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Home Rule comes to Morgantown by alyssa lazar staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The city of Morgantown, along with 16 other cities in West Virginia, has been added to the Home Rule Pilot Program, allowing the city to deviate from state law and address challenges specific to Morgantown.

“Five years ago, the state of West Virginia created the Home Rule Pilot Program to include about five cities to be home rule cities,” said Jeff Mikorski, the Morgantown city manager.

Morgantown is the second phase of cities to be

added to the Home Rule decision. The first phase included five cities, and four out of the initial five have become Home Rule cities.

Mikorski has worked closely on the application and has helped to identify the challenge areas within the city.

“The pilot program allows the five cities (at this time) to look at state law and where state law was not allowing municipalities to do something that was effective or efficient for the operations of the state,” Mikorski said.

The city put together an application with five proj-

ects that Mikorski said he would like to see happen.

The first project is to enact a municipal sales tax up to 1 percent.

“The Home Rule Pilot Program allows cities to enact a sales tax that had not been available in the past if the cities reduced their current business and occupation taxes,” Mikorski said.

Charleston and Huntington are two of the Home Rule Cities who are already establishing a sales tax.

The second project deals with intergovernmental agreements and a way to

speed up the process by eliminating ordinances.

“Right now, when we have intergovernmental agreements, we have to go through an ordinance process – which could be done with resolutions rather than ordinance,” Mikorski said.

The third project modifies the exterior maintenance code. The city will be able to regulate upholstered furniture, mattresses, and other items on the exterior premises of houses by not allowing furniture on the exteriors.

Mikorski said over the last 10 years, street fight-

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ers use items from the exteriors of houses as fuel for their street fights.

The fourth project would allow the city to place public nuisance removal liens on property without court orders. This is useful in situations where a public nuisance is reported, and the property owner does nothing to abate the problem.

The city is then required to deal with the nuisance. The city is able to put a lien on their property for the cost of abating the issue.

The last project listed in the application is to create a municipal court technology or maintenance fee.

“Since technology in courts continues to increase and the resources needed to maintain and expand technology for courts continues to go up, we need a nominal fee to cover some of those costs,” Mikorski said.

Now that Morgantown has been added to the Home Rule Pilot Program, it can go through a lengthy process, involving a public hearing and the Home Rule Oversight Board, to enact the five projects that were identified in the application. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Foundation cleans up Coopers Rock, asks for help from students by alexa mcclennen correspondent @dailyathenaeum

“I want to get West Virginia working again.”

— Rep. Shelley Capito, R-W.Va. Shannon McKenna/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Rep. Shelly Capito, R-W.Va., speaks with community members at the Excellence of Construction Award Banquet. She met with The Daily Athenaeum’s Editorial Board prior to speaking.

Capito speaks at Alumni center, talks senate race, issues important to state

By Jacob Bojesson & Evelyn Merithew DA STaff @Dailyathenaeum

With less than three weeks until West Virginians hit the voting booths on Election Day, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made an appearance in Morgantown, W.Va., Thursday evening.

At the Erickson Alumni Center, the West Virginia chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors held its 25th annual Excellence in Construction Awards Banquet.

Before she made a brief presentation as guest speaker, the Daily Athenaeum Editorial Board had the opportunity to briefly speak with U.S. Senate candidate.

In Morgantown, as part of her “West Virginia Works”

tour, Capito said she loves the area’s environment and praised West Virginia University as the pride of the state.

“I love Morgantown. I did remark as we were coming in at 6:30 the traffic is an issue, but it’s a growing, vital community with the University just really pushing a lot of great research and development issues. It’s a young town and I love that,” Capito said.

Being a college town, Capito touched on some of the controversial issues the millennial generation may face at WVU, including student loans and the resulting debt.

“Student debt is the largest debt we have, it’s surpassing credit card debt that we have in this country. We need to make sure that interest rates are kept low. I voted on the bill that passed to try to cap what your payment could be,”

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Capito presents her platform to the community before presenting an award at the Excellence of Construction Awards Banquet.

Capito said. “I want a couple derstand more what they are of bills where we have trans- at the end.” parency, where the students Capito said one recurreally understand what their ring issue with student loans obligations are at the beginning, so they’re going to unsee CAPITO on PAGE 2

With around 250,000 visitors annually, Coopers Rock State Park receives plenty of appreciation and heavy use. The Coopers Rock Foundation is holding its 14th Annual Coopers Rock Restoration Day for volunteers to help keep Coopers Rock in pristine condition.

West Virginia University students are encouraged to participate; service hours will be awarded through WVU’s iServe for those who would like to log their time. Typically, 50-100 volunteers participate in the event.

“Coopers Rock is very popular, but it is underfunded and understaffed. Volunteer work makes a real difference up here,” said Adam Polinski, the event organizer. “The Coopers Rock Foundation tries to take care of the things the Department of Natural Resources doesn’t have the time for. We need all the man power and woman power we can get.”

The foundation focuses on five areas within the 12,713 acre state park; each year, the Foundation tries to cover at least two of those areas. This year, the main project area is the rim rock of Cheat Canyon, which continues on for several miles and includes popular areas such as Rattlesnake Trail, Sunset Wall, Underlook Trail and the Coopers Rock Overlook.

A rim rock is a long and narrow linear band of rocks at the edge of a canyon that makes an ecosystem valuable ecologically, aesthetically and recreationally.

Due to continuous heavy use, the soil has eroded and compacted.

The goal for Saturday’s restoration project is to use natural materials such as sticks, logs and limbs from other areas in Coopers Rock with lower environmental grading to litigate human impact. The natural materials will be used to block off areas to keep unnecessary hikers out and to delineate trails for visitors to have a clearer path for hikers.

“We are using these materials to both create encouragement and spread discouragement,” Polinski said. “It’s all about directing human traffic and trying to steer the great numbers of people along less square yardage in this delicate environment.”

In 2004, The Coopers Rock Foundation was nationally awarded by The Access Fund, a climbers’ advocacy group based out of Colorado, for its preservation work.

The Foundation is also holding a “Marathon Community Service Weekend” Nov. 1-2 where volunteers can work on trail restoration, treatment and drainage.

“The autumn colors are dynamite right now. It’s a beautiful place to work, especially if you enjoy the outdoors. You can meet other people who enjoy Coopers Rock, and it’s a great alternative workout to the (Student Rec Center),” Polinski said. “We hope students will come out and help keep Coopers Rock beautiful.”

The event will be held Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Coopers Rock State Forest. Volunteers will gather at The Climbers’ Kiosk by the Coopers Rock overlook.

For more information about the Coopers Rock Foundation, visit their Facebook page at https://facebook.com/coopers.rock.wv. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

$140k pledged by WVU alumnus to create scholarship in Harrison County by courtney gatto staff writer @dailyathenaeum

A West Virginia University alumnus has established a scholarship fund by pledging $140,000 to create student scholarships in Harrison County. The alumnus made this donation anonymously and wished to honor two of his or her former Harrison County School teachers. The fund was named the Antoinette McClung-Jack Roach Scholarship fund.

“The endowed scholarship fund will provide tuition, fees, books and living expenses annually for five Liberty High School students,” said Bill Nevin, the assistant vice president for communications for the West Virginia University Foundation.

The donor insisted this scholarship be made to honor two teachers that influenced him or her, and many other students early on in their schooling to always set high educational

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goals. The teachers chosen were Antoinette McClung and Jack Roach.

McClung, originally from Harrison County, graduated from Salem College in 1950 and later attended WVU. During her time at WVU she received her master’s degree in library science in 1960.

When she started her career, McClung worked as an English teacher at Unitus and Bristol schools. She eventually transferred and became a librarian at Victory High School, and also spent

12 years working as a librarian at Liberty High School.

Roach attended school at West Virginia Wesleyan College. After graduation, he continued his education at WVU where he graduated with a master’s degree in elementary education and administration in 1952.

At the beginning of his career, Roach worked in Harrison County at the Jarvisville Grade School. As time went on, he moved to Maryland and worked as a principal in Frederick and Montgomery

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Due to these teachers’ impact on Harrison County Schools, this scholarship will only be available to students who attend Liberty High School and abide to the other requirements.

“Preference will be given to those students who attend Liberty High School and take part in extracurricular school activities, community outreach and volunteerism,” Nevin said.

The students eligible for the scholarship will have to

be recommended by Liberty High School and will then be selected by the WVU Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships. To qualify for the scholarship, recipients must be full-time students, in good academic standing and demonstrate a need for financial support.

As Nevin said, this scholarship is great for multiple reasons. It allows the chance to honor two teachers and helps students in need.

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All welcome to Equestrian team - regardless of experience by alyssa lazar staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Equestrian Team at West Virginia University is composed of two different teams, each recognized as separate club sport by WVU’s Sports Club Federation.

The English and Western Equestrian Teams are run by a separate executive council, have a different schedule of shows and compete in a completely different style from each other.

“The English team is a different discipline. They have different equipment and a different uniform that they wear during shows, and with Western, we focus on different things in the showroom,” said Erin Gerds, the captain of the Western Equestrian Team. “The judge judges us on our different body positions and differ-

ent ways that we handle the horse.”

Each ream has about 30 members. Gerds said one difference between the teams is the English team jumps over fences and rides at different speeds, whereas the Western team doesn’t.

Both teams are composed of showing and nonshowing members. Regardless of whether they are showing or not, each team provides lessons to members as a part of a package provided by their coach who teaches these lessons and organizes the shows.

“Our coach does a lot,” Gerds said. “He coaches us in lessons weekly, so he has about four lessons a day. He coordinates our shows and leads meetings at shows. He is a well-known person in our region.”

The English team holds its lessons in Uniontown, Pa., at their coach Deb-

bie Fieldsbarn, Lazy J Stables. Members carpool together everywhere due to the traveling requirements they endure.

The Western team holds its lessons at coach Bobby Dean’s barn, located about 20 minutes away between Morgantown, W.Va., and Fairmont, W.Va. Unlike the English team, the Western team has a year-long season that runs throughout the duration of both fall and spring semesters. They participate in about six shows per semester, and hosts one at home.

“Our most important show is Nov. 16, and that is our WVU Mountaineer Invitational,” Gerds said.

The invitational will be held at Reedsville and will feature 18-20 teams from all over the United States.

The English team has a season that runs from August through the end of the fall semester, depending on when members’

lessons are scheduled. A showing member receives 12 lessons as a part of their package, and a non-showing member receives eight.

“This semester we will have attended seven shows this season, one of which we are hosting this coming weekend,” said Caite Schulze, the public relations secretary for the English team.

They have been regional champions for the past six years.

Although the teams are distinguished by their style and schedule, they are similar in other ways, too.

Both teams compete in a collegiate equestrian competition league called the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. They compete in Region 5, Zone 6 which includes California University in Pennsylvania, Allegheny College and Bethany College in West Virginia.

Despite the sense of

competition that accompanies the team, team members enjoy their time together on and off a horse.

“We have team dinners and try to intermingle with other club sports,” Schulze said. This month, the team will travel to Fairmont to play archery tag.

As part of the WVU Sports Club Federation, the teams are required to participate in community service and fundraising.

Schulze said the English team fundraises for their shows, as well.

“As part of our funding for horseshows, we are required to sell ads, so we go around to local businesses,” Schulze said. “We are all about getting Morgantown involved, and especially getting the word out about local businesses.”

The English team worked at the concession stands for WVU Basketball games during the spring to fundraise.

Students of all skill lev-

els are invited to join both teams, regardless of ability or knowledge.

“The whole point of Intercollegiate the Horse Show Association is to allow students with any background, experience or financial status, to be able to join the team,” Schulze said. “We have accepted students who have never been riding and who have never been on a horse, but think horses look cool.”

Now a captain of the Western team, Gerds was one of those students with little experience on a horse.

“I have never owned a horse in my life, and I had never shown before,” Gerds said. “And yet, we have another member who owns a horse and has shown horses since she was four.

For more information on the Equestrian Team, visit http://equestrian.studentorgs.wvu.edu. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Paralyzed parachutist making 876-foot bridge jump CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Plunging off an 876-foot-high bridge with only a parachute as a lifeline is nerve-wracking enough.

Lonnie Bissonnette does it in a wheelchair. He even sticks the landing.

Paralyzed below the waist since a 2004 parachuting accident, Bissonnette will return to southern West Virginia for another chance to launch himself on wheels from the New River Gorge Bridge.

Tens of thousands of people will watch him and scores of other parachutists, zip liners and rappellers Saturday during the annual Bridge Day festival in Fayetteville.

“It’s scary every single time for me,” Bissonnette said.

“And I think that’s part of the lure, is the exhilaration after the jump. If I didn’t have that fear before the jump, I think then the jump wouldn’t be so

exhilarating.”

The New River Gorge Bridge, the third-highest bridge in the United States, opened in 1977. Bridge Day started three years later.

BASE jumpers from around the world flock there the third Saturday of every October, the only day of the year that the bridge is open to pedestrian traffic. BASE stands for building, antenna, span and Earth, the fixed objects from which jumpers leap.

Matthew Kaye is a University of Vermont chemist and served with the National Guard in Afghanistan. He’s made more than 300 skydives and 100 BASE jumps.

And he’s scared of heights.

“Horrified,” Kaye said.

“I’ve been shot at. I’ve been rocketed. Nothing spooks me more than staring over the edge of an abyss.”

He’s one of about 450

BASE jumpers signed up to participate.

For experienced BASE jumpers looking for an extra kick, a steel catapult equipped with a seat will send some of them hurtling backward to start their journey.

“It allows them to relive their first jump all over again,” said Bridge Day jump organizer and catapult designer Jason Bell. “You can see the fear in their eyes before launching.”

Bissonnette is making his 19th trip to Bridge Day. Ten years ago while BASE jumping in Twin Falls, Idaho, his parachute lines tangled around his foot as he was doing a flip. Despite being left paralyzed, he was BASE jumping again a year later.

He began using a standard wheelchair for BASE jumping in 2010. He’s made about a dozen jumps with it

— some at Bridge Day and others in Austria, China, Malaysia, Spain, and Twin Falls.

About half of his landings have sent him tumbling — his front wheels tend to dig into the ground and stop his momentum. Last year’s Bridge Day landing, though, was perfect.

“The chair’s not designed for what I put it through,” he said. “Landing on all fours and not flipping over and crashing is difficult.”

Bissonnette has added larger front wheels to help with the landing, but he’d like to find a sponsor to get a custom-made chair to withstand the punishment.

“It’s pretty amazing what he does,” said Bell, adding that watching Bissonnette land safely in 2013 “was pretty neat and a lot of emotion for a lot of people.”

Bissonnette may be an inspiration to others, but he

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is students taking out loans based on how much money is available to them, rather than how much they actually need.

“I think we really need to have the institutions and the financial aid officers and counselors working with the students say, ‘You better think before you actually max out your loan,’” she said.

Regarding the West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s decision to stop pursuing the constitutionality of a ban on same-sex marriage, Capito expressed

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A base jumper prepares to land after jumping off the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, W.V. during Bridge Day in 2010. Tens of thousands of people will watch scores of parachutists, zip liners and rappellers during the annual Bridge Day festival on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in Fayetteville. doesn’t see himself that way.

In fact, the label doesn’t sit well with him.

“That’s never been my motive,” he said. “For many years I would tell people that I’m nobody for anybody to be in-

spired by or to be looked up at. I see myself as just someone who’s really passionate about what I do — and literally too stupid to quit. Because a smart guy would have given up after my accident.”

that although she has voted against it, she will accept the decision.

“I have a history of 18 years in the House of Delegates and in the House of Representatives. I have voted to say that marriage is between a man and a woman,” she said. “The Supreme Court made (the decision on same-sex marriage and) the State of West Virginia is going to make those decisions, and I’ll certainly abide by that and accept that.”

Despite his physical distance, President Barack Obama’s presence has been strong throughout the race, in part because of his low approval ratings.

Capito is adamant that Obama’s current policies

cause deterrents for West Virginians. “(Obama’s) policies are causing thousands of West Virginian’s to lose their job in the coal industry. His policies that are unpopular in this state are on the ballot in the form of Natalie Tennant, and I think that people are upset.

They’re frustrated,” she said.

“We feel passed over, and I think it’s because of his policies and so that’s why we’re talking about it. He’s the leader of the country.”

As part of Capito’s “West Virginia Works” plan, she has several items for the positive development of the state, including the creation of jobs and health care reform.

“I want to get West Virginian’s working again,” Capito said. “We want to have a health care plan that doesn’t penalize small businesses. I want a workforce that is educated, and if you’re going into debt, if you’re taking a student loan out to be educated, you want an opportunity to be able to meet those obligations.”

Capito said that college-aged students, those from West Virginia in particular, are an important demographic for this election.

“I think it’s really great that students get involved, get registered, vote. I think with the gridlock in the partisanship we’ve had, we’ve really run the risk of alienating the younger generation,” she said. “I think we should be talking about the issues that are important to you and that’s getting a good education, getting a job, having the opportunity to raise your family however you want and where you want to.”

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Continued from page 1 “The WVU Foundation is extremely grateful to this donor for his generosity. This gift honors the legacy of two of his teaching mentors while assisting students from Harrison County attend WVU,” Nevin said.

“It’s definitely a win-win situation.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineer Idol

Gonzalez gives it the old college try one last time

By Nicole Curtin A&E writer @dailyathenaeum

One of the top-five contestants left in Mountaineer Idol is senior Alexa Gonzalez.

Gonzalez is aiming to graduate in May from the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University.

“I’m graduating with my bachelor of multidisciplinary in the creative arts: music, theatre and arts administration,” Gonzalez said. “After I graduate, I would like to work for any of the many performing arts centers in New Jersey and eventually open up and own my own performing arts center where dance classes, singing lessons and acting classes will be offered.”

In 2012, Gonzalez competed for the first time and continued into the topthree, when Paris Winfrey took the title of Mountaineer Idol for that year.

“This is my second time performing in Idol,” she said. “I didn’t do Idol last year and since I’m graduating I won’t have a chance to

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Alexa Gonzalez sings ‘A Man’s World, ‘ by James Brown at Mountaineer Idol. do it again so I thought why not? Lets go for the gold.”

The stakes are higher for Gonzalez this year as she has one goal in mind - taking first place.

“Last time I did Idol it was all for fun. Something to do

with my friends and have fun doing it,” she said. “This year it’s more about winning, since now I have to pay rent, I need the money more this year. But still having fun at the same time.”

Gonzalez has been on

stage since she was young.

This is part of the reason why she competes in Mountaineer Idol.

“My whole life has been one big performance,” Gonzalez said. “From putting on mini-performances in my living room to performing in showcases, being a two-sport varsity athlete, the class clown, having leads in my high school, to doing Idol twice and being an RA for two years in college, I’ve constantly been in the spotlight.”

With all of these activities, a passion for performing for people is what drives Gonzalez to continue on.

“No matter the amount (of people) it just makes me happy,” she said.

Gonzalez’s mom was involved in music and theater while in high school and college.

“I love putting a smile on people’s faces or making them laugh,” Gonzalez said. “Knowing she is proud of me for pursuing what we both are passionate about always makes me feel good about my choice.”

So far in the competition, Gonzalez has been bring-

ing energy and her strong voice to the stage no matter what genre. In choosing her songs she considers what kind of performance she can bring.

“I love to sing powerful songs,” Gonzalez said. “My best friend Taylor’s advice is to always pick songs that’ll ‘melt their face off ’. She helped me pick my oldies week song “This Is A Man’s World” which turned out to be the highest score I’ve ever gotten in Idol.”

Coming into tonight’s competition has presented the toughest decision for Gonzalez in finding a song to perform.

“I definitely struggled with choosing my 21st century song the most,” she said. “There’s just so much to choose from.

So we shall see how that goes!”

Competing in Mountaineer Idol previously, she is familiar with some of the faces found on stage Friday nights.

“This year I only know Patrick and Megan in the competition, when I did it two years ago I knew four people in the competition,”

Gonzalez said. “Getting to know and meet new people is one of my favorite parts of Idol. I came in knowing one person but at the end I have a few new people I can call friends.”

Looking forward to the elimination tonight and reflecting on her previous time competing and making it to the top three, Gonzalez has positive thoughts.

“Idol has been really great this year,” she said.

“I’ve been nervous every week because competition has been so stiff. I’m really so happy to know there is so much talent at WVU and only hope Idol gets bigger with each passing year.”

Mountaineer Idol will continue this evening with the fifth round of elimination. Each contestant will sing a song from Broadway and the 21st century. Gonzalez will perform along with other top-five competitors: Patrick Garcia, Hannah Harless, Joseph Leytrick and Elizabeth Keim.

The performances begin at 8 p.m. in the Mountainlair Ballrooms. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Jerry Springer lends campaign support to Ohio Democrats after serving as Cincinnati mayor in the late 1970s.

The former campaign aide to Robert F. Kennedy served on Cincinnati’s city council - once winning back a seat after a prostitution scandal - and spent a year as mayor before a failed campaign for governor in 1982. He flirted with U.S. Senate bids before the 2000 and 2004 elections and toyed with another gubernatorial run in 2006.

“There’s stuff I can do without personally running for office and that is to back causes and candidates,” he said.

Springer has given at least $12,000 to gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, $10,000 to attorney general candidate David Pepper, and $5,000 to treasurer candidate Connie Pillich, according to state campaign finance reports this year. He also gave the state Democratic party at least $28,000. He planned to appear Thursday evening at a fundraiser for Turner.

The host of “The Jerry Springer Show” now lives in Sarasota, Florida, though he spent half his life in Ohio. He travels to Connecticut where he tapes episodes that feature bleepedout obscenities, guests in

Generational disconnect NEW YORK (AP) — While he’s not exactly yelling at kids to get off his lawn quite yet, Jason Reitman says he has a hard time relating to teenagers and it’s all because of the Internet.

The 37-year-old director says when he talks to kids who are 15 to 20 years younger, they “might as well be 100 years younger than me because the life they grew up with doesn’t resemble my childhood at all.”

He says while “a cordless phone versus a wired phone” separated him and his parents, newer generations are growing up with “the Internet as a fact of their life.” “And we’ll just be old people who don’t understand,” Reitman

says.

That generational relationship with technology is the focus of Reitman’s new movie, “Men, Women & Children,” which expands to wide release Friday. It focuses on a group of high school students and their parents dealing with the way the Internet affects their lives.

The Oscar-nominated director says he doesn’t “get social media,” noting that his teen actors had to explain to him how SnapChat works.

He also says he’s uncomfortable with how easily teens share their lives online. “That fuzzy line between public and private when it comes to social media is the thing that bothers me personally.”

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Jerry Springer, a popular talk show host, is also very active in the Democratic Party. fisticuffs and a studio audience chanting his name.

(Recent titles include “I Slept With Your Twin & Your Mom” and “Stay With Me Or Else.”)

Springer said he attracts potential voters who don’t typically attend political events. “Certainly not the blue bloods,” he said, but more of a “working-class kind of audience.”

Springer once worked a crowd at a Cincinnati

bus stop during an effort in 2011 to repeal contentious election-related legislation, said Tim Burke, the chairman of the Hamilton County Democratic Party and Springer’s former legislative assistant when he was on Cincinnati city council.

“He draws people,” Burke said. “He’d sign an autograph as long as they would sign a petition.”

Ohio Democrats such as Turner could use the buzz.

She and others face potential down-ticket fallout from their party’s faltering gubernatorial candidate.

FitzGerald, the Cuyahoga County executive, suffered a series of political blows this summer. They include dismal fundraising, the departure of two top staffers and revelations that he lacked a permanent driver’s license for more than a decade.

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Ohio Republican Party said Springer’s appearance illustrates the size of FitzGerald’s problems and hurts the Democratic ticket.

“Now voters associate the Democratic Party with two people: Ed FitzGerald & Jerry Springer,” said GOP spokesman Chris Schrimpf in an email. “Maybe Ed can go on Jerry’s show after the election and explain how not to run a campaign.”

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An election fight is nothing compared with what Jerry Springer sees in his day job.

The former Cincinnati mayor now makes his money as the ringmaster of a pugilistic talk show circus, but he says it’s the exchange of political ideas that excites him most.

Springer - once named “Democrat of the Year” in Ohio - remains politically active in the swing state where he previously aspired to be governor.

In recent years, Springer has headlined a county Democratic Party’s annual dinner and appeared at a fish fry on behalf of a local candidate. On Thursday, he campaigned at an early vote event in Warren for state Sen. Nina Turner, the Democratic candidate for Ohio’s secretary of state.

“It’s just something I believe in,” he said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. “It sounds like a corny answer. But that’s honestly - there’s no hidden motive. It’s not like, you know, someone’s going to get me a job.”

At age 70, Springer said he doesn’t plan to seek elected office, either. But he weighed it several times

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Tennant for Senate endorsement West Virginia is in danger.

Our country is in danger.

Citizens of this state following the U.S. Senate race between Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and Rep. Shelley Capito, R-W. Va., know the numbers. As of Aug. 30, Election Projection placed Capito 17 points ahead of Tennant.

At almost any poll you look at, Capito is projected to win. And that’s not a good thing.

The Daily Athenaeum’s Editorial Board fully endorses Tennant. She has demonstrated herself to be the most energized and excited person to work for West Virginia.

When Tennant speaks of the election, she reminds voters the race is not about

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finding the first woman, but finding the best woman for West Virginia. This wouldn’t be the first time Tennant has broken new ground because of her gender.

In 1990, she was chosen as the first female Mountaineer Mascot for West Virginia University. She accepted this role with huge enthusiasm. There were times during her ten-

ure, especially during the beginning, where she received opposition from misogynistic fans.

During her first home football game, a man walked up to a then 22-year-old Tennant and flipped her off. She thanked him for his support and he told her to go home.

“I am home,” Tennant said.

“You have no right to be here.”

When she speaks of this happening, tears wait on reserve. Her deep reverence for WVU tells us she will do what it takes in Washington.

When she speaks of samesex marriage and gender equity, a serious tone washes across her face. She recognizes the importance of human rights and has acted on

this. Tennant said her office in Charleston, W.Va., was the first to implement ENDHA, West Virginia’s version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Instead of telling voters why she is the best choice, Capito seems preoccupied with scaring voters from choosing Tennant by associating her with President Barack Obama. This is nothing more than political pandering and an attempt at capitalizing on Obama’s poor approval ratings.

Tennant devoted considerable time to sit down with The DA’s Editorial Board.

However, we are thankful that Capito did speak with our staff for a few moments before an engagement at the Erickson Alumni Center

Thursday night.

But it speaks volumes to us that Tennant prioritized our student newspaper and Capito did not.

In addition, Capito has declined many other opportunities to debate her opponent. She said that one debate was enough, but it is not.

For someone who supposedly puts West Virginia first, Capito seems to be resting easy on her lead.

Do not let Capito rest. If she is going to win, we should make her work for it, just like Tennant has worked for West Virginia.

We are proud to call Tennant a Mountaineer. If she goes to Washington, we can all sleep easy. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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School board misses mark with gender pronouns Taylor jobin columnist @dailyathenaeum

Gender equality seems to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days. Same-sex marriage laws being passed across the country and equal pay for equal work bills circle Congress. Gender progress is reaching unprecedented levels.

This is all rightfully so. Gender discrimination, like all discrimination, is cowardice and decrepit. People with the courage to stand up for equality - even if they might be hated for it - should be commended. But, as Dave Chappelle would say, sometimes keeping it real can go wrong.

That’s exactly what has happened in the Lincoln school district in Lincoln, Neb. The school board instructed teachers and faculty to no longer use the gender descriptive nouns “boys” and “girls” because they are not inclusive enough.

Yes, you read that correctly.

They have been instructed to use the term “purple penguins” because it is inclusive to all genders, particularly transgender children.

There are approximately

700,000 transgender people in the United States. With a population of about 320 million, this amounts to a percentage of approximately .002 transgender people currently living in the U.S. Yes, that percentage is minuscule, but not without merit. Transgender people are people too. They should be treated as such. To recap: Transgender people are people who’s gender identity is different from their assigned sex. It is politically incorrect to say anything along the lines of, “a boy who thinks he’s a girl,” or, “a girl who thinks she’s a boy.”

At a recent educational board hearing, parents spoke out both for and against the policy.

The against folk said all the things you may expect.

They don’t want a political agenda forced down their child’s throat and that stripping away one child’s gender identity to accommodate another’s doesn’t solve anything. Or parents don’t want their children learning things they themselves don’t subscribe to.

The ones who were for it were a combination of clergy, parents and administrators.

A local reverend spoke about

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how the resistance he was hearing reminded him of cries of protest reminiscent of the civil rights movement.

The mother of a transgender child also spoke.

“You are telling me my son is immoral,” said Diane Walkowiak, the mother of a transgender child. “You may not agree, you may firmly believe in a binary gender, but please accept that staff needs to be informed about this issue and many other issues

because education is not just reading, writing and arithmetic. It is so much more. I believe that God is so much greater than all of us and made us in so many different ways, perhaps to test our compassion and love for others.”

Now, I don’t believe in a binary gender, where individuals can only identify as strictly male or strictly female, but I do know I don’t want your god, or any other gods, any-

where near my future child’s education. Our founding fathers were really onto something when they said “separation of church and state,” and that shouldn’t change regardless of what gender you are.

However, this whole “purple penguins” gender renaming is a farce. Yes, schools should practice gender equality, but they don’t need to resort to the rebranding of 99.998 percent of kids’ gender identity. They also

don’t need to pretend to be clever by combining the colors pink and blue and calling the kids a flightless bird whose traditional gender roles are reversed from that of humans.

Inclusivity and self-esteem are important, but so is competitiveness and ambition. It’s the job of tax-payerfunded schools to find the right balance between these things. When schools begin controlling speech, be it gender identity or anything else, it flies in the face of everything education stands for. We go to school to learn the three Rs: Reading, writing and ‘rithmatic. Everything else can and should be learned through experiences elsewhere. If you are fortunate enough to learn something other than the three Rs while in school, then good for you. But that’s not why you go.

By calling everyone something they are not, just to include someone who might not be the gender that correlates to the gender they were assigned at birth - which happens .002 percent of the time - you are dumbing everyone down in a stupefyingly complex way. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Love song, career song Silverman stirs controversy, addresses gender pay gap ted veshe, ph.d. letter to the editor

I was standing in line at a quick-stop the other day when lyrics from the song, “Rude,” by Magic!, floated over the airwaves: “Why you gotta be so rude? Don’t you know I’m human, too? Why you gotta be so rude? I’m gonna marry her, anyway.”

The woman in front of me swayed to the music and danced, more than walked, out of the store straight toward a sign advertising the latest campus career fair.

It was at this moment that a paradox dawned on me.

How many love songs have I ever heard - “Marry that girl!” crooned the vocalist in the background, “Marry her anyway!” - and how many songs have I heard in praise of career or work?

The focus on jobs as the primary motivation for pursuing an education strikes me as odd in at least this one respect: Who ever wanted to write a song about that?

Love, on the other hand, has inspired musicians, poets, indeed artists of all kinds basically since the beginning of human time. Love, among other human experiences, is what the arts, social sciences and humanities are about.

Were our musical preferences any kind of index, 99.99 percent of all people everywhere would be studying subjects of these types, and career-driven major choice would be the orphan child of higher education rather than

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the other way around, which largely seems to be the case today.

Now, I’m no Luddite. I appreciate the wonders of modern technology and firmly believe those with an interest in quantitative fields, mathematics, science, engineering, etc. should pursue them with all the energy they can muster. Maybe their love for their work will inspire them, or someone else, one day even to write a song about it.

So, this is no attack on the socalled STEM fields. Far from it.

All I want to ask is whether career as a primary consideration in arriving at a major-choice makes educational sense, makes human sense, especially if becoming more fully human is even part of what education is or should be about. Is career as the driving force in picking a major really what we should want? Is it what we do want?

Our overwhelming musical preferences seem to suggest otherwise.

Even now, the very memory of the reggae-fusion rhythm of that song makes me want to move my feet: “Marry that girl! Marry her anyway! Marry that girl! No matter what you say!” However, I have to admit that I do know at least one song devoted to work and career, and it’s never even occurred to me to dance to it. It begins, “Take this job and shove it! I ain’t workin’ here no more.”

If that’s all career-song has to offer, I’ll take both music and study motivated by love over it any day of the week.

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Sarah Silverman is a comedian well-known for using her satirical humor to confront controversial issues in society that most people shy away from. Like any comedian, she has acquired both a loyal fan base and much flack. Last week, Silverman caught the attention of the media after releasing a YouTube video in which she goes to drastic measures for equal pay.

In the video, which spans a little under four minutes, she sits in a doctor’s office matter-of-factly planning her gender reassignment surgery. Silverman sits in a hospital gown, simultaneously spewing statistics about the pay gap and using her usual ironic sense of humor to pick out a penis.

“Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap. Over the course of her working life, that’s almost $500,000. That’s a $500,000 vagina tax!” Silverman said.

She pokes fun at the process and even requests three “balls,” stating that it takes a “lot of balls to tell women that the wage gap is fair.”

This controversial video was created in promotion of the Equal Payback Project.

This is a non-profit organization fighting for equal pay for women in America. Claiming that women are owed almost $30 trillion dollars in back pay, donations to EPP

are taken to push for legislation for women’s rights in the workplace.

Silverman’s video has generated an overwhelmingly negative reaction from the public. The criticism hasn’t just come from the usual crowd who claims all feminists are man-hating lesbians; the ones who think that women play the victim, feminists are ugly and unlovable, etc. Those comments are usually based on pure ignorance and hardly worth acknowledgement.

It’s the transgender community who is up in arms over Silverman’s “mockery” of the extremely complex process of gender reassignment. The Jim Collins Foundation, which funds gender confirmation surgeries for transgender people, released a statement, calling the video “dehumanizing.” The Foundation wants the video taken down, claiming that “it was created at the expense of the transgender community, an already vulnerable, often misunderstood and targeted population.”

The Jim Collins Foundation does not stand alone in their stance. The President of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released a statement Thursday that the video “missed the mark.”

Twitter has erupted in users calling out Silverman for her “insensitivity and ignorance.”

Addressing the backlash, the comedian released a statement: “To my *unintentional* credit - people are talking about it and so begins awareness. Please don’t pun-

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Country music star Jana Kramer is set to rock the house Friday, Oct. 24 at Schmitt’s Saloon. This will be Kramer’s first time performing in Morgantown, W. Va., creating even bigger expectations for her much-anticipated performance.

This Detroit native has always had a love for country music, but it wasn’t until later in her career that she actually began to pursue singing. Her striking good looks and sweet charisma landed her multiple acting gigs at a young age, including roles on “Friday Night Lights,” “90210” and “Entourage.”

One of her most notable recurring roles was the tabloid socialite Alex Dupre on “One Tree Hill.”

It was her acting success that landed the star her first recording contract in 2011 with Elektra Records.

Kramer’s first track, “I Won’t Give Up,” quickly began climbing the charts, making its way into the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Also topping the charts was her second single, “Whiskey,” which premiered on an episode of “One Tree Hill.”

Kramer’s music career skyrocketed with the release of her official debut single, “Why Ya Wanna.” After reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country songs chart, Kramer recorded her first music video for the track.

Her sound mirrors the style of classic country stars like Faith Hill or Martina McBride with a modern edge. Kramer’s voice has a wide range, allowing for both soft melodies and strong ballads. Her eclectic country-pop vibe helps her connect with country music fans all across the spectrum.

The country star began

touring across the nation, opening for some of country’s biggest acts, including Blake Shelton on his Ten Times Crazier Tour.

Her show in Morgantown will be a bit of a change from her usual performances, with Schmitt’s offering a smaller, more personal venue experience for fans.

“It’s very rare that she is playing at a venue the size of Schmitt’s Saloon,” said Todd King, owner of Schmitt’s.

“Morgantown is very lucky to have this chance to see her here, in an intimate environment.”

The Saloon historically features a series of local and regional artists. They have substantially raised the bar in recent months by bringing a slew of big name acts to their venue in the coming weeks.

Fans can also look forward to hear some new songs from the country crooner, as she is now recording her second album. Kramer has begun to perform some of the new hits on the road, including “That’s Hot,” “Deal Breaker,” “Pop That Bottle” and “Don’t Touch My Radio.”

The show at Schmitt’s is already beginning to sell out, with only a handful of tickets still up for grabs.

King expects every seat in the house to be filled, with such a widely known country artist gracing the stage.

Opening for Kramer will be up-and-coming country star Sammy Arriaga, who has previously performed at Schmitt’s as a headliner. Arriaga, a Florida native, will bring a taste of the south to Morgantown with the release of his new single, “Lighter Up.” Doors will open at 7 p.m. Oct. 24. Tickets are $25. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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The Mountaineer Comedy Club’s bi-weekly show brought in two hilarious comics last night.

First on stage was Matt Bergman. His jokes covered a wide range of topics from grievances with Bruno Mars’ music to painfully funny anecdotes about the difficulties of sex while an ex’s dog is in the room.

Each of Bergman’s jokes gave the audience a brief story that hooked them in before he delivered a punchline to knock them out with laughter.

One joke had Bergman discussing how his success or failure at gambling influences his feelings towards Native Americans and the troubles they suffered through. On a good night of gambling, he only views them with the utmost respect. After a night of bad luck however, he doesn’t feel so bad about smallpox.

The second stand-up comic was Mike Merryfield. This comic brought a casual and comfortable attitude to the stage.

Merryfield’s raunchy set started with the difficulty of genitalia pictures, and it only got funnier from there.

A large portion of his humor was based on penis and vagina jokes, and he was quite good at them.

One joke, regarding “the secret vagina meeting” girls go to in fifth grade while the boys get an extra recess, put a hilarious spin on an aspect of sex education that many people probably forget about.

“It was actually really funny,” said Emily Oliver, a junior pre-occupational therapy student at

West Virginia University.

“I thought it was good.”

Another of Merryfield’s jokes covered the topic of Nascar and how dumb it is to watch something go in a circle for 500 laps. He drew a hilarious parallel between watching racing and seeing a dumb dog stare at a ceiling fan for hours on end. He raised an interesting point when he said both should be put out of their misery.

Merryfield got his start in comedy when his buddy bought a comedy club many years ago. At first he was working as a door man, but eventually decided to try his hand at stand-up just to see how it was.

The very first time he made the audience laugh, he was hooked.

“It’s like an addiction,” Merryfield said. “The adrenaline, the rush.”

He said he loves the feeling of control he has while on stage and the power he gets from making the audience laugh.

Although he loves performing, Merryfield warns against getting into standup as a career.

If it’s something you love to do he feels you should definitely try it, or you risk regretting not doing so later in life. However, if you’re in it for the money, look somewhere else. The paychecks aren’t worth all the stuff you have to put up with while on stage and touring.

Both comics had the audience in stitches. Each brought their own special brand of humor to the Mountaineer Comedy Club stage.

For those interested in seeing live professional stand-up for free, the Mountainlair hosts comedy shows at 9 p.m. every other Thursday in the Side Pocket downstairs.

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“Dorsey will be our featured headline comic of the evening sharing his prize-winning humor with the audience, ” Banks said.

Banks feels this is just enough stage time to have the audience chuckling.

“Expect to be squirting your favorite drinks from your nose,” Banks said. “That’s how funny these comedians will be.”

While the grand-prize winner will receive a $200 reward, the cash awards have doubled this quarter granting second place a $100 reward and third place a $50 prize. After the performance, audience members will select the winner through a vote.

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MAComedy returns with Standup Showdown The Monongalia Arts Center invites all to come out and join in on the fun as it hosts the fourth quarterly MAComedy Standup Showdown.

The MAComedy Standup Showdown allows local comedians to compete for a $200 grand prize and the opportunity to keep guests laughing with a headline at the next Showdown.

Held every quarter since Janurary 2014, the MAComedy Standup Showdown has been celebrating Morgantown’s local comedians.

For the very first time, Morgantown legend and radio personality Larry Nelson will host the event.

After reviewing video submissions, the MAC has selected four local comedians to compete in this quarter’s Showdown. Competitors are Jordan Bailey, Trevor Lewis Day, Mara Monaghan, and Cameron Elias Williams.

Comedians will have 10 to 15 minutes on stage to compete and show their best material. Wayne Dorsey, winner of the summer MAComedy Standup Showdown, will headline tonight’s event.

Roger Banks, Volunteer Resident Director at MAC, said the audience will be pumped up for the show.

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After facing college football heavyweights Alabama and Oklahoma in Weeks 1 and 4, No. 4 Baylor may statistically be one of the best teams West Virginia plays this season.

Led by senior quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate, Bryce Petty, the Bears’ high flying offense leads the nation in both total yards and yards per game. Through six games, Baylor’s Air Raid attack is averaging 622.5 yards per game, and its 43 offensive touchdowns lead the nation, as well.

“I think (Petty) makes smart decisions. He doesn’t have as many turnovers, and he throws directly to his reads,” said sophomore cornerback Daryl Worley.

“He makes decisions, and he makes them quick, so you definitely have to be on top of your game if you want to take the ball away from him.”

Despite being labeled as an Air Raid offense, the Bears have been able to effectively run the ball this season. Led by sophomore running back Shock Linwood, Baylor’s rushing attack is No. 15 in the nation and is averaging 251.5 yards per game. Linwood has rushed for 627 yards on 119 carries and eight touchdowns.

“They are fast and explosive,” said junior safety K.J. Dillon. “We have to stop the run, stop the pass and stop Bryce Petty. It’s that simple.”

Under fourth-year defensive coordinator Phil Bennett, Baylor’s defense has been on the rise the past several years. The Bears are No. 10 in total defense, No. 15 in rush defense, No. 18 in third down defense and are tied at No. 10 in sacks with 21.

Baylor’s pass rush is led by 6-foot-9, 280 pound defensive end Shawn Oakman. Not only is Oakman an intimidating sight, he also leads the Big 12 with five sacks.

“I tell you what’s impressive – he’s tall but he’s extremely physical,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen. “How fast and twitchy can you be as a 6’9 guy? It’s tough with pads on. But he is a physical dude.”

When asked if Baylor’s pass rush resembles Oklahoma’s, Holgorsen said, “At times, because they’re going to zero blitz you. Oklahoma didn’t zero blitz.”

A zero blitz occurs when the defense brings pressure and plays man-to-man coverage on the perimeter with no safety help over top. This figures to create plenty of one-on-one opportunities for playmakers Kevin White and Mario Alford.

“I think the team is more confident individually, so when they do go man each one’s playing style does take over,” said quarterback Clint Trickett.

Although Baylor’s defense will surely have its hands full with West Virginia’s offense, it’ll be the Mountaineers’ defense that will need to step up in a big way Saturday.

With offenses as good as Baylor’s, points will be scored and yardage will amass. However, it’ll be the ability of West Virginia’s defense to limit the Bears’ offense and get stops when it counts.

“You can’t gauge defensive football on yards per play or total yards,” Holgorsen said. “It’s about getting stops in key situations.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Following a furious fourth quarter comeback at Texas Tech, West Virginia is set to take on its third top-five opponent of the season when the No. 4 Baylor Bears come to Morgantown Saturday.

Head coach Art Briles’ team comes into the matchup riding a wave of momentum from its own comeback effort last week.

Trailing 58-37 at home against then-No. 9 TCU in the fourth quarter, Baylor rattled off 24 straight points to keep its chances at an undefeated season intact for another week.

Quar terback Br yce Petty, who had plenty of Heisman hype surrounding him before the season began, tossed six touchdowns in the game, living up to the high expectations that have been assigned to him.

“The thing that is a little ironic, I talked to Bryce a little while ago, is that he isn’t happy or satisfied. He knows that we as a football team left a lot of plays on the table. We can play

a whole lot better on both sides of the ball and special teams. He’s a guy who has a lot of experience, seen a lot of things and won us games,” Briles said.

The leader of the nation’s No. 1 offense, Petty has put up gaudy numbers in his two years as Baylor’s starting quarterback. He has struggled to duplicate the success he had in 2013 at times, but when his team needs him the most, like it did against TCU, Petty has stepped up.

“The expectation levels for him are up there pretty high, but at the end of the day it is all about winning.

We like to score on our first four drives, but we weren’t able to do that. We scored on our last four, which is the impressive part,” Briles said.

West Virginia’s defense will have the unenviable task of trying to contain Petty, along with the Bears’ loaded stable of skill players like running back Shock Linwood and receivers Antwan Goodley, Jay Lee, Corey Coleman and KD Cannon.

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Right now, we are facing dinator Shannon Dawson. trol on your end.”

“All you can do is control another animal as far as that goes. They are going to what you are able to conconnor.murray@mail.wvu.edu spread you from sideline to sideline,” said defensive coordinator Tony Gibson.

With the top two passing offenses in the Big 12 squaring off against each other, the scoreboard at Milan Puskar Stadium figures to be in for a long day Saturday.

Taking on an offense like Baylor’s is a completely unique scenario, as Gibson said. No matter who they play, the Bears seem to always find a way to put up big-time yardage numbers on the ground and through the air, all while piling up the points.

West Virginia’s offense, which has been dominant in spots this season, will have to avoid playing catch-up Saturday.

“I think you have to have tunnel vision and take what they are giving you. Obviously, we have to take shots by the nature of their defense, and we have to throw the ball vertical, but that can’t be all that you do, because your percentages are going to go down when you are taking shots,” said offensive coor-

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No. 13 WVU embarks on final Big 12 road trip of season

By Ryan Petrovich Sports Writer @DailyAthenaeum

The West Virginia women’s soccer team is heading into another pair of Big 12 matchups this weekend.

Coming off a hard-fought victory against Texas Tech last week, WVU is looking to further improve their conference record.

The Mountaineers will square off against Iowa State tonight. The Cyclones are riding a five-game losing streak.

Their most recent loss came at the hands of Oklahoma, who downed them 1-0.

The Mountaineers, on the other hand, are carrying a 10game unbeaten streak. Their 4-2 win over Texas Tech has put them in third place in the Big 12 standings.

“Unfortunately, they haven’t gotten the results, but (Iowa State’s) definitely a hard team to beat,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “They’re

only losing by a goal. It’s a team that’s hungry.”

Sophomore forward Koree Willer leads the Cyclones with eight goals this season.

She’s a dangerous player who the Mountaineers will look to contain.

This may not be too difficult for WVU’s backline, which is playing solid ball and will look to keep its success against Iowa State.

“Defense is important for us,” said defender Carly Black.

“It’s something this program has always prided themselves on, so we take a lot of pride in it, as well. We definitely need to shut these teams out.”

West Virginia’s win over Texas Tech last week was no easy task. The Mountaineers managed to get a win even with being down a player, as Amandine Pierre-Louis was given a red card and ejected from play.

“We just beat Texas Tech, which is a great team, and we beat them with a man down.

That’s a great feeling,” said midfielder Cari Price.

The Mountaineers will face Iowa State today before taking on No. 11 Kansas – the team leading the Big 12 with a conference record of 4-0.

While the bigger of the weekend matchups will be Sunday, Izzo-Brown and company have to be careful not to overlook Iowa State.

“It’s definitely going to be a battle,” Izzo-Brown said.

“They’re definitely better than what their record shows.”

The games against Iowa State and Kansas will conclude West Virginia’s regular season road games. The Mountaineers hope to finish road play on the right foot and round out the season at home.

“It’s going to be a real big weekend for us,” Izzo-Brown said. “This is nice to be our last regular season road matches.

Huge weekend for us.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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There was no winner and no loser in the Mountaineers first game in the MAC this season. Now the Mountaineers are back on the road for their second conference game of the season.

West Virginia will travel to Ohio today to face the Akron Zips. The Zips bring a 7-4-1 record to the pitch and have been stiff competition all year for their opponents. Akron has scored 18 goals this season and has held its opponents to nine.

When the Zips are at home, they are at their best. This season, Akron has been perfect at home with a 5-0-0 record. The Zips dominated the University of Akron Tournament earlier this season with back-to-back wins against UCF and Hartford by a combined score of 4-1.

In their most recent action, the Zips have been 3-1 in their last four games. Their only loss in the last four games was on the road against No. 21 Michigan State, 1-0.

Akron also came away with a crucial conference win against Bowling Green on the road. The Zips paid a visit to Bowling Green last Saturday, and defeated the Falcons 1-0. Akron has only won two games on the road this season, but the Zips were able to make the most of their opportunity on the road against Bowling Green.

The Zips’ most recent game also yielded victory against Michigan, 3-0, at home. Michigan only got two shots on goal, while the Zips were able to take a 2-0 lead less than 15 minutes into the game. Stuart Holthusen scored early in the game, and Adam Najem drilled home a penalty kick to give the Zips the lead and eventually the game.

“Akron is a well-

coached team and very organized as usual,” said West Virginia head coach Marlon LeBlanc in a release. “It’s always a great atmosphere, and it has proven to be a challenge to get a result.”

The Zips also have the reigning MAC player of the Week in their net. Junior goalkeeper Jake Fenlason has recorded four shutouts on the season and recorded six saves in the team’s big victory against Bowling Green.

West Virginia did not score against Akron last year in either game they played against them. In their first meeting during the 2013 regular season, the Zips came away with 1-0 victory at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The two teams would meet again in the first round of the MAC semifinals in Akron. The Zips were able to dominante the Mountaineers 3-0 behind two Eric Stevenson goals and three Adam Najem assists. Stevenson has graduated, but Najem remains a threat for the Zips.

This will be the first time since joining the MAC conference in 2012 that the Mountaineers have begun the conference schedule with two consecutive road games. West Virginia is looking to avenge its losses from last season and get a crucial MAC win to put them in position to win the MAC title.

The matchup will take place tonight at 7 at First Energy Stadium-Cub Cadet Field in Akron, Ohio. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Royals finish improbable run through AL playoffs KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — When the final out was made on another improbable night, and the Kansas City Royals were headed back to the World Series, Ned Yost stood in the dugout and watched.

He watched as a bunch of young players he’s nurtured for years celebrated.

He watched as veterans and journeymen and baseball vagabonds piled onto the infield. And he watched as a fan base that has so often criticized him relished a moment 29 years in the making.

“These kids, from the minute you saw them, you knew they were going to be special,” Yost said. “Their goal was to get here and win a championship, and today they accomplished that.”

Led by a dynamic defense, an opportunistic offense and one of the best bullpens in the game, the Royals swept aside the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. With another tight win, 2-1, the Royals captured their first the American League championship since 1985.

That was also the last time they were in the playoffs.

“It’s hard to explain,” said outfielder Lorenzo Cain, whose clutch hits and dramatic grabs earned him the series MVP award.

“We’re clicking at the right moment right now.”

Now, the Royals will carry an 11-game playoff win streak into the World Series, one shy of the major league record. That includes their first eight this season, something that had never been done in postseason history. Kansas City beat Oakland in a 12-inning wild-card thriller to start things off, then swept the Los Angeles Angels in the Division Series.

The Fall Classic will begin Tuesday in Kansas City between the Royals and the winner of the NLCS between the Giants and Cardinals. Coincidentally, it was St. Louis that fell to the Royals in seven dramafilled games during the ‘85 World Series.

“I don’t think we’re done yet,” designated hitter Billy Butler said.

After the Royals held the Orioles to three hits in Game 3, Jason Vargas and their bullpen held them to four Wednesday night.

Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis got the game to Greg Holland, who matched Dennis Eckersley’s record with his fourth save of the best-of-seven series.

Holland got J.J. Hardy to ground out to third base for the final out, and the Royals spilled onto the infield in a wild celebration. Fireworks shot over the crown-shaped scoreboard in center field, and a blue-clad sellout crowd

that included Royals greats George Brett and Brett Saberhagen let out a roar while cars on nearby Interstate 70 honked their horns.

“That’s what you dream of as a kid,” Holland said.

“Punch your ticket to the World Series, especially before your home crowd.

These fans have been waiting a long time. They deserve it.”

The Orioles, meanwhile, will limp into the offseason after a 96-win season having been swept for the first time in franchise history, a stretch of 21 postseason series.

“I think it’s not what we didn’t do. It’s more what they did,” said the Orioles’ Ryan Flaherty, whose home run represented their lone run. “We played good baseball.”

Making his first start in nearly two weeks, Vargas shut down the vaunted Orioles lineup in Game 4. The only damage he allowed came in the third inning, when Flaherty went deep.

By that point, the Royals had already manufactured a pair of runs.

Alcides Escobar singled off Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez to open the game, and Nori Aoki was drilled on the right knee a couple pitches later. Yost then opted to bunt with Cain, one of his hottest hitters, to advance both of the

runners.

It was a questionable decision so early in the game. But like almost every unorthodox move that Yost has made, it worked out perfectly – for Cain’s first career sacrifice.

Eric Hosmer followed with a chopping grounder, and first baseman Steve Pearce went home with it.

Escobar slid safely and the ball bounded away from catcher Caleb Joseph, allowing Aoki to follow his teammate home and giving the scrappy, small-ball Royals a 2-0 lead.

After that, it was up to their defense and bullpen.

Escobar turned a pair of double plays early in the game to help Vargas escape jams, and Gordon made a spectacular catch while crashing into the left-field wall to rob Hardy of extra bases leading off the fifth inning. In the sixth, second baseman Omar Infante was in perfect position to snag Nelson Cruz’s line drive and leave runners on the corners.

Herrera breezed through the seventh and Davis handled the eighth, just as they have all season, and Holland slammed the door on his fourth save of the series.

And set off of a raucous celebration that had been 29 years in the making.

In the midst of it all was Yost, the often-criticized

Royals manager who has guided a collection of budding young stars to baseball’s grandest stage. In doing so, Yost became the first manager in major league history to win his first eight postseason games.

Now, just four more wins stand in the way of an improbable World Series championship.

“These guys are willing to play selfless baseball where all they’re concentrating on is winning the game,” Yost said. “Nobody is looking to be a hero right now, they’re just looking to win a ballgame, and they’ve done a tremendous job.”

STREAKS AND STATS The Royals are the seventh team to record a bestof-seven sweep in a league championship series. ...

The 1976 Reds and 2007 Rockies each won seven straight games to start a postseason. ... Hosmer has 13 hits this postseason, fifth-most by a Royals hitter. Willie Wilson had 20 in the 1985 postseason. ...

Both games at Kauffman Stadium were played in less than 3 hours.

STACKING UP Kansas City did well this season against both potential World Series opponents.

The Royals swept a three-game series from the visiting Giants in August, beating Madison

Bumgarner, Tim Hudson and Tim Lincecum. KC hasn’t played at San Francisco since 2005.

The Royals went 3-1 against St. Louis, sweeping two games at Busch Stadium and splitting back at Kauffman Stadium.

UP NEXT Royals: The Royals are in the World Series for the third time in franchise history. “It’s been incredible to watch,” said Saberhagen, one of the star pitchers on the ‘85 title team.

Orioles: It’s on to the offseason for a team that overcame a series of injuries (Matt Wieters, Manny Machado) and suspensions (Chris Davis) to reach the ALCS. Baltimore still has not made it back to the World Series since 1983.

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