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Halloweekend lockdown: Report of shots fired on Chestnut Street

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BY KAYLA GAGNON STAFF WRITER Two separate warnings about reported incidents involving guns were issued by police late Saturday night.

At 11:32 p.m. Saturday, a report of two males brandishing a weapon on Belmar Avenue came in, University Police Capt. Sherry St. Clair said Sunday. A text alert was issued just after midnight warning people to avoid the area.

St. Clair said UPD is investigating the incident.

“We’ve pulled the video footage from what we can get from the house today, and we’re actually starting to bring people back in to interview today,” she said.

She added that though the alert said the address of the incident was 200 Belmar Ave., which is the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house, to her knowledge the incident took place outside the house.

Around midnight Saturday, a report of shots fired near Chestnut Street was received by Morgantown Police.

In a Sunday evening email, Morgantown Public Information Officer Andrew Stacy said “[o]fficers received a shots fired call last night around midnight. No injuries were reported and no suspect was arrested. It is currently under investigation.”

A Morgantown Police official said a press release would be sent out with information about the reported shooting. At press time, it had not been sent, and the official did not know when it would be released.

“It could be [Sunday night], it could be later,” he said.

St. Clair said the two incidents were unrelated.

Vice Versa, a club on High Street, was celebrating their annual Halloween party Saturday

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Patrons gather in the smoking area near the back entrance to Vice Versa and were not able to leave the area during the lockdown. night when gunshots were heard nearby on Chestnut Street.

Montaz Morgan, owner of Vice Versa, announced to the club at around midnight that the club was going on lockdown because of the reported gunshots. The party resumed, but patrons were only allowed to exit out the front of the bar if they wanted to leave, not the back where they entered.

A few minutes after the lockdown was announced, patrons were allowed to go outside to the smoking area near the back entrance of the bar, but were not allowed to leave that area until further notice. This was enforced by staff members of Vice Versa.

“It’s our job to make sure you’re in a safe environment and to inform you quickly,” Morgan said in an announcement at 1 a.m., after the incident.

Diane Stemple, a Morgantown resident who visited the club, said she felt “totally safe” during

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Morgantown Police outside of Vice Versa. the lockdown. “[The staff ] handled it really well. That’s why I felt okay when they announced the lockdown,”

Stemple said.

Patrons were allowed to leave through the back exit at around 1:50 a.m.

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Oct. 29, 1861: Confederate troops pulled out of Charleston, never to return. At the beginning of the war, Charleston was a Virginia town with much sentiment for the Southern cause, but the ease of river access to Ohio and the difficulty of traveling overland to Old Virginia doomed Confederate attempts to secure the Kanawha Valley.

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Two state Supreme Court seats on the ballot On Nov. 6, West Virginians will elect two new justices to the state Supreme Court of Appeals.

A total of 20 candidates are running for the two seats. 10 will run for former Justice Menis Ketchum’s seat, who resigned in July after pleading guilty to one federal count of wire fraud, and 10 will run to replace former Justice Robin Davis, who resigned in August after being impeached by the House of Delegates.

Candidates for seat 1:

BY GABRIELLA BROWN AND CARLY VANIVER STAFF WRITERS Joanna I. Tabit Tabit currently serves as Kanawha County Circuit Judge.

She was appointed to the Kanawha County bench by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin in 2014, and was then elected to that seat in 2016. Tabit previously worked as the personal law clerk to former Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh. Prior to joining the court in 2014, she was a member attorney for Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. From Montgomery, West Virginia, she graduated from Marshall University in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and in 1986 she graduated from the WVU College of Law. Tabit currently serves on the juvenile justice commission and presides over Kanawha County’s Juvenile Drug Court.

She was one of 15 West Virginia lawyers selected in the 2017 “Lawyers and Leaders” class, which recognizes accomplished lawyers in the state by the WVU College of Law and West Virginia Executive, a business magazine.

Mark Hunt Hunt, a Charleston, West Virginia native, was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1994 and served for 14 years. He has worked as a legislative analyst and as counsel to the West Virginia State Auditor.

Hunt also worked as a managing partner with his firm, Mark A. Hunt & Associates PLLC, from 2008-2014.

He lost the Democratic primary for state Senate District 8 earlier this year and lost the 2016 general election for the U.S. House of Representatives 2nd District to incumbent Alex Mooney.

Hunt received his law degree from the District of Columbia School of Law in 1993, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Charleston in 1982 and his master’s degree from Marshall University in 1984.

Chris Wilkes Wilkes, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, currently serves in the eastern panhandle as a circuit court judge, a position he’s held

for 25 years. He served as the chief judge on West Virginia’s 23rd Judicial Circuit, the largest circuit in the state.

Prior to becoming a judge, Wilkes worked for his father’s law firm where he represented clients in civil, criminal and family law matters. He was also a municipal judge in Martinsburg and Ranson from 1985 to 1993.

He graduated from WVU and received his law degree from Ohio Northern University.

Harry C. “Bo” Bruner Jr. Bruner has practiced law in West Virginia, Kentucky and Florida for 43 years. He has experience in mineral, property, environmental, employment and contract law, according to WV News.

Of Charleston, West Virginia, Bruner has argued cases in both state and federal courts.

In a profile from Oct. 23, Bruner told WV News that as a Supreme Court Justice, “I will give $200,000 of my justice salary back to taxpayers for court’s outrageous spending. I will use my $8 law office furniture. I will have a true ‘open door’ policy by removing my door. I will eliminate wasteful spending. I will not use state cars.”

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Charleston before receiving his master’s and law degrees from WVU. D.C. Offutt Jr. Offutt is a Barboursville attorney and former West Virginia State Bar president. His practice areas include medical malpractice, legal malpractice, insurance defense, motor carrier defense and appellate law.

He has been a managing member of Offutt Nord Ashworth PLLC in Huntington since 1993.

Hiram “Buck” Lewis Hiram Lewis, of Clay County, has practiced law for 17 years since graduating from WVU College of Law in 2001.

He has worked in both state and federal courts, and has served as the leader of the West Virginia Senate Minority Counsel. He is also an Iraq War veteran.

Lewis said in a tweet in April 2017 that “I was just blocked by @MuslimIQ and #MuslimAlly for asking why Muslims exalt a pedophile and call him a prophet? Enlighten me? Smh.” He ran unsuccessfully for

state Attorney General in 2004 and 2008, and for the U.S. Senate in 2006.

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Tim Armstead.

Tim Armstead Armstead currently fills this seat as an interim justice on the Supreme Court after being appointed by Gov. Jim Justice. He had served as the West Virginia Speaker of the House from 2015 until his appointment.

He was also the minority leader of House Republicans from 2007 to 2014.

Of Elkview, West Virginia, graduated from the University of Charleston in 1987 and WVU College of Law in 1990.

Armstead has practiced law for 28 years. He served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge David A. Faber.

Armstead touts his role in the state legislature for his ability to manage funds and budgets. In a WV News article he wrote, “I am a solid fiscal conservative. As speaker, I managed the taxpayers’ funds responsibly and reduced the Legislature’s budget.

I am the only candidate in Division 1 who has experience overseeing the budget of a branch of our state government.”

He is endorsed by the National Rifle Association (NRA), and in a Facebook post, he wrote, “I am very excited to announce that I have received the endorsement of the NRA in my race for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals!”

Jeff C. Woods Woods, of Hurricane, West Virginia graduated from West Virginia State University and Howard University School of Law. Woods works as a managing attorney for his own law office. He has experience working as a judge advocate and senior trial counsel for the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corporation.

Woods has served as the act-

ing director of the West Virginia Magistrate Court system and as a municipal court judge in Nitro, West Virginia. He has also served in multiple positions in the court systems of the U.S. military.

“I think the easiest thing to do to restore integrity is to remember why you were elected and by whom you were elected,” said Woods in an interview with WCHS news anchor Whitney Wetzel. “One should not use public service as a license to engage in self-enhancement, or self-advancement or self-aggrandizement.”

Ronald H. Hatfield Jr. Hatfield, of Huntington, West Virginia, graduated from Marshall University and WVU College of Law. Hatfield was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

“I have 18 years of courtroom experience representing business and individual clients in areas such as criminal law, abuse and neglect, personal injury, toxic tort, environmental law and insurance coverage and bad faith,” said Hatfield in an interview with WV News.

Hatfield told news anchor Kallie Cart he is not a politician, but rather a lawyer dedicated to an impartial judiciary without any influence from a political party or agenda. He said he is not accepting donations nor endorsements.

Robert H. Carlton Carlton received a master’s degree of business administration from WVU and has law degrees from Oral Roberts University and Regent University.

According to WV News, he has six college degrees.

Carlton owns a private practice law firm, Carlton Law Office, based in Williamson. He has practiced as an assistant prosecuting attorney and a criminal defense attorney.

He told WV News that to restore the people’s faith in the Supreme Court, he will use his extensive education background.

“My MBA makes me uniquely qualified above all the other candidates to manage the affairs of the court and I have specialized training in morality and the law at ORU,” he said.

He ran unsuccessfully for the 30th Judicial Circuit in both 2014 and 2016.

Candidates for seat 2:

BY CIARA LITCHFIELD AND JARED SERRE STAFF WRITERS Jim O’Brien O’Brien, of Wheeling, has served as an assistant U.S. attorney and as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court in Parkersburg. He is a co-founder of Hartley & O’Brien, a personal injury law firm.

O’Brien said in the Herald-Dispatch article he has never run for public office before. He graduated from Wheeling Jesuit University in 1978 and WVU College of Law in 1981.

He said in a panel discussion in Wheeling that he learned his morals from his education at the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.

“I think the greatest obstacle to justice in this state at present is judicial officers putting their own ego and their own needs above the needs of the people they are elected to serve,” O’Brien said in The Intelligencer. “A judge must be a servant to the public, not a master.”

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Jeffrey Kessler

Jeffrey “Jeff ” Kessler Kessler has worked in the court system of West Virginia for a total of 37 years, split between his time as a city attorney, municipal judge and an assistant prosecutor, among other titles.

In 2011, he was elected to serve as the Senate President and Lieutenant Governor.

Kessler served as a Democrat in the West Virginia Senate. He did not seek reelection in 2016 because he was campaigning for governor, but lost the Democratic primary election to current Gov. Jim Justice.

Of Glen Dale, he graduated from Bishop Donahue High School, West Liberty University and WVU College of Law. He was elected to the state senate in 1997 and was reelected five times between

then and 2016.

Dennise Renee Smith Smith, originally from Fayette County but now residing in Kanawha County, has 22 years of litigation experience in state, federal and administrative courts and focuses in the areas of employment and workplace safety issues.

On her campaign website and in news outlets, Smith said she will not discuss politics or social issues.

“The court must be independent and above political agendas,” Smith wrote in a piece for the Herald-Dispatch.

“Cases must be decided based upon the law and the facts, not a judge’s ‘conservative values.’”

She has worked as assistant attorney general and legislative attorney for the House of Delegates.

Smith graduated from WVU and WVU College of Law. William Schwartz Schwartz has been practicing law for over 30 years as a trial lawyer in West Virginia. The National Trial Lawyers Association ranked him as one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the state, according to The Intelligencer.

Of Charleston, Schwartz graduated from St. John’s University and earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University.

In a panel discussion in Wheeling, he said his experience will make him an effective Supreme Court Judge.

“I am a real attorney,” Schwartz said. “I know where the courthouse is, I know what to do when I get there and I know what to do when I get to the Supreme Court.”

Schwartz filed a civil suit to stop Evan Jenkins’ appointment to the Supreme Court, alleging that since he hasn’t practiced law in over 10 years, which the state law requires, he cannot serve as a Supreme Court Judge.

Jim Douglas Douglas currently serves as a Family Law Judge in Kanawha County. He is originally from Clay County.

Douglas had his law license suspended for six months in 1989 by the state Supreme Court for his role in a divorce case in which he filed a “stud fee” lawsuit. The “stud fee” he filed was on behalf of the alleged father of a child against the mother, accusing the mother of promising to pay the father $5,000 for impregnating her, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

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Seat two cont. from p. 3 Douglas told WV News his extensive judicial history qualifies him as the best nominee.

“I am the most qualified candidate, and with the most practical experience, because until 2016, I was 39 years as a divorce lawyer, prosecutor, special ed lawyer, trial attorney, CLE instructor and published author; and now I have been a family court judge for nearly two years,” Douglas said.

Robert J. Frank Frank is a litigation attorney from Lewisburg working as part of Robert J. Frank & Associates LLC. According to his website, Frank has been licensed in Colorado since 1990 and in West Virginia since 2008.

One large case in which Frank worked was against Johnson & Johnson, manufacturers of the drug Risperdal. Frank served as co-lead trial counsel in the 2017 case.

According to WV News, he also “was co-lead counsel in the wrongful death case stemming from the murder of famous rapper The Notorious B.I.G.” Frank emphasizes his religion through his work, mentioning on his website that his practice of law is “part of my Christian mission” and that he

selects cases and clients based upon his faith.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from Cornell College in Iowa and his J.D. from University of Iowa College of Law. William Stewart

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William Stewart-Thompson.

Thompson Thompson currently serves as a judge on the 25th Judicial Circuit Court of the state, representing Boone and Logan counties. He has served in that role since 2007, after he was appointed by then-Gov. Joe Manchin to the seat temporarily. He won election of the seat in 2008.

Thompson emphasizes the judicial experience that he already has, which other can-

didates lack. In a forum held with candidates on Oct. 21, Thompson said, “Putting on a robe is different. It gives you a lot of power over people’s lives. And some people can’t handle it.” He later added, “I know how to handle the powers of the robe.”

Before his appointment, Thompson served as as an attorney with Cook & Cook in Madison from 1995 to 2007. From 2003 to 2007, his time as an attorney overlapped with his time as Mental Hygiene Commissioner of Boone County.

According to the Gazette-Mail, Thompson oversaw wrongful death settlements from the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.

He graduated from with a degree in civil engineering from WVU and then from the WVU College of Law in 1995, according to WV News.

Brenden D. Long Long currently works with Long Law Offices, PLLC out of Scott Depot, which he founded in 2009, according to WV News. He has been a member of the West Virginia State Bar since 2006.

According to his Justia profile, prior to opening his private practice, Long served as an assistant prosecutor in

Kanawha County from 2007 to 2009. He was also a law clerk for circuit court Judge Louis “Duke” Bloom from 2006 to 2007.

When he was assistant prosecutor, Long received training in handling DUI related cases from the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Institute, as well as special advocacy and trial training through the National District Attorneys Association, according to his website.

He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and his law degree from the University of Duquesne.

Marty “Redshoes” Sheehan Sheehan, affectionately known to some as “Redshoes” due to his exuberant choice of footwear, is currently a bankruptcy and criminal justice attorney based out of Wheeling with Sheehan & Nugent, PLLC. He has been a member of the West Virginia State Bar since 1984.

According to his website, Sheehan is a member of the Chapter 7 bankruptcy Trustees for West Virginia an, often serves in both the northern and southern districts of the state.

Previously, Sheehan ran

for the West Virginia House of Delegates in District 3 as part of the 2014 elections but was defeated in the Republican primary.

Of Ohio County, he received his bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and his law degree from Duquesne.

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Evan Jenkins Evan Jenkins Jenkins, of Huntington, is currently serving on the state Supreme Court on an interim basis after Gov. Jim Justice appointed him to a seat this past August. Jenkins had resigned from his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District in order to take the position. He is now running in

order to secure the seat for a full term.

Jenkins had been running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in West Virginia, but was defeated by state attorney general Patrick Morrisey in the primary election.

According to his website, “Evan has thirty years of experience in a wide range of legal issues and complex cases before Administrative Law Judges, Circuit Court jury trials and the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Evan also has 22 years of experience making the laws the Supreme Court interprets under our Constitution. Evan also taught business law at the university level.”

In the lawsuit filed by Schwartz, it writes that Jenkins has not practiced law since 1999 and declared his law license inactive in 2014, according to WV Metronews.

Jenkins served as a member of the state House of Delegates from 1994 to 1998 and as state senator from 2003 to 2014 before winning his congressional seat. He switched parties from Democrat to Republican in 2013.

He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his law degree from Samford University.

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Mountaineer Week Winners

BY OLIVIA GIANETTINO AND RACHEL JOHNSON

Versprille wins beard growing competition Scott and Antinone win Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer Contestants went through two rounds of tiebreakers at the beard-growing finals on Wednesday.

The judges paced up and down the Mountainlair steps examining the beards that had been growing over a period of four weeks.

Each student stood on a step as Trevor Kiess, the Mountaineer mascot, asked about their growth strategies.

Some had been taking vitamins and regularly applying beard oils, while others had a more relaxed approach.

Contestants claimed that certain remedies did not work and that their secret to a successful beard was just living their life.

“It was just wait and see what happens,” contestant Caleb Shreve said into the microphone.

The Mountaineer made his way down the staircase questioning the students one by one.

Prior to judging, Kiess made it clear that they were not looking for the longest beard, but the best one.

After the judges’ first round of deliberating, the scores were tallied and revealed multiple students tied for the top five heat.

Judges re-evaluated, and for a second time, the scores were tied.

“That really speaks to the level of competition we have

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Davis Versprille, right, was crowned winner of the beard growing competition.

Stephen Scott and Mia Antinone after being named Mr. and Ms. Mountaineer.

this year,” Kiess said.

Finally, the judges made a face-to-face decision and the top five beards were chosen: Davis Versprille, Anthony Dowling, Tyler Brewster, Nathaniel Plumley and Austin Delcarlo.

The rest of the competitors were dismissed, and the top five took their seats for the last round of judging.

For a final time, Kiess inter viewed the five men standing.

“What would be the best tip for someone who’s entering this competition?”

Kiess asked.

On Thursday night at the halftime of the WVU vs. Baylor football game, smart and qualified individuals walked Mountaineer field each hoping to be named Mr. or Ms. Mountaineer.

Stephen Scott was named Mr. Mountaineer and Mia Antinone was named Ms. Mountaineer. Both said they were extremely honored and felt blessed to receive the title.

Scott is a third-year law student from Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Thursday night, he was escorted by his mom, Barbara Scott, and his Nana, Betty Washington.

“Believe in yourself,” Plumley replied first.

“Don’t pay any attention to it until the day it’s due,” Delcarlo added.

Dowling took third place, and Delcarlo came in second.

The first-place prize went to Versprille.

“It was a very, very hairy decision,” Kiess joked.

The first-place winner won a $100 gift card to Sheetz; second and third place winners also received gift cards.

The competition was sponsored by Sheetz.

“I have been on a high of just energy and love,” Scott said.

Scott received his undergraduate degree from WVU, so he has been in Morgantown for a total of seven years.

“These seven years have flown by in hindsight, but I have been able to cherish the memories I’ve made along the way,” he said.

Scott has watched the University change, seeing President Gee take office and seeing University Apartments go up in Sunnyside.

He is looking forward to

serving the University and giving back however he can with his title and to figure out ways to keep alumni engaged.

“It’s just really been a blessing to see how much support I’ve had over seven years at WVU,” Scott said. “This has truly been a blessing to be at WVU and I can’t imagine how my life would be or would have been if I would have choose otherwise.”

Antinone is a senior biochemistry student and communications minor from Weirton, West Virginia.

Antinone said she felt overjoyed being named Ms. Mountaineer. She was escorted on the field by her parents Anthony and Suzie Antinone. She described being named Ms. Mountaineer as something she’ll remember for the rest of her life.

“I’m really excited and really honored to win this prestigious award,” she said.

Antinone said the process of applying was really exciting and that all the other finalists were deserving.

“My years of undergrad have been amazing,” she said.

Although she is graduating in Spring 2019, Antinone will spend another four years as a Mountaineer as a student in WVU’s Medical School.

“I hope to gain more support from the University. I’m excited to keep representing the University even after I no longer go to West Virginia [University],” she said.

It’s On Us Week: Title IX mock trial comes to a guilty verdict

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Law students and spectators gathered at the Law School on Wednesday evening to watch how a sexual assault case would play out in court.

This was based on a real case but all of those participating were law students acting as attorneys, witnesses, defendants and victims.

Jurors were selected from members of the audience. After the trial, the jury unanimously found the accused guilty of sexual assault in the second degree.

This trial was hosted by the

Title IX office in collaboration with WVU Law students as a part of It’s On Us Week.

It’s On Us Week is an initiative started by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in 2014 as a way to bring awareness to sexual assault and sexual violence prevention on college campuses.

“WVU picked right up on this campaign, as soon as it launched in that original administration and has continued those efforts,” said Mariana Matthews, WVU assistant director for prevention education.

Matthews said WVU has put on this mock trial before and that the Prosecuting Attorney’s office has been

extremely helpful.

“The goal is to really show these students the opportunity, education and difficulties around sexual violence cases,” she said.

Matthews said the mock trial gives students the opportunity to ask questions and explore what a sexual assault case might look like in court.

Another goal is to show students the difference between a criminal case and Title IX proceeding.

“Even if a student doesn’t want to report, they don’t want to move through police options, they can come to our office and get resources, anything they need to grow and recover,”

she said.

Cindy Scott, a senior investigator in the Title IX office with the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, said the purpose of the mock trial was to provide students with prevention education and alert students to what activities can lead to events like those depicted in the mock trial.

“We definitely timed this specifically, [so] that students that [are] going to be doing extra celebrations this weekend would be aware of the activities that could lead to something that could cause a policy violation to occur,” Scott said.

Briana Breault from Moundsville, West Virginia, is a third-

year law student and graduate assistant at the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

“What we did today was intentionally done to demonstrate the complications of a sexual assault trial,” Breault said.

Breault described how the difference between this and a Title IX case is essentially the burden of truth.

She said the mock trial was a way to let students know about WVU’s resources and to educate students.

Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney Perri J. DeChristopher said the mock trial was “just a snippet of a real court case.”

DeChristopher has partici-

pated in this event for years and thought all the students were very well prepared.

“They did a great job bringing some questions to the forefront to be discussed after the trial concluded,”DeChristopher said. “I thought they did a really great job.”

If a student wants to discuss Title IX related incidents such as sexual assault, stalking or dating violence, they can call the 24/7 Title IX hotline number: 304-906-9930.

The Title IX office’s website can be found at https://titleix. wvu.edu/home.

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Is participation worth celebration?

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Back in kindergarten and early elementary school, I played a handful of sports.

I did flag football one year, baseball another and during my youngest years, I was in a t-ball league. I absolutely loved the physical activity and the chance to have fun and be a little rough with other boys my age.

Was I good at any of these little league sports though?

No, not at all. I was especially terrible at baseball. I remember getting a trophy after my final game of the sport; it was a small and immensely cheap-looking thing, but it meant the world to me and I cherished it.

I threw a fit about a year later when I bumped into the dresser of my bedroom and caused it to wobble off the edge, shattering on the floor below. The batter made of plastic gold was suddenly missing an arm and a head.

A friend I used to have back then competed in a vast number of sports, and I remember his wall was absolutely stuffed full of trophies of every shape and size that I could imagine.

Yet, whenever I went to watch him play at his games—and I went often—he was absolutely terrible at all of them as well. His hoard of plastic on false marble stands was all earned from him simply showing up.

Should children continue to earn praise and awards for just showing up? Does participation really count? Most people are firmly divided on the issue.

An award of any kind signifies accomplishment worthy of recognition. Rewards in relation to sports are known

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Participation trophies are a controversial topic today; many people ask the question, “should children be awarded for simply participating?” to intensify competition and drive a focus on excellence.

Every player wants to be the best at their sport, after all.

Receiving rewards also increases a sense of self-worth and accomplishment, and can raise the self-esteem of a victor.

But that sense of accomplishment and triumph stems from the fact that they are the only person, or one of a small number, who won this award. That’s what makes it special. Many would argue then that the worth of a trophy is destroyed when everyone else on the team is receiving a trophy like it. This stems into another subject of debate—fairness.

Is it fair to reward two players of vastly different skills with the same award? Should someone who does only the bare minimum receive the same reward as the best player on the team?

I played football for the Hurricane Redskins in eighth grade and throughout my entire high school career. I was a defensive lineman. I am a big, strong man, but I lacked the mental talent and devotion to the sport to excel at it like some of my peers. I was set to start my senior year, but a concussion earned in the August practices took me out of the game for a month and a half and put me behind my teammates.

Comparing myself to our starting offensive center, a friend who worked his hardest in practice and learned what he had to in order to play, I would definitely say that we do not deserve the same reward. He worked harder, he deserves greater recognition and praise.

On the opposite side of the argument, however, some state that participation rewards are useful for draw-

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ing reclusive and nervous children out of their shells and encourage them to play more. While they might not be an excellent athlete at the moment, their participation reward could be what drives them to continue refining their talent and building upon it.

However, participation trophies do not seem to cause that much harm in the long run. Eventually, those who are committed to becoming superior athletes will stick with the sport and continue to grow, while others will simply go on to pursue other ventures. One must also remember that we often only see participation trophies among youth sports. Sports in which the goal is less to win and more to simply have fun.

So, why not let the little guys play some ball, get a goofy trophy, and smile for a little bit?

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SPORTS

Sinkfield’s involvement adds extra spark to running back room

BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS WRITER

FOOTBALL Thursday was West Virginia redshirt freshman running back Alec Sinkfield’s time to shine.

Sinkfield did not get many looks early on in the season.

He combined for six runs for 28 yards and two catches for 15 yards in the first two games against Tennessee and Youngstown State. Then he battled an injury that forced him to miss the ensuing games before suiting up again for the Oct. 13 clash at Iowa State.

But, once again, Sinkfield was not able to carve his name into the box score in that dreadful 30-14 loss to Iowa State. The offense totaled 152 yards and ran just 42 plays, meaning he was not able to get a chance to showcase his talents on the field.

All of that changed in the 58-14 drubbing of Baylor. Sinkfield got his chance and delivered with 26 yards on seven carries and two catches for 29 yards, equaling a career-high 55 all-purpose yards.

“It was just time to get him touches,” said WVU offensive coordinator Jake Spavital. “We were a little hesitant at Iowa State because he hadn’t been full strength yet and we didn’t get very many opportunities.

We had 42 plays versus Iowa State. Had an opportunity to get out there and get him some touches. I thought he did a re-

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Alec Sinkfield makes his way to the outside to try and gain some yards. ally good job.”

Sinkfield’s biggest play of the day came through the air, an area the coaching staff raved about when he came out of American Heritage High School in Florida, where he finished with 2,231 career rushing yards and 1,046 career receiving yards. One quarter after being stuffed for a loss of two yards by the Baylor defense on a pass from redshirt senior quarterback Will Grier, he was able to make a huge mark the next time Grier targeted him.

He took a 31-yard screen

pass from Grier all the way to the Baylor 19-yard-line in the third quarter, which eventually set up a one-yard scoring run for true freshman running back Leddie Brown to give WVU a commanding 51-7 lead.

It was one of those plays that showed how deep this running back room is. At any given time someone can break through for a big play, and that was clear throughout the course of the game Thursday.

Junior Martell Pettaway had 35 yards on four touches, highlighted by a 33-yard touch-

down run that saw him break through a big hole and weave through defenders to get into the end zone. Fellow junior Kennedy McKoy had 23 yards on seven carries and could have ended the evening with more yards if not for a big run getting called back due to holding. Brown added to the festivities with that short scoring rush.

“It was great to see Pettaway hit a home run shot,” Spavital said. “That’s what we’ve been looking for and what we’ve been missing and he had the ability to do that. And then

you saw Kennedy hit one early, which was on a holding play, which was awesome to see.

And then you add Sink on top of that, who hit the screen for 30-40 yards. You just enjoy seeing those kids start hitting those explosive plays.”

Those numbers are not eye-popping, but the WVU coaching staff has the confidence in everyone in the running back room to break through for those big plays.

It’s a running back by committee type of situation because everyone brings their own skill set to the table and can

have a breakout performance any week.

McKoy (366 yards and 5.7 yards per carry), Brown (312 yards and 5.4 yards per carry) and Pettaway (278 yards and 5.2 yards per carry) have each accumulated over 250 yards on the ground and are running for five-plus yards per touch, making WVU one of only two Big 12 teams – the other is Oklahoma – to have three players rush for 250-plus yards and each average above five yards per carry. Meanwhile, Sinkfield has 54 rushing yards and is averaging 4.2 yards per touch.

Pettaway has eclipsed 50 yards twice this season and started two games. McKoy has surpassed 70 yards three times and started four times. Brown is the first true freshman at WVU since Noel Devine in 2007 to have multiple 100yard rushing games. And Sinkfield started once versus Youngstown State and shown what he can do when healthy.

“All of those guys need to be involved,” said WVU head football coach Dana Holgorsen. “Pettaway looked as good as I’ve seen him look. He broke through, stuck his toe in the ground, made a safety miss and score. All four bring something to the table. The good news is we don’t have to rely on just one of them.

We’re a running back by committee team and all of those guys bring a little something different to the table. It’s nice to have all those guys healthy.”

Breaking down Week 9 in the Big 12

BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL With West Virginia’s 5814 rout of Baylor on Thursday, Mountaineer fans everywhere were free to watch all of the college football action on Saturday for the second week in a row.

While the week of college football action contained plenty of excitement, including upsets of Washington, Texas A&M, Oregon, Wisconsin, South Florida and NC State, it was difficult to find more exciting action than in the Big 12.

The Mountaineers moved up to No. 12 in the AP Poll following the week’s action.

The first edition of the College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Tuesday night.

Iowa State 40, Texas Tech 31 The Cyclones are getting hot at the right time.

Thanks to a late safety and 48-yard touchdown catch from Brock Purdy to Hakeem Butler, ISU won a shootout against a much-improved Texas Tech team.

Iowa State running back David Montgomery went off for 125 yards and two touchdowns on 33 carries. Butler added four receptions for 148 yards, including the aforementioned 48-yard game-sealing touchdown.

Tech quarterback Alan Bowman returned to start for the first time in nearly a month and completed 32 of 56 passes for 323 yards, including a touchdown to Antoine Wesley, but threw three interceptions.

The Cyclones seem to have

all the right pieces for an eight or nine-win season with Kansas, Baylor, Kansas State and left on their schedule. Their only big road test is at No. 15 Texas on Nov. 17.

Kansas 27, TCU 26 Prior to Kansas’ loss at West Virginia, University Daily Kansan sports editor Braden Shaw joked that many Jayhawk fans were just waiting to see if their team could win another game.

Shaw and the KU fans did not have to wait too long as a fumble by TCU running back Darius Anderson at the Jayhawks’ seven-yard line with a little over a minute left secured Kansas’ first Big 12 win since 2016.

“Just a mistake I made,” Anderson said following the loss.

“Can’t get it back now.”

The Horned Frogs have

now lost five of their last six games, with the most recent one at perennial Big 12 cellar-dweller Kansas being the most demoralizing. With West Virginia and Oklahoma State left on their schedule, it’s certainly possible that TCU is looking at their third losing season under head coach Gary Patterson’s 18-year tenure.

The Jayhawks are only one win away from their winningest season since 2009, and with reeling Kansas State remaining on their schedule, that doesn’t seem too far out of grasp.

No. 8 Oklahoma 51, Kansas State 14 It comes as no surprise that Kyler Murray and the Sooners dominated Kansas State in Norman on Saturday.

The Heisman hope-

ful Murray completed 19 of 24 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns and added 46 yards and another touchdown rushing.

With the win, Oklahoma takes the driver’s seat to take the Big 12 title and a possible College Football Playoff berth.

Oklahoma State 38, No. 6 Texas 35 The Longhorns’ art of winning dangerously finally caught up with them in front of a homecoming crowd in Stillwater.

Fifth-year Cowboy senior quarterback Taylor Cornelius and sophomore wide receiver Tylan Wallace unleashed an offensive attack that comprised of 502 total yards. “[Cornelius is] a tough guy, he’s a competitor,” said Oklahoma State coach Mike

Gundy following the win.

“He’s got a good demeanor, he’s tough, he’s unselfish, the team loves him. He was good tonight. He needed to come back and do well.”

Oklahoma State has now unleashed total chaos in the Big 12 race with three teams tied for first in the conference and two others just one game back.

Texas, West Virginia and Oklahoma all control their own destinies to win the conference. Just keep winning, and the championship will take care of itself. Saturday’s game between WVU and Texas in the afternoon could be an eliminator of sorts, but if Texas Tech upsets the Sooners later that night in Lubbock, it would return to absolute chaos.

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WVU looks to continue WNIT momentum in 2019

BY ANDREA WARNER SPORTS WRITER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The West Virginia women’s basketball team returns to action this week with an exhibition against West Liberty.

The Mountaineers are coming off the 2017 season with a 24-11 overall record and 8-10 in Big 12 play. WVU’s road trip play needs to be worked on coming into the 2018-2019 season, as their road record was 2-8 in the 2017-2018 season. Their record in the Coliseum was 15-3.

Even though there were a number of injuries last year, head coach Mike Carey’s team still had a strong showing in the postseason. The Mountaineers made it to the semifinals of the Big 12 championship where they fell to 68-55 to seventh-ranked Texas. WVU was seeded sixth in the tournament and finished with four players in double figures but only shot 32.4 percent as a whole.

The team capped off their season in the semifinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. They were eliminated by Virginia Tech in a close finish. The Hokies edged out WVU, 64-61, even with a strong performance from the senior class.

WVU started off their 20172018 season with a 13-game win streak, which was halted

by Texas, who is predicted to be ranked second in the Big 12 this season.

Baylor is projected to finish first for the season with 80 votes and Texas is projected to finish second with 72 votes.

The Mountaineers were voted to finish third in the Big 12, earning 65 votes.

Redshirt junior guard Tynice Martin was named to the preseason All-Big 12 team and Naomi Davenport, and Katrina Pardee all earned preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention.

Martin was named the 2017 Big 12 Championship Most Outstanding Player but suffered a foot injury during the summer of 2017 forcing her to miss last year entirely.

Martin also earned the Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America Honorable mention. Martin averaged 18.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game and her 32 points in the title game against Baylor were a Big 12 Championship game record.

Davenport finished her rookie season at WVU as an All-Big 12 Second Team honoree in 2018. Davenport stepped into the lineup and averaged 16.1 points and 7.1 rebounds, ranking second on the team. She scored 597 points on the season as a rookie.

In her league debut, she scored 32 points against TCU, recording the most points scored by a player in her first Big 12 Conference game since 2001. For this upcoming season, Davenport is on the watch list for the Cheryl Miller Award.

Pardee is a three-year letter winner for the Mountaineers and has a strong presence in the lineup. She was ranked fourth in the Big 12

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Naomi Davenport drives into the paint to shoot a layup against TCU. with 82 three-pointers made in 2017-18. Pardee finished off her junior season averaging 12.3 points and 3.5 rebounds per game with 71 assists and

58 total steals on the season.

She was also named an Academic All-Big 12 honoree in 2017-2018.

Their unofficial season

opener is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Coliseum against West Liberty in an exhibition. The first official game is against Coppin State on Nov. 6.

Resiliency helps WVU clinch conference title

BY QUINN BURKITT STAFF WRITER

MEN’S SOCCER When asked about what helped his team win its first Mid-American Conference, head coach Marlon LeBlanc gave a simple answer.

“An amazing amount of resiliency,” he said.

Along with securing their first MAC regular-season title the West Virginia men’s soccer team snagged their first conference championship since 2006 when the team competed in the Big East conference.

The Mountaineers (12-5, 4-0 MAC) finished off their home stretch of the season by finding themselves on the

PHOTO BY CAYLIE SILVEIRA

Senior Midfielder Joey Piatczyc races to get to the ball before it goes out of bounds. winning end in their last four matches. Before the fourmatch winning streak, the

Mountaineers had won four of their last six matches.

Although securing the

conference championship Friday night, the season hasn’t always been pretty.

Throughout the season the Mountaineers suffered ugly losses to Radford on Sept.

25, 4-1, as well as losing three matches 1-0 early in the season.

Last season, the Mountaineers saw their hopes at a conference championship diminish after beginning the season 7-3-3 and then collapsing with a 2-3-1 record to end the season. 2016 also saw West Virginia disappoint with an 8-7-1 record and 1-4 in MAC. “We’ve been so close a number of times, I think this team deserves the award of finally being close but getting the job done and we’re a good team,” explained

LeBlanc following Friday night’s match against Bowling Green.

The closest West Virginia has gotten to winning the MAC conference in the past six seasons was when the team went 11-7-1 and 3-1-1 in the MAC in 2014.

With a loaded squad full of four senior leaders, the Mountaineers hope to rely on leadership and experience to carry them far into the MAC championship and beyond.

The Mountaineers are led by their four seniors. Goalkeeper Stephen Banick, forward Rushawn Larmond, and midfielders Joey Piatczyc Jorge Quintanilla. Piatczycz leads the team in goals and points with six and 18, although he missed a few games in the middle of the

season.

Piatczyc secured the game-winning goal for West Virginia yet again Friday night, giving the senior midfielder 21 game-winning points in his career.

Although not securing a conference regular season championship since 2006, LeBlanc his coached the Mountaineers to much success, leading his team to top25 rankings the past three seasons as well as reaching the Mid-American Conference championship four years in a row from 2012 to 2015.

West Virginia will now travel to Northern Illinois on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. before competing in the MAC tournament on home turf on Nov. 9 and Nov. 11.

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Big 12 Football Standings 1. Texas (6-2, 4-1) 2. West Virginia (6-1,4-1) 3. Oklahoma (7-1, 4-1) 4. Iowa State (4-3, 3-2) 5. Texas Tech (5-3, 3-2) 6. Oklahoma State (5-2, 2-3) 7. Baylor (4-4, 2-3) 8. Kansas (3-5, 1-4) 9. Kansas State (3-5, 1-4) 10. TCU (3-5, 1-4)

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Mountaineer Idol winner announced

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Jamie Devine was named the winner of Mountaineer Idol 2018.

The final round of Mountaineer Idol took place in the Mountainlair Ballrooms Sunday afternoon.

The final four contestants entering the round were Devine, Trinity Gray, Taylor Hess and Madeline Samsell.

Gray came in second place, Hess came in third and Samsell received honorable mention.

“I’m really excited,” Devine said.

Devine is a junior English and secondary education student with a minor in creative writing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Growing up, Devine said

she was heavily involved in music and theatre. She was in her first musical at the age of 8.

She sang “She Used To Be Mine” by Sara Bareilles, “Million Reasons” by Lady Gaga and “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele.

Devine said she chose her songs because she loves strong and power female artists.

All competitors, including those from earlier rounds, sang “We Are The World” to open up the competition.

While the judges were tallying their scores, Katie Simms, the 2017 Mountaineer Idol performed an original song called “Life Ring” This is the 15th year of the Mountaineer Idol competition. Devine received $1,000 for coming in first place.

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