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Dollars for Disaster project collects donations for Philippines relief by madison fleck associate city editor @mafleck

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Adrienne Nottingham, front, works to complete her soil description during the 2013 Southeast Regional Collegiate Soils Contest.

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Jody Carpenter, Dillon Fuller, Caleb Griffin, and Katie Stegemerten, left to right, Jimmy Leonard examines a soil sample at a practice site. discuss the soil at a practice site.

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WVU Soils Team wins Regional Collegiate Soils Contest by laura haight staff writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University Soils Team dug up a first place championship at the Southeast Regional Collegiate Soils Contest at Tennessee Tech University.

The 10 undergraduate students and their coach took this week to travel to Tennessee for four days to

compete against 11 other universities. The first three days consisted of practice, leading up to the final contest on the fourth day.

Jim Thompson, WVU professor and coach of the Soil Team and, said the students who competed in the event gained field experience in their future professions.

“The purpose of soil judging is to teach students the skills and procedures used by professional soil sci-

entists,” Thompson said. “These are mainly field-based practical skills. “ For the competition, judges dig a hole that’s usually 5 feet deep and 10 feet wide to expose depth profile The task of the students is to then describe the characteristics of that soil. Soils naturally form in layers, so the students explain the characteristics of the different

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B&E students score big in national Taziki’s marketing competition

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By Evelyn Merithew Staff Wrtier @DailyAthenaeum

Five West Virginia University students were announced the winning team of the Taziki’s Marketing Challenge Friday at Taziki’s headquarters in Birmingham, Ala. Danielle Ferreira, Ryan Gushue, David Haak, Lizzy Howells and Corey Zinn were awarded a grand prize of $5,000 for their strategic marketing campaign.

“I had a gut feeling (we would win), but I was still really excited,” Howells said.

Out of 32 collegiate teams, all of which were major universities in the

East and Southeast regions of the United States, WVU was one of five semifinalists. The team then presented its media campaign to a panel of judges.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock had an identical score and was also announced as a winner.

“The WVU presentation was amazing, featuring extensive research, original music and fully produced advertising,” said Michael Walsh, associate professor of marketing.

Walsh said he was invited to watch the presentations of the other three finalists, which included Clemson University and two teams from Samford University.

“It was interesting to see

how each presentation approached the assignment, and all of the schools did a great job. I think that WVU’s professionalism, creativity, research orientation and total solution really differentiated their plan,” Walsh said.

The team produced a Taziki’s television commercial, and Zinn composed and recorded the music for the advertisement. The team also developed radio and print advertisements, both of which were based on the Mediterranean and Greek theme.

The team also developed a banner advertisement for websites and developed a media

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WVU student at center of flag incident with NFL player

BY Summer Ratcliff

Dave Haak, Lizzy Howells, Ryan Gushue, Danielle Ferriera and Corey Zinn stand with their prize for the Taziki’s marketing competition.

Last week, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, causing widespread damage and destruction in the area. The West Virginia University Center for Service and Learning is currently collecting donations for Dollars for Disaster: Project Philippines to aid in the recovery from the disaster.

The Center for Service and Learning is letting WVU student organizations take control of donations, and the Center is expecting to get several donations.

“Collections have gone well so far, and we want to thank all our donors. The Center for Service and Learning and American Red Cross are really hoping that faculty, staff and students can make a donation, because every bit counts, and no donation is too small,” said Alexis McMillen, program coordinator at the Center for Service and Learning.

The Center for Services and Learning will provide materials for organizations and groups to participate in the Dollars for Disaster project, and the proceeds for the project will go to the local River Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.

“We kind of put them first, because they are partners of ours,” said Leah Cunningham, a representative with the Center for Services and Learning.

“With the Red Cross, they give a certain amount to relief, and if donations for a certain disaster exceeds that, they might use that for the future.

“We’re working with the local chapter to ensure that all donations do go to the Philippines. We want to make sure we’re promoting organizations where the money is going to go to the people who really need it.”

Cunningham said that in the past, Dollars for Disaster has raised an incredible amount of money, but this particular project may not do as well.

“Last year for (Hurricane) Sandy, it hit home, and we raised a lot of money,” Cunningham said.

Hurricane Sandy greatly affected many students’ families homes in New Jersey, so they were more interested in helping, but Cunningham said this is not the case with Typhoon Haiyan.

“With Sandy, we had student orgs knocking down our door to participate,” she said. “I’m not sure we’re going to get the same response, because this is in the Philippines.”

The McNair Scholars have currently taken the initiative on Project Philippines and were taking donations in the Mountainlair Monday.

“What we’re trying to do at the center for Service and Learning is really to have students take charge on this,” Cunningham said.

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Critics were instantly dinancial Field with his father, skins banner from his hands, uncle and a few friends for a balled it up and threw it to vided between those who thought McCoy was out relaxing, fun day of football. the ground.

“As he approached me, of line, as well as supportThe group decided to make their way down to the front I started waving it faster, it ers of the Eagles who acrailing of their section near was just a natural reaction,” cused Sofillas of taunting the Eagles’ tunnel during he said. “Then he snatched McCoy. Although some acpregame warm-ups. it away from me and crum- cused McCoy of inappropriAs the players began to bled it up and threw it to the ate behavior, Sofillas said he walk onto the field, Sofil- ground. I was so shocked has no ill feelings toward the las stood in a group of Ea- when it first happened.

NFL star. gles fans and cheered while “He was much stronger “When it happened, I holding his burgundy flag than I expected, because it don’t think he was doing it that read, “You’re in Red- literally just ripped right out in good spirit. But afterward, skins country” in white and of my hands.”

I think he realized how it gold letters, with the RedFox Sports cameras hap- looked,” he said. “It was in skins team logo. pened to catch the ex- the heat of the moment, (so) While Sofillas stood wav- change and aired footage of I understood. He was pretty ing his team’s flag, Eagles the incident during the pre- pumped up. It was right afrunning back LeSean Mc- game broadcast and again ter the players came out of Coy approached the group throughout the game. the locker room.” and began high fiving the Shortly after the footage Eagles fans. Before turning aired on television, Sofillas see FLAG on PAGE 2

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Tuesday November 19, 2013

WVU ranks No. 11 on CollegeAtlas’ ‘A-List’

By Hilary Kinney Staff Writer @DailyAthenaeum

West Virginia University has once again found itself on a national ranking list.

CollegeAtlas chose WVU as No. 11 of 100 on their “A-List.”

Many college ranking lists place emphasis on and evaluate expensive, prestigious universities and colleges. However, CollegeAtlas is now providing a reliable source for students to find schools with higher acceptance rates, affordable tuition and quality courses all in one.

Branden Neish, general manager of CollegeAtlas, said he has always been

interested in school rankings and found his coworkers were eager to produce a list that would be beneficial to a broader audience.

“I knew I wanted to do something where the list could really resonate with millions of potential students rather than thousands,” Neish said. “There are thousands of students applying to Ivy League schools, which are typically the ones that are put at the top of other lists.

But what about the millions and millions of students who apply to other schools?”

Neisch said the method for calculating the rankings of schools for the “AList” consisted of three

main components: accessibility, academic quality and affordability.

The list features schools with higher acceptance rates and enrollment numbers. Schools with larger enrollment size benefitted slightly more from the score calculation because of their ability to not only admit but also educate large numbers of students.

WVU has an acceptance rate of 85 percent, with an average enrollment number of 29,000.

To calculate the school’s tuition ranking, the company based its research on in-state tuition. Forms of aid, including federal, state and institutional, are not taken into account because

the factors vary across the board of students.

However, Neish said the universities on the “A-List” have out-of-state tuition rates that are fairly affordable compared to schools featured on other lists.

Academic quality has the highest weight of all three of the factors taken into account. This calculation is based on data reported by U.S. News, which Neish claimed is the “gold standard for the academic side of things.”

Months ago, while the company was at work creating the “A-List,” President Barack Obama spoke out regarding the need for more attention to be paid to schools that deliver the

most “bang for your buck.”

“Other rankings have gone in and tried to do a bang-for-your-buck-type rating, but there are too many flaws to the most common methodologies they’ve used,” Neish said.

One of these flaws is the creators of the list will focus their research on a student who has a very high financial need, qualifying for the most generous aid package possible.

With this criteria, Ivy League schools come out on top of these rankings because they have much more money to give to students, especially those who come from low-income backgrounds.

“That’s great,” Neish

said. “But the problem is where you have an intersection of someone who comes from a very low income background and has a high GPA and test scores to the point where they are able to get into those Ivy League schools. The intersection is very small.”

Therefore, according to Neish, the results of the rankings are neither true nor relevant for a majority of students in the country.

The full “A-List” can be viewed at www.collegeatlas.org, along with other unbiased, detailed information about schools, degrees and other academic programs. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Girlfriend says Zimmerman pointed shotgun at her APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman was charged with assault Monday after his girlfriend called deputies to the home where they were living and claimed he pointed a shotgun at her during an argument, authorities said.

The girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, called 911 in the early afternoon to say that Zimmerman had smashed a glass table, threatened her with the shotgun and ultimately pushed her out of the house, according to an arrest report. After pushing her out, Zimmerman barricaded the door with furniture and refused to leave, saying that he would talk to police by phone, authorities said.

Deputies used a key provided by Scheibe to unlock the door and they were able to push through the barricade of items, Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma said at a news conference hours after the arrest.

“She was very concerned for her own safety especially having the weapon pointed at her and then being pushed out,” Lemma said.

Lemma says Zimmerman was compliant and unarmed when deputies came to the house.

“The easiest way to describe it is rather passive.

Clearly, he’s had the opportunity to encounter situations similar to this in the past,” he said of the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted earlier this year on criminal charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman was

“Just when you charged with domesthought you heard tic aggravated assault with a weapon, domesthe last of George tic battery and crimiZimmerman,” said nal mischief. His first neighbor Catherine appearance was schedCantrell. She said she uled for Tuesday afterhad twice seen a man noon. He will be housed who looked like Zimin a single-person cell merman get out of a truck that’s been in the and guards will check on him hourly, Lemma driveway for nearly added. a month. The truck parked there Monday Scheibe told deputies that the ordeal started appeared to be the with a verbal argument same one that reportand that she asked Zimers have seen Zimmermerman to leave the man drive previously.

“I’m in absolute house. Her account in the arrest report says he shock. He was never began packing his beoutside. It’s not like longings, including a he was out flaunting shotgun and an assault around,” she said. rifle. She says she beCantrell said gan putting his things in Scheibe was ver y sweet and quiet. the living room and outside the house, and he Sarah Tyler, 26, also lives across the street became upset. At that from the tan stucco point, the report says, he took the shotgun out house on a cul-de-sac of its case.

AP street of single fam“Scheibe then ad- George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom for a lunch break during his trial in Seminole ily homes in Apopka, vised Zimmerman that Circuit Court, in Sanford, Fla., July 9. A Seminole County Sheriff’s Office statement says about 15 miles northshe was calling the Po- Zimmerman was arrested Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, after deputies responded to a distur- west of Orlando. lice because she was bance call at a house in Apopka, Fla. Zimmerman will be transported and booked into jail.

“It’s kind of frightening,” she said. nervous about why he pulled out the Shotgun.

Zimmerman, 30, Zimmerman then pointed attorney for the Martin ing that, at basically the was acquitted in July of all the Shotgun at Scheibe family, was at Harvard same time that incident charges in the shooting of for a minute, and asked Law School Monday with was happening with their Trayvon Martin. The death her if she really wanted the teen’s mother Sybrina son’s killer,” Crump said in of the black teenager, who was unarmed, touched to do that,” the report Fulton to speak at sympo- a phone interview.

Neither Mark O’Mara off a nationwide debate states. “Scheibe stepped sium about his legacy and back, at which time Zim- self-defense laws. nor Don West – Zimmer- about race and self-demerman smashed a glass Crump said they found man’s defense attorneys fense. Zimmerman, who coffee table, belonging to out about Zimmerman’s during the trial of the identifies himself as HisScheibe, with the butt of arrest from television re- Martin case – is currently panic, has said he shot the the Shotgun.” ports. He said the news representing him, said a 17-year-old to defend himZimmerman told his of the arrest didn’t affect spokesman for O’Mara. self during a fight in FebA message seeking com- ruary 2012 inside a gated girlfriend to leave and their mood because they smashed a pair of her sun- are focused on discussing ment wasn’t immediately community in Sanford, glasses as she walked to- ways to reform self-de- returned by Zimmerman’s just outside Orlando. ward the front door, the fense laws. brother Robert ZimmerHe wasn’t charged until “They’re focused on man, Jr. report says. Scheibe told 44 days after the shooting, Scheibe’s neighbors said leading to protests nationdeputies that he pushed how we can all better deal her out of the house when with conflict resolution. it was frightening to learn wide from people who beBut there is a certain irony that Zimmerman had been lieved he should have been she got close to the door.

Benjamin Crump, the in that while they were do- living nearby. immediately arrested. The

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case sparked accusations that Zimmerman had racially profiled Martin, and demonstrations broke out again after his acquittal.

Federal authorities are now reviewing the case the see if Martin’s civil rights were violated.

Zimmerman has had other brushes with the law since his acquittal.

Zimmerman and his estranged wife were involved in a domestic dispute in September just days after Shellie Zimmerman filed divorce papers, but police later said no charges were filed against either of them because of a lack of evidence.

Zimmerman has also been pulled over three times for traffic stops since his acquittal. He was ticketed for doing 60 mph in a 45 mph zone in Lake Mary in September and was given a warning by a state trooper along Interstate 95 for having a tag cover and windows that were too darkly tinted.

He was also stopped near Dallas in July and was given a warning for speeding.

In 2005, Zimmerman had to take anger management courses after he was accused of attacking an undercover officer who was trying to arrest Zimmerman’s friend.

Later that year, Zimmerman’s former fiancee filed for a restraining order against him, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman responded by requesting a restraining order against her. Both requests were granted. No criminal charges were filed. committed.

“This is an amazing opportunity, but you have to be dedicated. It’s not something where you can just go along for the ride,” Howells said.

“You are showing pride for your school and representing your school.

You have to make sure the materials you present a re something you’re proud to show others.”

Walsh said the experience was beneficial to both the students and the University.

“Not only have the students gained invaluable experience,” he said. “But I think WVU gained from such talented ambassadors.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing to overcome obstacles to closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, setting the White House on a collision course with Congress in its bid to loosen restrictions for moving out detainees.

Administration officials say a Senate defense policy bill coming up for debate within days would allow them to move out prisoners who have long been cleared for transfer overseas but are still held, in part because of a complicated Pentagon certification process. The bill would ease those restrictions and lift a ban on bringing suspected terrorist prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States for detention,

trial or emergency medical treatment.

Obama has wanted to close Guantanamo since coming to office, but restrictions imposed by Congress have slowed movement out of the prison to a virtual standstill. The White House effort to lighten those barriers faces dogged resistance, with opponents pointing out that some former detainees have joined terrorist efforts after being released from the remote U.S. naval prison in Cuba.

“Why would you want to reduce the standard?” asked Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who along with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., is working on amendments to preserve the current high bar for

transfers.

Even if the Senate passes the White House-backed legislation, the House earlier this year approved a measure that further restricts transfers, including an outright ban on sending detainees to Yemen. Yemen is a particular challenge since more than half of the 164 detainees are from there.

It’s also home to the world’s most active al-Qaida branch.

Obama himself imposed a ban on Yemeni transfers from Guantanamo after a Nigerian man attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas 2009 with explosives hidden in his underwear on instructions from alQaida operatives in Yemen.

But Obama lifted that mor-

atorium in his speech on May 23 at National Defense University in which he said Guantanamo “has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law.”

“I transferred 67 detainees to other countries before Congress imposed restrictions to effectively prevent us from either transferring detainees to other countries or imprisoning them here in the United States. These restrictions make no sense,” Obama said. He has vowed to close the prison.

“There is no justification beyond politics for Congress to prevent us from closing a facility that should never have been opened,” Obama said.

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sional to determine scores.

Thompson said he was ecstatic to have five WVU students place in the top 10 and to have the team place first overall.

“I thought they would do well, but I wouldn’t have predicted they would come in first because there is skill and luck involved, just like any competition,” Thompson said. “I never go into a contest thinking we’re going to come in first, so I was very pleased.”

Caleb Griffin, a senior agroecology student, placed second in the individual competition.

“I felt very accomplished. I was confident that our team would do well but had no idea that I had placed second,” Grif-

fin said.

Griffin said spending time in the pit judging soil allowed him to gain real world experience outside the classroom.

“What we do is applicable to agricultural consulting, engineering and various research-oriented careers studying the past and future of soils,” Griffin said.

All of the students on the team are also enrolled in the Agronomy 125 course or have taken it previously. The course teaches students the skills they need to analyze and interpret different soils and landscapes.

Jody Carpenter, a senior animal and nutritional sciences student, joined the

team because he did soil judging through FFA and 4-H in high school.

“It is what I like to do because the soil tells us so much about the past and what can be done on it in the future,” Carpenter said. “And there is nothing more fun than playing in mud.”

Carpenter said it was an honor to be a part of the first-place team.

“It was one of the best feelings you could have – knowing that your team is among the best,” he said.

The team will go on to compete in the Na t i o n a l Collegiate Soils Contest in the spring.

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“We’re there to provide support and guidance.”

WVU’s McNair Scholars will be collecting donations through Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Mountainlair.

All donations help the American Red Cross provide post-storm relief and services such as food, shelter and emotional support to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.

To find out more about Dollars for Disaster, visit http://dollarsfordisaster. wvu.edu.

Sofillas said since yesterday he has been contacted by numerous media outlets including The Washington Post and TMZ. “It’s been pretty surreal,” he said. “The flag company even reached out to me and offered to send me another flag free of charge.”

At the end of the night Sofillas made his way back to Morgantown to continue his life as a normal college student, his Redskins flag in tow, and an epic story he will no doubt tell for years to come.

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Once they have the description of the properties, the students then use standard tables and other information to make interpretations based on that soil. For example, whether or not the soil is suitable for houses with basements or whether it’s suitable for on-site waste disposal systems.

A professional soil scientist will make a similar description of the same soil, and the judges compare answers between the students and the profes-

recommendation for the restaurant.

“This project is what it is going to be like in the real world,” Howells said.

“I got to use the skills I’ve been learning all these years. It reassured me that this is something I want to do.”

The core team collaborated with their colleagues in the WVU music and journalism schools for assistance with the project, and faculty and administrators in the Business & Economics school gave their time to help the effort.

Howells said students in the future who take on a project like this need to be

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‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ refreshes franchise, provides enhanced story mode cory Sanchez a&E writer @dailyathenaeum

««««« « “Call of Duty: Ghosts” has proved to be yet another great war game produced by Infinity Ward. As the 10th main installment in the series, Infinity Ward has put focus into both the popular multiplayer and story mode.

The game begins by taking control of main character Logan Walker by receiving an introduction by his brother and father.

His father tells the story of a U.S. Special Ops team named Ghosts.

Meanwhile in space, an evil counterpart group called the Federation has taken control of the Orbital Defense Initiative, or the ODIN. It is a weapon that can be used to unleash all chaos for citizens down on Earth.

Logan soon sees the destruction within his hometown of San Diego. Fire and plumes of smoke surface throughout the entire area after a laser hits the city.

The brothers must then quickly race through a portal of destruction, where houses are tumbling and the world shatters beneath their feet.

The action intensifies as

the gamer’s heart begins to pound until Logan and his company make their way to a getaway vehicle.

Infinity Ward has made sure that the gamer will never be bored with a gameplay that covers all elements.

The most surprising and profound moment was with the use of a contemporary space firefight.

Gamers will shoot at enemies in their oxygen-filled suits and are weightless.

Other new additions include remote snipers and a dog that accompanies Logan’s party.

Although part of a stereotypical “Call of Duty” franchise, Infinity Ward has created a refreshing adventure. The new weaponry and scenarios keep gamers on the edges of their seats.

Unlike its counterpart, “Battlefield,” the game lacks in providing lead female characters. The result causes less diversity in story structure and a display for a lack of interest toward females.

One action sequence required Logan to sneak behind enemies and throw knives in the dead of night – providing the feeling of being Batman with its simplicity.

The multiplayer gameplay is just as smooth and amusing. Infinity Ward has cleaned the slate from preceeding titles

by providing a more personalized and balanced system.

When a gamer enters the multiplayer load screen, he or she will be introduced to the new Create a Soldier system. A total of 10 characters – including females – can be customized with six loadouts. In all, there are 60 available classes and 20,000 possible configurations.

Fans will also be happy to see new weapons, equipment, perks and scorestreaks.

Past fans may no longer be discouraged after Infinity Ward decided to disqualify players who can manage easy kills. People who have gained the top weapons and abilities will also have to stay alert instead of mindlessly shooting.

Within the new arena, 15 maps are now being offered, along with 13 different game modes. Two are new game types called “Grind” and “Cranked,” which both are abundantly gratifying to players who want a new challenge.

Infinity Ward proves in both story and multiplayer that it is still a force to be reckoned with in the shooting game genre. Regardless, the game may be unappealing to female gamers. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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‘Starship Troopers’ displays underlying political satire Clarkson’s ‘Wrapped in Red’ kicks off holidays Westley Thompson

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Released in 1997, “Starship Troopers” was met with critical disdain. The movie was viewed as an over-the-top action film with unlikable, pretty boy characters, meant to do nothing more than fulfill the desires of teenage boys, and these critics couldn’t have been more wrong.

“Starship Troopers” is actually a cleverly constructed satire on the U.S. military-industrial complex and right-wing conservative militarism. The issue is that all of the satire isn’t heavy-handed and shoved in the viewer’s face, as Paul Verhoeven, the director, chose to use subtle details as the vehicle to get his points across.

The film takes place in the future, when humans have begun to colonize the galaxy. Earth is run by a fascist government that appears pleasant thanks to heavy use of propaganda.

The main character is Johnny Rico, a young jock freshly graduated from high school, who joins the Mobile Infantry (the movies equivalent to the Marines). Due to our colonization efforts, humanity has run into issues with a giant, bug-like race known as the arachnids. After a meteor hits earth, war erupts between the two races, and Rico and his friends are sent off to fight.

One theme in the movie is the Westernization of the world, disguised cleverly under the term “globilization.” The biggest sign of this is the characters themselves. All of the main characters, Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien), Dizzy Flores (Dina Meyer), Carmen Ibanez (Denise Richards) and Carl Jenkins (Neil Patrick Harris) come from the city of Buenos Aires in South America.

However, with the exception of maybe Carmen’s last name, all of these characters are whiter than white. In fact, almost everywhere in the world has the United States perceived demographic mixture.

Our society’s habit of covering uncomfortable prejudices with extreme political correctness is also a point of the movie. Although the society is actually highly segregated, with military personnel and other special individuals receiving

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higher status – “service guarantees citizenship” as the in space says – the government makes a point of showing that they treat everyone as equals.

All of the little newsreels and propaganda clips inserted throughout the movie have the politically correct mix of people featured, one female and non-white individual for every number of white males depicted. All government buildings also feature co-ed showers and bathrooms.

Our political and military goals and techniques are also called into question in this film. Verhoeven draws heavily from our country’s experiences in Vietnam and the Gulf War, and, in a way, accidentally predicts the War on Terror. The war in “Starship Troopers” is sparked when a meteor from the arachnids’s area of space hits Buenos Aires, causing mass casualties.

The news channels and propaganda quickly pick up on this as an act of arachnid aggression. It’s impossible for the arachnids to do this, though.

They have no concept of math or technology, so how could they accurately throw a meteor across the galaxy and hit the exact planet they were aiming for? They couldn’t.

Instead it’s likely the meteor came at earth naturally and was allowed to hit so the government could spin the story to start a war. Conspiracy theories like this surround every armed conflict in which the U.S. has been involved.

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The war itself goes a lot like many of our more recent wars have. The enemy is viewed as dumb with technologically inferior to ours, so we jump in unprepared. After heavy initial losses, we adopt a shock-and-awe-campaign, utilizing our superior technology to senselessly bomb the enemy into the ground, while accomplishing little in the way of tactical objectives.

Vietnam is the most obvious example of this. And this is how the war in Starship Troopers happens, too.

The Mobile Infantry, confident in their superior technology, gets absolutely destroyed by the much more primitive bugs during the first assault.

Soon, a wide scale bombing campaign across all arachnid-held planets is adopted, and the MI are just sent in to clean up.

These points only scratch the surface of the satire in “Starship Troopers.”

Since so much of the political message is conveyed by details in both the environment and how the characters act, it is tough to summarize. If you’ve seen the film before and thought it was just a campy, action flick, take another look at it with these themes in mind.

If you haven’t seen it before, I highly recommend you check it out.

There’s a reason the A.V. Club editor, Scott Tobias, called it “the most subversive major studio film in recent memory.” daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Ever since she won the first season of American Idol, Kelly Clarkson has proved she can do it all, from singing girl-power, pop hits to bluesy, country tunes. Naturally, it was no surprise that Clarkson’s holiday album would secure its spot as a classic for years to come.

Kelly Clarkson’s holiday album, “Wrapped In Red,” debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200. Clarkson paired up with country stars like Ronnie Dunn, Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood to complete her newest album.

“Wrapped in Red” is Clarkson’s sixth studio album, but it is her first holiday album and is an extension of some of her previously released holiday singles, “My Grown Up Christmas Wish” and her rendition of “O Holy Night.”

“Wrapped In Red” was an opportunity for Clarkson to experiment with new holiday hits and to also keep it traditional with classics to which everyone can sing along.

The title track, “Wrapped In Red,” has a Christmasyfeel with bells ringing in the background and an upbeat beat. It allows Clarkson to hit incredible notes with her wide range of vocals. This track is a Christmas love song about someone risking everything to fall in love during the holidays.

Clarkson covers “Silent Night” along with Trisha Yearwood and Reba McEntire. This cover is very traditional, but the trio adds a country flair to the otherwise conservative song.

This track is very emotional and showcases the voices of the three talented musicians.

Clarkson rocks out to “Blue Christmas” and definitely does the song justice.

The song has a very soulful feel and is reminiscent of the original. Her rendition of “Blue Christmas” is simple but beautiful, to say the least.

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Clarkson and Ronnie Dunn duet on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” again giving it a bluesy, country feel. Clarkson reaches new heights on her range in this song, and the piano and familiar drumbeat add life to the tune.

The fun back-and-forth lyrics make this song very enjoyable.

“Underneath the Tree” is a new Christmas song on the album. The song was featured on the commercials for the new movie, “About Time,” and is incredibly cheerful. The bells and chorus in the background add joy to this song, and it could definitely be a new favorite for the season.

“Run, Run Rudolph” completes the album.

The drums and electric guitar that carry this song through complement Clarkson’s powerhouse vocals and make for a great cover of this classic.

Clarkson has expanded her career with this incredible Christmas album.

She beautifully executes the covers of classic tunes and adds some new favorites to everyone’s holiday playlists.

She has shown, so far, in her career there isn’t anything she can’t sing, and “Wrapped in Red” is no exception. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Protecting your professional life Whether you’re a brandnew freshman or a seasoned senior, it’s important to start thinking about your future.

This may seem like something you’ve heard over and over again, but a professional career isn’t that far off.

College is a time for experimentation and finding yourself, and it’s tempting to document your experiences on social media and other Internet sites. But just remember: absolutely nothing you post on the Internet

is ever private or completely gone once you delete it.

Most people don’t take the time to read privacy policies, but many web sites reserve the right to use your pictures for other purposes.

Just think of all the memes you see on Tumblr and Pinterest.

Always take a second to think about what you post.

Unless you turn on privacy settings, any person in the world can view your status updates and uploaded pic-

tures. Even if you do turn on privacy settings, people can search your Twitter handle on Google and most of your tweets can be seen.

You also have to be very careful about where you post pictures. Some sites, such as Reddit, may delete the pictures after you delete your account, but they are still visible on thumbnails of posts. And even before those pictures are deleted, even though there are rules against it, anyone can make

a file of the photos and save it on their computer or distribute them to other sites.

Some companies are using search programs to find where you’ve registered and what you’ve posted. But almost every company hires someone to manually do a background check on potential employees for midand high-level positions.

It’s tempting to believe a picture of yourself holding a beer after you turn 21 won’t hurt anything, but think

again. Many employers are searching social media more than ever, especially higher profile jobs such as the FBI and other government institutions. Even non-government companies don’t want to hire someone who won’t represent their brand well.

This goes for the University, as well. Many students join organizations and sports teams and take jobs in various branches of WVU and are therefore held to a higher standard than other

students. This is because the University wants to create a professional image, no matter the position. Not only are alumni and residents of the state watching WVU, other schools are watching, too.

Each one of us represents our University, and it’s our responsibility to make a good name for ourselves and to provide a good example for other Mountaineers, past and present. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Every year, there’s a list somewhere online that displays the top candidates worthy of receiving the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award.

Often referred to simply as the Heisman, this award represents the nation’s most outstanding football player. As a general rule, there are a few things that can make or break a Heisman winner. The skill, as well as the success, that your team has throughout the season, the conference your team plays in, your likability and most of all, the position you play all determine whether or not you have a shot at the most prestigious award in college sports.

Now I can’t deny you see all the action throughout a game from your skill players (quarterback, running back, wide receivers, etc.). Naturally, if the nation is watching for a player to stand out, it’s going to see the most stand-out performances from these types of players, similar to the MVP award in the NFL. However, in the last decade, there has only been one player who wasn’t a quarterback that ended up winning the Heisman, Mark Ingram, a running back from Alabama, in 2009. In fact, every other Heisman winner since 2000, other than Ingram, has been a quarterback. If you go back through the names and positions of past winners, you won’t find many players of different positions, but you’ll at least find a lot more running backs.

It seems that even though there was one running back in 2009, in recent years the Heisman trophy has just become an award for the nation’s favorite quarterback, which seems to rule out a lot of high cali-

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The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel, accepts his award. ber players.

In this year’s NFL draft, there wasn’t a single “skill player” drafted until the eighth pick, in which West Virginia’s own Tavon Austin was selected by the St. Louis Rams. This has to be some indication that the Heisman Trophy is biased, considering none of these top picks were even in contention for the trophy.

In regard to conference and the overall talent of a player’s team having an effect on contention, Blake Bortles from UCF, a quarterback who has led a team to catch the entire nation off guard, isn’t even in the discussion. He doesn’t have a chance because he’s not playing for a top team in a top conference.

Right now, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston leads the Heisman race, followed by Texas A&M quarterback Johnny

Manziel. Winston was essentially a shoe-in for the trophy due to the fact Manziel was confronted with events that questioned his character.

However, Winston has now found himself involved in a sexual assault case that questions his character as well, making the platform for the Heisman frontrunner substantially more fragile.

Taking these allegations out of the discussion, if Florida State lost a game to ruin its chances at a national title game, Winston would also lose his chance at the Heisman. But a team’s defense can lose a game, so is it fair to take Winston out of the Heisman discussion?

If, hypothetically, Winston’s offensive line decided not to block for him the entire game, resulting in the quarterback being sacked every posses-

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sion, would he then blow his chance of winning the Heisman? The answer is no.

And that’s where the voting for the Heisman Trophy has become flawed and biased.

If the Heisman trophy is going to be given to the most outstanding player in college football, then more circumstances need to be taken into account. Not only must we look at how well the player is displaying himself with the team he plays for, but we can’t dismiss a player’s performance throughout an entire season because his team loses a game.

And, most of all, we need to remember that this award is to be given to the most outstanding player in college football, not just the most outstanding quarterback. daperspectives@mix.wvu.edu

It’s no secret that Lorde, the 17-year-old up and coming “Royals” singer, is having major career success.

As if being the first singer from New Zealand to have a hit single in the United States wasn’t enough, her debut album, “Pure Heroine,” currently sits as No. 3 on the Billboard Top 100. Recently, the young star who has skyrocketed to fame has come under fire for some of her comments about popular music artists.

Of the singer and former Disney Channel star, Selena Gomez, Lorde was quoted as saying, “I’m a feminist, and the theme of her song is ‘When you’re ready come and get it’ from me. I’m sick of women being portrayed this way.” Of recent pop breakthrough artist Lana Del Rey, the singer said, “I was just thinking it’s so unhealthy for girls to be listening to, you know, ‘I’m nothing without you.’ This sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, ‘Don’t leave me’ stuff. That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear.”

While these comments resulted in serious backlash for the singer from Gomez and Del Rey’s vast fanbases, perhaps the most controversial comment made by Lorde was one that criticized the hugely famous Justin Bieber as well as the young pop artists as a whole. In a July MTV News interview, Lorde said, “I feel like the influences that are there in the industry for people my age, like Justin Bieber or whatever, are just maybe not a very real depiction of what it’s like to be a young person.”

Beliebers everywhere immediately swarmed to Justin’s defense, attacking Lorde on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Despite the repercussions, the singer stands by her comment, telling MTV News in an Oct. 9 interview, “I think

there’s a funny culture in music that’s only happened over the last 15 years, that if you have an opinion about something in music that isn’t 100 percent good, you’re a ‘hater,’ even if you have perfectly reasonable grounds for that critique.

“People will say exactly what they think about a movie or a TV show, and that’s fine, but as soon as you say it about a record, you’re like some little zombie in a funny dungeon.”

Fan or not, one has to admit the singer’s critiques of popular music by young artists are grounded in truth. Although Justin Bieber’s songs may be considered “inspiring” to his many young fans, it’s hard to see how lyrics such as, “Throwing up a G note/like I’m at a casino.

I’m all fancy/yeah/ I’m popping Pellegrino/I’m in the El Camino when I pull up on the scene though,” aren’t, as Lorde said, a real depiction of what it is like to be a young person.

A common theme in the music of popular young artists seems to be having endless amounts of money, power and sex. In a time when young people are facing mounting student loan debt and one of the toughest job markets in history, very few of us can relate to lyrics about fancy champagne and luxury cars.

Critiques such as those made by Lorde do not necessarily take a stance on whether such music is good or bad. Whether you enjoy popular music or not, you have to admit there is a great deal of truth in Lorde’s criticism of common lyrics and themes.

The truth is popular music is becoming less and less grounded in the real experiences of our generation. Just because something is popular and fun-sounding doesn’t make it relatable or in any way an accurate depiction of reality. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year you will be dealing with someone’s assertive attitude. You could be overwhelmed by the demands that surround your friendships. Spend less time with someone who is demanding. Take good care of yourself. If you are single, a very special relationship could develop, but you might not be realistic about this person.

When reality hits, you might be upset.

Remember that you are the one who put this person on a pedestal. If you are attached, the two of you will be more social than usual.

ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) HHHH Your words will dissect a problem that seems like a maze to others. You could be more irritated than usual when dealing with

those around you. Know that a comment you make might mean nothing to you, but it could hurt someone’s feelings. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s news.

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20) HHHH You might be overspending and/ or concerned about your finances.

Speak your mind in a discussion rather than hold back and sit on your feelings. You might find that sharp words are exchanged. Don’t hold on to the comments. Tonight: Let someone else treat for once.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) HHHH You could go overboard trying to make amends over a comment or a situation on the homefront. You nearly feel like a little kid in that you want to run away. You simply are fed up and tired of a repeating, unchangeable situation. Tonight: What-

ever makes you smile.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22) HHH Much is going on, and you could be a part of some gossip. You might be angrier at a neighbor, relative or associate than you realize. Know that the words you speak will be impossible to take back. Tonight: Stay out of trouble. Get some extra R and R. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22) HHHH You are generally upbeat and always seem to have a jovial attitude. Friends surround you, but one of them might be costing you a lot either emotionally or financially. It would be wise to say something before your feelings become even stronger. Tonight: Hang out with a friend.

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Nick Wesdock A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

After four seasons of outrageous and borderline offensive comedy, Kenny Powers, played by Danny McBride, made his final television appearance Sunday night in the series finale of HBO’s “Eastbound & Down.”

In the show’s final season, we saw more sides of Powers than ever before. McBride and co-creator Jody Hill took fans on a rollercoaster ride of the

triumph and failure Powers experienced in his last chapter of stardom.

Everything that made the show one of television’s best comedies for the last four years was apparent in its farewell episode. Ridiculous and questionable comedy, hilarious guest stars and a happy ending were all elements that existed in Sunday’s show.

Ultimately, season four ended just how it began, but as usual, Powers took the long way to get there.

Even in the last heinous episode of “Eastbound &

Down,” Power followers were thrown a curve ball.

No sooner does the episode begin than viewers are hit with their first surprise, which comes in the way of guest star Sacha Baron Cohen attempting to hit on a flight attendant in a very explicit fashion.

Before you know it, Powers is busting through the courtroom doors, obscenely firing his lawyers and convincing his soonto-be ex-wife April, played

by Katy Mixon, not to sign their divorce papers.

Now, it’s quite obvious Powers has had some sort

of moral enlightenment in the wake of hitting rock bottom in last week’s episode. However, he goes about his transformation in typical Powers fashion: obnoxiously and on his own terms.

Although Powers has been the protagonist in the show all along, the conflicting new combination of maturity and pigheadedness make it extremely easy to root for him.

When Powers has the chance to further sabotage rival Guy Young, played by Ken Marino, he selfishly, yet astonishingly, uses that

opportunity to apologize to everyone he has vanquished this season and to announce that he will no longer host his television show.

In the end, Powers moves to Santa Fe, N.M., with his family and grows old. At this point, one of the show’s most unusual cameo appearances ever was unveiled. Lindsay Lohan shows her face as the grown up version of Powers’ daughter. Although Lohan doesn’t have any lines, her simple presence was enough to give the audience one last unex-

pected laugh.

The last few minutes of the episode are perhaps some of the strangest television ever aired, but what else could be expected from such a show? The conclusion features a big twist that involves a murder, a trip to the African safari and a futuristic hover motorcycle.

But don’t let all that fool you, “Eastbound & Down” ended exactly how it was supposed to.

So long, Kenny Powers.

You’ll be missed. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ plans 50th anniversary edition A&E WRITER @dailyathenaeum

The Beatles brought the first popular culture British invasion, but “Doctor Who” is bringing the second. Although the 50th anniversary special doesn’t air until Saturday, social media websites and blogs are already on fire for the popular television show.

During the past 50 years, “Doctor Who” has built a loyal fan base. It was popular across the pond from the near beginning, but a reboot in 2005 cemented it as a favorite in America.

Since then, the show has grown from a cult classic stateside to one of the largest science fiction programs watched around the world.

“Doctor Who” isn’t the typical fan favorite, either.

Fezzes, alien races, time traveling police boxes and an ever-changing starring cast have helped to define the British hit. “The Day of the Doctor,” the 50th anniversary episode, will celebrate all things great about the Doctor.

The special episode will show Matt Smith, who currently stars as the Doctor, by the side of David Tennant, who starred as one of the most famous regenera-

tions of the Doctor before Smith.

Along with Smith and Tennant are two of the Doctor’s companions, Billie Piper and Jenna-Louise Coleman. Piper is reprising her role as Rose Tyler, who famously first brought romance to “Doctor Who” and was a companion to the Tennant Time Lord and Christopher Eccleston’s version of the Doctor. Tennant and Piper were recently voted as the favorite Doctor and companion duo in the show’s history.

BBC America has taken great lengths to hype up the episode by releasing a prequel that revealed key information as well as a website that counts down to the special episode and provides content from the past 50 years of “Doctor Who.” The extra stars of the episode help to make it big, but the episode is important for more reasons than just the anniversary.

This is one of the last episodes for Smith, who has starred as the Doctor for the last four years and has become one of the most loveable and quirky Time Lords the show has seen. Smith is being replaced in traditional “regeneration” style during the Christmas special by Peter Capaldi.

This is also the first episode for John Hurt. Nothing was really known about his character until the prequel, “The Night of the Doctor,” revealed his identity, which will be a variation of

the famous Doctor during the great time war.

During its 50-year run, the Doctor kept much of his past a secret, especially during the time war. All that was known was that he had

10 gift-worthy coffee table books for the holidays NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays bring out the innercoffee table book obsessive in gift buyers. They’re easy, weighty and satisfying to give. You’ve done your job with your pricey treat.

A few to consider for music lovers, history buffs, foodies, fashionistas and more: Music “The Beatles: The BBC Archives: 1962-1970,” by Kevin Howlett, Harper Design, $60. The Fab Four’s years on air at home, as told in transcripts of interviews, photos and internal documents. Coincides with the November release of a new album, “On Air - at the BBC, Volume 2.”

“Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music that Changed the World,” by Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson and Jared Levine, Tundra Books, $29.

For young readers, the music industry vets offer an introduction to 27 legends, including James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding.

Includes two CDs totaling

27 tracks.

History & Media “Vanity Fair 100 Years: From the Jazz Age to Our Age,” edited by Graydon Carter, Abrams, $65. Anything you ever wanted to know about the magazine in archival black-and-white, color covers and illustrations, all spanning the arts, war and politics.

“Vietnam: The Real War,”

by The Associated Press, $40.

Mostly black-and-white, upclose photography of the fog and debris of war, including an injured John McCain and the cut of a knife into the belly of a Viet Cong prisoner under interrogation by a South Vietnamese soldier.

Film & Photography “Humans of New York,” by Brandon Stanton, St. Martin’s Press, $29.99. Includes 400 color portraits from the meandering chronicler of the New York condition.

“Caught in the Act: Actors Acting,” by Howard Schatz, Beverly J. Ornstein and Owen Edwards, Glitterati Inc., $65. Portraiture by Schatz with oral histories

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The 50th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ stars Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman.

and improvisation at his direction. See Sam Waterston respond to the prompt: “You’re a dairy farmer who hates cows, hates milk and hates getting up at 4 a.m. seven days a week, just after signing a mineral rights deal with a natural gas drilling company.” One hundred percent of royalties from sale of the book to be donated in equal shares to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the SAG Foundation.

Fashion & Celebrity “Dior Glamour,” by Mark Shaw, Rizzoli New York, $115. Shaw was behind the lens at the House of Dior shooting haute couture from 1952 to 1962. Color and black-and-white candids, portraits, commercial spreads and shots of intimate fashion shows for small crowds, conducted in utter silence and without music.

“Hollywood Costume,” edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Abrams, $55.

Spans the silent era to present day with brief histories, accounts by costume greats

like Edith Head and the people they dress. Learn what Johnny Depp thinks about the impact of his costumes on his work, along with Robert De Niro, a collector of the clothes he wears on set.

Food “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” by Nathan Myhrvold, The Cooking Lab, $120. Composed dishes levitated to reveal every delectable part. Food bisected in ovens and pots and beautifully scrutinized microscopically.

The photo-scientists at The Cooking Lab offer lush, oversized spreads and all their secrets on how the work was done. Not a cookbook.

“Fruit: Edible, Inedible, Incredible,” by Wolfgang Stuppy and Rob Kesseler, Earth Aware Editions, $35.

Similar microscopic crosssections focused on fruit, seeds and nature’s seed dispersers from the toucan to the fruit bat. Exhaustive scientific text. Stuppy is the seed morphologist for the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, the international conservation project.

played a large part in the war and helped eradicate both the Daleks and his fellow Time Lords on his own planet, Gallifrey.

Tune into BBC America at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday

to see both old and new stars. Special 3-D shows will also be presented in select movie theaters Monday. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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“It’s the lighthouse from the town in New Jersey where I grew up and was raised. Our community donated profits to get the light working again. The quote hung over my bed as a little kid and always reminds me of where I belong...the ocean,” said Nick Mathis, an international studies student.

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GREG MADIA MULTIMEDIA EDITOR @GREGMADIA

Problemfilled season for WVU nearing end An 11-year bowl streak was snapped Saturday when West Virginia fell to Kansas 31-19 in Lawrence, putting the Mountaineers’ football program in unfamiliar territory.

WVU is used to sending its seniors out on a high note, giving it one final bowl game to play in while also developing young talent during bowl preparation. This season will conclude abruptly Nov. 30 following a regular season finale against Iowa State.

There were many problems with how this season was handled, but there were a few that made a difference between a losing and winning season.

You can start with the quarterback controversy that lasted entirely too long.

Head coach Dana Holgorsen couldn’t decide coming out of training camp all the way back in August who his starter was going to be. In the first six games of the season, Paul Millard, Ford Childress and Clint Trickett each started two games.

Holgorsen then decided to start Trickett in each of the next four games, but during those four games, the thirdyear head coach had to insert Millard to relieve Trickett of his duties for all but one time.

One could argue Holgorsen should have stuck with one quarterback through the thick and thin.

With one quarterback, there would have been development of chemistry between the passer and his receivers.

But for as poorly as the quarterback situation was handled, Holgorsen’s indecisiveness only comes because Millard and Trickett failed to take control of the job.

In seven games each, Millard and Trickett both had similar below-average statistics. Millard completed 55 percent of his passes for 1122 yards, six touchdowns and six interceptions, while Trickett completed 52 percent of his throws for 1,249 yards, five touchdowns and five interceptions. Neither played well enough to be named the starter.

Elsewhere on offense, because of the quarterback problems, there was a gameto-game issue of not giving Charles Sims or Dreamius Smith the football more often. The strength of the offense was rushing the football, and Holgorsen should have adapted to that.

In a winnable game against Oklahoma in Week 2, Sims and Smith combined to carry the ball only 14 times.

Against Kansas State, WVU completely abandoned the run where Sims and Smith carried the ball just 15 times combined.

In the two conference games WVU won, Sims and Smith carried the ball much more. In an upset win against Oklahoma State, the two touched the ball 28 times, and in an overtime victory against TCU, they carried the ball a total of 31 times.

On the other side of the football, the defense showed significant improvement early in the season as new defensive coordinator Keith Patterson had his unit playing well. The defense limited Oklahoma to 16 points and Oklahoma State, now the No. 13 scoring offense nationally, to just 21 points during the first five weeks.

Then Baylor happened.

It shook every bit of confidence the West Virginia defense gained in the first five weeks. Baylor paraded up and down the field for 73 points and 864 total yards.

Really, the Bears could have scored 100 points and put up 1,000 yards, but Art Briles took his foot off the gas.

Anyone involved in that defense rethought what they were doing at that point.

From there, WVU reverted to its old ways as it looked like the defense was figuring out how to play in the Big 12 like they had to in the 2012 season.

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‘BUY IN OR GET OUT’

West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen leads his team off the field during its 31-19 loss to Kansas at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence Saturday.

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen questions Mountaineers’ effort after loss by connor murray associate sports editor @connorkmurray

Not much went right for West Virginia in its 31-19 loss to Kansas Saturday, as its bowl hopes were dashed, its confidence appeared shaken and several players suffered injuries that left the Mountaineers looking more like a mash unit than a college football team.

According to head coach Dana Holgorsen, a wide array of problems plagued West Virginia. One of the most disturbing was a lack of effort from the players.

“I didn’t sense (marginal effort) early. (I) did not sense it early. (I) was proud of how they woke up.

We had energy in the hotel.

(When we) got to the game I thought there was energy in the locker room,” Holgorsen said. “(We) went out there

(and) started fast on offense (and) scored, and then the defense went out there and just laid down.”

After a long scoring drive on its first possession of the game, West Virginia’s intensity appeared to go completely flat on offense and defense.

“Defensively we didn’t play with very much energy.

Our offense has relied on our defense the whole year, and when they saw the defense giving up points I think the offense got (shaken up),” Holgorsen said.

The Mountaineers ended up on the wrong side of history Saturday as they became the first current member of the Big 12 to lose to the Jayhawks since 2009.

“It’s disappointing. It’s probably the most disappointing game of the year.

We came in and didn’t give ourselves a chance,” said of-

fensive coordinator Shannon Dawson.

Senior Kansas running back James Sims had a field day, rushing for a career-high 211 yards on 22 carries with three rushing touchdowns.

Sims broke the game open with a long touchdown run just before halftime that put Kansas up 177. From that point on, West Virginia appeared defeated.

“It’s a game of intensity.

When you don’t have that intensity and play with that edge, big plays occur. You guys have seen that happen to us all year long. Today it does twice within seven minutes. I don’t even know how to explain it. Those two plays just absolutely dumbfound me,” said defensive coordinator Keith Patterson.

While not everyone in a West Virginia uniform was guilty of not putting forth

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Kansas linebacker Ben Goodman intercepts WVU quarterback Paul Millard’s pass. effort, Patterson said his team needs to take a lesson from the game and keep it in mind moving forward.

“That’s what we have to learn. You can’t take a week off. You can’t take a day off.

You can’t take a practice off.

There’s no one in our league that can’t play. There’s no one in our league that can’t coach. You’ve got good coaches. You’ve got good teams,” Patterson said.

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Williams off to strong start for West Virginia by doug walp sports writer @dailyathenaeum

There are a lot of new names on the West Virginia men’s basketball roster this year, but one that’s already standing out through three games is true freshman forward Devin Williams.

In just his third-ever collegiate appearance Sunday, Williams recorded his first career double-double putting in 18 points to go along with 10 rebounds. The performance set a new careerhigh for Williams in scoring, and he came up just one board shy of his total from the season opener against Mount St. Mary’s.

“I have to focus ... I’m trying to figure out where I’m at on the court and how I fit in,” Williams said. “(I’m) trying to get mentally prepared. I found my focus. I just have to get shots.

“I (have to) continue to work on my game even when I’m beat down like this tomorrow. I’ve got to get in there and get at least 15-30 minutes.”

Williams has already proven to be West Virginia’s most physical post player through those three games and has been an especially big boost for the Mountaineers on the glass.

This is especially significant after both of WVU’s two highest-touted rebounders, Elijah Macon and Jonathan Holton, were declared ineligible to play this season.

“Devin (Williams) is doing what we thought (he) could do,” said West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins. “We thought (he) could come in and rebound

the ball at this level, and I “I’m just going to keep go- just stay mentally prepared. up, because the competithink he’s shown he can do ing forward,” Williams said. As the season goes on, I’m tion’s going to step up.” that. Thank God he is, be- “I’ve got to use my strength going to get better. cause we’re losing the bat- and use my quickness and dasports@mail.wvu.edu “I’m going to have to step tle of the glass every game.”

But Huggins also said Williams obviously still has a lot of room to improve, especially when it comes to guarding his man on the defensive end.

“He just gets himself in bad positions because he takes some plays off,” Huggins said. “He’s got to understand how hard you’ve got to play for how long you’ve got to play.”

Williams’ teammate and sophomore guard Eron Harris said that although Williams has indeed played well thus far, the freshman is still just scratching the surface of his future potential for the Mountaineers.

“That was good for Devin,” Harris said. “He just needs to start trying to find out where he’s going to get his easy buckets.

“He’s humongous, so once he learns the game, he’s going to be a monster.”

But despite being 6-foot-9 and 255 pounds, Williams is also capable of scoring from 10-15 feet away from the basket on a regular basis, although West Virginia’s existing array of perimeter shooters may affect how many jump shots per game Williams ends up taking.

Free throws, on the other hand, have been a bit of a problem for the freshman.

Getting to the line doesn’t seem to be the problem so much as making them at this point, as Williams has earned 18 total trips to the line so far but has only converted half of them.

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Tuesday November 19, 2013

RIFLE

WVU defeats Navy to end fall season undefeated by meghan carr sports writer

The No. 3 West Virginia University rifle team defeated No. 13 Navy, 46784627, Saturday at the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range, in Annapolis, Md., finishing their fall season undefeated.

The Mountaineers (60, 4-0 GARC) outshot the Midshipmen (7-5, 1-3 GARC) 2352-2332 in air rifle and 2326-2295 in smallbore.

“It’s always a challenge when you go to a new range that you haven’t been to before,” said head coach Jon Hammond.

“There are different factors to deal with. The atmosphere was really good, and it was a great match to end the semester with.”

The Mountaineers’ youth and lack of experience didn’t prevent them from finishing 6-0 for this part of the season.

WVU is averaging a 4676 aggregate score so far, which is slightly lower than last season.

Although the Mountaineers didn’t have the thrilling victories they had this time last year, they are improving and Hammond hopes they will continue to improve for the next part the season, which starts in January.

Several key shooters have stepped up and filled the void after the loss of Petra Zublasing and several experienced shooters who were still trying to find their rhythm after a long summer off.

“The first part of the semester is usually a trial, and many of the techniques are relearned.

Many people don’t shoot over the summer, so you almost have to come back and knock a little bit of the rust off,” said junior Thomas Kyanko.

For the fourth consecutive match, Garrett Spurgeon finished first in the

match against Navy in smallbore with a 586mark, matching his season high. Spurgeon also shot a match-best 1173 aggregate score for the second match in a row.

Junior Meelis Kiisk, with a 582 mark in smallbore, finished second behind Spurgeon in Saturday’s match.

A season-high 579 for junior Maren Prediger, matched by senior Daniel Sojka, placed them in fourth place for the Mountaineers.

“That was great because it’s not just the NCAA record or school record. It’s the record that was set by Petra and Nicco,” Prediger said after the opening match against Ohio State.

Kyanko rounded out the smallbore counting squad for the Mountaineers, scoring a 575.

Junior Taylor Ciatola matched a WVU school record Sunday after shooting a 200 prone in smallbore for an overall 575 score.

“I think Taylor was really pleased with his prone score. He’s been shooting some really solid prone the whole semester. That’s definitely been his strong point so far this season,” Hammond said.

Navy sophomore Zach Gibson took third place in smallbore after shooting a 581 shot, a career-best for the sophomore.

Navy senior Steven Frazier tied for No. 6 (576) with Mountaineer redshir t-freshman JeanPierre Lucas. Lucas’ mark is a season high in smallbore.

For the third time this season, Prediger earned the air rifle victory. The junior earned a 593 to finish first in the discipline. Kiisk placed second (590), earning a season-high 1172 aggregate score.

Kyanko and Spurgeon tied for third in air rifle with 587 marks.

F re s h ma n Sy d n e y Smith shot 586, a season and career-high, and placed fifth in the gun.

Prediger, Kiisk, Spurgeon, Ciotola (581) and Sojka (582) composed the air rifle counting squad for the Mountaineers.

Navy’s Daniel Jonas (585) and Gibson (584) took sixth and seventh in air rifle for the Midshipmen.

Navy’s 4,627 total score on Sunday was a seasonhigh for the Midshipmen.

Hammond said he was satisfied with his team’s performance, as well.

“It was great to see the shooters shoot so many personal highs today,” Hammond said. “That’s always encouraging for us. It’s great to finish up a semester like that, and hopefully it sets us up well for next semester.”

The Mountaineers victory over Navy on Saturday gives them a 23-8 all time record against the Midshipmen.

Hammond said before his team’s match against Navy that he wanted his team to finish the fall season strong.

The Mountaineers will enjoy a long break before coming back next year, and Hammond wants them to end on a good note and set up a strong start in January.

“It wasn’t one of our highest scores of the season today, but it was a good match,” Hammond said.

“It’s been a semester of gradual growth and improvement. We’ll continue to train and keep improving. We’re excited to see what next semester brings.”

The Mountaineers will return to the WVU Rifle Range and begin spring season competition, hosting GARC rival NC State Jan. 19.

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Junior Thomas Kyanko aims at a target in a home competition against Ohio State earlier this season.

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Mountaineers complete final fall regatta this weekend by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rowing team completed its final regatta of the fall season this weekend, the Rivanna Romp, in Earlysville, Va. Head coach Jimmy King said he was disappointed in his team’s final performance before the winter break. Know-

ing it will be a couple of months until the Mountaineers see action again, King said he was hoping to see better results.

“Today’s performances were surprisingly poor, and it’s frustrating to not see the results of our progress on land equated on the water,” he said.

“Despite our struggles on the water this fall, we know this group can and should be more competi-

tive in the spring.”

The Mountaineers had two boats in the varsity eight. Boat B for WVU finished the varsity 8+ race No. 13 out of 17 places with an overall time of 14:52.7.

Boat A was right behind, finishing in 14th place overall with a time of 14:53.2.

In the varsity 8+, University of Virginia’s A boat crossed the finish line in

first place overall with a time of 13:17.1. UVA had three of the top five finishes in this event.

In the novice 4+, West Virginia’s Boat A came in 17th place out of 28 with an overall time of 16:14.2. Boat D was the next Mountaineer crew to finish, coming in 26th with a time of 17:09.3.

Boats B and C crossed the line in 27th and 28th place, respectively, with

times of 17:22.4 and 17:54.4.

UVA’s A crew won the novice 4+, finishing the race in 14:50.3. UVA had three of the top five finishes in this event.

The Mountaineers did not compete in the novice 8+, but the University of Pennsylvania took first place with a time of 14:40.0.

King said he knows the potential his team has to

compete at the highest level next season.

“We have a really good group this year, and there’s no doubt that they’ll keep working diligently toward the spring season when the results matter most,” he said.

The Mountaineers will return to the water in two months for the spring 2014 season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Seniors Mollie Rosen, Karen Verwey lead WVU by anthony pecoraro sports writer @dailyathenaeum

The West Virginia University rowing team has completed its fall season. Throughout the season, two key leaders, Mollie Rosen and Karen Verwey, have been there to lead and assist the novice rowers and the team as a whole.

The two seniors have been members of the Mountaineer rowing team

since freshman year. The spring 2014 season is all that is left for these accomplished rowers before graduating in May 2014.

Rosen, an education student who plans on becoming a pre-school, first grade or second grade teacher after graduating and is on three academic honor rolls, said the main reason why she stuck with rowing throughout her time at WVU was because of her teammates.

“I rowed in high school,

but I wasn’t very good. I came here as a novice and walked on and loved the team. If it wasn’t for the team, I wouldn’t be here,” she said.

Verwey, a New Zealand native, came to WVU due to her high school coach’s influence.

“My high school coach used to coach at Washington State, so that’s how I knew about the scholarships. When I was looking for a university, WVU just fit everything. I felt at

home when I talked to the coaches. The atmosphere looked like it would be the right fit for me,” she said.

Verwey said that rowing in New Zealand is very different than here in the states. “(Rowing) certainly is big in high school. Then once you get past high school, there is a big drop off. Having the American experience is definitely unique,” she said.

Rosen said she thinks the women have had

a great fall season and knows there is still success to be had during the spring 2014 season.

“I feel that we have been doing really well this season. When you start off with a new team every season, it’s going to be a different atmosphere, different dynamic. I think the team this year has really brought forth a lot of good qualities, and I’m really excited to see what we can do,” she said.

Verwey said she en-

joys the spring competition more due to the style of racing and is hoping for success in her final season with the Mountaineers.

“In the fall it is typically longer races – it’s around 5k. In the spring it is 2k, which is fun. You’re racing side by side each other. It’s more intense,” she said.

The Mountaineers will be back in action in two months for the spring 2014 season. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Keane strong in win over RU, WVU set for Virginia Tech by joe mitchin sports writer @dailyathenaeum

It would have been difficult for anyone to script a better finish to the epic match at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Saturday night.

West Virginia, hosting a first round NCAA tournament contest, outlasted visiting Rutgers 3-0 in penalty kicks to advance to the second round.

The two sides battled for 110 minutes but remained scoreless. It wasn’t for any lack of chances, however.

WVU and Rutgers would combine for 43 shots and 16 on-goal attempts.

It was Mountaineer senior Sara Keane’s night, saving seven shots on the night and blanking the Scarlet Knights in three penalty kick opportunities to win the match.

“Our coaches did a great job scouting them,” Keane said. “I was told to just go with my gut. I just took a crack at it and dove in the way I thought it was going to go, and luckily for me, it was the right way.”

Keane has been on fire between the posts during the most critical time of the season. The senior has earned four consecutive shutouts, including all three Big 12 tourna-

ment games. She made a career-high nine saves in a 1-0 victory over Oklahoma State to give the team its first Big 12 tournament championship.

In total, Keane and West Virginia have gone 417 minutes without conceding a goal.

Saturday’s win over Rutgers goes down as Keane’s tenth shutout of the season and 27 for her tremendous career. She has also been in-goal for six other matches this season where she has given up just a single goal.

Keane’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. The keeper has been named the

WVU Athlete of the Week for two straight weeks.

The NCAA uses penalty shootouts to determine a winner of tournament matches after two overtime periods have failed to produce a goal. It was the most drama Dick Dlesk Stadium and more than 2,000 of its fans have seen in quite awhile.

“Everyone just said (to) do your thing,” Keane said.

“Our goalie coach (Zach Johnson) just said go with wherever you think it is. I tried to stay calm and (the crowd) gave me a lot more confidence, also.”

Johnson isn’t new to WVU soccer. He was the

starting goalkeeper from 2007-10 in Morgantown, starting 80 matches and making 282 career saves.

Johnson was the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year in 2008 and an All-American in 2009. The Lumberton, N.J., native joined the women’s program as a volunteer assistant coach in 2011.

“There are so many people that make this work and so many unsung heroes, and Zach would be one of them,” said head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown.

“I went over and congratulated him because a lot of times people aren’t put up at the podium (who) really

work hard for us.”

Izzo-Brown said she is very thankful to have Johnson on staff. She said that Johnson is coaching everyday, even with another full-time job.

The Mountaineers will advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament where they will meet No. 1-seed Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., Friday. West Virginia sits at 17 wins this season, one short of tying the program record.

The match is set to kick off at 6 p.m. with a Sweet Sixteen berth on the line. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Mountaineers on wrong side of football history

Kansas running back James Sims runs around the West Virginia defense Saturday. Sims rushed for a career-high 211 yards during the Jayhawks’ first win against a current member of the Big 12 since 2009.

by amit batra sports editor @batra01

In West Virginia’s game against the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday, history was made. When the Jayhawks beat the Mountaineers 31-19, WVU became the first current Big 12 Conference member to lose to KU since 2009 when then-No. 16 Kansas defeated Iowa State.

Kansas defeated Colorado in 2010, but the Buffaloes have since joined the Pac-12 conference.

It’s a streak that has become well-known within the conference. Kansas, a school known for its basketball excellence rather than its football program, seemed to be a guaranteed victory for any Big 12 team.

Not for the Mountaineers.

West Virginia officially hit rock bottom against Kansas, and as a result, the Mountaineers won’t make a bowl game for the first time since 2001. The best head coach Dana Holgorsen’s squad could finish is 5-7 with a win over Iowa State Nov. 30.

WVU simply couldn’t get

anything going offensively, and the Mountaineers couldn’t stop Jayhawks’ senior running back James Sims. The elusive running back became the first Kansas player to rush for over 200 yards (211 total) since Tony Pierson against Texas Tech in the 2012 season.

In front of 30,089 fans at Memorial Stadium, Kansas made history and got the pressure off its back in an emphatic way. The Jayhawks only led once at halftime this whole season, and they hung on to a 17-7 lead at halftime against West Virginia.

Junior quar terback Paul Millard threw two interceptions and struggled to find receivers all afternoon.

One game took all the life out of West Virginia and its ailing football program. Since its win over then-No. 11 Texas in the 2012 season, the Mountaineers are just 6-13.

“This (Big 12) is different than the Big East,” Holgorsen said. “You can’t show up and be average and win. I don’t care who it is. We didn’t play with very much energy. I guess this would be an all-time low.

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West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen walks off the field Saturday.

Not to take anything away from Kansas – they’ve been close. They sensed the victory, and they whipped us.

I was planning on going to a bowl game.

“This program is not equipped to handle the wear and tear of the Big 12.

Right now, we’re not where we need to be. Everything falls on me. You can’t just sit there and snap your fingers and fix it. You have to build your program.”

Holgorsen said the loss to Kansas doesn’t sting just because Kansas snapped its streak against the Mountaineers. The thirdyear head coach said the team will get back to work quicker with the extra time off due to not playing in a bowl game.

“We’ll get back to work in January,” he said. “We’ll be working before our kids report in the offseason.

We’ll probably pay a little

bit more attention to recruiting in January. There are guys out there that are not ready to play at this level. When you’re replacing starters with true freshmen, it’s not where you want to be.”

As Holgorsen and players mentioned time and time again, Kansas simply out-played, out-executed and out-coached West Virginia in Saturday’s loss.

“It stings pretty bad.

Kansas just wanted it more than we did. They were tired of having that threeyear losing streak in the Big 12. We knew what we were getting into. You just have to move on with your life. We still have one more game left, and I’m going to give it my all in two weeks,” said senior defensive lineman Shaq Rowell.

“James Sims was phenomenal. He read those great blocks his offensive linemen were giving him.

I’m not going to sit here and dwell over (the loss).

Those guys came out and wanted it more. As a team, we didn’t do what we had to do to beat Kansas. I feel like (Sims) was tired of losing. He ran like a possessed man.”

For the seniors on the roster, the loss to KU crushed their dreams of ending the season with a bowl game.

Redshirt senior Pat Eger said nobody besides those involved in the program know how much this loss hurts, especially for the guys playing their last road game in their collegiate careers.

“It just sucks,” he said.

“There’s no way anyone can understand besides the people in this locker room. It sucks to go out this way. You have to play for a win. All the blood, sweat, tears that we’ve been through.

We’re going to give everything we can (in the Iowa State game). We have to move on from this and get better, and that’s all we can do at this point.”

With the possibility of making a bowl game now out of the picture, West Virginia will have a bye week before wrapping up its season against a struggling Iowa State team that has won just one game this season Nov. 30 at Milan Puskar Stadium.

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It’s just one season. All of this can be forgotten if the program is willing to let it go. Holgorsen will now have all but 12 players from this roster back next season. He had 30 underclassmen this season, which is eighth-most nationally on his two-deep.

It’s time to start regaining that feeling of a program heading in the right direction.

Until 2014 kicks off at the Georgia Dome against Alabama, there will be reassessing, rethinking and figuring out how to put 2013 in the rearview.

Continued from page 7 Late leads were blown against Texas Tech, Kansas State and Texas with Davis Webb, Jake Waters, Daniel Sams and Case McCoy dominating through the air. A defense can only take that so much – it was demoralizing.

Throw in injuries, inexperience or offensive line play and blame it on the Big 12 transition, special teams problems or in-game coaching decisions – there are plenty more problems that factor into a losing season.

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EFFORT

Continued from page 7 “You have to play every play of every practice (and) every game with an edge and intensity defensively.

If you don’t you’re going to get exploited.”

One player’s effort throughout this season cannot be questioned: redshirt sophomore linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski.

Kwiatkoski has battled through injury to emerge as one of the cornerstones of West Virginia’s defense this season.

With its bowl hopes on the line Saturday, Kwiatkoski said there were times that he could sense his team’s effort level shifting on and off the field.

“It’s hard to say without watching film, but it was definitely dead in the locker room, and when we came on the field there (were) times when the effort was

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there and there (were) times when it might not have been. It’s hard to tell right now,” he said.

With its postseason aspirations now a thing of the past, West Virginia will have to find something else to play for Nov. 30 against Iowa State.

Holgorsen said he hopes both his players and coaches will be inspired by their inability to make a bowl game this season and use it as motivation to work harder in the offseason.

“Maybe we’ll have a lot of coaches and players sit at home over the holidays and say, ‘Boy, everybody on TV is having a good time going to a bowl game. It sure would be nice to do that.’ ,” Holgorsen said. “Well, what do you do? You work harder.

You recruit better. You stay the course. You develop your players. You buy in to what’s going on, or you get out.” connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu