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Arrest made in car flipping incident

BY Summer Ratcliff City Editor @SummerRatcliff

West Virginia University Police have made one arrest and have obtained a warrant to arrest another in connection with a car flipping incident that occurred Sept. 28 following WVU’s football win against Oklahoma State.

Kevin James Wheeler, 18, a WVU student from White Hall, Md., was arrested Wednesday evening for his

connection to the incident.

The incident occurred in WVU parking area five, located next to University Avenue, and was caught on camera by many people who were in the surrounding vicinity.

Police said they have also obtained a warrant for William Schwab, 18, a University of South Carolina student from Sparks Glencoe, Md. Both Wheeler and Schwab are charged with felony de-

struction of property.

University Police chief Bob Roberts said the Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has agreed to extradite Schwab as a reflection of the seriousness associated with this type of criminal behavior.

“He will be arrested there (in South Carolina) and then the extradition process will allow him to be brought back here to stand trial,” Roberts said.

Roberts said to date

Wheeler and Schwab are the only two people the department has been able to identify and have had enough evidence to obtain warrants for.

“We are still taking tips if anyone has recognized any of the other involved parties from the Facebook posts that we have made,” Roberts said.

Roberts said University Police investigators spent more than 100 hours combing through the details of this case and investigat-

ing every tip submitted to them. These efforts, combined with the assistance from the public, eventually led to the warrants and subsequent arrest.

Without students, alumni and the public providing the information they had, Roberts said the department would not have been able to solve this case in such a timely manner.

“This highlights our community’s zero-tolerance level for this type of criminal be-

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havior,” Roberts said. “We truly appreciate all the support we received from the University community on our investigation.”

Police said the vehicle’s damage estimate exceeded $6,000.

Felony destruction of property carries a $2,500 fine and up to 10 years imprisonment – or both a fine and imprisonment, if convicted.

Anyone with additional

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SGA to hold Speak Up event, discuss WVU tobacco ban The West Virginia University Student Government Association will host a Speak Up event today regarding the current WVU tobacco ban.

The event is open to both students and the Morgantown community, and there will be a panel present to answer questions and offer insight to the policy. “ The students have spoken, and they don’t want to be bothered by (students smoking) as they go to class every day,” said Gov. Chris Nyden.

Students are encouraged to attend to voice their opinions and part i c i p ate i n p o l l i n g opportunities.

“We want to hear student feedback,” Nyden said. “If students are angry, they should speak up, but the tobacco ban has made our campus cleaner and healthier for everyone.”

This event will take place this evening from 7-9 in the Gold Ballroom of the Mountainlair. All are welcome to attend.

Students can also submit their opinions on this topic through Tw i t t e r u s i n g t h e hashtag #WVUSpeak.

A full copy of WVU Board of Governors’ Policy 57: Tobacco Free Campus is available to be downloaded at http://bog.wvu.edu/r/ download/132148.

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Mountaineer Maniacs to host watch party at WVU Diversity Week celebrates 21st anniversary of Peace Tree Towers Erin Irwin/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

Handler Mike Book walks Thunder, an American bald eagle, around the Peace Tree during the 2013 Peace Tree Ceremony Thursday.

by laura haight staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The 21st anniversary of the Peace Tree was celebrated Thursday as part of West Virginia University’s Diversity Week.

More than 200 students, faculty and guests took part in the ceremony, which involved tying a ribbon onto the Peace Tree, blessing it with a handful of tobacco and saying a personal prayer.

The Peace Tree, which is located across from the Mountainlair, is at the heart of the WVU campus.

The ceremony is an annual event organized by the Native American Studies Program and featured honorary guest speakers from the Blackfeet Nation, Blood Tribe.

The guest of honor was

Klane King, who encouraged the audience to feel and respect the world around them and find deeper meaning in the Earth’s gifts.

Phylicia Taylor, a junior political science student, said she enjoyed listening to King speak because of her Blackfeet Nation roots.

“This definitely impacted me because not only am I in this (Native American Studies) class, but I’ve also felt a connection considering my past and family history goes back to Blackfeet and African,” Taylor said. “There’s a whole bunch of diversity within myself, so I find any opportunity to engage in diversity.”

Dr. Ellesa High, a Lower Eastern Ohio Mekoce Shawnee and member of the Native American Studies Program Committee, conducted the ceremony.

“I think people are very hungry for peace. Every year, we see more and more folks who come,” High said.

“I think with all the wars that we’ve been involved with as a country, I think people are ready to say, ‘Is there another way?’ I think it’s important to honor our veterans and see how they can work for peace once we get them home.”

The veterans in attendance received special recognition and placed a long tie of prayers made by High’s students onto the tree.

High said seeing the ribbons on the tree throughout the year lifts her spirits.

“It’s not just that you feel the people and all the good thoughts that they’re bringing. You can actually see it, and it stays there,” she said.

“I think that’s a nice reminder for us – that we can make a difference. Each one

Schneid: WVU student, teller of tales by aly pluchino staff writer @dailyathenaeum

For many students at West Virginia University, being accepted to college served as a stepping stone toward their futures. However, Addie Schneid, an elementary education student from Wheeling, W.Va.,

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began working toward her life goals long before enrolling at WVU. At 16 years old, Schneid was inspired to write an educational children’s book and is now a published author.

Schneid’s book, “Shelly and the Sea Shore,” is a tale in which the main character, Shelly, travels to sev-

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eral countries across the globe, including New Zealand, Singapore, Madagascar, Egypt, Greece and Italy.

Throughout Shelly’s travels, she meets new friends who each tell her a little about their home.

Through her writing, Schneid tells a story that

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of (the ribbons) is a prayer and those people meant that.”

Another special guest at the Peace Tree ceremony was “Thunder,” an American bald eagle, and his handler.

“You can talk all day about how strong that eagle is, but when you see it, the majesty of that bird, it just focuses me on all of nature that’s right there and seems to center on that bird,” High said. “When you see the bird in person and look it in the eye and see those magnificent wings, it has a tremendous impact.”

Bonnie Brown, a faculty member of WVU Native American Studies Program, said she thinks it’s special to see people return every year.

“When our students write response papers on

The Mountaineer Maniacs will host a watch party for Saturday’s matchup against the Kansas State Wildcats in the Blue and Gold Room in the Evansdale Residential Complex.

Free refreshments and snacks will be provided, including pizza from Papa John’s and wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.

Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for $1, which will make them eligible to win prizes and giveaways courtesy of The Book Exchange.

Chris Northrup, the Maniacs executive director, said all proceeds from the event will benefit The Betty Puskar Breast Care Center.

“We encourage all stu-

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United Way to help students, Morgantown residents make a difference

by Megan calderado staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties and the Center for Service and Learning at West Virginia University

will be helping students and community members celebrate Make a Difference Day Saturday.

More than 300 WVU students will volunteer their time to participate in service projects in the area, including helping the Girl Scouts

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dents to buy raffle tickets to support the Puskar Center,” he said. “October is (National) Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and students’ generosity can go a long way in our continued fight against cancer.”

Apart from benefiting a good cause, Northrup said the party provides students a place to share the experience of watching the game, even when the team is on the road.

“With the move to the Big 12, we understand how difficult it has become to travel from venue to venue,” he said. “It’s a great way for fans and friends to come together and still cheer on the Mountaineers – even when they’re away from Morgantown.”

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ON THE INSIDE The West Virginia women’s soccer team wraps up its regular season this weekend with a chance to clinch the Big 12 title.

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of Black Diamond set up for Camp Creepy and helping In Touch and Concerned move locations.

While National Make a Difference Day has been happening for more than two

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN West Virginia travels to play Kansas State Saturday in search of its first road victory this season.

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Friday October 25, 2013

German Chancellor: US spying has shattered trust BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders united in anger as they attended a summit overshadowed by reports of widespread U.S. spying on its allies – allegations German Chancellor Angela Merkel said had shattered trust in the Obama administration and undermined the crucial trans-Atlantic relationship.

The latest revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency swept up more than 70 million phone records in France and may have tapped Merkel’s own cellphone brought denunciations from the French and German governments.

Merkel’s unusually stern remarks Thursday as she arrived at the European Union gathering indicated she wasn’t placated by a phone conversation she had Wednesday with President Barack Obama, or his personal assurances that the U.S. is not listening in on her calls now.

“We need trust among allies and partners,” Merkel told reporters in Brussels.

“Such trust now has to be built anew. This is what we have to think about.”

“The United States of America and Europe face common challenges. We are allies,” the German leader said. “But such an alliance can only be built on trust.

That’s why I repeat again: spying among friends, that cannot be.”

The White House may soon face other irked

heads of state and government. The British newspaper The Guardian said Thursday it obtained a confidential memo suggesting the NSA was able to monitor 35 world leaders’ communications in 2006. The memo said the NSA encouraged senior officials at the White House, Pentagon and other agencies to share their contacts so the spy agency could add foreign leaders’ phone numbers to its surveillance systems, the report said.

The Guardian did not identify who reportedly was eavesdropped on, but said the memo termed the payoff very meager: “Little reportable intelligence” was obtained, it said.

Other European leaders arriving for the 28-nation meeting echoed Merkel’s displeasure. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt called it “completely unacceptable” for a country to eavesdrop on an allied leader.

If reports that Merkel’s cellphone had been tapped are true, “it is exceptionally serious,” Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told national broadcaster NOS. “We want the truth,” Italian Premier Enrico Letta told reporters. “It is not in the least bit conceivable that activity of this type could be acceptable.”

Echoing Merkel, Austria’s foreign minister, Michael Spindelegger, said, “We need to re-establish

with the U.S. a relationship of trust, which has certainly suffered from this.”

France, which also vocally objected to allies spying on each other, asked that the issue of reinforcing Europeans’ privacy in the digital age be added to the agenda of the twoday summit. Before official proceedings got underway, Merkel held a brief oneon-one with French President Francois Hollande, and discussed the spying controversy.

After summit talks that lasted until after 1 a.m. Friday, Herman Van Rompuy, European Council president, announced at a news conference that France and Germany were seeking bilateral talks with the United States to resolve the dispute over electronic spying by “secret services” by the end of this year.

“What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States,” Hollande told reporters at his own early-morning news conference. “They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.”

“It’s become clear that for the future, something must change – and significantly,” Merkel said. “We will put all efforts into forging a joint understanding by the end of the year for the cooperation of the (intelligence) agencies between Germany and the

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German Chancellor Angela Markel adresses the media at the European Council Building Friday.

U.S., and France and the and won’t be in the future.

Asked Thursday whether U.S., to create a framework “I think we are all out- the Americans had monifor the cooperation.” raged, across party lines,” tored Merkel’s previous Without a partnership Wolfgang Bosbach, a prom- communications, White of “respect and trust,” in- inent German lawmaker House spokesman Carney telligence agencies of the from Merkel’s party, told wouldn’t rule it out.

“We are not going to European nations cannot Deutschlandfunk radio. cooperate fully with the “And that also goes for the comment publicly on evAmericans in fighting ter- response that the chancel- ery specified alleged intelrorism, Van Rompuy said. lor’s cellphone is not be- ligence activity,” he said.

The Europeans’ state- ing monitored – because But while the White ments and actions indi- this sentence says nothing House was staying pubcated that they hadn’t about whether the chan- licly mum, Carney said the been satisfied with assur- cellor was monitored in the Obama administration was ances from Washington. On past.” discussing Germany’s conWednesday, White House “This cannot be justified cerns “through diplomatic spokesman Jay Carney said from any point of view by channels at the highest Obama personally assured the fight against interna- level,” as it was with other Merkel that her phone is tional terrorism or by avert- U.S. allies worried about the not being listened to now ing danger,” Bosbach said. alleged spying.

Cos. offer health benefits to transgender employees WASHINGTON (AP) — When Koset Surakomol decided to have a sex change operation, the company she worked for told her co-workers that the man they’d labored alongside for a dozen years should be addressed as a woman going forward.

But EMC Corp.’s support didn’t end there: The data storage company paid tens of thousands of dollars for her to undergo hormone therapy, breast augmentation and facial contouring. It also will foot the bill later this year when Surakomol has the operation that will complete her transformation – a benefit EMC began offering in 2007.

“I got no bad reactions, no cold shoulders,” says Surakomol, an information technology engineer. “All I heard was, ‘This is wonderful.’”

It’s a story that would’ve been unheard of a decade ago. EMC, which has 60,000 employees, is one of a grow-

ing number of Fortune 500 companies expanding their health care benefits to meet the needs of workers who have gender dysphoria, the medical term for those who identify themselves as the opposite gender that they were assigned at birth.

Despite the gains in coverage for these transgender employees, many companies are unwilling to speak publicly about their benefits. But Delia Vetter, director of benefits at Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC, says, “Everyone has a right to be naturally happy.”

From Apple to General Mills, nearly one fourth of Fortune 500 companies cover medical expenses associated with transgender care, according to gay and transgender rights group Human Rights Campaign.

That’s up from 19 percent last year. When the group began tracking transgender benefits in 2002, no Fortune 500

companies offered them.

Corporate America’s outreach to transgender workers points to the increasing visibility of a group once relegated to society’s fringes.

Recently, more than a dozen states revised anti-discrimination laws to include transgender people. Meanwhile, transgender officials have raised the group’s profile by winning elected office and landing appointments in President Obama’s administration.

The trend also shows how much companies want their workplaces to be perceived as welcoming and progressive. Since the Human Rights Campaign began grading companies on the inclusiveness of their benefits for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, many companies have beefed up their benefits for those groups.

Beginning in 2011, companies could only maintain a

coveted 100 percent rating on the group’s Corporate Equality Index by offering at least one insurance plan covering up to $75,000 worth of counseling, hormone therapy and sexual reassignment surgery – the medical term for a sex change operation. The number of Fortune 500 companies meeting the requirement jumped to 121 this year from 39 in 2011.

“Companies are recognizing that ... in order to remain competitive in corporate America, you can’t offer discriminatory plans,” says Jennifer Levi, a professor at the Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies at Western New England University in Springfield, Mass.

While more companies offer transgender benefits, most government programs like Medicare and Medicaid classify sexual reassignment surgery as cosmetic or experimental and do not cover it.

But Obama’s health care

overhaul could expand benefits for transgender people.

While the law doesn’t require coverage of sexual reassignment surgery per se, it’s expected to lower barriers for other forms of care. Starting in 2014, insurers, hospitals and doctors that receive federal dollars won’t be allowed to deny coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, including gender dysphoria.

Since most U.S. insurers and hospitals receive federal payments, they will be subject to the requirement.

Transgender benefits are a new consideration in the U.S. For decades, the only way to transition to the opposite sex was to pay for the procedure out of pocket.

The first modern sexual reassignment operations were performed in Germany in the 1920s. The surgery, which can cost $20,000 to $50,000 or more, can involve breast implantation or removal, and genital reconstruction

to reshape them to resemble those of the opposite sex.

It wasn’t until the 1950s that most Americans first learned of the procedure.

That’s when Christine Jorgenson, born George Jorgensen, became the first transgender person to receive national media attention.

Still, only in the late 1970s did health care professionals develop the first medical guidelines for diagnosing and treating sexual identity disorder, which has since been renamed gender dysphoria. The group, called the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, recommends people receive at least one year of hormone therapy in advance of the surgery. Hormones help patients develop physical characteristics of the opposite sex. For example, highdose estrogen injections spur breast development and increased fat around the hips.

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be helping to prepare the flyers and other materials for them.”

“It’s a chance for them to see more about the community, what needs are there and what people are doing to fulfill them. It’ll hopefully give them a better sense of not just the campus but what’s going on off campus, and get them a little more involved in what’s going on outside,” Carter said.

Some campus groups participating are the WVU swim club, the men’s ultimate Frisbee team, the Fencing Club and Arnold Hall.

“The agencies benefit because they have a chance to see students, and students really are the life blood of this town,” Carter said. “So they have a chance to inter-

act with them and see what their interests and needs are.

It’s a nice way to bring the two sides together.”

While Carter and others are excited for this unique day that brings the community together, Carter said he wants to remind students these kinds of services need run year-round.

“As special as this day is, what it really allows us to do is highlight that there are always service opportunities,” Carter said. “People tend to forget that there are a lot of people who have needs that go unfulfilled.”

Carter said he encourages anyone interested in participating to contact him at andrew.carter@mail.wvu.edu.

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the education field to be rewarding because of the active role teachers play in children’s lives. She said her favorite aspect of teaching is when she has a breakthrough moment with a student.

“One of my favorite moments was over the summer with one of my kids at Energy Express,” Schneid said.

“He was a very difficult child to handle and work with. He was very resistant to read or write. One day I was reading with him, and he was refusing to read anything. I finally convinced him to read every other line, and I would read the rest.”

Schneid said at one point, the child read a whole page eagerly on his own.

“It may seem small, but in the moment when a kid will happily do something without being asked, it’s one the best feelings ever,” Schneid said. “I had several breakthrough moments with this boy in regard to both read-

ing and behavior.”

Although Schneid said she plans to only keep writing as a hobby, she does plan to write an individual book for each of the characters featured in “Shelly and the Sea Shore.” Schneid said she is now completely invested in her studies to become a teacher, where her main goal continues to be to teach children meaningful lessons.

“I wanted to teach because I want to have a positive impact on children’s lives,” Schneid said. “I believe that our society desperately needs more passionate teachers. I want my students to look back and think of me as someone who influenced their lives for the better.”

To learn more about Schneid and her story, watch her video at http:// wvutoday.wvu.edu/ projectme.

say they made a decision to forgive a parent, spouse or a friend who’s been unkind to them,” Brown said. “People do use (this ceremony) as a pivotal point in their lives.

Then they’ll come back year after year because it was so meaningful for them.”

The ribbons will stay on the Peace Tree for the rest of the academic school year.

For more information on the Native American Studies Program, visit http://nas. wvu.edu.

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decades, this will be the 11th year WVU will participate.

Andrew Carter, operations coordinator for the WVU Center for Service and Learning, said the service projects vary each year.

However, many of the projects include fall clean-ups or helping groups prepare for the winter.

“Some students will be cleaning, painting and winterizing,” Carter said. “In another case with Connecting Link, they’re actually preparing for their “Help Heat a Home” campaign, which takes place every November. There, the students will

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Schneid said the teacher opened her eyes to how interesting the world is.

“This is why it is important to me; I want kids to be opened up and exposed to the world earlier on,” she said. “I told myself that if I am going to write books, I have to write about what is important to me, because that is where my passion will show.”

Schneid, the daughter of two teachers, said she finds

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Obama calls for immigration law by end of year WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made a plea for Republican cooperation on immigration Thursday, seeking common ground by year’s end in the aftermath of the divisive partial government shutdown. Yet prospects for success this year remain a long shot even as a handful of House GOP lawmakers push for more limited measures.

Obama’s renewed focus on immigration comes amid mounting criticism of the White House over computer problems that have plagued insurance enrollment under the 3-year old health care law. It also comes nearly four months since a bipartisan majority in the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill that would tighten border security and provide a path to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living here illegally.

“Rather than create problems, let’s prove to the American people that Washington can actually solve some problems,” Obama said during an event devoted to immigration at the White House.

The Senate measure has stalled in the House, where most Republicans reject a comprehensive approach and many question offering citizenship to people who broke U.S. immigration laws to be in this country.

Still, White House officials say they believe that

the partial government shutdown, rather than poisoning the political atmosphere, may have created an opportunity for collaboration with Republicans seeking to repair their image, which polls show took a hit during the prolonged fight over financing the government and extending the nation’s borrowing limit.

Moreover, Obama made a point of underscoring support for an immigration bill from the members of the business community, traditional Republican allies who criticized GOP tactics that led to the partial shutdown and to brinkmanship over a potentially economy-jarring default on U.S. debt.

The White House took notice when Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, indicated on Wednesday that he was hopeful that immigration legislation could be done before year’s end.

But Republican strategists also say the most opportune time to act might not come until after next year’s 2014 primary elections, when lawmakers will be freer to vote without fear of having to run against a more conservative challenger.

And while Obama called for the House to pass a large bill that could then be reconciled with the Senate version, House Republicans want to approach any changes in piecemeal fashion, a process that at best would

push any significant progress into next year.

Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck said Thursday that the House “will not consider any massive, Obamacare-style legislation that no one understands.” He said the House is committed to a deliberate, “step-by-step approach.”

“Obviously, there is no appetite for one big bill,” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart told a group of reporters Wednesday night. The Florida Republican, who had been a member of the unsuccessful bipartisan “gang of eight,” is working with other Republicans on a set of bills that would allow undocumented immigrants to “get right with the law.”

Diaz-Balart avoided using the word “legalization” because it has become so politically fraught.

Arguments that the issue is a political drag on the GOP that will undermine the party’s chances in the 2016 presidential election have failed to sway rank-and-file Republicans, who are responding to the demands of base GOP voters in their districts rather than the nation’s changing demographics.

In an Associated PressGfK poll conducted in early October, 52 percent said they favored providing a legal way for illegal immigrants already in the United States to become citizens, while 44 percent

President Obama delivers a speech. said they opposed such a plan. Most Democrats in the survey backed the idea (70 percent favored it, 29 percent opposed), while independents were divided, 45 percent in favor and 41 percent opposed.

Republicans broke against it, with 34 percent in favor and 65 percent opposed.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is working on his own measure to provide temporary status for some immigrants in the country illegally.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., are focused on legislation

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to deal with immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. The Judiciary Committee moved forward with individual, single-issue immigration bills before the August recess, but the full House has taken no action on the measures.

Responding to Obama, Goodlatte rejected the comprehensive Senate approach and insisting on piecemeal measures that address enforcement, border security and the appropriate legal status for those immigrants here illegally.

“We don’t need another massive, Obamacare-like

bill that is full of surprises and dysfunction after it becomes law,” he said in a statement, echoing Boehner’s office.

Diaz-Balart also underscored another challenge - the GOP insistence that any measure brought to the House floor have the support of a majority of Republicans. With 231 Republicans in the House now, that means at least 115 GOP members.

“We have to get the majority of the majority to move forward,” DiazBalart said. “It’s also mathematically that we’re going to need Democratic votes.”

High School football bullying complaint dismissed AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — No one likes a bully. So when a recent Texas high school football game ended in a score of 91-0, one angry parent filed a complaint alleging the contest had crossed the line from tough loss to unlawful torment.

In a state where football is king, school investigators found no bullying. But the blowout has spurred deep discussion among coaches, parents and politicians over sportsmanship and whether it’s time to enact a “mercy rule” in Texas to put a stop to games when the score gets out of hand.

High school football is a

merciless business in Texas, where state championships are played in the Dallas Cowboys’ 80,000-seat stadium and the state spends $1.5 million steroid-testing high school athletes. Texas high schools play mostly by college rules, while most other states employ national prep guidelines. Like many other states, it has no mercy rule for 11-man football.

The conversation has changed following Aledo High School’s crushing victory last week over Fort Worth Western Hills - the game that led to the unusual bullying complaint against

Aledo’s coaches.

“Losing is an important lesson that needs to be learned by all kids. But the lesson ceases to be much of a lesson where someone is likely to get hurt because of the substantial mismatch,” said state Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a Texas-tough politician who wears two guns to his office and says America would be better off without states like California and New York.

In California, one youth football league for kids 7 to 13 years old suspends coaches when a team wins by 35 or more points On the high school level, Califor-

nia doesn’t “mercy-rule” blowouts with abrupt endings but does keep the clock running to hasten the game.

Texas employs similar running-clock measures in blowouts - something that was done during the Aledo game at the suggestion of the winning coach, Tim Buchanan. He also benched his starters late in the game.

But even he said the fallout has left him in favor of mercy rules.

Buchanan said his team takes no pleasure in piling on easy touchdowns and humiliating the other side.

Still, he acknowledged a mercy rule isn’t an easy sell

in Texas: “If they voted on it, I’m not sure how many coaches in our membership would be in favor of it.”

The state’s infatuation with high school football was celebrated on the TV series “Friday Night Lights,” including an episode in which the coach of the pitiful East Dillon Lions forfeited a game at halftime because they were being beaten so badly. The Lions’ prideful players fumed.

In real life, the person most offended by Aledo’s 13-touchdown victory was a Western Hills father. In a complaint with the Aledo school district, the parent,

whose name has been withheld by the district, cited “everyone in the football stadium” as witnesses to the bullying.

“Picking up my son from the fieldhouse after the game and taking him home was tough,” the complaint read. “I did not know what to say to my son on the ride home to explain the behavior of the Aledo coaches for not easing up when the game was in hand.”

Under state law, school districts must investigate all bullying complaints. Buchanan said he was told the district found no grounds to support the allegations.

Democrats want health care deadlines moved back WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — After uniting against Republican efforts earlier this month to delay President Barack Obama’s health care law, a growing number Democrats in Congress now want to extend the enrollment deadline, and one senator wants to delay the penalty for not complying.

Six Senate Democrats up for re-election next year have proposed delaying the new March 31 deadline for applying for coverage while the program’s problems are ironed out. A seventh, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, is co-authoring a bill to postpone the $95 penalty for people who fail to meet the deadline for acquiring insurance.

While their proposals are short on details, all argue that it’s not fair to hold millions of Americans accountable for buying insurance when the primary instrument for enrollment - the HealthCare.gov website - has prevented many people from doing it.

Even the law’s biggest boosters are aggravated that enrollment process for the national health care law they had hoped to tout on the 2014 campaign trail has gotten off to such a bad start.

“If we want this law to work, we’ve got to make it right, we’ve got to fix

it,” Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., one of the law’s leading authors, said at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday on the sign-up problems.

Contractors for the health insurance website told the committee the government failed to thoroughly test the complex enrollment system before its Oct. 1 launch. The system crashed as soon as consumers tried to use it.

A web of confusing deadlines and penalties for not obtaining health insurance persists.

As Democrats began to fret about the political consequences ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, the administration late Wednesday said it was granting what amounts to a six-week filing extension.

The March 31 deadline for having insurance became the new deadline for applying for it.

But that’s not enough for a growing number of Senate Democrats.

Manchin is teaming with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., on a bill that would waive for one year the $95 penalty for not enrolling in the program.

“It should be a transition year. For one year, there should be no fines,” Manchin said Wednesday on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor.”

The six Senate Democrats seeking re-election next year urged the Obama administration to postpone the March 31 deadline.

“As you continue to fix problems with the website and the enrollment process, it is critical that the administration be open to modifications that provide greater flexibility for the American people seeking to access health insurance,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., wrote to Obama on Tuesday. Extending the open enrollment period and clarifying other parts of the law, she added, “would be a great start.”

Also supporting Shaheen’s effort are Demo-

cratic Sens. Tom Udall of ple buy health insurance it, as a condition for endNew Mexico, Mark Begich as well as the tax subsi- ing the partial government of Alaska, Mark Udall of dies for helping them do shutdown.

Colorado, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Kay Hagan of North Carolina, aides to the lawmakers said.

“I am asking the administration to extend the open enrollment period by two months, and waive the penalty for the individual mandate for the same period of time, to make up for time that is being lost while the website for the federal exchange is not functioning,” Hagan said Thursday.

All of the Senate Democrats earlier this month joined in rejecting legislation passed by the House to delay for a year the law’s requirement that peo-

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Breast cancer awareness gone too far October is usually known as the time for pumpkin spice lattes, overpriced Halloween candy and the most noticeable fall weather of the season.

In recent years, however, October has come to mean something entirely different : it now symbolizes breast cancer awareness.

The initial linkage of October and National Breast Cancer Awareness Month began in 1985 by the American Cancer Society to show its support not just for breast cancer research but for survivors and victims of the disease.

In 1991, the Susan G. Komen Foundation began using pink ribbons to symbolize breast cancer awareness, and Estee Lauder Companies followed suit in 1993. Since then, the perpetuation of the pink ribbon (and most things pink) have been linked to awareness of this type of cancer.

With numerous WVU fundrais speckled throughout October, such as a the Make Strides to End Breast

Cancer walk, the Betty Puskar Breast Cancer Fashion Show and free clinical breast exams in the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center Clinic, it’s no wonder breast cancer has been in the limelight so often these past few weeks.

While the intent of these events is noble, often the modus operandi is questionable at best.

Take, for example, the Pink Circus Breast Cancer Fashion Show that took place at the Rocktop Bar & Grill Oct. 12. While the event ultimately strived to raise money for breast cancer, it did so by presenting models dressed in risque clothing including lingerie and nipple tassels.

Other promotional events, such as national “No Bra” day or the “motorboating girls for breast cancer awareness” campaign, also take things a little too far.

The idea of not wearing a bra or being “motorboated” to support the women and men who have suffered and even died

from the disease doesn’t sound like the most appropriate approach to promoting awareness of this harrowing disease.

In fact, these events do more to cast breast cancer in a more lighthearted way than it should be. It should be a month devoted to supporting and funding the progress of those suffering from the disease while simultaneously showing respect for those who have perished because of it, as well as for survivors. Introducing shallow promotions such as these does nothing to respect the disease, much less raise awareness about its prevalence or severity.

There are plenty of other, more appropriate breast cancer awareness events occurring all over the nation. Run a marathon, join a fundraiser or just call a survivor to let them know you’re thinking about them.

But please, keep your bra on.

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Clearing up misconceptions about US, Iranian relations derrik whitlow columnist

All too often, the Islamic Republic of Iran is portrayed in a way that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Many have a view of Iran that centers on the fanatical Ayatollahs who have ruled the country for a little more than 30 years now. What is not seen is the thousands of years of history, culture and civilization that exist within , or because of, Iran.

Often people will hear someone of Iranian descent refer to something as Persian, and not have the slightest clue that “Iranian” and “Persian” are synonyms.

Today, the nation is known as Iran; however, in a historical context, it is more often referred to as Persia.

Believe it or not, Persia was one of the cradles of civilization, particularly the Western civilization. Many of the first forms of Western thought developed in the Persian Empire, with stately kings like Darius and Cyrus the Great.

These traditions spread west to the earliest European civilizations in many forms, which in turn formed the roots of Western Civilization.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani had a landmark 15-minute phone conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama.

The backlash of the Iranian Revolution has largely skewed the perception of what Iran has done for the global society.

Likewise, because Iran is a predominantly Muslim country, Iranians more often than not get lumped in with extremist elements of Islam. However, that is largely unfair.

To the average Iranian, their concept of being a Muslim Iranian is no different than what the average American would think of a Christian American. In other words, their nationality and their religion are separate and distinct.

Another irony lies within how liberal Iranians are as a whole.

Contrary to popular beliefs, the most pro-U.S. populace in the Middle East aside from Israel is Iran.

Yes, I said it; the biggest geopolitical foe of the U.S. happens to be wholly obsessed with our culture and style.

Again, we must separate Iran’s theocratic government from its civilian

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populace. If you walk the streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran, you will notice the way the women wear the hijab is much more risque compared to other parts of the Muslim world.

Conversations and feelings will be shared much more willingly in Tehran than in other locations, even with the risk of repercus-

sions from the Revolutionary Guard.

Here lies the catch-22 for the United States: how should Iran be approached with regard to its alleged pursuit of nuclear and chemical weapons?

You have a civilian populace that loathes its current government and wholeheartedly loves so much about America; the situation is still racing toward a climatic confrontation, despite some of the recent overtures by the Iranian government to come to the negotiating table.

The sad reality is this is likely just a ploy to attempt to loosen up some of the sanctions that have begun to affect the Iranian economy. However, many openended questions remain as to how to best approach the situation.

Diplomacy will always be the best avenue if it’s available, but it is unclear whether there is any real chance for diplomacy.

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Avoid a reputation: create social identity instead Charlotte gibson uc santa cruz

Recently I discovered there is a fine line between being the life of the party and “that” girl or boy.

As a senior, I feel I should have comprehended this division early on in my college career.

However, I was never fully aware of this division until I was old enough to go out to the bars and clubs in my college town and observed myself, my friends and my peers in multiple different social college settings.

Despite my lack of partying these days, I now understand why it is important to be a socialite than being deemed “that” girl or boy with a reputation worse than Miley Cyrus’s

VMA performance.

Whether at a house party or a local college bar, people are judging you, but most importantly, you will be judging yourself the next day (and maybe a few more days after that). So why not use this “judgment” to your advantage and showcase yourself in the best light possible? In order to cross this line between social identity and social reputation, there are a few simple and underrated steps that could be crucial to defining yourself in college. Just remember each step is not a commandment or rule, but a mere suggestion after observing and researching myself, my friends and my peers in social settings throughout my time in college.

Go Out With The Right Group Of People

In order to have a great night, you have to surround yourself with the right group of people. In many cases, those people are your friends, whom you trust and enjoy being around. As a result, when you are surrounded with the right kind of people, your weekends will make for a much more enjoyable and carefree time. Not to mention, a night with friends is a surefire way to create college memories that are irreplaceable.

Don’t Feel Pressured To Drink Since we were old enough to stay out past 11 p.m., we have been told to avoid peer pressure and learn how to say no. And yet, even after all of those lectures and rants from our parents, teachers, guardians, etc., we still get stuck

in situations that can become pressured in a matter of seconds. It could be as simple as feeling like you will be left out if you don’t play the drinking game or take the tequila shot at the bar, but in the end, the only person who knows your drinking limits is you, and you are the only person who can say no and listen.

In a social setting, it is easy to feel swayed to have one more drink with friends before calling it a night, but sometimes that last drink can be your lasting impression, and in many cases, that lasting impression is the only impression that sticks. By avoiding peer pressure, you are avoiding regret, bad reputation and guilt. However, you are becoming your own person and not following everyone else just because of the

buzz that it will cause.

Know When To Call It Quits My mom and grandma always said nothing good happens after 2 a.m. Now I know that sounds like a bizarre mom/grandma quote, but both knew what they were talking about, and we should all take note. Sometimes by the end of the night, it is easy to feel like if you go home you will miss out on more fun, and you will just go back to a lonely bed with no friends. However, that is not the case at all. Knowing when to leave a party, bar or club is a crucial step in categorizing yourself as the life of the party or “that” person who never leaves without regretting it. The longer you linger, the more people will judge you, and in many cases, the

judgment only gets worse after 2 a.m.

Be Yourself Above all, in order to create your own “social” identity in college, you must be yourself. No matter if you are at a house party or bar, being yourself is the most important step in any college setting.

In any setting you should act so that you are always being judged honestly and truthfully by yourself and others. Whether you have always wanted to be the socialite or you are happy being “that” girl or boy, being yourself is the key to being happy with your social life in college. Every weekend may present a different obstacle or social challenge, but as long as you are yourself, you can be assured that you will be happy when it is all said and done.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year opportunities come to you through work, from people you know in your community and from your own efforts. People view you as talented. You surround yourself with creative types who have wild ideas. Travel could play a role in your year, professionally and personally. If you are single, you might meet someone very different from you. Relating to this person could be a real eye-opener. If you are attached, the two of you will grow through a unique encounter with someone new. Pursuing a mutual hobby adds to your closeness.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH You could be taken aback by everything that happens. Your optimism helps you get through a

difficult situation. Your imagination might put a story to an event, but it also might not be a valid interpretation. Be open to the real narrative when it is revealed. Tonight: At home.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You might want to address an issue early on if it is causing distance between you and someone else. Your imagination goes haywire at what might be ailing this person. Your creativity knows no limits, as you demonstrate by sharing your thoughts.

Tonight: With friends.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHH Curb a need to want more from a situation than someone is willing to give. Recognize what is happening between you and this party. Avoid distorting the facts, and make a point to read between the lines. Ride the wave of amorous moments. Tonight:

Enjoy what is offered.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHHH A loved one could be withdrawn. You can’t force this person to open up, so remain positive. Choose to be a role model. Know that everything will work. A call at the end of the day could trigger thoughts of traveling abroad. Tonight: Just do not be alone.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HH How you frame a situation could change the outcome. Use care, as you might want to allow the cards to fall as they may. Though you might not feel it, you are very lucky at present. Still, curb wild risk-taking. Tonight: Read between the lines. Someone tells you what he or she wants.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HH Where your friends are is where you want to be. Be aware that getting

there might take a lot more time than you would like. A partner might be ethereal and vague. Do your best to draw out more information. Tonight: Say “yes” to living.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHH Take charge of a situation, and know full well your limits and also your capacity for leadership. Others respond with enthusiasm. One person might have a secret agenda, as he or she might be interested in you beyond a friendship. Tonight: A must appearance.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HHHH You could be taken aback by someone’s generosity, especially as you have been somewhat withdrawn.

Perhaps a conversation would be in order. This person has only positive vibes when it comes to you. Make plans to get together soon. Tonight:

Use your instincts with a loved one.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HHH You have unusual strength that carries you through difficult times. You might want to have a discussion to clear the air. Optimism surrounds an important tie in your life.

Make a point of spending more time with this person. Tonight: Make the most of the evening.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HH You need to lighten up about your views and let others follow through on theirs. You will appreciate having a lighter schedule. You need to trust that someone besides you is capable. Take a break from the hectic pace. Tonight: Networking evolves to socializing.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH Unfortunately, you are likely to be

left holding the bag today. Others requested that you do this or that for them in order that they might leave work on time. You said “yes.” Now you are in a position of dealing with the extra extras! Tonight: Once you’re done, hook up with friends.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH Tap into your spontaneity and use good sense. Your ideas have a uniquely anchored quality. Do not hesitate to express some of them to a group that often plays devil’s advocate with you. You might be surprised at the feedback you get. Tonight: Follow the music.

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Contemporary Consignment allows customers to ‘trade’ gently used items

BY MARIA Solano and LACEY PALMER DA STAFF @dailyathenaeum

Finding name brand and designer items in Morgantown isn’t always easy but thanks to stores like Contemporary Consignment, finding these items has become much easier.

Owner Rhonda Fagula opened the store in March 2004, mainly because Morgantown did not have one.

“A lot of people who come to the store shop at different stores outside of Morgantown and bring different brands here,” she said. “We have tons of stuff.”

Consignment stores are convenient because customers can find a wide variety of brands in one place. The store is packed and stocked with a little bit of everything, from designer purses and shoes to jeans and blazers. Fagula said there are

about 500 stores’ products featured.

Currently, Contemporary Consignment has around 1,500 customers signed up at their store.

Fagula said she thinks customers like the store because there is always something new to find.

“We have people who come in three to five times per week because we put things out every day. The store is constantly changing,” Fagula said. “We get to know everyone on a personal basis even though we get a lot of people.”

Due to the large amount of customers the store gets every day, they do not hold any items. Since they also ship items, it is hard to hold items because they could be sold at any time.

The consignment process is very simple but can seem a little complicated to a new customer. By signing up for an account, customers can simply drop off items they wish to sell, and a price will be assigned to the item.

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Contemporary Consignment, located near the Mileground, offers local women the opportunity to dress to impress Each item has a time store to see if their item store, they only accept cerperiod it will appear on has sold. If it has, their tain items at certain times the shelf. After this time, account will be credited, of the year. the item can either be re- making it easy to either They usually accept only turned to the seller or receive the money or pur- name brands and designer will be donated to local chase items other custom- label items, especially charities depending on ers have brought into the those not usually found in the item. Throughout the store.

Morgantown, but will take item’s shelf life, customSince Contemporary other items from time to ers can call or stop by the Consignment is a seasonal time. They like to take in

clothing that is freshly laundered, pressed and on a hanger. The store accepts merchandise in likenew condition – usually no more than two years old – or new with tags still attached.

Contemporary Consignment can only accept 25 items per day because of its small size and asks that customers call in before dropping off any items.

T h e p ro c e s s may seem intricate, but it is well worth it in the end.

Whether you are looking to buy or sell name brand items, Contemporary Consignment is the place for you.

The store is located at 1756 Mileground Road.

For more information about their consignment process or to see what hot items are in the store right now, visit their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/ContemporaryConsignment or call at 304-284-8070. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Super Smash Bros. tournament to benefit charity Scotty McCreery impresses with recent album CArly Smith A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

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Mario, Pikachu and 10 other Nintendo characters will be challenging West Virginia University students in a Super Smash Bros. tournament not only for a thrill, but also to benefit Relay for Life.

As the first few punches, fireballs and sword slashes fly, college students will rejoice with nostalgia for Nintendo 64 gaming console.

“The N64 was the greatest console ever released,” said Matt Trickett, a psychology student at WVU. “I remember playing it for hours.”

Unlike the many fighting games that end at one’s death, Super Smash Bros. challenges players to knock each other out of the arena.

The match concludes when one player stands alone onscreen.

“I enjoy it because it is a fun group activity,” Trickett said. “It is like a melee fighting game that incorporates some of my favorite video game characters.”

Familiar locations from the Nintendo universe will also be making an appearance alongside the charac-

ters, such as Hyrule Castle and Yoshi’s Island.

There will be a limit of four players playing at a time. This restriction offers different ways of joining the tournament. A player can choose to be paired with someone at random, or two players can join as a team.

Charles Richardson, event manager and journalism student, said the latter option allows gamers to rehearse with one another.

“It provides another level of strategy with teams figuring out game plans,” he said.

Yet a person who joins by his or her self can be just as compatible as a team.

“I love how it can be unpredictable sometimes,” Richardson said.

Richardson said he will be participating and has been practicing for the “brain-over-brawn” battle.

“Casey Norville, Steve Pague, Greg Rao, Dave Carl and myself have all played in the tournaments for the past two years and plan to come back this year,” Richardson said. “I know we are coming back because we love the thrill of competition, and it’s for a great

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cause.”

Beyond winning and losing, the earnings from the event will be donated to Relay for Life’s cancer research.

WVU Barnes and Noble bookstore is enticing gamers to join with a $25 gift card for first place and WVU merchandise for second and third.

“We chose these prizes because we wanted to add more incentive for players to come out and compete,” Richardson said. “Not only are they helping to fund cancer research, but they can also win cool prizes in the process.”

For people who would rather socialize, all students are welcome even if they don’t want to partake in the actual game.

“For the people who show up to watch, we will have food and refreshments for them and for the competitors as well,” Richardson said.

The SSB Tournament will be held at Bennett Tower in the Blue and Gold Room at 3 p.m.

For more information, contact Richardson at cricha17@mix.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

College sophomore Scotty McCreery spends his free time studying and doing homework for his classes at North Carolina State University. However, McCreery isn’t your typical college student – he is also one of country music’s hottest new stars.

Scotty McCreery was announced as the winner of season 10 of American Idol in 2011. McCrerry’s first studio album, “Clear as Day,” has been certified platinum.

McCreer y has won “Best New Artist” at the CMT Music Awards, the American Country Music Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards. He also was named “Top New Artist” by Billboard.

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Creery’s second studio album, and it has reached the Top 10 in the Top 100 album charts on iTunes.

“See You Tonight” was an opportunity for Scotty McCreery to make a name for himself, aside from his Idol fame.

McCreery’s “Carolina Eyes” is a feel-good love song that takes the listener back to his hometown of Garner, N.C. It explains him seeing an old lover and looking back to the past, not knowing when they would have to say goodbye. This song is definitely relatable, especially to a college crowd.

“Feel Good Summer Song” is a slower track that reflects on not being able to get over a break-up.

“See You Tonight” is the title track and the first single. It has dominated the airwaves with its upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics.

“I Don’t Wanna Be

Your Friend” has the potential to be McCreery’s next single. It has a familiar guitar riff that carries through the song. Just as the song title hints, McCrerry explains how he wants to be more than friends.

Like almost every album, “See You Tonight” has a few songs that don’t quite land.

“Feelin’ It” and “Blue Jean Baby” seem a little cliche as compared to the other, more original songs. The songs seem a little juvenile for McCreery’s new, mature sound as he embarks on his solo career.

McCreery is breaking outside of his Idol title with “See You Tonight.” There is no doubt that his next single will be as popular as the title track.

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Random Rab debuts latest at 123

BY NICK WESDOCK A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

Electronic musician Random Rab stopped at 123 Pleasant Street Wednesday night as part of a tour, promoting his new album, “Release.”

It was a late night for fans, as Random Rab didn’t go on until around midnight, but that didn’t slow anyone down.

Nearly everyone stayed for the entirety of the two-hour performance.

On stage with Rab were percussionist Cedar Miller and a female guest violinist.

The electronic music blended with the drums, guitar, violin and other instruments to create a sound unlike

any other.

“I’ve never been here before. None of us have been here before. I never really heard of this place before, and to roll up here and get such good vibes from everybody felt really good,” Rab said.

Rick Houser and Brenna Murphy traveled all the way from Pittsburgh to see the show.

“I thought it was great,” Houser said. “It was a nice, intimate location.”

Murphy said despite a small crowd, the show still stood out from previous shows she has seen.

“He makes you so happy.

You feel so connected,” Murphy said. “It’s just so creative and so in sync. They’re do-

ing so many things at once on stage ... They’re all doing so much just to make that sound.”

Rab, who has spent most of the last decade in the San Francisco area, has an impressive and diverse resume, including everything from heavy metal frontman to country music bassist to classical trumpet player.

“We just try to make beautiful music,” Rab said. “It’s a blend of electronic and organic, and we’re really just trying to focus on music that feels good. Everything influences me, whether it’s good or bad. I love all types of music.”

“Release” was released Oct. 9 and is Rab’s seventh album. “(The new album) just

came out,” Rab said. “We’re on tour supporting it. It took two years of traveling and playing and coming up with a lot of new songs.

“It’s (titled) ‘Release,’ and that’s what it’s all about. It’s releasing everything you are and everything that’s troubling you in your life and starting anew.”

Rab said he plans to continue making music, touring, having fun and meeting new people.

Opening for Random Rab Wednesday night was IKTO. The Morgantown DJ/producer, whose real name is Jeremy Wriston, is also a member of Tron Blast, who played with MIMOSA at Fallfest in 2011.

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LAB Theatre program let’s students direct the action

BY NICOLE CURTAIN A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

The School of Theatre & Dance at West Virginia University will open this semester’s LAB Theatre season this weekend with “Sunday on the Rocks” by contemporary playwright Theresa Rebeck, who is also the creator of NBC’s drama, “Smash.”

The play is about four female roommates who decide to start a Sunday morning drinking scotch to deal with their problems.

LAB Theatre is completely run by students.

They select a play to produce, design and act in it.

Jim Knipple, chair of the LAB Theatre committee, said the students have been working very hard on this production.

“They have been working for over a month rehearsing and just got into the theater a few days ago to start on the lighting and putting up the set,” he said.

Because the entire production is outside of the regular season of performances, it gives students a chance to do something theater-wise they might not be able to usually.

“There’s an opportu-

nity for students to work on something they really like and take some risks,” Knipple said. “If it’s a small show that we wouldn’t regularly do, or if it has a small cast, a student can say, ‘Hey, I really want to do this show.’”

Knipple said the challenge of not having a proper director has made production exciting.

“This is really challeng-

ing because they are working as an ensemble without an outside director,” Knipple said.

The show stars students Kelsey Musselman, Cynthia Nwoko, Lauren Waldron and Aneesa Neibauer.

Admission is free, but seating is limited. The show contains strong language.

“Sunday on the Rocks” begins tonight at 7:30 in

the Vivian Davis Michael Laboratory Theatre of the Creative Arts Center. There will also be performances Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

For more information on “Sunday on the Rocks” and LAB Theatre, visit http:// theatre.wvu.edu, call 304293-2020, or email theatre@mail.wvu.edu. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Diversity Week discussion focuses on hit television series, ‘Orange Is The New Black’

BY TIFFANY BENSON CORRESPONDEnt @DAILYATHENAEUM

The Netflix original series “Orange Is The New Black” has opened doors for discussions on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and class around the world. This discussion carried over to West Virginia University’s campus as part of Diversity Week Wednesday.

The discussion “OITNB: Diversity in Pop Culture” was led by Brian Jara, a professor and senior lecturer in the Center of Women’s and

Gender Studies.

“A big part of what we talk about in women’s and gender studies is popular culture,” Jara said. “Within that, we often include things like TV, film and other media.

This is a brand-new series.”

The comedy drama series is based on the memoir of Piper Kerman, who spent time in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn. Kerman was sentenced to 15 months in prison for laundering drug money for her ex-girlfriend.

The show’s star-studded cast includes Taylor Schil-

ling “The Lucky One,” Laura Prepon “That ’70s Show” and Michael Harney “NYPD Blue.”

“I love the show. I bingewatched it,” said Vicki Cooper, a freshman strategic communications student.

“I really love how it goes into depth on every character’s backstory instead of just making them random characters.”

The discussion furthered into critiques of each individual character, plots and the show as a whole. The ideas of what it means to be transgender, homosexual or

bisexual are all essential aspects of the show and play a part in the show’s originality.

Clips were shown to give the audience examples of each discussed concept.

Both students and faculty got to share their ideas about the topics within the series.

“All of us, regardless of our gender, identity, expression or orientation, have our ideas of what it is to be masculine or feminine,” Jara said. “It’s not just about what about the men or what about the women; it’s what other relationships (develop) between the people, the char-

acters, the plot, the story (and) the text with this idea of gender.”

Laverne Cox plays a transgender woman, an unglamorous, unique role for mainstream television. Her character, Sophia, has to stand up for herself to prison officials and other inmates.

In a clip, a scruffy male is washing his face while looking into a mirror, then the clip switches to a woman applying lip gloss. The clips make it clear this is the same person.

“This idea of the transwoman character, this idea

of transvisibility is still new and rare in mainstream pop culture,” Jara said. “The first moments of transcharacters were often tokenized and exploited as a weird subject (and) not as a central subject who’s an agent and in charge of her own story.”

“Orange Is The New Black” has been named by Netflix its most watched original series. The show has gained so much popularity in such a short time, a second season is already being filmed. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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West Virginia looks to end skid against the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan Saturday afternoon by connor murray associate sports editor @connorkmurray

After losing back-toback games to No. 17 Baylor and No. 16 Texas Tech for the first time in 2013, West Virginia will look to get its season back on track Saturday when it travels to Manhattan, Kan., to take on the Kansas State Wildcats.

Similar to West Virginia, Kansas State is in a transition year, trying to replace Heisman candidate quarterback Collin Klein. Sophomore Daniel Sams and junior Jake Waters have split time at the

quarterback position for the Wildcats this season, and while both are talented, they bring different skill sets.

“I think we know what to expect. One of them obviously has strengths to run the ball, and the other one throws it pretty effectively,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Keith Patterson.

“We don’t prepare any differently for what we did for Oklahoma State with (Clint) Chelf and (J.W.) Walsh. There (are) a lot of similarities, I would say.”

While Waters and Sams both pose problems for West Virginia’s defense

with their abilities, both quarterbacks are in their first year of play time in the Big 12.

At this point in the season, Kansas State is last in the conference with a turnover margin of -9, and Patterson said West Virginia can potentially force them into mistakes by being aggressive.

“It’s like any quarterback; you’ve got to impact them and be physical when they do run it.

And when they do throw the ball, we’ve got to be able to mix things up on them and keep them offbalance,” Patterson said.

“If you let these guys

run the ball, now it sets up the play action. You’ve got to have success stopping them so they don’t get into a rhythm of run (and) play action.”

While the defense will look to contain Sams, Waters and the rest of the Kansas State offense, West Virginia’s offense will look to bounce back from a disappointing fourth quarter effort against No. 16 Texas Tech.

“You’ve got to learn how to win, and you’ve got to learn how to make plays in crucial situations,” said offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson.

“Getting better is a gradual incline. The majority of our skill guys didn’t even have a West Virginia uniform on last year. That’s not an excuse, that’s just reality. We’re trying to preach, ‘Let’s get better every week. Let’s get better every game.’

And I really think we’ve been doing that. Now the challenge is (to) keep getting better.”

For West Virginia quarterback Clint Trickett, Saturday’s game will be about more than just coming away with a win.

“I’ve always looked up to (Kansas State’s) Coach Snyder, because

he doesn’t have the best situation at Kansas State with recruiting and everything like that, and he still wins,” Trickett said.

“As a coach’s kid, I’ve had so much respect for him all throughout my life I get to play against a legend and he really is.

The stadium’s already named after him. He’s everything to that school and I’m excited to play against him.”

West Virginia and Kansas State are set to kick off at 3:45 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on Fox Sports 1. connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

Barber finds rhythm following struggles in 2012 by greg madia multimedia editor @dailyathenaeum

A year makes a big difference, especially for West Virginia junior linebacker Jared Barber. In 2012, Barber made just 34 total tackles. Through seven games in 2013, Barber leads the team with 50 total tackles.

Barber is playing his best football yet and has finally settled into his own. However, that didn’t come without attrition and adversity.

In 2011, Barber had a solid freshman season, earning a starting spot later in the season under then-defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel. He thrived in Casteel’s 3-3-5 stack, played in all 12 games and capped his season off by making six tackles during West Virginia’s Orange Bowl victory.

Then Casteel and his de-

fensive staff left West Virginia to join Rich Rodriguez at Arizona, and Barber was without the coach who was beginning to mold him.

“It was tough: I mean, I committed under coach Casteel. I came here for coach Casteel because I ran the stack in high school,” Barber said. “When they left, and the defensive staff left, I think that kind of threw me off a little bit, and honestly, I was pretty angry about it.”

Barber, who wanted to be Casteel’s next prototypical stack linebacker, admittedly didn’t take the transition from the stack to 2012 coordinator Joe DeForest’s 3-4 defense very well at all. Barber was bounced in-and-out of the starting lineup, and really struggled to find a place on DeForest’s defense.

“I went about it all wrong. I should have

sucked it up and just handled what happened and tried to make the best of it,” Barber said. “I can’t tell you how disappointed I was in myself, because I embarrassed myself and my family by the way that I played.”

The Mocksville, N.C., native needed a trip home to see his family and assess where he was in his career.

He wanted to see what he had to do going forward to regain success.

“I went home during February or March, and I talked to my parents because I wasn’t leaving West Virginia,” Barber said. “We said, why not make the best of it because I only had two years left, so that talk really changed everything.”

Barber decided at that point to get back to his roots. He wanted to do things that made him a standout linebacker at Davie High School; he wanted

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to push himself like he did during freshman year.

With Keith Patterson, another new coordinator, taking over the defense, Barber saw an opportunity to get better and earn a starting spot like he did back in 2011.

“It wasn’t like how (it) used to be when I was in high school and growing up, where I was the hardest worker; nobody ever outworked me,” Barber said.

“Last year some things got in the way and I let it bother me, which I shouldn’t have done, so since (then) I’ve just been trying to work my butt off.”

That hard work is something Patterson recognized after Barber returned to Morgantown following his trip to North Carolina.

“I saw a change in him in the spring; he got more focused, he got in better shape (and) he started do-

ing the things that it takes to be successful,” Patterson said. “He does good things and plays with such great effort.”

Barber’s change in mentality has resonated with his teammates and coaches. It shows on the field. Barber sits at No. 13 in the Big 12 Conference in total tackles and led West Virginia in tackles in games

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WVU looks to bounce back against OU Saturday by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

Wednesday’s match against No. 1 Texas proved this season’s West Virginia volleyball team has fight. After dropping the first two sets against the Longhorns, head coach Jill Kramer said she didn’t see her team roll over for the defending national champions in the third set.

Instead, she saw her team go blow for blow with the best volleyball program in the nation.

When the Mountaineers travel to Norman, Okla., to take on the Sooners Saturday, Kramer said she hopes to see that same fight as her team tries to end their fourgame losing skid in the Big 12 Conference.

“We were the ones fighting back this time, and that was a good thing to see.

Some of the things we are working on, and there are still things we are improving on,” Kramer said. “That last set we were playing very good volleyball. We just want to keep that going.”

West Virginia will arrive

in Norman on a two-game losing streak, which is only the second time this season this young team has dropped consecutive games. Despite dropping the previous two matches, several Mountaineers have continued to put up solid numbers.

Freshman outside hitter Jordan Anderson eclipsed a new career-high in kills last Saturday against No. 22 Kansas when she recorded 19 kills; she led her team again with 16 kills Wednesday in front of a nationally televised audience.

Along with Anderson, sophomore outside hitter Hannah Sackett has also been boasting some impressive numbers. Coming into the match against the Jayhawks, Sackett had eight consecutive matches with double-digit kills, which was good for second all-time.

Sackett finished her night one kill shy of extending her streak against Kansas but responded against the Longhorns by tallying 11 kills.

Junior middle blocker Evyn McCoy has quietly been having a stellar season.

McCoy’s 1.60 blocks per set

average is still good for the lead in the Big 12. McCoy added four more to her total against the Longhorns.

The Sooners will finally return to the Llyod Noble Center after a week of traveling to take on Baylor and TCU. The Sooners took down the Bears in straight sets Saturday afternoon before being pushed to five sets against TCU Wednesday night.

Oklahoma was able to sweep the road trip behind the play of senior middle blocker Sallie McLaurin. McLaurin averages 3.66 kills per set, which leads her team, and leads the Big 12 in hitting percentage with a .455 clip.

McLaurin isn’t the only defensive weapon Oklahoma features. Talyor Migliazzo, a sophomore libero, has an average of 3.84 kills per set, helping her team average the most digs in the Big 12.

West Virginia dropped both matches against the Sooners in the 2012 season and will look to avenge those losses this Saturday at noon. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Huggins’ confidence could bring results for WVU

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Sophomore Hannah Sackett spikes a ball in a match against No. 1 Texas Wednesday night.

men’s soccer

West Virginia faces conference foe Western Michigan by kevin hooker sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia men’s soccer team returns to Mid-American Conference action Saturday at home against Western Michigan.

Game time is slated for 7 p.m., and all fans are encouraged to wear a Halloween costume to the match. As part of the Kick of Treat festivities, the Mountaineer Maniacs will have a costume contest with prizes awarded for Saturday’s game.

Concessions will also be provided.

The Mountaineers (66-2, 1-3 in MAC) will look to fend off a Broncos team (6-7, 2-0 in MAC) that has won two of their last three games and five of their last eight. Western Michigan is coming off a 1-0 victory against Hartwick Saturday.

Despite scoring just two goals in their last three games, the Mountaineers lead the MAC with 23 goals. The Broncos rank No. 2 with 22

goals.

Forwards Andy Bevin and Majed Osman lead the conference with 20 and 16 points, respectively, while the Broncos’ Matheau Rogers is tied at No. 3 with 11. Bevin’s seven goals nearly quadruples his total from 2012.

West Virginia is coming off a 0-0 draw against American University after neither team could finish an opportunity. Junior Andy Bevin rebounded a shot in the 72nd minute, but the goal was ruled offside.

The Mountaineers last won Saturday against Georgia State by a score of 1-0.

“We didn’t play very well tonight, but we got the win,” Bevin said after the game. “We got the result, we got the goal that we needed, and I think tonight was a night filled with opportunities that never really (developed).”

Th e Mou nt a i n e e r s have just three remaining games on their regular season schedule, all of which are against confer-

ence opponents. At 1-3, the Mountaineers were picked to finish No. 2 in conference in the preseason poll. However, their three opponents combine to a 14-22-3 record, including a Buffalo team that is 3-9-3.

In the 2012 season, West Virginia was knocked out of the first round of the MAC Soccer Tournament and failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008.

Despite losing a number of upperclassmen, the Mountaineers’ youth has shown flashes of great potential. Osman, a sophomore, has five goals on the season.

Fans are also encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to help support the Mountaineer Food Bank. Those who do will receive a coupon for free popcorn and a ticket to a future game.

The Mountaine ers will play their last home wythe woods/the daily athenaeum game of the season Nov. 8 against Bowling Green. Junior forward Andy Bevin dribbles the ball down the field in a home match against Georgia State. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WVU looks to win conference title this weekend by joe mithcin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The emotion and celebration of Senior Night have faded away and a familiar goal has reentered the minds of the West Virginia women’s soccer team.

The No. 6 Mountaineers will close out their regular season this weekend on the road against Oklahoma and No. 18 Texas Tech. Just one more victory would ensure the team’s second consecutive Big 12 Conference title.

West Virginia enters this weekend with a 12-2-2 record and as winners of eight straight games. The team continued their Big 12 dominance Friday when WVU beat Kansas 2-0 to improve to 6-0 in the league.

The team will travel to face the Sooners Friday before flying to Texas Tech for a Sunday showdown.

Oklahoma earned its first conference win Friday when the Sooners beat TCU 1-0. Despite its lowly 4-11-1 record, Oklahoma hung tough against some of the nation’s top schools.

The team lost to No. 3 Florida State just 1-0 in early September and were beaten 2-1 when they hosted Texas Tech two weeks ago. “(Oklahoma’s) record does not reflect the quality of who they are,” said WVU head coach Nikki IzzoBrown. “We’re not playing against a record; we’re playing against a team on that given day, because anything can happen. Especially with Oklahoma and the personality that they have, they’re pretty good. It’s just that, unfortunately, they haven’t gotten the results.”

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The Sooners are last in the Big 12 with just 16 goals in 16 games. The team is led by junior midfielder Abby Hodgen who has scored three goals this season.

However, the lack of offensive firepower will not turn down the electricity of the environment Oklahoma brings. The Sooners lead the conference this season in total attendance with an average of more than 1,000 fans per match.

After the match Friday night, the Mountaineers will close their 2013 regular season against Texas Tech in the marquee match up of the Big 12 this season. The Red Raiders are 3-0-2 in the league this season and 131-2 overall. In fact, Texas Tech is ranked higher in several national polls across the country.

Tech’s lone loss came Sept. 1 when the team was defeated by Long Beach State. Since then, the Red Raiders have rattled off a 12-match unbeaten streak with draws to Oklahoma State and Baylor.

The Red Raiders pose a bigger threat offensively for

West Virginia than anyone in the Big 12. Texas Tech is second in goals this season with 38, right behind WVU. Janine Beckie and Alli Murphy lead Tech with six and five goals, respectively.

Texas Tech has 10 players on the roster with multiple goals this season.

A win against Oklahoma Friday night would clinch the conference regular season title for the Mountaineers for the second straight season. However, the team continues to be focused on one game at a time and have no plans on backing down to the Raiders, no matter the outcome of Friday’s match.

“It’s all about finishing out; it’s not just about winning the Big 12,” said senior forward Frances Silva.

“Whether we have clinched it Friday or not, we’re still going to go out pretty hard on Sunday.”

West Virginia closes out its regular season Friday at Oklahoma with kickoff set for 8 p.m. Sunday’s match at Texas Tech begins at 7 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

The letterman cardigan West Virginia basketball head coach Bob Huggins wore this week during Big 12 Media Day symbolized more than just a fresh look for the 32-year veteran.

Huggins joked with those gathered at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., uttering phrases such as, “It’s really good looking, isn’t it?” and, “You’re jealous.” Indeed, the sweater was quite the look, dapper even. However, the man wearing the outfit seemed fresh as well.

Huggins said last year’s 13-19 team drove him bonkers. It was his worst statistical season since his 1985 Akron team – his first year in Division I basketball. By March, Huggins’ frustration became more obvious. The identity of the squad was in deep trouble.

Fast forward to today.

Huggins and the rest of the WVU basketball team are preparing for another ride in the difficult Big 12 conference. This roster, though, doesn’t look much like 2012. Just six players remain from 2012. Normally, this shouldn’t make a coach relax or feel too good about his team, but this situation is unique.

The Mountaineers appear ready to embark on a new year. More importantly, so does Huggins.

West Virginia was selected No. 7 in the conference this season – the same slot they were voted into last year. Expectations in Morgantown aren’t high. In fact, they are probably the lowest since the end of the Gale Catlett era and the beginning of the John Beilein revolution. It’s a team that plays a doozy of a schedule, with trips to Virginia Tech, Missouri and a tournament in Cancun. The home slate isn’t much easier, with Gonzaga and Purdue entering the Coliseum before league play begins.

Huggins said this team can make shots. He said the team is tailored to get up-and-down and shoot the ball effectively. Those beliefs are very strongminded about a team that finished No. 209 in scoring and No. 288 in field goals in 2012. These comments are a good sign and should be welcomed. The most difficult person in the program to impress is Huggins, and his approval should mean everything.

Give a lot of credit to Huggins for bouncing back emotionally the way he has. Hitting the reset button on a program is a very difficult thing to do. Along with that comes the support factor and being able to teach. No one has ever knocked Huggs for those attributes. An improved, overachieving team would only cement his qualities as a legendary college coach.

We’ll never know if Huggins’ feelings and actions toward the team at the back end of the season was reasoning for the poor play and disinterested attitude on the court. We will find out is if the 2014 bunch will respond to the restored confidence their head coach has in them. If Huggins is refreshed and still passionate about developing young talent and molding them into winners, this program will see the results sooner rather than later. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers to compete at Head of the Schuykill by anthony pecoraro

our rowing,” King said. “Not surprisingly, some of the younger members are still trying to put it all together, but lately even some of our older rowers have lost their way a bit. Their struggles are akin to a pitcher or a golfer struggling with their mechanics, but I’m confident they will regain their form in time.”

The Mountaineers will have some momentum heading into the regatta as senior rower Karen Verwey earned Athlete of the Week honors following her stellar performance at the HOTO Regatta. Verwey competed in three races and took No. 1 in the women’s open 1x, posting a time of 19:45.20 and beating four rowers from Duquesne. In her second race of the day, Verwey competed on the Mountaineers’ first-place boat in the women’s open 8+, crossing the finish line in 15:34.66.

Verwey’s third race of the day was the women’s open

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The West Virginia University rowing team will be competing in its second regatta of the season in Philadelphia Saturday at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.

In the 43rd HOSR, the regatta’s official website lists the teams to beat this year as Drexel overall, Princeton for the men and Michigan State for the women. This will be no easy task as the 6,500-plus participants will be racing through a 2.5-mile course.

Head coach Jimmy King said that based on his team’s progress since the first regatta of the season, the Head of the Ohio Regatta, isn’t where he would like it to be. “(We’re) not far enough.

We’re clearly seeing progress in our training, but we’re struggling with some technical development in

4+, in which she crewed on the sixth-place boat, recording a time of 18:00.99.

Verwey said she knows what it takes to keep earning those victories this weekend in Philadelphia.

“Winning at Head of the Ohio gave us a burst, but it also highlighted the things we have to work on,” she said. “We’ve been spending these last two weeks just working on that. We’re going to give it our best tomorrow (Saturday), and it’s going to be great.”

With the season just beginning a month ago, this weekend’s regatta is an opportunity to build on everything the team has accomplished thus far.

“We’re looking for better all-around racing performances from not only our rowers but from our coxswains as well. Each rower and each coxswain needs to perform to the best of her ability in order for her crew to perform at its best,” King

said.

King said his goals for this meet are all based on the team’s process at that time. With it still being early in the season, the focus isn’t so much on winning.

“The majority of our goals this time of year are processoriented goals. We’re focused on taking what we’ve worked on in training and putting it into racing. The fall regattas are also an integrated part of our fall training; to that end, many of our rowers will race twice, some three times on Saturday,” he said.

WVU will compete in the following events: Event 2B: Women’s Collegiate Frosh/Novice Fours (1 entry). Event 4B: Women’s Collegiate & Open Fours (3 entries). Event 7B: Women’s College & Open Club Eights (3 entries). Event 13C: Women’s Championship Eights (1 entry). dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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No. 5 WVU to face Army by meghan carr sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The No. 5 West Virginia rifle team will compete against GARC opponent No. 9 Army (2-1, 1-1 GARC) Saturday at the WVU rifle range.

Mountaineers head coach Jon Hammond said he knows Army has posted very strong smallbore scores in the past.

“Army is (a) pretty balanced team. I think they’ve probably been a little bit stronger in smallbore over the last few years, but they’ve had some great smallbore shooters,” he said.

WVU beat Army in the 2012 season in smallbore, after junior Thomas Kyanko and former Mountaineer Petra Zublasing shot a 591 to seal the win at 2348-2303.

WVU also won the air rifle portion of the match beating Army 2361-2328 last season in West Point, N.Y. The Mountaineers shot a school record of 4709, defeating Army 4709-4631.

The record would eventually be broken again later in the semester.

Hammond said he doesn’t want the results in smallbore from 2012’s match against Army to distract the Mountaineers Saturday.

“We just had a really great match (in 2012). That was Thomas’s best match so far in his career, and I think Garrett (Spurgeon) shot pretty high,” he said.

“I think we shot one of the highest smallbore scores ever last year. I wouldn’t expect Army to be able to beat that kind of score even if they are better in that particular gun.”

Army lost two shooters last season, but still has

an experienced squad. Seniors Richard Calvin, Michael Matthews and Joseph Todero were named All-Americans by the National Rifle Association last season.

“This year they lost a very good senior shooter (William Mengon). So I think they are relying a lot on younger talent this season,” Hammond said.

The Mountaineers’ last match was two weeks ago against Nebraska, earning their first GARC win of the season. Despite the smallbore loss, WVU earned a victory against the Huskers, beating them 4656-4650.

The Mountaineers beat the Huskers 2349-2335 in air rifle after junior Meelis Kiisk finished with a 593 score in the discipline.

The Huskers individual shooters Denise Martin (581), Lauren Phillips (580) and Rachel Martin (578) placed No. 2 through No. 4 in smallbore and earned the victory.

Sophomore Garrett Spurgeon was the top shooter for the Mountaineers in Nebraska, earning No. 1 overall in smallbore with a score of 584 and placed No. 2 in air rifle with a 590.

Army is coming off a win against Coast Guard in its only home match of the 2013 fall season. Hammond said he knows this team has experience playing on the road and is expecting a tough match Saturday.

“We are in the same conference, so we see these guys every year in conference play and conference championships,” he said.

“I think they are going to come in here and give us a tough match this weekend.”

The match will begin at 8 a.m. and will last until the afternoon Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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In a bounce-back year, Barber is becoming one the most important players on West Virginia’s defense alongside Darwin Cook, Shaq Rowell and Will Clarke. Considering how down Barber was a year

ago, he is just enjoying the success he’s having on the field in 2013.

“When I come in here, I try not to have a bad day – every day is a good day,” Barber said. “I’m blessed to be at a great university, get my school paid for (and) play in the greatest game, so I just come in, work hard and everything else is taking care of itself.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu