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Students set up temporary living arrangements on Mountainlair Green in preparation for ESPN College GameDay

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tournaments, hooking up televisions to outdoor outlets in order to play video games in tents, cheering, “Let’s go, Mountaineers!” at random times and, of course, taking turns with tent mates to go to class and to stay with the tent.

“Not one of us has had more than four hours of sleep a night.

At first people called us crazy, but I’d say the people who aren’t here right now are the crazy ones,” Skinner said.

As of yesterday afternoon, the official tent count was at 200 tents. Brown took the initiative to keep track of how many tents

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Students gather on the Yesterday, The Daily AtheMountainlair naeum reported that University Green in prepPlace still is not open and is makaration for ing its would-be residents rather ESPN College upset. Today, The Daily AtheGameDay’s naeum brings readers a new, broadcast promising living arrangement Saturday.

Tent City, W.Va. Established Sunday night on the Mountainlair Green by four West Virginia University students, Tent City is the studentdubbed name for the hundreds of tents pitched in communal anticipation of ESPN’s College see TENTS on PAGE 2 GameDay filming on the plaza this Saturday for the home football game against Texas Christian University. Brittany Brown, Andrew Osborne, Tommy Skinner and Andy Thomas, the first tenants and founders of Tent City, have been appointed comayors of the village that is completely self-governed without any management from the University.

“We didn’t think we were going to be the first ones. It got pretty contagious pretty quick,” said Skinner, whose tent resides on “Main Street” in Tent City.

The daily routine of a Tent City resident typically includes waking up early to back pain from sleeping on concrete, lounging in chairs around tents, blasting music at all hours of the day, Kyle Monroe/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM playing football in the sparse empty areas of the plaza, com- Senior biology student Adam Pollio and junior chemical engineering stupeting in corn hole and foosball dent Michael Mallory play Xbox in their tent Thursday afternoon.

Official claims University released student emails to politicians by angie dewitt correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Despite official denials, West Virginia University shared student email addresses in bulk form with politicians competing in the 2012 general election according to several insider sources, and some candidates may be using those emails in their 2014 races.

Both Republican and Democratic parties in West

Virginia requested and obtained WVU student email addresses during the 2012 general election, according to a WVU official who asked not to be identified.

A Republican operative in West Virginia also claims that Walt Helmick (D), now the state’s Commissioner of Agriculture, received student email addresses from public universities throughout the state when he was running for office in 2012. The operative asked

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The student email addresses handed out in 2012 may have been shared with more current candidates, including Shelley Moore Capito (R) and Natalie Tennant (D) who are running for the Senate seat vacated by long-time Senator Jay Rockefeller. However, University spokesman John Bolt said neither campaign would have access to a fresher list of email addresses. Under the Univer-

sity’s new policy, external candidates are no longer granted access to student email addresses, Bolt said.

Bolt said that the University has not shared student email addresses since 2010, when students received a bulk email from Mike Oliverio, a Democratic candidate for the West Virginia 1st Congressional District at the time. A student volunteer for the campaign

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WVU helps children with annual ‘Trunk-or-Treat’ event by courtney gatto staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University Institute of Industrial Engineers has been working to plan a fantastic Halloween for young trick-or-treaters in the Morgantown area.

The WVU IIE’s annual Trunk-or-Treat event will be held this evening from 5:30-7 p.m. Although Trunk -or-Treat is scheduled to take place in the band parking lot next to the WVU Coliseum, it may be

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Continued from page 1 obtained the list from the University Registrar’s office, creating outrage on campus, according to the Wheeling Intelligencer.

Ho w e v e r, s e v e ra l sources said the University continued to share student email addresses with West Virginia candidates in the 2012 general election, and many students say they continue to receive emails, particularly from the Tennant campaign, which is trying to appeal to younger voters.

Jennifer Donohue, a spokeswoman for the Tennant campaign, said she

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moved to the Shell building in the event of bad weather conditions. Attendees are told to make note of these possible changes.

“Basically all the student organizations throughout the University get together and go out into the Coliseum parking lot and hand candy out from the trunks of their cars,” said Clayton Davis, the president of WVU IIE. There will be 89 organizations from across campus helping out at the event. They will all participate by decorating the cannot speak on the topic of how the campaign has built its list.

“Our campaign did exchange email address lists with other Democratic candidates in West Virginia and the state party, which is a very common practice,” Donohue said.

There are many other ways students could have ended up on the Tennant campaign’s email list, Donohue said. The campaign hosts events on campus and gets students’ email addresses from signup sheets at those events, and students could also have gone to Tennant’s website and given the campaign their email address.

The Capito campaign also sends out daily emails to its list of supporters according to Kent Gates, the Capito campaign’s spokesman. The campaign obtains email addresses from people who have donated, those who have volunteered or those who have gone to Capito’s Facebook page, Gates said.

Gates claimed what the Tennant campaign is doing is illegal.

“Going to the University for that information, or the University providing it, is not a legal transaction or something this campaign would be involved in,” he said.

trunks of their cars in Halloween decor and passing out candy to the children who stop by.

This year, the “Trunkor-Treating” will be in conjunction with a WVU women’s basketball game.

The Mountaineers will take on Wheeling Jesuit University during their Haunted Hoops Exhibition game, starting at 7 p.m. at the Coliseum. Admission for the game is free.

“We partnered up with Haunted Hoops, and we are trying to get more people to go and support the However, privacy experts say the use of student email addresses by political campaigns is not illegal, nor is it illegal for universities to share student email addresses with political parties. Even so, the practice raises serious privacy issues, according to Khaliah Barnes, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Student Privacy Project in Washington, D.C. “Any school would be served well to think about what is released,” Barnes said. “Putting a lot of this information together can really raise risk to students.”

Student email addresses, photos, videos and other media containing a student’s image are designated as “limited use directory information,” according to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, or FERPA, site.

The University’s new policy says that “limiteduse” information will not be provided to external parties that aren’t contractually affiliated with the University. Use of this information is limited to officials and websites within the University.

“Nobody is entitled to a student’s personal information besides the student,” Barnes said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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women’s basketball team and get more people to come to Trunk-or-Treat.

We did the same thing last year and it was a really big success, so we decided we were going to do it again this year,” Davis said. “It’s really been great working with the athletic department to help set up the event.”

Davis said he is very excited for the event. He explained that last year’s event had a great turnout that attracted about 100 student organizations and more than 1,000 trick-ortreaters. This year, he is

hoping for similar results.

“It’s a really good opportunity to help trickor-treaters out and help a lot of parents out. Morgantown is a very spread out area, and if you’re not from here you tend to forget there’s a lot of out-skirting communities that don’t necessarily have neighborhoods, so (kids) don’t have anywhere to trick or treat,” Davis said. “Trunk-or-Treat is an environment where these kids can come from all over Morgantown and have a safe place to trick-ortreat.”

Many students from

across campus will be participating in the event.

Piper McLaughlin, a sophomore petroleum and natural gas engineering student, said she is thrilled to attend.

“I think it is great to give these kids a place to go trick-or-treating when they normally wouldn’t be able to in a college town,” McLaughlin said.

Both McLaughlin and Davis agreed it will be a rewarding experience for both volunteers and the “Trunk-or-Treaters.” danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Senior microbiology student Adam Pollio (left) and junior business management student Zach Schwartz (right) play XBox outside their tent on the Mountainlair Green late Monday night.

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Continued from page 1 were setting up when she and her co-founders realized they sparked the trend on Sunday.

“I hope that everyone comes in here to be loud and proud of our school and puts our school in the news for all the good things they see on TV,” said Osborne, a junior geography student. “It’s going to be a new tradition; it’ll be bigger and bigger every year.”

Organized by the founders, tonight will mark the debut of a new celebratory event called Tent City Throwdown, which will feature DJ Yemi, pizza from Order-Up, a Halloween costume contest and special guest judges from 5 - 8 p.m.

“Hopefully we can get people up here so they aren’t downtown doing something stupid. We can still have a good time not doing anything stupid,” Skinner said. “It’s absolutely amazing that (the

University) trusts that the students aren’t going to represent the University the way they did before.

They’ve been good to us.”

After the huge win against Baylor University two weeks ago, a minority of students catalyzed the school’s negative image, but Tent City residents hope this incredible community does nothing but shine the University in a positive light, according to Skinner.

“It’s a dual craze between GameDay and our football team; we’re here to support them,” he explained. “I hope that everybody in the country finds out about our team, and we’re going to cheer them on as loud as we can.”

Alan Kitner, a senior student and Mountaineer Maniacs Director of Olympic Sports, has done this before. He camped out the last time College GameDay was in Morgantown when WVU played Louisiana State University in 2011.

“You won’t find this giant sense of community at any

other school. In the state of West Virginia, you have the Mountaineers. You don’t have professional sports,” Kitner said. “Students know how to stand behind the team, win or lose, to support our school.”

From the Twitter page (@WVU_TentCity) to the website (tentcitywvu.me), the electric atmosphere of Tent City has gained campus-wide attention for safe, good-spirited celebration of college football.

“This is something that all the bad publicity doesn’t represent,” stated Kitner.

“This community of 200 self-governing tents shows more about the students than one night of rioting.”

Tent City residents will have to break down their tents early Saturday morning when GameDay prepares to go live on television, but they will carry their excitement and positive attitude to Milan Puskar Stadium at 3:30 p.m. for the nationallybroadcast game against TCU. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Plane crashes at Kansas airport, killing 4, injuring 5

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Firefighters try to put out a fire at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kan. Thursday.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight-training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing four people, injuring five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen for miles around Wichita.

Three of the dead were inside a flight simulator in the building when the plane crashed into it at the city’s Mid-Continent Airport, and the fourth was found on the roof and is believed to be the pilot, Wichita Fire Chief Ronald Blackwell said.

Five others were injured in the crash, and one of those was in serious condition at a hospital, Blackwell said. Officials said only one person was on board the plane and that everyone who was in the building had been accounted for. Identities of the victims were not immediately released.

“We understand that this is a very difficult time, especially for folks who have family members who are working out here and they don’t know,” Wichita Fire Marshal Brad Crisp said.

The plane, identified as a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air, crashed into a building that FlightSafety International uses to train pilots to fly Cessna planes, company spokesman Steve

Phillips said. The FAA said it crashed after losing engine power and trying to return to the airport.

It appeared to strike the top of the building and ignite what Blackwell described as a “horrific” fire.

The crash was “not an intentional act,” Wichita Police Deputy Chief John Speer said. “We are comfortable in saying this is an aviation accident.”

The crash caused so much structural damage to the building that rescuers were unable pull victims’ remains from the wreckage. It wasn’t clear Thursday when that would happen, and heavy equipment was being brought to the scene to assist the effort.

Jeff Papacek, 39, of Wichita, said he saw a “giant fireball” as he was heading to his engineering job at Learjet, which has a testing facility at the airport. He said he didn’t see the crash because there were too many buildings in the way, but he said the plane caught his attention beforehand.

“We are used to planes flying straight with the runway, and this plane just didn’t look like it was lined up and was way too low for the direction it was going,” Papacek said, adding that he drove to the crash site to see what was happening and saw the building fire raging.

The crash did not significantly disrupt passenger

traffic at the airport.

The aircraft, which was manufactured in 2000, was headed to Mena, Arkansas, for painting and interior refurbishing work with Rose Aircraft Services Inc., according to that company’s CEO, Keith Rose.

“Our prayers go out to the families of the victims and those owning and operating the aircraft and facilities,” Rose said.

“No further information is available at this time out of respect for those involved in this tragic loss.”

A tail number provided by the National Transportation Safety Board showed the plane is registered to Beechcraft Corp. Beechcraft spokeswoman Nicole Alexander confirmed in an email that the aircraft was registered to the company but said it was recently sold. She said she couldn’t comment further and referred additional questions to the NTSB. Located several miles west of downtown Wichita, a longtime aircraft manufacturing hub, Wichita Mid-Continent is used by private aircraft and served by several airlines and their regional affiliates, including American, Southwest, Delta, United and Allegiant. It saw more than 13,000 departures and about 1.4 million passengers last year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The crash is the lat-

est in a string of incidents at the airport. In December, an avionics technician was arrested after a months-long undercover sting when he allegedly tried to drive a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac in a plot prose-

cutors say was intended to kill as many people as possible. Then in January, an Oklahoma man rammed his pickup truck through a security gate at the airport. In September, the airport conducted a largescale disaster exercise fea-

turing the mock crash of a 737 aircraft.

One patient remains in serious condition at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis and four others have been treated and released, hospital spokesman Roz Hutchinson said.

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Friday October 31, 2014

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Showcasing school spirit positively As Morgantown, W.Va., prepares to host ESPN’s College GameDay and our next home football game, one question is bound to be on many people’s minds. If we win, or maybe even if we lose, how will fans react?

There is a lot of hype building around this national media outlet coming to WVU. So far, there has been a very strong reaction from the student body: Tent City.

Tent City, pitched on the Mountainlair Green, consists of students camping out to be a part of the pit for GameDay. With its own Twitter account @WVU_TentCity with more than 3,000 followers, it is currently more than 150 tents strong. Some students have been camping out since Sunday shortly af-

ter GameDay’s location was announced.

Members of the small community have set a standard for celebrations this week by showing peaceful yet enthusiastic support for both the football team and West Virginia University.

These students are showing school spirit in a constructive way by literally building a small community.

This constructive behavior needs to continue into Saturday night for the sake of everyone involved at WVU. This is a crucial point for our University and our image.

Fans’ reactions to this game against Texas Christian University will either reinforce the image created after our win against Baylor, or it will give us the chance to

redeem ourselves.

The University has left the power in the hands of the students. We will decide how people look at us when we go in for our first ‘real’ world job interview. We have the power to either confirm our reputation or take a step toward rebuilding it.

WVU has so much more to offer than burning couches and partying. As students, we can show the country we are able to celebrate exciting things in an appropriate way.

Everyone at the University has seen its reactions to the events. The overall theme of these responses is that more is expected of us. Saturday is our time to shine and show we are capable of more respectful behavior.

Tent City has been a great

start in building positive enthusiasm for the game. The Daily Athenaeum thinks students are more than capable of continuing this into Saturday.

School spirit, when shown respectfully, is something to be celebrated. There is nothing wrong with being spirited and having fun.

Students, it’s time to show the world that we are capable of more than rioting and vandalism. The sports world will be focusing in on Morgantown and those who spend their time here. Let’s spread the word about what a #RespectfulMountaineer is made of.

As always, let’s go Mountaineers. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Fans cheer on Kevin White during WVU’s win over Baylor earlier this season.

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Marking the streets: Graffiti and its artful purpose chris kyer guest columnist @dailyathenaeum

Art is a powerful thing. It is used for capturing ideas or capturing time. It is used to relieve stress, a place for creativity to cry. It makes kids smile and hides true colors.

In the midst of the city, it can spark a rebellion.

Vandalism is also a powerful thing. Defacing the property of others is always bound to stir commotion.

Graffiti: What do you think? Do you love it or hate it, or does it depend on the kind?

Have you seen the cat on Life Sciences? What does it mean? Does it mean anything at all? I mean, I like cats, but there could always be something more.

I’ve heard it called two things, art and vandalism. Does one outweigh the other? Does it depend where? Whose property?

How good the art is?

This is something I’ve heard a lot of controversy over lately. Small bits of it have been popping up around campus and other places. I’m wondering, “What does everyone else think of this?”

I know for sure at least a few people are thinking

about it, because I’ve asked them.

Within my own friend group, we have all come to a somewhat mutual agreement that art is beautiful. It is especially beautiful in places it should not be. I have had the pleasure of exploring many parts of Morgantown with them and discovering great artwork.

We have also come to a somewhat mutual agreement that it is considered vandalism by the West Virginia Senate and is punishable by law. According to the Charleston Gazette, in 2012, “people convicted of defacing property could face penalties of up to one year in jail and fines of up to $10,000.”

We go and find enormous bouts of it in undiscovered locations. They are almost like secret histories.

It never ceases to blow me away, all the different art styles compiled on top of one another. All the colors, creations, zigzags and swirls.

It’s hypnotizing.

Especially with older ongoing pieces, we can see the layers of paint on the outskirts and realize just how much art is actually hiding underneath. We see every piece as a collaborative history. People, real artists, came to this place to paint, whether as a sign of rebel-

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Cat graffiti on the stairs leading from Woodburn Circle to the Life Sciences Building. lion or not.

I have had the pleasure where it’s placed. Some say They may have brought of debating with others who it looks better in the back friends or significant others have different points of view. allies. with them, who could have These are the people who Regardless, someone is grabbed a paintbrush. They claim graffiti is destructive behind it, and my advice to drew a few stick figures or so and pure vandalism. Others those people is to be careful. that weren’t quite up to par. claim it is meaningful and If they are students and they productive. get caught, the punishments But it doesn’t matter.

Why is this being brought they face could be quite exAll art is art, even if by the colorblind. Even when this up in the DA, you ask? treme. Even if they aren’t happens, the good and bad I’ve been seeing graffiti on students, for that matter. still contrast. It adds to the campus, so regular students No one wants to see anyhistory and provides a good at the University have been one else get expelled at this laugh. Some of the artists encountering it in their daily school. We’re still recupermight not have been here lives. There are people on the ating from the riots, which late and lonely. It was a first fence about issues like these. have left devastating marks date or a way to communiSome say it depends on on us. cate. We think it is beautiful. how meaningful the art is or Perhaps doing something

like this isn’t best for our campus unless it is something significant in student and faculty life.

Graffiti is beautiful. I love it. But we don’t want all our prominent artists in prison, do we? Whether I agree with the law or not is insignificant. What is significant is it exists and we must take caution.

We all know even though there are laws against something, it does not mean those things will stop occurring. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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On-the-spot music choices for the embarrassed college student Rachel white university of lowa

On the first day of my English Grammar course, my instructor threatened me and the rest of my classmates. Yes, threatened. Not with tear-inducing midterms or harm to our families if we miss too many sessions, but with something way worse: humiliation.

It went like this: “If I hear your phone at all during class,” she asserted, “you will have to stand at the front of the room and sing an entire song from start to finish.”

Maybe that’s not a big deal to some people, but I felt the blood rush out of my face when I heard her say that. Sing an entire song? In front of strangers?

I’ll pass. Even the thought of talking in front of my classmates freaks me out.

Singing in front of 20 of my peers is basically my worst nightmare.

Thankfully, I typically remember to put my phone on silent or turn it off completely before class starts, so I shouldn’t have anything to worry about.

But some day, an unlucky student is going to forget to silence his or her phone and it is going to beep when he or she receives a text message from mom, and my instructor is going to demand that

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said student stand before us and sing a rendition of some song.

Being forced to sing alone isn’t something that might only occur in my classroom. It could happen anywhere. For instance, an innocent game of Truth or Dare could take a turn for the worse when someone is dared to sing for everyone.

Or maybe you’re at pub quiz with your friends, laughing and talking crap about the team that is only ahead of you by 50 points, when the emcee announces that it’s time for a physical challenge. What’s the physical challenge?

Singing. Dear readers, I don’t mean to frighten you, but this is very real. This could happen to you.

Sure, some people will channel their inner-American Idol season one and be wildly applauded and encouraged to audition for The Voice. But for others, like me, it would be a struggle.

Or would it? I dwelled on the possibility of having to sing in front of my classmates for too long before I realized singing solo doesn’t have to be humiliating. Yeah, if it happens, I’ll probably still shake and sweat profusely, but those physical side effects will be the worst of it. I could use my one-woman performance to my advantage, and so could anyone else.

Listed below are what I believe to be the perfect songs to sing if you’re ever

put on the spot. I’ve written about them in the context of having to sing them in a classroom (just in case a classmate should happen to come across this – I’m looking out for you, guys.), but I believe they’d be excellent choices in just about any situation.

“We Didn’t Start the Fire” by Billy Joel. Unless you’re a history buff or a huge Billy Joel fan, you probably don’t know all the words to this song. That’s okay because it’s pretty unlikely that anybody listening to you knows all the lyrics, either, so you could totally get away with making things up as you go.

You’ll most certainly impress your classmates as you rattle off eight whole verses of events and people of historical significance, even if they’re not really part of the song. I’ll even write the first line for you: “Kanye West, Breaking Bad, Chatroulette, Drake is sad, marijuana, Schwarzeneggar, Twilight should be banned.”

“Bohemian Rhapsody”

by Queen. This would be a great choice for a couple of reasons. First, your performance would be a six minute diversion from the lecture or discussion, which could be a good thing if the subject bores you and the period is droning on.

Second, all of your classmates will feel morally obligated to sing along (and if they don’t, they’re wrong), which rules because you

won’t be singing alone.

All it will take is “Is this the real life?” to pour off of your lips before you’ve got a nice sing-along on your hands. It will be like a musical. “University Musical.”

Somebody call Disney.

“With Arms Wide Open”

by Creed. You could also sing “Higher.” Any Creed song will work, really. Everybody loves a good Scott Stapp impression and everybody loves a bad Scott Stapp impression (is there really any difference?).

You’ll get some laughs, but even better, the probability is high that your instructor will ask you to stop because, well, you’re singing a Creed song. Maybe after you can digress from whatever topic you’re supposed to be learning about to discuss the astounding symbolism in Creed music videos.

“The Star Spangled Banner” by Jimi Hendrix. But you’re like, “Umm, Rachel?

There aren’t any words in this song.” To which I say, “Exactly.” It’ll just be three minutes and 47 seconds of you imitating a guitar.

Hilarious.

“Dedication To My Ex”

by Lloyd. If this is the song you decide to sing, you have to sing the explicit version. Why? Because singing the dirty version will surely make your instructor regret this form of punishment.

Picture it: looking your instructor directly in the eye, a devious smirk per-

manently etched across your face, one eyebrow cocked, belting out “I miss that pu**y” over and over again. Imagine how satisfied you’ll feel after.

Pat yourself on the back once you’re finished, because I’m willing to bet that you’ve successfully made him or her feel the most uncomfortable they’ve ever felt in their life.

“My Heart Will Go On”

by Celine Dion. This song is sure to hit home for anyone in your class with a heart. Look for the people with tears forming in the corner of their eyes. Remember them.

Why? Because those people are empathetic.

They’re sensitive. They’re caring. They are the ones you can call the night before your midterm and admit through sobs that you don’t understand anything in chapter four.

They’ll wait for your blubbering to subside, and then they’ll say: “You, my friend, are not the Titanic. This midterm is not an iceberg, and you are not going to sink. But listen. You see, I’m Rose.

And you’re Jack, because, well, you’re a way better artist than I am. The difference here is that I’m gonna let you lie on that door with me. There’s room for both of us. I’m not going to let you freeze to death. I’m not going to let you bomb that test.”

“World’s Greatest” by R. Kelly. By singing this song,

you’ll let the audience know that even though you have to endure this punishment, you remain unaffected. You remain strong.

This performance is mortifying for you, but you will overcome.

After all, you’re that star up in the sky (Betelgeuse, probably). You’re also that mountain peak up high.

Not to mention that you’re also a tall tree, a swift wind, a river, and a bunch of other beautiful things in nature.

While you sing, stand up tall, look your classmates in the face, and make them believe you when you say, “I’m the world’s greatest.”

“Give It To Me, Baby” by Rick James. It’ll confuse everybody.

There you have it. If you have to sing a song against your will, those songs will definitely send a message.

Of course, there are tons of other songs that would be great choices as well, so if after reading this you’ve got one in the back of your mind, go for it.

The important thing to remember is that everyone gets embarrassed from time to time. Those humiliating moments just happen. You can either chastise yourself or you can laugh about it. If you’re able to find humor in all aspects of life, it becomes a little easier and a little more enjoyable.

Oh, and the other thing to take away from this: turn your phone off before class.

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Mountaineer Week

Burns presents Appalachian spectral heritage in Mountainlair

By Madeline Matthews Correspondent @DailyAthenaeum

“A little respect goes a long way, even in the afterlife,” said Jason Burns, the faculty-led programs adviser for the Office of International Programs at West Virginia University.

This statement proved true again and again throughout Burns’ Thursday morning presentation in the Gluck Theatre about ghosts, monsters and all things that go bump in the night. Burns not only educated the audience on West Virginia’s supernatural history, but also expressed the importance of passing down that history.

Burns grew up near Riverton, W.Va, hearing many types of stories from his family. His large family and his Appalachian heritage are strong influences on his storytelling. Burns grew up on a haunted farm and always found ghost stories interesting.

“From the time I was a little kid, I just always heard ghost stories,” Burns said. “So, it’s not just that it’s fun, but it’s also kind of a family tradition of mine to tell stories.”

It is from this family history that Burns learned much of his storytelling techniques and practices.

“My great grandfather was not only a moonshiner, but also a heck of a storyteller, which is where I probably get this from,” Burns said. “He made up

the snallygaster monster to lie to people about his still. So, the weird sounds and smells and bangs coming from the woods wasn’t a still, it was the snallygaster.”

Burns is the leader of the West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project, which researches, preserves and performs ghost and monster stories from West Virginia. He seeks to not only entertain, but to also teach and use his storytelling to educate audiences about Appalachian culture and history. All of the stories, in addition to being recorded for future generations, are thoroughly researched, providing historical and cultural context.

Supernatural enthusiasts from the Morgantown area made their way to the Gluck Theatre to hear Burns speak. Burns’ presentation of the supernatural history drew a modest gathering that was enjoyable and entertaining. It felt very personal, as if the audience was listening to Burns in his living room, chatting about the objects of children’s nightmares.

“Elizabeth is my favorite ghost because she’s a badass. I mean, anyone who faces down an army while she’s alive, and then still keeps going after she dies is pretty damn good,” said Burns about Elizabeth Moore, his favorite ghost at WVU, who haunts her namesake, E. Moore Hall.

Burns said that West Vir-

ginia’s ghost stories date back to the Native Americans, before the Europeans settled in the area. An example he gave of this was the story of Chief Cornstalk from Point Pleasant, W.Va. The chief befriended the settlers, but they captured and killed him and his son after another tribe attacked their settlement. Chief Cornstalk did not go unavenged.

He cursed the people of Point Pleasant, and whenever anything bad happens, be it the 1950s collapse of Silver Bridge or the infamous Mothman, locals blame the chief ’s curse.

Burns also talked about the wandering headless ghost of Mr. Van Meter in Grant County. Van Meter was captured by a raiding party, killed, chopped up and eaten by the party, who believed that eating the body of your enemies gave you their strength.

“We have got to find a happy story here,” Burns said. “That’s the problem with ghost stories. To have a ghost, someone has to die.”

Burns also discussed the importance of preserving this supernatural history.

He says that even if you don’t believe in ghosts, it’s still important to learn about the history behind those ghost stories, especially since most cities in West Virginia have them.

Ghost stories will die out if no one works to preserve them.

“It’s really important that we keep these stories alive, because I’m sure that some of this that I told you today, you probably didn’t know about...

There’s no saving something if you don’t try to save it,” Burns said.

He also discussed people trying to popularize ghost and monster stories. People he calls “The Saviors”, like John A. Keel, Ruth Ann Musick and Patrick Gainer.

Burns stressed the important lessons for humanity within these stories. He told his audience how ghost stories can be used to deal with personal trauma, like the loss of a loved one. He also said that people use ghost and monster stories to stay safe. He talked about how in his hometown, they were told not to go up on one cliff, because an “evil goat-man” lived up there.

“There was no goatman on the cliff,” Burns

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Hello Kitty Con is expected to draw some 25,000 fans over four days.

Long lines snaked through the sold-out event Thursday at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, where conventioneers could pose for photos with Hello Kitty, get permanently inked with her image, hear lectures about her popularity and shop for exclusive products created for the mouthless cat character’s 40th birthday, which falls on Nov. 1.

“I grew up collecting Hello Kitty and being in love with her,” explained 30-year-old Grisel Esquivel, who was having a Hello Kitty face etched onto her wrist.

Chicago tattoo artist Mario Desa created about 100 Hello Kitty-inspired designs for ink-friendly fans. Organizers expect that about 50 fans a day will receive free tattoos from the five artists at HK Ink. Frank Clow, a 51-yearold collector, spent hours waiting in line to get a Hello Kitty mermaid tattoo while his wife shopped for limited-edition collectibles.

“I like tattoos in general,” he said, adding that he took the day off from

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Elena Ramirez and Janet Tongtip also took vacation days to come to Hello Kitty Con, where they were dazzled by the cuteness - and the crowds.

“Since we were little, we’ve been big fans,” said Ramirez, 29. “We’re getting sentimental looking at all the old bags and things we used to have.”

“The lines are pretty bad,” Tongtip said, “but they’re moving quickly.”

Scores of fans came in costume, wearing Hello Kitty dresses, cat ears and the character’s trademark red bow. Among them was 23-year-old Ana Sanchez, who was decked out head-to-toe in Kitty attire, from the whiskers painted on her face down to her printed Hello Kitty sneakers.

“There’s just something about this cat that I just love,” she said, adding that she is actually allergic to cats. Her dutiful boyfriend, who bought the couple’s tickets, stood by her side with a camera hanging from his neck.

Photo p ossibilities abound: There are couture fashion creations inspired

by Hello Kitty, an entire home outfitted in licensed products, and many vintage items, including the Hello Kitty coin purse issued in Japan in 1975 that launched her popularity.

For its first U.S. appearance, the tiny, vinyl purse is displayed with all the pomp of the Hope diamond. It sits atop a pile of blue velvet inside a glass case rimmed with red ropes, all alone in a room manned by security guards.

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Lectures, panel discussions and hands-on craft workshops are offered throughout the convention, along with ample shopping opportunities. Companies such as Sephora and Spam created special products for Hello Kitty Con, including a $450 crystal-encrusted makeup-brush set and Spam shaped like a Kitty face.

Another pop-up shop carries convention souvenirs and 40th anniversary limited-edition items, while a “Vintage Shoppe” offers authentic antique items, including a Hello Kitty plush doll that cost $14.50 in 1976 and now sells for $150.

Conventioneers are invited to play Hello Kittythemed games in the Target arcade, where they can collect points redeemable for keepsake merchandise. The neighboring Japanese American National Museum is showing an associated exhibit, “Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty,” through April that features a breadth of Hello Kitty products as well as fine art interpretations of the character from 40 international artists.

Yuko Yamaguchi, Sanrio Co.’s lead Hello Kitty designer since 1980, provided the most priceless souvenirs : personalized sketches for fans.

said. “Parents just told us that because if we went up there we could fall off and die.”

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The Cherry Street Band is back ‘Interstellar’ shrouded with mystery AP

By Jillian Clemente A&E Writer @dailyAthenaeum

Like many dorms, Honors Hall is packed with a wide range of activities and programs that lead to friendships. Some of these friendships turn into bands like The Cherry Street Band.

“All of us, minus Logan, lived in Honors Hall back in 2010,” said Greg Mulley, a West Virginia University graduate student getting a Masters degree in statistics. “The Honors Hall is really cool about having a lot of activities. They had a lot of open mics and we all frequented those.”

Eventually, just from seeing each other play and hanging around, a band was formed.

“Then we started getting a whole lot of noise violations and it rolled from there,” said Greg Mulley, the bass player.

The band picked up the fifth member, the drummer, after about a year of playing and that helped develop their sound.

“We’re pretty general rock,” Mulley said. “The guys like to call it groove rock, but we compare ourselves to older Maroon 5, John Mayer-ish.”

The band progressed from covers to mostly original music and put an album together. They consistently gigged for about two to three years and the drummer announced he would leave. The finale show came and went, but four of the five members are still within driving distance, as they are still in school at WVU, so they decided to regroup.

“It felt natural and there’s no reason not to keep playing,” Mulley said.

“Honestly, it works out because we’re really good friends. We’ve played together because we enjoy hanging out and playing music. We’re really good friends, and music just happens to intertwine with that.”

Mulley is very appreciative of the scheduled band practices, as well.

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The Cherry Street Band performs at 123 Pleasant St. thing set in stone, it’s a nice scheduled time to exhale and take some time to relax and have fun and make something cool rather than being in the library with your nose in a book,” Mulley said. “Not that I’m dissing studying.

It’s a crucial part to the college student, but (music) helps just to have a chance to decompress.”

Another excuse to get some bands together is a show, which is what Cherry Street Band is doing with WhiteWater, another WVU-based band who organized the upcoming show.

“We’ve been connected to them for some time because I’ve known them through our hometown, Wheeling,” said John Posey, the guitarist and vocalist for WhiteWater about Cherry Street Band. “They’re fantastic guys and great musicians and they’ve been very very successful in Morgantown.”

Most of the members of both bands are connected by the music program at WVU. In fact, WhiteWater just formed in June because of it.

“We’ve been keeping

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The Cherry Street Band playing at 123 Pleasant St.

really busy and working really hard to get up our set and get a good sound and it’s been fantastic,” Posey said. “We’ve had a lot of feedback, a lot of social media attention, a lot more than what I was expecting.”

The sound is definitely a mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass music. WhiteWater covers Bill Monroe to Nickel Creek and is compiling a collection of original works as well. However, the biggest accomplishment, according to Posey, is how fast the group formed and how well they’re doing.

“I’d say, in such a short time, the biggest accomplishment is coming together as four musicians with very different backgrounds and becoming such good friends and such good bandmates and creating such a high-quality production in a small amount of time,” Posey said. “This is a very new skill, but I haven’t been playing with a group of musicians that I’m happier to work with and work with new material and really be proud with what we’re playing. I look forward to sharing that with whoever wants to listen.”

Posey himself finds bluegrass nicely challenging.

“I come from a jazz background and, in a lot of ways, there’s a lot of similarities between jazz and bluegrass, improv and the atmosphere, but the style of playing is so different,” Posey said. “There’s so much to learn and I’ve really grown to love it.”

WhiteWater is also a great group of musicians to play with, according to Mulley.

“They’re one of my favorite group of guys to play with,” Mulley said. “It’s an excuse to get a group of people to one space.”

Cherry Street Band and WhiteWater play at 9 p.m. tomorrow at 123 Pleasant Street. Tickets are $5. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

A Halloween dance to die for

by Erika Bibbee A&E Writer @dailyathenaeum

The Return of the Halloween Dance Club is back for yet another year of fun during the holiday.

WVU Swing Dance Club will be hosting their annual Halloween dance Friday.

It is a group from the University that loves to dance and wants the community to come together to see everyone’s love of dance and music.

The dance is for all ages and will take place at St. John Parish Hall, located on 1481 University Ave. The cost is $10 and you can get your tickets in the Mountainlair this week on presale for $8.

David Loomis, the president of the WVU Swing Dance Club, expects the turnout to be between 100 and 200 people. He also expects the party to make a lot of people happy.

“We partner with students from the Newman Club and hold our parties in the beautiful Parish Hall at St. John’s

University Parish,” Loomis said. “The space is nothing short of gorgeous, and we are going to put a lot of work into decorating it so it has that spooky Halloween feel.”

The club is hosting this party because it wants to bring more activities to Morgantown that promote a positive reputation that Morgantown deserves. It also wants to reinforce the good that the University provides to the Morgantown community.

Anyone is welcome to attend, and the club wants this to be an alternative to the current nightlife scene for Morgantown, and, of course, they want everyone to come out and have a great time.

There will be a live performance from Pittsburgh’s Jimmy Alder Band. There will also be a dance floor and a swing dance lesson beforehand.

Refreshments will be provided as well as fun games to get everyone interacting with one another.

There will be door prizes along with costume contests for individuals, couples and even children’s costumes.

Two vintage vendors will have their booths set up with items and clothes for sale.

“If you’d been wondering what else you can do this Halloween, look no further,” Loomis said. “Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I plan on throwing a huge party. If you think your dance skills are spooky, don’t sweat it. Come shake your bones with us.”

The games, activities and contests will be ongoing throughout the dance.

Make sure to wear your costume and be ready to dance the night away with some interesting and fun creatures.

The Return of the Halloween Dance Party will be from 7 p.m. to midnight.

The dance lesson will start promptly at 7 p.m. and the Rock N Roll concert will be from 8-11 p.m.

To learn more about the WVU Swing Dance Club, visit their page at https ://facebook.com/ WVUSwingDance. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jessica Chastain doesn’t even feel comfortable saying her character’s name.

The Oscar-nominated actress quickly attempts to course correct when she realizes she’s speaking liberally about Murph, the astrophysicist she’s portraying in “Interstellar,” one of the most closely guarded and anticipated films of 2014.

“I’m just so terrified,” she says sheepishly during a recent interview to promote the film, which opens next week. “It’s obvious, right?”

While only a 7-year age difference separates Chastain from Matthew McConaughey in the real world, the theory of relativity finds them as a disconnected father and daughter in Christopher Nolan’s sweeping space-time saga about a last-ditch effort to find humans a new home in another galaxy.

The film takes place in the near future after Earth has been ravaged by a blight that’s left many food sources extinct. McConaughey’s widowed pilot-turned-farmer Cooper is tasked with leaving behind his young son and daughter (played by Timothee Chalamet and Mackenzie Foy) for a space mission through a wormhole to planets that might be fit for humanity.

“If you’re a parent or even if you just have a parent, everyone has these moments, from lesser to extreme levels,” said McConaughey. “It happens all the time, whether you’re dropping your kids off at school or going on a vacation. This is the most extreme nature of that. This is a father going off for a long time. There’s no guaranteed return ticket.”

It would be spoilery and cerebrally taxing to explain just how and why the 44-year-old “Dallas Buyers Club” actor and the 37-year-old “Zero Dark Thirty” actress simultaneously end up as father and daughter in the film.

Yet it can be said the complexity of it all had Chastain feeling isolated from the cast and crew during production.

“I didn’t realize it at the time,” said Chastain. “As an actor, you create an environment where you do your work. I was isolating myself, but it wasn’t until we were traveling and having discussions recently with Chris (Nolan) and everyone else that I recognized, `Wait. This never happened on set.’ I think now that it was probably

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Nolan’s new film follows astronauts attempting to find a new home for man. intentional on Chris’ part.”

Murph was initially envisioned as a boy in the original script by Jonathan Nolan, the filmmaker’s brother, when director Steven Spielberg was first orbiting the project. It wasn’t until Christopher Nolan took control of “Interstellar” as cowriter and director that Murph morphed into a girl and the top-secret film was nicknamed “Flora’s Letter,” a reference to the director’s daughter.

“By changing the sex, it made it more complex,” said Chastain. “We’ve seen many Hollywood stories about a son becoming a man with his father’s help.

That’s almost every journey in cinema. It’s rare we see the dynamic between a father and a daughter. If you’re supposed to be protected, and you’re left behind, what kind of relationship does that create?”

Despite stretches of space separating their characters, both actors needed to wrap their heads around difficult subjects

like physics and cosmology: Cooper is a tinkering MacGyver-like engineer, and Murph grows up to become the NASA protege of the same professor (portrayed by Michael Caine) who convinced her father to get lost in space. (Casey Affleck plays the adult rendition of Cooper’s son.)

“When I watch the film now, I still don’t understand everything in it, but the main part of this film isn’t about science,” said Chastain. “It’s about love.

You have to feel it. If you go into the movie - even though the scope is large with space travel - at its core, it’s a story about a father and a daughter. If you let it wash over you, that is enough.”

The estimated $165 million production opens in U.S. IMAX theaters on Wednesday and goes wide next Friday. Industry tracking research indicates the film could earn more than $55 million domestically on its first weekend out.

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True Blue brings out Mountaineer pride, fashion

Jordan Steinfeld, left, a senior criminology student, and Steven Daitzman, a junior psychology student, show a flying WV goes with anything and Mountaineers can show their Greek pride for the game, too.

Chelsea Walker, a junior strategic communications student, sports her jersey and a cutout of Dana Holgorsen.

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Stephanie Peterson, a junior sports management student, supports the team head to toe with a flying WV cap. And don’t forget to bundle up in your favorite blue and gold hoodie.

Caitlin Worrell, a junior strategic communications student, dresses up her gameday look with a scarf and riding boots.

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MAC presents ‘Zombie Texts From The Future’ WESTLEY THOMPSON Associate A&E Editor @westleyt93

This weekend, the Monongalia Arts Center is showing a play by local writer Theodore Webb.

The play titled “Zombie Texts from the Future” focuses on the intelligent yet obsessive Richard, a college statistics student who suddenly begins receiving bizzare text messages.

The messages come from a number which cannot be dialed back and only contain one food-related word.

At first Richard thinks the messages are a prank from his friend Chris or from his girlfriend Sarah. However, this theory is soon dispelled.

Attempting to figure out the reason behind the mysterious messages soon consumes Richard to the point where he isolates himself and disappears from his friends.

“Zombie Texts” is one of Webb’s two attempts at writing plays to date. Despite it being early in his career, Webb’s talent is noticeable.

One entertaining element of the play was how Richard would break the fourth wall.

At different times throughout the performance, the other actors would freeze as Richard turned away from them and addressed the audience directly. This gave insight into the character’s psyche and provided some of the most entertaining lines of the show. A particularly funny example of this was during a scene where Richard is squatting outside the window of his apartment while Chris and Sarah play videogames. Going mad over the text messages, he has been stalking Sarah for a few days at this point. He tries to explain to the audience that it’s not really stalking, more of just following a person around everwhere they go.

The play’s biggest strength is its humor. Each character has a multitude of funny lines and personality quirks. Richard is an obsessive and nerdy statistician, Chris is a laid back prankster, and Sarah is ditzy and slightly neurotic, with a bit of a naive nymphomaniac side to her. “(The play is) pretty funny,”

said Aaron Daniels, a Morgantown resident.

The actors are all talented, and feed off each other’s parts well. Each one seems to fill into their role while onstage.

Despite its humor, “Zombie Texts” hints at deeper themes.

Topics such as infidelity and mental illness are scratched at, but never really explored.

There are also certain monologues that seem to carry deeper meaning, as well. One monologue by Richard toward the end discusses how people trade freedom for protection and vice versa. Here, he brings up some rather interesting points regarding social contracts and governmental roles in our everyday lives.

Part of me wishes the play delved further into these topics. I wish it explored Richard’s mental illness, and I wanted to see the plot thread of infidelity reach a conclusion.

Then again, maybe it’s a good thing Webb didn’t expand on these topics. After all, “Zombie Texts” is a comedy, and it does an excellent job at being funny. Perhaps focusing more on the serious side of things

would have bogged it down.

The audience really enjoyed the play, and every scene scored a ton of laughs.

“I’m not sure what I was expecting when I came in,” said Courtney Patient, a sophmore psychology student at West Virginia University. “But it definitely exceeded them.”

The play was certainly offbeat, but that is one of its strengths.

“I thought it was really inventive,” said Darby Kale, a WVU senior psychology student. “The characters brought a lot of life to it.”

Overall, the play was a lot of fun to see. It entertained the whole way through, and each joke was spot on. Due to its short length, “Zombie Texts from the Future” makes an ideal date night activity before the holiday festivities begin this weekend.

The play starts at 8 p.m. and runs through Nov. 1 at the Monongalia Arts Center. Tickets cost $10. For more information visit the MAC’s website at http://monartscenter. com/. wethompson@mail.wvu.edu

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SPORTS

Friday October 31, 2014

anthony pecoraro associate sports editor @pecorarowvunews

Marquee matchup heading to Morgantown Who would have thought West Virginia would be in serious contention to win the Big 12 title this season?

I surely didn’t.

However, as great as the No. 20 Mountaineers (62, 4-1 Big 12) have been playing this season, and with their campaign turning around what was a disastrous 2013 season and proving many experts and fans throughout the nation wrong through the first 10 weeks of the season, the level for them to keep rising is at their fingertips.

A lot of work is still needed to reach that goal, though.

Saturday is huge for WVU in many ways. The way I see it is if West Virginia is able to somehow keep the No. 1 scoring team in the nation to 40 or fewer points in No. 7 TCU (6-1, 3-1 Big 12), then the Mountaineers earning their fifth straight victory seems extremely feasible to me.

Even if the Horned Frogs come out with their demolishing offense and light up the scoreboard, West Virginia – after struggling earlier in the season to show their resiliency – has now given me the confidence that they are able to come back in nearly any situation and are more than capable to compete with the “big boys” of college football.

Let’s not forget, the Mountaineers’ two losses have been to top-five teams, and after proving they are able to not only compete but shut down a top-five team in the then-No. 4 Baylor Bears, who were the No. 1 scoring team in the nation at the time in Week 8, who is to say that can’t happen again?

According to head coach Dana Holgorsen and the entire Mountaineer squad, who seem to have no doubts in their playing ability right now, although TCU presents many challenges for West Virginia, WVU also presents an array of challenges for the Horned Frogs, as well – something I have to agree with solely based off what the Mountaineers continue to do: Win, and do it in a great fashion.

“This is our ninth game, where four of them are in the Top 10 – four of them are pretty good, obviously,” Holgorsen said. “The other ones aren’t bad either.

“You’ve got to be able to have a lot of depth. You have to be able to have a lot of weapons to be able to continue to line up and practice and get your work in. You have to have leaders – who it’s important to and who understand that each and every week it has to be important to you. I give our kids credit for last week. That was tough. That was a tough deal. We were coming off a very big win.”

The stage is set. Between ESPN’s College GameDay rolling into Morgantown this weekend and the Mountaineers once again having a nationally televised game, it’s time for them to rise to the occasion and perhaps be able to make it a 2-1 series with the Horned Frogs – after two hard-fought games against them since both teams joined the Big 12 in 2012.

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No. 20 West Virginia battles No. 7 TCU Saturday at home by dillon durst sports writer @dailyathenaeum

It’s finally here.

With Big 12 title contention on the line, No. 20 West Virginia welcomes No. 7 TCU to the confines of Milan Puskar Stadium, as the Mountaineers and Horned Frogs prepare for a colossal conference showdown Saturday.

With ESPN’s College GameDay returning to Morgantown for the first time since 2011, the atmosphere for Saturday afternoon’s matchup figures to be electric, as a surging West Virginia team goes for its fifth-straight win.

“TCU is going to be a fun and exciting one. We’re pretty fired up about being

able to host TCU,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen.

Last season, both West Virginia and TCU finished 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Big 12.

Prior to both teams joining the Big 12 in 2012, both had been dominant in their previous conferences – West Virginia in the Big East and TCU in the Mountain West. TCU beat Big Ten power Wisconsin in the 2011 Rose Bowl, while West Virginia clobbered Clemson the following year in the 2012 Orange Bowl.

After struggling to gain relevancy in a Power Five conference for two years, the Mountaineers and Horned Frogs have shown they belong in 2014.

“Now we’re both sitting here with six wins and are

doing pretty good – things here on all three sides of the ball,” Holgorsen said.

“As far as with what we’re concerned, it’s another big game. It’s another Big 12 game.

“It doesn’t matter where it’s at, shoot, it’s going to be a big game.”

After trouncing Texas Tech, 82-27, last weekend, TCU brings its No. 2 offense and the No. 1 scoring offense in the nation to Morgantown. The Horned Frogs’ revived offensive attack under first-year co-offensive coordinators Doug Meacham and Sonny Cumbie is averaging 573 yards of total offense and 50.4 points per game.

TCU’s offense is fueled by junior quarterback Trevone Boykin. Boykin, a for-

mer receiver, has passed for 2,306 yards and 21 touchdowns through seven games, including a 433yard, seven-touchdown performance against the Red Raiders last weekend.

“He scrambles around, and he has a very strong arm where he is athletic enough to get away from the rush,” said West Virginia defensive coordinator Tony Gibson. “He will be running to his left and jump and then throw it back to his right 40 yards down field.

“He is not a kid that plays cautious. He is reckless, but he makes plays as he’s doing it.”

“They have to know where he is, and keep him on their inside shoulders,” said defensive line coach

Tom Bradley. “It’s one of those things where you have to be very disciplined to your assignments.”

With defenses gameplanning around West Virginia receiver Kevin White, West Virginia must be able to run the ball. TCU’s rush defense is allowing 132.3 rushing yards per game, while the Mountaineers’ rushing attack is averaging 180.9 yards per game.

“For us, it’s business as usual,” Holgorsen said.

“We like playing at home.

We know the game is sold out. There (is) going to be a lot of national attention on this game.

“That’s great. That’s great for us and great for our program.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

WVU home against Baylor tonight by ryan petrovich sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia women’s soccer team will close out its regular season with one final home game against Baylor tonight.

The Mountaineers clinched their third straight Big 12 championship following a win over Oklahoma last weekend.

West Virginia is far from struggling, unlike Baylor. The Bears are riding a two-game losing streak.

The Bears’ most recent loss came against Texas, 2-1, as the Bears surrendered a late goal.

Despite the woes, West Virginia head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said Baylor would be “desperate” for a win and give the Mountain-

eers a challenge.

Baylor is currently 8-7-2 on the year and 2-4-1 in the Big 12. They will face a lowend seed when it comes time for the conference tournament, while West Virginia will be the No. 1 seed.

Izzo-Brown recognized Baylor’s physicality, as the Bears have amassed a lot of fouls throughout the season – unlike the Mountaineers, who rarely commit any.

“They’re a very hardworking, physical team,” Izzo-Brown said. “Obviously tracked a lot of fouls throughout Big 12 play.

You’ll find them very athletic and very hard-working.”

Izzo-Brown takes pride in how disciplined her team is, and that’s all she’ll continue to ask for from her team tonight versus Baylor.

“I just want us to be disciplined,” Izzo-Brown said.

“There’s good fouls and then there’s fouls that are maybe a little undisciplined. I think that disciplined would describe us best.

“I also want the girls to know to defend themselves and play physical, but be smart about it. Play hard, play smart.”

The Mountaineers have improved game to game.

An up and down start to the season concluded with another Big 12 conference championship, as WVU enters its final regular season game.

To coincide with being disciplined, Izzo-Brown said earlier in the week how important it will be for her team to maintain their composure. It’s senior night, and

emotions will be running high.

One of those seniors includes Jess Crowder.

Crowder, along with three others, could potentially be playing for the last time on Dick Dlesk Field.

“She’s the silent assassin,” Izzo-Brown said with a smile in regard to Crowder. “I defi-

nitely have to talk to Jess, too, and make sure she keeps her composure. There’s a lot of emotion going into the game.”

The Mountaineers’ final game of the season will kickoff tonight at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium at 7 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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da sports staff picks DANA HOLGORSEN QUOTE OF THE WEEK “We’re pretty fired up about being able to host TCU. I know everybody knows this, but I just want to mention it - it’s ironic to see two teams that are as similar as they are. Two programs that are as similar as they are, coming from two non-power five conferences. They are winning dominating could be the word used..”

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No. 20 West Virginia vs. No. 7 TCU No. 4 Ole Miss vs. No. 3 Auburn No. 22 UCLA vs. No. 12 Arizona No. 14 Arizona State vs. No. 17 Utah Penn State vs. Maryland Miami vs. North Carolina Missouri vs. Kentucky Texas Tech vs. Texas Colorado vs. Washington Rutgers vs. Wisconsin LAST WEEK SEASON RECORD

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Men’s Soccer

WVU takes on Buffalo in search of fourth-straight win by ryan minnigh sports writer @dailyathenaeum

West Virginia’s streak improved to three wins, and it will look to improve to four Saturday against Buffalo.

The Mountaineers only have two remaining games, and both are against conference opponents. The Buffalo Bulls will travel to Morgantown Saturday, and both teams will be looking to steal a crucial MAC game.

Buffalo started the season 2-7, and the season

looked to be lost from the start. However, the team’s last six games have yielded much better results.

The Bulls are 3-1-2 in their last six games, which includes two ties and a victory over the three MAC opponents they have faced.

Western Michigan and Bowling Green both tied with the Bulls. After the Bowling Green tie, the Bulls hosted St. Bonaventure and dominated them 4-0, which propelled the Bulls to their next game and first conference win of the season.

Playing Northern Illi-

nois, the Bulls needed a win in the MAC, and Russell Cicerone helped them do just that. Cicerone, a sophomore forward, scored both goals in the Bulls’ 2-1 victory over the Huskies. The Bulls took a 2-0 lead before conceding a goal, but the defense held strong for the remaining 30 minutes of play.

Cicerone was not just the driving force against Northern Illinois; he has been that all season for the Bulls. He has scored 10 goals and notched three assists on the season for 23 points. Cicerone owns

the points lead on the Bulls by 15 points and is also the only player to start and play in every game this season.

This game not only has conference implications, but it will also be an emotional one for the Mountaineers. It is Senior Day at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, and three seniors, Andy Bevin, Paul Ehrenworth and Lee Johnston will be playing their final game for the Mountaineers Saturday.

Bevin’s accomplishments are splattered all over his four years at West

Virginia. He is up for the Senior Class, which recognizes outstanding athletes who excel both on and off the field. Bevin also leads the team in points this season and added to his total with an assist against Penn.

Ehrenworth and Johnston have both been part of the defensive staff for the Mountaineers. Ehrenworth has been a standout defender during his previous three years and has been a reliable starter for the 2014 season. Johnston started his career at Pitt but transferred to West

Virginia, where he has excelled as a goalkeeper. He is 4-3-1 this season with 26 saves.

A win has major conference implications heading into the final week of play.

Both teams need a win to match the totals of Western Michigan and Akron, who both have two in the conference. A win would separate these two teams, who both currently sit in the middle of the conference.

The game will be held at noon Saturday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

VOLLEYBALL

Mountaineers conclude road swing against Oklahoma by nicole curtin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University volleyball team continues its second half of Big 12 play with an away match at No. 21 Oklahoma Saturday.

WVU is sitting at 13-10, 3-6 in the Big 12, while Oklahoma is 15-6, 6-2. The Sooners are coming off a big win over the previously ranked No. 2 Texas Longhorns over the weekend.

“They just upset Texas at Texas, so there’s no better time than now to be playing them I

think,” said coach Jill Kramer.

“So we get to get right back at it. I think they just peaked into the top-25, and that’s a great thing is we get the opportunity to play really good teams which brings out the best in us.”

In their match against the Longhorns, the Sooners won in a shutout, 3-0, but each set was close with scores of 2624. This win broke a streak of 34-straight wins at home that Texas had been holding onto since 2013.

Entering the top-25 rankings, the Sooners took spot 21

and knocked the Longhorns down to No. 4.

Oklahoma was the third loss in the Big 12 that the Mountaineers gave up, after losing to Texas in a four-set match at home.

The Mountaineers are coming off a loss against the TCU Horned Frogs in Fort Worth Wednesday, 3-1.

Against TCU, West Virginia hit for a .191 percentage; the Sooners didn’t do any better against Texas, ending with a .179 clip on the match.

WVU came out of its half time and took the third set af-

ter being down to the Frogs, 2-1, but it wasn’t enough. Jordan Anderson recorded her third straight double-double, making it her eighth on the season, while leading the Mountaineers with 22 kills.

The sophomore is leading the team in kills this season, tallying up 407 so far and averaging 4.79 per set. Anderson will hit a spot in the WVU record books for most kills by an individual in a season; she is currently tied for sixth place.

Setters Lamprini Konstantinidou and Brittany Sample split time on the court against

TCU and came out with a total 54 assists. WVU had 56 kills compared to TCU’s 56 assists and 57 team kills.

Kramer has been emphasizing throughout the season that passing and serving needs to stay strong for West Virginia, which was a weakness in their play against the Frogs. With an almost even scoring play from both sides of the net, the Mountaineers need to stay strong on their defense against Oklahoma.

Blocking-wise, WVU put up 9 team blocks, while TCU had 13. Against Texas, Oklahoma

had 7 team blocks with the Longhorns blocking 13 times.

The Sooners are averaging a .259 hitting percentage this season, while West Virginia is slightly behind with .228.

Leading the attacking for OU is Kierra Holst, who has 264 kills this season and just received the ESPNW Volleyball Player of the Week award for her performance against Texas.

Match time against the Sooners is set for 6 p.m.

Saturday. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Giants’ win turns violent, revelers turn on police SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The celebration in San Francisco’s streets following the Giants’ World Series victory started off peaceful but quickly turned raucous and violent, as revelers vandalized police cars and businesses and pelted officers with bottles.

Fans initially gathered in the streets and uncorked champagne, dancing and hugging strangers after Wednesday’s night win. The 3-2 victory was the Giants’ third World Series championship in five years. That happy spirit quickly turned to havoc, however.

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damaged by graffiti and five others had windows smashed, Police Chief Greg Suhr said. Three police officers went to a hospital with minor injuries. Many more, including Suhr, were hit with bottles but were not badly injured and kept working.

Businesses were tagged with graffiti but individual damage estimates were still being compiled Thursday.

Suhr said “99.9 percent of the fans were well-behaved but about 100 near the ballpark and in the Mission district marred the party.

“To the clowns that came to San Francisco to act out, I guess you just don’t know

what it’s like to have a good time without being a jerk, and we had a lot of them last night,” Suhr said.

A majority of the 40 arrests were for public drunkenness, but people also went to jail for assaults, gun possession and outstanding warrants, Suhr said.

Violence left four people injured in separate incidents, but it was not yet known if the shootings and stabbings were linked to World Series revelry, police said. Authorities said a 54-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were stabbed in separate incidents in the city’s Mission

district late Wednesday and early Thursday, respectively.

Both were expected to live. A 19-year-old man was shot in the arm in the same neighborhood Wednesday, and another person walked into a hospital with a non-lifethreatening gunshot wound, police said. No arrests had yet been made.

Suhr said the force was beefed up by about 20 percent Wednesday night, with officers in protective gear lined up three rows deep.

The raucous behavior did not compare to the mayhem following the 2012 victory, when revelers lit a bus on fire.

Sandoval, Shields among free agents NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s business season began Thursday when 121 players become free agents, a group that includes Pablo Sandoval, Michael Morse, Jake Peavy, Sergio Romo and Ryan Vogelsong of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.

James Shields, Nori Aoki and Jason Frasor of the AL champion Kansas City Royals also were among the players who became free.

Up to 30 more players can become eligible, depending on contract options.

Top free agent pitchers also include Max Scherzer and Jon Lester. Among the top hitters are shortstop Hanley Ramirez, outfielder Nelson Cruz and designated hitter Victor Martinez.

The first big deadline is Monday, when teams must decide whether to make $15.3 million qualifying offers to their eligible players

who became free agents. An offer can only be made to a free agent who was with the team for the entire season, and players have until Nov. 10 to accept.

If a player rejects a qualifying offer and signs a major league contract with another club before the June amateur draft, his former team would receive a draft pick as compensation at the end of the first round.

The club signing that player loses its first-round pick in the following amateur draft, unless that pick is among the top 10, in which case the club signing that player loses its next-highest pick.

None of the 22 qualifying offers made after the past two seasons was accepted.

Free agents can start discussing money with all teams starting Tuesday.

Rather than test the market, reliever Koji Uehara agreed to a $18 million, two-

year contract to stay with the Boston Red Sox. Cincinnati exercised pitcher Johnny Cueto’s $10 million option and declined a $9 million option on outfielder Ryan Ludwick and a $4 million option on infielder Jack Hannahan.

Ludwick gets a $4.5 million buyout and Hannahan $2 million.

St. Louis exercised an option on pitcher John Lackey for the major league minimum, which next year will be $500,000 plus a cost-ofliving adjustment to be determined Nov. 20 — likely to be $9,000 to $10,000.

The right-hander agreed to an $82.5 million, fiveyear contract with Boston in December 2009 that contained a provision for a conditional team option at the minimum if he missed a season due to specified injury. Lackey did not pitch in 2012 after reconstructive elbow surgery.

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women’s basketball

WVU takes on Wheeling Jesuit in annual Haunted Hoops game by david statman sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will tune up for its upcoming season in the third annual Haunted Hoops exhibition game against the Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals at 7 p.m. tonight.

For a Mountaineer team heavy with newcomers – three freshmen, three junior college transfers and a Division I transfer – this will be their first opportunity to test themselves in a competitive setting. Head coach Mike Carey, entering his 14th year at the helm of the program, notes this is the start of a new chapter for his team.

“We’re in the process of rebuilding,” Carey said.

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it has taken us a year or two to get back.”

With the opening game of the 2014-15 season set for Nov. 15 against Eastern Kentucky a little more than two weeks away, the Mountaineers will have the chance to display they’ve grasped Carey’s famously challenging defense, a learning process senior guard Linda Stepney likened to taking a college class.

The game will also be a first look at how Carey distributes minutes among his players. Carey said the freshmen will heavily figure into the equation.

“This season, we’ll probably be starting a freshman, we’ll have freshmen coming off the bench,” Carey said. “Right now, there are times during practice when I wonder if we’re ever (going to) play any defense.”

As such, this young

Mountaineer team will lean heavily on a veteran core, led by Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Bria Holmes and three seniors, point guard Linda Stepney and forwards Averee Fields and Crystal Leary.

The Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals, who compete in the Mountain East Conference of Division II, are coming off a 15-13 season, which was their best result in nearly a decade. Lead by fourth-year head coach Debbie Buff, the Cardinals have improved every year since she took the reins of the program.

The Mountaineers have made a habit of taking on smaller West Virginia schools in preseason exhibitions in recent years.

WVU played Alderson Broaddus in 2012 and Concord University last year, winning the two games by a

combined 149 points.

The Haunted Hoops exhibition will also include the raising of the 2014 Big 12 Conference Champion and NCAA Tournament banners, and several children’s activities will be offered in the WVU Coliseum concourse.

After this preseason matchup, the Mountaineers will have two more weeks to prepare for the beginning of the regular season. West Virginia will kick off the official slate with the Women’s Preseason National Invitation Tournament, beginning with a Nov. 15 game against Eastern Kentucky.

The competition will feature four other teams that reached the NCAA Tournament last year: Penn State, Albany, Western Kentucky and North Dakota.

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Three 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, condos located on Creekside Drive, off West Run Road (North Hills) in Morgantown, within minutes of hospital and WVU. All kitchen appliances and washer and dryer in units. $675.00 per month with $300.00 security deposit. Telephone Jeff at 304-290-8571.

WVU guard Bria Holmes goes up for a layup during a game last season.

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$9-10/HOUR TRAIN TO BE A BURRITO MASTER at Black Bear Burrito’s Suncrest location.

No previous kitchen experience required.

Apply within: 3119 University Avenue or e-mail blackbearburrito@comcast.net ASHEBROOKE EXPRESS CONVENIENCE STORE is now hiring. Please apply in person at 300 Cheat Road Morgantown or call 304-292-1610 after 4:30p.m.

CLEANERS WANTED. Full and Part-time evening shift. Must pass background check and drug screening. Call for more information: 304-599-8711. Patton Building Services. EOE. HELP NEEDED FOR CLEANING A FAMILY HOME IN TOWN. Flexible hours.

Transportation provided. Prior work experience preferred. Strong work ethic. $10/hr plus bonus. 304-296-4744 MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING Full or part-time cooks, servers and bartenders: Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave./3117 University Ave. or e-mail resume to fishbowl@mountain.net THE WINE BAR AT VINTNER VALLEY Full/Part-time - Dishwasher, Cooks & Maintenance. 510 Burroughs St. Please stop in for an application or email: jobs@vintnervalley.com WVU LIVE-IN SORORITY HOUSE DIRECTOR WANTED. Oversee operations of sorority house. Salary and small apartment provided. Email cover letter, resume, and three references to housedirectorwv@yahoo.com by 11/10 Start date December 1.

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