduled after Monday, at the end of a two-week period.

Republicans who track the race also said Grimes is no longer benefiting from ads from the Senate Majority PAC, an independent group that is allied with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and has spent millions on competitive races. A spokesman for the group did not respond to requests for comment.

The United Mineworkers of America, which endorsed Grimes over McConnell, started running $318,000 worth of TV ads in the Evansville, Indiana, and Charleston, West Virginia, markets that cover much of Kentucky’s coal fields.

At the same time, the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, the super PAC supporting McConnell, launched yet an-

other $1.2 million TV ad buy on Tuesday that again connects Grimes to Obama.

Grimes brushed off the Kentucky Opportunity Coalition, telling reporters Tuesday that the group is “one letter shy of Koch brothers,” a reference to the billionaire Republican donors who Democrats have turned into a symbol for campaign finance reform.

“I think that Kentuckians know my record as secretary of state has been one that has actually put the people first and broken through the gridlock to actually be an independent thinker that’s gotten results for them,” Grimes said. “That is what we have seen has resonated. They know it in their hearts.”

Facebook, Apple pay for egg freezing, sperm donors NEW YORK (AP) — Free lunches, dry cleaning, massages — frozen eggs?

Silicon Valley’s biggest companies have long offered cushy perks to attract top talent and keep workers happy logging scores of hours on the job. But beyond day-to-day luxuries, Facebook and Apple will now give up to $20,000 in benefits to help employees pay for infertility treatments, sperm donors and even to freeze their eggs.

The move comes amid stiff competition for skilled engineers, and as many of the biggest firms try to diversify their male-dominated ranks to include and appeal to more women.

“Anything that gives women more control over the timing of fertility is going to be helpful to professional women,” said Shelley Correll, a sociology professor and director of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. “It potentially addresses the conflicts between the biological clock and the clockwork of women’s careers: The time that’s most important in work, for getting your career established, often coincides with normal fertility time for women. This can potentially help resolve that by pushing women’s fertility into the future.”

Facebook this year started offering to reimburse workers for up to $20,000 worth of reproductive-related costs, over the course of employment.

Apple’s similar perks will start next year. The companies’ egg-freezing benefits were first reported

by NBCNews.com on Tuesday.

Freezing eggs involves removing a woman’s eggs and cooling them to subzero temperatures to preserve them for future use and stop the egg from changing and developing.

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In this Aug. 17, 2012 file photo, a Facebook worker waits for friends to arrive outside of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook and Apple, long known for cushy perks such as free meals, laundry service and massages, are among some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies now eyeing reproductive expenses as the next batch of benefits to offer to their employees. ability of a woman’s eggs can decline a bit at age 27 before taking a steeper drop around age 34 or 35.

The rate of women who had their first child between 40 and 44 has more than doubled in the past 20 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As more women wait longer to have their first child, the number of women choosing to freeze their eggs has grown “exponentially,” said Dr. Alan Copperman, a fertility specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital.

They are also doing it at a younger age, which means healthier and more viable eggs.

Freezing their eggs gives women an option to focus on their career or education first, the “leaning in” that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg champions. But the procedure can cost upward of $10,000, plus storage costs of several hundred dollars a year. Later it costs another several thousand to thaw and fertilize the eggs and implant them in the womb.

The number of egg

freezing patients at the New York University Fertility Center rose to about 400 this year from just five in 2005, said Dr. Nicole Noyes, a fertility specialist at the center. She said some big banks also are covering the procedure, and expects law firms to do the same if they want to keep good female employees.

Copperman thinks Apple and Facebook are ahead of the game in offering to cover the procedure, both as a recruitment and retention tool and from a public health perspective.

He expects other companies to follow suit, “because it’s the right thing to do and it’s going to send a

signal that women’s health should be a priority.”

“It’s telling women they have the opportunity to put off child bearing and focus on their careers,” he said. “(And) not make decisions based on certain reproductive limits women have.”

Apple’s and Facebook’s reproductive benefits policies could also appeal to gay and lesbian couples who want to use a surrogate or a sperm donor to have a baby, or heterosexual couples who incur in vitro fertilization costs not covered by insurance.

Coverage of infertility treatments is becoming more common among

ering the procedure for women who want to delay pregnancy for non-medical reasons like school or a career.

“Insurers will sometimes cover egg freezing for cancer patients, but it’s by no means guaranteed,” said Whelan, the nonprofit’s program director.

While the technology is growing more popular, experts stress that egg freezing is not foolproof.

“It’s really, really important for women to know it’s not a guarantee of motherhood,” Whelan said.

“Some women consider it an iron-clad insurance policy. It’s not.”

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Wednesday October 15, 2014

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Small actions for a greater cause West Virginia University alumnus John Berisford’s fate is a sad and unfortunate story. His passion for world traveling and teaching left him stranded in China when he needed to be home the most. Being in a coma is cruel to whomever it happens to, but not being able to receive treatment for it, or even a diagnosis of the illness, is something no person should ever have to go through.

It’s obvious we can’t support every charity out there. We simply don’t have the resources, time or money to contribute, and it certainly doesn’t make us

bad people in any way. We tend to turn to the charities that hit close to home, like a disease a loved one suffers from or movement in our own backyard.

The case of Berisford is probably not unique, but the fact that his family has reached out to The Daily Athenaeum to spread awareness of his case shows the belief in the strength and unity of the Mountaineer family.

If there is a single time we should go out of our way to care for a person we don’t know, it’s when it’s someone who has shared a similar life story as us is in need of help.

If every current student would donate a minimum of $2 to the “Bring John Home” fundraiser, the fundraising goal would be close to accomplished.

If the more than 190,000 alumni around the world would do the same, it would only take 33 cents per person. A mobilization of this kind will not take place, but it shows how small donations by a larger group of people can make a difference.

With the current rate of donations, the $96,000 will not be reached, as the hospital bills continue to grow.

The family and the community where Berisford grew

up are trying as hard as they can, but have come up short.

Now, their hope lies in the hands of the WVU community. We’re not trying to pressure anyone to donate by writing this editorial, but wouldn’t it be nice to feel like you have the support from your alma mater if you end up in a similar situation in the future?

To donate please visit the “Bring John Home” fundraiser page at http:// g ofundme.com/8l2igs.

Let’s help bring Berisford home. www.gofundme.com

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Get to know the Mountain State, not just Morgantown hannah chenoweth columnist @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia University’s student body is made up of 51 percent out-ofstate students. This means that for a majority of WVU students, the taste they have gotten for the whole state is based completely off their experience in Morgantown.

This is something that I was reflecting on during fall break, when I heard some students gripe that there was “nothing to do” during the five-day hiatus from class.

Having nothing to do is certainly nice for a little bit. But it made me think about how much there is to this beautiful state that many students don’t realize. I notice a disturbing amount of kids holding on to West Virginia stereotypes even after living here for a few years.

West Virginia is often treated as an underdog state, but the other side of the story isn’t often told by the media. People in other states may see “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” or sad documentaries about babies being fed Mountain Dew, but not all the beauty and history of the state.

There are certainly a lot of paradoxes here in West Virginia. We are now

tied with Mississippi for the highest rate of obesity. However, with a terrain covered in 80 percent forests there is an amazing amount of outdoor opportunities.

When the financial website WalletHub analyzed all 50 states, they ranked West Virginia as the unhappiest, as well as in the worst shape with physical and emotional health.

But personally, I’ve never been happier than when living here and my legs have never been stronger than they are climbing all these hills.

During my freshman year, what I saw of the state was basically Towers, Grant Street and the occasional Coopers Rock trip. It wasn’t until I stayed for two summers that I became more aware of what was all around me.

Even now, into my senior year, there’s so much I have yet to learn and see in this beautiful state. Although fall break is over, there’s still a ton of time to explore the Mountain state.

Did you know that Bramwell, W. Va. once contained the densest per capita population of millionaires? The Mercer County town was once home to the coal operators, miners and developers of the late 1880s. You can go see the Victorian style mansions yourself. They are still cared for and available for

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, W.Va., is one of the largest indoor ghost-hunting sites in the world. tours.

Did you know that Mother’s Day traces its roots to the tiny town of Grafton, so close to us here in Morgantown? The nation’s first Mother’s Day service was held there in 1908, an idea that came from Anna Jarvis. The International Mother’s Day Shrine and Museum is open to the public on Main Street at the Andrews Methodist

Episcopal Church.

The nearby town of Weirton is home to the T95E, the only tank of its kind ever built. It was never used in the field, but was created as an experimental cold war era tank in 1960. Have you ever heard of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston?

It’s one of the largest indoor ghost-hunting sites in the entire world.

Reading the book “West Virginia Curiosities” by Rick Steelhammer, I couldn’t believe all the interesting facts and suggestions for stuff to do.

If you’re interested more in history, the Appalachian Collection is located on the third floor of the Downtown Library. There is an amazing amount of history contained - more than 9,000 volumes to be

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The beauty of West Virginia, the only state entirely contained in the Appalachian Mountain Range, is clear for everyone to see. But if you dig just a little bit deeper, there is so much to be discovered about West Virginia beyond what’s on the surface. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

letter to the editor

‘Let them eat sandwiches:’ Affleck’s comments on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ david gibson letter to the editor

Ben Affleck received both praise and criticism from some of his comments concerning the nature of Islam made during a small-scale debate with Sam Harris and Bill Maher during the latter’s primetime network show.

However, the amount of praise for Affleck’s performance and points (or lack thereof ) on social media and the comments section of online news sources is disturbing and unwarranted. The piece of the debate that was quoted most by the media is exactly where Affleck was weakest as a public (or intelligible) speaker during his whole guest appearance.

Sam Harris begins the discussion making the pathetically underrated point that criticism of a religion is not criticism of an ethnicity, or even nationality.

Affleck then immediately (incredibly) proves Harris’ point by stating that Harris’ view is a “gross, racist” one to have of Islam. Harris’ point was decidedly not gross and had nothing to do with race.

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Ben Affleck, left, with Bill Maher, middle, and Sam Harris, right, on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher.’

Affleck goes on to say that he will not stand for intolerance. When considered here, “tolerance,” for Affleck, amounts to the same thing as being exempt from criticism. That is the only way in which to interpret Affleck’s use of the word. Affleck then makes a non-sequitur about how the majority of Muslims just want to, among other things, “eat sandwiches.”

Maher takes up directly

after Affleck’s comments pointing out that Islam is so worthy of criticism because large populations of Muslims across the world actually do condone violent acts for purposes of adherence to the Muslim holy text. Affleck claims an overwhelming majority of the 1.5 billion of the faith do not. Who’s right on this point?

The Washington Post recently published a piece entitled “Ben Affleck and

Bill Maher Are Both Wrong About Islamic Fundamentalists,” which analyzed a 2013 Pew Research Poll showing that Muslim populations across the world hold very different views on the matter. Eastern Europe, Indonesia and Kazakhstan, for example, show single digit public support for atrocities like public stoning for adultery and executions for premarital sex while these views seemingly repre-

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sent a majority of the people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt and Jordan.

In support of Maher, Harris goes on to give a conservative estimate of the world’s Muslim population who hold views that would be considered “fundamental” (read: supporting violent punishment for disobeying Islamic law).

Harris’ conservative estimate is about 20 percent of the Muslim population.

Affleck demands proof

as to how Harris mysteriously has all this knowledge to which Harris responds by choosing to cite just one NOP poll of Muslims which found that “over 78 percent of Muslims in Britain supported the view that the Danish cartoonists should have been prosecuted” (legally, that is). Both Maher and Harris go on cite polls which conclude that large numbers of Muslims are inclined to a fundamentalist view of the faith.

If we have any lasting unresolved questions concerning the nature of the “debate”, it isn’t who is right (clearly, on logical and statistical grounds Maher and Harris won the argument). The real question is why Affleck’s comments and conduct of debate are so widely praised, rather than criticized. Is it because he is Ben Affleck?

Or is it that, despite being uninformed, weary of the facts, uncritically “tolerant” of religious faith, snarky and dismissive, he was able to show common ground between all races, religions, creeds and ethnicities in love of sandwiches? daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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HOROSCOPE

BY JACQUELINE BIGAR Born today This year you could manifest a dream. Be sure that what you go for is what you really want; otherwise, you might have a problem. Review your goals every few months to make sure they are valid. If you are single, do not commit to the first person who comes by.

Think about your choices, because there will be options. If you are attached, the two of you cement your bond by incorporating more of the qualities you desire into your relationship. Acceptance of each other happens naturally.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll express your feelings and thoughts, while others seem to be short-tempered and unusually curt. You could have some difficulty

at the possibility at a different time.

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Mountaineer Idol

Joseph Leytrick opens up about competition

By Nicole curtin A&e writer @dailyathenaeum

Three of the top-five contestants in the Mountaineer Idol competition are competing for the first time.

Joseph Leytrick, a sophomore finance student, is one of them.

“I like the competition,” Leytrick said. “I think it’s a good way for people to showcase their talent if they like to sing. Obviously, I like to sing.”

Leytrick wants to pursue a career as a personal financial advisor after college, but has a passion for performing.

“My inspiration to sing and perform is just a love of music,” Leytrick said. “I like hearing different music and it just inspires me to write more music and be a better musician and keep performing.”

Going all the way to the top five, Leytrick has gone through several elimination rounds of different genres.

“This far in the competition I’d say (my favorite) was ‘80s night because it had a larger range of music,” he said.

Aside from competing, music is always a part of his life.

“If I’m just hanging out, I like rock a lot and alternative. Those would be my favorites,” Leytrick said.

place, he knows exactly what to do with the money.

“Pay my rent for the next three months,” he said. “It would be really helpful.

I’m really trying to make it through the competition but also being able to say I was in the top three would be awesome.”

Leytrick said he has a good time entertaining audiences.

“My favorite part is probably just performing for people,” he said. “I love to perform and be on stage. And I love to see everyone else’s talent because the competition is very close-matched.

I think everyone is very talented, and it’s cool to be with people who love music and appreciate it as much as you do.”

Leytrick usually has a fan club of his friends come out on Friday nights for Mountaineer Idol performances.

“They’re definitely my biggest support group,” Leytrick said. “I owe a lot to them coming out and supporting me these last few weeks.”

The fifth round of elimination for MountainShannon McKenna/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM eer Idol will be 8 p.m. FriMountaineer Idol contestant Joseph Leytrick gives his rendition of ‘Take Me On’ by A-Ha in September. Leytrick will perform again Friday. day in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. ally well,” Leytrick said. “I number one.”

Leytrick, along with For much of the competi- during oldies night.

Oldies night was some- think that oldies night was Country is another genre four others, will perform tion, Leytrick has played his guitar while singing songs thing he said he struggled kind of ambiguous in a sense Leytrick isn’t a huge fan of a song from Broadway like “Somebody Like You,” by with. because they didn’t specify performing because of the and a song from the 21st Keith Urban during country “I didn’t get the highest what time periods, but other differences in vocal style. century. night and “I Saw Her Stand- score as compared to the than that I didn’t mind doing Leytrick said if he were to ing There” by the Beatles week before when I did re- it but I wouldn’t pick it as my win the cash prize and first daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

‘American Horror TV favorites return to the screen Story’ returns

By Caitlin Worrell A&E Writer @Dailyathenaeum

This season’s supersized premiere of “American Horror Story” gave fans an eerie welcome to one of the most demented circuses of all time.

With an esteemed cast and Ryan Murphy’s dark creativity, “Freak Show” is expected to push the boundaries even more than past seasons.

The episode opens to a gruesome discovery of Siamese twins (Sarah Paulson) at the scene of their mother’s murder. Doctors and nurses are both disgusted and perplexed at the medical enigma before them. Word begins to spread of an unusual patient at the local hospital, prompting many curious visitors. One in particular, Elsa Mars (Jessica Lange), made it her mission to expose what so many have tried to keep hidden.

Mars is the owner of one of the last remaining freak shows. Excluded from the rest of society, Mars and her collection of oddities struggle to keep the show afloat.

Bette and Dot are expected to bring new life to the failing show and save the freaks from being institutionalized. Other unusual characters include “lobster boy” Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters), bearded henchwoman Ethel (Kathy Bates) and freak enthusiast Dandy Mott (Finn Wittrock).

One of the most horrific

elements this season will no doubt be Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch). We know little about Twisty’s character other than the fact that he is a free-roaming murdering savage. The clown does not speak or blink and wears a disturbingly large smile mask on the bottom half of his face. After terrorizing a young couple in a field, we discover he is keeping two young children hostage in an abandoned bus. His character dramatically raises the fear factor for fans not only because many people have a phobia of clowns, but also because there is a great deal of mystery surrounding his character. The idea of the unknown keeps fans on the edge of their seats.

It’s unclear what Twisty’s association is with the freak show or if his hostages are still alive.

Overall, fans should prepare to be pushed outside of their comfort zones with Murphy’s profoundly disturbing but creative style.

“American Horror Story” was quickly renewed for a fifth season following record high ratings for the premiere.

More than 10 million viewers tuned in Wednesday, making it the network’s most watched TV episode of all time.

“Amer ican Hor ror Story: Freak Show” airs 10 p.m. Wednesdays on FX.

‘Supernatural’ “Supernatural” fans may remember last season when Dean was saved by demonic powers.

Last week’s season 10 premiere was as weird as it gets.

Dean is now possessed by a demon but he’s back to his old self. In the season opener, we find him drunk, stumbling around on stage, singing karaoke with the infamous Crowley watching over him.

He takes a girl home and in the morning, he roughly told her not to catch feelings. Crowley mentions to him that he is acting kind of strange.

Sam manages to track Dean down by checking reports across the country about people disappearing or being killed.

Dean doesn’t seem to be covering his tracks well.

The demon in Dean kills another man in a gas station convenience store.

When Sam watches the surveillance tapes, he can see the black demon eyes flash by.

It’s no surprise that the “Deanmon” wants

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to do evil things, especially with that doubleedged sword, and kill other demons. The fact that he does these things in broad daylight is the surprise.

A crazy Army guy captures Sam and he calls Dean to trap him and get him there, Dean refuses, showing he definitely is a demon on the inside. Sam spends the rest of his time torturing demons, trying to find where Dean went this time.

Season 10 is big for a show and no one really knows what is going to happen this season. After putting the Winchester boys through all kinds of trials and tribulations, it will be interesting to see how Demon Dean pans out and what Sam does while he’s not looking for his brother.

“Supernatural” airs 9 p.m. Tuesdays on the CW. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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“Arrow” returned to the CW network for the premiere of its third season Wednesday.

The season two finale left fans hanging, wondering what would come of the billionaire-playboy/undercover vigilante and Team Arrow after stopping the Mirakuru Minions from advancing and conquering the destructive Slade Wilson alongside Nyssa and the League of Assassins.

Fans find answers in the season premiere episode, “The Calm.”

The episode begins with Team Arrow in hot pursuit after a semi-truck filled with numerous stolen weapons.

The pursuit ends quickly as Team Arrow gains control of the situation. With Roy Harper on their side, this seems like a routine for Team Arrow. Things appear just as they should be in Starling City.

Queen struggles to find a balance between his life as Oliver Queen and the Arrow, but he continues to try.

It’s hard for Queen to find time for his personal life, whether that’s working on his relationship or his efforts to regain control of Queen

Consolidated, since there’s always crime to be fought in Starling City.

Queen will make strides to find his true identity beneath the mask of the Arrow in season three.

Unfortunately for fans, the long-anticipated first date between Felicity and Oliver was interrupted by an RPG. Hopefully, “Olicity” will get another shot at a date.

Another disappointment in “The Calm” was the entrance of Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), who confirms that Queen is not ready to regain control of Queen Consolidated. He needs to deal with the emotional baggage of being Oliver Queen.

The most shocking part of the episode was the return of Sara Lance, followed by her death shortly after, leaving fans extremely angered and in disbelief.

This season is a chance for fans and new audience members to join the “Arrow” bandwagon since it’s the start of a new chapter.

The show airs Wednesdays at 8/7c. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘The Big Bang Theory’ It’s possible for one man to travel the country without ever stepping out of the train station. That man is Sheldon Cooper, and season eight of “The Big Bang Theory” has started.

The show was recently renewed for three more seasons, which was almost as shocking as Penny’s (Kaley CuocoSweeting) short hair cut. The writers actually put a little line about that hair cut in the show, too, which was really smart on their part.

That’s why the show keeps getting renewed: the writers are smart as the characters they’ve created.

I thought the show was puttering out last season until Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny got engaged. From that point on, the show kept adding subplots to keep the show interesting.

Stuart (Kevin Sussman) moved into Howard’s (Simon Helberg’s) mother’s house and formed a strange yet funny relationship as caregiver to room-

mate. Raj (Kunal Nayyar) actually has a girlfriend who really exists, and Amy (Mayim Bialik), Sheldon’s girlfriend, is playing a more substantial role in the lives of this group of friends.

If the producers keep spicing up the plot with more characters and different jobs as they have done, I think this show will thrive in the sitcom world.

As for this specific season, Penny has a new job as a pharmaceutical salesman, courtesy of Bernadette (Melissa Rauch). Overall, it’s different, but nice to see the main four men all have a significant woman in their lives.

This season looks promising for character growth and laughter. “ The Big Bang Theor y ” airs 8 p.m. Mondays on CBS. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU tops TCU, prepares for Kansas at home tonight

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WVU outside hitter Jordan Anderson hits the ball during a match against Oklahoma last week.

by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University volleyball team was victorious against the TCU Horned Frogs Saturday, breaking its three game losing streak. WVU won the match 3-2 with set scores of 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 23-25 and 15-11.

The Mountaineers (12-7, 2-3 Big 12) have gone into five sets twice this season after falling to No. 2 Texas in five sets in September.

The Horned Frogs are also 12-7 on the season, 2-3 in the conference.

The team was in high spirits after getting the win.

Junior middle blocker Caleah Wells said it helped them get over losing the last

three matches.

“I think all of us are just really glad we got the win and kind of shake off what was going on in the past,” Wells said. “It feels really good to also have all the Mountaineer teams win this weekend.”

Sophomore outside hitter Jordan Anderson had a career-best 36 kills, hitting for a .516 clip and also had nine digs. Anderson is the player of the week this week after leading the team in kills. She was followed by Nikki Attea with 17, Wells with 16 and Hannah Sackett with seven.

Anderson said hitting her career best is all thanks to teammate setter Brittany Sample.

“I think my success goes completely to Brittany Sam-

ple, she had so much confidence in me and gave me the ball a lot,” she said.

“When I messed up, she came over and said ‘Hey no that’s on me, keep doing your thing,’ so my entire game goes to her and defense.”

The Mountaineers hit .310 on the match, the first time they have hit over .300 since playing Montana in September, and had a season-high 79 total kills.

Hannah Shreve also put down four kills, two serving aces and contributed six block assists, tying her career best, along with Attea who had six.

Coming into this match after dropping three straight before, head coach Jill Kramer said things were working better on the court

against TCU. “I want to win and that’s what the girls want too, and I think they just put some heart out on the court,” she said. “And we hadn’t seen that this week, it was good to see that. I told them it was good to have them back because they were fighting, playing hard and we need to do that to get back on track.”

Sample finished with a career-best of 60 assists, as well as two aces, two blocks and a team-high 13 digs giving her a double-double.

After playing last Wednesday against Oklahoma in the final two sets, Sample started and played each set against TCU. “I thought Brittany really stepped up and did a good job running our offense. We talked about it before the

match and I told Lamprini to be ready,” Kramer said.

“We can always run it modified, but we just decided to stick with it because our offense was running and ultimately we’re just trying to win matches.”

Anderson said going into the match, the Mountaineers had good expectations in their game.

“I think we had a lot more confidence, practice the last few days have been really intense,” she said. “We came into the locker room this morning and we knew we were going to win when we stepped on the court.”

TCU hit .288 on the match with Stephanie Holland putting down 22 kills, contributing to the team’s 63 total kills.

The Mountaineers will

continue home play against the Kansas Jayhawks tonight. Kramer said there are a couple of things they have to look out for against them.

“We’ve just got to get better, there’s still things we need to get better at,” she said. “We never stop their slide, Kansas is going to hit a slide and we need to work on that. It’s easier to talk about those things after you win.”

Kansas holds the series 6-0 against WVU and is 13-5 on the season, 1-3 in the Big 12. This past weekend they took a good Big 12 win over Baylor in Waco, Texas, 3-1.

Tonight will be the last home game for WVU until Oct. 25. Match time is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Winston adviser wants explanation for late hearing TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The adviser for the family of Jameis Winston has asked Florida State why it has chosen now to engage in the Title IX process and accuses the school of trying to protect its own interests and responding to media pressure, according to a letter obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

Florida State announced last week it will use an independent official in a student code of conduct hearing. A female student said Winston sexually assaulted her in December 2012.

Attorney David Cornwell notes in a letter that university and federal policy requires a timely investigation. He asks university

officials why Florida State has ignored those guidelines and writes that Winston deserves a prompt explanation.

Winston was never arrested and Florida State Attorney Willie Meggs declined to press charges against Winston last December due to a lack of evidence.

The AP does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual abuse.

No date has been set for the university hearing. Florida State has notified Winston that the hearing will be held to be determined if four sections of the code of conduct have been violated, two for sexual misconduct, two for endan-

germent. The quarterback has five class days from last Friday to respond to the university.

Florida State spokeswoman Browning Brooks Tuesday declined comment beyond what the university released in its timeline last week. However, she referred to two passages in the release that she said ex-

plains the delay in which Cornwell is inquiring about.

In the release, Florida State said the athletic department did not file a report with the Title IX administrator or Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities after Winston and two other student-athletes that were present said the sex was consensual.

Prosecutor: Pistorius offered cash after killing PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) – Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but they rejected it because they did not want “blood money,” a prosecutor said Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the double-amputee athlete.

Chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel also referred to separate monthly payments of $550 that Pistorius apparently did make to Steenkamp’s parents after they asked for help. Nel said those would be paid back in full.

The revelations emerged while Nel was cross-examining a social worker over what Pistorius’ punishment should be for shooting Steenkamp. The social worker testified that Pistorius should be placed under house arrest, rather than sent to prison, after his conviction for culpable homicide, or negligent killing.

Social worker Annette Vergeer, one of four witnesses called by the defense, said South African jails are violent and overcrowded and that the athlete would be under duress because of his disability and fragile mental state resulting

from the night he fired four times through a toilet door in his home, killing Steenkamp. Pistorius testified he mistook her for an intruder and denied prosecution assertions that he shot her during an argument.

Additionally, Vergeer said, Pistorius – who in 2012 was the first amputee athlete to run at the Olympics – has the potential to be a productive member of society again. A sentence of house arrest and work at a school for disabled children would be more appropriate, she said.

Prison “will not assist him but will break him as a person,” she said.

Prosecutor Nel challenged Vergeer, saying her knowledge of the South African prison system was limited and out of date. He also asked why she didn’t mention in her report on Pistorius that she knew the family of the woman he killed turned down money.

Outside the courtroom, a lawyer for Steenkamp’s parents said they had asked him to contact Pistorius’ attorneys weeks after the Feb. 14, 2013 shooting because they were struggling financially. Pistorius offered

them monthly payments and asked they be kept confidential, Steenkamp lawyer Dup de Bruyn said.

Yet Steenkamp’s mother June referred to the other offer of $34,000 that the family rejected as “blood money” and asked prosecutor Nel to call it that in court, de Bruyn said.

“The words ‘blood money’ are her words,” de Bruyn said.

Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius, 27, not guilty of murder, concluding he acted hastily and with excessive force, but didn’t intend to kill Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model.

The judge has wide latitude when deciding on a sentence. Pistorius could receive a fine and a suspended jail term or as many as 15 years in prison.

Vergeer and another social worker recommended that Pistorius be given a three-year correctional supervision sentence, which would place him under house arrest for periods and require him to do community service. Prosecutors insist that such a sentence would be inappropriate and say Pistorius should be sent to prison, citing the level of

negligence he showed when Family members of Pishe fired his 9 mm pistol torius and Steenkamp atwithout checking who was tended the second day of behind the door. the trial’s sentencing hear-

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Lambert kicks West Virginia to victory Saturday against Texas Tech, 37-34 by anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

It once again came down to the final seconds of the game, as West Virginia redshirt sophomore kicker Josh Lambert connected on the game-winning 55-yard field goal to send the Mountaineers (4-2) back to Morgantown victorious against Texas Tech (2-4) Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas, 37-34.

After being embarrassed the last time West Virginia traveled to take on Texas Tech in 2012, and with the Mountaineers in search of their first win against the Red Raiders since joining the Big 12 the same year, much was looking to be capitalized on by the Mountaineers, which they accomplished.

However, with 7:32 remaining in the game – and Tech owning a command-

ing 34-20 lead off of Justin Stockton’s 69-yard touchdown run – Tech would not have another possession resulting in a score the rest of the game, after dominating the Mountaineers up to this point on all cylinders.

That’s when WVU senior wide receiver Kevin White stepped up and caught his first touchdown of the game from redshirt senior quarterback Clint Trickett, who now has at least 300 passing yards in each game this season with 301 Saturday, to cut the Red Raider lead to seven with 5:55 remaining.

Tech then went three and out on its ensuing possession to give the Mountaineers a chance to tie the game, which they did not fail to do. Redshirt sophomore running back Rushel Shell forced his way into the end zone on a 1-yard run – his second touchdown of the game and he has now scored

at least one rushing touchdown in five straight games.

With the Red Raiders unable to make it into field goal range and being forced to punt – on what would be their final possession of the game – West Virginia was able to march down the field and make it into not an average field goal range, but rather into Lambert’s field goal range, which according to coaches and players alike, has virtually no limit.

Three seconds remained to allow Lambert to attempt a 55-yarder, which after succeeding at the attempt, tied the previous WVU school record set back in 1984.

The game-winning Texas native said after the game that similar to his gamewinner at Maryland in Week 3 this season, going into a situation that nearly the entirety of Saturday’s 58,502 crowd wanted him to miss, he was solely focused on

staying calm and concentrated on the task at hand.

“You either have it or you don’t,” Lambert said. “You have to be able to push mistakes out really fast; you can’t let them bother you.

Every time you win it’s a great feeling (and) the best part for me is walking into the locker room and seeing everybody’s reactions and how happy they are.”

Following the game, WVU head coach Dana Holgorsen said as good as it feels to earn a victory against the Red Raiders – a team he spent eight seasons on the coaching staff of – it’s just one game for the Mountaineers and much is still needed to be improved upon moving forward.

“It’s a difference (of) one game,” Holgorsen said. “It doesn’t matter who you play, where you play – it’s going to be challenging – so our job is to put the best

foot forward each and every week. “(We) challenged (our players) to do a better job in the second half and our guys really went out there and played well.”

The Mountaineers have now won their last two Big 12 games, after falling to then-No. 4 Oklahoma in WVU’s Big 12 season opener in Week 4.

In addition to Lambert tying a school record, WVU set a school record for now having five straight games with at least 500 yards of total offense, and White set a school record by having his sixth straight game of 100 or more receiving yards, as he now has a total of 888 receiving yards in 2014.

Up next for this revved up West Virginia squad will be the No. 4 Baylor Bears at noon Saturday at home. anthony.pecoraro@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers dominate at State Games by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

For the fourth straight year, the West Virginia University swimming and diving team finished first in the annual West Virginia State

Games, which was held this past weekend at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. The State Games were attended by all the colleges in the state that currently field swimming and diving programs. The Mountaineer

women fended off a strong challenge from Marshall to claim first place, while the men dominated the competition, finishing over 1,000 points ahead of secondplace West Virginia Tech.

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40 events held at the State Games. All told, the Mountaineers’ combined team score was 3,035 – more than double that of second-place Marshall.

“It was a solid day. I was really impressed by the effort of both teams,” said head coach Vic Riggs after the meet. “I was pleased by some of the adjustments our freshmen are making to their race strategies.”

This was the first intercollegiate meet the Mountaineers have participated in this season. Since the event was incepted in 2011, the Mountaineers have claimed first place in every West Virginia State Games.

The Mountaineer sweep was led by a strong performance in the diving competition. Senior Haily Vande Poel won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events on the women’s side, while freshman Mike Proietto won the same events for the men.

Junior swimmer Andrew Marsh finished first in eight events, including three relays. Individually, Marsh scored victories in the 100and 200-yard backstrokes, the 50- and 100-yard freestyles and the 100-yard butterfly, while leading the Mountaineers’ “A” teams to wins in the 200- and 400yard medley relays and the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The jam-packed meet

posed challenges for a Mountaineer team at the beginning of its season, but coach Vic Riggs said he was encouraged with how his athletes adjusted.

“This meet is always tough with all the swims in such a short time,” Riggs said. “Overall, I’m very pleased with the weekend.”

For the women, youth helped to carry the day.

Freshmen Amelie Currat, Celia Martinez de la Torre and Sammie Guay all won individual events, while sophomore Emma Skelley won both the 500- and 1650yard freestyle races. Meanwhile, junior Jaimee Gillmore scored two victories in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events.

Outside of Marsh’s dominant weekend, the Mountaineer men’s swim team saw a notable performance from sophomore Nate Carr, who won three individual events – the 500-yard freestyle, 200-yard individual medley and the 400-yard individual medley – and additionally served as part of two winning relay teams.

The Mountaineers have this weekend off, before a pair of meets next week.

They will host Penn State at the WVU Natatorium on Oct. 23, and go on the road to face Villanova on Oct. 25. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Lambert’s leg lifts WVU’s bowl hopes For three and a half quarters, West Virginia appeared to be in the middle of a recurring nightmare at Texas Tech.

Just like they did in 2012, the Red Raiders jumped all over the Mountaineers from the start of the game.

Trailing 34-20 midway through the fourth quarter Saturday, West Virginia needed a heroic effort in order to avoid yet another crushing loss at Jones AT&T Stadium.

After a 26-yard touchdown from Clint Trickett to Kevin White, who notched his sixth straight 100-yard receiving game to start the season, the Mountaineers pulled to within one score.

In order to climb all the way back, however, West Virginia’s defense needed to find a way to come up with a stop against the Red Raider offense that had torched it for big plays and long drives throughout the game.

Defensive coordinator Tony Gibson’s unit saved its best efforts for last. The Mountaineers made quarterback Davis Webb look human again after three quarters of dominance, and the West Virginia offense got its chance to knot the game.

A seven-play, 78 yard drive was capped off when running back Rushel Shell plunged into the end zone on 4th and goal from the one yard line, and West Virginia had completed the comeback.

The defense still had work to do, however, and it came through once again when it was needed most, and West Virginia got the ball back with just under a minute left.

Rather than being content with tying the game in the final five minutes and playing for overtime, head coach Dana Holgorsen went for broke.

It paid off.

Trickett led the offense across midfield and got to the very edge of field goal range with four seconds left on the clock.

Sophomore kicker Josh Lambert lined up for his fourth field goal of the day, but this one carried a bit more weight than the previous three.

It didn’t matter. Lambert boomed a 55-yard field goal as time expired and sent West Virginia to its first victory over Texas Tech since joining the Big 12.

Considering the gauntlet the Mountaineers have to navigate in the next five weeks, Lambert’s leg may have saved WVU’s bowl hopes.

Starting with a home date against No. 4 Baylor this week, West Virginia will face four teams currently ranked inside the top-15 in its next five games.

A loss against Texas Tech would have been nothing short of devastating. If West Virginia had dropped to 3-3, it would have had to find a way to win at least one of these games against the conference’s best, in addition to two road games against Texas and Iowa State.

Now this Mountaineer team has some wiggle room. There is no way their goal is just to make it to six wins, but considering the path this program has been down in the last two seasons, getting back to a bowl game would be a huge step in the right direction. connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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RENTON, Wash. (AP) – There were going to be plenty of questions about where the Seattle Seahawks are headed on offense after Sunday’s 30-23 loss to Dallas.

Marshawn Ly n c h touched the ball only 10 times.Russell Wilson threw for 66 yards after the first quarter and Percy Harvin finished with zero yards receiving despite making three catches.

The bigger concern could be the list of injuries the Super Bowl champs are suddenly dealing with now.

Cornerback Byron Maxwell, middle linebackerBobby Wagner and center Max Unger are all in question for Sunday’s game at St. Louis with a variety of injuries.

Maxwell was originally thought to have a high an-

kle sprain after going down in the second quarter on Sunday, but was diagnosed Monday with a calf strain that should get him back on the field sooner than first expected.

Unger has a strained foot that kept him inactive on Sunday and his status against the Rams likely won’t be decided till the end of the week.

The severity of Wagner’s turf toe injury has not been determined, but could be the most significant. Wagner was injured early in the second quarter on Sunday, but returned in the second half.

Coach Pete Carroll said Monday that Wagner is “banged up,” and didn’t rule out that the injury could be similar to the one suffered by left tackle Russell Okung last season in

Week 2 that required surgery and a stint on injured reserve. Okung returned later in the season. “(It) could be. We’ll have to wait and see,” Carroll said. “We’ll have to assess that and figure it out.”

Wagner was having a stellar start to his third season. He had double-digit tackles in Seattle’s first three games and collected the only sack in the Seahawks’ win over Washington last Monday night.

Undrafted rookie Brock Coyle filled in when Wagner was out on Sunday. Seattle has used K.J. Wright at middle linebacker in the past when Wagner was sidelined, but Carroll would not commit one way or the other.

“We’ll have to wait and see on that one,” Carroll said.

Along with that injured trio, tight end Zach Miller is not expected to be back this week after having ankle surgery during the bye week.

KCPQ-TV in Seattle reported Monday that Okung has been playing with a torn labrum in his shoulder suffered in Week 3 against Denver. Carroll didn’t confirm the report, but said Okung suffered a shoulder sprain and should be able to continue playing without issue.

About the only good news Seattle received among its injured players is the expectation that cornerback Tharold Simon will have a chance to play against the Rams and that safety Kam Chancellor made it through Sunday’s game without problems despite a strained hip.

Seattle was able to avoid major injury issues last season and when it did there was enough depth to plug the gaps until the starters returned. That depth was thinned through free agency and roster decisions in the offseason and is now being tested.

The injury problems muted the concerns about Seattle’s game plan against Dallas. Lynch seemed an afterthought as was most of Seattle’s run game.

Lynch didn’t have a carry between the end of the first quarter and Seattle’s first offensive play of the second half, a span of 21 minutes, 59 seconds of game time.

The Seahawks led the league in rushing entering Sunday, but the 18 total rushing attempts was the second time in five games Seattle failed to get

20 carries.

The Seahawks seemed more concerned with trying to get the ball to Harvin – who had six total touches for (minus)-1 yard – than relying on Lynch.

Carroll took responsibility for the lackluster effort, that included problems getting off the field defensively on third downs, saying he didn’t do a good enough job in preparation after the Monday night win over Washington.

“I think we’re still working at it. Sometimes it takes quite a while before you find it and we’re not quite there yet because we haven’t found the consistency,” Carroll said.

“We know what we’re trying to do. We know where it is and what it needs to be but we’re just not quite there yet.

Slive to retire as SEC commissioner in July College Football (AP) – Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will retire next summer after 13 years leading the league to unprecedented success and prosperity.

The 74-year-old Slive said his retirement will take effect July 31, and also announced he plans to begin treatment for a recurrence of prostate cancer.

Slive has become one of the most powerful figures in college sports. Under his leadership, the SEC became the nation’s most premier football conference, dug out from under a pile of NCAA compliance issues and won seven consecutive BCS titles. Overall, the SEC won 67 national championships in 15 of its 21 sponsored sports since he took over in 2002.

“I have been blessed in more ways than I can count and I will have as much passion for this job on my last day as I did on

my first,” Slive said Tuesday in a statement released by the conference. “I consider my health situation a temporary detour in a remarkable road that has allowed me to meet amazing people, experience incredible events and celebrate historic victories. I will relish my final year in this position and look forward to being the biggest fan of the SEC for many years to come.”

The statement said Slive’s recurrence was diagnosed after back surgery in August. He was first treated for prostate cancer in the 1990s.

He will continue to carry out his responsibilities from the SEC office and his home office in Birmingham, Alabama. His travel and appearances may be limited, the conference said. After his treatment, the conference said he will be a consultant to the league for four years.

Even with the news of

Slive’s health issues, his retirement at this point comes as no shock. While he had given no timetable for his exit in recent years, he had hinted that getting the SEC Network off the ground could be his last big project. In 2012, he said he’d stay with the conference at least two more years.

He helped the conference land huge television rights deals with CBS and ESPN worth billions and in August the SEC Network was launched with ESPN as a partner. Conference revenues shared among the 14 member schools have grown from about $96 million when he took over to $310 million last year.

“Mike possesses all of the qualities of a great leader - visionary, consensus builder, integrity, intuition and commitment, but more than anything he is a great friend to so many of us in this league,” Florida

athletic director Jeremy Foley said in a statement.

“He’s led this conference to historical milestones during his tenure and the impact he’s had on collegiate athletics management and structure will be felt for many years.”

Vanderbilt chancellor Nick Zeppos said the SEC will begin a national search for a successor. Expect the conference leaders to also consider inhouse candidates.

Greg Sankey was promoted to executive associate commissioner and chief operating officer at the SEC in March 2012.

He’s been handling dayto-day operations while Slive was working on major projects such as the network and College Football Playoff. Sankey, the former Southland Conference commissioner, was hired by Slive not long after he became SEC commissioner.

“I’ve had the oppor-

tunity to learn every day from Mike Slive,” Sankey said in a recent interview with the AP, before Tuesday’s announcement.

“That’s one of the reasons I took the job.”

SEC executive associate commissioner Mark Womack has been with the conference since 1978.

When Slive left Conference USA to take over the SEC in 2002, the conference was in disarray with nine of its 12 members either on probation or being investigated by the NCAA. Now only three of the SEC’s 14 schools are on NCAA probation.

“I think one of the things that our leadership helped transition was how you handle those things,” Sankey said.

“When we have problems now, they are, I think personally, materially different than what we’ve had.”

Slive guided the conference through expansion,

bringing on Texas A&M and Missouri three years ago to expand the league’s footprint into new markets. And he pushed for a four-team playoff in major college football years before it was finally adopted.

In 2011, Slive was among the first commissioners to call for massive NCAA reform that has led to the five most powerful Division I conferences – the SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-12 – being allowed to pass legislation without the approval of other conferences.

Slive called for increasing the value of athletic scholarships to include cost of attendance, guaranteeing a four-year scholarship and for more long-term health care and educational opportunities for athletes.

Now with autonomy for the Big Five in place, those changes are close to becoming a reality.

NBA to test 44-minute game, 4 shorter than normal NEW YORK (AP) – The NBA is going to evaluate if a shorter game could be a better one.

The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics will play a 44-minute preseason game on Sunday as the league tests a format that features fewer minutes and fewer mandatory timeouts.

The contest will be four minutes shorter than the NBA’s standard 48-minute game. The league said Tuesday that the preseason game will feature four 11-minute quarters,

one minute shorter than normal.

Acting on a suggestion by coaches to tighten up the games, the league will use the matchup at Barclays Center to examine if the shorter model flows better.

No long-term changes are currently being considered, but shorter games could be a way to keep players healthier, since there are no plans to shorten the season.

“At our recent coaches’ meeting, we had a discus-

sion about the length of our games, and it was suggested that we consider experimenting with a shorter format,” Rod Thorn, the NBA’s president of basketball operations, said in a statement. “After consulting with our Competition Committee, we agreed to allow the Nets and Celtics to play a 44-minute preseason game in order to give us some preliminary data that will help us to further analyze game-time lengths.”

There will be two man-

datory timeouts per quarter. One will come at the first dead ball under 6:59 of the period if neither team has taken a timeout prior, and the second will be triggered by the first dead ball under 2:59 if neither team has taken a timeout since the first mandatory timeout.

There are three mandatory timeouts in the second and fourth quarters of the 48-minute game.

A 44-minute game would bring the NBA closer to college and international

play, where the games are 40 minutes. It also would add up to 328 less minutes over the course of an 82game season, which would translate to about seven fewer games.

But it would create some challenges for coaches.

“I’m looking forward to gauging its impact on the flow of the game. Since there is a shorter clock, it affects playing time, so it’ll be interesting to see how it plays into substitution patterns,” Nets coach Lionel Hollins said.

Hollins called it a “unique experiment that was worth participating in,” and Boston coach Brad Stevens agreed.

“I appreciate the NBA’s long history of forward thinking and willingness to try new ideas,” Stevens said. “We told the NBA that we’d be happy to participate in this trial during a preseason game. I look forward to experiencing it and continuing the dialogue after Oct. 19.”

The game will be televised live on NBA TV.