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WVU PRESIDENT SEARCH

BOG agrees on interim, seeks approval

BY CARLEE LAMMERS MANAGING EDITOR CARLEELAMMERS

The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve an interim president during its emergency meeting Thursday.

The BOG did not announce the name of its selection, as it will first seek approval by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission today.

Although the BOG did

not announce the name of the interim, multiple media outlets reported Thursday former Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee will be named the interim.

Gee served as the WVU President from 1981-85.

Chairman of the BOG Jim Dailey said he is confident in the choice the Board has made.

“We are absolutely thrilled with our selection to lead the state’s flagship,

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SEARCH CHRONOLOGY Dec. 6: Seek HEPC’s approval of proposed search procedure.

Dec. 20: Board consideration of statement of desired presidential characteristics and qualities.

Jan. 2: Submission of presidential search committee members by constituencies.

Jan. 6: Board appoints presidential search committee members.

Jan. 10: National distribution of presidential position announcements begins.

Feb. 21: Deadline for receipt of presidential nominations and applications.

March 1: Constituency groups will be asked to submit interview questions for on-campus interviews with finalist(s).

April 26: On-campus interviews with finalist(s).

June 5: BOG selects and seeks approval from HEPC for the new WVU President.

PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE

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Chair of the WVU BOG (non-voting member)

Faculty selected by the Faculty Senate Executive committee

BOG members.

(Vice Chair, Secretary and one other member)

Classified Staff selected by Staff Council

Students selected by the Student Government Association

Representatives selected by the WVU Foundation

Representatives selected by the Alumni Association

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SGA releases mid-year expenditures

BY SAM BOSSERMAN STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Each fiscal year, the West Virginia University Student Government Association is allotted an amount of money to accomplish its mission to advocate on behalf of the student body.

This year’s SGA approved a budget for the fiscal year 2014 of $155,000. The budget was divided into four major categories: operations, stipends, grants and elections.

By far the largest of these sections is available grant money, with $70,000, or 45 percent of the overall budget, set aside. The grant funds include money awarded to student organizations as well as community service grants.

Slightly more than halfway into their term, the current SGA administration has spent $16,890, or 24.13 percent of the grant budget, leaving room for student organizations to apply for funding during the spring semester.

Lindsay Gallegly, SGA director of student organizations, said she thinks these grants are a great way for SGA to directly help out students.

“This semester we have seen a number of student orgs apply for grants for a variety of purposes,” Gallegly said. “I have been happy to see this money going toward events that benefit the organizations and the University as a whole.”

Gallegly said she expects more student organizations to start applying for funding during the spring semester, because larger events are hosted during this time period.

“We expect even more applications next semester as many student orgs have bigger events in the spring semester which they may need financial assistance to make a suc-

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cess,” Gallegly said. “I would like all student organizations to realize this source of funding is available to them and it is now made even easier to access with a simple online application.”

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EXPENDITURES

Operations $7,351.66

“As long as governors and executives operate within their budget and help me account for all their actions, I will be very pleased in our year’s ending.”

Dillon Knox

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The online application for student organizations to request funding through SGA can be found at http://sgagrants.selfip.com.

After grants, the operations budget comes in second in terms of dollar spent thus far, accounting for $49,250 or 32 percent of the overall budget.

Expenses incurred under the operations budget include items such as travel experiences, SGAsponsored events and individual governor ’s budgets.

So far, SGA has spent $7,351.66, or roughly 15 percent of the amount budgeted under this section. Only two governors, Govs. Spenser Wempe and Afsheen Misaghi, have spent their $200 individual budgets.

This money is intended to help further the governors’ platforms.

SGA chief financial officer Dillon Knox said it is not unusual for governors to wait until later in the year to spend their budgets.

“I know a lot of governors spent their money in the spring semester (in 2012),” Knox said. “As long as governors and executives operate within their budget and help me account for all their actions, I will be very pleased in

Student Org. Grants $16,890

Stipends $19,750

Money left in budget

$111,008.34

* This does not reflect the money spent for the SGA’s trip to the Big 12 Leadership Conference. The total budgeted for this trip was $7,390. SGA has not yet gathered a complete tally of what was spent on the trip. our year’s ending.”

It should also be noted the 15 percent figure is not entirely accurate of where the budget currently sits, because the SGA’s trip to the Big 12 Leadership Conference has not yet been fully tallied.

The budgeted amount for the trip was $7,390, which would bring the total amount of the operations budget spent to 30 percent.

The third budgetar y area outside of t h e s e l f- e x p l a nat o r y elections section is stipends.

These stipends include money set aside for use by the SGA president and vice president, and the

rest of the executive team.

The amount set aside for this purpose in the budget is listed at $19,750, or 12.75 percent of the overall budget.

CFO Knox said he is happy with the way SGA is holding themselves fiscally accountable and wishes to see even more being done on behalf of the student body.

“I would like to see a project bringing in outside revenue, like some universities such as UCLA have, in order to increase our budget to have some more projects for students that we can fund,” he said. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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BY EVELYN MERITHEW STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University humanities professor Bill Taft, who has been working with students for 37 years, will retire at the end of this semester.

During his time as a professor Taft has been able to communicate philosophical teachings to his students through his own unique and personal experiences.

Born and raised in Morgantown, Taft taught at Morgantown High School, the same school he attended as a teenager.

“I learned how to coordinate a gifted and talented student program at the University of Connecticut. That’s what I did at Morgantown

High. People came from all over to see what we were working on,” Taft said.

From 1980-1992, Taft spent his time teaching at the high school level until Dr. Henry Ruf, head of the WVU Department of philosophy at the time, asked Taft if he would like to teach a humanities course at the university level.

“I fell into it. In the late 1980s, I was teaching a humanities night course every semester,” Taft said. “Then the University started giving me four adjunct classes a year.”

To further his studies and work in the area of philosophy, Taft took off a semester from teaching to attend the University of London. With

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African-American students celebrate Kwanzaa

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The Paul Robeson Mahalia Jackson Gospel Choir performed during the annual Kwanzaa Celebration. The choir is named after two African-American gospel singers: Paul Robeson and Mahalia Jackson

BY ALEXIS RANDOLPH STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research held its annual Kwanzaa event Thursday in the Mountainlair Ballrooms.

The event is held the first

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Representative of the Divisional Campuses selected by the BOG

Humanities professor to retire after 37 years at WVU

TOTAL BUDGET:

$155,000

Administrators selected by the BOG Chair

Thursday of December each year to celebrate the traditional African-American holiday, which was started

by Maulana Karenga in 1966.

Members of the AfricanAmerican community celebrate Kwanzaa every year

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TOUGH LOSS The WVU men’s basketball team fell to Missouri 80-71 Thursday.

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Fraternity hosts fundraiser to benefit Children’s hospital

BY COURTNEY MCDONALD CORRESPONDENT DAILYATHENAEUM

Sigma Nu, a West Virginia University fraternity, gave back to the community Thursday with its For the Kids event.

The fraternity worked with the major fast food chain McDonald’s to raise funds for WVU’s Children’s Hospital. The event took place at the Evansdale McDonald’s restaurant.

During the event, customers eating at McDonald’s from 5 p.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday were contributors to the donation.

As sales increased Thursday, so did the amount of donations to the Children’s Hospital.

Sam Richardson, the event coordinator, said this is not the first fundraiser held by Sigma Nu, but this is the first time the fraternity has participated in this specific fundraiser.

“Greeks fundraise; it’s what they do,” Richardson said. “They enjoy standing out from the crowd and helping their community.”

Richardson also said an event such as this requires a lot of time and planning.

“First, you have to meet with a McDonald’s manager to discuss dates and such,” he said. “But mostly it is a lot of marketing, promoting and social media,”he said.

Keegan Webb, a freshman criminology student at WVU and a new member of Sigma Nu, said although he has only been a member of the fraternity for a few months, he really enjoys his time there.

Webb’s responsibility at the event was to make attendees aware of how they can do things for the community, such as simply eating McDonald’s for dinner.

Webb said he was very enthusiastic about helping with the event. He said he believes that since he is able to help, he should, and, he also said it would be beneficial to the community if more young people shared this perspective.

Sigma Nu’s goal was to donate at least $300, but officers of the fraternity said every little bit helps.

The fraternity promoted the event with flyers, so-

cial networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook and by word of mouth.

There was a decent turnout of customers, many of whom were college students who were there to help the cause.

To find out more information about Sigma Nu, or WVU’s Children’s Hospital, follow them on Twitter @SigmaNUWVU and @ WVUkids. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

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Mwatabu Okantah has been a teacher for 40 years, and he said he had a hard time pronouncing African languages when he first began learning.

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The term Kwanzaa comes from the traditional Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza.” The phrase is translated into English as “first fruits of the harvest.”

Marjorie Fuller, the director of the Center for Black Culture and Research, organized the event and said the celebration is based

TAFT

Continued from PAGE 1 two master’s degrees already earned, one in the humanities and one in the nature of teaching, Taft aimed for his doctorate in the philosophy of education.

“I wrote my doctoral dissertation on the questions brought up by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer,” he said. “Would his findings change the way people taught? I believed that his findings would change it profoundly.”

While living in London,

around the principles of the harvest.

Fuller expressed the openness of the on-campus celebration.

“The seven principles Dr. Karenga developed apply to all people, so we are here, and this is open to everyone,” Fuller said. “Everyone in the campus community is welcome, and the event is open to the wider Morgantown community to celebrate those very universal, very human principles.”

These principles include Umoja (unity), Nia (pur-

pose) and Imani (faith).

Each day of the celebration represents a different value, and the value for each day is discussed during candle lighting ceremonies.

Fuller addressed the many different ways people celebrate Kwanzaa.

“Many celebrations often include songs, drums, storytelling and poetry readings. On each night, families get together, and a child lights one of the candles on the Kinara, or the candle holder,” Fuller said.

The celebration featured

Mwatabu Okantah, a professor from Kent State University, as its speaker.

Okantah presented the Libation Statement and spoke of the history and cultural value of Kwanzaa.

“It has had an impact on not only those of us who are African-American, but throughout the Caribbean,” Okantah said. “We did not exist as a people to be called African-American before the 18th century. We came to be as a result of the slave trade. Kwanzaa is not about the slave trade, Kwanzaa is

about how we survived.”

Joshua Puller, a junior accounting student and president of the WVU collegiate chapter of the NAACP, said Kwanzaa was created to reconnect with African roots.

“We remember who our ancestors were and celebrate who we are today,” Puller said.

Puller said his favorite Kwanzaa memory was the WVU Center for Black Culture and Research’s celebration his freshman year and lighting a candle on the Kinara.

Kimelle Ash, a sophomore history student and president of the Black Student Union, said Kwanzaa is a cultural event.

“It brings back to us the African principles that may have been lost throughout the slave trade and AfricanAmerican history,” Ash said.

“So we connect with these principles such as faith and family.”

To learn more about black culture at WVU, visit http://cbc.wvu.edu.

Taft taught English at the high school level. After receiving his doctorate, returning to WVU and being denied a raise by the University, Taft said he felt he wanted to look elsewhere for work.

“I certainly was not content with my salary, but I liked being at WVU,” he said.

“I’ve always loved being at the University so much because there are people here who are doing the same things as me, people to talk to, people to listen to.

“I have valued being around philosophers and other humanities teachers.”

Unfortunately, eight years ago, a heart attack took him down another life path. Af-

ter collapsing a few times at the podium of his classes and subsequently having a few more heart attacks, Taft said he had to come up with a solution.

“At one time I had to face my mortality. I had to look at it dead-on and had to assume that I wouldn’t live to a ripe old age,” he said.

As a result, Taft turned to boxing. When he was younger, Taft said he was taught the boxing basics by Morgantown businessman Charles Corwin, but there was no gym to have matches in. He fenced for a while, including during his time in London.

“When I had the heart attacks, I thought, ‘What am I going to do with myself? How am I going to deal with this?’ I read a poem by Rainer Rilke which talked about claiming your own demise, about how you’re a step away from death your

whole life,” Taft said. “And so the way I dealt with that, the fastest way I dealt with it, I simply went to a boxing gym.”

Since then, Taft has spent a great amount of his time at Jim’s Gym, owned by boxer Jim March, a local Morgantown boxing gym. Taft said at first when he would hit the heavy punching bags, he was so physically debilitated from his heart attacks that he would fall to the ground. When those who surrounded him would try to help, he would push them away and insist he could do it himself.

“At one point, I was working out as hard as most any other younger guy in the gym. One day, I asked Mack McGinley, a great boxer at the gym, if I could spar.

He said I was too old and I couldn’t because of my heart attacks,” Taft said. “I kept it up and kept pushing. He fi-

nally agreed to spar me and he knocked my tooth out and broke my nose the first time.”

After more boxing and practicing, the gym members eventually got Taft an amateur match, which he won.

At 63 years old, Taft was one of the oldest amateur fighters in West Virginia, and one of the oldest in the country. Despite his age, Taft planned on going into the master’s league, but the boxing licensing group wouldn’t allow him.

“The licensing group said I couldn’t fight anymore and that I would die on them,” he said. “I now just continue to work out at the gym, but boxing was the way I dealt with things.”

Taft continued to teach humanities courses at the University and is fully retiring this month.

During his time at WVU, he was chosen for an Eberly

College Outstanding Teacher award for the John R. Williams Outstanding Teacher award, and named an outstanding teacher by the Golden Key National Honor Society.

He said teaching humanities allows him a way to demonstrate his own experiences to his students and how his world has been enhanced by philosophy.

“In class, I’ll be talking about the School of Athens or Hamlet, or a poem

by Wordsworth. Whenever I can, I will tell an outrageous story and try to relate the story to a philosophical point of view,” Taft said.

“Whatever I do, I’m experiencing something. All of the writing I’ve done, the thinking I’ve done, the teaching I’ve done, has become a prism in which I see the world.”

WVU forward and continue the momentum we are enjoying. We are anxious for our new president to arrive in the new year, and hope that folks will get a chance to say ‘hello and welcome’ very soon.”

Dailey said the name of the interim will be announced immediately

following the HEPC’s approval.

The BOG also approved a time line of the presidential search procedure and the constituency groups of the Presidential Search Committee.

The committee will consist of three students – including one graduate Health Sciences student – chosen by the Student G overnment Association.

Other search committee members will include three WVU faculty members, two representatives chosen by the Alumni As-

sociation and others.

The BOG said it plans to select a full-time president by June 5, 2014.

Read the entire proposed search procedure at http://wvutoday.ass e t s. s l a t e. w v u . e d u / re sources/1/1386274776. pdf.

Current WVU President James P. Clements announced he would leave WVU in November to become the next president of Clemson University.

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2013

School of Theatre & Dance students present capstone work

BY JAKE JARVIS A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

As the fall semester at West Virginia University comes to an end, the WVU School of Theatre & Dance is buzzing with excitement. As a major requirement, students pursuing a BA or BFA in theater are required to complete a capstone project.

Cameron Williams, a senior in the BA Theatre program, is completing his capstone by directing and producing a play of his choice.

The play is called “The Problem,” by A. R. Gurney.

A troubled couple who share no feelings of love

argue after the wife reveals she is pregnant. And the husband might not be the father.

This production runs a short 35 minutes and has a cast of two actors: Trevor Day and Katie Boothby, both students of the WVU School of Theatre & Dance.

“Cameron has grown creatively in the year I’ve known him,” Boothby said.

“It seems like he’s gained a lot of confidence as a director to let us know what he wants and why he wants it.”

Williams said he hopes to make his audience relax and laugh during his piece.

“It sounds cliche, but I want people to learn to laugh at themselves more,” Williams said. “Some peo-

ple are so serious all the time. It’s okay to laugh sometimes.”

Catch this gut-busting performance tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. in Room 249 in the basement of the Creative Arts Center.

Completing a project for the Advanced Directing course, Cody Wilson has directed “Sunshine,” a play about strippers and lobsters.

“The script really hit me cause of the main character, Sunshine,” Wilson said. “She is the craziest but sweetest girl on earth, who just happens to work in a porn house and has a pet lobster.”

Audiences can connect

with the characters, who show the power of ambition. Sunshine, played by Aneesa Neibauer, a WVU theater student makes audiences laugh with her cheesy ideas of love.

“It touches home for many people and makes you want to become friends with the characters,” Wilson said.

In conjunction with Wilson’s show, another Advanced Directing Project, “Krapp’s Last Tape,” will be presented in a double feature evening. Show times are 7:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday in the VDM Lab Theatre in the basement of the CAC. Bryan Staggers, a junior in the BFA Acting program,

is bringing the power of film to student actors with the school.

“Howl,” a poem written

by Allen Ginsberg in 1955, inspired Staggers to create his own film project to bring this great piece of literature to life.

“It’s one of the pieces of writing that has had a unique impact on me,” Staggers said. “The film centers on a group of speakers performing the text with a series of vignettes that relate to the imagery found in the words.”

Mark Combs will assist Staggers as his assistant director, and Sara Gianola will serve as his director of photography.

“There aren’t too many opportunities for acting students to do film work in the department,” Staggers said. “I want to help fill that void and give my peers a chance to experience filmmaking at the grass-roots level.”

Students can sign up to audition for the film on the call board in the lobby of the Creative Arts Center.

Auditions will take place Dec. 13 and 14.

Be sure to soak up the last bit of performing arts you can get before the semester ends and enjoy the work of seasoned veterans from the WVU School of Theatre & Dance. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Pretty Lights Music artist Eliot Lipp to perform at 123 Pleasant Street

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BY TIFFANY BENSON CORRESPONDENT DAILYATHENAEUM

Light shows, video projection, gogo dancers and hula hoops are just the start to the Friday Night Lights event at 123 Pleasant Street.

Mistik, Luke Warm and the one and only Eliot Lipp will hit the stage tonight.

Lipp has recently signed with Pretty Lights Music, which gives the event its name. It’s hosted by local Music To Your Ears Productions owner Adam

Payne.

“It’s Friday night, and you need to come and dance and let go of that tension and embrace the spirit of these futuristic rhythms and penetrating analog melodies,” Lipp said.

Lipp has seven solo albums, has toured around the world and has been labeled the “electronic music pioneer.” His new label is owned by Pretty Lights producer Derek Smith, who has played at Bonnaroo and headlined with Bassnectar.

Lipp’s music includes mostly funk and adds flavor from other genres like techno, jazz and hip-hop.

“I’m excited to be able to bring my music all the way out to places like Morgantown,” Lipp said. “Some tours only hit major cities, and the vibe gets lost a little in that context. I think touring is about spreading the word and really promoting music.”

Lipp came to 123 in 2011, and even though it is not a scheduled stop on his winter tour, he’s coming anyway.

“This is the second show I have done with Eliot, so I’m bringing him back hoping to help him develop a fan base in Morgantown,” Payne said.

“He’s been one of my favorite producers for a while, and he has grown tremendously since our first event.”

Lipp will be performing songs from his newest album, “Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake.” The album is considered his best yet, because of the influences from his new label.

“Eliot is an amazing

producer who blends electro-funk, hip-hop, jazz and break beats into his own techno-influenced style,” Payne said. “His last two albums, ‘Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake’ and ‘Brolabs,’ are filled with hip-hop and electro-funk mixes very similar to Pretty Lights label face.”

The first opener for Lipp is Philadelphia native Mistik, a dubstep artist who started in 2010 hosting parties. He’s now signed with Grimey Grooves Records.

The second act is Warm,

who is a known producer around Morgantown and was a founder of the 123 sold-out show Clusterfunk DJ’s.

“I am keeping the ticket price at a first come, first serve $5 in order to create a memorable, cheap end of the semester event,” Payne said. “You won’t get a chance to see Eliot Lipp for that low of a ticket price probably ever again.”

Music starts at 10 p.m.

The show is for ages 18 and older. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Arts, culture add $500B to nation’s GDP, employee most people WASHINGTON (AP) — Creative industries led by Hollywood account for about $504 billion, or at least 3.2 percent of U.S. goods and services, the government said in its first official measure of how the arts and culture affect the economy.

On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts will release the first-ever estimates of the creative sector’s contributions to U.S. gross domestic product based on 2011 data, the most recent figures available. GDP measures the nation’s production of goods and services.

Sunil Iyengar, the endowment’s research director, said the yardstick devised in partnership with the Bureau of Economic Analysis drew on figures from Hollywood, the advertising industry, cable TV production, broadcasting, publishing, performing arts and other areas. Now the nation’s creative sector will be measured annually, much as statisticians calculate the contribution of tourism, health care and other sectors to the nation’s economy.

“One of the challenges that’s always been there for economists and even lay people and certainly policy makers is to understand what is the arts’ value,” Ilyengar said.

“Here’s a measurable, legitimate, rigorous way of tracking the contributions of the creative economy in the

country.”

Analysts said they used preliminary numbers from 2011 and dating back to 1998, including both for-profit and nonprofit industries in the arts and culture sector.

By comparison, the arts and culture sector outpaced the U.S. travel and tourism industry, which was 2.8 percent of GDP in 2011, based on the federal estimate. That finding surprised even the researchers.

“Art and culture is a significant part of the U.S. economy – not just its contributions of ideas and creativity to the innovation economy but also as an important part of the labor force and our country’s GDP,” NEA Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa said in a statement.

Hollywood movies and video services, the advertising industry and cable TV production were leading contributors to GDP in the creative sector, the researchers found, followed by broadcasting, publishing and the performing arts. On their own, the movie and video industries contributed $47 billion in value-added to the economy in 2011.

The total output from arts and cultural production, another measure of economic activity, was $916 billion in 2011, analysts found. That includes $200 billion from creative development in advertising, $104 billion from arts

education including college art departments, $100 billion from cable TV and $83 billion from movies and video services.

In the workforce, Hollywood and the video industry employed the most people, totaling 310,000 workers and $25 billion in compensation, according to the data. Museums and performing arts industries each employed about 100,000 people. In total, 2 million people worked in creative industries.

Researchers also analyzed the creative sector’s exports and the effect of the recession. Since 2007, the sector’s economic impact slumped and had not rebounded by 2011. Between 1998 and 2006, its share of GDP ranged from 3.5 to 3.7 percent, but researchers found the arts suffered more than the overall economy during the Great Recession.

Exports of arts and culture

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have rebounded, though.

A 10-year trend of deficits was reversed beginning in 2008, and by 2011, the U.S. exported $10.4 billion more arts and cultural commodities than it imported. Jewelry, silverware, movies and video services were the biggest ex-

ports. The country as a whole, though, has been running a trade deficit.

Analysts defined arts and cultural output based on creative artistic activity and the goods and services produced by it or used to support it. They also included

the construction of buildings to house creative industries.

Beyond entertainment and advertising, the analysis included independent artists, broadcasting, publishing of books, magazines and newspapers and design and architectural services.

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World mourns loss of Nelson Mandela

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Mandela casts his vote in South Africa’s first democratic, all-race election in 1994.

The world has recently suffered the loss of one of the greatest human rights activists it has ever known.

Nelson Mandela, 95, passed away Thursday.

Mandela is most widely known for his term as South Africa’s first black president, taking office after becoming a political prisoner for nearly 30 years.

Throughout his life, Mandela strived to promote multiracial democracy and spoke against apartheid. He successfully fought a white minority

rule while simultaneously avoiding a South African civil war.

But even beyond his political accomplishments both in and out of office, Mandela was known for his morality, kindness and good humor.

President Obama said he himself has drawn inspiration from Mandela’s life and said Mandela has “achieved more than could be expected of any man.”

Indeed, this proves to be the case.

Considered the father of

his nation, Mandela was often referred to as “Tata” or “father” in his native South African home. His contributions to eliminating apartheid have been felt the world over, leading to numerous awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Lenin Peace Prize and the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, as well as numerous other accolades.

Yet it is Mandela’s spirit that is most widely acclaimed, most notably when, upon his release af-

ter 27 years of imprisonment, he announced he held no ill will toward his captors and instead looked to brighten the future of South Africa, creating his famous “Rainbow Nation,” a term used to describe the multiracial society enjoyed

by South Africa to this day.

Mandela has garnered praise from multiple political figures, all of whom praise his work on promoting peace and bringing a post-apartheid nation together, responding to acts of fear and violence with

peace and bravery.

Mandela’s last widespread public appearance was the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he rode onto the field on a golf cart and waved to the cheering fans.

Still, Mandela maintained he left his image up to the people.

“I leave it to the public to decide how they wish to remember me,” he said before his retirement.

As such, Mandela’s image will forever be remembered as one of hope, peace and kindness in the face of

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Mythical War on Christmas trivial, unnecessary EMILY TORBETT

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During Thanksgiving break, while getting some of my Christmas shopping done, I noticed the woman in front of me in the checkout line was wearing a large pin on her coat that said, “It’s OK, you can say ‘Merry Christmas’ to me.”

While driving home, I noticed a billboard reminding drivers to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Later, while browsing my newsfeed on Facebook, I noticed one of my friends had shared a post that said, “It’s not ‘Happy Holidays,’ it’s ‘Merry Christmas!’ Share if you agree!”

Upon seeing these, my immediate response is to groan in annoyance and roll my eyes.

Every year it seems

more and more people are jumping on the “War on Christmas” bandwagon and taking offense to the well-intentioned, all-inclusive “Happy Holidays” greeting. Why is it that something as simple as a differently worded well wish has sparked such controversy?

Are there really people out there who dedicate their time and energy to deliberately reducing the religious meaning of the holidays, and is the “War on Christmas” really happening?

Chances are there’s no need to run to your emergency Christmas bunker.

If there really is a war on Christmas, statistics show it hasn’t been very successful. Many may believe Christmas is losing its religious meaning. However, according to polls conducted by Gallup, the amount of Americans de-

riving religious meaning from the Christmas holiday has been on an upward trend during the past three decades.

Of the 95 percent of Americans who celebrate Christmas, 51 percent say the holiday has “strong religious meaning” for them.

This number has grown 11 percent since 1990.

Even Americans who reported their celebration of Christmas was only “somewhat religious” or “not too religious” were still likely to take part in religious traditions. Of all Americans who observe the holiday, 62 percent attend religious services on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, 65 percent display decorations with a religious meaning and 78 percent take the time to reflect on the birth of Christ.

Simply put, if the minority of Americans who don’t derive religious meaning

from Christmas are waging a war on those who do, they are clearly losing.

Even when faced with this data, those dedicated Chr istmas Cr usaders fighting the war on their beloved holiday with their “Keep Christ in Christmas” pins proudly displayed will likely argue it is still wrong to say “Happy Holidays.”

One of the most common rationalizations for this is, “It used to be that everybody said ‘Merry Christmas’ to each other!”

However, histor ically speaking, “it used to be” is rarely a good reason for doing anything. Lots of things that “used to be” are simply not societal norms anymore.

Including everyone in a generalized holiday greeting isn’t meant to take any meaning away from the celebration of Christmas.

It simply allows those who

celebrate other holidays to feel included in traditional well wishes. It also shows we respect the rights of everyone to celebrate the holidays in whatever ways they see fit.

Just because others choose to observe meaning during the holiday season doesn’t detract from Christmas. However, taking offense to someone bidding you a kind word just might. Allowing a holiday greeting to be turned into a political issue takes far more away from the true meaning of Christmas. Respecting and including everyone is more conducive to a meaningful and happy holiday than getting in an uproar about something as trivial as different wording.

Simply put, it’s OK, you can say “Happy Holidays”to me. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

The pros, cons of on-, off-campus jobs as a full-time student DAVID SCHLAKE

COLUMNIST

For many college students, having a job is a necessity.

These students probably pay their own bills, their rent and are probably trying to cut down on debt as much as possible. While the University offers a wide variety of jobs for students, it only allows each employee to work a maximum of 20 hours per week.

If the job they get only pays minimum wage, like many University jobs do, then they would see somewhat of an issue with paying for a lot of their own expenses.

However, off-campus jobs most definitely have their flaws, as well.

Throughout my time of working an off-campus job in 2012, I’ve made a lot of sacrifices to work more hours and make more money. While it has been nice to have these hours at a decent-paying job, in reality, there is a reason the University limits you to 20 hours a week.

School should be every student’s top priority, and no student should be spending more time working than studying.

I’ve been working about 30 hours each week since January. I had to stay in Morgantown and work during the summer, or I would lose my job. I hadn’t been home for more than three days until Thanksgiving break, when I was given five days off work. So, I’ve sacrificed going home

and seeing my family, a lot of time on the weekends I could spend with my friends and most importantly, I’ve lost a lot of time I could use studying.

It’s not easy supporting a college lifestyle financially, which is why most students have some kind of help from their parents.

But even with that financial assistance, each student is probably going to need some kind of income for spending money, which necessitates having a job.

College is a massive expense in itself. Whether you are the one who is going to be paying off debts in the future or your parents are going to be footing the bill for everything, it’s a decision made after weighing the cost and value of an

education. So, if you have to make a little less to make more time for your studies, it makes that balance weigh heavier on the value in the long run.

Regardless of the loss in hours, there are plenty of jobs offered through the University that can greatly improve a student’s resume for their future. Recently, I’ve been looking at several on-and off-campus jobs offered through the University as well as several different internships related to my field of study.

Luckily, with all of these jobs, I’d actually be making more hourly than I would at the off-campus job I currently have, so the paycheck probably wouldn’t be all that different.

And, of course, I’m getting much more value out

of the employment in the long run, which is substantially more beneficial than having a thick wallet of spending money.

If I am to get one of these on-campus jobs, I would have plenty of pros to outweigh the cons: more time to study, the ability to go home during breaks and great additions to the resume I’m trying to build for my career. There’s a reason the University offers these jobs, and it’s strictly to benefit all of us.

There’s nothing wrong with working off-campus, if that’s what a student decides is best for him or her. But there’s also nothing wrong with seeing what the University has to offer as far as employment goes. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

darkness. He has championed against both white and black domination with warmth and grace. Mandela’s morality and dignity are rarely found in today’s politicians, and as such, his morality will live on indefinitely.

As current South African President Jacob Zuma has said, “We’ve lost our greatest son.”

The world has lost a man of the ages, and he will not be forgotten. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

A thank you from Operation Christmas Child Thanks to the generous efforts of WVU students and various WVU organizations, thousands of hurting children worldwide will have the opportunity to experience the joy of Christmas. The Mon, Marion and Preston county residents joined Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, to pack 10,559 shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and necessity items. These gift-filled shoe boxes are making their way into the hands of needy children in more than 100 receiving countries.

On behalf of our communities, I would like to thank the WVU students who volunteered at local collection sites and everyone who packed an Operation Christmas Child shoe box gift. For many of the children receiving these boxes, the simple shoe box will be the first gift they have ever received.

The Morgantown Area Team was honored that their Area Coordinator, Jim Dunn, was selected to participate in an Operation Christmas Child distribution trip to Uganda, Africa. Selected volunteers from across the U.S. formed teams that visit surrounding villages, minister to the local people and participate and distribute the shoe box gifts to needy children within these communities.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in this project. Simple gifts packed with love can communicate hope and transform the lives of children worldwide.

Sincerely, Jeani Dunn Media & Avery Relay Coordinator Operation Christmas Child

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR BORN TODAY This year communication flourishes. You will enjoy someone who has a bohemian way of expressing him- or herself. The unexpected occurs when you least expect it. A child or loved one could be spontaneous and full of fun in the next few months. If you are single, dating will be strange. A relationship will be dependent on its ability to provide excitement. If you are attached, you will witness your relationship being revitalized. You seem to enjoy your sweetie more and more.

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BY MITCHELL GLAZIER A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Mark Brazaitis, a West Virginia University English professor, director of the West Virginia Writers’ Workshop and author of several novels, was selected as the final judge for the Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest. The contest, which generates nearly 500 submissions yearly, honors acclaimed authors

by awarding several coveted judging positions.

“I’m honored to have the chance to select a book for publication,” Brazaitis said. “Leapfrog’s books are beautifully produced, and the winning writer will have the good fortune to work with an outstanding press.”

Finalists will be selected by editors of the Leapfrog Press, and six manuscripts will be forwarded to Brazaitis, who

will choose the winning manuscript. Finalists of the contests will win prizes of $150 each. The winner will receive publication by the press and a benefit on royalties.

This isn’t the first time Brazaitis has been a judge for this sort of contest, but it is one of the most prestigious times he’s done so.

“I’ve judged several single-work contests (individual short stories and poems), but I’ve never been

Amanda Bynes released from inpatient treatment LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Amanda Bynes says the actress has left an inpatient mental health treatment facility and is back with her parents.

Attorney Tamar Arminak on Thursday confirmed the 27-year-old actress’s release after several months of treatment.

Bynes has been in treatment since July, when she was placed on a psychiatric hold after starting a fire in a driveway in her hometown of Thousand Oaks, Calif. Her mother, Lynn Bynes, was granted a temporary conservatorship over the actress, but the case was dismissed because Amanda Bynes’ care

was being overseen by a mental health court.

Arminak wrote in a statement to People magazine that Amanda Bynes’ treatment will continue and she is considering returning to school to study fashion design.

The actress starred in the Nickelodeon show “All That” and her own variety series.

the final judge of a booklength contest,” Brazaitis said. “It will be a great opportunity to give a deserving writer a chance to put his or her work before the public.”

Brazaitis is the author of six books, including “The Incurables: Stories,” “The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala” and his most recent novel, “Julia & Rodrigo.”

“I’ve written a lot about Guatemala, where I

worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer,” Brazaitis said.

“I’ve also written about global warming, mental illness and what it means to be a citizen of the world.”

Brazaitis is particularly proud of his latest novel “Julia & Rodrigo.”

“My new novel, ‘Julia & Rodrigo,’ touches on all of the above concerns,” Brazaitis said. “No wonder it took me 15 years to write.”

His work has achieved

national acclaim. Some of Brazaitis’ accolades include the George Garrett Fiction Award by The Texas Review Press, Best American Short Stories (Distinguished Story) and the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction.

For further reading, Brazaitis’ collections and novels can be purchased at the WVU Bookstore and at http://www.amazon.com. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

M.T. Pockets to host night of short Christmas plays

BY NICOLE CURTIN A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

The M.T. Pockets Theatre Company will premiere their holiday show, “4 X’MAS, An Evening of Holiday Cheer,” tonight.

The show, written by George Cameron Grant, is composed of four short plays and a monologue.

Grant said he wrote each piece to either be performed individually or as a group performance.

James Stacy, the play’s director, said they wanted a holiday show the M.T. Pockets crowd would enjoy.

“We were looking for a show that fit with the penchant of M.T. Pockets Theatre – for more adult-oriented, thought-provoking shows but one that still had humor and warmth befitting the holidays,” Stacy said.

Each short play has a different theme. “Office Party” is about a couple who has broken up but re-

unites at a Christmas party.

“Santa’s Clara” is more of a holiday story that is out of a movie. A teenage girl who is having rough times and meets a homeless man dressed as Santa, but he could be much more than meets the eye.

In “The First Noel,” a woman returns to her childhood home to find it has turned into a restaurant, and she recounts her personal struggle and dreams. Just as the name says, “Balls” is about five Christmas balls who are getting ready for the upcoming holiday season.

The monologue, “Santa Comes to the King David,” is the story of a man and woman who both have pretty big heartaches meeting on Christmas Eve. “These pieces are quite simple on the surface,” Stacy said. “They’re alternatively silly or sentimental, but ultimately, they’re all what we long for most in Christmas – a shared miracle.”

Having a few short plays within one show also gives the group a chance to use more than one actor.

“This collection seemed to fit the bill and also to present an opportunity to use a bunch of actors,” Stacy said.

The show will play through Dec. 14, and Stacy said he hopes those who attend will enjoy the evening of holiday cheer.

“My fondest hope is that the audience feels touched or laughs in the moment,” he said. “But that the stories resonate with them later, in a way that adds a tint of meaning to their own holidays.”

“4 X’MAS, An Evening of Holiday Cheer” debuts tonight at 8 and will be performed Dec. 7, 12, 13 and 14 at the same time.

Tickets are $9 and can be purchased at http:// www.mtpocketstheatre. com. daa&e@mail.wvu.ed

Ron Burgundy’s ESPN segment cancelled indefinitely BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Serious news has bumped fictional anchorman Ron Burgundy off “SportsCenter.”

Actor Will Ferrell was scheduled to reprise his role on a Thursday evening edition of the highlights show on ESPN. The network announced

Wednesday night that the appearance had been scrapped because of the “potential implications” of the news conference scheduled Thursday afternoon about the investigation into sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston.

ESPN says Ferrell’s guest spot hasn’t been rescheduled. His character has been on a media blitz to promote “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” which included covering Canada’s Olympic curling trials and hosting a local newscast in North Dakota.

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Patience key for Holgorsen, WVU West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck issued a statement Tuesday that effectively ended all speculation about head coach Dana Holgorsen’s job security and provided a look into what is being done to get Mountaineer football back on an elite level in the national landscape.

Luck made it clear the season the Mountaineers just wrapped up, during which they finished with a record of 4-8, was not up to the standard that has been set for West Virginia football.

While the results on the field may have failed to meet expectations, Luck did the right thing by restating his confidence in Holgorsen and the West Virginia coaching staff.

Holgorsen deserves at least one more year at the helm before a final verdict is passed about whether a new head coach should be brought in or if he will stay at West Virginia.

Although his 11-14 overall record since joining the Big 12 in the 2011 season is less than stellar, Holgorsen had to adapt to a completely different style of football than what was played in the Big East.

Countless teams across the country that have been historically successful have struggled in their first few years in a new conference.

Some may point to the success of Missouri, which left the Big 12 for the SEC in 2012, as an example of a team that has flourished almost immediately after changing conferences.

The Missouri Tigers’ success this season has been nothing short of remarkable.

Finishing the season 11-1, the Tigers are headed to Atlanta to take on Auburn in the SEC Championship.

However, what has been a dream season this year was preceded by a nightmare in 2012. The Tigers finished 5-7 overall and limped their way to a 2-6 record in the SEC. Much like there has been with Holgorsen, many fans were calling for head coach Gary Pinkel’s job because he wasn’t able to make a seamless transition into the SEC. That is all a distant memory. Missouri can clinch a berth in a BCS bowl with a win Saturday and has a chance to play in the BCS National Championship if Ohio State loses this weekend.

Patience has certainly paid off for coach Pinkel and the Tigers.

West Virginia isn’t the only team in the Big 12 to experience growing pains since joining the conference.

TCU head coach Gary Patterson has an identical overall record to Holgorsen’s since his team moved to the Big 12, but you don’t hear many people calling for his job.

I’m not criticizing West Virginia fans for being upset at the struggles the team has endured recently. However, I am suggesting that patience is the best course of action at this time.

There is no doubt the 2014 season will be critical to Holgorsen’s future as a head coach and to the direction of West Virginia’s football team.

Outside running back Charles Sims, West Virginia will have many of its starters at the offensive skill positions returning in 2014.

While the quarterback situation was a persistent issue this season, Holgorsen and his staff have the entire offseason to evaluate game tape on all three Mountaineer signal callers, a luxury that wasn’t afforded to them last year.

So as you watch Pinkel and the Missouri Tigers compete for a conference championship this weekend, remember, it wasn’t long ago some wanted him fired for being unable to compete in the SEC. Holgorsen and his coaching staff will learn from their struggles in the Big 12 this year and will be better equipped to compete in 2014. connor.murray@mail.wvu.edu

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Junior Guard Juwan Staten dribbles around a Loyola defender in Monday’s matchup.

West Virginia’s late rally not enough, Mountaineers fall on road to Missouri 80-71

BY JOE MITCHIN SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Terry Henderson’s 3-point basket after seven minutes of play was West Virginia’s first score of the game in an 8071 loss to Missouri Thursday night.

WVU started its contest against the Tigers ice cold, missing its first eight shots before Henderson got on the board. Missouri opened the game on a 9-0 run and led wire-to-wire.

“We weren’t as prepared as we needed to be,” said head

coach Bob Huggins. “We have a lot of young guys, and it’s going to take awhile for them to understand and correct it. We don’t have a lot of time.”

Missouri’s backcourt was a true difference-maker as Jordan Clarkson and Jabari Brown combined for 43 points for the Tigers.

The Tigers improved to 38-1 at home under head coach Frank Haith. Missouri has now won 23 straight at -home and 78 consecutive non-conference home tilts.

“We forced everything,” Huggins said. “We ran no offense. We tried to be some-

body that we’re not. That’s – without a question – a formula for failure.”

West Virginia struggled in shooting the ball for much of the evening, including a season-worst 21 percent from beyond the arc. Junior guard Juwan Staten led the team in scoring with 16 points. WVU’s second leading scorer, Eron Harris, had just eight points.

“We have too many guys playing out of character,” Huggins said. “(They are) doing things they can’t do instead of doing things that they can do.”

The Mountaineers trailed by as many as 14 points in

the first half, but cut the Missouri lead to just seven with four minutes to play until the half. WVU effectively switched to a zone defense after its traditional man-to-man failed to stop the Tigers.

After a 36-22 Missouri lead at the break, the Tigers broke the game open early in the second half and never looked back. The team’s largest lead of the evening came at the 10 -minute mark in the second half when Mizzou led by 25.

WVU continued to battle throughout the evening, cutting the lead to just 7 after Remi Dibo sunk a 3-pointer

and a tip-in on consecutive possessions with just more than a minute to play. The Mountaineers outscored the Tigers in the second half 4944, but it wasn’t enough to come away with a victory.

“We can’t have breakdowns,” Huggins said. “We’re not good enough.”

Missouri improved to 8-0 on the young season while West Virginia fell to 6-3. The Mountaineers return to the court Tuesday against No. 19 Gonzaga at the WVU Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

WVU to face off with Fairleigh Dickinson

BY JON FEHRENS SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

After recording his 250th career win at West Virginia against Coppin State Tuesday night, women’s basketball head coach Mike Carey will now turn his attention to Fairleigh Dickinson.

The Mountaineers (61) are coming off a 88-56 victory over the Eagles in the WVU Coliseum. After a slow start in the first half, seniors Taylor Palmer and Christal Caldwell both got into rhythms that helped propel their team to a dominant second half.

Caldwell led all players with 22 points, while Palmer finished her night with a season-high 18 points. Caldwell and Palmer rank No. 2 and 3, respectively, in scoring for the Mountaineers this season.

“We played better in the second half, that’s it,” Carey said. “I’ve been here 13 years. I’m going to say the same thing everyone else says. I’ve had a lot of great players, support and

assistant coaches, but I just think you can win at West Virginia. It’s a great place to coach. Hopefully I can win a few more.”

Coppin State’s doubleman pressure on senior center Asya Bussie made it hard for her to gain any offensive momentum.

Bussie scored only eight points against the Eagles but still managed to grab 11 rebounds.

Bussie’s 11 boards is just a testament to how good this West Virginia team is at rebounding the basketball. In every game this season, Carey has seen his team outrebound each of their opponents. Tuesday night, the Mountaineers grabbed 46 total rebounds to Coppin State’s 40. The Mountaineers are No. 3 in the Big 12 Conference for offensive rebounds-pergame with 15.

The Knights (1-5) have struggled so far this season, with losses handed to them from Manhattan, Army, Siena, Stony Brook and McNeese.

Despite a losing season, talented sophomore

Brianna Thomas has still found a way to offensive success. In their most recent loss, Thomas scored a career-high 29 points.

She went 10-11 from the foul line and chipped in six rebounds. The Baldwin, N.Y., native leads her team in scoring average (17.8), points (89) and 3-point percentage (.545).

Thomas’ 3-point shooting will be a tough WYTHE WOODS/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM matchup for the Moun- Senior Brooke Hampton looks to pass Tuesday against Coppin State. taineers, as they are No. 7 in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal defense. West Virginia may take advantage of Thomas’ eagerness on defense as she has fouled out twice already this year.

The game is set for Saturday at 2 p.m., and fans are encouraged to bring an unwrapped present to support a local toy drive.

Fans can listen to the game live with the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG online at http:// WVUSports.com or on the radio on WRLF-FM in Fairmont. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Bulls’ Rose not ruling out return to team this season CHICAGO (AP) — Derrick Rose isn’t quite ruling out a return to the Chicago Bulls this season.

The superstar point guard left the door slightly open for a comeback in the playoffs if his surgically repaired right knee is healed – even though the team has said he will miss the rest of the year.

Rose suffered a medial meniscus tear in his right knee in a game at Portland on Nov. 22. He had surgery in Chicago three days later, cutting short his long awaited return after he sat out last season recuperating from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“If I’m healthy and the situation is right, I will be back playing,” Rose said

Thursday when asked if he might return for the playoffs. “If I’m healthy and my meniscus is fully healed, of course I’ll be out there playing. But if it’s something totally different and the outcome is not how I would want it to be, there’s no need.”

The 2011 MVP, Rose insisted he can still be an elite player despite his recent injuries.

He tore the ACL in his left knee in 2012 playoff opener against Philadelphia, sending top-seeded Chicago to a first-round exit. The Bulls relived their nightmare last month in Portland when Rose lost his footing while turning to get back on defense. Rose limped across the court, unable to put any weight

on his knee, a huge blow for a team that thought it would challenge Miami in the Eastern Conference.

Rose is in an all-too-familiar spot, trying to recuperate. He has played in just 50 NBA games – 49 in the regular season and that lone playoff game – since the Bulls’ run to the conference finals during his MVP season, and at least some fans are wondering if the organization should move on.

“What can I say to that?”

Rose said. Then, after a long pause, he added, “You could be a fool if you want to. I know I’m going to be all right.”

He insisted he can still be an elite player, and he felt like he was starting to return to form when he

went down.

He was averaging 15.9 points and was shooting just over 35 percent. But he looked a little better in his final two games with 19 points in a loss at Denver and 20 against Portland.

“I was catching a rhythm of how I used to play,” Rose said. “I think I was getting in condition more than anything for this season.

For this one to happen, just from me turning and running back down the court, there’s nothing I can say about it, nothing I can do about it, but just take it, be strong.”

Rose wondered how it could happen to him again after everything he went through, particularly after the surgery. But he was also relieved he didn’t suffer an ACL tear.

Even so, he knew the injury was serious when he

was being examined in Portland. He said his leg was “catching on the meniscus side, on the inside.”

“I started thinking about, ‘Why me?’ and all that stuff the day after the surgery,” Rose said.

He said meniscus tear was a “freak accident.” “(The doctors) look at the tape, look at the film,” Rose said. “The first one (the ACL tear) could have been I put too much pressure or I put too much weight on that leg at that time. This one ... I didn’t buckle me knee or anything. I paused for a second. I was able to still run a few steps before I couldn’t walk. It just happened.”

Now, he’s going for therapy every day. He’s incorporated yoga and swimming into his rehab routine.

When Rose does return,

the Bulls could have a different look. After all, Luol Deng has an expiring contract and Carlos Boozer is a candidate to be amnestied.

Rose said he hasn’t thought about that.

“There’s a chance I could come back so I’m just cheering them on,” he said.

For now, the Bulls are in a difficult spot. They were third in the Central division at 7-9 entering Thursday’s game against Miami, one that looked like a marquee matchup when the schedule came out. Since then, it’s lost that shine.

Rose insisted he’s not finished.

“I believe that I’m a special player. I think people love the way that I just play. I don’t try to impress anyone while I’m playing or anything. I’ve just got a feel for the game. I know my story is far from done.”

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Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose listens to a question about his injured knee during an NBA news conference at the United Center Thursday.

Mettenberger’s LSU career ends BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU has announced that Zach Mettenberger’s playing career with the Tigers is officially over.

Mettenberger injured his left knee while unloading a 32-yard completion in the fourth quarter of No. 14 LSU’s 31-27 victory over Arkansas last Friday, and LSU coach Les Miles confirmed the severity of the injury on Wednesday.

Shortly after Friday’s game, Miles initially expressed hope that Mettenberger’s injury did not involve any torn ligaments and that he’d be ready to return for a bowl game that the Tigers will likely play in January, depending on the bowl bid they accept this Sunday.

Instead, Mettenberger will require surgery and his rehabilitation will take place when he would have been preparing for next spring’s NFL draft.

“We are very disappointed for Zach,” Miles, who is on a recruiting trip, said in a written statement provided by

LSU. “He’s been a tremendous leader for our team and he’s as a competitive a guy as I have ever been around. He’s had a great impact on our program.

“I know Zach will work extremely hard to rehabilitate his knee and I don’t anticipate this injury having any impact on what should be a great future in the NFL,” Miles added.

Mettenberger had been widely projected as an early round draft choice.

He passed for 3,082 yards and 22 touchdowns this season, getting within 266 yards of breaking Rohan Davey’s 2001 LSU record for yards passing in a season.

Freshman backup Anthony Jennings, who led a game-winning, 99-yard touchdown drive against Arkansas, likely will start the bowl game.

Mettenberger is the only player in LSU history to throw for 2,500 or more yards in back-to-back seasons and his finished his career with a 19-6 record as a starter.

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Rebounding key to Mountaineers’ success

BY AMIT BATRA SPORTS EDITOR BATRA01

When West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins left Cancun, Mexico, after the Cancun Challenge, he wasn’t happy with one aspect of the Mountaineers’ game against Loyola Monday night. The head coach who earned 729 career wins was in a different mood.

“O bviously coming back from Cancun I wasn’t very happy about how we rebounded the ball,” Huggins said. “We emphasized that a great deal. You get 62 rebounds by (the other team) missing a lot of shots.”

WVU won the advantage on the glass against the Greyhounds, 62-22, Monday night. Loyola shot 33.9 percent from the field, while only hitting four of its 17 3-point shot attempts. Ever y Mountaineer recorded at least one rebound, with six players having five rebounds or more. Junior guard Juwan Staten led West Virginia with 10 rebounds on the evening.

Following the affair against Wisconsin in the championship game of the Cancun Challenge, Huggins was dissatis-

fied with the lack of defensive rebounds. In the 96-47 blowout against Loyola, the Mountaineers only allowed seven offensive rebounds and 22 total. West Virginia, however, had 29 offensive rebounds and 33 defensive boards.

“This was not one of our better games this year,” said Loyola head coach G.G. Smith. “West Virginia played well.

They are a very tough team to prepare for. Bob Huggins is a future Hall of Fame candidate for a reason. They were by far the toughest and best rebounding team we will play this year. I was really disappointed in our effort in the first half. We did not rebound the ball well. When you get beat 62-22 on the boards, it is embarrassing.”

Another struggle for WVU has been from the free throw line.

In the win over the Greyhounds, Huggins’ group only missed three (19-22) for a 86.4 percentage. In the first half, West Virginia was a perfect 8 for 8.

West Virginia will have chances to defeat good teams if it wins the rebounding advantage.

But without a true inside

presence, WVU will need to create second chances.

Smith credited West V i r g i n i a’s rebounding advantage to the strong play of the Mountaineers. In postgame interviews, he wasn’t sure what to say when asked about the rebounding disadvantage.

“I do not know what to tell you,” he said. “We had zero offensive rebounds in the first half. I know they (West Virginia) do a great job of teaching playing the boards. I did not think our effort was completely there from the start of the game. No matter the direction the ball was going, they beat us.”

West Virginia will look to compete at a high level this season in the Big 12 Conference. If the Mountaineers are able to win the rebounding advantage in these games, they will have a chance to build a strong season.

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The West Virginia wrestling team (3-2) will take part in the Hoosier Duals in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday and Sunday, competing with five teams including the host, the Indiana Hoosiers (2-0).

Other teams WVU will face include the Drexel Dragons (2-7), Northern Colorado Bears (2-1), Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars (0-4), and Virginia Military Keydets (1-4).

West Virginia’s first bout will take place Saturday at 10 a.m. against Drexel.

Round 2 will pit them

against Virginia Military at noon, followed by a battle with Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at 2 p.m.

The Mountaineers will open up Sunday in front of the hosts at 11 a.m., and for their last round, they’ll clash with Northern Colorado at 1 p.m.

Head coach Craig Turnbull said they’ve been using friendly bouts to have the players train more, giving them a chance to observe their readiness.

“Wrestle-offs will probably play a minor role in it,” Turnbull said. “But the first couple of wrestle-offs are probably more significant in giving us information on who should be out there.”

He said the players keep competing with one another as the season runs through, and these wrestleoffs can indicate how well they get adjusted to each other’s style of wrestling.

“As we get these matches in these tournaments in and we get more people out there, that gives us a much more valid evaluator on who we believe are our people to go in there,” Turnbull said.

According to Turnbull, heavyweight players tend to only wrestle other heavyweights and so it’s more important to see how they perform when they’re against opponents.

“We keep going back

and forth on who seems to be the most consistent out there, so that’s going to take perhaps a little more time, but we’re figuring it out,” he said.

Some of the wrestlers are still being evaluated for readiness for the upcoming duals to make it to the line-up. “(Jason) Luster’s been out for a variety of reasons,” Turnbull said. “Brutus (Scheffel) was in, and Brutus has done a good job. He only had good moments out there. Luster is just getting started out there, so that one’s still a little bit undecided.”

Mac Mancuso (184 lbs.) is suffering from an injured knee while Mike Mo-

rales (149 lbs.) is recovering from a tweaked ankle, which makes their play questionable for the weekend.

“Morales is the biggest concern,” Turnbull said. “We have (Nathan) Pennesi, (Colin) Johnston and Morales and not just their ability to win most of the matches, but they really have the experience to know the level they need to compete in, and they’re right at the beginning toward that.

“It becomes kind of a momentum thing so we do need to have all three of those guys in here, and (Morales) is a little bit questionable this week.” dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Former NBA player gets 8 years in prison DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Former NBA player Keon Clark, who has said he is trying to turn his life around, was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday in a plea agreement with prosecutors on weapons and driving under the influence

charges.

“I, uh, did a lot of stuff in my past,” Clark tearfully said at his plea hearing in Vermilion County Circuit Court, The News-Gazette reported (http://bit. ly/1bIB1cv). “I have to own up to it.”

Clark pleaded guilty to two charges in two separate cases and was given four years for each count. He previously faced weapon, drug and traffic-related charges.

The 38-year-old Danville native was 23 when he be-

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came the 13th overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft. He last played for the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns.

Clark has spoken publicly of his long battle with alcohol, which he says also occurred during his NBA career. He now says he’s been sober for five months. He previously told the newspaper he wasn’t prepared mentally to handle the lifestyle of a professional athlete, and says he was already on a “destructive path.”

“The money, the fame, the fact that I was on TV. People think money will make your life better. Money didn’t dissolve my problems. It increased them,” he said, adding that he’s been getting counseling while he’s in custody.

Clark has been in the Vermilion County jail since Aug. 4. Prosecutors said he will have to serve 50 percent of his sentence. He

will receive credit for 138 days already served and must serve his sentences consecutively.

Clark’s defense attorneys requested that the judge recommend he serve time at an Illinois Department of Corrections drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility outside Chicago so he can continue treatment.

Attorney Jim Martinkus of Champaign said after the hearing that he hopes Clark’s treatment would “cure him of his addiction, which is the cause of most of his troubles.”

Clark smiled and waved to supporters at the beginning of the hearing, including his mother and members of the Carter Metropolitan Community Church in Danville.

At one point during the hearing, he stood and addressed them, saying, “It could’ve been a lot worse.

It’s going to be a lot better.”

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1 Issue ................................................................$5.28 2 Issues ..............................................................$9.68 3 Issues ........................................................... $13.20 4 Issues ........................................................... $17.60 Weekly Rate (5 days) .................................... $22.00 20 Word Limit

CLASSIFIED DISPLAY RATES (non-contract & Contract) 1 X 2...........................$22.68..........................$26.44 1 X 3...........................$34.02..........................$39.66 1 X 4...........................$45.36..........................$52.88 1 X 5...........................$56.70..........................$66.10 1 X 6...........................$68.04..........................$79.32 1 X 7...........................$79.38..........................$92.54 1 X 8...........................$90.72....................... $105.76 2 X 2...........................$45.36..........................$52.88 2 X 3...........................$68.04..........................$79.32 2 X 4...........................$90.72....................... $105.76 2 X 5.........................$113.40....................... $132.20 2 X 6.........................$136.08....................... $158.64

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THE DAILY ATHENAEUM

FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2013

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Trade up to iPhone 5s ® at U.S. Cellular.

Trade in your iPhone 5 and get iPhone 5s for a penny.

Upgrade your device to the network that works where and when you need it.

Visit a store.

Things we want you to know: A new 2-yr. agmt. (subject to a pro-rated $150 early termination fee for Basic Phones, modems and hotspot devices and a $350 early termination fee for Smartphones and tablets) required. $35 device act. fee and credit approval may apply. Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee applies (currently $1.57/line/ month); this is not a tax or gvmt. required charge. Add. fees, taxes and terms apply and vary by svc. and eqmt. Shared Data Plan required. Offer valid in-store only at participating locations and cannot be combined. Valid for limited time only. Trade-in offer: To be eligible, iPhone 5 must power on and cannot be pin locked or iTunes locked. iPhone 5 must be in full functional working condition without any liquid damage or broken components, including, but not limited to, a cracked display or housing. Kansas Customers: In areas in which U.S. Cellular receives support from the Federal Universal Service Fund, all reasonable requests for service must be met.

Unresolved questions concerning services availability can be directed to the Kansas Corporation Commission Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 1-800-662-0027. Limited-time offer. Trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. ©2013 U.S. Cellular