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Volume 126, Issue 73

The Daily Athenaeum’s

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MOST INFLUENTIAL

PERSONS of 2013

These awards are given to the University’s most influential persons of the year. Awards are voted on by The DA’s Editorial staff.

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JAMES P. CLEMENTS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WHAT: Clements served as WVU’s President for nearly four and a half years. While at WVU Clements hired Athletic Director Oliver Luck, developed public-private partnerships to reconstruct Evansdale and Sunnyside and helped move WVU to the Big 12 Conference.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Clements announced in November he would be leaving WVU to become the president of Clemson University.

QUOTE: “West Virginia and WVU will always have a very special place in our hearts.”

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RYAN CAMPIONE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT

WHAT: In his first season coaching at WVU, Mazey led the Mountaineers to a third place finish in the Big 12 tournament.

Mazey is also working with WVU to construct a new ballpark in Morgantown.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: Mazey and the WVU baseball team aided in tornado relief efforts in Moore, Okla., during the Big 12 tournament. Mazey and the team went shopping for relief items and helped distribute them to those affected by the tornado.

QUOTE: “Our guys, being from where they’re from, aren’t used to tornadoes and can’t appreciate the impact. But I think they can now because we watched it all unfold just four or five miles down the road, and now we have a much better understanding of the damages.”

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OLIVER LUCK ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

WHAT: Luck has been the Athletic Director at WVU for three years. During his time, Luck has helped WVU move to the Big 12 Conference, played a vital role in facilitating WVU’s multimedia rights and helped push legislation to allow the University to build a ball park in Morgantown.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: This year, Luck was selected as a member of the NCAA’s first-ever College Football Playoff Selection Committee.

QUOTE: “I’m honored beyond measure to be a part of this group.

I think this playoff system is a significant improvement over the BCS.”

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JONATHAN KIMBLE MOUNTAINEER MASCOT

WHAT: Kimble is currently serving his final year as WVU’s Mountaineer mascot.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: The industrial and labor relations and sport management graduate student was named Mountaineer mascot for a second term in March.

QUOTE: “I have an undying love for the people at WVU and across the state that has grown immensely over the past year,” he said. “I have realized that being the Mountaineer is more than just being the mascot at sporting events, but rather is a role that must be maintained at all times, whether in traditional outfit or not.”

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WHAT: Campione was elected in February to serve as the Student Government Association President.

MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: The industrial engineering student and his running mate Benjamin Seebaugh swept the 2013 election with their entire party, SGA Revolution.

QUOTE: “It’s extremely humbling, because Ben and I have spent so many years in student government. It’s such a great feeling to know that students bought into our message and believe in us,” Campione said.

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2013

Students prepare for Dec. graduation

BY ALEXIS RANDOLPH STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Whether it be an undergraduate degree, a master’s degree or completing a doctorate, graduation ceremonies are the symbol of completion and accomplishment.

West Virginia University will hold its commencement ceremony Dec. 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the WVU Coliseum for those students finishing a degree and the end of this semester.

Gretchen Hoover, senior special events coordinator for the WVU Office of University Events explained what goes into the coordination of a commencement ceremony.

“A lot goes into coordinating a commencement ceremony no matter what

time of year,” Hoover said.

“A lot of units go into making it happen, not just us here at University Events.

All of these units are helping to create a smooth event so families can come in and celebrate.”

While in the past there have been differences between the May and December ceremonies, this year it is different. In the past, because of finals scheduling, the ceremony was held before finals in December. This type of ceremony was more of a recognition of the students’ degrees.

However, this semester the December commencement will be held after finals, similar to the typical May graduation ceremonies. Hoover said this makes the ceremony an official fficial conferring of degrees.

Hoover explained feed-

back from the past had an influence on the change.

“We found students really want to participate, but they would feel more comfortable after finals were done,” she said. “They want to get the hurdle out of the way and relax before they have to deal with the ceremony and family.”

So far, Hoover said there has been a good reaction to the movement with many RSVPs, especially due to the fact the ceremony will be held on a Friday, which is new to WVU. This is the first time the University’s College, which offers a regents Bachelor of Arts degree, will be walking as its own college. Formerly a part of the Eberly College, this will be the recognition as its own unit.

The ceremony, like many of the same kind, will fea-

ture the graduates walking across the stage once the graduate’s name and degree has been called. The graduates will receive a free diploma cover as a gift.

However, graduates’ actual diplomas will be mailed.

Vice President Ken Gray will be the keynote speaker for the December commencement as he looks forward to retirement.

“This will be a special (ceremony) because it will be President Clements’ last commencement at WVU,” Hoover said. “We appreciate all the time he has given us.

It is a bittersweet moment for him because he loved it here, so now he is moving on to what is best for him.”

Hoover said graduation is a student’s final recognition and a huge milestone, and that is why she believes the ceremonies are important.

“We can all use a little pomp and circumstance after four, five, six years of Uggs and jeans or flip-flops and pajamas. This gives students the chance to get dressed up and celebrate their accomplishment,” she said.

Chloe Brown is a graduating senior this December with a double major in psychology and criminology.

Brown said coming to the end is bittersweet for her.

“I have been here four and a half years, (so) it will be weird to not be here and not be a student,” Brown said. “But it will be nice to not have classes anymore.”

Brown said her favorite memories at WVU are the football games and all of the championships that have been won while she was here.

Brown had advice for stu-

dents approaching their final semesters.

“Have the most fun as possible (and) keep up your school work, but enjoy every day because they fly by quick,” she said.

Veronica Betancur is graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering and mechanical engineering this semester. Betancur said she has mixed feelings about her graduation.

“I feel very happy to be one step closer to achieving my career goals,” Betancur said. “But at the same time, I feel sad to leave all my friends and professors behind.”

To learn more about commencements at WVU, visit http://graduation.wvu.edu/ commencement/graduates. danewsroom@mail.wvu.edu

WVU alumnus named ‘Top 10 Innovators Who Changed the World in 2013’

BY JACOB BOJESSON STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia University alumnus Tim Kesecker has been named to Popular Mechanics’ list “10 Innovators Who Changed the World in 2013.”

Kesecker, a Martinsburg, W.Va., native and a 1985 graduate of WVU, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, was recognized for his work as a project manager for Northrop Grumman on the new X47B aircraft.

The aircraft is unique in the way that it is unmanned and can take off and land by itself on carriers that are at sea.

“It’s the next generation of unmanned air crafts with the ability to take off and land from a moving runway up on the deck of a carrier,” Kesecker said.

“This is the first system that we have developed that is smart within itself

to understand the aspect of a moving runway and be able to take off from an unplanned physical location and land on an unplanned physical location.”

The project started in 2007 and has cost more than $800 million to develop.

During 2013, the aircraft has been tested with successful results, but the project is strictly experimental and will conclude in the near future.

The U.S. Navy will then use the technology to create a new fleet of carrierready unmanned combat jets to be launched in 2019 to reduce pilot casualties and improve military surveillance.

The technology can also benefit civilians by leading to more accurate autopilot systems in commercial air crafts and safe, self-driving cars, according to Don Blottenberger, the Navy’s

Local tech experts see increase in tablet sales during holidays

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Forum talks current, future US energy

BY HILARY KINNEY STAFF WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

The most purchased and most desirable electronic item this Christmas won’t come as much of a surprise.

Tablet computers have become an incredibly popular product, especially when it comes to buying gifts for the holiday season.

Seth Duffy, Geek Squad manager at the Morgantown Best Buy, has watched tablet sales grow throughout the past five years.

“I’ve definitely seen a huge increase in tablet sales,” Duffy said. “Five years ago, tablets were kind of unheard of, especially ones that were used for games or work. There’s definitely been a big increase in those, especially with the iPad.” Apple’s iPad, first released in 2010, may be one of the most talked about products. However, two other operating systems have been competing to take over the popular market of tablet computers.

This year, Apple, Android and Windows will come out neck-and-neck in the competition.

“I see a lot of different tablets coming through here, and I see every single operating system now. It’s not just iPads anymore,” Duffy said.

Chatto Hill, store manager at the Morgantown Verizon store, has seen the same popularity among tablets this season.

Hill said that the larger assortment of tablet computers and the affordable prices have made the items more available to consumers.

When it comes to the smartphone industry, Android is also making ground.

“The last two quarters, Android markets have just demolished the Apple business,” Hill said.

“They’ve done a really good job of making a comeback and taking it by storm.”

The most popular phones of this year, and even more popular during the gifting season, have been Apple’s iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy line.

A product that is increasingly becoming more popular is portable hotspots. With hotspots, users can connect up to ten devices wirelessly at the same time. Hill spoke of Verizon’s line of portable hotspots, called Jetpacks, and how students can benefit from them.

“If you’re going to check your email, bank account or anything secured, and you’re on a Wi-Fi area that’s not secured, it’s not really the safest to do that with,” Hill said. “You can connect your tablet or your laptop, and your friends can be on it, as well.”

Investing in a portable hotspot is an easy way to prevent possible computer hackers, as they are secure and encrypted and provide quick Internet access.

“People want the internet on more devices,” Hill said. “The tablets, being the number one Christmas item...how do you connect these tablets? That’s what these jetpacks do.”

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Representative David Mckinley and West Virginia University held a forum to discuss how government energy policies affects the national economic climate.

BY DANIEL SCHATZ CORRESPONDENT DAILYATHENAEUM

David McKinley, West Virginia Rep., discussed the topic of energy on a multitude of levels Monday morning.

McKinley was joined by a number of high-ranking officials in the Nation’s top energy providing companies as he gave his presentation at West Virginia University.

The diverse crowd of educated professionals joined to discuss the current state and future of energy in the U.S. One topic that stirred some debate during the discussion questioned the current and future roles of energy resources. Coal energy is playing a significant role in the spectrum of reliable energy sources for not just the U.S., but also on a global

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2013

Tips for traveling home in winter weather

BY TAYLOR MCSORLEY CORRESPONDENT DAILYATHENAEUM

As classes come to an end this semester and final exams draw near, the large majority of out-of-state students make plans to travel home.

Nearly half of West Virginia University is made up of students who live out of state, most popularly Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey, according to collegepress. com. Many students must

travel anywhere from three to eight hours to get home, and with young people behind the wheel, there is always increased risk.

“Bad weather conditions are so prevalent during this time of year, and often time, students don’t realize how dangerous it can be to drive after sunset,” said Wayne Smith, a representative from AAA Insurance.

Smith also said that many students become tired when driving after having just finished finals, creating another danger on the road

Boxing Club invites students to the ring

BY SUMMER RATCLIFF CITY EDITOR SUMMERRATCLIFF

The West Virginia University Boxing Club is always down for a good fight.

Whether this means a battle inside the ring between two boxers or the entire team joining forces to battle for a cause, the members of the club say they never shy away from a challenge.

Lee Greenawald, president of the WVU Boxing Team Club, said while the club of 30 members is relatively new to the University, they are extremely active and ready to raise community awareness of their efforts and recruit more interested students.

As a Ph.D. graduate student at WVU and someone who also works full time, Greenawald admits she often feels stretched thin but said her boxing team is her biggest supporter and the driving force behind her successes.

“I love being a part of this team. A lot of us are pretty close and have become important people in each other’s lives,” she said. “I’ve never seen anyone be rude to another member.”

Greenawald said she would best describe the boxing team’s practices as tough but fulfilling and rewarding.

“I literally drip sweat from head to toe, and there’s definitely a lot of blood, some broken bones and noses but definitely no tears,” she said. “When I joined, I had no idea what I was getting myself into and definitely didn’t think I would be so involved with

ENERGY

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However Richard Bajura, director for the National Research Center for Coal and Energy, provided insight to the problems of heavily investing such a complex energy resource that requires state-of-the-art facilities that only last several years before they wear down.

“These plants are designed to operate for a number of years,” Bajura said.

“To replace them would be both expensive and also prohibitive in terms of the commitment of other resources.”

Bajura pointed out that there are few people who understand how to safely and efficiently build such power plants, and only several projects can be completed each year.

Following the discussion, Bajura commented on the University’s role in hosting these talks.

“WVU considers part of its mission to do research on

the club.”

Whether a student is looking to join the team with the intention of fighting or just wants a fun workout, the boxing club welcomes all experience levels to join the team.

“We don’t mind the reason for joining, but we expect members to work hard,” Greenawald said. “If the coach feels that (an) individual is ready to spar or train harder for a fight, then that member can decide if that is what they want to do.”

In addition to the standard fights, the boxing team also hosts annual Blue and Gold Exhibitions, which are a charity fundraiser events with all donations going directly to the individual they are honoring.

Typically the guest of honor is a team member’s friend or someone they know who is suffering from a serious or life-threatening illness.

This year, the boxing club will hold their Blue and Gold Exhibition Wednesday, at 7 p.m. at Mylan Park. The guest of honor at this year’s exhibition event is a child with Hunter’s Syndrome. Funds raised will go to offset medical costs for the individual.

For more information about the Blue and Gold Exhibition, visit the event page at https:// www.facebook.com/ events/283268915131531.

The boxing team holds practices Monday through Thursday at Mylan Park.

For more information, visit http://boxingclub.wvu. edu/forms. summer.ratcliff@mail.wvu.edu

energy,” Bajura said. “Our role is to do good work, and I think we do good work. We will continue to do so.”

Another issue discussed was whether or not some policies are technologically and economically feasible.

Carbon pollution standards are placed on new power plants that are to come out. To control carbon emissions, a technological advancement must be made, but this can be costly.

This technological issue is now naturally transforming into an economic issue, as well.

Jim Kotcon of the Sierra Club argued that strides have been made since previous years where air pollution was at its worst due to the heavy spending. He said such changes must be implemented no matter the price.

“Air pollution from power plants, and primarily coalfired power plants, was killing about 45,000 Americans a year,” Kotcon said. “We are saving lives, and that has to be a part of the economic equation.”

during the holidays.

“Besides weather conditions, fatigue is definitely a factor that can be very dangerous,” he said. “Students could get drowsy and even fall asleep at the wheel if they are driving home after a long day of test-taking.”

Another alternative to asking a friend for a ride home is taking one of the holiday break buses set up by the Mountaineer Parents Club. These busses pick students up outside the Mountainlair and travel to places such as Hagerstown,

Md., Allentown, Pa., King of Prussia, Pa. and Secaucus, N.J. “I took the bus home once before because I didn’t want to drive home, and it was actually really convenient,” said Madalyn Petrovich, a sophomore speech pathology and audiology student from Connecticut.

“I just got to sleep the whole time. It was great.”

Many young drivers often forget to make sure their car is working properly before going on a long drive, and that could make a big

The West Virginia University Student Government Association announced Monday that Governor Blaine Blankenship has resigned from her position on the Board of Governors.

According to a press release issued by SGA, Gov. Blankenship made this decision due to personal reasons.

As per the SGA Constitution, Molly Callaghan, the gubernatorial candidate with the next highest vote total from the last election, will take the open seat on the Board of Governors.

Callaghan served as a Board of Governors member during the 2012-13 school year and has served as the Big 12 Liaison in the current administration.

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Callaghan said she is looking forward to the opportunity to once again serve the WVU student body in this capacity.

“I am excited and honored to sit on the board, but I am also sad to be taking the spot of an amazing governor,” Callaghan said. “I am looking forward to continuing my work with the Big 12, as well as helping the board with all of their current projects.”

This change in the SGA administration is effective immediately. A formal swearing in of Callaghan will occur at SGA’s first meeting next semester.

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Maniacs to host Chalk Talk today featuring Bob Huggins The Mountaineer Maniacs will host their final Chalk Talk event of the semester today at noon in the Mountainlair Food Court.

Coach Bob Huggins will be present to pass out pizza to students and to preview the men’s basketball matchup against No. 15 Gongaza.

“Coach Huggins understands the importance of having a great crowd at tonight’s game,” said Chris Northrup, executive director of the Mountaineer Maniacs. “Students especially can help create a tough environment for the opposing team and put the team over the top for a big win.”

Northrup said creating a loud and rowdy environ-

ment is one of the top goals of the Mountaineer Maniacs. He said he hopes the student body and community will turn out to support the men’s basketball team and pack the Coliseum.

“There are very few tickets left, so I encourage anybody without a ticket to log on now to be a part of a high-energy environment,” he said. “We’ve struggled with Gonzaga lately, and I see it as a revenge game that student attendance can play a big role in.”

Students can still claim tickets for tonight’s game by visiting http://wvugame.com. Gates will open at 7:30 p.m.

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GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY BREAK!

The Daily Athenaeum staff would like to wish all WVU students good luck on final exams. Have a safe and happy holiday from all of us at The DA! To stay connected during break, follow us on Twitter and visit our website for updates.

Our next paper will be on campus Jan. 8, 2014!

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“It’s not a small type of unmanned vehicle. It’s a large fighter sized aircraft that can move around the world,” Kesecker said. “It’s a major game changer for the U.S. Navy in the force capability that is applied with the U.S. carrier.”

Kesecker started off as deputy program manager for the first years of the project but was promoted to program manager for the testing phase.

He served as one of four people on the project to be recognized for the innovation, but he describes the nomination as more of a

team effort.

“It was great recognition for the whole team,” he said. “The Northrop Grumman team worked closely with the government and the U.S. Navy.

“It was very exciting for us to get recognized for that and understanding how the whole work of a team for the last several years has meant relative to overall road mapping if you will for unmanned aviation for the U.S. Navy is a quite significant accomplishment.”

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a snowstorm.

“I had to continually scrape the ice off the windshield of my car because the windshield wipers kept freezing, and I could barely see the road,” Stiefken said.

Students are advised to make smart decisions and drive carefully when making their trip home for the holidays.

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difference in the long run.

“Make sure you have clear visibility and remove all snow from the windshield,” Smith said. “It is also important to make sure your windshield wipers are working before leaving to go on a long trip in case it starts raining or snowing during the drive.”

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EDITORIAL

Eliminating adderall abuse for finals Each one of us can think of at least one person who has taken Adderall to get through studying for that tough final or that 20-page research paper. It might even be you, the reader.

The usage of this drug is so prominent, many of us don’t even think twice when we hear a person has bought or used it.

And that is exactly the issue. Instead of developing helpful study skills or practicing time management, students are turning to the drug to help them during times of greater stress.

This seems like a quick, harmless fix, but in reality, it is anything but. Not only is taking unprescribed drugs potentially physically harmful, it’s illegal to buy or sell.

If you get caught buying Adderall, or any drug that hasn’t been prescribed to you, you could face serious fines or criminal charges.

The same is true for selling drugs.

Adderall, typically diag-

nosed to patients with Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, is one of the most highly abused drugs on college campuses. It’s also one of the most overprescribed drugs on the market, making it much easier to purchase illegally. While a person seeking treatment with the drug must take several tests, it’s possible to fool the doctors and attain a prescription whether or not it is actually needed, which can hurt the chances of those individuals who truly need it.

Adderall is a stimulant, much along the same strain as crystal meth or cocaine, and it is used most commonly to hyper-focus on one task at a time.

But by going this route, you aren’t allowing yourself to develop necessary strategies for later in life.

Ten years down the road, when you have a deadline mounting, two kids waiting for dinner at home and a boss who wants you to finish that expense report im-

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Adderall is an amphetamine and can be habit forming. mediately, turning to a nonprescribed stimulant won’t exactly be an option. It’s important to be able to manage everything in your life, even when it seems so impossibly overwhelming.

In addition to those life skills, Adderall is physically harmful. Just like any other stimulant, you can easily develop an addiction. But what if you only use it once?

There are still complications. The dosage of the drug

is dependant on the prescribed user, and what may work for your friend could be totally different than what works for you.

If you take too much, you can start to feel dizzy or get heart palpitations.

Most people aren’t aware that for Adderall to be the most effective, they need to eat something before taking it. However, a side effect of the drug is decreased appetite, so you may find your-

self without having eaten anything all day.

Adderall affects your sleep schedule, so pulling one all-nighter may not seem like a bad idea until you can’t regulate your sleep schedule and you find yourself snoozing right through the exam for which you spent the previous three nights studying.

There are plenty of study aids you can use online, download to your phone or

even find through WVU. The libraries are open 24/7 during dead week, with helpful librarians to assist you.

There are free tutors in almost every residence hall on campus, and there are plenty of writing workshops during these difficult weeks.

At the beginning of each semester, every professor is required to hand out a syllabus containing all of the content for each exam and the guidelines for any papers, so it might be worth it to write due dates down and work on larger projects throughout the entire semester instead of procrastinating to the very last minute.

Whatever path you choose, remember abusing drugs is never a good idea for anyone involved. There is always another solution.

As always, The Daily Athenaeum wishes you luck on your final exams and a wonderful winter break. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

OPED COMMENTARY

Tips for tying up loose ends for holiday break BENJAMIN RUSSELL

COLUMNIST

I am sure everyone here is just as excited as I am for finals to be over and to be back home with our friends and family.

For those living in the dorms or on campus property, it is assured that your property is under the best care. After all, the University is the best landlord.

But for those not living in the dorms, there is always a concern of theft during the holiday break.

Morgantown will be deserted from out-of-state and out-of-city students

all heading back to their homes. Apartments and houses across campus will be sitting unattended for the better part of two or three weeks, so it is of importance to be able to protect and manage your apartment efficiently leading up to break to avoid any surprises when you come back.

It is important to clean your apartment before you leave for home, wherever home may be. Cleaning the dishes, taking out the trash and doing laundry (if your mom doesn’t do that for you) are all beneficial to do before heading out of the city. You really do not want to be consumed by a

wretched, vile smell coming from fermented trash that rotted for two or three weeks until you came back.

You would rather not have to stretch out your arms and shoulders before grueling through destaining the plates from those Bagel Bites you had before your last final. You would also love not to have the smell of mildew on your clothes from when you put your clothes in the washer but forgot to throw them in the dryer before leaving.

In addition, the smell of recreation-center-stressworkouts on your basketball shorts probably is not the best aroma for your room when you come back.

Aside from cleaning, it is important to take care of any electrical and heating issues before leaving. Many students forget to take care of this and get their December bill for electric and heating and are woefully surprised.

Many students forget that leaving electrical appliances plugged in to the outlets also uses electricity.

You won’t be living there for the next few weeks, so it is in your best interest to take the proper precautions to make the best investments.

By setting some time aside to unplug cords from outlets, turn off the lights before leaving and turn down the heat, you will save

tons of money when your next heating and electric bill comes in the mail.

Finally, it is crucial to consider the necessary steps to protect your apartment or house before leaving. During the holiday season, there are always unfortunate tragedies of theft and destruction of property in the Morgantown area when students are away at home. In order to ensure your apartment or home’s safety, be sure to lock your front door and even your room if it has a lock.

If you follow these steps, your apartment should hopefully be just as it was when you come back to

school in January.

Setting aside some time before leaving for home is important in order to take the proper care necessary to protect your house or apartment. Be sure to lock up any important items and check that everything is where it should be before you leave. If an item is invaluable to you, it may be better to take it home with you than risk it being stolen or damaged.

Even though it may be tedious to take these precautions, it is the responsible and safe move for all college students living off campus. daperspectives@mix.wvu.edu

Low student attendance leads World Cup teams announced to seating issues RYAN VAN BUREN

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DAVID SCHLAKE

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When I first came to West Virginia University, one of the most exciting things to me was the football and basketball games.

We have a pretty big advantage here as far as the student ticketing works.

You can almost always get a ticket, and it’s completely free. Most big schools operate similarly to Ohio State, where you have to buy tickets or buy season tickets at the beginning of the year. Few schools that compete in big conferences like the Big XII offer tickets to students for free. However, our free student ticketing has its flaws, as well.

WVU has a large student population and an even larger following for its sports teams. With a stadium that can seat 60,000 people, it should never be a challenge to maximize the amount of people in the stadium each game.

But the way the ticketing system works holds the students responsible for filling a certain portion of that stadium. This is an issue on days the students aren’t here, particularly on holidays.

For example, last weekend we played Iowa State in Morgantown.

If you were there, saw the game on television or heard about the game, then you’re prob-

ably aware of our awful student attendance at the game. Granted, the rest of the stadium was by no means shoulder to shoulder. But the student section was bare. I went to the game, and I knew it was going to be bad as soon as my friends, and I started setting up the tailgate and there was no one out and about. Everyone was still at home enjoying the last few days of Thanksgiving break, so many of my friends who typically make it to every game weren’t even there.

When we got in the stadium, the lower section was maybe six or seven rows deep with students, if that. The upper section had a few students scattered here and there but barely anyone. Granted, WVU has had an awful season in football, so I suppose it should be somewhat expected for students to lose interest in coming back from break early to see a game that’s completely irrelevant to the season since we had already lost our bowl chances to Kansas.

But I went when we played Oklahoma, which was the weekend that we were supposed to leave for Thanksgiving break last year. That was our Gold Rush game, Oklahoma was a top-grade team at the top of the conference and it was at night, which gives students every reason to stay and watch the game.

I was in the upper section for that game, and it was maybe half full.

The problem is students are going to go home no matter what because many of them have nowhere to stay because the dorms aren’t open.

I think the biggest issue is if the school wanted to sell general admission tickets for all of those seats in student sections, they could probably sell out for most of the games, or at least give a better showing than they do now. Another issue is the student section is so big, it takes up the majority of the upper section on one side as well as a big chunk of the lower.

No one wants to watch the team on television and see an empty stadium, but it’s going to keep happening with games scheduled on holiday breaks.

The best solution would be to make the student section smaller and make at least some of that general admission seating.

Or make half the student section the lottery system that we use now and the other half prepaid season tickets, giving those students more of an incentive to come.

Either way would probably be an improvement, but there definitely needs to be some kind of change made in order to increase attendance at these games to better represent our school. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

The U.S. men’s national soccer team was drawn a tough task Friday when the groups for this upcoming World Cup in Brazil were announced.

The United States was drawn into Group G, and will play Ghana, Portugal and Germany. This group has already been labeled the “group of death,” and U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann faces a gruesome task.

The United States is making their seventh straight appearance and will face an obstacle they have never seen in the first round of group play. Despite the tough competition, they will be raking up a total of 9,000 miles between their matches traveling from each stadium.

Jurgen said about the group, “Obviously it’s one of the most difficult groups in the whole draw, having Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo and then Ghana, who has a history with the United States. It couldn’t get any more difficult or any bigger. But that’s what a World Cup is about. It’s a real challenge. And we’ll take it. We’ll take it on, and hopefully we’re going to surprise some people there.”

One of the multiple storylines coming out the Americans group is Klinsmann’s connection with the German national team. He played for Die Mannschaft’s 1990 German World Cup champion

team, and he coached Germany to a third place finish in the 2006 World Cup. The U.S. also lost to Germany in the 2002 World Cup quarter-final, so the pressure for a win will be felt by the entire roster.

Klinsmann said, “Obviously, there are a lot of emotions involved. It’s normal. I’m German.

It’s going to be a special moment.”

The U.S. opens up the tournament against Ghana, which is basically a must-win if they want to advance to the next round.

Their next two games are against Portugal, followed up by Germany which are nothing short of the toughest teams at the World Cup. The other groups are up and down as well. Group A consists of Brazil, Croatia, Mexico and Cameroon.

Group B is Spain, Netherlands, Chile and Austria.

Group C has Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan. Group D includes Uruguay, Costa Rica, England and Italy. Group E is Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iran and Nigeria.

The Americans in Group G will join Germany, Ghana, and Portugal. And finally Group H has Belgium, Russia, Algeria and South Korea.

After looking over the other groups, there are plenty in which the Americans wish they were drawn into. Group B is another tough group with the likes of Spain and the Dutch, and the other “tough” group would be D which includes the always-skilled British and Italians.

But the 2015 World Cup

is a potential launching pad for the U.S. into global supremacy. Of course, Coach Kilnsmann and his team would have loved to play easier teams, but with any sport if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.

It’s no secret the men’s national soccer team is America’s one sporting team that has never experienced the same success we have seen from the U.S. basketball team, and all of the other Olympic teams.

If the U.S. can at least advance from the first round of group play, this team could get hot and make some serious noise.

Clint Dempsey, who has emerged as a great international and MLS player, has a real opportunity to showcase his talents for the American fans.

My hope is the Americans will play with tremendous amounts of passion and heart to make up for their lack of talent compared to their foes and advance in this upcoming World Cup. Most American soccer fans like myself only care for the team around the World Cup and Olympics, but America has been desperately waiting for the men’s team to start winning big games.

No one can dispute the success of our women’s team, but Coach Klinsmann and the rest of the team will have to survive the “group of death” to rally this country, and hopefully shock people throughout the soccer community. daperspectives@mail.wvu.edu

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Holiday cheer and smooth sounds will come to West Virginia University Saturday when the Creative Arts Center hosts musician Bob Thompson’s “Joy to the World” concert.

The performance will feature Thompson, his band – the Bob Thompson Unit – and special guest singer Heather Masse as they preform classic holiday hits with a jazz twist.

The performance will mark the first time the annual holiday concert will play in Morgantown. However, Thompson said he, as a pianist for the Mountain Stage Band, has played at WVUTODAY.WVU.EDU the CAC many times and Bob Thompson performs at a previous show. Heather Masse will accompany has always had a great Thompson for this holiday concert.

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Professional athletes turn to steroids. People battling depression turn to Prozac.

And now, college students who wish to do it all, and do it fast, turn to Adderall.

Adderall, a drug typically prescribed as a treatment for Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, is a combination of amphetamines that increases alertness and concentration and decreases fatigue.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five college students admit to using Adderall, now referred to widely as a “study drug,” without having a medical diagnosis of AD(H)D and without receiving a prescription from a medical doctor.

A freshman computer science student at WVU, who wished to remain anonymous, said he gets Adderall about once a month from a friend who has a prescription for the drug.

“I use it for studying and to have more energy,” he said. “It makes it much easier to retain information while I’m studying. I never really worry about the possible risks. Moderation is key.”

This widespread, carefree attitude toward the illicit usage of Adderall seems

to be a growing trend. A recent study by the Journal of Medical Internet Research found that social media outlets, such as Twitter, may contribute to the normative behavior regarding abuse of Adderall.

The study found 213,633 tweets from 132,099 unique user accounts mentioned “Adderall” and also found the number of Adderall tweets peaked during traditional college and university final exam periods.

Additionally, rates of Adderall tweeters were highest among college and university clusters in the northeast and south regions of the United States.

For most college students, the idea of swallowing a pill that allows them to pull all-nighters and ace their finals is appealing. Most never think twice about the potential risks involved with ingesting a controlled substance.

Dr. Brian Quigley, MD, Medical Director of Psychiatry for WELLWVU’s Carruth Center, said while many students may never experience a negative medical side effect from Adderall, it can potentially have very serious implications to someone with unknown medical conditions.

“It can range from being super dangerous to relatively innocuous, depending on how a person uses it,” Quigley said. “If someone has a heart condition,

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“A lot of students are trying to do as good as they can academically and are involved in many things.

They are trying to get as much out of life as they can. They keep pushing the envelope and think, ‘If a medicine can help me do this even better, well, then I’ll take it.’”

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for example, that they aren’t really aware of, then taking it without a doctor’s supervision could cause them to die.”

In addition to the extreme cases of death and potential psychiatric problems, there are also real risks that the person taking the drug will form an addiction.

Using any kind of substance that has reinforcing qualities that make a person want to consume more in order to achieve a desired outcome are potentially addictive, and stimulants, such as Adderall, are certainly no exception “Chemically, Adderall is very related to crystal meth (methamphetamine). Adderall is an amphetamine, it just lacks a simple methyl group, but there are a lot of similarities,” Quigley said.

“It’s also not too different than cocaine, so it can be very addictive.”

Dr. Quigley said while there are many cases of students who visit his office simply to try to receive an Adderall prescription, many

students do have genuine intentions when they come to him.

“I see a lot of students that think they have AD(H) D because they took the medication and felt that they could study better with it, but there’s a lot of space between that and actually having a medical condition,” he said. “Most people would take the medication and be able to get more done, more quickly.

Whether you have AD(H)D or not, it’s going to feel like it’s helpful.”

Many theorists have argued the behavior of searching for a quick fix or being reliant on a substance to sustain a high level of performance is a reflection of a generation that isn’t willing to work hard to achieve greatness. However, Dr. Quigley said he believes this desire has always been present and isn’t a recent phenomena.

He noted stimulant usage dates back to World War II when doctors began prescribing fighter pilots with methamphetamines,

known then as Pervitin, to keep them alert and to allow them to remain in the air for longer periods of time.

The pilots were spending extreme amounts of time flying without resting or sleeping and thus needed a stimulant to keep focused during long missions.

More recently, professional baseball players and even semi-truck drivers have also been known to rely heavily on performance-enhancing stimulants.

“Part of our culture is to work, work, work and squeeze as much out of the day as we can, so I think this reinforces that desire,” he said. “A lot of students are trying to do as good as they can academically and are involved in many things.

They are trying to get as much out of life as they can.

They keep pushing the envelope and think, ‘If a medicine can help me do this even better, well then I’ll take it.’”

While many students who do not use a stimulant to assist with studying and focusing have noted they feel they are some times at a disadvantage to those who do use a drug, Dr. Quigley said it is in fact the exact opposite that is true.

“I would actually argue that you have a huge advantage when doing this.

It’s healthier for you, and you’re developing a skill that will help you for the rest of your life,” he said.

“By being able to get your work done instead of saving it until the last minute, you’re going to have better job performance, lead a healthier life style, depression rates are lower, anxiety rates are lower.

“You’re going to be the winner in the long run. If all you care about in life is getting a certain grade on a test and doing it at any cost, you might temporarily win, but over the long haul it’s not going to benefit you.”

When a student visits WELLWVU and says they are having a hard time studying or concentrating, they are evaluated and determined whether the student does have HD(H)D. If it is found that the student doesn’t necessarily need to be prescribed Adderall, the doctors can assist with finding other resources to help the student.

“I really think the majority of students have an earnest desire to do well academically and would always be interested in other methods of achieving that,” Quigley said.

For more information on other methods that can assist in increasing levels of concentration and productivity or to schedule an appointment with a counselor or psychiatrist, contact WELLWVU at 304-293-4431. summer.ratcliff@mail.wvu.edu

time.

“I’ve always enjoyed performing at the Creative Arts Center. We always have great audiences whenever we come up there,” Thompson said.

“People in Morgantown appreciate good music, so we always have a great time.”

Thompson said the concert is aimed at getting people in the holiday mood by providing fun and entertaining music.

“In the past, this performance has really gotten people into the spirit of Christmas, and we hope to bring that same feeling to Morgantown,” Thompson said. “We hope people come out and enjoy the show. I know, for us, it’s like a big Christmas party.”

Thompson said adding

a jazz flair to traditional holiday music is about improvisation as well as communication between the audience and band members.

“It gives all the players in the band a chance to really express themselves,” Thompson said. “We want to communicate with the audience and make everybody feel a little bit better.

“That’s the main thing about our music: we try to be uplifting.”

Masse is a member of “The Wailin’ Jennys” and has been a part of “A Prairie Home Companion” on several occasions. Thompson said he is happy to have Masse perform with his band.

“Masse is a very versatile and exciting singer,” Thompson said. “I really

enjoy what she brings to the performance.”

According to Thompson, the concert will be a great time for those who want to hear their favorite holiday classics in a different style.

“We try to take traditional Christmas music and give it kind of a modern, personal touch,” Thompson said. “We want the audience to feel what we feel.”

More information about the concert and ticketing information can be found at http://events.wvu.edu/ series/13-14/bthompson. shtml.

Tickets range from $28$38, and students can receive them for $15 with a student ID. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Morgantown magazine releases ‘Thirty Under 30’ PINK @ WVU to host Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show viewing party

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Morgantown Magazine, a product of multimedia company New South Media, Inc. for residents of the area, recently released their “Thirty Under 30” countdown, which highlights the best of the best doing big things in the city.

“Thirty Under 30” allows readers to meet the “top movers and shakers” as nominated by the magazine’s readers, according to www.morgantownmag. com.

“Morgantown is the fastest growing city in West Virginia, and I believe that is in large part due to the incredible energy and creativity of our younger generations,” said Nikki Bowman, founder, publisher and editor for New South Media, Inc. “As you read about each of the winners, you definitely get a sense of the town’s vitality. Morgantown offers cultural and sporting events, a diverse collection of restaurants, a thriving social scene, and an entrepreneurial and innovative business climate – all things that young people look for when choosing a place to live.”

According to Bowman, a panel of judges chooses the winners from a large amount of submissions.

The panel looks for outstanding business and community leaders who represent the face of Morgantown.

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has the youngest population of any county in the state with a median age of 29 years compared to 41 years for the rest of West Virginia,” Bowman said.

“We wanted to celebrate that by showcasing our young leaders.”

This year’s recipients came from very different backgrounds, including Katherine Bomkamp, a West Virginia University student who invented the Pain Free Socket at the age of 16; Nancy Bond, a personal trainer with an outstanding resume; Anna Carrier, who co-founded The Cupcakerie; Benjamin Gazsi, an artist who has received international recognition; Jonathan Kimble, the Mountaineer Mascot; Ben Queen, a photographer who received an entrepreneur award at the age of 13; and many more successful, young

individuals.

“It’s a terrific honor to be one of the 30 and to know that people appreciate what I do,” said Geoff Coyle, winner and West Virginia Illustrated broadcast journalist. “There are so many talented young people in this town who are doing big things, and it’s great to recognize their work.”

WVAQ radio personality Katie Richter said being part of the “Thirty Under 30” is an unbelievable honor.

“Not only is this the first time I’ve won a nonindustry award, but this is the first time I’ve won an award for locals,” Richter said. “I only moved here in 2007 and became a resident in 2012, so I feel very happy to be a transplant that has been able to transition into a townie here. Morgantown is a one

of a kind place, and I’m happy to be a part of this community.”

Bowman believes the “Thirty Under 30” list helps spotlight the individuals who make the city what it is.

“Everyone needs a little bit of encouragement and recognition for a job well done, and that is especially true when you are in your 20s and 30s,” she said.

“I think it is important to recognize those who are making a difference in our community and, by doing so, help inspire and encourage others to follow suit. This was a way for us to say, ‘Thank you for making Morgantown a better place.’”

To see the entire list of winners, visit www.morgantownmag.com and click on “Thirty Under 30.” lacey.palmer@mail.wvu.edu

What’s being advertised as the “sexiest night on television” is finally here.

The annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion show will debut tonight on CBS at 9. To celebrate, PINK @ WVU is hosting several events and giving everyone on campus a chance to join the celebration.

The Fashion Show Viewing Party at the Fondue Factory on High Street is just one of those events. The viewing party is invite-only, so there will be another viewing party in the Mountainlair ballrooms tomorrow at 5 p.m. for those who didn’t get an invitation.

Deonna Gandy, one of the PINK Campus Representatives, said she thinks the events to celebrate the show will be successful.

“I believe both events are going to be very big, which is beautiful because it shows how much people at WVU love PINK,” Gandy said.

In order to attend the watch party tomorrow afternoon in the Mountainlair, PINK @ WVU asks that everyone bring an article of clothing to donate.

Gandy said the party will be fun for everyone.

“There will be games,

trivia and a streaming of the show from the night before,” she said.

“Also, there will be an informational part to inform people what they can be on the look out for in the spring 2014 semester.”

The rest of the Fashion Show Week celebration includes a night at the gym on Thursday and possible other surprises for Friday and next week.

“We will be doing a boot camp class at 6:40 p.m. with Jamal in the Student Rec Center on Evansdale,” Gandy said.

Those who wish to attend should arrive 5-10 minutes before the class starts and be aware that the campus reps and street team will be keeping track of the number of people admitted.

“We may do surprise social media contests and library visits in honor of finals week, so people should make sure to follow us on all of our social media sites,” Gandy said.

“Don’t forget to tune in to the sexiest night on TV, whether you attend our viewing parties or not.”

PINK @ WVU can be followed on Twitter and Instagram @WVU_VSPINK, and you can like their Facebook page as well to stay up to date with their events and more. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Ponce De’Leioun works with former WVU basketball player

BY NICOLE CURTIN A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

“ We s t V i r g i n i a ’s Own” Ponce De’Leioun has been on a roll lately.

Recently, he released “Scoreboard,” also known as the “basketball anthem” for West Virginia University, featuring former Mountaineer basketball player Devin Ebanks.

“So far, the song is doing exactly what I planned for it to do,” De’Leioun said.

He said the single is just the start of his plans with Ebanks.

“We have actually worked on a complete CD,” he said. “We’re looking to release it in early 2014.

We make a great team together, and it’s a great way to represent the school and state.”

De’Leioun recently went to the United Kingdom for a chance to expand his fan base.

“I went to the U.K. and had a big interview and freestyle with Tim Westwood and BBC Radio 1, which is a bigger opportunity than most upcoming artists will ever get,” De’Leioun said.

Currently, De’Leioun has a variety of proj-

ects in the works. A wellknown producer in London is currently working with De’Leioun, and in early 2014, he will travel to Canada to work with MTV artists in the area and then back to the U.K. to work on his album.

De’Leioun said he plans for 2014 to bring big things for his musical career and said it will have a huge focus on networking and expanding.

“2014 will be a year of nothing but traveling, performing, networking and expanding,” he said. “I have plans to do things for the state of West Virginia

that have never been done, and these plans have already started.”

Recently, he has signed a deal with Sirius to have them play one of his unreleased singles in the beginning of the year.

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A&E Countdown: Top five places to study Last minute final exam tips to ease the stress JAKE JARVIS

A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Grab your coffee and notecards because the stars are aligning at West Virginia University, and we are on the eclipse of finals week.

Unlike in previous years, students only have one day to prepare for finals, “dead day.” The University previously had “dead week,” where no homework could be due, no tests could take place and the emphasis was on studying for finals.

With only one day left in the semester, we’ve all got a lot of work to do.

If you haven’t begun studying for finals, you’re probably a little bit screwed. But just in case, I’ve compiled a list of the top five places on campus and around town to study to make sure you get the grade you need.

Kicking things off at number five is the second floor of the Mountainlair.

If you’ve never ventured up the stairs, do so one day. Not many students travel up this way, so it’s mainly deserted and quiet.

The large, cushiony chairs make for a comfortable cram study session while

waiting for your exam.

For students on the Evansdale Campus, we have the perfect place for you: the second floor of the Creative Arts Center.

When you get to the second floor, turn left wherever you are. Continue around the circle-like shape of the CAC until you reach an empty hall near the Costume Department for the WVU School of Theatre and Dance.

If you venture deep enough into the CAC, you will find a huge wall of windows with one quiet little bench. This is the perfect place to quickly type up a paper. Not only is it quiet, but because it’s fairly unused, the Wi-Fi is blazing fast.

For students looking to get away from the buzzing activity of campus to study, Chill Berry is the place to go.

“Chill Berry is great because I can get a cup of frozen yogurt, then go to the back patio and get all the reading I need to do done,” said Jessilynn Lawson, a theater student at WVU. If frozen yogurt isn’t your style, Elizabeth Moore Hall might just be.

This location, just across from the Mountainlair, is a student favorite.

Not only is the main lobby a great place to

study, but this is my favorite place to nap on campus. The quiet atmosphere lets me zone out and catch a few z’s between classes.

On the top of our list for the top five best places to study is the Wise Library Robinson and Milano reading rooms.

“The Robinson and Milano rooms are great places to study because they are our deep quiet zones,” said Penny Pugh, University Librarian at the Downtown Library Reference Desk.

“Th ese are the spaces where there are no computers, no clacking of computers, no talking (and) just studying,” Pugh said.

Those rooms are a hot spot this time of year, and finding a seat might be difficult. Should you find a seat, you will feel transported to another world with the high ceilings, wooden desks and smell of old books not yet forgotten.

So, no matter where you study, just make sure you do it. Finals are right around the corner, and if you don’t study, you will do poorly.

Remember, go into your finals cool, calm and collected. They can smell fear. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

CARLY SMITH

A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Finals are upon us. This semester, West Virginia University has decided to do things a little differently. Instead of the traditional “dead week” and a full last week of classes before finals, WVU students will only have classes Monday and Tuesday this week.

Students will only have Wednesday off to prepare for finals. If the new schedule threw you out of whack, it’s time to hammer down and finish off the semester strong.

Preparing and studying for final exams can be extremely nerve-wracking, especially if you’re doing it the first time around or the last time around.

Freshmen are apprehensive, not knowing what to expect, and seniors are equally as nervous, knowing graduation is right around the corner. With all the talk of exams and a to-do list a mile long, it’s completely natural to be freaking out.

First step to conquering finals: breathe. Taking a second to regroup and relax will do wonders before attacking a study guide or re-reading a chapter.

With so many classes fin-

ishing up, you may want to make a to-do list. Figure out which day you have each final and what needs to be covered for each test. You’ll also feel really accomplished when you get to cross something off that list.

Once you’ve relaxed and made a list of what to do, divide the work evenly throughout your free time to study.

Know what topics you’re going to cover each day until the final exam and stick to your plan. It may even help to write this out as well so you are more likely to do it and cross it off when you’re done.

So now, it’s time to study.

What do you do first? Make sure you’re in a comfortable spot with good lighting.

Don’t be ashamed to wear PJ pants to the library or bring a blanket. Everyone does it, and hey, sometimes it gets chilly.

If you aren’t comfortable, you won’t focus on the material. But on the other hand, if you get too comfortable, you’ll snooze through your study time.

Some great places around campus to study are the library, the Mountainlair, a coffee shop on High Street or an open classroom. Grab a coffee or water to stay hydrated and some snacks, such as apples and peanut butter, if you’re going to be studying for a while.

Set goals for yourself and don’t be afraid to take breaks.

After you’ve completed some material, take a breather, check Facebook, grab some fresh air or even take a short walk.

Don’t rush yourself. Cramming is not an effective way to absorb material. Every night it may be helpful to create a quick outline of what you studied for the day as a review. You can look at this short review sheet daily before the final as a refresher.

Let’s fast forward to the day of an exam. Think about how relieved you’ll be when it’s over. Take some deep breaths, and make sure you have any Scantrons or Blue books you may need and a few pencils. You might want to take an extra eraser, too.

Get a good night’s sleep the night before. We’re talking about a full eight hours of shut-eye. Eat a healthy, wellbalanced breakfast because you don’t want to be that guy whose stomach growls in a silent testing room.

Bring some peppermint gum to chew to help you focus. Don’t forget to quickly review any material before you go one last time.

Finally, just relax. The end of the semester is so close and you’re almost done. So get out there, study hard and rock those finals! daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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Actress Eleanor Parker dies at 91

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Eleanor Parker, a threetime Oscar nominee who played the scheming baroness in “The Sound of Music,” has died at age 91.

Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia.

Gale told The Associated

Press the actress “passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs.”

The red-haired actress had best-actress Oscar nominations in 1951 and 1952 for her roles as a prison inmate in “Caged” and as Kirk Douglas’ frustrated wife in “Detec-

tive Story.”

Her third nomination was for the challenging role of polio-stricken opera singer Marjorie Lawrence in “Interrupted Melody.”

The 1965 “Sound of Music,” in which her character loses Christopher Plummer to Julie Andrews, was her last major film role.

Fran Drescher heading to Broadway’s ‘Cinderella’ NEW YORK (AP) — Cinderella’s evil stepmom is about to be replaced by “The Nanny.”

Producers of “Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella” said Monday that Fran Drescher will make her Broadway debut Feb. 4 in the show, playing Cinderella’s stepmother. Drescher’s 10-week run ends

April 13.

Drescher, an Emmy Award winner for “The Nanny” and whose film credits include “The Cadillac Man” and “This is Spinal Tap,” takes over the role created by Harriet Harris.

Drescher has been onstage before, including roles in Nora Ephron’s “Love, Loss, and What I

Wore,” Neil LaBute’s “Some Girl(s)” and Ronald Ribman’s “Rug Merchants of Chaos” at The Pasadena Playhouse.

The Tony-nominated musical has been given a makeover by Douglas Carter Beane, who has turned the fairy tale into a charming, witty story updated for a new generation.

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NBC’s ‘The Sound of Music Live!’ falls short of expectations NOELLE HARRIS

A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Give NBC some credit for trying, but if there is something to be learned from the live “Sound of Music” special, it is that classics should not be touched. From lackluster singing performances to incompatible acting chemistry, “The Sound of Music Live!” was mediocre at best.

In her performance as Maria Von Trapp, Carrie Underwood was fantastic as a vocal performer, but it was glaringly obvious that she was not meant to be a live actor. There is no comparison to the original Maria von Trapp.

Underwood is a worldrenowned pop star, but she is not the dynamic Julie Andrews, with much certainty.

With a voice like chirping

birds and the charisma of a swan, Andrews made Maria nearly perfect, leaving little room for error from Underwood, who simply could not stand up to the previous act.

Comparing the two probably is not fair, but such a large production deserves the best cast. Considering how important Underwood’s name was in the cast, her underwhelming performance made the special all the worse.

With Underwood on camera were theater veterans Audra McDonald, Christian Borle (who was on NBC’s musical theater series “Smash”) and Laura Benanti, who has played Maria on Broadway. Borle and Bernanti, both excellent, shared two of the numbers not in the movie.

These stars brought some of the only musical and acting talent, and they were often making mistakes throughout the three-hour

special. The musical performances from the cast left little to be disappointed about.

“Sixteen Going On Seventeen” was one of the best pieces during the show. Michael Campayno as Rolf and Ariane Reinhardt were as good as one could hope, and the children were just as adequate.

While that couple was a decent representation of the original, the Underwood and Stephen Moyer pairing as Captain von Trapp proved to be the most disappointing “relationship” of the whole show, even though it was possibly the most important.

While Moyer had the acting ability to pull off the role, he did not. Moyer had the anger and stiffness to pull off the role, but he lacked the essential humor that was needed. Without the knowledge about the role from previous actors, it would have been nearly impos-

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Carrie Underwood plays the role of Maria Von Trapp in ‘The Sound of Music Live!’ sible to make sense of the on what was possibly the largest sound stages of all character.

Live musicals have been time, but it was shot like popular in the past, but they a movie, giving the musical a strange mood. Judgare almost obsolete now.

The special was shot live ing from “The Sound of

Music Live!,” the world can live without live musical television productions for now. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

A&E HOLIDAY BREAK EDITION

WVU students’ holiday wishlist A&E Countdown: The best movies in WESTLEY THOMPSON

A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

A random poll of West Virginia University students has shown these are the things they want most for Christmas: • Money That’s unsurprising since college students are always low on cash and could use more. Plus, we all know the saying that “money can’t buy happiness” is false.

• iPads, both standard and mini Looks like Apple still holds a firm grasp on the tablet market. The new iPhone was mentioned, as well.

• PlayStation 4 Sony’s newest console juggernaut is not only winning in global sales but in the hearts and minds of WVU students, too.

• Clothes of various types Most people want unspecified clothes, opting for either things that were considered warm or fashionable. Some people

wanted clothing for specific events, such as working out or skiing.

• Items for vehicles People want anything from new truck tires to upgraded radios and sound systems for their car.

• Cars While most people wished for any type of car that could get them from point A to B, two people went further, asking for a Camaro with pink racing stripes, and a Ford Raptor, respectively.

• Technology Some people want laptops, including the MacBook Air. Others wanted new graphics cards for their existing PC. Xbox One, the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS rounded out the video game aspect of the list.

• Watches Some requests included the Fitbit smart-watch, as well as more traditional ones like a Michael Kors watch.

• Music accessories Dre Beats headphones, Dre Pill speakers and headphones in general were popular items. For some students, listening to mu-

sic in their home wasn’t enough – they’ve asked for concert tickets of various genres.

•Movies. DVDs such as “The Spongebob Movie,” “Breaking Bad” and “This is the End” are popular items.

• Traveling Destinations ranged anywhere from Washington, D.C., Hawaii and New York to France and Australia.

• Some non-purchasable wish-list items include having WVU’s football team go to a bowl game, free parking, having a quarterback that can throw, free parking (that came up twice), lower tuition, lower book costs, lower rent, good grades and sleep.

• Miscellaneous items include Surface tablets, drawing tablets, a scooter, a kitten, iPhone cases, a Ravens jersey, a Keurig Coffee maker and socks.

The list contained many more, however one thing is certain – WVU students have tastes just as diverse as the student body itself. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

Christmas M&M Cake Cookies What you’ll need: - 1 15.25-ounce box of chocolate fudge cake mix found at any convenience store - 1 11-ounce bag of mini red and green M&Ms - ½ cup of vegetable oil - 2 eggs How to: - Mix dry cake mix, eggs and oil into mixing bowl.

- Beat ingredients well.

- Stir in M&M’s.

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

- Chill dough in refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes while oven is preheating.

- Place dough onto ungreased non-stick cookie sheet in rounded balls.

- Bake for approximately 7-8 minutes or until done.

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theaters to watch over holiday break CARLY SMITH

A&E WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

When it’s cold outside, there’s nothing better than hogging a bag of popcorn and catching a new flick.

This winter break, in between mini high school reunions and family parties, take some time to unwind at the movie theater.

Movie releases on or around Christmas are becoming more and more popular, and let’s face it – you can probably only handle one more wet kiss from your creepy great aunt. Sneak away from the hustle and bustle and see one of these new releases.

“American Hustle’,” starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jenni-

fer Lawrence, opens this Friday.

In “American Hustle,” a con artist is made to work for an FBI agent.

The FBI Agent sends them into the dangerous mafia world of New Jersey. A political official gets caught in the middle of this, and one of the man’s wives happens to get involved in the plan at the wrong time.

“Saving Mr. Banks,” starring Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, also opens this Friday.

“Saving Mr. Banks” unravels the untold story of how “Mary Poppins” became a feature film. Walt Disney promised his daughters he would make a movie out of their favorite book, “Mary Poppins,” written by P.L. Travers. However, Travers did not want to al-

low Disney to obtain the rights.

“Saving Mr. Banks” explores Walt Disney’s time with Travers, planning the details of the film and the struggles they must face before releasing one of Disney’s most popular films. “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner and Christina Applegate, premieres Dec. 18.

After Ron Burgundy’s wife, Veronica Corningstone, takes his job, the news team ventures to GNN and tries to start fresh.

Whatever your taste in cinema, new releases in December are sure to please audience members of all ages. daa&e@mail.wvu.edu

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TUESDAY DECEMBER 10, 2013

JOE MITCHIN

SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

Victory over Gonzaga crucial for WVU It’s only early December, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it inside the WVU basketball program. The 6-3 Mountaineers are preparing for a major opportunity by hosting No. 15 Gonzaga, a win that could get them back on the map.

A lot has happened since West Virginia visited “The Kennel” in Spokane, Wash., to open the 2012-13 season. Gonzaga thrashed the Mountaineers in front of a national audience by 34 points. To add even more incentive to the fixture, it was the Bulldogs that bounced WVU in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the last time West Virginia was in the Big Dance. Today, for the first time ever, the Zags will travel to Morgantown.

A victory over a nationally-ranked college basketball power is something head coach Bob Huggins has been looking to put on his team’s resume. West Virginia has had three chances at a statement victory already in this young season. The Mountaineers have fallen to Virginia Tech, No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 24 Missouri, all of them going down as a missed opportunity.

The date with Gonzaga feels different, however. Perhaps it’s the townwide mission to pack the Coliseum and bring a home court advantage back to Morgantown. Maybe it’s the notso-quiet optimism for this young Mountaineer team. It doesn’t really matter. What’s important is that the “big game” mentality is back.

The stats say WVU has a leg-up on the competition in games at the Coliseum.

West Virginia has shot the lights out at the Coliseum in five games in 2013-14. The Mountaineers are connecting on 52 percent of their shots from the field, almost 10 percent better than games on the road.

Today offers West Virginia a chance at bouncing back after several early disappointments. The next three games could serve as a substitute to the team’s three losses. In-state rival Marshall awaits the weekend affair in Charleston before Purdue comes to Morgantown on Dec. 22.

So, yes, it’s only early December, but the time to get a look at the Mountaineers’ true colors is here. As excitement builds, execution becomes more critical. Losing a game with so much hype that features a team that folks are hesitant to support is dangerous. This one is important.

Wins at the Coliseum can only help the program get back to where it once was.

Beating a team like Gonzaga could wash away the bad memories that have circled WVU basketball in recent years and would be icing on the cake. West Virginia and No. 15 Gonzaga tip off at 9 p.m.

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins asked students and fans to pack the WVU Coliseum for the Mountaineers’ matchup with Gonzaga.

West Virginia looks to get back on track, set to take on No. 15 Gonzaga at Coliseum

BY GREG MADIA MULTIMEDIA EDITOR DAILYATHENAEUM

In both of the past two seasons, West Virginia has matched up with Gonzaga.

At the end of the 2011 season, WVU and Gonzaga met in Pittsburgh for an NCAA Tournament game, and in the 2012 season, the two teams opened up in Spokane, Wash.

Both times Gonzaga got the best of West Virginia and blew out the Mountaineers. In that NCAA Tournament game, the Bulldogs topped WVU 77-54, while in last year’s season opener Gonzaga downed the Mountaineers 84-50.

Tonight at the WVU Coliseum, head coach Bob Huggins and the Mountaineers (6-3) welcome in the No. 15 Gonzaga Bulldogs (8-1) in what will serve as the third meeting in three years.

Huggins and WVU leading scorer Eron Harris remember what Gonzaga has done to them the past two seasons.

“I remember they hit a lot of shots whether they were open or not. They played fluid,” Harris said. “Coach has been talking about the past two years against Gonzaga.

We just have to go out there and play hard. They have a new team, and we have a new team.”

For the Zags, guard Kevin Pangos leads the way scoring 19.8 points per game Gary Bell, Jr. and David Stockton provide veteran leadership at the other guard spots for head coach Mark Few. “They have a lot of outside attack. To me, Kevin Pangos is an NBA point guard. They have an NBA-type point guard in him, and they have a dead eye shooter in Bell,” Harris said.

Gonzaga is coming off an 80-68 home win over New Mexico State, while WVU is coming off a tough 80-71 road loss to Missouri.

This game will be the first road game for Gonzaga this

season. The Bulldogs are 6-0 at home and 2-1 on neutral courts.

Having watched tape of Gonzaga, Huggins said he believes this year’s version of his team is more equipped to take on the Bulldogs.

“We have more guys that can make shots now. I think what they did to us in Pittsburgh was take away the things that we relied on with (Kevin Jones), and then when other guys don’t make shots it’s awfully hard,” Huggins said. “I think we have guys that can make shots now.”

WVU has three players in Harris, Juwan Staten and Devin Williams averaging in the double digits in scoring. Gonzaga will have to account for all five of those guys – something they didn’t have to do in the past.

While the matchup against Gonzaga looks better for West Virginia, one subject is still bothering Huggins. He wants more people in attendance tonight. WVU is only averag-

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Junior guard Gary Browne drives into the paint against Loyola Dec. 2. ing 5,789 people per game in a building that holds 14,000 fans.

“I need it for my psyche.

I’m tired of walking in there and seeing so many empty seats. When our students are into it, this is a great place,” Huggins said.

“Most teams play better at home, but over the years historically West Vir-

ginia has played great in this arena and to a large degree because of the fanbase.

And when you don’t have that, you lose a little. I think if we get the students back involved, I think (that) would help considerably.”

Huggins and WVU tip off against Gonzaga at 9 p.m.. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Huggins emphasizes playing as a team

BY JOE MITCHIN SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins is frustrated. It isn’t for any lack of effort or character issues on his team. Huggins wants the Mountaineers to not only play, but think differently. He hopes they can end up being like a special team from the past.

“If you go back to 2010, what did we say constantly? ‘Do what we do,’” Huggins said. “They would say that before every game.

‘Do what we do.’” dasports@mail.wvu.edu WVU, with a 6-3 record on the young season, would certainly welcome the success of that team from just four years ago. The 2010 Mountaineers, led by De’Sean Butler and Devin Ebanks, advanced all the way to the Final Four before losing to Duke.

The Mountaineers beat six ranked opponents and won the Big East Tournament championship. However, it wasn’t the number of wins or history left THE DAILY ATHENAEUM behind that Huggins still treasures.

Follow us on Twitter for all the breaking “(The 2010 team) unnews updates and news feeds. derstood it wasn’t the five most talented guys in the @dailyathenaeum country,” Huggins said.

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West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins speaks to one of his players Nov. 8. that had all the talent to go to the Final Four. What it was was a group of five guys that were better than other people’s five guys because they played so well together.”

While bringing on the same expectations as one

of the greatest teams in program history may be a bit unfair, Huggins hopes the mentality of the 31win team can return to the locker room for the 201314 bunch.

West Virginia has been looking for ways to get

back on the college basketball map in the early parts of the season. The Mountaineers had early chances at quality wins against Virginia Tech, Wisconsin and Missouri but fell in all three contests.

Today brings a new

challenge for WVU when it hosts No. 15 Gonzaga.

While the memories of the Final Four team are warm, the ones in recent matchups against the Bulldogs aren’t. Gonzaga beat West Virginia in the 2012 NCAA Tournament and the next season in the 2012-13 opener. The two wins were by a combined 57 points.

The ability to win is still a work in progress for the Mountaineers. The team has shown flashes of good play, but the Mountaineers still lack consistency and competitiveness against formidable opponents.

“We don’t have guys that can make step-back 3s,” Huggins said. “We don’t have guys that can dribble it between people’s legs.

What they can do is make open shots.”

Time will tell if the 201314 team will live up to the one in 2009, but the foundations of a rebirth in the program have been laid.

Sophomores Eron Harris and Terry Henderson and freshman Devin Williams all average 10 or more points per game, despite their young ages.

West Virginia and No. 15 Gonzaga tip off at 9 p.m. tonight inside the WVU Coliseum. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WVU looks to keep streak going against Marshall Saturday

BY JON FEHRENS SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia women’s basketball team will carry a seven-game win streak into Saturday’s matchup against in-state rival Marshall. The Mountaineers’ (7-1) early success this season can be attributed to the tactics used by head coach Mike Carey.

Carey has taken advantage of the defensive schemes drawn by senior center Asya Bussie.

In WVU’s last match, Bussie was double-teamed

by Fairleigh Dickinson for most of the game, so WVU’s head coach took advantage of the Knight’s defense and gave senior guard Taylor Palmer the starting nod.

Palmer, who is one WVU’s purest shooters, rewarded Carey’s decision by draining a season-best five threes. She finished her night with a gamehigh 25 points. Palmer runs the floor with her fellow senior guard Christal Caldwell.

Caldwell has been a tear lately, dropping 22

points in Tuesday’s game against Coppin State and 19 points in Saturday’s game against FDU. Caldwell’s 15.5 points per game leads the Mountaineers. Along with her scoring average, the senior also leads the team in steals per game (3.5) and assists per game (3.0).

Carey has developed a very deep bench this season and feels comfortable with everyone’s role.

“I think we’re deep. I think we’ve developed a bench. I think everyone has accepted their roles and knows what is expected of them,” Carey said about his reserve players.

Senior guard Brooke Hampton leads Carey’s bench. The Colts Neck, N.J., native led all bench scorers with 13 points. She hit three shots from behind the arc and dished out five assists. Hampton is a prime example of a player who has accepted her role in Carey’s system. “(Brooke) knows she is going to play. She knows she is going to get a lot of time and you need to play with a lot of confidence.

She is doing that,” Carey

said. “We need Brooke to shoot to get people off our post players.”

West Virginia took the last game from the Thundering Herd at the Capital Classic in Charleston, W.Va., 64-48. Then true freshman Bria Holmes’ game-leading 15 points helped lift the Mountaineers to the Capital Classic trophy.

The Herd (2-4) is led in scoring by junior college transfer Leah Scott. Scott averages 12.5 points per game, while her next closest teammate averages only 8 points per game.

Defensively, Chukwuka Ezeigbo is Marshall’s best player.

Ezeigbo brings in 7.8 rebounds per game and averages 2.2 block shots per game. The 6-foot-3 Ezeigbo’s matchup with West Virginia’s 6-foot-4 Bussie should the most interesting matchup of the entire game.

Saturday’s game is set to tip off at 1 p.m. and will air live throughout West Virginia on WVPS. Fans can also listen to the game live on WJAR. MICK POSEY/THE DAILY ATHENAEUM dasports@mail.wvu.edu

Senior guard Brooke Hampton sets up a play in Saturday’s home game against Fairleigh Dickinson.

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Sloanhoffer emerging as leader for Mountaineers

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Just a few weeks shy of opening the 2014 season, West Virginia University senior gymnast Hope Sloanhoffer figures to be a key piece to the success of the Mountaineer gymnastics team this season.

The Cornwall, N.Y., native is coming off a stellar 2013 campaign in which she earned the title of Joseph Medrick award honoree as the team’s top allaround gymnast.

Sloanhoffer also won several other prestigious accolades and awards, including Academic All-Big 12 Gymnastics team, Big 12 Conference Gymnast of the Week (March 5) and ranks

No. 4 in program history with 18 career 39.0+ scores.

In 2012, Sloanhoffer earned the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast of the Year award.

She also earned All-EAGL First Team Vault, Bars, Beam and All-Around.

She was also EAGL’s No. 1 all-around gymnast every week of the season.

Being that it was WVU’s last year in the conference before becoming members of the Big 12, Sloanhoffer says that winning the EAGL conference in 2012 has been the highlight of her college career thus far.

“It was a really exciting year,” Sloanhoffer said.

“We won as a team, and then I also won as an individual in the all-around.”

Sloanhoffer came to

WVU in 2011 as a very decorated gymnast at the club level. In 2010, she won both the state and regional championships in Connecticut, sweeping all events.

She captured the state vault, floor, beam and allaround titles in 2009, also earning a floor title at the regional championship.

As a freshman at WVU in 2011, Sloanhoffer performed exceptionally well in her debut season for the Mountaineers, earning EAGL MVP, All-EAGL First Team Vault, Beam and Floor and EAGL AllAcademic Team.

“It was kind of overwhelming in a really exciting way,” Sloanhoffer said.

“Just being able to come in and be able to impact the

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NY/NJ transit agencies outline Super Bowl plans SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — The New York area’s major transportation agencies announced separate plans for moving crowds of football fans for February’s Super Bowl, and their presentations Monday carried a common theme: Don’t drive.

“I think it’s the smartest thing – people don’t know where they’re going and it’s a dense area,” said Al Kelly, head of the Super Bowl host committee.

“If you want to party, it’s a safe way to get around, a reliable way to get around.

I think people should put the getting around in the hands of the professionals.”

Those professionals gathered at the Secaucus Junction rail station to outline their plans. Absent was a plan to offer an all-purpose pass that could be used on all transit systems in New York and New Jersey. That had been discussed in the early stages after the game was awarded

to MetLife Stadium in 2010, but was ultimately deemed too complicated, Kelly said Monday.

Organizers are billing the first outdoor, coldweather Super Bowl as the first mass-transit Super Bowl, and their fervent hope is that fans will use public transportation to get to the game as well as to the official and non-official activities leading up to it.

Those hopes are rooted in pragmatism. With hundreds of thousands of commuters moving into and out of New York on an average day, the influx of an estimated 400,000 people for the Super Bowl – most of whom won’t have tickets to the Feb. 2 game – could throw the region’s roads into chaos.

In addition, MetLife Stadium’s approximately 28,000 parking spaces for a New York Giants or New York Jets game will be pared to 12,000 to 13,000 due to security and television re-

quirements. Ticketholders will be required to buy a parking pass to park at the stadium, as will buses and shuttles as they won’t be allowed to drop off passengers and leave. There will be about 1,600 spaces set aside for buses, Kelly said.

The host committee will offer buses for ticketholders on game day for $51 from five locations in New York City and three in New Jersey. New Jersey Transit is selling a $50 commemorative “Super Pass” good for travel on its rail, light rail and bus lines from Jan. 27 to Feb. 3, and has expanded its platform at Secaucus to accommodate longer trains to MetLife Stadium.

Trains will be added on Port Authority Trans-Hudson service between New York and Hoboken, Jersey City and Newark, and on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Long Island Railroad and Hudson lines.

team and contribute right away was really exciting. It was just a really fun year.”

Having the ability to stay calm and treat big stages like a practice have helped the most in Sloanhoffer’s development as an accomplished gymnast.

“That’s something that we really try to focus on. It doesn’t matter if we’re here in the Coliseum or across the country, our gymnastics is the same no matter what surroundings we’re in,” Sloanhoffer said.

The decorated senior believes a few keys to being successful this season will

be staying together and focusing on the little things.

“We have an amazing team. We’re really talented this year and have a lot of high-level gymnasts,” Sloanhoffer said. “I think we’ve stepped up our difficulty level from last year, which is really exciting.

But I think we really need to work on our details and making sure everything looks good.”

Along with her outstanding athletic accolades, Sloanhoffer owns numerous academic awards, including Dean’s List, Big 12 Commission-

er’s Honor Roll and Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.

“I’m still deciding if I want to go to physical therapy school or medical school after graduation,” Sloanhoffer said. dasports@mail.wvu.edu

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Gold team tops Blue 9-7 in gymnastics scrimmage

BY DILLON DURST SPORTS WRITER DAILYATHENAEUM

The West Virginia University gymnastics team held its Gold-Blue intrasquad matchup Sunday at the WVU Coliseum.

In a close battle, the Gold team edged the Blue team by a score of 9-7.

“Overall, I was really happy with our team’s performance today,” said head coach Jason Butts in an interview with WVUsports. com. “I think any mistakes we made is an easy fix. We weren’t as focused

as we should be, which is why we hold this meet. The routines were all there today, and we need to settle our vault lineup a little bit, but the other three lineups looked great. I’m confident we can settle everything out in Cary Gym this month.”

The Gold team, led by senior Hope Sloanhoffer and junior Dayah Haley, struck first when Haley and freshman Nicolette Swoboda scored wins on the vault.

Sophomore Jaida Lawrence and junior Beth Deal countered with exceptional vault performances, earning points for the Blue team.

“I thought Jaida and Hope were the standouts on vault,” Butts said. “They both had big vaults, and I think they would have been huge scores in a meet. Our freshmen (Swoboda and Alexa Goldberg) also did well, which was awesome to see. That event can be scary in a big arena like the Coliseum, so I was happy to see them compete solid vaults.”

In the bar rotation, Sloanhoffer, Swoboda and sophomore Lindsey Litten earned points for the Gold team. Lawrence was able to score a point for

the Blue team, cutting the Gold team’s lead down to two points.

The Gold team dominated the following beam competition. Sloanhoffer, Swoboda and sophomore Melissa Idell all earned points, sweeping the Blue team in the event.

“Despite a few miscues, I thought beam looked great,” Butts said. “Our mistakes weren’t because of lack of ability. Competing in the Coliseum can be intimidating, so I’m glad those mistakes happened today. We have four weeks to train and fix those.”

The Blue team responded with a dominating performance of its own, sweeping the Gold team in the floor events. Goldberg, junior Lia Salzano and freshman Mackenzie Myers capped off the matchup with wins.

“Floor was a lot of fun today. I don’t remember it being this fun at a previous Gold-Blue intrasquad,” Butts said. “It was good to see the team show off its routines in front of a crowd.

I think Alexa displayed the best tumbling today, and Jaida definitely engaged the crowd with a fun routine. I also thought Macken-

zie did a phenomenal job.

Floor was a question mark going into this meet, but I think we’ll be good this year and I’m excited about this lineup.”

Judges for the event consisted of former WVU gymnastics coach Linda Burdette-Good, former gymnast Alaska Richardson and WVU men’s basketball assistant Billy Hahn.

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Dalton’s big day leads Bengals past Colts 42-28 CINCINNATI (AP) — Except for those wintery winds, it felt a lot like October all over again.

Andy Dalton gave his best performance since his record-setting month, throwing for three touchdowns and running for another on Sunday, and the Cincinnati Bengals retained control of the AFC North with a 42-28 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.

The Bengals (9-4) maintained a two-game lead over second-place Baltimore with three games left, two of them at Paul Brown Stadium.

“We have to keep this going,” said Dalton, who was 24 of 35 for 275 yards without a sack or interception.

“We have a lot of momentum. We have to keep it going through these last couple of games. We are playing with a lot of confidence right now.”

The Colts (8-5) clinched the AFC South later Sunday when Tennessee lost in Denver. That wasn’t much consolation for Indianapolis, which has played two poor games in the last three.

“We’ve got some things to clean up, but we certainly came down here with the mindset that we wanted to win this football game and certainly win the division

that way,” coach Chuck Pagano said.

They never caught up after another slow start. BenJarvus Green-Ellis had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs – one of them after the officials overturned a call that he was down outside the end zone – as the Bengals pulled ahead 21-0 and held on despite Andrew Luck’s four touchdown passes.

“We’re on a roll,” middle linebacker Rey Maualuga said. “At the beginning of the year, we had three goals. We wanted to be undefeated at home, win the AFC North and eventually be world champions.

“We’re close to the goals we wanted to get to. We’ve got to be good from here out.”

Five things learned from a cold afternoon in Cincinnati: BENGALS ARE BEASTLY AT HOME: Cincinnati improved to 6-0 at Paul Brown Stadium, its best home record since it won all eight games in 1988 plus two playoff games on its way to a Super Bowl loss to San Francisco. The Bengals have scored at least 40 points in their last three home games, a franchise record.

DALTON’S BACK: The third-year quarterback was the AFC’s offensive player in

October with a touchdown splurge – a club-record 11 in three games. He’d been average to subpar in the four games since. On Sunday, he completed his first five passes and was accurate on a windy, 28-degree afternoon.

“He takes a lot of heat,” receiver A.J. Green said. “It comes with the position.

But he’s our guy. He’s going to take us to that next level.”

BERNARD’S DUAL THREAT: Rookie Giovani Bernard came up a yard short of the first 100-yard rushing game by a Bengal this season, finishing with 99 yards on 12 carries. He also caught four passes for 49 yards. He was the biggest threat as Cincinnati rushed for 155 yards overall behind a line overhauled because of injuries, with 2012 Pro Bowl left tackle Andrew Whitworth starting at left guard.

COLTS CAN’T GET GOING: The Colts have been outscored 49-9 in the first quarters of the past six games, forcing them to play comeback. They fell behind 21-0 Sunday and couldn’t make it all the way back despite Luck’s four touchdown passes.

“As an offense, we didn’t do enough and we didn’t do it early enough,” said Luck,

Baylor’s Petty, Texas’ Jeffcoat named AP Big 12 players of the year (AP) — Bryce Petty had to wait behind a Heisman Trophy winner and then another record-setting quarterback for his turn at Baylor.

In the moments after the No. 6 Bears won their first Big 12 championship and a Fiesta Bowl berth with a decisive victory over Texas, the tears started flowing for the fourth-year junior.

“Words really couldn’t describe the way that I felt, and the way this team has felt,” Petty said. “I kind of just started crying uncontrollably, and I don’t really do that much. But it’s just been a process and it’s the fact that when you put your trust in God and he’s faithful, things work out. ... I have waited a long time for this.”

Petty, who has thrown for 3,844 yards with 30 touchdowns and only two interceptions in his first season starting after waiting behind Robert Griffin III and Nick Florence, was named Monday as the AP Big 12 offensive player of the year.

The private school in the Big 12, the world’s largest Baptist university, had never even had a winning season in the league before coach Art Briles arrived six years ago. The Bears’ last outright league title before Saturday had been in the Southwest Conference in 1980.

Joining Petty on the firstteam offense are two teammates who were also unani-

mous picks at their positions – Antwan Goodley, the Big 12 leader with 109.9 yards receiving per game, and Cyril Richardson, the 6-foot5, 340-pound guard likely to be a top NFL draft pick in April. Big 12 rushing leader Lache Seastrunk was also a first-team pick for the Bears.

“He’s sat behind some great quarterbacks, he’s learned a lot,” Goodley said of Petty. “It’s showing on the field. He’s a great leader.”

Jackson Jeffcoat, who has a Big 12-leading 12 sacks and whose 75 tackles are the most by a Texas defensive end in 19 seasons, was picked as the Big 12 defensive player in the balloting by 20 media members who cover the league on a regular basis.

Jeffcoat got 11 of 20 votes for top defensive player.

TCU defensive back Jason Verrett, the only other unanimous first-team pick on defense, and Oklahoma State defensive back Justin Gilbert each got three votes.

Petty, who also ran for 11 touchdowns for a Baylor team that has scored 53 points a game, got 18 of 20 votes for top offensive player. The other two went to Texas Tech’s Jace Amaro, the unanimous choice for tight end after leading the league with 8.2 catches per game and ranking third with 103.3 yards per game.

With Amaro and offen-

sive lineman Le’Raven Clark, the Red Raiders are the only team other than Baylor with multiple firstteam picks among the starting 11 on offense.

Baylor, which will play UCF in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1, had a league-high six players who were firstteam picks, including the offensive quartet. The Bears’ other first-team picks are linebacker Eddie Lackey and punter Spencer Roth.

Seastrunk, the former Oregon transfer, was the league’s top offensive newcomer last year and now the first Baylor running back with two 1,000-yard seasons. Even after getting hurt early in the Oklahoma game and missing two games after that, Seastrunk has 1,060 yards rushing (106 per game) with 11 touchdowns.

Kansas State receiver Tyler Lockett, who has 71 catches for 1,146 yards and eight TDs while averaging 25.5 yards on kickoff returns, was selected a firstteam pick as a receiver and all-purpose player.

Richardson and Oklahoma senior center Gabe Ikard are first-team picks on offense for the second year in a row.

Verrett, Oklahoma defensive back Aaron Colvin and Kansas State defensive back Ty Zimmerman are firstteam repeaters on defense.

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Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton threw for 275 yards Sunday. who was 29 of 46 for 326 yards without an interception or a sack.

WAS HE DOWN? The Bengals got a disputed touchdown for a 14-0 lead late in the first half. They went for it on fourth down from the Colts 1-yard line.

Green-Ellis took the handoff and appeared to get

tripped in the backfield by nose tackle Josh Chapman.

“I hit his foot when he came through,” said Chapman, who started celebrating his play.

Green-Ellis stumbled ahead, landed at the 1-yard line and stretched the ball into the end zone. He was initially ruled down, but

the Bengals were awarded a touchdown after a review that focused only on whether Green-Ellis was touched as he fell, not whether Chapman tripped him in the backfield.

“We looked at the goal line, (those) were the shots that we looked at,” referee Jeff Triplette said.

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Westbrook, Durant rounding into form for Thunder OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook have been one of the top duos in the NBA since 2008.

T h e y m i g ht hav e needed a little extra time to recapture their dynamic form this season following Westbrook’s two offseason knee surgeries, but they’ve let it be known lately that they’re back and better than ever.

That was never more evident than on Sunday night when the Thunder (15-4) raced past Indiana, the team with the best record in the league.

Durant and Westbrook combined for 62 points and 18 assists in the 11894 dismantling of the Pacers, serving notice to the league that Oklahoma City fully expects to return to the NBA Finals.

“They’ve been good for a lot of years,” Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks said. “And then, we also have to still look at Russell as this is part of the process. ... He just fin-

ished up his first month of playing. So, he’s feeling much more comfortable out there, and he’s doing a great job.”

Westbrook has started to round into All-Star form this month, showing that he’s fully recovered from the right knee injury that left him on the bench for the Thunder’s second-round exit from the playoffs against Memphis last season.

The point guard, who had a second knee surgery on Oct. 1 to remove a loose stitch, had 26 points and 13 assists in the win over the Pacers. He shot 11 of 17, a performance that followed an 8-of-16 shooting performance in a win at New Orleans last Friday.

The games marked the first time all season Westbrook has shot 50 percent or better in back-to-back games, leading to the question on whether he felt his timing and touch are fully back.

“Almost, sometimes,”

Westbrook said. “I’ve just got to continue to play, continue to get better and better and continue to try to win.”

Westbrook has played a key role in helping the Thunder win 10 of its last 11.

After shooting just 38.9 percent from the field in November, Westbrook is now shooting 47.6 percent in December. He’s also raised his 3-point shooting percentage from 30.4 percent last month to 38.9 percent this month – along with increasing his assists per game total from 5.5 to 6.8.

“We know what’s expected from (Westbrook),” Thunder guard Reggie Jackson said. “He’s going to play hard every night, be ultra-aggressive. That’s what we love about him.

He’s himself. I think we’ve been doing well with him since he stepped on the court for us.”

Durant has raised his level of play as well. The NBA’s leading scorer at

28.9 points per game, the sixth-year pro and threetime scoring champion is averaging 31.4 points per game this month, up from 26.9 points per game in November.

Durant’s shooting percentage is also up to 55.2 percent this month after a 44.9 percent clip last month, and he dominated his matchup Sunday against Indiana AllStar Paul George. George finished with 32 points, but he only had six at halftime as the Thunder raced to a 29-point lead in the second quarter on their way to the comfortable win over last year’s E a s t e r n C o n f e re n c e finalist.

“Anybody who’s guarding me, I take it personal,” Durant said.

“Paul George, he’s a great defender, but I feel as though if I get to my spots and I do everything play hard and not force AP it, I can score whenever I get the ball, so that’s how Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant shoots over Indiana Pacers forward confident I am in myself.” Paul George in the first quarter of a game in Oklahoma City Sunday.

Latest win over Steelers helps Dolphins’ playoff chances DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Looking for their first playoff berth since 2008, the Miami Dolphins are getting warmer.

A win in the snow at Pittsburgh helped their chances, and now the Dolphins are back in balmy South Florida preparing to play at home Sunday against AFC East leader New England.

A defeat wouldn’t doom the Dolphins (7-6). But they’re tied with Baltimore in the race for the AFC’s sixth and final wild-card berth, and even a sweep of the final three games might not be enough to make the postseason.

After facing the Patriots, Miami will return north to play Buffalo on Dec. 22, then conclude the regular season at home against the New York Jets on Dec. 29.

“All the games are going to be tough,” said cornerback Brent Grimes, who’s not worrying about potential scenarios. “We just need to win. I don’t know how you’re looking at it, but we need to win. We need to take care of our business.”

The Dolphins have done so lately, winning backto-back games for the first since September. They’re 3-1 since a dismal defeat against previously winless Tampa Bay. They’re 4-2 since tackle Jonathan Martin left the team and a bullying scandal threatened to send the season into a tailspin.

Much work remains if the Dolphins are to end a streak of four consecutive losing seasons. First they’ll need a breakthrough against the Patriots (103), a challenge daunting enough to supersede playoff talk.

“All that matters is that with an excellent team

coming to town, that’s a full plate,” coach Joe Philbin said Monday. “We’re going to have to play extremely well. That’s what we have to keep focused on.”

New England has won seven consecutive games in the series, including a 27-17 victory in Week 8 after Miami led 17-3 at halftime. Given the lopsided recent history between teams, it’s no surprise Miami is an underdog at home.

While Miami’s final two opponents have losing records, the Dolphins have won at Buffalo only twice since 2004, and they’ve swept a season series against the Jets only once since 2004.

The Ravens have a tougher closing schedule than Miami, with three games against division leaders, beginning next Monday at Detroit. But if Miami and Baltimore finish in a two-way tie for the conference’s sixth-best record, the Ravens hold the tiebreaker because they won when the teams met in Week 5.

Despite the Dolphins’ winning record, they’ve been outgained this season by 310 yards and rank in the lower half of the NFL in total offense, total defense, rushing and passing yardage, and run defense.

They would have lost Sunday, but the Steelers’ Antonio Brown stepped out of bounds by inches before reaching the end zone on the game’s crazy final play.

“I might have been saying a couple of Hail Marys,” Philbin said. “I know my mother was, wherever she was.”

“The football gods were watching over us,” defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle added.

Despite the narrow

margin, the Dolphins are buoyed by a sense they’re heading in the right direction on offense after sputtering much of the season.

With the 34-28 victory, they exceeded 27 points for the first time all year, becoming the last NFL team to do so. They scored a fourth-quarter touchdown for the first time in eight games.

“Our guys are making plays,” Philbin said. “We made a point of emphasis when we got to December.

We said, ‘We’re not going to reinvent the wheel.

We’ve got to get better at our stuff. We’ve got to step up and make plays.’ And our guys have done that.”

Ryan Tannehill tied a career high with three touchdown passes while playing in snow for the first time. He improved his passer rating over the past six games to 89.3, with nine touchdown passes and a completion percentage of 65.

Tight end Charles Clay had a career-high two scores Sunday, accelerating his emergence as a consistent threat. He has 24 receptions for 294 yards and three scores over the past four games.

The Dolphins also ran for 181 yards, their highest total in more than a year.

Daniel Thomas rushed for 105 yards, reaching the 100 mark for only the second time in his threeyear career after missing the previous game with a sprained ankle.

“I’m sure he wasn’t 100 percent,” offensive coordinator Mike Sherman said. “but he played as if he was.”

A concussion sideAP lined running back Lamar Miller, but he was op- Miami Dolhpins tight end Charles Clay (42) celebrates with Mike Pouncey (51) and Daniel Thomas (33) after scoring a touchtimistic he’ll be able to play down during the second half of the Dolphins’ win over the Steelers. against the Patriots.

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WANTED MALE ROOMMATE. Excellent furnished house. January - May. 840 Cayton Street. $450/month including utilities. No Pets 724-785-5909

GREEN PROPERTIES. 3, 4, 5 BR houses close to downtown campus. Parking. No pets. Available May. 304-216-3402.

304-319-2787 or 304-365-2787 www.geeapt.com JONES PLACE. Dec. - May. 1 & 2 BR starting at $550/person. 3BR $625/person.

NO PETS. scottpropertiesllc.com.

304-296-7400 NOW RENTING TOP OF FALLING RUN ROAD Morgan Point 1+2/BR $625-$825+ utilities. Semester lease. WD. DW. Parking.

NO PETS. Call: 304-290-4834.

PRETE RENTAL APARTMENTS EFF: 1BR: 2BR: Now Leasing For 2013

UNFURNISHED HOUSES 5 BEDROOM HOUSE in South Park across from Walnut Street Bridge. W/D. Call Nicole at 304-290-8972 317 RICHWOOD AVE. Available immediately. 3BR house, W/D, no pets. $900/mth.

304-290-1332 3BR 1Bath $800 Month Lease Deposit W/D No Pets Off Street parking (304) 290-1332 4-5 BR CAMPUS & JONES AVENUE AREAS. W/D, & much more included.

Call for more information. 304-292-5714

AVAILABLE 5/8/14. 3 and 4 BR house. Recently remodeled. Partially furnished. Close to campus. Off-street parking. 296-8801.

AVAILABLE LARGE HOUSE Grant Ave. 3 BR, 1.5 BTH. W/D. Off-street parking. No pets. Lease&Deposit $1000+utilities.

304-983-2229 or 681-285-9137.

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Your home away from home 2 thru 8 DOWNTOWN BEDROOM CAMPUS HOUSES& PARKING APARTMENTS W/D, DW, A/C

ALL UTILITIES PAID call text

304.288.3308

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UNFURNISHED/FURNISHED OFF-STREET PARKING EVANSDALE / STAR CITY LOCATION LOCALLY OWNED ON-SITE MAINTENANCE MOST UNITS INCLUDE: HEAT, WATER, and GARBAGE SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED

Mountain Line Bus Service Every 10 Minutes and Minutes From PRT

304-599-4407

Morgantown Mattress Outlet Liquidation outlet with overstock inventory 50-70% off retail value.

Sets starting as low as $140. Call or text (304) 290-1578.

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AFFORDABLE LUXURY

RICE RENTALS. *Great Locations! *Affordable rents. *Rent starting at $300. *Eff. 1, 2 & 3BR available. *Furnished & unfurnished. *Available May 2014. Leasing for 2014-2015. 304-598-7368. ricerentals1@gmail.com, ricerentals.com

Bent Tree Court Apartments Now leasing for 2014-2015. JOIN OUR WAITING LIST NOW! 304296-3606 - www.benttreecourt. com

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Prices Starting at $515 Security Deposit $200 Ask about our Specials!

Garages, W/D, Walk In Closets Sparkling Pool Minutes From Hospitals & Downtown

24 HR Maintenance/Security Bus Service NO PETS Bon Vista & The Villas

304-5599-11880 www.morgantownapartments.com

HTM PROPERTIES 1 - 6 Bedroom Sunnyside, Evansdale, Locast Street & Arnold Hall Great Units

2BR APT. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. $600 Per Month ($300 Per Person) + Utilities. NO Pets. 304-692-7587

FURNISHED HOUSES

UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS

BRAND NEW IN SUNNYSIDE Furnished and Unfurnished 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments * Full Size W/D *Utilities *Work Out Facility *Free Parking

• 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 person units • Convenient Locations:

304 - 685 - 3243

htmproperties.com SPACIOUS 1BR APT. Available now. $550/mth. 513 Clark St. Parking or walk to campus. NO PETS. Call Dave: 304-376-7282 or 304-292-7272 JEWELMANLLC.COM. Just listed for May 2014. 2-3BR apartments. Close to campus. Across from Arnold Hall. W/D, parking, DW, all util included. 1yr lease.

No dogs. 304-288-1572 304-288-9662

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EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination. The Daily Athenaeum will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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HYMARK PROPERTIES. 3 - 4 - 5 BR houses. Stewart St., College Ave., South Park. Available May 2014. 304-319-1243. www.hymarkproperties.com.

MUST SEE just across from Arnold Hall 4, 5, and 6BR and 2 and 3BATH houses with W/D, DW, Microwave, A/C, parking, all in excellent condition. All utilities included. For appointment call 304-288-1572, 288-9662, 296-8491 website JEWELMANLLC.COM SOUTH PARK. 2BR, 1BTH. Off-street parking, W/D, D/W. $700+Utilities. Available spring semester. 304-923-7890 VERY NICE, MODERN, SPACIOUS, NEWLY RENOVATED, EFFICIENT 2BR apt. Private, quiet, adult neighborhood near Law School and North Street. $500/month+utilities. No pets. No parties.

304-288-0919

ROOMMATES AVAILABLE NOW OR 2ND SEMESTER: On Campus & Jones Avenue (multiple locations). Lease until May. Rent includes utilities and washer/dryer.

Large rooms. Some with free parking.

304-292-5714 ROOMMATE WANTED. Large home off West Run. WD/DW. Parking. Bus route. $600 includes utilities.

Contact 724-317-6188.

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE CASH PAID!! WE BUY CARS and trucks.

Any make! Any model! Any condition!

282-2560

HELP WANTED BLACK BEAR BURRITOS hiring kitchen staff at both locations. AM and PM. Will train. $9.25/hr. Apply within. 132 Pleasant Street or 3119 University Ave. MARIO’S FISHBOWL NOW HIRING servers: Apply in person at 704 Richwood Ave./3117 University Ave. or e-mail resume to fishbowl@mountain.net

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The Chestnut Hotel Experience The Chestnut Hotel. Our 41 beautiful rooms, two restaurants, business center, exercise facility and wine bar await you, call 304.777.4100.

Mountaineer Court Apartments Within walking distance of campus near Knapp Hall and PRT. We have 2 & 3 BR Apts. for rent. Call 304.598.2560

Check out: www.smithrentalsllc.com (304) 322-1112

STADIUM VIEW. *900 Willowdale, *Convenient to Hospitals, *Rents starting at $350. *1BR incl. all utilities, *Eff., 1 &2BR, *Free Parking. *Available May, June, August 2014. Leasing for 2014-2015.

304-598-7368 ricerentals1@gmail.com, ricerentals.com TERA PROPERTIES, NEW 1 & 2 BR/ 2 Bath Apts. $635-950+ electric. Locations include: Lewis, Stewart, Glenn and Irwin Streets & Idlewood Dr. Walking distance to Downtown/Hospital. Hardwood floors, W/D, wifi, fitness room, tanning beds, free parking. No Pets. 304-290-7766 or 304-692-9296 www.rentalswv.com

FURNISHED HOUSES 2/BR, 1/BTH NEAR COLISEUM. Quiet Neighborhood, Large Lot. Water, Sewage, Garbage, Off Street Parking Included (Pets Negotiable) $850/Per Month 304-290-7282 FOURTH STREET. 3/4/5BR furnished houses. $485/person plus utilities. W/D. Parking available. Lease & deposit. No pets. Available May 16. 412-980-0865

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