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THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

Thursday football games add conflict to faculty and student schedules

BY JAMES KNABLE

NEWS EDITOR

Changes were made to WVU’s Student Conduct Code and Discipline Procedure that created a charge for organizational misconduct and lowered the number of adjudicators present on a conduct hearing.

Approved by Dean of Students Corey Farris on Oct. 17, the changes to the conduct code created a charge for “deceptive organizational practices,” which allows the University to charge WVU students for: • Claiming to be a University-approved organization when it is not

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WVU will host a Thursday night game in Morgantown for the first time since 2014. side, some students will be taking exams and quizzes in the hours just before kickoff.

Demetrius Greer, an adviser at the Reed College of Media, said that a Thursday football game “is not the best idea.”

“Morgantown isn’t well equipped to handle that much

traffic on a Thursday night during rush hour,” Greer said. “With a daughter in day care, it makes it tough to get around town with traffic going toward the stadium.”

Monongalia County Schools announced it will be dismissing students two hours early to prepare for game day traffic.

• Behavior that uses deception to mislead a student regarding the organization • Not using organization funds or dues for the purpose they were collected Showalter said the changes regarding unaffiliated organizations apply to the WVU students in them, but the University cannot charge the groups themselves.

“Because they’re not recognized, we can’t make a case against an organization, but it gives us the ability to address the individuals or address the behavior under the code, because before we wouldn’t have been able to do that,” she said.

Since the changes are just over a week old, Showalter said the University hasn’t made a de-

cision on how the policy will be implemented.

“As far as the details of how we would move forward on that, I think that’s going to be ever-evolving as the situation evolves,” she said.

The other change to the code lowered the number of officials on a serious conduct hearing, called a hearing adjudicator, from a three, four or five-person panel to just one individual.

The individual, WVU’s Chief Grievance Administrator Sue Keller, will conduct hearings for students facing suspension or expulsion from the University instead of the panel, Showalter said.

Showalter said the change will help with consistency in judgment and get rid of possible situations

Fraternity councils hold rival meet and greets WVU IFC and Independent IFC schedule information events for same day.

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PRT cram brings students tightly together

Changes involving organizations, hearings added to conduct and discipline code

BY JOE SEVERINO

danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

Home night games under Holgorsen following a loss:

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The WVU football team will welcome Baylor Thursday for a weeknight showdown, but the date of the game has created an unfamiliar problem that hangs over this upcoming game.

Morgantown has not hosted a weekday football game in four years, which may cause an interruption in faculty and student schedules.

One student said having classes on the day of the game will cause problems with the work he does for ROTC on campus.

“Being in ROTC, I’m expected to work at most home football games, but with an exam on Thursday, that adds problems to my schedule,” junior ROTC cadet Freddy Rodriguez said.

In regard to classes and faculty, some professors are canceling classes on Thursday. On the flip

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where convening a panel would take too much time.

“It is the same process from beginning to end; the same standards apply,” she said. “[Now] it’s one person applying the same standards, whereas before, you could have different cases, and the panels were ever-changing.”

Showalter added this was a “pilot program” that WVU will roll out to see if this process is more effective than the previous one.

She added that there was student input on these conduct changes, as well.

“We actually met with several students from SGA and presented the information and were given some suggestions, and so there’s student input in terms of the changes,” she said.

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NEWS

Fraternity councils hold rival meet and greets WVU IFC begins pilot rush week

BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR

The WVU IFC held a meet and greet Wednesday at the Mountainlair as the first event of its pilot program rush week. The University is moving away from its deferred recruitment policy.

WVU’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) held the first event of its pilot program rush period just two days after the council announced it would begin accepting first semester freshmen again.

In a press release, the council wrote it will be walking back its deferred recruitment policy, which was implemented in 2016, and will allow eligible first semester freshmen to rush IFC-approved fraternities.

Dean of Students Corey Farris said Wednesday the IFC, students and University officials have been working on the pilot program for a while.

“We’ve been having conversations and dialogue with fraternities for a long time,” Farris said. “The students stepped up in the leadership role.”

Director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Matthew Richardson said the meet and greet event Wednesday will get freshmen familiar with the IFC and the rules of the pilot program.

“We’re hoping that those students that are interested at this point to come forward and get to know Greek life,” Richardson said. “If they want to join this semester, obviously we have our

minimum requirements, but as long as they have a 2.75 [GPA] at midterm, if they’re first semester freshmen, then they’re able to join.”

Farris also credited President E. Gordon Gee for helping orchestrate the program.

“He’s a huge supporter of Greek life,” Farris said. “He lived in a fraternity house himself for four years, and so he sees the value and knows the importance and what kind of a big role that fraternities played in his life; and so he knows it’s doing the same in others on this campus.”

In a press release from WVU Today, the University defines eligible freshmen as having a minimum 2.75 GPA. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life will determine eligibility status.

The rush period will start Wednesday and will last until Nov. 16.

WVU listed several requirements for fraternities during the IFC rush week, which include alcohol-free events, event approval from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and no events can be held between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.

Another requirement is that “University staff will closely monitor recruitment and new member education activities,” according to the release.

“I firmly believe this will benefit their chapter growth and ultimately promote a safer and healthier environment for new member recruitment,” President E. Gordon Gee said in the WVU Today release.

IIFC holds informal recruiting session

BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR

The Independent Interfraternity Council (IIFC) held an informal recruiting session Wednesday evening in a response to WVU ’s announcement to hold a secondary recruitment session for WVU-affiliated fraternities.

IIFC Vice President of Community Relations Jimmy Frey said the council wanted to inform students their reasoning for breaking from the University.

“We mostly just explained the disaffiliation and why we’re doing it, and talked about why you should rush this disaffiliated fraternity,” Frey said.

About 40 students attended the event, Frey said, and the IIFC hopes to hold similar informal sessions down the road.

He added that unlike the WVU Interfraternity Council’s (IFC) rush period, the IIFC will wait until next semester to begin accepting pledges again.

“We’ll meet with kids and tell them why we did what we did and tell them to rush in the spring and what not,” he said. “It’s so late in the semester, it’s too late to do a rush week with a whole class again.”

In a press release posted to the IIFC’s Twitter account

Fraternities that have disassociated from WVU: • Kappa Alpha: Aug. 16, 2018

BY JOE SEVERINO

• Sigma Chi: Aug. 10, 2018

• Phi Sigma Kappa: Sept. 22, 2018

• Theta Chi: Sept. 23, 2018

• Alpha Sigma Phi: Sept. 25, 2018 GRAPHIC BY HALEIGH HOLDEN

Monday, the council wrote it had problems with President E. Gordon Gee’s letter to parents announcing the pilot program.

“The IIFC steadfastly believes that students do not believe their rights and privileges at the gate of the institutions in which they enroll, and we feel it is patently unfair to ask them to do so,” the release wrote.

“The IIFC firmly be-

lieves that the rights guaranteed by the Constitution are not at the mercy of University bureaucrats who have shown no reservation in violating them when they see fit.”

It continued, “[a]ll male students — including freshmen — seeking information regarding our member fraternities are highly encouraged to participate.”

Emails show Morgantown officials’ viewpoints on frat parties

BY DOUGLAS SOULE EDITOR INCHIEF

Emails between the Morgantown fire chief and police chief show an interest by city officials to take more control over fraternity events.

In an August email exchange obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request, Fire Chief Mark Caravasos said to Police Chief Ed Preston that he took issue with WVU authorizing parties in places it doesn’t own.

“Since we just updated the assembly permit regulations, we could address this issue and tie it into the ability to revoke the assembly permit if things happen to get out of hand,” he wrote.

In response to Caravasos, Preston wrote, “In [sic] with you.”

Morgantown Public Infor-

mation Officer Andrew Stacy said Preston and Caravasos could not comment.

“The Police and Fire Chiefs do not comment on personal views or internal discussions about city policy,” he wrote It is not clear how the city could put the additional requirements on Greek life mentioned in Caravasos’ email, since current city code does not require a permit unless a party exceeds a certain sound level.

WVU Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Matthew Richardson said if the city wanted to begin requiring permits for other kinds of house parties, he would have no problem partnering with the city to enforce that.

“I would, though, advocate for consistency across the board,” he said. “What about those students who just live in a house together? How would [Morgantown] go about en-

suring that they go through the city permitting process? I think it would raise other issues that we would have to deal with.”

The email exchange between Preston and Caravasos began when WVU sent the lineup of University-approved social events for Alpha Sigma Phi: an event on Friday, Aug. 17 from 9 p.m to midnight and an event on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 9 p.m. to midnight.

University spokesperson April Kaull said these were considered “By Invite Only” events. These events, which fraternities are only able to have three times a year, limit the amount of people each active member can invite to two.

The Greek life Manual of Operations currently does not say fraternities hosting “By Invite Only” events have to go through the city permitting process to do so.

UPD moves surveillance camera to Law lot, reports incident leaning toward vandalism

Permit process explained: A “Outdoor/City of Morgantow n Per mit Event,” which is an outdoor event of more than 50 people that generates more noise than can be reasonably expected for a neighborhood, does require fraternities to get a Special Event Permit, according to the Manual of Operations.

Such permits must be requested at least 15 days prior to the event and come with a $20 processing fee. Fraternities have to inform residents within 400 feet of the event and get permission for it.

This permit expires

at 10 p.m. each day of the week.

This permit process is stricter than the University’s event approval process for gatherings that don’t fall under a “Outdoor/City of Morgantown Permit Event.”

Currently, events such as “By Invite Only” can last until 11 p.m. on a day of the week that is not followed by classes, or until 2 a.m. on days not preceding classes. Registration forms are due by 9 p.m. the Tuesday before the event.

NEWS EDITOR

University Police has moved a mobile surveillance camera to the parking lot where at least 33 cars had their windows smashed last Saturday.

UPD will move the surveillance camera to Area 200, which is near the College of Law and Milan Puskar Stadium, University Director of News April Kaull said Wednesday.

Kaull also provided an update on the investigation into the incident. She said officers are still investigating, but the damage at the scene is leading UPD to believe theft might not have been the primary motive.

“They think, because they left so many things, that their intent was probably more to cause damage — vandalism — than the intent was theft,” she said.

“However, there were some items taken.”

“But, they also left a lot of things that would’ve been very portable and easy to take,” she added.

Kaull said UPD believes the incident took place sometime between 3 and 6 a.m. Saturday morning.

She added that WVU Parking and Transportation sent an email to parents of the students who hold permits in Area 200 to not leave valuables in their cars. UPD also reported this incident was the first in this area in recent years.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

CULTURE

PRT Cram brings students tightly together

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR

Whether you love it or hate it, if you are a WVU student, you’ve been in the PRT. While some may find it to be an inconvenience, it is part of West Virginia University’s culture. The cars are compact and can comfortably fit up to 15 people. However, the PRT Cram, a long-standing Mountaineer Week tradition, looks to push that limit.

Each Mountaineer Week, WVU students compete to see how many students they can cram into a PRT car.

In 2000, the record was set at 97 people. That is six times as many people than can fit normally. Since then, students have come close but not yet broken that record.

This was the case on Monday, when a PRT car without doors or windows was set in front of the Mountainlair.

Amber Mathews, a junior

in management information systems from Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, is the president of the Student Events Boar.

She said student organizations have the option to bring members to try and break the record.

The winning group wins $150 toward their organization. The organization also has the option to give the money to the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Foundation.

Ten different student groups participated, each hoping to have the most students crammed into the car and win the money. The Mountaineer Maniacs had the most students on Monday, fitting 74 of their members into the car. They also won last year and donated the money to the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Foundation.

Mathews said the purpose of the PRT Cram was to bring students together and celebrate Mountaineer pride.

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A group of students cram into the PRT. The winning group fit 74 people.

Emma Harrison

Ginny Thrasher

Andrea Pettit

Karen Laska

Morgan King

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Five students endorsed for national scholarships

BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR

Despite WVU’s somewhat infamous reputation as a “party school,” the University routinely produces students who compete for the nation’s top scholarships.

This year is no different.

Announced at the beginning of the month, WVU has endorsed seniors Emma Harrison, Ginny Thrasher and Andrea Pettit for the Rhodes Scholarship, senior Karen Laska for the Mitchell Scholarship and May 2017 graduate Morgan King for the Marshall Scholarship. All five

students are from the Honors College and completed their applications through the ASPIRE Office.

WVU has produced 25 Rhodes Scholars with C. F. Tucker Brooke as the first in 1904 and Carolyn G. Conner as the latest in 1995. The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate scholarship that funds winners’ postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. Only 32 students from the United States are chosen each year.

Harrison, Thrasher and Pettit have all been endorsed for the Rhodes Scholarship.

Harrison is originally from Morgantown and is double

majoring in political science and multidisciplinary studies. She has been involved in prison education work through the West Virginia Innocence Project for the last three years. She also teaches classes at United States Penitentiary, Hazelton and volunteers with the Appalachian Prison Book Project.

A fellow Morgantown native, Pettit is also up for the Rhodes Scholarship. She is majoring in immunology and medical microbiology and is a runner on the WVU cross country team. So far her research has focused on the implications of sex chromosome compliments on one’s micro-

biome and sexually dimorphic immune responses.

Thrasher, a Springfield, Virginia native, is a biomedical engineering student and a member of the WVU rifle team. If she won the scholarship, Thrasher said she would switch gears from her major and get the equivalent of two master’s degrees at Oxford, one in cognitive and evolutionary anthropology and psychological research.

The Mitchell Scholarship is awarded to up to 12 scholars each year and funds one academic year of postgraduate study in any discipline at any university in Ireland or Northern Ireland. WVU has never

had a Mitchell Scholar.

Laska is up for the Mitchell. A native of Wheeling, she is triple majoring in international studies, Slavic and Eastern European studies and world languages. Laska said she wants to study Polish integration and migration and is interested in public diplomacy.

The Marshall Scholarship is awarded to up to 40 scholars for postgraduate study at any university in the United Kingdom in any field. WVU has had two Marshall Scholars, Lisa Di Bartolomeo in 1991 and Jacqueline Bass in 1999.

A native of Charleston,

Morgan King is up for the Marshall Scholarship. She graduated from WVU in May with a degree in Civil Engineering and is currently working in Madrid, Spain as a Fulbright teaching assistant for the Global Classrooms program, designed to teach students English through participation in Model United Nations.

All five students will find out in the coming months whether or not they have been chosen as scholarship recipients. More information about all five of the students can be found at thedaonline. com.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

OPINION

Thursday night games: Should students participate in classes?

BY SIERRA POWERS OPINION WRITER

Thursday night football: for students, the tailgates will be just as fun, the stadium will be just as spirited and blue and gold will be seen everywhere, just as any other Saturday football game.

For some students, the Thursday night Mountaineer game may not be the same as any other, because they may be stuck in class.

Many people believe that college is only about your classes and the degree at the end, and I agree that is an extremely important aspect of your college experience. But I believe that school spirit and sporting events can be just as important as academics.

In a Journalism 101 class, students voted whether or not classes that take place during the scheduled Thurs-

“My advice is study hard all day Thursday, and then party hard Thursday evening as the Mountaineers kick butt,” -Timothy Warner, geography professor day game should be canceled or not. Not surprisingly, 94 percent of students answered that they believe classes taking place during the Thursday game should be canceled.

Timothy Warner, a geography professor at WVU, decided not to cancel his classes on Thursday because they are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. He believes that despite Morgantown traffic, students should be able to make it to the game on time.

“My advice is study hard all day Thursday, and then party hard Thursday evening as the

Mountaineers kick butt,” Warner said. “I have empirical data that shows that for each lecture a student misses, that student’s overall grade falls by about 4 percent. For those who are doing well, missing one lecture is not very serious. However, for those who are struggling, it would seem unwise.”

Although some students will luck out and have their Thursday classes canceled, others will have to gear up for school and celebrate their accomplishment later with a Mountaineer win.

‘Don’t let our state take our rights away!’

SUBMITTED BY OLIVIA LEE WVU STUDENT

I grew up in West Virginia.

I love the mountains, the small town atmosphere and, of course, the people. When it was time for me to choose a college, I knew that I wanted to stay in my home state, but lately, it feels like our state is moving backward.

West Virginia has always cared about its people and believes that everyone should be treated fairly and have equal access to things like healthcare. But this election, there is an amendment on the ballot that would change our state constitution to say: “nothing protects or secures the right to an abortion or requires the funding of abortion.”

Amendment 1 would be a huge step back for our state

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because it puts the lives of all West Virginian women at risk. How does it do this?

It makes no exceptions for cases of rape or when the life of the woman is at risk.

When I think about Amendment 1, I consider all women who have been victims and survivors of sexual assault. If the survivor of sexual assault finds herself pregnant and wishes to end that pregnancy, she should be able to do so. Amendment 1 provides no clear options for individuals experiencing that kind of trauma.

Let’s also not forget that when women are unable to access safe abortions, they may resort to unsafe methods of ending their pregnancy. If passed, this amendment would make abortion even less accessible in a state where there is already only

one abortion provider.

A few years ago, a friend of mine found herself pregnant while in an abusive relationship. I can’t help but wonder, if Amendment 1 were in our state constitution, would she still be alive?

I have never been in a situation where I considered ending a pregnancy, but I believe that abortion should be a personal decision, made between a woman and her doctor — not a decision made for her by the government.

I’ve spent my entire life in West Virginia. The caring and compassionate people of my state have made me who I am today. I want to live in a state where women can be trusted to make the medical decision that is best for them.

That is why I will be voting no on Amendment 1 on Nov. 6.

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SPORTS

Q&A with Baylor Lariat sports editor Ben Everett his tail off on every play. Linebacker Clay Johnston has battled injuries during his time at Baylor, but might be the most talented player the Bears have on defense.”

BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL For the first time since 2014, the West Virginia University football team will host a football game on a Thursday night.

The Mountaineers are 2714 -1 all-time at night at Mountaineer Field (night game is defined as any game that kicks off after 6 p.m.) and 7-4 in night games following a loss.

While those statistics might lead to the conclusion that history is on WVU’s side, a tough Baylor team is coming in to town with revenge on their minds. The Mountaineers just squeaked by with a 38-36 win in Waco last season.

Ben Everett, the sports editor for the Baylor Lariat talked with us about Thursday’s game.

Who will win on Thursday and why?

“I fully expect the Mountaineers to pull out the victory against Baylor on Thursday night. The Bears have made significant strides going back to last season and have turned themselves into a respectable opponent, but West Virginia

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Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer (12) passes the ball against Oklahoma in the first half of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Oklahoma. is simply a better team. If this were in Waco, I would consider picking Baylor, but Morgantown has never been kind to the Bears. With the Mountaineers coming off a disappointing loss to Iowa State, I expect Will Grier and the offense to be humming in front of the home crowd as they try to hang on to their col-

lege football playoff hopes.”

What are Baylor’s strengths?

“The Bears’ biggest advantage over opponents is their veteran wide receiving corps.

Denzel Mims and Jalen Hurd have been excellent in recent weeks,ww and Chris Platt is a

deep ball threat on every snap.

If Baylor’s run game is lacking, it knows it has a group of reliable receivers to get a first down or touchdown. On the defensive side, there are a couple of players that stick out. Defensive end James Lynch has been Baylor’s best player on that side of the ball all season long and works

What are Baylor’s weaknesses?

“Baylor’s most glaring weakness is giving up big plays on defense. The Bears’ defense was absolutely picked apart by Kyler Murray and Oklahoma and Kansas State running back Alex Barnes had a career day against Baylor, breaking loose for long run after long run. The Bears did a good job of containing the Texas playmakers two weeks ago, and will need to replicate that to have any chance against West Virginia. The Bears’ run game has also been somewhat inconsistent this season. The running back trio of JaMycal Hasty, John Lovett and Trestan Ebner have struggled to do anything against talented defensive fronts. When Baylor can’t get the run game going, they have a very small chance at pulling out a win.”

What has been the mood on campus since nearly beating Texas on the road?

“The game against Texas was both encouraging and

heartbreaking. It showed the Bears have a chance to compete with the best teams in the conference. At the same time, everyone on the team and on campus felt like Baylor should have won. They believe they can compete with anyone, and holding the Longhorns scoreless in the second half was the most impressive performance

by Baylor’s defense in possibly decades. Rhule said his players were more upset after that game than he’s ever seen them. It could have been a program-altering win. It’s only a matter of time before Baylor gets one of those.”

With Rhule at the helm and the team improving, how long do you think it will take for Baylor to once again challenge for the Big 12 title?

“While I expect the Bears to make a bowl game each of the next two seasons, I don’t see them being good enough to compete for a conference title. Rhule’s recruits are just now beginning to contribute to the success of the team. Once players like Sqwirl Williams and Tyquan Thornton are seniors, the entire team will be Rhule’s guys.

I could see that team challenging for a Big 12 title. So let’s set the mark at 2021 and beyond.”

Grier, Spavital working to prevent Iowa State repeat

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER

FOOTBALL Will Grier is fiercely competitive.

The West Virginia redshirt senior quarterback always wants to win. He always wants to make a play to help his team out. He hates to lose. He hates to make mistakes. He is his own biggest critic. And everyone around him loves those qualities about him.

But sometimes, instead of going for a big play and trying to do whatever it takes to make something out of nothing, there are times when the smart and more efficient play is to just get rid of the ball. Grier understands that and has had discussions with offensive coordinator Jake Spavital since the conclusion of the 30-14 loss at Iowa State when Grier was sacked seven times and completed only 11 passes for 100 yards.

“He’s such a competitor in terms of he was trying to get like a spark,” Spavital said. “He was trying to spark us at times.

You give Iowa State credit. They did a really good job at tackling. You’ve seen Will extend it a little bit and maybe make a play downfield. Those guys

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West Virginia defense moves quickly to take down Kansas.

PHOTO BY TEMITAYO ADESOKAN

Will Grier passing the ball to David Sills during the Kansas game. were running and I thought they were playing a little more harder than we were and they were tackling well.”

Losing to Iowa State can’t be pinned only on him. It was a team effort. The defense missed 31 tackles, the offensive line struggled with protection and the offense stalled out as no drive lasted longer than five plays and only recorded 152 total yards — the lowest output in

the Dana Holgorsen era.

Perhaps some of those sacks could have been avoided, though. Grier was running around for his life on a lot of plays, and instead of taking a sack for a loss of 10 yards, he could have thrown the ball away for a net gain of zero and not move back the chains.

“We had a lot of conversations about it, and I think he has a good feel and an under-

standing of at certain situations, ‘I just need to get rid of the ball and just live to the next play,’” Spavital said.

This is the next step in his development. Grier has an uncanny ability to study defenses and to make a perfect throw.

There is a reason why NFL scouts flock to Morgantown and why he is tabbed as one of the top quarterback prospects for the entire NFL Draft.

Grier’s 22 touchdown passes rank seventh in the FBS. His 71.4 completion percentage is fifth nationally and his 1,919 passing yards is No. 20 in the country, and that is a high rating despite having a canceled game at NC State due to Hurricane

Florence.

And his ability to make plays might be his best quality. Remember the Kansas State game last year when, with 10 seconds remaining on the clock and at the Wildcats’ 30-yard-line, he eluded pressure and heaved a pass to a wide-open Ka’Raun White in the end zone for the 30-yard score to give WVU a 2820 lead at halftime?

“If somebody squirts open and I throw a 60-yard touchdown, I don’t think anybody is going to tell me to throw the ball away,” Grier said. “But that’s part of playing the position. It falls on me.”

All that Grier and company can do is move on from the de-

bacle that happened in Ames.

There is nothing they can do to alter the outcome of the game and any specific play.

All they can do is focus on Baylor for the 7 p.m. tilt Thursday night at Milan Puskar Stadium and make the corrections necessary to get back in the win column.

“I’ve made corrections, and I’m going to do a better job of getting rid of the ball and keeping us from going backwards,” Grier said. “That’s part of this game. Nobody is going to play perfect football. But we’ve made adjustments, and we’re going to be better moving forward.”

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

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VERKEDRIC VAUGHNS S CHRIS MILLER S GRAYLAND ARNOLD CB JALEN HURD WR JAMYCAL HASTY RB JOHN LOVETT RB HENRY BLACK LB/S IRA LEWIS DT GERRY BOHANON QB JAMESON HOUSTON CB CHARLIE BREWER QB R.J. SNEED WR RALEIGH TEXADA CB BRANDON BASS QB CHRIS PLATT WR DENZEL MIMS WR PRESTON WEEKS QB JARED ATKINSON WR PRESTON HEARD QB GARRET MCGUIRE QB POOH STRICKLIN WR ZACK BENNEMA QB GAVIN HOLMES WR JALAN MCCLENDON QB CRAIG WILLIAMS RB JOSH FLEEKS WR BLAKE LYNC S JT WOOD S DERREK THOMAS CB JALEN PITRE LB TRESTAN EBNER RB B. HANSPARD JR. CB TERREL BERNARD LB KALON BARNES CB ABRAM SMIT RB CHRISTIAN MORGAN S WILL BAXTER WR

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

PIGSKIN PICK’EM

West Virginia prepares to poke the Bears

BY MATT GOLD

ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL West Virginia football is back this week.

WVU looks to bounce back from a loss at Iowa State on Oct. 13. Its first loss of the season was a bad one, too.

WVU (5-1, 3-1 Big 12) ran just over 40 plays, picked up nine first downs, and got outgained in total yards, 498152, in a 30-14 loss.

On Thursday night, the Baylor Bears (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) travel to Morgantown looking to get back in the win column as well, losing on the road to Texas two weeks ago — the Bears, like WVU, had a bye week last weekend.

Baylor gave the thenninth-ranked Longhorns all they could handle, mainly when Texas starting quarterback Sam Ehlinger left the game with an elbow injury.

The Bears defense shut out Texas in the second half, but only managed seven points of their own.

S o p h o m o re q u a r t e rback Charlie Brewer has thrown for 1,798 yards and 10 touchdown passes. In a loss at Oklahoma earlier in the year, Brewer threw for a season-high 400 yards on 38

completions. He has thrown three touchdown passes two times.

Baylor has a dynamic offense, outside of Brewer.

Its run game and receiving game both pose threats to the Mountaineer defense.

JaMycal Hasty leads the ground attack for the Bears.

He is the leading rusher with 301 yards on 55 touches and three scores.

John Lovett is second on the team with 254 rushing yards and matches Hasty with three touchdowns.

Brewer has four rushing touchdowns, the most on the team.

Tennessee transfer Jaylen Hurd plays a little bit of both positions. Because of the NCAA transfer rules, Hurd had to sit out last season.

He has seen a healthy mix of dosage in the run and pass game.

Hurd has only carried the ball 25 times for 112 yards and has found the end zone three times (once in each of the last three games).

The senior has 47 catches and 622 receiving yards for three touchdowns. In a win against Kansas State, he had 11 receptions for 135 yards.

His high-water mark on the season was 136 yards against UTSA in the second game.

He ranks fifth nationally in first down receptions and receptions of 10-plus yards, with 36 and 33, respectively.

Hurd and junior Denzel Mims form a dangerous receiving corps. Mims leads the team in TD catches with four and averages 15.1 yards per catch.

Mims has only played in six of the seven games, missing the Duke game. He had eight catches that went for 133 yards against UTSA and 11 catches for 114 yards against Oklahoma.

Baylor’s defense allows 218 passing yards a game, which is the second lowest WVU has faced this year (with the lowest being against Iowa State).

On the ground, Baylor allows nearly 190 yards to opposing offenses.

The Bears have only allowed opponents to get into the red zone 16 times through seven games. They have only allowed eight touchdowns (three rushing, five passing).

West Virginia will be thinking revenge after their first loss on the season and will not want to let Baylor back into the game if a big lead happens — like last year’s game in Waco.

Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. from Milan Puskar Stadium on Thursday.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL This past Friday at the WVU men’s basketball GoldBlue Debut, head coach Bob Huggins put any and all rumors aside about the team’s play style this season.

“Press Virginia is alive and well,” Huggins said to the fans assembled in the Coliseum.

He further expressed this on Wednesday at Big 12 Media Day in Kansas City, Missouri.

“We’re going to try to do it for not more than 40 minutes,” Huggins said. “I think we have to. I think that’s kind of what we’ve recruited to do.”

It’s easy to see why some would be concerned. The high-intensity defensive game plan was primarily led by former point guard and two-time Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Jevon Carter, who has since graduated and left for the NBA. However, replacing a player with the kind of success that Carter had is easier said than done.

To start, the Mountaineers have five first-year freshmen on the roster. It is expected that one of those players — Jordan McCabe — will compete with redshirt freshman Brandon Knapper for the spot vacated by Carter.

Outside of Carter, there are other players that will need to be replaced. Teddy Allen has transferred to Wichita State. Maciej Bender has transferred to Mercer. Daxter Miles Jr. has graduated.

Despite returning eight players, there is still work to be done to return to the success found in previous years — especially early in the season.

“You’re coaching the guys that are there, obviously, but then you’ve gotta turn around and reteach everything again for those guys that weren’t there,” Huggins said.

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“It would be like trying to coach you [reporters],” he said. “You sit over there and watch; you don’t know what the hell is going on. But you sit over there and watch. It’s kind of like our guys, they sit over there and watch and they don’t know what’s going on.”

Players expected to receive an increased amount of minutes compared to last season include juniors James “Beetle” Bolden, Chase Harler and Logan Routt.

Bolden, a guard, averaged 8.2 points per game in 17.2 minutes per game last season. He also averaged just over one assist per game.

Routt, a forward, averaged 2.1 rebounds per game, as well as only 1.1 points per game.

Harler, a guard, averaged only 10 minutes per game. He averaged a mere 1.6 points per game, and only had 25 assists in 33 games.

Regardless, Huggins has faith in his team. Even early on, he believes in the squad that has been put together.

“We’ve got a chance,” Huggins said at the Gold-Blue Debut.

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• Spacious 6 Bedroom House with 3 Baths • Washer/Dryer in Unit • On Street Parking City Passes • Garage is available first come first serve • 24 Hour Emergeny Maintenance • Leases available for individual bedrooms or complete dwelling

304-598-3300

Our convenient location puts you walking distance to downtown campus

FURNISHED HOUSES

Call Today M-F 8am - 5pm 304-282-2545

FOURTH STREET. 3/4/5BR FURNISHED HOUSES. $550/person plus utilities. W/D, parking, lease & deposit. No pets. Available May 16.

Text/call 412-980-0865

HELP WANTED BUSINESS IS BOOMING!! Vocelli’s Pizza is now hiring delivery drivers.

Earn up to $15/hr. Flexible hours/ work around school schedule. MUST HAVE RELIABLE VEHICLE AND INSURANCE. Come to 1370 University Avenue, Suite 1 and fill out an application today or call us at 304-284-9660.

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Renting for 2019 Eff. 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms One Bedroom as low as $450

HOUSE FOR SALE

Two Bedrooms as low as $375 per person

BY OWNER, 4BR, 2BTH. Dellslow, WV. All furnishings go with home. $154,000. 304-282-6830

Three Bedrooms as low as $350 per person

ROOMMATES

* Pets Welcome * 24 Hour Emergency Maintenance * Next to Football Stadium & Hospital * State of the Art Fitness Center * Mountain Line Bus Every 15 Minutes

Near Arnold Hall, 5 min to Mountainlair. W/D, utilities included. $400/ mth. 9mth lease. 304-292-5714

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS 2BR SOUTH PARK. W/D, renovated bathroom and new carpet throughout. $1,100/mth. Utilities included.

304-292-5714 APT/HOUSE. Willey Street. $500/per person. All utilities paid. Available now. 304-290-7368/304-377-1570 1BR AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 1ST. Overlooks High Street at Wall Street.

W/D, no pets, private entrance. $700/ mth plus utilities. 304-288-6765 1BR EFFICIENCY. Newly renovated.

Short walk to campus. Private offstreet parking. Westover. No pets, no smoking. $560 including utilities per month. Call 681-285-0687

Office Hours Monday - Friday 8am -5pm *Appointments Available*

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 2018

MOUNTAINEER

MEALDEAL LARGE 3-TOPPING PIZZA AND 2-LITER 15 $

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Additional toppings extra. Not valid with any other coupons or discounts. Limited delivery area. Delivery fee may apply.

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