The DA 10-06-2014

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“Little good is accomplished without controversy, and no civic evil is ever defeated without publicity.”

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Monday October 6, 2014

Volume 127, Issue 36

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Emergency alert system questioned Recent events spark doubt in MPD’s, UPD’s effectiveness at alerting students by laura haight city editor @laura_Haight

On Friday, Sept. 26, two women were sexually assaulted on the Rail Trail in Morgantown, W.Va. The first assault occurred around 4 a.m. and the second at 8:30 a.m. Many students were surprised when

they didn’t receive an emergency alert from West Virginia University. On Sunday morning at approximately 3 a.m., a strong armed robbery occurred on High Street near Dairy Queen. The victim said five or six black males pushed him to the ground and took his cell phone and wallet.

Yet again, there was no emergency alert sent out to WVU students. Many students have questions on whose responsibility it is to alert them to these potentially dangerous incidents. Bob Roberts, the WVU Police chief, attended the Student Government Association meeting last Wednesday to address students’ concerns about safety in the community, and the confusion brought about from the lack of alerts regarding the sexual assaults on the rail trail. Roberts said the Morgantown Police Depart-

ment did not contact UPD about the first sexual assault because the victim wasn’t a student and there was nothing unique about the crime since it happened at 4 a.m. on the Rail Trail. There wasn’t an alert sent out after the second assault because when the University was contacted, the suspect was already in custody. “There was no threat to the campus so we didn’t send out an alert,” Roberts said. “I realize a lot of people might like to know that information, but if the person’s arrested then all we’re really reporting to you is

SCORING ON GAME DAY

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Chief Roberts addresses the audience’s concerns about the LiveSafe application during SGA’s Oct. 1 meeting. news.” only through a press With the strong armed release from Morgantown robbery, UPD was insee SAFETY on PAGE 2 formed of the incident

Student Government

SGA seeks student input, addresses cooperation by jake jarvis managing editor @jakejarvisWVU

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Shalee Nash and Scott Shumiloff stand before a minister as they take their wedding vows at a football tailgate. The two are now husband and wife.

Mountaineers Nash, Shumiloff tie the knot at Gold Lot during Saturday’s game By Jennifer skinner correspondent @dailyathenaeum

Most wedding parties don’t proceed down the aisle to John Denver’s “Country Roads,” and most newlyweds don’t exit their ceremony to a recording of “Hail, West Virgina” performed by The Pride of West Virginia Marching Band. Shalee Nash and Scott Shumiloff are not most newlyweds. This past Saturday, approximately 100 guests witnessed the tailgate wedding of Nash and Shu-

miloff at 9 a.m. in the Gold Lot adjacent to University Avenue. They spent the rest of the day celebrating their marriage and WVU football. The couple planned to wait until next summer to be married. However, Nash had the idea of having their wedding at a tailgate on game day, which also happened to be her birthday. “It’s perfect, it’s simple,” Shumiloff said about their unconventional venue choice. “The marriage is what matters.” Nash donned a white WVU football jersey while

her groom sported a gold one. Nash’s two sons, Benjamin, 7, and Sean, 5, walked her down the aisle to give her away. Nash and Shumiloff ’s mothers created the altar, comprised of blue and gold flowers and ribbons on two classy pillars. The wedding party included maid of honor Misty Renolds and bridesmaids Amy Schulte, Karsten Davery and Rachel Burack. Each of them wore their own WVU spirit wear and carried a bouquet of blue and gold flowers in decorated glass bottles and Koozies.

Chuck Fortney and Dan Martin served as the best men and TJ Johnson and Patrick Daley were groomsmen. Nash’s cousin, Stormy Matlick, photographed the wedding, and Billy Page, husband of Shumiloff ’s cousin, officiated the ceremony. At the reception, guests ate typical tailgate food and enjoyed a WVUthemed wedding cake made by Nash’s grandmother, which featured a football player and cheerleader topper.

see WEDDING on PAGE 2

Dark clouds rolled in Friday afternoon in Morgantown, W.Va., but this didn’t stop members of West Virginia University’s Student Government Association from asking students what change they want to see from the administration and the University. “The DA posted an article about SGA,” said Anna Onderik, SGA director of recruitment, “so (this event is) kind of just a response to show people that we are out here, we are willing to do things and take in any suggestions that any students have for the University.” SGA members stood outside of the Mountainlair in the brick area, and later inside, with a white board. On it was the question: “What change do you wish to see in the University and/or student government?” Hilary Kinney, the multimedia coordinator for SGA, said The Daily Athenaeum’s editorial last week sparked this event. She said the communication team decided to host this event after its success in previous years. “I think that after this week, a lot of members of SGA have realized that

I think that after this week, a lot of members of SGA have realized that we haven’t been reaching out enough. Hilary Kinney SGA Multimedia Coordinator

we haven’t been reaching out enough,” Kinney said. “Not only that, we’re having trouble getting things done with our platforms.” She said the reason SGA members haven’t been able to complete as many individual platforms as they would like is due to a lack of teamwork. However, she said there has been no animosity or “bad mouthing between members.” “Its hard to go from being enemies with someone to working together to make progress,” Kinney said. “It’s not that we aren’t making progress, it’s that we aren’t working enough together to make it happen. People should not just be working on their own platforms, but assisting each other in making

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University remembers Paul Robert Stover with bell-ringing Friday by jacob bojesson editor-in-chief @jbojesson

Paul Robert Stover, 21, of Morgantown, W.Va., passed away Thursday Sept. 18 following an accident. The life of the senior West Virginia University economics student was honored with a bell-ringing ceremony Friday. Around 60 people from the University community attended the ceremony to give

Paul Stover one last goodbye. The Stover family was presented with a certificate signed by WVU President E. Gordon Gee and Dean of Students Corey Farris honoring Paul Stover’s life and contributions to WVU. “I know that Paul will always be alive on our campus, in our hearts and in our lives through the wonderful memories of your experiences together,” said Kim Mosby, senior associate dean for Student Life. “He will be

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greatly missed and West Virginia University is a far better place for his having been a student here.” Paul Stover was a 2011 graduate of Grafton High School where he played football proudly wearing his No. 82 jersey. He was a member of the City Church of Morgantown and was actively involved in Young Life. “He loved assisting others and was passionate about his love for Jesus and helping oth-

ers to find God,” Mosby said. “He especially loved his family and served as a role model for his siblings and younger cousins.” Friends and family of Paul Stover recognized his friendly personality and his willingness to help others. They also acknowledged the role he played as a mentor for his younger siblings and his friends in the church community.

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Jennifer Orlikoff, a teaching assistant professor in French at WVU, speaks Friday morning at the bell-ringing ceremony in Oglebay Plaza.

SPERM BANK Commentary on lesbian couple who filed lawsuit after given African American sperm OPINION PAGE 4

WINNING UGLY WVU tops Kansas despite slow start, mental lapses SPORTS PAGE 7


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