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Friday October 18, 2013
Volume 126, Issue 43
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County breaks ground for ballpark BY Summer Ratcliff City Editor @SummerRatcliff
In April, the West Virginia state legislature passed legislation to allow the University Town Centre in Morgantown to become a sales tax increment financing (TIF) district. This legislation paved the way for a $96-million development project to begin in the small municipality of Granville, W.Va. The project includes a new exit off Interstate 79 between Westover and Star City, 1,400 acres for private development of retail and office space and a $16.2 million West Virginia University ballpark. WVU officials joined with
local and state dignitaries Thursday to break ground on the highly anticipated WVU ballpark. “The baseball stadium that we celebrate today, that will rise on this land, will generate significant economic benefits for the entire region,” said University President James P. Clements. “Families will come to this ballpark, including mine, and we will make memories that will last for a lifetime. Young kids will be inspired to play team sports and will gain the benefits that come from the value of learning teamwork and the value of hard work.” The stadium development is the culmination of almost two years of plan-
ning by WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck with state senator Bob Beach and local developer Jason Donohue. The team worked diligently with state representatives to see the bill survived the long legislative process and was eventually approved. “I would like to thank all of our state representatives; we appreciate all of the work you have done this past session to make this a reality,” Luck said. “We took it into extra innings if you remember, but you kept your calm, stayed steady at the plate and you knocked it out of the park. We appreciate that very much.” Luck said without the vi-
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TheRubberU to host Tailgate for Tatas BY Summer Ratcliff City Editor @SummerRatcliff
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, theRubberU will host a charity Tailgate for Tatas fundraiser before the West Virginia University home football game against Texas Tech. The event will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Peking House parking lot. All donations received will go to benefit the Betty Puskar Breast Care Center, an American College of Radiology (ACR) designated Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Vic Lombard, owner of theRubberU, said his team decided to create this special charity event as a way for students and alumni to join with family and friends in a safe, family-friendly environment while giving back. “I think we have all been affected or know someone who has been affected by breast cancer,” Lombard said. “Having the opportunity to help support a great organization and cause with this event is the least we could do. “Not everyone gets in-
volved in charity or fundraising, but with this event people can do their small part to make a difference and have a good time while doing it.” Donations will be accepted at the tailgate entrance, and anyone who donates more than $5 will receive pink theRubberU wristbands. Lombard said because many of his employees have been directly affected by breast cancer, the team is hoping to make an impact on the financial needs of breast cancer research. TheRubberU employee Domenico Di Pilato said she dealt with breast cancer firsthand when her godmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I remember when I was 12 and my mom was on the phone crying. My godmother, her best friend since high school, had been diagnosed with breast cancer,” Di Pilato said. “Doctors said she wasn’t going to make it. A few years later she finally beat it. “She never gave up hope, and that hope, that feeling,
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Baseball coach Randy Mazey and Athletic Director Oliver Luck join others in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new baseball stadium to be built at the University Town Centre in Morgantown.
W.Va. native, Nuru International CEO talks world poverty By aLEXIS rANDOLPH sTAFF wRITER @dAILYaTHENAEUM
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Jake Harriman speaks at WVU’s Festival of Ideas event Thursday.
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Audience members get settled as Jake Harriman takes the stage.
The David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas hosted speaker Jake Harriman in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Thursday. Harriman, a West Virginia native and former Marine, founded and is the CEO of Nuru International. Harriman is from Preston County, W.Va., and briefly attended West Virginia University to study mechanical engineering. He then went on to attend the Naval Academy. Harriman served seven and a half years in the Marine Corps as a platoon commander. After his years of service, he attended Stanford Graduate School of Business where he started Nuru International. The organization works to fight against extreme poverty through an innovative sustainability engine. Nuru focuses on working with local communities in building a specialized program around the community’s needs. They do by giving out business and agricultural loans and teaching skills, such as its
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Morgantown Beauty College a cut above the rest by hilary kinney staff writer @dailyathenaeum
When people want or need a haircut, manicure, facial or massage, most are quick to book an appointment at a local salon. However, residents of Morgantown can find quality services at the Morgantown Beauty College. The Beauty College offers a full range of cosmetology services, including haircuts, manicures and pedicures, massages, hair coloring, perms and even makeup application. Cory Dobson/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM Despite being stuMorgantown Beauty College instructor Laura Rose and cosmetology student Kayla Kutcher work on a color foil together dents, they still provide in a studio room.
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WEEKEND LOWDOWN This weekend is full of exciting opportunities. OPINION PAGE 4
customers with exemplary services. Brenda Waller, instructor at the Morgantown Beauty College, said students of the school are passionate and dedicated to delivering quality services to customers. “You’re going to get students who really care about what they’re doing versus focusing on getting a paycheck. These girls really want to learn,” Waller said. “To them, it’s important to offer perfect service. They’re getting graded and everything they do is being scrutinized by an instructor.” Natoshia Phillips, a senior at the Beauty College, will be working in a salon
in just a few weeks after she graduates. “I honestly think we do a better job (at the beauty school) because we take more time and are more careful about things,” Phillips said. “Whereas in a regular salon, they just want to get you in and out to get their numbers and money up.” Amy Purpura waited to get a haircut at the beauty school Thursday, just as she has done numerous times before. “I’ve never come here and not gotten a good haircut,” Purpura said. “Even though they are students and people might
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PANTHER HUNTING The WVU men’s soccer team will take on Georgia State Saturday at home. SPORTS PAGE 10