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Mountaineer Week kicks off today

By Caroline Peters Staff writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University’s annual Mountaineer Week will be kicking off Friday at noon in the Mountainlair.

This year’s theme is Salute to West Virginia.

Mountaineer Week is a

tradition of school spirit promoting Appalachian culture, as well as the history of West Virginia.

Sonja Wilson, Mountaineer Week adviser, said the entire week was created for students.

“This whole event is planned for students.

They’re our No. 1 priority,

RAZE event to encourage local youth to be tobacco-free

By Summer Ratcliff City Editor @SummerRatcliff

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to browse the tables and crafts set up throughout the Mountainlair.

The kickoff will include a quilts and crafts event located in the Mountainlair at 1 p.m. and is open to students and the community.

“Just the craft show represents what West Virginia is all about. Before televisions and

staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The Sheetz chain is currently planning its fifth Morgantown store at the site of what used to be the Premier Chevrolet Buick GMC dealership on University Avenue.

The site of the proposed Sheetz store is located at the corner of Foundry Street and University Avenue across from Hazel Ruby McQuain Park and the Wharf District.

Prior to Sheetz’s purchase, The Mountain People’s Co-op also looked into buying the real estate, since the University bought the Co-op’s property.

While some in the down-

town area see the changes as positive, coordinators at the Co-op have decided to petition the development.

“Sheetz had to ask for all of these zoning ordinances, which was public but not very well-advertised, so we feel like it was done under the radar,” said Joshua Lohnes, development coordinator at Mountain People’s Co-op.

The lot was originally zoned for a two-story building and must be 20 feet from the street.

Lohnes attended the City Council meeting Tuesday to protest the process by which large corporations can come in and place bids in Morgantown at the expense of smaller businesses.

Attendees will also be permitted to view the marked WVU Police car outside. The event will also continue the tradition of cramming the maximum number of people in a PRT car outside the Mountainlair.

“The games, cramming

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Students grow out hair for ‘No Shave November’

BY Alexis Randolph

sider to be the busiest part of the semester, students around the West Virginia University campus are stashing away their razors. Some It’s officially November, which make this decision based on lazimeans it’s time to put the razors ness, while others do it with good away and get hairy. intentions in mind.

All of this hairiness is in honor In the middle of what many conStaff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

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technology, people had to hand-make everything,” Wilson said. “We have the craft event to show students from all demographics, whether it be West Virginia, New Jersey or even Africa.”

Mountaineer Week activities include making a Mountaineer costume, checkers and a kid’s origami table.

PHOTOS BY SHANNON McKENNA

More than 400 middle and high school students representing West Virginia’s youth-led tobacco prevention movement, RAZE, will gather Saturday at The Waterfront Place Hotel to launch their tobacco control and prevention efforts for the current school year.

RAZE is a teen tobacco prevention movement and campaign funded and facilitated by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the American Lung Association.

Since its formation in 2001, thousands of teens have helped in the fight against big tobacco through their involvement in RAZE. “While the event is open only to teens already enrolled in the RAZE program, students who want to become a member of RAZE can go online to the website and see about connecting with a crew or learn how to start their own crew,” said Dana Plitnick of Fahlgren Mortine on behalf of RAZE. Event attendees will engage in breakout sessions, which will allow them to strengthen their knowledge of tobacco products and will equip them to fight against the tobacco industry.

Wes Lyons, former WVU and Pittsburgh Steelers player, will headline the event with a keynote address about how he achieved both athletic and academic success through hard

work, dedication and resisting the temptation of tobacco and other potentially damaging influences.

“I’ve adopted West Virginia as my second home,” Lyons said. “I think if there is a major issue such as tobacco in my community, I feel the need to help out. According to RAZE, there are about 46,000 West Virginians under the age of 18 alive today who will die from smoking. This doesn’t even include other forms of tobacco.”

Through his involvement with the RAZE movement, Lyons said he wants to see children live out their dreams by leading a healthy lifestyle.

“If I can change one person’s path to living a healthy lifestyle, I will be ecstatic,” he said. “They need to be able to perform at their best. Being tobacco-free is a big part of doing your best.”

Lyons said he hopes to leave a positive influence on the youth present at Saturday’s event. He said he wants them to realize they should invest in doing whatever it is they are good at or like to do rather than wasting valuable time and money on tobacco.

“Since the main focus is on kids, I can influence them because of the platform I’ve earned through hard work, he said. “A lot of these kids are looking for a positive role model, and I plan to be that role model this Saturday.”

For more information or to enroll in the RAZE program, visit http://razewv.com.

and we want them to know about the culture and history of our state,” Wilson said. “That’s why we do crazy stuff like the Beard Shaving competition.”

The 2012 Mountaineer Idol Winner, Paris Winfrey, will begin the event by singing the National Anthem, and attendees will be able

“It’s a worrying trend in terms of the Panera, Starbucks and CVS coming in on High Street,” Lohnes said. “All of these corporate monies from elsewhere (are) coming into our downtown and sucking up profits from Morgantown residents and exporting those profits to who knows where.”

Mountain People’s Coop encourages local businesses to buy in bulk from them. They cannot work with large corporations, but they can work with local businesses.

“Local businesses take those profits and reinvest them here (in Morgantown),” Lohnes said.

Lauren Brennan, a West Virginia First co-

ordinator, agreed and said adding another Sheetz will take away from Morgantown’s close-knit community and culture.

“There’s a lot of struggle with supporting locally owned businesses in this town. We are a Universityrun town, but the University is not going to survive if we don’t have an awesome town to draw in new students and new professors,” Brennan said. “If everything is chain stores, that loses its character to what Morgantown really is.”

City Council member Ron Bane said Sheetz has every right to build their business on the property.

“They’ve met all the

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of the famous No Shave November tradition.

The rules according to most sources are simple: No shaving of the face for males and no shaving of

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Pumpkins replace politics at White House

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Halloween decorations adorn the South Portico of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, for trick-or-treaters. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will welcome local children and children of military families to 'trick-or-treat' at the White House. The White House canceled its Halloween celebration last year in aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Finally, the White House has pulled off a successful web launch.

Ghastly webs with giant black spiders adorned an orange-hued White House on Thursday, slithering down from the Truman Balcony along the South Portico, where haystacks and nearly 200 pumpkins dotted the lawn for the annual White House Halloween event.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, clad in orange and black, emerged in the evening to greet the zombies, wizards and superheroes waiting diligently to hear the president's response to an eerie query: Trick or treat?

It was treats – thousands of packages of jelly beans, dried fruit and White House Sweet Dough Butter Cookies – that the president and Mrs. Obama handed children as

WEEK

Continued from page 1 people in the PRT and the beard shaving competition build a sense of community and school spirit on campus,” Wilson said. “After a week of hard work, we hope everyone can be relieved of their stress and enjoy Mountaineer Week.”

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Continued from page 1 the legs and/or underarms for females.

No Shave November has several origin stories and alternate names. The month is also known as “Movember” and “Noshember’” One Movember origin story includes two men from Australia beginning the tradition with 30 friends to raise awareness for men’s health and cancer. Since its start in 2003, their Movember campaign has spread across 21 countries.

Jacob Nienberg, a sophomore history student, said he thinks the idea be-

they walked across the South Lawn, past stilt-walkers, jugglers and a giant, transparent bubble housing Glinda the Good Witch, who brandished her magic wand in true Wizard-of-Oz fashion.

Fog billowed across the lawn, obscuring the Washington Monument in the distance as children and their parents mingled with White House staffers dressed as football players, vampires and princesses. A brass band of white-faced skeletons set the mood with creepy Halloween tunes, dancing as they played alongside a family of ghosts camped out near the area where the president's helicopter normally lifts off.

Even the president's dogs donned costumes – no, not the real Sunny and Bo, but topiaries carved from ribbons and pipe cleaners AP and dressed up, Bo as a pirate and Sunny as a Actors portraying the Bride-of-Frankenstein, left, Frankenstein, center, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North from the sunflower.

Movie 'The Wizard of Oz' are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday. event planner Jackie Rig- student competition gleman said she is ex- across campus starting cited to show what Moun- Monday.

“Monday, we’ll start off our Mountaineer Week will taineer Week has in store. first student competition. We feature events such as fam“This year we have brought are playing ‘Where’s Waldo,’” ily fun day Saturday, which out new events and re- Riggleman said. “Certain stu- includes Bluegrass perforFollow us on Twitter for breaking news updates and vamped old events,” she said. dents will be wearing gold mances from WVU faculty give feedback.

“We are trying to make the shirts that say ‘Salute to West members.

Anyone interested in the community more involved, Virginia.’ Students will have @dailyathenaeum so our initial goal is to build a to find the students wearing events throughout Mounbridge between the commu- the shirt and then Tweet a taineer Week can visit www. picture to our Twitter handle. mountaineerweek.wvu.edu. nity and the students.”

Riggleman said the The winner gets to have a free danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu week will hold its first lunch with the Mountaineer.”

hind No Shave November is a generally positive one.

“I like the idea. If I weren’t in the ROTC program I definitely would do it,” Nienberg said. “I can’t remember exactly where I heard of No Shave November, I just remember everyone in my high school doing it.”

Social media sites such as Twitter and Instagram are abuzz with the hashtag #noshavenovember. A search on either site will produce many results.

Facebook also features a fan page with over 80,000 likes for No Shave November.

Social media websites are not the only places No Shave November can be found on the web. Websites such as http://www.

noshember.com feature rules, regulations and even merchandise in support of the month.

The site also features a list of popular charities associated with the month, the most popular being the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

It also includes a calendar to break down important No Shave November dates, such as a Nov. 30 photograph day and the Dec. 1 day of many razors.

Sophomore criminology student and ROTC cadet James Malloy said he has known about No Shave November as long as he can remember.

“I remember watching my brother doing it when I was younger. No Shave

November would turn into no shave December and January and so on,” Malloy said. “Mustache March is also very popular with everyone in the military.”

W hile many men around campus say they would have no problem participating, one student said it would be unattractive or unacceptable if women were to participate.

Lori Ann Hustead, a senior recreation, parks and tourism resources student, said she has never heard of the celebration before this year. Hustead said she believes No Shave November is a cultural experience in which women are usually excluded.

“I was friends with a

foreign exchange student (who) was 28 years old, and the first time she had ever shaved her body hair was when she came to the United States,” Hustead said. “In France, not shaving is natural, but here in the U.S., we would find it unattractive. It all depends on where you are at.”

Hustead said she thought the idea of doing No Shave November for charity is a good idea and would be fun to do with a group of women.

For more information about No Shave November visit http://us.movember. com/?home or http:// www.no-shavenovember. com. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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As far as hurting the local businesses, Bane said he thinks the local coffee shops and convenience stores will not be affected much.

“I think the local businesses are well-established.

There’s a quirky population who like to go there,” Bane said. “I think people who go to Blue Moose would not particularly go to Panera or Starbucks. I think it’s more about the ambiance of that place than what they sell.

“People have the right to put in businesses where they want to put them in. I’m not sure that a piece of (legislation) or an ordinance that would restrict businesses out of town would be a good thing to have.”

Bane said he has lived in Morgantown his entire life and has watched it evolve throughout his lifetime.

“The downtown I see now is completely different,” Bane said. “The whole place has changed, and that’s just how things go. I think that the businesses Downtown that do good business and have a good clientele will be fine.

“And some of these other businesses may bring more traffic downtown where they may see more people come into their establishments, You just never know.

I don’t think the City Council has the power to write an ordinance to discriminate against any size of business or what their name is.”

A Sheetz representative was contacted but was not available for comment at press time. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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M.T. Pockets’ ‘Art’ to be performed at West Virginia Theatre Festival

BY JAKE JARVIS A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

The M.T. Pockets Theatre Company cast of “Art” will travel to Bridgeport Saturday morning to perform at the West Virginia Theatre Festival at the Vintage Theatre.

The Tony Award-winning play written by Yasmina Reza premiered Sept.

6 in M.T. Pockets’ intimate performance venue, which is located just off Beechurst Avenue.

At the festival, the productions will be ranked.

The winner will go on to represent the state at the Southeastern Theatre Conference.

“Art” was selected by producers Toni Morris and Vickie Trickett, who announced the show selection after the closing performance. Director David Beach, a West Virginia University professor, will join the cast of Ben Adducchio, Josh Rocchi and Jim Stacy in this tremendous honor.

“Art” was first per-

formed in 1994 in Paris. A translated version opened in London’s West End not long after.

“I saw the original production of ‘Art’ in London in 1996 and saw the original Broadway production in 1998,” Beach said.

In 2011, M.T. Pockets’ production of Doug Wright’s “I Am My Own Wife” was chosen to go to the WVTF and won first place. Bobby Wolfe, the star of this one-man show, went on to win Best Actor at the SETC. “Art” addresses the meaning of art and how friendship often has plasticity. Audiences are asked, “What would you do if your friend wasn’t who you thought they were?”

Serge (played by Rocchi) buys a painting for 200,000 francs. The painting is a rectangular white canvas painted white on top.

When Yvan (played by Stacy) and Marc (played

by Adducchio) learn what Serge has done, they begin to see him in a new light.

Could Serge’s actions be

pretentious or does he actually believe this white painting is art? And more importantly, which is worse?

Learning our friends have fundamentally different views than us can make us question why we became friends with them in the first place.

But there are no troubles in the friendship of the cast. They are all excited to be given this opportunity.

“I hope to showcase a stellar ensemble of actors whose magic made ‘Art’ come to life,” Beach said.

M.T. Pockets manages to bring high-quality, offBroadway style performances to Morgantown in a community theater. This speaks highly of the commitment and passion of everyone involved.

“M.T. Pockets, like most community theaters, is all volunteer,” Beach said.

“I am in awe of the talent and dedication we have from the actors, crew and company.”

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‘Art’ is performed at M.T. Pockets in September by Josh Rocchi and Ben Adducchio.

An important part of any performance is the bond between the ensemble.

The cast shine together and work well with each other.

With only 55 seats available at M.T. Pockets, small crowds are the norm.

There are few venues in Morgantown that allow actors to perform to large crowds as they would in a larger city.

“I’m really excited to be performing the show for a different audience in a different venue,” Adducchio said.

Rocchi said he believes “Art” has already been a success, regardless of how it does at the SETC. “The most exciting (part) is the community endeavor put forward for a piece to even have the chance to succeed, and

we’ve done that,” Rocchi said. “Now, we have this fantastic opportunity to show these works off for our peers.”

Be sure to check out what the folks at M.T. Pockets have cooked up next.

“Three Guys in Drag Selling Their Stuff,” written

by Edward Crosby Wells, opens Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Mountaineer Week Food Court contest to give prizes Old Stone House Gift Shop

BY SAM BOSSERMAN CORRESPONDENT @dailyathenaeum

Mountaineer Week kicks off today, and with its start comes a variety of engaging events all over campus.

One such event is the annual Mountaineer Week Food Court contest.

The event will feature four different competitions, each presented by a different Mountainlair vendor. The competitions include a dance competition presented by Chickfil-a, a pie-eating contest presented by Burger King, a toss-and-fold pizza-making competition presented by Sbarro’s and a candy jar guess competition presented by JACS.

Sonja Wilson, Mountaineer Week adviser, said the events allow students to come together in order to show off their moves and demonstrate their Mountaineer pride.

“Mountaineer Week is all about school spirit, and these types of activities really do arouse spirit throughout the week,” Wilson said. “(If ) you ever wanted to just dance in the Food Court and possibly earn points for your Greek or student organization ... Well, this (is the) opportunity for you.

“You can be in a pie-eating competition, candy jar guess and pizza-making competition all to earn a prize.”

Wilson said all the com-

petitions are designed to allow students to blow off steam and have a good time, even if not directly competing.

“These competitions help students relieve stress, whether participating or just watching, so we hope that they will join the fun,” she said.

One important aspect of the Food Court contest is it’s a celebration of what the Mountainlair represents. The Mountainlair is a place where all students can congregate together and where many students choose to sit down and eat with others.

“The Mountainlair is the living room or ‘hub’ of our campus,” Wilson said.

“Therefore, it makes perfect sense for these types

of activities to happen here for our students.”

Wilson said the contest would not be possible without the help of the participating vendors of the Mountainlair.

“Our Mountainlair food court vendors have been very gracious to offer these activities as part of Mountaineer Week,” Wilson said. “They supply the contest supplies and prizes.”

The Food Court contest, featuring all four competitions, will start at 1 p.m. on Nov. 8 in the Mountainlair.

To find more information about Mountaineer Week, visit http://mountaineerweek.wvu.edu/. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Battle of the systems: PS4 vs. Xbox One; the similarities and differences westley Thompson a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

November will be an exciting time for console gamers, as it marks the beginning of the new generation of gaming systems. Both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 are being released in November, with the PS4 coming out first Nov. 15 and the Xbox One following shortly after with a Nov. 22 release.

First, a hardware comparison : what’s inside each of these sleek black boxes?

Surprisingly, there is little difference between the two in terms of internal specifications. Both come with advanced new graphics processors, 8 GB of RAM (a huge upgrade from the previous systems), a 500 GB hard drive and incredibly fast DVD/Bluray players.

There are some very minor differences in this category, though, which give the PS4 a slight edge. For one, the PS4’s hard drive is removable, while the Xbox One’s is not. This means you cannot bring your Xbox hard drive to a friend’s house or to your dorm while leaving your Xbox at home and play with your saved data on another console.

The controllers are an important aspect of gaming, as they are the player’s connection to the virtual worlds of the games. Microsoft already started with an advantage over Sony.

The Xbox 360 controller is widely regarded as the best gaming controller ever. PlayStation had a lot of catch up to do this time around. For this reason, consumers will see a bigger difference between the PlayStation’s previous generation of controllers and the new one.

Sony has addressed all of the complaints people had with the PS3’s controller. It is now bigger and more solid feeling, the thumbsticks are grippy and concave and the trigger buttons are finally curved. Most notably, the PS4 controller has a touch pad included, which can be used in a variety of ways.

It also comes with builtin speakers and a light that can be used to indicate your

character’s health level, for example.

The Xbox One’s controller features trigger buttons with ultra-sensitive magnetic sensors and a vibration feature.

The one glaring issue with the previous Xbox’s controller was the insensitive D-pad, which has now been rectified. It also features a removable battery pack, something the PS4 controller lacks, and the classic asymmetrical thumbstick layout, which is very comfortable. Xbox wins this category, but again, only marginally.

Online services are important to gaming these days. Xbox One and PS4 are pretty evenly matched here, as well. Both require paid subscriptions to online services, which is nothing new to the Xbox crowd, but some PlayStation fans may be disheartened. Both allow players to play games as they download.

They both also have a game DVR built in, though you need the Xbox Live subscription if using the Xbox.

This allows you to record clips, take screenshots of your game and share it online with your friends. It makes gloating over that crazy headshot much easier.

Both systems are heavily selling sharing features. Sony and Microsoft want these consoles to be more than just for gaming: They want them to become social networks for gamers.

PS4’s controller has a share button, which will instantly allow players to share their screenshots, video clips and the like with their friends and the online community.

Xbox One also has a similar feature, which allows you to see what shows are trending with your friends.

Xbox One is so titled because Microsoft wants it to replace all the different devices in the living room, hence becoming the “one” media device. It’s not just for gaming; it’s for TV and movies, too.

PlayStation 4 will also give its owners access to Netflix, but it is more invested in gaming.

The games are the most important aspect and biggest difference between the two consoles. Both will have access to cross-platform

games like the ubiquitous “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” the acrobatic stealth game “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” the large-scale shooter “Battlefield 4,” Bungie’s new massive open world adventure “Destiny,” Ubisoft’s “Grand Theft Auto”/ ”Assassin’s Creed” hybrid “Watch Dogs” and many more. Both will be able to run these games with amazing graphics and power.

The difference lies in the exclusive titles.

Xbox One players will have access to the sci-fi shooter juggernaut, “Halo,” which remains an Xbox-only title.

Respawn Entertainment, a new development team, is releasing an Xbox exclusive called “Titanfall.”

“Titanfall” promises to redefine online multi-player shooters by introducing new concepts to the genre, such as being able to play as both giant, strong robots and fast and nimble humans while maintaining tight FPS controls. Xbox One also gets the zombie-killing survival game “Dead Rising 3,” the renown racing game series in the form of “Forza Motorsport 5” and many other cool titles like “Ryse,” “Quantum Break” and “Sunset Overdrive.”

The PlayStation 4 isn’t without its fair share of exciting exclusives, though.

“Killzone: Shadowfall” will deliver gritty and dark science fiction shooter combat

to players.

“The Order: 1886” is a shooter with an exciting and novel concept. Set in a fantasy version of the industrial age with a heavy steampunk look, players will take on the role of special soldiers trained in protecting mankind from inhuman enemies.

Sony seems to be friendlier to indie game developers, so expect more indie games on the PS4 than the Xbox One. There are more similarities than differences between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

No matter what you pick, great games, movies and entertainment will be available for your enjoyment.

The only other notable difference is the price tag : PS4 will cost $399.99 while the Xbox One will cost $100 more, hitting your wallet with a $499.99 price tag.

Keep in mind, though, the Xbox One comes with the new Kinect, Xbox’s motionsensing, face-reading, voice command-accepting camera, included in the box.

Either option is an excellent choice, although I lean toward the PS4 for its slightly more powerful internals, lower cost and varied game library.

No matter what you choose, have fun and game on. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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prepares for holiday season

BY NOELLE HARRIS A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

Although it doesn’t quite feel like winter in Morgantown, the Service League of Morgantown will be hosting its 48th annual Holiday Open House at the Old Stone House Gift Shop this weekend.

The Old Stone House is the oldest dwelling in Monongalia County, and it is decked out in greenery, twinkling lights and sparkle – all ready for an incoming of holiday-loving visitors.

The Old Stone House was built in 1795 and has served as the Service League of Morgantown’s headquarters since 1935.

It is known as the “the gift shop that gives back.” Profits from this event go directly to helping needy citizens. The store is maintained solely by members of the Service League of Morgantown and has no paid employees.

During the past 78 years, the Service League of Morgantown has given more than $340,000 to the Morgantown community, which has helped to improve the lives of citizens through charitable, educational and cultural activities.

This event will welcome guests to a wide array of gifts, including its most popular gift: hot orange spiced tea. They offer much more than tea at the Old Stone House, though.

“Many gourmet foods, salad dressings, mustard sauces, salsas and jellies from Uncle Bunk’s, WV Honey and WV Fruit and Berry fill the shelves,” said Joan Bissett, who handles publicity for Old Stone House.

Among their most

popular gifts are Ron Hinkle and Blenko glass, prints of Morgantown done by Jo and Bill Aull and children’s books by West Virginia authors.

From hand-knitted baby items to lighted wine bottles, the store sells a diverse range of gifts for almost any person or occasion.

The holiday sale will be happening this weekend, but that is not their only upcoming event of the year.

The Old Stone house will be hosting a book signing by Barbara Myers, author of “Lily and Nana” and “Lily Goes to School” Nov. 30 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. This date coincides with West Virginia Small Business Day, and shoppers are encouraged to support their local businesses by shopping in the downtown area and on High Street.

The charity partner of that week, In Touch and Concerned, will receive 10 percent of the sales.

A Jingle Bell Sale is slated for Dec. 6-8. Shoppers can purchase a jingle bell for a discounted price and receive 1030 percent off their final purchase. During this sale, 10 percent of the gross sales will be donated to the Monongalia County Child Advocacy Center. Keeping in the holiday spirit, there will also be an after-Christmas sale with deep discounts Dec. 27-28.

Come out to the Holiday Open House at Old Stone House from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday.

To learn more about the Old Stone House Gift Shop and its upcoming events, call 304-296-7825. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Extra credits unnecessary for schedules With the hustle and bustle of scheduling, many students are facing the difficulties of finding their desired classes, with the right professors, at the right time.

Often scheduling can be an extraordinarily complicated ordeal, but this is worsened when as an upperclassmen, you realize you have completed all your majorrelated classes.

Although this may sound like something to celebrate, often these students still need extra credits to graduate, but cannot fulfill these credits with any classes directly pertaining to their major.

This is especially a problem for students who come to West Virginia University with Advanced Placement classes from high school.

Even though it’s fulfilling to see those general education courses checked off your DegreeWorks, by the time junior or senior year rolls around, many flounder to get the correct number of credit hours to satisfy their scholarships, which is usually 30 hours a year.

Many turn to declaring minors to take up space in

Kimberlyn Brand looks over her new schedule made for her at new student orientation on a lunch break. their schedule. But while this does broaden students’ horizons, ultimately this could lead to even more semesters at WVU simply because a student needed 20 or so extra credits outside their major.

op-ed commentary

NSA should not hurt foreign relations ryan van buren guest columnist

The United States National Security Agency finds itself in a huge predicament with numerous world leaders.

It’s been reported the NSA has monitored phone calls of 35 world leaders after receiving the numbers from an unnamed official in another U.S. government department.

Edward Snowden revealed a confidential memo stating the NSA encourages officials in the “customer” departments to share their “Rolodexes,” so the agency can add the phone numbers of the leaders from foreign nations.

One of these officials gave more than 200 numbers, including those of 35 world leaders. One of the biggest issues with releasing these reports is creating tension between the U.S. and their foreign allies. The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, accused the U.S. of phonetapping her own cell phone and has now called for a “nospying” deal against the NSA. The U.S. already has a “nospying” agreement with Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Merkel wants the U.S. to add Germany, France and any other countries that want to join the agreement to stop the NSA from ultimately spying on world leaders’ and their citizens’ phone conversations.

The NSA said they have received minimal information and national intelligence from the phone-tapping, but that is very skeptical. I find it hard to believe the NSA hasn’t found much information, because why would they jeopardize their reputation if it led to unimportant details in protecting American interests and safety? Despite snooping on world leaders across the globe, the NSA tapped millions of phone calls from high- profile French government nationals and their citizens. Now the U.S. and their NSA program are facing great consequences from French and German officials.

As an American, I want our safety and protection to be the best for all our citizens, but eventually there is a limit to the protection available.

America has a good overall

relationship with their allies, and these NSA allegations have now created tension at a time when America does not need additional problems. We just ended our own government shutdown, and to have our European allies breathing down our necks for spying is something we must diminish immediately.

The NSA can tell the people of America they are doing this for our safety, but if they’re going to create problems with our foreign allies, they must bring this to an end and find other alternatives to protect the people of the U.S. What’s even more alarming is what else Snowden knows and can eventually release to the entire world about the NSA. Snowden worked at the NSA as a government contractor and was the man who released the documents regarding the phone-tapping and the NSA tracking of American emails and Internet history. This whole foreign outbreak resulted from Snowden’s allegations, which he says were to inform the American people what the government is doing to us.

Some view Snowden as a hero, and others view him as a vigilante exposing our country’s faults for the entire world to see. His intentions to expose the wrongdoings of the government took great measures, but the cost of his leaks may be detrimental to American affairs. This new information can put the U.S. in hot water with the rest of the world, and he must watch what he releases next so as to not further tarnish our global affairs.

The problems of the NSA and our government are very dangerous to release, but at the same time it isn’t fair to the citizens of America to not know what is really going on.

All Americans work for their freedom, and to know the government and NSA have secrets regarding your everyday life is a scary thought to fathom.

Ultimately, the NSA must work on ways to protect the people of the U.S. without jeopardizing the relationship we have with our allies, and letting Americans live their lives with peace and prosperity. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

GECs are an obvious ploy to get students to stay at WVU longer than they would if they could just graduate with their major-related courses.

But even beyond the annoyance of taking English 101 as

a physics student or an Intro to American History class for a landscape architecture student, the University further inhibits our ability to get those major-related classes under our belt and that de-

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gree in our hands by requiring extra credits, presumably to give the average student with no AP classes time to fulfill these GECs and maybe pick up a double major or a minor.

However, incoming students who have many of their GECs completed thanks to AP credits often find they have more fallthrough credits to take toward the end of their college career that even a minor will not suffice.

Many second-semester seniors find themselves taking gym classes and other introductory level courses simply because they need arbitrary credits to graduate, even though they have technically completed their major and in some cases, even their minors.

It’s not hard to see the rationale behind the increased credit hours the University requires, as it often leads to an extra semester or two for which students must pay.

These classes have nothing to do with their career aspirations, and simultaneously give students a margin for error in the event of a changed major, double major or failed credits. No one wants to be that senior who finds out he or she needs three extra credit hours to graduate.

But remember, there’s always gym class. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

Mall madness: beating Black Friday 2013

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A mob of Black Friday shoppers attempts to push their way through security staff moments after the doors opened outside of Best Buy at the Mall of America.

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The words Black Friday can provoke an array of emotions. Some get starry-eyed as they envision the coupons and bargains they have been waiting for all year, while others feel nothing but sheer anxiety and aversion to the mayhem.

Everyone has heard the horror stories of people getting harassed and even trampled, but also of the diamond-in-therough deal or unbelievable bargain.

Every year, almost 135 million brave souls head out into the cold and chaos of Black Friday to snatch up all the deals they can. Things are getting more intense than ever – 2011 was the first year stores opened at midnight. 2012 saw further extremes, with some stores announcing they were opening Thanksgiving night at 8 p.m., prompting a walkout among many workers.

Black Friday is attracting a reputation like never before with stories of trampling, assaults and increasingly aggressive crowds struggling to get the most sought-out products.

The horror stories range far and wide across the country. During Black Friday 2011, a woman pepper-sprayed fellow shoppers in a struggle to buy a discounted Xbox 360 and caused 20 injuries. In 2006, a shocking assault at Best Buy was caught on tape of a Toys for Tots volunteer being stabbed by a shoplifter.

One of the most publicized Black Friday atrocities was the trampling of a 34-year-old Wal-Mart employee in New York.

This was the first known death during a Black Friday sale. Two more fatalities occurred on the same day in California. The employee in New York was trampled by 2,000 shoppers as the Wal-Mart doors opened. Shoppers did not slow down to help the man even as the police got involved.

It’s alarming to hear hostility about buying clothes and electronics is now leading to deaths in our country, and there is no doubt Black Friday violence is on the rise.

I have been both a shopper and a worker on this special day and can vouch for the madness firsthand.

I was hired simply to control the line at Kohl’s and pick up the clothes and products that were sure to be scattered everywhere

from the frantic crowd.

I arrived ready for my shift at midnight, still full from turkey and pie and with my parents’ warnings of “crazy people” that would be in the back of my mind. Since I was basically in a food coma, I barely heard them and only vaguely registered my sister’s tale of the Wal-Mart worker being trampled to death. I wasn’t even expecting there to be people ready to shop at midnight.

But ready they were – I was the one who wasn’t.

I don’t know how to explain those nine hours, but I think I blacked out from the sheer stress of the ordeal. People ripped through Kohl’s like a tornado, leaving piles of clothes and hangers anywhere they pleased. I was constantly trying to straighten up while simultaneously controlling the line, in which people got testy about the lengthy waiting time.

Although it was a crazy nine hours, I would recommend working Black Friday to other broke college students as a way to earn some extra cash for the holidays. If you can’t afford to shop yet on Black Friday, working that hellacious shift is a great way to make money.

If you are one of the brave souls venturing out

to shop, be prepared beforehand. Make sure to get plenty of rest and drink lots of water before heading out, and bring a friend with you. Constantly shoving through the crowds for hours can leave you dehydrated and beaten down – and those who are prepared will snag the deals before you do. Your friend can save a spot in line for you, give you honest opinions and even defend you in any sort of squabble if need be – though hopefully the last part isn’t necessary.

I would strongly recommend browsing deals on the Internet before you set out, as well. You don’t want to waste hours in one store when you can get a better discount elsewhere.

Black Friday may have its perils, but it does come only once a year. If you prepare beforehand, it’s possible to score an amazing deal. If anything, it’s at least a learning experience, and it’s even a little entertaining to observe the primal human behavior that comes out.

I believe it is a personal decision whether you want to attempt to have a Black Friday shopping experience, but one thing I learned is it is not for the weak of heart. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you greet many changes in your lifestyle. You will maintain your friendships, and you also will add quite a few new people to the list. You become more verbal and expressive, which delights many friends who have known you for years. Your style of communication will express more of your depth. With as powerful of a year as this is, you would be wise to pull back and visualize what you desire more often. If you are single, someone quite spectacular could enter your life. Make sure this person is for real.

If you are attached, remember that a partnership is made up of two people, not one.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHHH You could be jumping through hoops to get where

you want to go. Unexpected events and others’ unintended interference could make finishing up what you must challenging. You could be verbal about the interference, but it might not help you. Tonight: Go with the best suggestion.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHH You have a lot going for you. You might not believe how much interference could run through your plans.

Much of what is happening around you could be unexpected. Communicate what you need from others. Tonight: Encourage a friend to join you after work. TGIF! GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH Be more direct in how you deal with a child or new friend. This person might not be getting your message. A surprise comes in from someone you look up to. You could be somewhat off-kil-

ter, which might result in a change of plans. Tonight: Make time for a friend.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Your need for some quiet comes forward. Someone you meet could be quite electric in his or her communication. You can’t help but listen to this person. A close associate might express his or her feelings about a situation and offer you guidance. Tonight: Head home first.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHH You might be forced to look at someone’s behavior in a way that you’d prefer not to.

This person is quite capable of delivering emotional jolts. Consider not reacting.

Choose your responses carefully. A family member suddenly becomes more vocal. Tonight: Out with friends.

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22) HHHH Remain sensitive to a loved one, es-

pecially a sibling. Money could be involved in a decision, but if you are not comfortable with what is going on, say so. Others might not realize how many options they have. Discuss different policies or ideas. Tonight: Your treat.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22) HHHH You feel empowered, and others will work with you. The irony is that you give a lot, even if you are not aware of it. An unexpected insight revolving around a work or personal matter might set you back for a while. Tonight: Play the role of king or queen for a night.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21) HH Know when you have created an unsound problem for yourself as well as for others. A child or loved one might become difficult. Randomly weird behavior also surrounds what you be-

lieve is a given. Tonight: Be mysterious. Vanish, and meet up with a favorite person!

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21) HH Understand what a friend wants from you. You might be mulling over your relationship with this person as a result. You could receive an unexpected jolt from a family member. By now, you are getting use to these mini-moments of uproar. Tonight: Only where the crowds are.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19) HH You could be taken aback by a boss and/or a loved one. Many people appear to be confused. You might be going through several changes, so you probably won’t be as open or as tolerant as usual. A partner will go out of his or her way for you. Tonight: Accept the limelight.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18) HHH You could opt not to get involved in others’ problems. A partner seems pushy and oversensitive. You might want to distance yourself. A conversation with a loved one opens up new possibilities with greater understanding. Tonight: Look forward, not backward.

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20) HHHH A partner might make a gesture toward you. This person knows that he or she has been difficult. You’ll want to distance yourself, but understand that this is a phase. You seem rather vague to others. Discuss more of what you’re thinking. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.

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Cafe Bacchus provides intimate dining experience

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Cafe Bacchus is located near the end of High Street and offers intimate dining in historic downtown Morgantown.

BY WESTLEY THOMPSON A&E WRITER @DAILYATHENAEUM

A historical houseturned-restaurant sits at 76 High St., garnering the name of one of the oldest restaurants in the city.

Cafe Bacchus was originally built in 1895 for the dean of the School of Engineering and has remained true to its original state. The house is listed as a downtown Morgantown historical site and is featured on a historical walking tour of the city.

Around 1912, the house came under the possession of a man named Lucian Smith, who lived there with his sister. Eventually, Lucian found a wife.

Unfortunately for the new Smith family, their honeymoon landed them on the Titanic’s ill-fated voyage.

Lucian died, survived by

his wife and unborn son.

In the second half of the 20 century, the house came under the ownership of a Greek family by the name of Demanielis. They decided to turn their home into a steak house called The Flame. The Flame was very successful and was a popular eatery in Morgantown during its time. However, due to the old age of the owners, The Flame closed down in 1999.

In the fall of 2001, Cafe Bacchus’s story began.

It is currently under the ownership of Judy Spade, and her husband is the chef.

The restaurant offers a delicious menu, combining flavors and culinary techniques from around the world, chiefly drawing from rural-American cooking and Mexican cuisine.

Food Network’s “On the Road” has declared Cafe Bacchus’s apple-butter

ice cream the best in all of West Virginia. This signature dessert has a sweet flavor and is topped with a Mexican apple jack caramel sauce and bacon bits.

The menu is varied enough to keep everyone happy but trim enough to ensure all options are of the highest quality.

Their menu changes every season.

Some highlights from the appetizer menu are fresh mozzarella, goat cheese with apples and walnuts and Asian crab cakes. Entrees include spicy jambalaya, lamb chops and a few types of steak – just to name a few.

The restaurant has an elegant yet accessible feel.

The fact it is inside of a historical residence makes it aesthetically pleasing and gives it a homey feel. This is sure to please history buffs and fans of old archi-

Cafe Bacchus offers a seasonal menu made with fresh ingredients. tecture alike. There are different rooms for guests to dine in, as well as a porch open during the warmer months.

The cafe’s location is ideal. Toward the end of High Street, it is far enough away from the hustle and bustle of the club and bar area to offer diners a relaxing and intimate evening. The entire setting is ideal for date nights and for those who enjoy upscale dining.

Cafe Bacchus runs a few special offers throughout the week. Their most notable is Wine Wednesday.

Every Wednesday night from 5:30-8:30 p.m., parties of two or more can get a bottle of wine for $10 with their meal.

The wine selection is on constant rotation, and both red and white wines are offered every week.

The types of wine offered are varied and come from different areas of the

world.

The goal is to get people to try different wines and maybe even find a new favorite. This proves to be a perfect date night opportunity for those 21 and older, who quite literally wish to “wine and dine” their sweethearts.

As the restaurant is named for Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, Cafe Bacchus offers wine tastings once a month.

These tastings take place the last Friday of every month, barring any major holidays.

Another reoccurring event is Walkable Weekday. Tuesday-Thursday each week, patrons who walk to the restaurant are eligible for a free glass of wine or dessert with their meal. This is a nice incentive for those who live close by.

In the warmer months, people dining with their dogs on the porch can also

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get special treats for their furry, four-legged best friend.

Special events at Cafe Bacchus aren’t limited to weekly, repeating events.

For example, an Ugly Holiday Sweater party is tentatively planned for Dec. 6. Customers will have a chance to show off their festive winter sweaters.

For those looking for somewhere to eat with a quality menu, great atmosphere and excellent food, Cafe Bacchus is sure to please. It’s the perfect restaurant for an expertly prepared sit-down dinner, and it’s a refreshing change of pace from the cookie-cutter chain eateries plaguing the American culinary landscape.

Cafe Bacchus is open Tuesday-Saturday for dinner, starting at 5:30 p.m. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Halloween Movie Reviews

Zombie films transform through generations Maria Solano a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

From “World War Z” and “Warm Bodies” to classics such as “Night of the Living Dead” and “White Zombies,” the zombie horror film has been popular since the 19th century.

“White Zombies” (1932) is usually considered the first legitimate zombie film and is known for introducing the word “zombie” into the genre’s vocabulary.

However, the modern depiction of zombies is mostly due to the 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead”

by George A. Romero.

Generally, zombies in older movies are depicted as slow, lumbering and unintelligent. Throughout the years, though, zombies have evolved into agile, intelligent and strong creatures, mostly shown as living humans infected with a mind-altering pathogen.

With so many popular zombie movies made, it is hard to pick the best ones in the collection, but here are five movies that have only one thing in common: zombies.

1. “World War Z” – Directed by Marc Forster, this movie came out in 2013 and was an instant hit. It focuses on a United Nations employee named Gerry Lane, played by Brad Pitt.

Lane is in charge of stopping a zombie epidemic before it spreads further and destroys humanity.

2. “Night of the Living Dead” – This movie follows Ben, Barbara and five others who are trapped in a rural farmhouse in Pennsylvania. The farmhouse is attacked by “living dead” monsters, equivalent to our definition of zombies today. The movie grossed $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally.

3. “White Zombies” – This 1932 classic was the film that started it all. In this movie, a young man

becomes a witch doctor who attempts to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance. Instead, he turns her into a zombie slave.

4. “Zombieland” – Released in 2009 and directed

by Ruben Fleischer, the movie is about four people joining forces to travel across America, which has been filled with zombies. A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park are all in for the trip of their lives.

5. “Warm Bodies” – In this 2013 movie, an unusual zombie saves a living girl from an attack. They form a relationship that changes the viewpoints of the living world and transforms the lifeless world.

This popular genre is only getting started, and the zombies are definitely becoming stronger and faster. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2013

CONNOR MURRAY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR @CONNORKMURRAY

Inexperience contributing to WVU’s road woes With its loss to Kansas State Saturday, West Virginia has now dropped its first four away games this season.

One possible factor contributing to West Virginia’s road woes this season is the youth and inexperience of this team, especially on offense.

If you discount the Baylor game (and I only suggest this because it appears the Bears could score 60 points a game against any defense in college football this season), then West Virginia’s defense has been by far the most consistent group on the team at home or on the road this season.

It is a completely different story for the West Virginia offense. While the Mountaineer offense has averaged scoring 30.1 points per game at home, head coach Dana Holgorsen’s team has only managed to score 15.2 points per game when playing on the road.

In its four home games, West Virginia’s offense has gained an average of 459.5 yards per game. On the road, the Mountaineers average 330.7 total yards.

Coming into the 2013 season, it was not hard to see this coming. Replacing three of the most talented players in program history in quarterback Geno Smith and receivers Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey would be a tall order for any coach.

In its four road games, West Virginia has started three different quarterbacks. Junior Paul Millard struggled to get the offense moving with any sort of consistency in a 16-7 loss at Oklahoma Sept. 7.

Redshirt freshman Ford Childress had a historically bad day (look up Childress’ stat line) during West Virginia’s 37-0 loss to Maryland in Baltimore Sept. 21, and redshirt junior Clint Trickett still seemed to be nursing a shoulder injury when West Virginia ran into the buzz saw that is Baylor in a 73-42 loss in Waco, Texas, Oct. 5.

A week after nearly upsetting then-No. 16 Texas Tech, Trickett and the West Virginia offense sputtered against Kansas State. Trickett showed flashes of this offense’s potential under his leadership but faltered in the second half and finished 15-28 for 227 yards.

West Virginia’s two leading receivers, Ronald Carswell and Kevin White, are both just eight games into their Mountaineer careers.

The same story line rings true in the West Virginia backfield as running backs Charles Sims, Dreamius Smith and Wendell Smallwood are all in the middle of their first season in Morgantown.

I’m in no way making excuses for Holgorsen or the rest of West Virginia’s coaching staff. This is college football. Graduation happens. Players move on.

It happens every year and will continue as long as the game is played.

That said, this is no time to point fingers and play the blame game, either. Smith, Austin and Bailey won’t be coming out of the tunnel at Mountaineer Field in West Virginia uniforms anymore.

The team that has struggled its way to a 3-5 start this season isn’t changing, but as they continue the trial by fire that has been the 2013 season, this young and inexperienced Mountaineer offense will grow and mature with each punch it takes.

Regardless of the team’s record at season’s end, think of 2013 as a learning experience, and know that the young West Virginia offense you are watching this season will be a year older and wiser next season. connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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Quarterback Clint Trickett leads West Virginia on to the field before the Mountaineers’ loss to Kansas State Saturday.

West Virginia looks to end three-game losing streak on road against TCU Saturday by amit batra sports editor @batra01

With both teams 3-5 overall and only one conference win each, the West Virginia Mountaineers and TCU Horned Frogs will look to get one step closer to bowl eligibility at Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. Kick off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., and the game will be nationally televised on ESPNU Saturday.

WVU, coming off a secondhalf meltdown against Kansas State, will look for revenge against a TCU team that defeated the Mountaineers on a controversial 2-point conversion in the 2012 season.

West Virginia lost its last three games, while the Horned Frogs dropped their last two games, including a 30-7 loss to Texas Saturday Both teams have struggled offensively this season. The Mountaineers come into the

game No. 96 in points with an average of 22.9, while the Horned Frogs are slightly better with an average of 23 points on the season – good for No. 94 in the nation.

Head coach Gary Patterson will likely have both sophomore Trevone Boykin and senior Casey Pachall share time at quarterback. Boykin has been the healthier of the two quarterbacks in 2013. He’s thrown for 1,176 yards and five touchdowns, but his accuracy and consistency has not been up to par – the sophomore has thrown seven interceptions and his completion percentage sits at 59.2 percent.

Pachall, on the other hand, only has 64 pass attempts in 2013. The senior leader has thrown for 314 yards with two interceptions and zero touchdown passes.

“I don’t know how much of a veteran he is,” said West Virginia head coach Dana Hol-

gorsen of Pachall. “Boykin played the whole game against us (in 2012). He’s played more in the past year and a half than Pachall has.

Over a four-year span, Pachall has probably taken more snaps. They are both capable of going in there and executing the offense.”

TCU will present a secondary that could give West Virginia fits Saturday afternoon.

The Horned Frogs have 15 interceptions on the season.

Senior All-American cornerback Jason Verrett and junior linebacker Sam Carter lead a defense that has struggled a bit the last two weeks against Texas and Oklahoma State, giving up an average of 27 points in the two losses.

“Coach Gary Patterson has been the same for as long as he’s been there,” said WVU offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson. “He’s probably one of the best defensive minds out there in the country. It’s

the same as we saw last year.

You can consider them similar to us with where they are.

They’ve been in every game, and they’ve had the chances to win the games, but they have just been losing.

“We are similar teams, but offensively we need to score more points in order to win.

We can’t score 12 points and beat many people.”

The Mountaineers will need to overcome their struggles in the second half. In recent weeks, WVU had opportunities to win in the second half, but lack of execution has been a major issue. In this pivotal game against the Horned Frogs, senior defensive lineman Shaq Rowell realizes the high stakes.

“Whoever wins this game is going to go to a bowl game,” he said. “Whoever loses is likely not going to a bowl game. We just need to find a way to play four good quarters.”

TCU will come into the

game leading the Big 12 in sacks. Possible starting quarterback redshirt junior Clint Trickett will have to be wary of the amount of pressure he could see Saturday.

“They do a great job of rushing the passer,” Holgorsen said. “Their secondary matches routes and covers as well as I’ve ever seen it. The quarterback has to sit back there with nowhere to throw, and the rush gets there. Those guys do a tremendous job of holding their gaps in the run game, but also understanding when it’s a run, pass or screen coming up the field.

“They have capable people doing it and they get to the quarterback well. That pass coverage in the back is something special as well.”

WVU and TCU will try to take the next step to bowl eligibility Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Fort Worth, Texas. amit.batra@mail.wvu.edu

WVU opens season with Concord exhibition by kevin hooker sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will tip off the 201314 season tonight with an exhibition game against Concord at 7 in the WVU Coliseum.

“There are some things, early on in the season, that (we) want to get better at,” said head coach Mike Carey. “(We’re rusty) but that’s why you play these preseason games.”

The Mountaineers return four starters from 2012’s team that went 1714 in their first season in the Big 12 Conference. The 2012 season was the first time since 2008 that West Virginia failed to reach 20 wins.

Most importantly, however, Carey and the team welcome back center Aysa Bussie, who missed all of the 2012 season with a torn ACL. Prior to her redshirt season, Bussie led the Mountaineers in scoring with 12.1 points per game on 53 percent shooting. At 6-foot-4, she also grabbed 6.6 rebounds per contest. “(Bussie) hasn’t shown any signs of her knee bothering her,” Carey said.

“This will be a good game for her to get more used to live contact and live (tempo).”

As a junior, Bussie became just the 28th Mountaineer in history to eclipse 1,000 points. She also earned First Team All-Big East in the same season.

Like Bussie, Jess Harlee also sat out the 2012 sea-

son with a torn ACL. Despite tearing it in the final game of last season, Harlee is ready for the season. She led the team with 43 steals in 2012 and was named to the Big 12 AllDefensive team.

In addition to Bussie and Harlee, guard Christal Caldwell enters her senior season after leading West Virginia in points per game (13.1) and steals (51) last season. She earned AllBig 12 First Team for her efforts and had 22 double-digit scoring games last season, including six 20-point games.

“Everybody wants to start. I understand that, especially when you have five seniors,” Carey said.

“But we have to start the people who match up well and look at different combinations. Depending on who we’re playing, we can feel comfortable with (who) we start the game with.”

Since joining the program in 2001, Carey has a compiled record of 203117. In 2009, he led the Mountaineers to a schoolrecord 29 wins. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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volleyball

WVU looks to get past conference struggles against Texas Tech by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia volleyball team will open their second half of Big 12 Conference play against Texas Tech (8-17, 1-8 Big 12) Saturday at 1 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum.

WVU (16-8, 2-6 Big 12) dropped its first match to a nonconference opponent Tuesday night when Marshall took down the Mountaineers in four sets. The loss to the Herd continues a four-game skid for West Virginia – the longest of the season. The Mountaineers finished their nonconference schedule at 8-1.

Though the Mountaineers were not able to reclaim the golden ball from Marshall, head coach Jill Kramer still took away some positive notes from

the match. Freshman outside hitter Jordan Anderson finished her night with a career-high 24 kills, which led all players in the match.

“She was great. She did what we need an outside hitter to do,” Kramer said.

“She became a bit more of a leader on the court. She was giving the team what she thought they needed.

I thought she was great.”

Even with the strong play from Anderson, Kramer would like to see her team play a complete game. West Virginia has struggled in its previous matches with consistency issues that vary from set to set.

In the first set against Marshall, the Mountaineers hit a .222 while allowing the Herd to hit a .407 clip. Marshall would go on to take the set 25-16. WVU responded by taking the

second set and recording 15 total team kills. Kramer said she believes for her team to get back on track, they must put together a full game.

“We have to play better team ball and be more aggressive, period. When you lost some you have to keep competing, you have to make sure you are competing point for point and not worrying about what will happen,” Kramer said. “I think we do a decent job of that, but not when it matters the most.”

Texas Tech will ride into Morgantown having struggled in the Big 12 this season. The Red Raiders were recently handed a five-set loss to Iowa State Wednesday night, which continued a five-game skid for Tech.

Despite the rough month for the Red Raiders, head coach Don Flora

has seen solid production from his team. Junior setter Nicole Hragyil recorded a season-high five aces in her last match and attributed a career-high 16 digs, as well.

Senior Aubree Piper anchors down the Texas Tech defense in the middle. Piper only appeared in 22 matches last season, the fewest of her career, but still managed to set a new career-high with 156 kills. The senior led the defensive effort against Iowa State by recording a season-high seven kills.

Saturday’s match is slated for a 1 p.m. start time, and fans in attendance are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes. Live video and audio from the event can be found on WVUsports. com. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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ROWING

Mountaineers to compete at Head of the Occoquan Saturday by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rowing team will travel to Sandy Run Park, in Fairfax, Va., Saturday for the Head of the Occoquan regatta. A few rowers will then head to West Windsor, N.J., for the Small Boat Challenge Sunday.

With a busy weekend ahead and after disap-

pointing results from Oct. 26’s regatta, head coach Jimmy King said this weekend brings a new level of excitement, and he is looking for improvement out of his Mountaineers.

“The Head of the Occoquan is the first race for our novice crews, so we’re excited to see how they perform against the novice crews from other schools,” he said. “As for our varsity crews, they will

square off against some of the same crews that were at the Schuylkill, so we’re certainly looking for improved performances relative to last weekend.”

HOTO is one of the largest regattas in the nation, and the rowing team will be competing in the following events: Collegiate 8+ (3); Collegiate 4+ (4); Collegiate Novice 8+ (2); and Collegiate Novice 4+ (2). WVU will be racing

in sweep events in which each rower will be using one oar.

“The Occoquan is the longest race of our fall season at three miles in length,” King said.

Five of the more proficient scullers will compete for the Mountaineers Subday at the Small Boat Challenge. The challenge is a new regatta specifically for collegiate crews.

The Mountaineers uti-

lize small boat training, which consists of one and two-person boats, throughout the fall as part of the overall development. At most fall regattas, small boat racing is a secondary event, but this regatta was organized specifically for small boats.

The challenge events for the few Mountaineers making the trip will be: 2x (2) and 1x (1). The racing will take place in scull-

ing events, in which each rower uses two shorter oars.

“The Small Boat Challenge is sprint racing of the type we do in the spring season. The rowers will race a 1,900-meter time trial in the morning,” King said. “The time trial results will determine seeding for the afternoon finals, which will be a full 2000 meters.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

men’s soccer

West Virginia faces Buffalo in pivotal MAC match by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia men’s soccer team, unbeaten in six of their last seven matches, makes its final road trip of the season Friday night against Buffalo.

The Mountaineers need a victory to keep their postseason hopes alive.

WVU, 6-6-4 on the season, has scored just twice in its last five games. During the span, West Virginia is just 1-1-3 and surrendered multiple opportunities to improve its stock as tournament time approaches. With just two games left on the schedule, the Mountaineers are just on the outside of the Mid-American Conference tournament.

The top-four regular season finishers in the conference will advance to the league tour-

nament held at either Akron or Western Michigan.

WVU’s 1-2-1 conference record has them at No. 5 currently and desperate for a conference victory.

Buffalo has really struggled this season under first-year head coach Stu Riddle. The Bulls are just 3-10-3 this season and 1-3 in the MAC. Their lone conference victory came back Oct. 15 against Hartwick, a team that had previously beaten both Akron and West Virginia in the same week.

The Bulls are led by Russell Cicerone, who has scored five goals this season. Nicolai Berry leads the team in assists with three on the year. In goal, Waleed Cassis has started 14 of Buffalo’s 16 matches and has a goals-against average of just 1.30.

Buffalo has been outscored 23-11 in 2013 and is the lowest scoring team

in the MAC. On paper, it’s another game that WVU conceivably should be able to win if it can find the back of the net. The team, however, hasn’t been too successful in that area.

“Bad finishing, that’s all it is,” said WVU head coach Marlon LeBlanc.

“There’s no excuse to be made when you miss chances. You end up with goose eggs on the scoreboard.”

WVU took down Buffalo 2-0 in 2012 in Morgantown. Overall, West Virginia and Buffalo have met five times, and the Mountaineers have never been defeated. WVU holds a 4-0-1 all-time series lead.

Akron is at the top of the conference standings with Western Michigan, Bowling Green and Hartwick. WVU and Buffalo are No. 5 and No. 6,

respectively. Northern Illinois rounds out the conference in last place.

The Mountaineers would likely need to win both of their remaining two games to qualify for the conference tournament. They hold two inconference losses currently, something only Hartwick also has among the top four. A win in Buffalo would come a long way for West Virginia, who has squandered several opportunities this season.

“Results are all that matter,” LeBlanc said.

“We haven’t lost in quite a long time. Defending has been really good from us coming down the stretch, but we’re just missing chances. We’re creating them, but we’re missing them. We have to go out and collect these last six points.”

West Virginia travels to Buffalo Friday night in the MAC affair. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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cross country

West Virginia to compete in Big 12 Championships by jon fehrens sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia cross country team will travel to Waco, Texas, to compete in the Big 12 Championships Saturday. WVU comes into this race after claiming first place in the PSU Nationals at Penn State.

“The great advantage of running at Penn State was that we were able to train very hard over the last three weeks. Training has gone well, and we have progressed,” said head coach Sean Cleary. “The team came home from that meet in good spirits and is ready for the next challenge.”

Sophomore Kelly Williams led the way for the Mountaineers, placing No. 2 with a time of 21:22. Williams’ time at PSU was her season-best and only two seconds off her career-high.

Along with Williams, freshman Jillian Forsey helped boost her team to a No. 1 finish by finishing No. 3 overall.

“I am very pleased with this group’s tenacity. Despite the losses, this group has never quit believing that they could be successful. I am very pleased that we are still fielding a very competitive group for the Big 12 Championships,” Cleary said. “In the end, our sport is very sim-

ple: Championships mean everything.”

Forsey’s No. 3 finish at Penn State proved Cleary’s statement at the beginning of the year to be true.

Before the season started, Cleary stated this season’s recruiting class was one of the deepest he has ever had. Sophomore Paige Szabat and freshman Peyton Hampson have provided a spark to this year’s team.

Szabat was the first Mountaineer to cross the finish line at the Lehigh Invitational in August with a No. 10 finish overall and a time of 23:41.75. Hampson finished No. 32 to help give her a team a No. 4 finish in Bethlehem, Pa.

“The freshmen have been developing very well. We knew from the very beginning that we were without the services of two or three of the best recruits in the country due to freaky mishaps, but those that are in uniform have performed at a very high level despite this being their first fall with us,” Cleary said. “At this point, all freshmen have made an immediate impact and have the ability to be names in our program.”

Along with all the success the cross country team has experienced on the course, they were recently recognized for their efforts off of it. Nine members of this season’s

team were named to the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country team.

Eight Mountaineers were named to the academic first team with Williams, who currently has a 4.0 GPA, leading the group.

Seniors Kaitlyn Gillespie and Sarah Martinelli, juniors Savanna Plombon, Lydia Martinelli and Allison Pettit, sophomore Szabat and freshman Hampson all joined Williams on the first team. Senior Chelsea Jarvis was named to the second team.

In order to become eligible for the All-Big 12 Academic first team, student athletes must maintain a 3.2-4.0 cumulative GPA. “The academic com-

mitment of this group continues to be rewarded. I want to offer up a big thank you to the entire academic support staff within our department, and most especially, (to) Sandy Cole,” Cleary said. “The student-athletes at WVU have the support at the highest levels of our great University to excel both on and off the field. I am very proud that this group of young ladies is living up to their potential in all aspects of life.”

Saturday’s race will be held on the Cottonwood Creek Golf Course and the women’s 6k is slated for an 11 a.m. start time. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

women’s tennis

Mountaineers compete in final tournament this weekend by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University women’s tennis team will be competing at the Big Green Invitational this weekend in Hanover, N.H., at Dartmouth College. This will be the final competition for the squad before returning for their spring season in January 2014.

Head coach Miha Lisac is looking for a strong finish to what has been a hectic fall.

WVU will begin play Friday at noon with doubles play against Boston University. The Mountaineers then take on BC in singles play. At 4 p.m., WVU faces off against UMASS in doubles play.

Freshman duo Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole look to keep their doubles

play success going this weekend in Hanover. The tandem combined for three wins Saturday before falling in the quarterfinals and are tied with the returning duo of sophomore Hailey Barrett and junior Ikttesh Chahal with a team-high four wins.

The Big Green Invite will also feature Boston College, University of Massachusetts and host school Dartmouth College. The

Mountaineers are 5-6 alltime against their opponents this weekend. WVU is 1-0 against Dartmouth, 3-1 against UMASS since 1987 and 1-5 against Boston College.

WVU will begin play against Dartmouth at 3 p.m. Saturday in doubles play. The Mountaineers will then close out the day in singles competition also against Dartmouth.

WVU will finish the Big

Green Invite with singles play against UMASS at 9 a.m. Sunday.

Lisac said with entering this tournament after another two-week break since their last tournament, which was the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic Regional in Charlottesville, Va., the Mountaineers need to focus on the task at hand.

“I thought it was a good tournament overall,” Lisac

said. “We had some good performances in singles and in doubles. Most importantly, we have seen where we need to continue to get better.”

Two weeks later, Lisac said he hopes his team has been able to fix places where help was needed in order to finish strong before a two and a half month break from play. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

rifle

No. 1 WVU looks to continue winning ways against Akron, Ole Miss by meghan carr sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia rifle team practices earlier this season.

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The No. 1 West Virginia University rifle team has back-to-back matches this weekend as they compete at home against GARC opponent No. 14 Ole Miss (13, 0-1 GARC) Saturday and then No. 15 Akron (2-2, 1-0 MAC) Sunday.

The Mountaineers (3-0, 2-0 GARC) hope to build on last weekend’s impressive scores and stay undefeated this weekend, as they only have three matches left during this semester.

“Every match counts toward NCAA qualifiers, so for us to get a strong score this past weekend was nice, because I’m sure that is one that we’ll use for qualifiers,” said head coach Jon Hammond.

Last weekend the Mountaineers shot a 2358 and a 2337 to defeat Army 46954669. The Black Knights’ 4669 score is the best they have finished with all season, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Mountaineers’ season-high shots.

Hammond said he finally saw the improvement he was looking for, especially from his more experienced guys.

“I think both Thomas (Kyanko) and Taylor (Ciotola) ... didn’t shoot a whole lot over the summer, and they probably needed a break after last semester,” Hammond said. “So I think they were definitely ready for a break, and it does take a little time to get the rust off. Last week, it was great to see improvement from both of those two, and I think they are starting to get into the semester.”

Last season against Ole Miss, the Mountaineers dominated the Rebels in both guns, winning 23762335 in air rifle and 23442289 in smallbore. Both scores gave the Mountaineers the win 4720-4624.

Their score succeeded the NCAA record for combined score.

Ole Miss has only one win for the 2013 season, coming against North Carolina State Oct. 11. The

Rebels outshot the Wolfpack 4614-4570.

Ole Miss will be coming off a two-game losing streak when it competes against the Mountaineers.

Both losses came on the road for the Rebels.

Hammond said he doesn’t believe the Rebels’ third straight week on the road will effect their game.

“I’m sure when you are on the road for three weeks in a row it can get a little tiring, but they are than capable of coming here and giving a good match,” he said.

Last season against Akron, WVU shot a 2336 in smallbore and a 2354 in air rifle for a combined total of 4690, defeating the Zips, who shot a 4571.

Akron opened its 2013 season at the MAC Open and finished No. 2 behind Navy. The Zips had another two matches on the road against Ohio State and lost to the Buckeyes 4645-4606. The next weekend, Akron traveled to Nevada/Reno UTEP and won its second match of the season 4584-4579.

Akron will also be competing in back-to-back games this weekend, ending in Morgantown. The Zips are playing the University of Sciences rifle team Saturday and then will travel to Morgantown.

Both matches for the Mountaineers will be held at the WVU Rifle Range, and both are expected to last all day. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior Meelis Kiisk prepares for a competition against Army earlier this season.